China National Gets Time Served For Smuggling Crop Fungus

By Danielle Ferguson ( November 12, 2025, 3:54 PM EST) -- A Chinese scholar with research ties to the University of Michigan will likely leave the United States this week after she was sentenced on Wednesday to time served following five months in custody for smuggling into the country a fungus that causes crop disease and lying about it to federal agents....

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