Charles Lieber: Former Harvard Professor Fined!
– False testimony in China’s “Thousand Talents Plan” –
Harvard University
Former Professor Charles Lieber
He was found guilty of “covering up his involvement in the China Thousand Talents Plan”.
Charles Lieber Defendant:
Former Dean of Harvard University’s Department of Chemistry and Biology, renowned as a global authority on nanotechnology.
Federal District Court of Massachusetts:
A jury on Thursday handed down “two years of supervised release and a $83,000 fine.”
The prosecution argued that “the crime is serious considering the seriousness of the crime,” and demanded “three months in prison and a fine of $180,000.”
Lieber’s defense had asked for extenuating circumstances, saying he was “battled with an illness.”
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Charles Lieber : ancien professeur de Harvard condamné à une amende !
– Faux témoignage dans le “Plan des Mille Talents” de la Chine –
Université de Harvard
Ancien professeur Charles Lieber
Il a été reconnu coupable d’avoir “dissimulé son implication dans le China Thousand Talents Plan”.
Charles Lieber Accusé :
Ancien doyen du département de chimie et de biologie de l’Université de Harvard, reconnu comme une autorité mondiale en matière de nanotechnologie.
Tribunal de district fédéral du Massachusetts :
Un jury a prononcé jeudi “deux ans de liberté surveillée et une amende de 83 000 dollars”.
L’accusation a fait valoir que “le crime est grave compte tenu de la gravité du crime” et a requis “trois mois de prison et une amende de 180 000 dollars”.
La défense de Lieber avait demandé des circonstances atténuantes, affirmant qu’il était « aux prises avec une maladie ».
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Charles Lieber: Ex-Harvard-Professor zu Geldstrafe verurteilt!
– Falsche Aussage in Chinas “Tausend-Talente-Plan” –
Harvard Universität
Ehemaliger Professor Charles Lieber
Er wurde für schuldig befunden, „seine Beteiligung am China Thousand Talents Plan vertuscht zu haben“.
Angeklagter Charles Lieber:
Ehemaliger Dekan der Fakultät für Chemie und Biologie der Harvard University, bekannt als weltweite Autorität auf dem Gebiet der Nanotechnologie.
Bundesbezirksgericht von Massachusetts:
Eine Jury verhängte am Donnerstag „zwei Jahre überwachte Freilassung und eine Geldstrafe von 83.000 Dollar“.
Die Staatsanwaltschaft argumentierte, dass „das Verbrechen angesichts der Schwere des Verbrechens schwerwiegend ist“ und forderte „drei Monate Gefängnis und eine Geldstrafe von 180.000 Dollar“.
Liebers Verteidigung hatte um mildernde Umstände gebeten und gesagt, er sei “mit einer Krankheit gekämpft”.
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Chemist Charles Lieber avoids further prison time…
Lieber was found guilty by a jury in December 2021 on six counts of making false statements to federal agents,
filing false tax returns and failing to disclose a foreign bank account in China.
He told investigators
that he was not associated with a Chinese recruitment programme
— the Thousand Talents Plan — when in fact he was selected to lead a laboratory at the Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) in China.
Participating in a foreign talent-recruitment programme is not illegal,
but lying to federal agents about it is.
Between 2012 and 2017,
Lieber was paid around $200,000 for his work at the WUT — income that he illegally hid from the IRS, according to the court ruling.
At the same time,
he led a research team that received millions of US dollars in federal grants from agencies including the US Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Health.
Lieber, who was arrested in January 2020, was one of the first academic researchers
tried under the US Department of Justice’s now-defunct China Initiative — a government programme launched in 2018 to safeguard US labs and businesses from espionage.
He was one of the few scientists not of Chinese heritage to be charged under the initiative,
although his was one of the most-watched cases, given his stature in the research community.
Lieber’s lab had developed injectable brain implants, and he won the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 2012,
which some consider a precursor to the Nobel prize.