Arkansas prof pleads guilty to lying about China patents

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A College of Arkansas professor pleaded responsible Friday to mendacity to the FBI about patents he had for innovations in mainland China.

Simon Noticed-Teong Ang pleaded responsible in federal courtroom in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to at least one depend from a 58-count federal indictment.

Prosecutors say 24 patents bearing Ang’s title had been filed with the Beijing authorities however that he did not report the patents to the college and denied having them when questioned by the FBI.

The college requires disclosure of all college patents, which the college would personal. The plea deal requires a one-year jail sentence, however the crime might be punishable by as much as 5 years in jail.

The 64-year-old Fayetteville resident was suspended from the college college when he was initially indicted in July 2020. The college web site not lists him on its college listing.