Chinese Researcher Charged With Stealing Federally Funded Research

The defendant came to the United States for a postdoctoral research position on a J-1 visa.

The Justice Department in Washington on July 21, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

A former Chinese researcher at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has been accused of stealing U.S. government-funded cancer research and taking it back to China.

Li Yunhai, 35, was charged in Texas with theft of trade secrets and tampering with a government record, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office announced in an Aug. 25 statement.