Topline Meyya Meyyappan, a former senior scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), was sentenced to 30 days in prison on Wednesday by a federal judge in New York for lying to the FBI about working for a China-funded project that has been accused of espionage. A child runs past a giant sculpture depicting a Communist Party of China flag near a museum on the … [+] outskirts of Beijing Thursday, June 30, 2016. July 1, 2016 marks the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ASSOCIATED PRESS Key Facts When questioned by the FBI and NASA, Meyyappan, 66, lied about his employment at a Chinese government-funded program called the Thousand Talents Program, which seeks to recruit people with access to foreign technologies and intellectual property. Meyyappan, who pleaded guilty to the charges in January 2021, was a… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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Ex-NASA Scientist Gets 30-Day Prison Term For Lying About China-Funded Program
