Source: BBC News
Dr. Hwang Woo-suk, South Korean scientist, it looks like the scientific community and government officials frown on fake research and using government money for such highly-touted fake research. As expected, fraud and embezzlement charges have ensued.
Hwang Woo-suk was also charged with using millions of dollars in grants for private purposes, as well as violating laws on bio-ethics.
Earlier this year Dr Hwang's apparently ground-breaking work, such as producing stem cell lines from cloned human embryos, was found to be fake.
Prosecution official Lee In-kyu announced the indictment against Dr Hwang, as well as charges against five members of his research team, during a nationally televised news conference.
It would have been one of the greatest scientific achievements of this century.
Too bad, we haven't got that far in scientific advancements yet.
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