evidence: Former Harvard professor Charles Lieber sentenced to house arrest for lying about ties to China Former Harvard University professor Charles Lieber has been sentenced to six months' house arrest for lying about his ties to a China-run recruitment program in one of the highest-profile cases resulting from a crackdown on Chinese influence on US research. [...] Lieber was sentenced to two days in prison — time that he had already served following his arrest — and half a year of house arrest with a fine of $US50,000 ($75,411), prosecutors said.