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Harvard University professor Charles Lieber leaves federal court in Boston. / PHOTO: Associated Press (Headline USA) A Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese -run recruitment program was found guilty on all counts Tuesday.
Charles Lieber, 62, the former chair of Harvard’s department of chemistry and chemical biology, had pleaded not guilty to two counts of filing false tax returns, two counts of making false statements, and two counts of failing to file reports for a foreign bank account in China.
The jury deliberated for about two hours and 45 minutes before announcing the verdict following five days of testimony in Boston federal court.
Lieber’s defense attorney, Marc Mukasey, had argued that prosecutors lacked proof of the charges. He maintained that investigators didn’t keep any record of their interviews with Lieber prior to his arrest.
He argued that prosecutors would not be unable to prove that Lieber acted “knowingly, intentionally, or willfully, or that he made any material false statement.”
Mukasey also stressed Lieber wasn’t charged with illegally transferring any technology or proprietary information to China.Prosecutors argued that Lieber, who was arrested in January, knowingly hid his involvement in China’s Thousand Talents Plan—a program designed to recruit people with knowledge […]
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