My OperaFORGERY AT DANISH UNIVERSITY JEOPARDISES AUTISM STUDY, REPORTS INFORMATION
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SCIENTIST SUSPECTED OF FORGING A GRANT WORTH OF MILLIONS FOR HIMSELF
Written by Mette Klingsey, Kristian Villesen
10.02 2010
A lead researcher who has disappeared is suspected of having deceived the university of Aarhus in Denmark. It seems, he earned millions by falsifying American research grants, writes Danish daily newspaper Information.
Last year a middle-aged lead researcher at Aarhus University resigned from his job in the middle of a large research project. The resignation took place very quietly, but later on it became clear, that the scientist left behind falsified grants worth millions, which has now resulted in a significant deficit in the budgets at the University of Aarhus.
The project, which among other things should reveal the cause of autism, was a collaboration between the University Hospital of Odense (in Denmark) and the University of Aarhus, financed by Center for Disease Control (CDC) which is the American counterpart to danish board of health. The CDC contributed 80 million Danish crowns.
But that amount was apparently not enough for the middle-aged project leader. According to data collected by Informatio, he is suspected of having falsified two confirmations of research grants and a letter from CDC. The false documents appeared to confirm that more money was on its way from the USA: Aarhus University trusted their scientist and payed in advance. According to the danish daily newspaper Aarhus Stiftstidende, the amount of money involved is about 10 millions of Danish crowns.
The police of eastern Jylland is currently collecting the necessary material needed to charge the suspect, who is said to be in the USA.
Took money out
The Danish Board of Research and Innovation administered the American funds, and according to the chief legal advisor, Charlotte Elverdam, the accounts revealed that there were “things which didn’t fit together”:
“Somebody has evidently given Aarhus University the impression that there was more money in the project than there was in reality”, she says and underlines that the board of science and innovation hasn’t distributed more money than the amount coming in from the Americans.
Afterwards the board tried to find an explanation of what had happened:
Max nested elements reached
SCIENTIST SUSPECTED OF FORGING A GRANT WORTH OF MILLIONS FOR HIMSELF
Written by Mette Klingsey, Kristian Villesen
10.02 2010
A lead researcher who has disappeared is suspected of having deceived the university of Aarhus in Denmark. It seems, he earned millions by falsifying American research grants, writes Danish daily newspaper Information.
Last year a middle-aged lead researcher at Aarhus University resigned from his job in the middle of a large research project. The resignation took place very quietly, but later on it became clear, that the scientist left behind falsified grants worth millions, which has now resulted in a significant deficit in the budgets at the University of Aarhus.
The project, which among other things should reveal the cause of autism, was a collaboration between the University Hospital of Odense (in Denmark) and the University of Aarhus, financed by Center for Disease Control (CDC) which is the American counterpart to danish board of health. The CDC contributed 80 million Danish crowns.
But that amount was apparently not enough for the middle-aged project leader. According to data collected by Informatio, he is suspected of having falsified two confirmations of research grants and a letter from CDC. The false documents appeared to confirm that more money was on its way from the USA: Aarhus University trusted their scientist and payed in advance. According to the danish daily newspaper Aarhus Stiftstidende, the amount of money involved is about 10 millions of Danish crowns.
The police of eastern Jylland is currently collecting the necessary material needed to charge the suspect, who is said to be in the USA.
Took money out
The Danish Board of Research and Innovation administered the American funds, and according to the chief legal advisor, Charlotte Elverdam, the accounts revealed that there were “things which didn’t fit together”:
“Somebody has evidently given Aarhus University the impression that there was more money in the project than there was in reality”, she says and underlines that the board of science and innovation hasn’t distributed more money than the amount coming in from the Americans.
Afterwards the board tried to find an explanation of what had happened:
Max nested elements reached
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