By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The U.S. Marshals Service arrested a Chinese researcher accused of visa fraud for allegedly lying about her ties to her country’s military in order to receive an application to work in the U.S.
Juan Tang, 37, was among four researchers who have been charged with visa fraud after federal authorities said they believed the Chinese consulate in San Francisco was harboring her. The other three researchers were previously arrested.
Tang was being held in the Sacramento County jail, USA Today reports.
The Justice Department says Tang lied on two occasions about her military ties in a visa application in October.
Federal authorities suspect the four suspects were trying to steal research from American universities.
Tang was a visiting researcher in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of California in Davis.
