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Former Virginia Tech Professor Sentenced for Grant Fraud, False Statements, Obstruction

Investigative press release

 

Yiheng Percival Zhang, a former Virginia Tech professor studying artificial sweeteners, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to time served, which included incarceration for approximately three months, and home incarceration for approximately two years.