Ms. Chen’s appeal will be heard on March 14 and 15 at the Federal Courthouse, Cincinnati, OH.
Case Timeline
Appeal to DOC’s Decision Filed to MSRB
Within 30 days of the DOC’s decision, Ms. Sherry Chen and her lawyer filed the appeal to that decision for its wrongful termination, racial discrimination and retaliation.
Termination For Same Unfounded Reasons
Despite dropped charges, Department of Commerce still fired Ms. Chen over many of the same issues raised in the case that has been dropped a year earlier.
All charges dropped
After extensive interviews of witness including almost all of Chen’s coworkers, search of the history of Chen’s bank account statements over twenty years since she came to the US, personal and official email accounts, computer activities, the government decided to drop all the charges against Chen in March 2015.
Increased to 8-Count charge
The prosecutor went back to grand jury to fix the problems and came back with eight charges and added another prosecutor on his team.
Fatal Flaws Found By Chen’s Lawyer and Dismiss Requested
Chen’s lawyer, Peter R. Zeidenberg, a partner at Arent Fox in Washington, defended her case. He found fatal flaws in the case and filed three motions pointing out these flaws and request DOJ to have the case dismissed.
7-hour Marathon Interrogation
Chen was interviewed in her office by two security agents from the Department of Commerce. It was a 7-hour marathon interrogation with no food, water, or break after Chen had worked for half a day. The two agents told Chen that she could not tell this interview to anyone, and that..Read More
Publicly Arrested and Falsely Charged
Six FBI agents took her away in handcuffs in front of her colleagues. The Department of Justice (DOJ) issued an indictment with a punishment of 25 years in jail and $1M in fines. The original charges included accusing Chen of stealing data, intentionally exceeded authorized access to a database and..Read More