A senior NASA scientist pleaded guilty to falsely denying his connection to a Chinese program used to steal American intellectual property and technology.
Veteran NASA employee and professor Meyya Meyyappan lied to federal authorities, the NASA inspector general, and investigators from U.S. attorney offices about his work for China's Thousand Talents Program, according to the Department of Justice. Meyyappan most recently worked as a chief research scientist in exploration technology at a NASA research facility in Silicon Valley. The scientist refused to disclose his participation in the Thousand Talents Program and also lied about his professorship at a Chinese university when confronted by federal officials.
FBI assistant director William F. Sweeney Jr. said Meyyappan's actions jeopardized national security.
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