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Researcher Jailed for Falsifying Research

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nerd-police-blotter dept.

Caldeso writes "For the first time in U.S. history, a researcher has received jail time for falsifying research data to obtain federal grants. Eric Poehlman pled guilty to defrauding the government to the tune of nearly 3 million dollars by changing and making up research and was sentenced to a year in a federal prison work camp and a lifetime ban on further federal grants."

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  1. Only a year? by JPriest · · Score: 0, Redundant

    For 3 million I would spend a year in prison.

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