Former Harvard Chemistry Chair Indicted for False Statements About China Funding

Former Harvard Chemistry Chair Indicted for False Statements About China Funding
Charles Lieber at an award ceremony in the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on May 13, 2012. Menahem Kahana/AFP/GettyImages
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
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Eva Fu
Eva Fu
Reporter
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The former chair of Harvard University’s chemistry department was indicted on June 9 on charges of making false statements about funding he received from the Chinese regime, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

Charles Lieber, 61, was arrested in January for allegedly lying about his participation in the Chinese state-backed Thousand Talents recruitment program. A federal grand jury on June 9 indicted him on two counts of making false statements to federal authorities.

Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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