A Chinese spy who ran a “secret police station” in Manhattan to help Beijing target government dissidents faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to acting as an illegal foreign agent, federal prosecutors said.
Chen Jinping, 60, admitted in Brooklyn federal court to “conspiring” to act on behalf of the People’s Republic of China without telling US authorities.
Chen fessed up to removing an online article about the alleged police station — which prosecutors say occupied a full floor of a Chinatown building near the Manhattan Bridge — for his Beijing handlers in September 2022.
“I knowingly agreed to act as a foreign agent, for a foreign government,” he told Judge Nina Morrison, speaking through an interpreter.
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Source: https://nypost.com/2024/12/18/us-news/chinese-spy-who-ran-secret-police-station-in-nyc-for-beijing-faces-5-years-in-prison-after-guilty-plea-feds/
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