Former Harvard Professor Charles Lieber was indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday over allegations of a secret financial relationship with China after he took a position as a "Strategic Scientist" at the Wuhan Institute of Technology.
CNBC reports that Lieber, who was also formerly the chair of the Harvard Chemistry Department, was indicted Tuesday for failing to disclose professional and financial relationships with organizations funded by the Chinese government.
Lieber's work with the Wuhan Institute was part of China's "Thousand Talents" program, which seeks to pay American academics in exchange for access to government-funded research.