South Korean state auditors questioned disgraced cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk Friday about his possible misappropriation of state funds.
Hwang and his research team had received more than $45 million in state funding and private donations for research over the past decade.
The interrogation comes two days after prosecutors said Hwang had made false claims about creating patient-specific stem cells.
Hwang has already been questioned by a Seoul National University panel, which earlier this month said the veterinarian had fabricated results published in landmark 2004 and 2005 papers in the international journal .
Hwang has admitted to fraud in his papers, but says he was the victim of a conspiracy to discredit him. He accuses junior scientists of deceiving him about research data.