Boston – Harvard University researcher was accused The smuggling of the fracture embryo to the United States was charged on Wednesday on Wednesday.
Kseniia PetrovaA Russian -born scientist who runs cancer research at Harvard University College of Medicine was accused on Wednesday by a federal jury in Boston for hiding a material fact, one charge of the wrong statement and the charge of smuggling goods to the United States. It was charged with smuggling in May.
Despite the additional charges, Petrova will remain in the pre -trial launch.
Petrova lawyer cannot be accessed for comment.
It was from leave from France in February when customs and US border protection were interrogated at Boston Logan International Airport.
Petrova, 30, stopped at a laboratory specializing in linking Superfine from the frog embryos and got a set of samples to search. Federal officials on the social media site X accused her of lying about “carrying materials” in the country and claiming that it intends to smuggle embryos through customs without announcing them.
The Associated Press told an interview in April that she did not realize that the elements that must be announced and were not trying to infiltrate the country.
Petrova was informed that her visa was canceled and detained by Fairmont’s immigration officials after her first arrest. She presented a petition seeking to obtain her release and was briefly sent to the ICE facility in Louisiana, after which the judge ruled that the actions of immigration officers were illegal. In May, he was charged with one smuggling.
If he is convicted of smuggling, Petrova has a prison sentence for up to 20 years and a fine of $ 250,000. It also faces a prison sentence for up to five years and a fine of up to $ 250,000 for hiding the material truth and wrong data.
