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Jan 24, 2022 · Prosecutors announced that they had received new information indicating that Dr. Chen had not been obliged to disclose those affiliations, undercutting the basis of the case.
- Ellen Barry
Jan 20, 2022 · In recent weeks, however, officials at the Department of Energy have told prosecutors that Dr. Chen had no obligation to declare the seven affiliations, calling into question the...
Jan 26, 2021 · In 2017, prosecutors said, when applying for a $2.7 million grant from the Energy Department, Dr. Chen had failed to disclose five affiliations — he served as a “review expert” for China’s...
- Ellen Barry
- Loyalty Questioned
- "A Massive Jolt"
- The Case Falls Apart
The complaint prosecutors filed against Chen did not accuse him of espionage, but on the morning of his arrest, he was treated like a national security threat. At 6:30 a.m., agents in his house told him to stand in a corner while they went to wake up his wife and daughter. "My wife was in her sleep," said Chen. "And she told me when she heard the m...
At MIT, Reif said Chen's arrest came as a "a massive jolt." Believing Chen had done nothing wrong, Reif decided the school would pay his legal fees. "I felt it was an attack on all Chinese Americans in America, particularly in academia," Reif said. "I felt it was to some extent an attack on every foreign-born person in America, who is being told, '...
On January 4, Justice Department prosecutors interviewed Dr. Anthony Schwartz, an official with the Energy Department's Office of Science, which oversees grant applications. According to a memo assembled by the Energy Department Inspector General and reviewed by CBS News, prosecutors asked Schwartz about seven different affiliations Chen allegedly ...
Jan 21, 2022 · The FBI further alleged that Chen “devised a scheme . . . for obtaining money from DOE by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses and representations” and “failed to disclose his substantial affiliations, appointments and contractual obligations with the PRC and its government.”
More than a year ago, the government alleged that Chen had concealed affiliations with several Chinese entities in an Energy Department grant application and encouraged students to apply for...
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Mar 1, 2021 · Chen, prosecutors alleged, failed to disclose on a federal grant application various financial ties and affiliations with Chinese entities, including his participation in Chinese government talent programs and his service as an expert scientific consultant to the Chinese government -- omissions, or in federal prosecutors’ view, deliberate ...
