Harvard Scholar to Be Freed on $1 Million Bail in China Case
- Chemistry department head charged with lying about China ties
- U,S. prosecutors win limits on Charles Lieber’s access to cash
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Harvard University Professor Charles Lieber was granted permission to be released on $1 million cash bail, after he was charged with lying to federal investigators about his role in recruiting people to pass along scientific research to the Chinese government.
While prosecutors said on Tuesday they were worried the longtime chairman of Harvard’s chemistry department might try to flee before his trial, a government lawyer told a Boston magistrate judge Thursday that a bond is sufficient.