A federal court has convicted a former professor at the University of Kansas of hiding his ties to the Chinese government. Feng Tao, also known as Franklin Tao, 50, was convicted on Thursday of three counts of fraud and one count of making false statements by a federal court after deliberately hiding that he was working at a government-affiliated university in China. While Tao worked at a state university in China, he also worked on US government-funded research while at the University of Kansas, according to the Department of Justice. In 2018, Tao accepted a position at Fuzhou University in China as a Distinguished Professor in Changjiang, which required him to be a full-time employee at the university, according to court documents. CHINA EXPERIENCED THINKS ABOUT TERMINATION OF TRUMP AGE “CHINA INITIATIVE”: “UNEXPLAINED” Feng Tao, also known as Franklin Tao, 50, was convicted of three counts of fraud and one count of making false statements by a federal court after deliberately hiding that he was working at a government-affiliated university in China. (University of Kansas / Kelsey Kimberlin / Brochure via Reuters) As a faculty member at the University of Kansas, Tao had to submit annual reports on any outside employment that could be a conflict of interest, and the Department of Justice says Tao did not notify the university of the position and lied in attempts to conceal it. employment. Authorities also say Tao lied to the University of Kansas after moving to China to work full-time at Fuzhou University, claiming he was in Europe instead. ADMINISTRATOR BIDEN AMAZED TO END THE “TRUMP TIME INITIATIVE” IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: “WAR ENEMIES” During his tenure as a faculty member at the University of Kansas, Tao also conducted contract-based research between the U.S. government and the university, according to the Department of Justice. It prompted the university to file hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation claims with the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation for grant-related expenses, according to the press release. University of Kansas Campus (Facebook / University of Kansas) CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION The Department of Justice also states that Tao validated electronic documents showing that he made the necessary revelations and understood the policies of the US Government and the University of Kansas. He now faces up to 20 years in federal prison, as well as a $ 250,000 fine for wire fraud. In addition, he faces up to 10 years in prison and a $ 250,000 fine for each of the program’s scams, according to the Department of Justice.
