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Posted On: October 14th 2026, 06:46 pm
A graduate student at the University of Wyoming has been arrested on charges of poisoning a colleague before stealing his research data and attempting to flee to China.
Aili Wang was arrested on October 6th at Los Angeles International Airport as she attempted to board a flight to China. She traveled with multiple laptops, digital storage devices, and written materials.
She allegedly purchased a chemical called acrylamide via eBay which she used to poison her colleague’s tea. Acrylamide is used in microbiology research involving proteins or DNA and can be toxic in large doses. After making two purchases, Wang requested eBay permanently close her user account.
The victim, identified in court documents as “K.T.”, is likely a Vietnamese graduate student named Kiet Tran (slide 2). According to Professor Mark Gomelsky who supervised both students, Wang failed to defend her dissertation and was envious of K.T.’s comparative success in the lab, using bacteria to deliver RNA to human cells.
K.T.’s research was federally funded and patent-pending, and focused on new technology for cancer, neurological and genetic disease treatment according to an affidavit submitted by UW campus police. Wang herself had worked on similar research in China before coming to the United States.
After he began experiencing extreme tiredness, inability to sleep and other unexplained symptoms, and noticed that his tea tasted different, a chemistry professor tested the coffee maker he used each day. Acrylamide showed up in the test, and campus police then set up a hidden camera to record the area, which Wang also frequently used.
On September 27th, 2026, the camera recorded Wang taking photos of every page in one of the notebooks on K.T.’s desk and rinsing out his mug with a liquid from her own mug.
Because Acrylamide is a neurotoxin, K.T. may never fully recover from the effects of the poisoning. Wang faces up to 10 years in prison on a felony aggravated assault and battery charge in Wyoming. She is currently being held without bail in Los Angeles.
#china #microbiology #gradstudent #wyoming #arrested
Aili Wang was arrested on October 6th at Los Angeles International Airport as she attempted to board a flight to China. She traveled with multiple laptops, digital storage devices, and written materials.
She allegedly purchased a chemical called acrylamide via eBay which she used to poison her colleague’s tea. Acrylamide is used in microbiology research involving proteins or DNA and can be toxic in large doses. After making two purchases, Wang requested eBay permanently close her user account.
The victim, identified in court documents as “K.T.”, is likely a Vietnamese graduate student named Kiet Tran (slide 2). According to Professor Mark Gomelsky who supervised both students, Wang failed to defend her dissertation and was envious of K.T.’s comparative success in the lab, using bacteria to deliver RNA to human cells.
K.T.’s research was federally funded and patent-pending, and focused on new technology for cancer, neurological and genetic disease treatment according to an affidavit submitted by UW campus police. Wang herself had worked on similar research in China before coming to the United States.
After he began experiencing extreme tiredness, inability to sleep and other unexplained symptoms, and noticed that his tea tasted different, a chemistry professor tested the coffee maker he used each day. Acrylamide showed up in the test, and campus police then set up a hidden camera to record the area, which Wang also frequently used.
On September 27th, 2026, the camera recorded Wang taking photos of every page in one of the notebooks on K.T.’s desk and rinsing out his mug with a liquid from her own mug.
Because Acrylamide is a neurotoxin, K.T. may never fully recover from the effects of the poisoning. Wang faces up to 10 years in prison on a felony aggravated assault and battery charge in Wyoming. She is currently being held without bail in Los Angeles.
#china #microbiology #gradstudent #wyoming #arrested
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4 hours agocsobrien
Oh wow a Chinese national stealing IP or state secrets and fucking off back to China? Never heard that one before
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