An applied math professor at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, has been sentenced to 1 year of probation—and no prison time—after being found guilty earlier this year of filing incorrect tax returns and failing to report a foreign bank account.
An applied math professor at Southern Illinois University , Carbondale, was sentenced today to 1 year of probation—and no prison time—after being found guilty earlier this year of filing incorrect tax returns and failing to report a foreign bank account.
The U.S. government had asked District Judge Staci Yandle to impose a 1-year prison sentence. But Yandle said no purpose would be served by incarcerating Xiao and that he posed no threat of reoffending. In a brief statement before his sentencing, Xiao thanked the judge, cited his love for his adopted country—he was born in China and became a U.S. citizen in 2006—and said he hopes to return to teaching and research at SIU.
Both Lieber and Tao are awaiting sentencing; Lieber’s request to be acquitted or given a new trial was rejected earlier this month, and a similar request by Tao is pending. Several academics were sentenced after pleading guilty, most to lesser charges, and the government dropped charges against several other researchers.
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