The felony offense of destroying evidence carries a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
Chinese researcher suspected of transferring U.S. sensitive software & technical data to China
Guan is under investigation for possibly transferring sensitive U.S. software or technical data to China’s National University of Defense Technology (NUDT). He is also under investigation for falsely denying his association with the Chinese Military—the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)—in his 2018 visa application and interviews with federal law enforcement.
The Chinese researcher later admitted that he participated in military training and wore military uniforms while at the NUDT. One of his faculty advisors at the NUDT was a PLA lieutenant general, who developed computers used by the Chinese military’s General Staff Department, General Armament Department, Air Force, military weather forecasts, and nuclear technology.
U.S. authorities suspect NUDT to be “procuring U.S.-origin items to develop supercomputers with the nuclear explosive application.” It is currently under the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Entity List for nuclear nonproliferation reasons.
