Former NYPD sergeant Michael McMahon leaves Brooklyn Federal Court on May 31, 2023
A former New York City police sergeant was sentenced to 1-1/2 years in prison on Wednesday over his 2023 conviction for acting as an illegal Chinese agent. Michael McMahon was charged with being hired as a private investigator to surveil a New Jersey resident who was accused by China of corruption, as part of a global campaign by Chinese law enforcement to repatriate alleged criminals living abroad,without notifying the U.
S. attorney general. The jury found him not guilty of conspiracy to act as a foreign agent. McMahon had pleaded not guilty to all charges.amid a broader push by Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration to crack down on what it termed transnational repression, or the intimidation and harassment by authoritarian U.S. adversaries such as China or Iran of dissidents on U.S. soil. Republican President Donald Trump’s administration, however, has signaled it will scale down criminal enforcement of U.S. foreign influence laws. During her first day on the job in February, Attorney General Pam Bondi said prosecutors would bring criminal cases only when conduct resembles “more traditional espionage,” focusing on civil enforcement instead in other scenarios. Karmelo Anthony living with family in $900K home in gated community, bought new car after release on bond in Austin Metcalf murder case: report Alleged MS-13 member deported by Trump admin to El Salvador mega-prison accused of physically abusing wife — who's fiercely advocating for his return NJ mom was nearly 5 times legal limit when she drunkenly crashed car with 3 kids — and wine bottles — inside: police McMahon was sentenced to 1-1/2 years in prison for his involvement in “Operation Fox Hunt,” where he surveilled a New Jersey resident who was accused by China of corruption.of two Republican U.S. Representatives, Michael Lawler of New York and Pete Sessions of Texas. Last year, the two congressmen wrote U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen a letter urging her toTwo of McMahon’s co-defendants, Yong Zhu and Congying Zheng, were sentenced to two years and 1-1/3 years in prison, respectively. Karmelo Anthony living with family in $900K home in gated community, bought new car after release on bond in Austin Metcalf murder case: report Alleged MS-13 member deported by Trump admin to El Salvador mega-prison accused of physically abusing wife — who's fiercely advocating for his return NJ mom was nearly 5 times legal limit when she drunkenly crashed car with 3 kids — and wine bottles — inside: policeTrump, El Salvador president say deported Maryland man with alleged MS-13 ties can't be brought back to US despite SCOTUS rulingTeen tech whiz kid with 4.0 GPA made $30M off his startup last year — but he was still rejected by 15 colleges‘Proud’ J.K. Rowling celebrates after UK Supreme Court rules trans women are not legally womenKarmelo Anthony living with family in $900K home in gated community, bought new car after release on bond in Austin Metcalf murder case: report
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