Former UF professor charged with fraud in $1.8M grant

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a former University of Florida professor and researcher fraudulently obtained $1.8 million in federal grant money while concealing support he received from the Chinese government and a company that he founded in China to profit from that research. An indictment unsealed Wednesday charges 43-year-old Lin Yang with multiple counts of wire fraud and making false statements to a U.S. agency. A federal grand jury in Gainesville returned the indictment in D