A plea hearing and sentencing are set for November for a Chinese national accused of smuggling into the United States a fungus that federal prosecutors said can causes a disease in crops.

The federal criminal case raised concerns about whether Chinese nationals were part of a campaign to terrorize the U.S.

The Department of Defense on Tuesday announced the arrest of two Chinese researchers alleged to have smuggled a toxic fungus called Fusarium graminearum into the United States. Zunyong Liu, 34, was ...

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(CNN) — Two Chinese researchers were charged with smuggling a fungus classified “as a potential agroterrorism weapon” that could decimate crops and impact human health into the US last summer in a wad ...

Two Chinese researchers have been charged with smuggling a "potential agroterrorism weapon" — fusarium graminearum — into the United States. Biological pathogens were discovered in Zunyong Liu's ...

Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu are charged with conspiracy, smuggling, making false statements and visa fraud for allegedly bringing the fungus Fusarium graminearum into the U.S. Jian, 33, was booked in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors charged two Chinese researchers on Tuesday with smuggling a crop-killing fungus into the U.S. last summer — charges that come amid heightened political tensions ...