Charles Lieber, the Lexington resident & Harvard professor, accused of lying about his ties to China ‘is the victim’ in the case, says his attorney.


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A Harvard University professor accused of lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program "is the victim" in the case, "not the perpetrator," his lawyer said Tuesday, after authorities announced his indictment on charges of making false statements. Lexington resident Charles Lieber, the former chair of the department of chemistry and chemical biology, was arrested in January on allegations that he hid his involvement in China's Thousand Talents Plan, a program designed to recruit people with knowledge of foreign technology and intellectual property to China. Lieber has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of making...