Posted on 05/29/2024 2:51:57 PM PDT by Libloather
A University of Florida research employee and students have been implicated in an illegal, multi-million dollar scheme that saw samples of dangerous drugs and toxins illicitly shipped to China over a period of seven years.
The scheme, investigated by the Justice Department, saw thousands of biochemical samples bought illegally which were then delivered to a campus laboratory before being shipped overseas, according to federal court records.
Among the students tied to the scheme was the president of UF's Chinese Students and Scholars Association, Nongnong 'Leticia' Zheng.
The group openly protested a Florida law signed by Gov. Ron De Santis last year that limits universities from recruiting students and faculty from China — and bans employing such students from working in academic labs without special permission.
Zheng has confirmed that a federal prosecutor notified her last year in writing she was the target of a grand jury investigation, and the Justice Department was preparing to seek criminal charges against her.
She said she has been assigned a federal public defender, Ryan Maguire of Tampa and noted how government agents have threatened to imprison or deport her.
It's not clear if the UF research employee or other students — identified in court records as co-conspirators — been charged or arrested yet.
The UF employee worked in the stockroom of one of the university's research labs, prosecutors said.
The materials smuggled to China included what the government described as purified, non-contagious proteins of the cholera toxin and pertussis toxin, which causes whooping cough.
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Remember, the Gator U Prez is Ben Sasse; might be part RINO, but any usual DEI university president would have been certain to sweep this under the rug and make sure nothing came of the investigation.
When the president is corrupt and partisan no one can watch the hen house.
The good news? Florida Man NOT involved.
When Xiden was installed as our pResident he shut down hundreds of Chinese spy investigations because they were ‘racist.’
Yep. That’s how idiotic our Dear Leader is.
All involved are aiding the Chinese communist party run bio warfare program & as such deserve a bullet in the brain!
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