The unsealed records show that the agents searching Wang's homes were looking for funding applications, including drafts, and submissions to the National Science Foundation. An inventory of 42 seized items lists phones, computers and hard drives as well as passports and plane tickets.
As pretext for pursuing the search warrant, federal officials wrote that they were pursuing evidence of fraud relating to federal program funding, wire fraud, and making false statements to a government official. Some elements of the case, including an affidavit, remain under seal.
But Pfefferkorn said the unsealed files, which include an inventory of items taken from Wang's homes, offer clues to the nature of the investigation.
- Date Published:10.6.2025
- Original Publication: Indiana Public Media