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06/02/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/03/2026 05:33
Feds charge foreign nationals working at the National Institutes of Health with smuggling monkeypox into the United States and lying about it
Feds charge foreign nationals working at the National Institutes of Health with smuggling monkeypox into the United States and lying about it
DETROIT - Vincent Munster and Claude Kwe, both researchers with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) at the Rocky Mountain Laboratory were charged today in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to smuggle monkeypox into the United States and giving false statements to federal law enforcement, United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. announced.
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Action Details
- Date:June 2, 2026
- Agency:U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Michigan
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Enforcement Types:
- Criminal and Civil Actions
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