Scientist from Russia Ksenia Petrova was arrested in the United States for smuggling frog embryos. It was reported by related to the US Department of Justice.
The Russian woman faced a sentence for up to 20 years.
The Russian woman was detained at Boston airport on February 16. She was placed in the immigration center in Louisian.
As CNN reported, the Russian woman worked as a researcher at Harvard University. According to the Ministry of Security, Petrov was charged with lying to federal officials about what she had with her. In turn, the scientist stated that her words were understood inaccurate and reflected inaccurate in the statement.