Prosecutors say they spied on virtual meetings and harassed participants identified by Chinese intelligence as targets.
It is the first time criminal charges have been brought in connection with Beijing’s overseas police station, said Breon Peace, the U.S. attorney for Brooklyn. The case is one of three filed Monday by federal prosecutors that accuse China of brazen espionage activity within the U.S.
Members of the Chinese consulate even paid a visit to the police station when it opened in 2022, according to Michael Driscoll, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s New York field office. Mr. Lu had a “longstanding relationship of trust” with Chinese security officials, according to prosecutors. The two defendants are slated to appear in a federal courtroom in Brooklyn later Monday afternoon. If convicted, they face a maximum sentence of five years in prison on the conspiracy charge and a 20-year prison sentence on the obstruction of justice charge.
They are also accused of disrupting online meetings where topics critical of the Chinese government were discussed, according to the Justice Department. Mr. Peace said the defendants operated as a “troll farm that attacks persons in our country for exercising free speech in a manner the PRC finds disagreeable.”
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