We're here today to announce three separate cases highlighting the ongoing threat posed by Chinese economic espionage and research theft in the United States Federal investigators at the Lexington Home of 60 -year-old Doctor Charles Liber today moments after his arrest at his Harvard Office. The complaint alleges that Doctor Lieber signed a contract with the Chinese University in Mohan and was paid up up to to $50000 $50000 per per month month plus plus up to. up to a hundred. 50 - eight thousand dollars in living expenses the chair of Harvard's Chemistry Department. He also allegedly received more than one and a half million dollars to set up a research lab in China all while working at Harvard and receiving multiple research grants from the US Department of Defense and National Institutes of Health also charged today two Chinese nationals, 20 - nine Year-old Yankee, who worked worked as as a a a scientific scientific scientific scientific researcher researcher researcher at at at at Boston Boston Boston Boston University who failed to mention. University University University who who who failed failed failed to to mention mention our our visa application that she has. visa application that she is also a lieutenant. is is is also also also a lieutenant with the. a a lieutenant lieutenant with the people's Liberation Army. with the people's Liberation Army. 30 -year-old Zang worked on cancer research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for trying to smuggle vials of biological material out of the United States to China and lying about it to federal Now, Libra is due back in court Thursday. he's currently behind bars. He could face up to five years in prison if convicted and Harvard does tell me he's currently unpaid administrative leave. Meantime, Harvard Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and B U R all cooperating with authorities. Reporting live in South Boston. Nicole Burley WCVB NewsCenter Five.