Reported Associated Press (July 30), Yin Qingqiang, 38, a former Cornell University researcher was detained by FBI agents at Syracuse's Hancock International Airport on Sunday, after security workers conducting a random luggage search found more than 100 glass vials and containers holding unknown substances and charged on July 29 with stealing biological materials from Cornell and attempting to return with them to his native China. Yin was charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government by transporting stolen property and one count of conspiracy to commit fraud in interstate or foreign commerce. Each charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. U.S. Magistrate David Peebles remanded Yin to the custody of U.S. marshals and scheduled a pretrial detention hearing for August 2. Yin was employed as a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Animal Science in Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences from July 15, 2001, until July 14. The university did not renew his one-year contract, citing poor job performance. According to the government's complaint, Yin had helped Cornell scientists develop an enzyme known as phytase, a supplement to livestock feed that researchers hope will increase the rate at which livestock can digest minerals. That would help cut down on phosphorus pollution from animal waste.