"A former aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and current Gov. Kathy Hochul was arrested Tuesday morning on charges of violating and conspiring to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), visa fraud, alien smuggling, and money laundering conspiracy. The former aide, Linda Sun, is accused of acting on behalf of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party, to further their interests in the United States. Her husband, Chris Hu, was also arrested and charged with money laundering conspiracy, as well as conspiracy to commit bank fraud and misuse of means of identification.
According to the indictment and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, "Acting at the request of PRC government officials and the CCP representatives, Sun engaged in numerous political activities in the interests of the PRC and the CCP," including:
- blocking representatives of the Taiwanese government from having access to high-level New York State officers;
- changing high-level New York State officers’ messaging regarding issues of importance to the PRC and the CCP;
- obtaining official New York State proclamations for PRC government representatives without proper authorization;
- attempting to facilitate a trip to the PRC by a high-level New York State politician;
- arranging meetings for visiting delegations from the PRC government with New York State government officials. . . .
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