Harvard chemist arrested on charges of lying about work with China
Charles Lieber, a chemist at Harvard,
was arrested Tuesday on charges of lying to the US Defense Department about his involvement with China.
Lieber is believed to have been involved with China’s Thousand Talents Plan, a program designed to recruit researchers.
Evidence from the FBI indicates Lieber was paid millions to be part of the program.
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Head of Harvard’s chemistry department arrested for lying about work with China
The head of Harvard’s chemistry and chemical biology department, Charles Lieber,
was charged Tuesday with making false statements about his involvement with China’s program to recruit foreign researchers.
Lieber’s contract with the program,
Thousand Talents, afforded him a monthly salary of up to $50,000 and annual living expenses of more than $150,000 over three years,
according to an affidavit supporting the criminal complaint against Lieber unsealed on Tuesday.
He was also given more than $1.5 million by the Chinese government and the Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) to set up a lab and conduct research at the university.
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