(CNN) – A high-ranking scientist from NASA verklaar skuldige el miercoles in a New York federal tribunal about mentoring his participation in an established program by the Gobierno chino that, according to the United States, seeks to recruit people with access to intellectual property.
Meyya Meyyappan, 66 years old, from Pacifica, California, accused of carrying a false declaration charge, according to a press release from the Department of Justice.
“Meyya Meyyappan occupies a trust in NASA, with access to intellectual property. In violation of its terms and conditions and relevant norms, Meyyappan has not disclosed his participation in a Chinese government recruitment program and, subsequently, with respect to NASA investigators, FBI agents and our Office. Now, having confessed to the crime, Meyyappan hopes for a sentence, “said Audrey Strauss, a federal interlocutor in a statement.
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Since 2006, Meyyappan has been the head of the Tecnología de Exploración and the Centro de Investigación Ames de la NASA in California, the Department of Justice.
«Deelname aan die Programa de los Mil Talentos de China,’n program gevestigde por el gobierno chino para recruiter personas with access to the knowledge of extranjera technology or intellectual property, y dio cátedra en universidades of China, Corea del Sur y Japón, y no revealed these associations and charges to NASA and the Office of Ethics of the United States of America “, said the communiqué.
When he was interrogated in October of last year, Meyyappan “falsely stated, among other things, that he was not a member of the Mil Talents Program and did not have a chair at a Chinese university.”
Get a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum sentence of US $ 250,000.
Meyyappan is scheduled to be released on June 16 by the Department of Justice.
Debra Goldschmidt de CNN makes an informal contribution