Chinese Student Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Biological Material into U.S.

A Chinese student has pled guilty to smuggling biological material – namely, E. coli bacteria – into the United States, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last week.

According to a detailed in a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Indiana report, a Chinese national, Youhuang Xiang, applied for a U.S. Non‑Immigrant student (J‑1) visa to perform postdoctoral research in the Department of Biology at Indiana University Bloomington. He successfully received the visa, and his time began in June 2023.

However, last year, the FBI “began investigating suspicious shipments from China to individuals affiliated with…

Read the full article at BREITBART.COM