LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities allege a University of Kansas researcher received illegal discounts and avoided paying sales taxes for nearly two years.

The Kansas attorney general's office said in a news release Monday that 37-year-old Liuqi Gu, of Lawrence, has been charged with four felonies and two misdemeanors.

Gu is a postdoctoral researcher with the university's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

Prosecutors allege that between November 2016 and October 2018, Gu claimed purchases he made from Thermo-Fisher Scientific were for the university so he could receive discounts....