Asian American professor wrongfully accused of spying for China …
15 hours ago · Franklin Tao, an Asian American scientist who was wrongfully accused of spying for China, is suing the University of Kansas, his former employer, accusing it of “vicious, unabated discrimination ...
Fired after being wrongly accused of espionage, professor sues KU
1 day ago · A former University of Kansas professor is suing after being falsely accused and fired for being a "Chinese spy." Former chemistry professor Feng Tao was investigated for economic espionage in ...
Feng “Franklin” Tao sues University of Kansas over firing | Kansas …
11 hours ago · Attorneys for Feng “Franklin” Tao, a Chinese-American academic who taught chemical engineering and chemistry at KU, wrote that he was racially profiled in the prosecution by the Department of ...
KU Professor Fired Amid China Initiative Sues to Regain Job
3 days ago · But Feng “Franklin” Tao managed to overturn those convictions, and he’s now suing KU to get his job back. Lawyers representing Tao filed the lawsuit Friday against the university in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. Bloomberg Law reported earlier on the case. Tao is demanding reinstatement to his tenured position and ...
Ex-Kansas Prof Sues School for Not Rehiring Him After Acquittal
4 days ago · A former University of Kansas professor arrested as part of the Justice Department’s now-defunct “China Initiative” is suing the school for not rehiring him after he won his appeal challenging the last charge against him. Feng “Franklin” Tao, a …
Court exonerates Kansas professor in China research fraud case
Jul 12, 2024 · A panel of federal judges has overturned the conviction of Franklin Tao, the former University of Kansas (KU) chemical engineer who has spent nearly 5 years battling allegations that he defrauded the U.S. government by hiding his research ties to China.
Court voids last conviction of Kansas researcher in case that …
Jul 15, 2024 · A federal appeals court has reversed the conviction of a researcher who was accused of hiding work he did in China while employed at the University of Kansas. Feng “Franklin” Tao was convicted in April 2022 of three counts of wire fraud and one count
Court overturns conviction of chemist Feng “Franklin” Tao
Jul 16, 2024 · The 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver voted 2–1 on July 11 to throw out the conviction of former University of Kansas (KU) chemist Feng “Franklin” Tao.
Kansas researcher sentenced to time served in China-related case
Jan 19, 2023 · Federal prosecutors argued that Tao defrauded the University of Kansas, the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation by lying about work he was doing for Fuzhou...
Advocates gather to support former University of Kansas …
Jan 18, 2023 · Former University of Kansas professor Franklin Tao was arrested under Trump’s now-defunct “China Initiative” in August 2019 on seven counts of wire fraud and three counts of making false statements. In the fall of 2022, Tao was acquitted on all but one conviction.
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