189 After 14 years on the run, Poul Thorsen — the researcher behind the CDC’s cornerstone “no autism link” study — has been extradited from Germany and is now in U.S. custody. Facing 22 felony counts of wire fraud and money laundering for stealing over $1M in CDC grant money meant for autism research! (twitter.com) posted 40 days ago by catsfive 40 days ago by catsfive +189 / -0 6 comments share 6 comments share save hide report block hide replies
That is wild, he was charged in 2011.
He is Danish and Denmark does not extradite its citizens.
My question would be: did he travel regularly and not expect this? Was he perhaps fleeing from Denmark?
https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/fugitives/poul-thorsen/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/autism-researcher-extradited-germany-face-federal-charges-stealing-cdc-grant-money
The arrest seems to have happened all the way back in June 2025 and there was a legal battle before he was brought here.