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Harvard researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos indicted on more charges

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Kseniia Petrova departs the a courthouse after being released on bail from federal custody in Boston, Massachusetts, on 12 June. Photograph: Leah Willingham/AP

A Harvard University researcher detained by Ice for months after being accused of smuggling frog embryos into the US was indicted on Wednesday on additional criminal charges.

Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born scientist conducting cancer research for Harvard Medical School, was indicted on Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Boston on one count of concealment of a material fact, one count of false statement and one count of smuggling goods into the United States. She had originally been charged with smuggling in May.

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