The Department of Justice has arrested a Texas A&M engineering professor and accused him of concealing his ties to China.
Dr. Zhengdong Cheng is, according to the DOJ, another of many recruits of China's Thousand Talents Program.
The charges allege Cheng and TAMU received funds based on Cheng knowingly providing false information to TAMU and consequently to NASA. In addition to the funds, Cheng personally benefited from his affiliation with TAMU and NASA with increased access to unique NASA resources, such as the International Space Station, according to the complaint.
The charges further allege he held senior research positions there unknown to TAMU and NASA and was able to serve in the People's Republic of China Talents program.
China's Talents Plans are allegedly designed to attract, recruit and cultivate high-level scientific talent in furtherance of China's scientific development, economic prosperity and national security.
Cheng's is the latest of several arrests around the nation in 2020 related to the Thousand Talents Program.
The Thousand Talents Program began in 2008 with the goal of recruiting about 2,000 top scientists in key fields to work clandestinely for China.
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