Medical College of Wisconsin researcher charged with economic espionage

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http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/medical-college-researcher-charged-with-stealing-anticancer-compound-ls9cnn4-200958961.html

By Bruce Vielmetti
Journal Sentinel
April 1, 2013

A researcher at the Medical College of Wisconsin has been charged with stealing 
a possible cancer-fighting compound and research data that led to its 
development, all to benefit a Chinese university.

Huajun Zhao, 42, faces a single count of economic espionage, according to a 
federal criminal complaint, an offense punishable by up to 15 years in prison 
and a $500,000 fine.

Zhao was arrested Saturday and held without bail over the weekend pending a 
detention hearing in Milwaukee federal court on Monday, when he was ordered 
detained until trial. No date has been set.

John Raymond, president and CEO of the Medical College of Wisconsin in 
Wauwatosa, said the school is cooperating with the FBI, and directed all other 
questions to the FBI.

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