A worker sets up flags outside the White House in Washington. File photoWASHINGTON, Jul 7The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York has charged five people in connection with alleged illegal schemes for the Chinese authorities, including participating in international activities to harass and repress American citizens, destroy evidence, and distribute confidential information, the organization said in a statement released yesterday. The jury has returned with a verdict deciding to bring charges against five people in federal court in Brooklyn in connection with a number of crimes related to a transnational repressive scheme run on behalf of the PRC government,» the statement said.
Former CIA officers accused of spying for ChinaThree people are accused of an alleged scheme to persecute US citizens for their political views and actions that are not supported by the Chinese authorities, including promoting democracy in the PRC. In particular, they allegedly planned to destroy art objects in Los Angeles. state of California, containing criticism of the Chinese authorities, and also installed surveillance equipment for the artist who created them. Two of the defendants were reportedly arrested in March, and a third remains at large. Two more defendants were current and former employees of the US Department of Homeland Security. They are accused of obstructing justice, giving false statements to FBI agents, destroying evidence and spreading confidential information from a closed database about Chinese dissidents. Both defendants were arrested in June. If found guilty, the defendants face various prison terms of up to 30 years in prison. accused the Russian Ukrainian in a scam for 300 thousand dollars
