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A visiting UCLA researcher was charged with destroying evidence, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.

https://dailybruin.com/2020/06/10/brush-fire-breaks-out-near-getty-center-drive-no-evacuation-orders-issued/breaking-19/

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A visiting UCLA researcher was charged with destroying evidence to obstruct an FBI investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday. Guan Lei, a visiting researcher from China who studied mathematics, allegedly destroyed a computer hard drive while he was under an FBI investigation, according to an affidavit written by FBI special agent Timothy Hurt, who investigated Lei beginning in July.

https://dailybruin.com/2020/08/29/ucla-researcher-charged-with-destroying-evidence-related-to-federal-investigation/

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UCLA researcher charged with destroying evidence related to federal investigation

By Bernard Mendez

Aug. 29, 2020 12:48 p.m.