Ex-Harvard Professor Charles Lieber Sentenced for Lying About China Ties

Former Harvard professor Charles Lieber was sentenced to supervised release and ordered to pay more than $83,000 in restitution and fines for lying to federal investigators about his ties to a Chinese-run science recruitment program and failing to pay taxes on payments from a Chinese university. Lieber was convicted of filing false tax returns, making false statements, and failing to file reports for a foreign bank account in China. He was sentenced to time served, two years of supervised release, a $50,000 fine, and $33,600 in restitution to the IRS.