ATLANTA (ANF/Gray News) – A former scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is accused of stealing $1 million in grant money, authorities said.
Paul Thorsen is facing 22 counts of wire fraud and money laundering related to an alleged scheme to steal CDC grant money for research on infant disabilities, autism, genetic disorders and fetal alcohol syndrome.
From February 2004 to February 2010, officials said, Thorsen allegedly executed a scheme to steal grants the CDC had awarded to the Danish Medical Research Council.
Thorsen was working as a visiting scientist at the CDC’s Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities before the grant was awarded.
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