Legal Docket by CourtListener: United States v. KAIKAI (1:20-cr-00187)
On July 23, 2021, Acting U.S. Attorney John E. Childress and Assistant United States Attorney Matthew J. Rinka motioned to dismiss the case against Kaikai Zhao, a doctoral student in machine learning and artificial intelligence from China at Indiana University, with prejudice, in the interests of justice.
On July 23, 2020, the Department of Justice announced the arrest of Kaikai Zhao and charged him with one count of visa fraud and one count of making false statement.
Links and References
2021/07/23 PACER: Motion to dismiss by the Government
2021/04/26 Indiana Daily Student: Trial of IU Ph.D. candidate accused of visa fraud postponed
2020/08/30 Indiana Daily Student: FBI arrests IU Ph.D. candidate, alleges he lied about Chinese military service on visa
2020/08/04 PACER: Original Indictment
2020/07/23 Department of Justice: Researchers Charged with Visa Fraud After Lying About Their Work for China’s People’s Liberation Army
On July 23, 2020, the Department of Justice announced the arrest of Kaikai Zhao and charged him with one count of visa fraud and one count of making false statement.
Links and References
2021/07/23 PACER: Motion to dismiss by the Government
2021/04/26 Indiana Daily Student: Trial of IU Ph.D. candidate accused of visa fraud postponed
2020/08/30 Indiana Daily Student: FBI arrests IU Ph.D. candidate, alleges he lied about Chinese military service on visa
2020/08/04 PACER: Original Indictment
2020/07/23 Department of Justice: Researchers Charged with Visa Fraud After Lying About Their Work for China’s People’s Liberation Army