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Eliyahu Weinstein was charged with conspiring to defraud 150 individual investors of more than $35 million A New Jersey Ponzi scheme architect, whose 24-year prison sentence was commuted by then-President Donald Trump in 2021, has been arrested again Wednesday on charges he defrauded investors by making false promises involving humanitarian supplies destined for Ukraine. Eliyahu Weinstein and four other men were charged with conspiring to defraud 150 individual investors of more than $35 million and with conspiracy to obstruct justice, according to federal prosecutors in New Jersey. "This is now the third time this office has charged Weinstein with a large-scale scheme to rip off investors," U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said during a news conference in Newark on Wednesday. MORE: Trump-era pardon recipients are increasingly back in legal jeopardy This time, Weinstein allegedly used a fake name and falsely promised access to deals involving scarce medical supplies, baby fo...

Former Harvard University professor Charles Lieber was sentenced to time served and a fine for concealing China ties. Former Harvard Professor Charles Lieber -- who was found guilty of concealing his affiliation with a Chinese recruitment program -- was sentenced to time served in prison (two days) and two years of supervised release with six months of home arrest, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. He will also have to pay a fine of $50,000 and restitution to the Internal Revenue Service of $33,600. In December 2021, Lieber was found guilty of concealing his affiliation with the Wuhan University of Technology and his participation in China’s Thousand Talents Program, a program designed by the Chinese government to recruit high-level scientists, and failing to report payments on his taxes, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. A jury convicted the former chair of Harvard University’s chemistry and che...