3 accused of giving results to Chinese competitors
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THREE New York University researchers from China divulged results from a US-funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses, according to US federal prosecutors.
Zhu Yudong, a US-educated NYU professor, and Yang Xing, a lab engineer, were released on bail on Monday after appearing in court in Manhattan to face commercial bribery and other charges. The third defendant, postdoctoral fellow Li Ye, is at large.
A criminal complaint alleges the three provided non-public information about magnetic resonance imaging to a medical company in China, United Imaging Healthcare, and a research institute supported by the Chinese government.
Authorities described 44-year-old Zhu as "an accomplished researcher and innovator in the field of MRI technology" who was hired as associate professor of radiology at NYU Langone Medical Center in 2008. In 2010, he received a multimillion-dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health for his MRI research. He later recruited Yang and Li to work for him.
The complaint accuses Zhu of arranging for United Imaging to pay for Yang and Li's expenses. It says all three failed to disclose they were still affiliated with both the company and the Shenzen Institute of Advanced Technology, a branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The men face up to five years in prison if convicted of the bribery count. Zhu faces up to 20 years on a separate charge of falsifying records in connection with his federal grant.
Earlier this year, NYU launched an internal review that uncovered the conflict of interest, authorities said.
When confronted by NYU officials, Li told them that he was paid thousands of dollars this year by the Chinese institute for work on its MRI project and that Zhu "performs the same work on research for that project as he does for the university," the complaint says.
Zhu Yudong, a US-educated NYU professor, and Yang Xing, a lab engineer, were released on bail on Monday after appearing in court in Manhattan to face commercial bribery and other charges. The third defendant, postdoctoral fellow Li Ye, is at large.
A criminal complaint alleges the three provided non-public information about magnetic resonance imaging to a medical company in China, United Imaging Healthcare, and a research institute supported by the Chinese government.
Authorities described 44-year-old Zhu as "an accomplished researcher and innovator in the field of MRI technology" who was hired as associate professor of radiology at NYU Langone Medical Center in 2008. In 2010, he received a multimillion-dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health for his MRI research. He later recruited Yang and Li to work for him.
The complaint accuses Zhu of arranging for United Imaging to pay for Yang and Li's expenses. It says all three failed to disclose they were still affiliated with both the company and the Shenzen Institute of Advanced Technology, a branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The men face up to five years in prison if convicted of the bribery count. Zhu faces up to 20 years on a separate charge of falsifying records in connection with his federal grant.
Earlier this year, NYU launched an internal review that uncovered the conflict of interest, authorities said.
When confronted by NYU officials, Li told them that he was paid thousands of dollars this year by the Chinese institute for work on its MRI project and that Zhu "performs the same work on research for that project as he does for the university," the complaint says.
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