Chengxuan Han, 28, walked in handcuffed and shackled, only answering basic questions through her Mandarin translator, but could be seen sniffling with tears falling down her face throughout the ...

SSC: In the case of Chengxuan Han, the material is even more innocuous. She too is being held in federal custody, facing 20 years, but her case involves charges of sending roundworms, C. elegans – ...

Chengxuan Han, a Chinese Ph.D. student from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, was arrested at Detroit Metro Airport on charges of smuggling biological materials into the United States.

Chengxuan Han, a researcher at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, was taken into custody by the FBI upon arrival at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on June 8. According to ...

Han arrived at Detroit Metro Airport from Shanghai on a J-1 visa June 8 and customs officers conducted an inspection and interview. She denied sending the packages to members of the lab, according ...

Chengxuan Han is listed in the criminal complaint. Per that complaint, Han sent four packages to the United States from Wuhan that contained biological material.

This photo provided by the Sanilac County, Mich., Sheriff's Office on Friday, June 13, 2025, shows Chinese scientist Chengxuan Han. Credit: AP The university has not been accused of misconduct.

Chengxuan Han is the third student to be accused of illegally sending biological samples to the country. She is charged with smuggling goods into the U.S. and making false statements, the Detroit ...

Chengxuan Han’s case, involving C. elegans roundworms and plasmids, is particularly egregious, as these are common non-hazardous biological materials.

(The Center Square) – The FBI has arrested Chengxuan Han, a graduate student from China, on charges of smuggling goods into the United States and making false statements.