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Former Virginia Tech Professor Sentenced for Grant Fraud, False Statements, Obstruction
Yiheng Percival Zhang, a former VA Tech professor studying artificial sweeteners
“Zhang began working as a paid researcher for the Tianjin Institute of Industrial
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Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences by, at least, 2014. In 2015, Zhang caused fraudulent grant proposals to be submitted to the NSF under the Small Business Innovation Research Program (“SBIR”). Evidence presented at trial indicated grant funds obtained would be used for
research Zhang knew had already been done in China. Zhang intended to use the grant funds for other CFB projects rather than for the projects for which the funds were requested. To obstruct the investigation, Zhang submitted falsified timesheets to government investigators.”
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