Harvard scientist is arrested, accused of lying about ties to China

Re:Harvard scientist is arrested, accused of lying about tie... by blaser-waffle on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @04:03PM (#22185790)

> Not easy. In fact, damn near impossible.

Simply not true. FATCA is a thing, and the USG is comfortable hammering foreign banks for info. It's a lot harder with China, but they absolutely comply: https://www.china-briefing.com/news/china-agrees-fatca-compl...

This is also why that Chinese money goes to Canada (esp. Vancouver) -- the Canadian government doesn't dig as hard.

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Re:Harvard scientist is arrested, accused of lying about tie... by koheripbal on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @07:48PM (#22187829)

I don't see how FACTA is relevant here.

1. FACTS doesn't report domestic accounts that are funded by foreign sources.

2. Harvard didn't catch this - the DoD did.

The point is that other schools could not possibly detect this sort of behavior unless it becomes as wildly blatant as this guy did it.

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