According to official website, the US Department of Justice, Chen Gang, an academician of the American Academy of Engineering and a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was prosecuted and arrested for failing to disclose his work and awards in China to the US Department of Energy. Chen Gang, 56, was charged with fraud, failure to submit foreign bank account reports and making false statements in tax returns. On the same day, he made his first appearance before the magistrate Donald L. Cabel.

According to the information disclosed on the website of the US Department of Justice, the accusation of wire transfer fraud in the United States can be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison, 3 years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. The charge of false statement can be sentenced to a maximum of five years' imprisonment, three years' supervised release and a fine of $250,000. The charges of undeclared foreign bank accounts can be punished by up to five years' imprisonment, three years' supervised release and a fine of $250,000. This decision will be made by the federal district court judge in accordance with the sentencing guidelines of the United States and other statutory factors. According to the accusation document, Chen Gang is a Chinese American and graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Currently, he is the director of the micro-nano engineering laboratory in PaParado, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the director of the solid-state solar thermal energy conversion center.

A long time ago, his research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has received more than $654.38+0.9 million from American federal agencies. According to the documents of the U.S. Department of Justice, since 20 12, Chen Gang has held several positions in China, with the purpose of providing consulting and professional knowledge for promoting the development of science and technology in China and obtaining economic remuneration. It is said that he has obtained about 29 million US dollars of foreign funds, including 6,543,809 US dollars from China South University of Science and Technology. Even the United States checked Chen Gang's mail. The documents of the Ministry of Justice emphasized his efforts to promote China's scientific and economic development, and revealed many details of promoting cooperation with China. It is suggested that China should take innovation (science) as the key and core; China ranks second in economy, but its technology and human resources are far behind. China ranks second in economy, but its technology and human resources are far behind. We have paid huge environmental costs, unsustainable costs and labor costs; Environmental protection and economic development must rely on technology, not development as in the past.

Taking scientific and technological innovation as the core, we realize that planning and promotion are not only independent innovation, but also internationalization. Closed-door innovation is not feasible, innovation is the driving force. U, documents of the U.S. Department of Justice also show that Chen Gang held several consulting positions in China, and he also applied to the U.S. Department of Energy for funding some of his research at MIT. In the process, he did not disclose his relationship with China as required by the Department of Energy. In addition, Chen Gang did not disclose it to the IRS in his tax return. He had a bank account in China in 20 18, with more than10,000 dollars in it. Raphael, president of MIT? L.Rafael reif sent an email to the teachers, students and staff of the school, expressing shock and saying that Chen Gang was a widely respected scholar and teacher, and his arrest was surprising, deeply painful and incomprehensible.