A Chinese citizen, who arrived in the U.S. in 2022 on a research exchange scholar VISA at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, faces charges of trade secret theft and tampering with government records

- In the statement, Li wrote that he was working at MD Anderson on a vaccine to prevent breast cancer from metastasizing.

- When the project was approximately 70% finished, Li said he had taken up to 90 GB of research. When confronted by hospital officials, Li said he worked to convince them that he had permanently deleted the material while concealing it through a China-based cloud company.

- He tried to flee back to China before being arrested. He has now been released on a $5,100 bond.