This was not just 'some flu' samples, it was MERS, which had a ~34% lethality rate. Is this article about the same chap who was smuggling research samples out

This was not just 'some flu' samples, it was MERS, which had a ~34% lethality rate. Is this article about the same chap who was smuggling research samples out of the Winnipeg labs into the US or is this a different incident? (Not shocked that folks might try to steal samples - be it to get a jump on an academic paper or just plain old fashion corporate theft)