A former Pennsylvania State University professor, who pled guilty to a $3 million federal research grant fraud was sentenced Friday by the US Attorney's Office.
On January 31, Craig Grimes, 56, formerly of Boalsburg was charged in a three-count felony information wire fraud, false statements, and money laundering.
Grimes defrauded the National Institutes of Health ("NIH") of federal grant money. The NIH provides funding for medical research through grants.
Grimes, acted through his solely-owned company, SentechBiomed, State College, PA. He requested a $1,196,359.00 grant from NIH to perform research related to the measurement of gases in a patient's blood. The NIH funded the clinical trial because of the importance of the measurement of these gases in detecting the presence of a disease in newborn babies known as necrotizing enterocolitis.
Grimes was sentenced to 41 months in prison and ordered to pay $640,660.37 in restitution.
Grimes was a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Penn State between June 30, 2006 and February 1, 2011. He was also previously employed with Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, China, as a professor of engineering from June 2011 through February 2012.
On January 31, Craig Grimes, 56, formerly of Boalsburg was charged in a three-count felony information wire fraud, false statements, and money laundering.
Grimes defrauded the National Institutes of Health ("NIH") of federal grant money. The NIH provides funding for medical research through grants.
Grimes, acted through his solely-owned company, SentechBiomed, State College, PA. He requested a $1,196,359.00 grant from NIH to perform research related to the measurement of gases in a patient's blood. The NIH funded the clinical trial because of the importance of the measurement of these gases in detecting the presence of a disease in newborn babies known as necrotizing enterocolitis.
Grimes was sentenced to 41 months in prison and ordered to pay $640,660.37 in restitution.
Grimes was a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Penn State between June 30, 2006 and February 1, 2011. He was also previously employed with Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, China, as a professor of engineering from June 2011 through February 2012.