With spy case a bust, feds seek fraud conviction against University of Tennessee professor

Federal prosecutors shrugged off the false spy claims made by the FBI in the case against a renowned University of Tennessee at Knoxville professor, instead focusing on what they say is a clear case of fraud by Dr. Anming Hu.

“The FBI began an investigation as they normally would,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Casey Arrowood told jurors Monday in U.S. District Court. “Instead of rushing to judgment, putting handcuffs on people, they asked questions.”

According to Arrowood, the same agents who made unsupported spy claims about Hu for more than two years wound up exposing the welding technology genius as a fraudster and liar just the same.

Hu isn’t charged or accused of espionage or working for China. Instead, Hu is accused of fraud under a novel application of an obscure provision of law — the NASA restriction.

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(Murfreesboro Daily News Journal)