FBI raids Iranian-born rocket scientist's office

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - February 26, 2009

During the raid, officials would not comment on the target of the investigation but a school spokesman says agents were in the office of professor /*Samim Anghaie*/, the Iranian-born director of the university's Innovative Nuclear Space Power and Propulsion Institute.

Published reports indicate the professor and his wife are accused of defrauding NASA out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in research grants.

According to the spokesman the university is cooperating with the FBI and Anghaie's employment status is being reviewed.

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