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Lieber requested that half of his money be deposited into a Chinese bank account and other half be paid to him in cash when he next visit WUT. https://twitter.com/gbrumfiel/status/1222217996959199234?s=2...

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Amazing evidence that he knew it was illicit. Quite ironic too, considering how many Chinese are trying to get money out of China.

If he had started a company on the side (legal) then the Chinese could have bought it (legal) for a fortune. Lesson is, get legal advice!

But pretty much every western bank sends all bank details of US nationals to the US, under the threat of heavy penalty.

What is your point? That he is entitled to engage in tax avoidance?

That there is no point to open a bank account outside of China if he is trying to hide the money from the US.

Have you tried getting money transfered internationally? At my level of understanding I can find many legit reasons for this course of action.

He could have asked them to deposit it into his US bank account, it really isn't that hard to do a wire transfer. It doesn't make sense to pay $30 in fees when you are only sending $500, but for $50k its a blip.

For Chinese citizens it isn't easy, but for govt and institutions it is.

He literally had an operational lab in Wuhan at WUT, WHILE working on US DoD contracts.

...I mean, how blatant can you get?

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