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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
  • Enforcement Types:
    • Criminal and Civil Actions