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.”
Charles Lieber, 62, told the FBI how he flew from Wuhan to Boston with bags filled with up to $100,000 in cash after striking a deal to share his nanoscience expertise with Chinese academics.
A Harvard professor has been convicted of lying to federal authorities about his ties to the Chinese government and tax evasion for hiding payments from China.