REEDLEY, Calif. (KFSN) — A court has found the man accused of starting an illegal biolab in Reedley guilty on all counts.
Jia Bei Zhu, also known as David He, was found guilty on all 12 counts by a federal jury on Tuesday.
The trial had gone on for weeks in a Sacramento courtroom.
Back in December 2022, a code violation at the property in Reedley revealed an illegal bio lab with thousands of vials of biological material, including potential pathogens such as HIV, malaria, COVID-19 and more.
He was arrested in 2023 in Clovis.
In 2025, California lawmakers, including Congressmen Jim Costa and David Valadao, introduced a bill designed to strengthen federal oversight of high-contaminant labs.
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