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发帖数: 1445 | | o*****s
发帖数: 1445 | 2 军版有人解释。说是把合伙人，白人fire了。就像Trump那样，fire,fire.
Treat your neighbors as yourself.对了，各位女校友们，保养还过得去的，赶紧来
treat 我一下吧！ | q****0
发帖数: 282 | 3 from washington post
The scramble for government funding on the university level is a bare-
knuckle competitive business. Careers — and fortunes — are often tied
directly to getting the right grant at the right time.
One decorated researcher and professor from Virginia Tech is accused of
taking the government’s financial backing to an extreme.
Yiheng Percival Zhang, a professor at the school’s department of biological
systems engineering, was arrested last week, accused by federal authorities
of conspiracy to commit or defraud the United States.
The fraud, according to an arrest affidavit sworn out by an FBI investigator
, involved funding from the National Science Foundation. Zhang and two
associates “conspired to and did in fact cause false statements and
certifications to be submitted to NSF,” the court document states, and also
“conspired to and engaged in a scheme to defraud NSF.” The other men are
Zhiguang Zhu and Chun You.
“Dr. Zhang denies any wrong doing and disputes the allegations,” his
attorney, E. Scott Austin, told The Washington Post early Tuesday. “He
looks forward to a public disclosure of the facts so that he can maintain
his hard earned reputation and good name as an American professor and
scientist.”
Zhang appeared in federal court in Roanoke on Monday afternoon. The Roanoke
Times reported that he remains in custody.
Born in China and naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 2011, Zhang was educated
at Dartmouth and employed by Virginia Tech since 2005. Court documents state
Zhang remained an affiliated researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
while also having previously founded three Chinese technology start-ups.
Stateside, Zhang incorporated a technology start-up in 2010 called GFI. The
firm’s aim was to develop “microbial technology that enables sustainable
production of biofuels and biomaterials,” according court documents. This
company was disolved, the government’s affidavit explains, and Zhang opened
a new start-up, CFB, geared to the same mission.
“To fund CFB’s research, the company leveraged the Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
funding programs managed by NSF” and the U.S. Department of Energy,” the
affidavit states. Both programs were federal funding streams aimed at
helping “facilitate the transfer of technology developed by a research
institution through the entrepreneurship of a small business.”
But both programs came wrapped with strict requirements on how the awarded
money was tracked and used. The main different between the two programs: The
STTR requires a business to partner with a research institution, such as a
university. The university is required to receive at least 30 percent of the
awarded funding and perform 30 percent of the research, the affidavit says.
This is where the government accuses Zhang of running into trouble,
according to court documents. Since February 2013, the company has received
five awards for funding totaling $1.1 million. Two of those awards — for $
150,000 and $225,000, respectively — may contain “potential violations,”
according to the affidavit.
But the other three money awards were problematic, the records indicate. For
a March 2016 award of $584,083, the company allegedly filed “false
statements concerning time and effort reporting.” A December 2016 award was
halted when it was determined the money was for work that had already been
completed in China.
And a November 2015 award of $149,265 turned out to violate the terms of the
program because Virginia Tech did not receive their allotted portion.
“Virginia Tech only appears to have been paid for approximately 18 percent
of the work per CFB’s award ledger rather than the required 30 percent,”
the affidavit states. “The approved budget of $149,265 … included a $48,
843 subaward to Virginia Tech, but CFB’s ledger and supporting documents …
only showed $27,311.29 in payments to Virginia Tech.”
Virginia Tech spokesman Mark Owczarski told the Roanoke Times Zhang was
still a university employee as of Monday.
Zhang is also in the middle of legal action in civil court. A former
employee has sued the professor in U.S. District Court of Virginia. The
Roanoke Times reported the legal complaint alleges confidential trade
information developed by the former employee was improperly used by Zhang
associate You. A trial is scheduled for 2018. | q****0
发帖数: 282 | 4 from The Roanoke Times
A Virginia Tech professor is accused of defrauding the United States
government and the university in a case that involves grant funding in
excess of $1 million.
Yiheng Percival Zhang, 46, is charged with wire fraud, making criminal false
claims and making false statements to the “detriment of the United States
Government’s innovation and development programs,” according to a federal
affidavit filed in the U.S. Western District Court of Virginia.
He was arrested last week and was still in Roanoke jail as of Monday evening
, according to court records. A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice
did not immediately return messages seeking comment on the case Monday.
Zhang’s lawyer, Scott Austin, said that “Dr. Zhang maintains his innocence
and intends to vigorously fight the charges.”
Zhang is a biological systems engineering professor. His expertise is in
protein engineering, synthetic biology and biofuels.
