Seems the fellow was a mathematician who worked with another mathematician at UCLA and was quite open about his affiliation with his military academy in China: https://www.math.ucla.edu/~wotaoyin/people.html
You do wonder what the point of it is apart from causing uncertainty for Chinese citizens, no sane Chinese scientist will set foot into the US, or they'll be hit with catch-all charges when the FBI doesn't like them.
He is a ranking officer in the Chinese military accused of destroying a hard drive after being interviewed by agents. Suspicious considering the CCP is actively seeding U.S. universities with clandestine military scientists via the Thousand Talents plan [1].
[+] [-] HarryHirsch|5 years ago|reply
You do wonder what the point of it is apart from causing uncertainty for Chinese citizens, no sane Chinese scientist will set foot into the US, or they'll be hit with catch-all charges when the FBI doesn't like them.
[+] [-] feelthepress|5 years ago|reply
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Talents_Plan