A former MD Anderson Cancer Center researcher is facing charges after prosecutors say he tried to steal sensitive cancer research and take it to China.

The Harris County District Attorney’s Office announced that 35-year-old Yunhai Li, a non-immigrant, has been charged with theft of trade secrets, a third-degree felony, and tampering with a government record, a misdemeanor.

Li, who had been employed at MD Anderson since 2022 on a non-immigrant research scholar exchange visa, allegedly attempted to leave the country with proprietary cancer-related research in his possession, according to prosecutors.

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