Harvard professor convicted for lying to FBI about China ties

Published December 22, 2021 12:28am ET



Harvard professor Dr. Charles Lieber was found guilty on all federal charges against him related to concealing his ties to a Chinese university and the Chinese government’s Thousand Talents Program while receiving U.S. government funding.

The verdict, a big win for the Justice Department’s China Initiative, came as a federal jury in Boston quickly determined Tuesday that Lieber was guilty on all six charges, including two counts of making false statements to federal investigators, two counts of filing false tax returns, and two counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts.

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