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Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, were charged with conspiracy, smuggling goods into the country, false statements and visa fraud Tuesday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Jian was arrested by the FBI on allegations that Jian and Liu smuggled a fungus into the country called Fusarium graminearum, which U.S. officials said scientific literature classified as a “potential agroterrorism weapon.”

The fungus causes disease in barley, wheat, rice, and maize and is responsible for billions of dollars of economic losses around the world, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. The toxins from the fungus cause liver damage, vomiting and reproductive defects in both livestock and humans.

Jian allegedly received funding from the Chinese government to research the pathogen in China, and her electronics had information showing her “membership in and loyalty” to the Chinese Communist Party, according to the complaint