Your task is to predict the verdict of a claim based on the provided question-answer pair evidence. The possible labels are: 'Supported', 'Refuted', 'Not Enough Evidence', 'Conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking'. Justify your answer using the provided evidence and select the correct label.

Claim: Dr. Charles Lieber, chair of Harvard University’s Dept of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and two Chinese students were arrested for creating the COVID-19 virus.

Q1: Was Dr. Charles Lieber and  two Chinese students arrested for creating the COVID-19 virus?
A1: 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.

Q2: What was  Dr. Charles Lieber found guilty of  ?
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Lieber was charged with one count of making false statements to a U.S. government agency. Bonavolonta said investigators were trying to determine if anything other than money motivated his actions.

Harvard and Boston University said they were cooperating with investigators.

“The charges brought by the U.S. government against Professor Lieber are extremely serious,” Harvard said in a statement.

Lieber was arrested on Tuesday. Efforts to reach him were unsuccessful.

Beth Israel officials did not respond to requests for comment, nor did China’s embassy in Washington.

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John Demers, assistant attorney general for national security, said U.S. universities need to increase their vigilance when it comes to connections to China.
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justification: They are arrested not for creating the COVID-19 virus but for their alleged links to the Chinese government


verdict: 'Refuted'
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