A former dean of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics has been sentenced to 10 years for corruption and embezzlement, the Beijing News reported on Monday.
Meng Jiangtao was jailed for fraudulently embezzling 2.37 million yuan ($385,000) and falsely taking 270,000 yuan for a research fund. According to the court verdict, Meng embezzled the money by forging signatures, meeting expenditures or other items between December 2010 and September 2011. Meng also falsely claimed for a research fund of 270,000 yuan.