Two Chinese researchers were charged with smuggling a biological pathogen that they planned to study at a University of ...

Attorneys have agreed to postpone a preliminary examination in U.S. District Court until August while a plea deal is being negotiated, court records show.

In the joint filing, prosecutors and Yunqing Jian's defense team said, "The parties are currently engaged in plea ...

One of the Chinese citizens worked at a University of Michigan lab; her boyfriend smuggled in the biological pathogen, according to court records.

Two Chinese researchers were charged with trying to smuggle strains of a fungus called Fusarium graminearum into the U.S.

The FBI has arrested Chengxuan Han, a graduate student from China, on charges of smuggling goods into the United States and ...

Two University of Michigan affiliates will remain in jail for the time being, following related federal charges for allegedly bringing in biological “weapons.” Yunqing Jian, a research fellow at the ...

Yunqing Jian Jian, 33, a Communist Party loyalist and lab researcher at the University of Michigan who received Chinese government funding for her work, plotted the illicit transport of the ...

Two Chinese scientists accused of smuggling or shipping biological material into the United States for use at the University ...

Yunqing Jian appears in a Michigan federal courtroom for a detention hearing on Friday, Jun. 13, 2025. Jian allegedly conspired with her boyfriend, Zunyong Liu, to transport a toxic crop-killing ...

University of Michigan postdoctoral fellow Yunqing Jian, 33, has been charged alongside Zunyong Liu, 34, for the sinister plot tied to the Chinese Communist Party.

Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, were charged with conspiracy, smuggling, making false statements and visa fraud. “The alleged actions of these Chinese nationals, including a loyal member ...