US District Judge Rya Zobel granted a defense request to spare Charles Lieber, who is battling cancer, a prison term, instead sentencing him to the two days he already served in jail after his arrest three years ago.
Prosecutors are urging a federal judge in Boston to sentence the 64-year-old Lieber to 90 days in prison and argued in court filings that he “embarked on a years-long scheme to further his career through lies and deceit, while also lining his pockets courtesy of the Chinese government.”