Zhang, along with Tech graduate Zhiguang Zhu and postdoctoral researcher
Chun You, are alleged to have defrauded the university, the National Science
Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy by withholding grant funds
between January 2014 and May 2016, according to the complaint.
Zhu and You currently work for the Tianjin Institute of Industrial
Biotechnology in China, according to court documentation and their LinkedIn
profiles.
The complaint alleges that Zhang filed for grants to get federal money to
pay for work that had already been completed in China.
It also states that as part of grant stipulations , Zhang owed Tech 30
percent of his grant money received from the National Science Foundation and
the Department of Energy.
A university representative interviewed by law enforcement said the school
only received about 18 percent, according to the complaint.
It also alleges that there are potential violations of federal law in two
additional grants that aren’t included in the initial filing last week.
Zhang is accused of not being truthful on reporting what he did with grant
money on forms filed through federal agencies that gave him awards in excess
of the $1 million.
He was still an employee of Virginia Tech on Monday, according to university
spokesman Mark Owczarski.
His annual salary was $113,772 in 2015-16, according to a state salary
database maintained by The Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Zhang is also being sued by a former employee of his startup Cell-Free
Bioinnovations, Inc.
According to filings in the Charlottesville division of the U.S. District
Court of Virginia, the former employee started a new company called Bonumose
Biochem LLC in Charlottesville.
That lawsuit alleges that confidential trade-related information the former
employee helped to develop with Cell-Free Bioinnovations was used by Chun
You, the former student under Zhang, to benefit a Chinese government-owned
company’s work.
That civil case is set to go to trial in 2018, according to online court
records.
Zhang has been teaching at Virginia Tech since 2005 and became a U.S.
citizen in 2011.
In May of 2014, he received national attention when he developed a method to
turn wood chips into edible starches. He has since been featured by
national news outlets and has been the recipient of several awards during
his Virginia Tech tenure.
In 2015, Zhang and his family settled with Carilion Clinic for a $1.8
million payout from a malpractice lawsuit after his infant daughter was
permanently damaged by a procedure by doctors at Carilion Roanoke Memorial
Hospital in 2012.
Under the deal, the child will receive about $5,000 a month for 50 years
after she becomes an adult. Lump-sum payments of $50,000 are to be paid to a
special needs trust fund in her name | q****0
发帖数: 282 | 5 from 军版
https://www.mitbbs.com/article_t1/Military/48913269_0_5.html
我大概看了下诉状，最直接的证据就是CEO 的邮件，当时就怀疑是被白人搞了，果然如
此啊，不过这些好像诉状里没看到，或许我跳着看漏了
