Andrew E. Lelling, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, announces federal charges against individuals in connection with aiding China while Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division listens, at Moakley federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Katherine Taylor
(Reuters) - A Harvard University department chair and two Chinese nationals who were researchers at Boston University and a Boston hospital were charged on Tuesday with lying about their alleged links to the Chinese government.
The charges are part of an aggressive effort by U.S. authorities to block what they say are Chinese attempts to steal American scientific and technological advances.
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