DETROIT (Michigan News Source) – When the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that Chengxuan Han had pleaded guilty to three smuggling charges and making false statements to a U.S. Custom and Border Protection officer, it stated she could face more than 20 years in prison for those offenses.

Instead, Han was sentenced to time served by a federal judge and will be deported back to China, according to WXYZ.

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Han smuggled round worms and other biomaterials into the U.S. on three separate occasions. Han is a Chinese national who was invited to the University of Michigan as visiting scholar and was going to be paid $41,000 a year by U-M, according to the U.S. Attorney. She was apprehended at the airport in June.

According to the U.S. Attorney, a conviction for smuggling goods into the United States carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. A conviction for making false statements carries a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison.

Han pleaded guilty in August to three smuggling charges and to making false statements to U.S. Custom and Border Protection Officers.