China Govt. Employee Convicted In Conspiracy To Illegally Obtain US Visas – Justice Dept.

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – twenty fourth March, 2022) Liu Zhongsan, a Chinese authorities worker, has been convicted for his involvement in a conspiracy to defraud the United States and for illegally acquiring US visas, the Justice Department stated in a press launch.

“Liu Zhongsan sought to exploit the J-1 research scholar program – which is intended to allow foreign nationals to conduct research at approved US institutions – for the improper purpose of enabling his conspirators to work for the Chinese Government in the United States, against the rules of the research scholar program,” US Attorney Damian Williams stated within the launch on Wednesday.

Williams stated that Lee was a part of a plan to illegally safe J-1 analysis scholar visas for workers of the Chinese authorities China via an workplace referred to as the China Association for the International Exchange of Personnel (CAIEP), the discharge stated.

The scheme would enable recipients to work unlawfully for the Chinese authorities and conceal that and to hide that illicit work from the United States and its companies, the discharge stated. CAIEP recruited expertise for the advantage of the PRC and recruited engineers, scientists, lecturers and different professionals and specialists to work in China, the discharge added.

The J-1 analysis scholar program permits overseas nationals to achieve entry into the United States for the principle goal of conducting analysis at a analysis establishment, library, college, museum or company analysis facility.

Liu was convicted of 1 rely of conspiracy to defraud the United States and to commit visa fraud, which carries a most sentence of 5 years in jail, in response to the discharge.