A Georgia Tech professor has been accused by federal prosecutors of violating customs laws by using his position to bring Chinese nationals into the United States to work at an partially state-owned Chinese information technology firm in New Jersey. Chinese national Gee-Kung Chang, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology for 19 years, was charged on March 18 alongside former ZTE USA research director Jianju Yu with conspiracy to commit visa fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and wire fraud, according to Northern District of Georgia Acting U.S. Attorney Kurt Erskine. The pair allegedly conspired together to bring Chinese nationals to the United States to conduct research at ZTE USA—a subsidiary of ZTE Corporation, a partially state-owned Chinese telecommunications and information technology company—in Morristown, New Jersey. The 73-year-old Georgia Tech professor is accused of using his position to fraudulently sponsor J-1 visas—a work-study program—for the individuals through his institution, …