Ex-Harvard Professor Charles Lieber Receives Sentencing and Fine for Lying About China Ties.

Former Harvard professor Charles Lieber was sentenced to supervised release and ordered to pay over $83,000 in fines and restitution for lying to federal investigators about his involvement in China's Thousand Talents Plan and failing to pay taxes on payments from a Chinese university. Lieber was convicted of two counts of filing false tax returns, making false statements, and failing to file reports for a foreign bank account in China. Prosecutors had recommended three months in prison, but Lieber was sentenced to time served, two years of supervised release, and a $50,000 fine.