另外，张教授在邮件里说所有工作已经完成，申请中国专利，而且马上有中国公司会把
专利转化。只是用这些免费的钱养公司和研究生自己别的项目
这么强的证据想脱罪很难 | q****0
发帖数: 282 | 6 from 军版
https://www.mitbbs.com/article_t1/Military/48913269_0_5.html
各位将军，谁知道他家人的联系方式？请私信告知。
indictment是指“正式起诉”，如果FBI三项指控（charges）被陪审团接受，才会由投
诉（complaints）升级为正式起诉（Indictment），张三月起已经接受调查，如果证据
确凿，肯定会被陪审团通过，让检察官“起诉”。现在没被正式起诉，有可能说明陪审
团认为证据不足，不足以“起诉”。FBI，检察官，法官，完全可以通过没收扣压护照
，用房产交保，带电子脚铐的方式，让张保释在家侯审。但这些他们都不接受，公道自
在人心。张家两个孩子都是美国公民，一个重病瘫痪，都没有中国护照和户籍，想想就
可怜。哎，海外第一代华人，这是明显的政治迫害
郗小星被FBI告时，是已经被正式起诉 indicted，但即使这样，也在4个月的司法斗争
后，成功地让FBI主动撤销起诉。
大家口下留情，都是华人，想想他们家人的痛苦吧
如果大陪审团认为不足以“起诉”，他就回家了。现在还没到那个阶段。程序是检方先
file complaints，然后去找大陪审团寻求Indictment。 | q****0
发帖数: 282 | 7 rom 军版
https://www.mitbbs.com/article_t1/Military/48913269_0_6.html
你这根本没看指控巴，我感觉这是铁案。这老将自作聪明，趟了sbir的浑水，sbir几乎
没有不作假的，一般人干的都是找个局外的职业骗子公司分一块出去，这样就算出事也
能脱身，这老将属于吃相难看了，不但外面的保护费要吃，连学校的30%保护费也吃了。 | q****0
发帖数: 282 | 8 中科院公示2017年"百人计划"学术帅才（A类）候选人
2017-06-08 中国科学院人事局
中国科学院人事局关于对2017年度率先行动“百人计划”学术帅才（A类）候选人进行
公示的通知
按照《中国科学院率先行动“百人计划”管理办法》有关规定，候选人张以恒经过
院组织的国际评估、现场答辩等招聘程序，拟入选2017年度率先行动“百人计划”学术
帅才（Ａ类）。
现将候选人相关材料进行公示，公示期6月5日至6月9日。
公示期间，如对被公示人和公示内容有异议，请在公示期内以书面形式（一般要求
署名）向院人事局进行反映。
联 系 人：刘杨 盛夏
联系电话：010-68597418
电子邮件：[email protected]
附下文学术帅才候选人相关材料
中国科学院人事局
2017年6月5日 | q****0
发帖数: 282 | 9 学术帅才候选人相关材料
张以恒，男，1971年4月出生于湖北武汉，美国国籍。从事体外合成生物学领域，
分子酶工程专业，现任美国弗吉尼亚理工大学终身正教授。
教育经历：
1993年7月，华东理工大学生化工程专业学习，获工学学士学位
1996年7月，华东理工大学生化工程专业学习，获工学硕士学位
2002年6月，美国达特茅斯学院化学和生化工程专业学习，获哲学博士学位
工作经历：
2002年6月–2004年5月，美国，达特茅斯学院，博士后
2004年5月–2005年8月，美国，达特茅斯学院，研究科学家
2005年8月–2010年8月，美国，弗吉尼亚理工大学，助理教授
2010年8月–2014年8月，美国，弗吉尼亚理工大学，终身副教授
2014年8月至今，美国，弗吉尼亚理工大学，终身正教授
（曾入选中国科学院海外评审专家） | q****0
发帖数: 282 | 10 中科院百人现在不比杰青差，，，经费支持明细如下，，，
第十三条 支持经费主要包括院人才专项经费和基建经费，用人单位根据情况提供一
定的启动经费支持。
（一）院给予A类入选者人才专项经费700万元（含组建团队经费300万元），基建
经费100万元。
（二）院给予B类入选者人才专项经费100-200万元，基建经费60万元。
（三）到位工作2年内，院给予C类候选人人才专项经费80万元；用人单位提供给C
类候选人科研启动经费不少于50万元。
通过院择优支持评审后，院给予C类入选者人才专项经费200万元，基建经费60万元
。
http://www.pe.cas.cn/zcgz/rcc_zc ... 150603_4368181.html | q****0
发帖数: 282 | 11 from 发考题版
Grant一般都是学校走账，Grant office会先扣下30%的indirect cost的。至于那国内
的已经做成的研究申请NSF的grant，这是学术上很难界定的事情，再说NSF的reviewer
是吃素的么？既然拿到了grant，这就是有创新的地方。拿一个Prototype去申请
Funding实际上是NSF鼓励的：这是preliminary data,证明了可行性。
我倾向于认为Virginia Tech看他要走，往死里搞他而已。Virginia Tech真是一个很神
奇的地方。。。
那个55条说的，不是他没给，是NSF发现他有问题，所以就没给他那个30%.钱貌似就没
到他账上。唯一欠的30%好像只有一万多一点儿，是从doe的帐来的，我倾向于是他忘了。
看看fbi的文件再说。说了很多次了，这个是NSF 的sbir/sttr，受益者是教授的公司，
学校只能拿30%的保护费，结果教授没有给够30%，VT公事公办怎么就成了往死里搞他？
你不了解情况为什么要乱说呢？甚至一点行政部门做事情的常识都没有。
他是被自己的CEO告的，这事儿出来了学校反而要承担责任，因为对grant的监督不力，
接下来要被重点audit，所以学校一般都是能捂就捂，谁也不愿意这种事情曝光。
No. Rumor is that he fired the CEO and CEO collected evidence and sent to
NSF.
不懂就别乱说。 国内的教授这么干，一点都不奇怪，尤其是工科的教授。在美国的教
授，还知道line在哪里，不至于为这点小钱毁自己的名声和工作。张教授的事情，也不
是把钱放进自己口袋里，就是用途上不明确和不符合规定。。。。
没看出哪里说把钱放进私人账户。关键是核心技术在中国申请了专利
大名鼎鼎的虎肉也害怕了？
从目前的证据来看，反正得坐牢了，提前坐也算天数的，说不定等宣判的时候过几天就
出来了。教授在VT已经resign了，反正在美国也没有工作了，也不能回国， flight
risk，提前坐着，等都搞完了，直接回国继续当大千人，大教授，开公司，赚大钱，不
亏不亏 | c*******n
发帖数: 1648 | 12 老o吃人血馒头的习惯看样子要带到棺材里去了 。密素丽还不够你折腾的，又跑回来了。 |
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