Former Tennessee professor acquitted of fraud charges in espionage investigation
Dr. Anming Hu, the former University of Tennessee professor ensnared in a failed FBI investigation into spying, was acquitted Thursday by a federal judge of fraud charges filed after the espionage investigation against him fell apart.
The Justice Department attempted to twice prosecute the professor, a naturalized Canadian citizen whose career was ruined after federal agents falsely accused him of being a spy for the Chinese military.
It was part of the Trump administration's "China Initiative," an effort to expose Chinese spies working in American universities.
The FBI accused the nanotechnology expert of attempting to defraud NASA by hiding part-time work he did for the Beijing University of Technology.
After Hu refused to work as a spy for the U.S. government, federal agents harassed him for more than two years.
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/2021/09/09/tennessee-professor-hu-acquitted-spying-charges/8265020002/
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This is a really important story and I'm surprised it hasn't gotten more coverage.