US EditionChinese scientist pleads guilty in US smuggling case and will be quickly deported
Yunqing Jian pleaded guilty to smuggling Fusarium graminearum, a fungus causing $1 billion annual crop losses, highlighting strict federal regulations on plant pathogens.
- A Chinese plant scientist at the University of Michigan pleaded guilty to charges of smuggling a crop-damaging fungus into the U.S. and making false statements to the FBI.
- Under her plea agreement, Yunqing Jian, 33, was sentenced to time served and expected to be deported.
- The fungus, Fusarium graminearum, causes a disease in barley and wheat called Fusarium head blight or scab, which can reduce crop yields by up to 45% and produce a harmful mycotoxin.
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Chinese researcher pleads guilty to smuggling biological pathogen into the U.S.
A researcher from China pleaded guilty to smuggling a biological pathogen into the United States and lying to FBI agents about it, according to federal prosecutors. Yunqing Jian, 33, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, was sentenced to time served, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced on Wednesday. Jian was arrested in June in a case involving allegations that she and her boyfriend, Zunyong Liu, brou…
Chinese scientist to be deported after pleading guilty in fungus smuggling case
A Chinese scientist will be swiftly deported after she pleaded guilty to smuggling a dangerous fungus into the United States. Michigan University researchers Yunqing Jian, 33, was arrested in June and charged with conspiracy, smuggling goods into the U.S., false statements, and visa fraud. She and her boyfriend, Zunyong Liu, 34, smuggled Fusarium graminearum, a fungus the Department of Justice noted is classified by scientific literature as a “p…
Chinese Researcher Pleads Guilty for Smuggling Dangerous Pathogen Into US, Faces Deportation - The Thinking Conservative News
A Chinese researcher has pleaded guilty to smuggling a dangerous fungus into the United States and lying about it. The post Chinese Researcher Pleads Guilty for Smuggling Dangerous Pathogen Into US, Faces Deportation appeared first on The Thinking Conservative News.
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Idaho PressWhat is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus a Chinese scientist pleaded guilty to smuggling into the US?
Wheat infected by *_Fusarium_*, a toxic fungus, has kernels that appear white with orange at the base. Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/picture alliance via Getty ImagesA Chinese plant scientist at the University of Michigan who drew national attention in June 2025 when she was arrested and accused of smuggling a crop-damaging fungus into the U.S. pleaded guilty on Nov. 12, 2025, to charges of smuggling and making false statements to the FBI. Under her ple…
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