(Morning News)Charles Lieber, a professor of Harvard University associated with the "Thousand Talents Plan", was ruled to be established in the United States.
Reuters reported that 62 -year -old Liber was the famous nano scientist and the director of the chemistry department of the former Harvard University, and a federal jury in Boston ruled that he made false statements to the official and submitted false taxes to the officialThe declaration form and the bank account that has not been applied for.
Prosecutor said that Lieber agreed to become the "strategic scientist" of China Wuhan University of Science and Technology during the process of winning the Nobel Prize in 2011, and participated in a Chinese recruitment called the Thousand Talents Program through the university.Activity.
Prosecutors said that China uses the plan to recruit foreign researchers to share their knowledge expertise with China.Participating in the plan is not illegal, but the prosecutor believes that Lieber lie to the Federal Investigation Bureau (FBI) when answering questions about his association with thousands of people.
The lawyer of the defense stated that "respecting the judgment, but it will continue to defend to the end." He accused the prosecutor of "tampering" evidence, lack of key documents that supported his arguments, and focused on the FBI after the arrests of Libo were arrested.The content of "chaos".
Libo with cancer was expressionless when he heard the verdict.
The jury announced the judgment after nearly three hours of review and a six -day trial.
