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Nature 432, 947 (23 December 2004) | doi:10.1038/432947a; Published online 22 December 2004
Scandals
After reporting several vials of plague bacteria missing from his lab, and then admitting he might have accidentally destroyed them himself, US microbiologist Thomas Butler was sentenced to two years in prison for fraud this March. This is more lenient than the penalty sought by US prosecutors, who called for millions of dollars in fines and at least ten years in prison.
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