Federal prosecutors say the pandemic hasn't hindered their efforts to crack down on Chinese espionage
The leadership of the Justice Department has put a bull’s-eye on the Chinese government, pushing prosecutors across the country to focus on investigations of Chinese state-backed efforts to steal intellectual property. The work involves investigations into American academics and work with U.S. universities, and department officials say their nationwide undertaking isn’t slowing it down.
The cases can be complex and time-consuming, Demers said. But he doesn’t want U.S. attorneys to see that as a hindrance. William Powell, the U.S. attorney whose office is handling the West Virginia case, didn’t discuss it as the defendant is awaiting sentencing. But he said that at least half the time his office has spent on the China Initiative, as DOJ officials call the anti-espionage push, has been in outreach to industry and academia.
He compared the department’s efforts with its outreach to Muslim-American communities after the Sep. 11 attacks. Varghese has more detailed insight than most; before leaving the DOJ, he worked on the case against Charles Lieber, a prominent Harvard professor arrested and charged in January with lying to U.S. government officials about Chinese funding for his research.
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