FAYETTEVILLE -- The recommendation to fire University of Arkansas, Fayetteville electrical engineering professor Simon Ang accused him of misappropriating intellectual property "of the University" for his own benefit.
Ang faces multiple counts of wire and passport fraud following a federal indictment in U.S. District Court in Fayetteville. An FBI affidavit alleges that he failed to disclose ties to China and Chinese companies while pursuing NASA and U.S. Air Force research grants. Ang has pleaded innocent.
The FBI in recent months has pursued action against several U.S. researchers and academics accused of not properly disclosing ties to China. The U.S. Department of Justice has launched at least a half-dozen cases against U.S. researchers this year.
At issue in many of the cases are Chinese "talent programs," including a program known as Thousand Talents.
