A Russian-born researcher at Harvard University accused of smuggling frog embryos into the United States faced new criminal charges as she was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston on Wednesday.

Harvard scientist facing deportation is charged with smuggling Kseniia Petrova’s attorney, Gregory Romanovsky, argued that the government acted beyond its authority.

Federal prosecutors have charged Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova with smuggling biological materials into the United States. This follows an incident at Boston Logan International Airport ...

Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born Harvard scientist, has been charged with smuggling biological material into the United States — an escalation in a case that has already raised legal and civil ...