GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Federal prosecutors have unsealed a criminal case against a Chinese man accused of voting illegally in the 2024 election.

The documents provide details on how 19-year-old University of Michigan student Haoxiang Gao managed to leave the U.S. despite surrendering his Chinese passport and agreeing to stay in Michigan while on bond.

The case was unsealed seven months after authorities revealed that a student who wasn't a U.S. citizen had cast a ballot for the presidential election at an early voting site in Ann Arbor.

Gao cast his ballot in late October, but then reportedly contacted the local clerk, asking if he could somehow get his ballot back.

University investigators spoke with Gao the next day. An FBI agent wrote in the criminal case that Gao admitted to

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