One of two New York City residents accused of operating a secret Chinese police station in Chinatown pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to act as an agent of China.
A New York City resident has pleaded guilty to operating an undisclosed Chinese government police station in the Chinatown section of Manhattan. Breon Peace, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced on Wednesday that Chen Jinping pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an agent of the government of China.
The FBI executed a search warrant on the illegal police station in October 2022. During the search, agents interviewed Lu and Chen, while also seizing their phones. When agents searched the phones, they discovered communications between the two men and the MPS official had been deleted. Although Chen – who now faces up to five years in prison – has pleaded guilty to the charges, his alleged accomplice has not and is awaiting trial.
In a video recorded in March 2023, Lu appeared to be standing alongside New York City Mayor Eric Adams at an event where Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., also spoke. Adam’s office told Fox News at the time that the mayor’s attendance at an event is to either show support for a local community or the city and does not signal any kind of endorsement. A spokesperson for Adams also said the mayor does not know Lu.
Schumer’s office also stated that the federal lawmaker had never met Lu and did not know who he was. The event was a fundraiser for the Fukien American Association, a cultural nonprofit linked to the Chinese province. In April 2022, Lu also met New York Democratic Rep. Grace Meng at a fundraising event, according to The Daily Caller, citing images the outlet found.
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