This kind of faking scientific results should be a crime. In many cases, it already is -- generally falling under misuse of government research funds. However

This kind of faking scientific results should be a crime. In many cases, it already is -- generally falling under misuse of government research funds. However it is usually only pursued as such in extreme cases. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong-Pyou_Han https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong-Pyou_Han