A vaccine researcher wanted by American authorities for fraud has been arrested.
“We can confirm that Poul Thorsen was arrested in Germany on June 4, 2025,” Katherine Harris, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, told The Epoch Times in an email on Sept. 17.
The extradition of Thorsen to the United States is in process, she said.
Thorsen, of Denmark, was indicted by a grand jury in 2011 on charges of wire fraud and money laundering as part of a scheme to steal grant money the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded to government agencies in Denmark for researching autism….