Criminal Charges { Against Scientists } For The Reckless Falsification Of Research That Harms People And Includes Time In Prison. In 1994 Craven Laboratories was fined over 15 million dollars and its president sentenced to five years in prison for falsifying residue data. The criminal investigation of Craven Labs involved the Department of Justice’s Environmental Crimes Division, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Texas, the EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division, and the EPA’s Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances. *The charges ranged from mail fraud to making false statements and concealing material facts to obstructing federal agency proceedings.* The long arm of the lab laws Committing fraud in a chemical laboratory can be hazardous to your freedom. By Roger A. Novak PhD, Chemist, { ? Nov 2001 ?} https://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/archive/tcaw/10/i11/html/11regs.html