Harvard scientist accused of smuggling frog embryos indicted on new charges

A Russian-born scientist at Harvard University accused of smuggling frog embryos into the United States was indicted on Wednesday on additional charges nearly two weeks after her lawyers secured her release from U.S. custody.

Federal prosecutors in Boston said a grand jury returned an indictment, opens new tab charging Kseniia Petrova, 30, with one count of concealment of a material fact, one count of false statement and one count of smuggling goods into the United States.