A Chinese national was arrested and charged with criminal visa fraud for allegedly omitting his ties to a university linked to China’s People’s Liberation Army on his student visa application, U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross of the Western District of New York announced on Aug. 3.
Jiaxuemo Zhang, 28, a resident of Amherst, New York, is pursuing a master’s degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo under an F-1 nonimmigrant visa issued by the U.S. State Department in 2021. According to the complaint, Mr. Zhang conducted research and studied at Beihang University in China, which is known to do research for the Chinese military.
