Chinese researcher on US visa charged with smuggling E. coli into the country, FBI Director Kash Patel says

Chinese researcher on US visa charged with smuggling E. coli into the country, FBI Director Kash Patel says

FBI charges Youhuang Xiang, a J-1 visa holder from China, for allegedly smuggling E. coli into the US

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FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Friday that a post-doctoral researcher in the U.S. on a visa was charged with allegedly smuggling Escherichia coli (E. coli) into the country and making false statements about it.

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Rachel Wolf is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and FOX Business.

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