After the Indictment of Poul Thorsen, Beth was requested to prepare a report of the facts regarding the information known about Dr. Thorsen, his work, the actions of CDC officials during the leadup to his indictment and their engagements with him afterwards. Shockingly in 2025, the HHS has yet to retract the papers published with Thorsen as an author given his criminal behavior.
September 1, 2026, Press Release from DOJ stated: “Poul Thorsen ran a multi-year fraud scheme to cheat the CDC, diverting valuable federal grant money to service his greed and inflated lifestyle,” said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg. “His fraud was especially reprehensible because he stole public funds that had been earmarked for research related to infant disabilities and birth defects. After evading justice for more than 14 years, Thorsen will finally be held accountable in a federal prison cell and ordered to pay full restitution to the CDC.” On September 1, 2026, Thorsen, 65, of Denmark, pleaded guilty to wire fraud. His sentencing is scheduled for December 1, 2026. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/danish-autism-researcher-extradited-after-14-years-run-pleads-guilty-stealing-cdc
There is no doubt that Dr. Poul Thorsen committed these criminal acts. What is not known is whether he tampered with the data or whether others were complicit. Every study he co-authored from this grant ought to be retracted by the publishers and HHS. The DOJ should no longer use these papers to deny families whose children were vaccine injured and developed autism or autism like conditions the compensation they should be receiving through the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
The 2012 Safeminds report is provided here:
In 2017, the World Mercury Project requested an updated report because significant details had been discovered including email exchanges between the grant supervisor (Dr. Diana Schendel) and Dr. Poul Thorsen. That report is found:
An additional document of importance is the unredacted response to Congress from then CDC Director Julie Gerberding.