Quote:US charges alleged Chinese spies in telecoms probe case

'Two Chinese nationals have been charged with paying thousands of dollars in cash and jewellery to obstruct
a federal investigation into a major telecommunications company. According to prosecutors, the two men
attempted to recruit a US law enforcement official as an intelligence asset to help interfere with the probe.



The official, however, was working as a double agent for the FBI.
Eleven other Chinese citizens were also charged in two other spying cases.

According to charging documents, the two men - identified as Gouchun He and Zheng Wang - attempted to
cultivate a relationship with a US law enforcement official and sought details of the investigation, including
witnesses, evidence and potential criminal charges. They also asked the official to secretly record trial strategy
meetings.

While the company was not named in the documents or by Attorney General Merrick Garland at a news conference
on Monday, US media has reported it to be China-headquartered tech giant Huawei, citing sources familiar with the
investigation. US officials declined to identify the company.

"This was an egregious attempt by PRC (People's Republic of China) intelligence officers to shield a PRC based
company from accountability and to undermine the integrity of our judicial system," Mr Garland said,

The two alleged spies paid the official tens of thousands of dollars in cash and jewellery, including $41,000 in Bitcoin
for a photograph of a single page - marked "classified" - that purported to discuss a plan to charge and arrest company
officials. Additional payments were made as recently as last week.

Unknown to the alleged spies, the US official was working on behalf of the FBI and passed along fake documents,
Mr Garland told reporters. In a separate case in New Jersey, four people - including three alleged intelligence operatives
- were charged with using a fake think tank to recruit current and former US officials.

According to Mr Garland, the suspects hoped to procure technology and have it shipped to China, as well as interfere
with US protests that could be "embarrassing".

Additionally, seven Chinese nationals were charged with attempting to force a naturalised US citizen to return to China,
part of what US officials described as part of a transnational effort to recover fugitives and silence dissidents and perceived
opponents of the Chinese government. Two of those suspects are in custody.

According to Mr Garland, the Chinese government forced the victim's nephew to travel from China to convey threats, told
him that "coming back and turning herself in is the only way out", and sent agents to the home of the victim's son.
"They made clear that their harassment would not stop until the victim returned to China," Mr Garland said.

Prosecutors had filed similar charges against alleged Chinese spies last year, accusing them of attempting to exert influence
over US citizens and residents.

In late 2021 and early 2022, for example, US officials believe an affiliate of China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) hired a
US-based private investigator to uncover "unflattering information" about a US congressional candidate who had participated
in pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong in 2015, as well as at least one state-level legislator who they believed may
run for re-election...'

Quote:Chinese Intelligence Officers Charged with Using Academic Cover to Target Individuals in United States

Four Chinese Nationals Charged with Conspiring to Act in the United States as Agents of the Chinese Government

TRENTON, N.J. – A federal indictment was unsealed today charging four Chinese nationals, including three Ministry of State Security (MSS) intelligence officers, in connection with a long-running intelligence campaign targeting individuals in the United States to act as agents of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger and National Security Division Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen announced.

As alleged in the indictment, from at least 2008 to 2018, Wang Lin, Bi Hongwei, Dong Ting, aka Chelsea Dong, Wang Qiang, and others engaged in a wide-ranging and systematic effort to target and recruit individuals to act on behalf of the PRC in the United States with requests to provide information, materials, equipment, and assistance to the Chinese government in ways that would further China’s intelligence objectives. These recruitment efforts included targeting professors at universities, a former federal law enforcement and state homeland security official, and others to act on behalf of, and as agents of, the Chinese government.

(10-25-2022, 07:30 PM)EndtheMadnessNow Wrote: ...I seem to recall Wray saying the same damn thing back when Trump was in Office. For every one they catch the CCP has 10 more.

(10-25-2022, 07:30 PM)EndtheMadnessNow Wrote: Moar...

Quote:Chinese Intelligence Officers Charged with Using Academic Cover to Target Individuals in United States

Four Chinese Nationals Charged with Conspiring to Act in the United States as Agents of the Chinese Government

TRENTON, N.J. – A federal indictment was unsealed today charging four Chinese nationals, including three Ministry of State Security (MSS) intelligence officers, in connection with a long-running intelligence campaign targeting individuals in the United States to act as agents of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger and National Security Division Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen announced.

As alleged in the indictment, from at least 2008 to 2018, Wang Lin, Bi Hongwei, Dong Ting, aka Chelsea Dong, Wang Qiang, and others engaged in a wide-ranging and systematic effort to target and recruit individuals to act on behalf of the PRC in the United States with requests to provide information, materials, equipment, and assistance to the Chinese government in ways that would further China’s intelligence objectives. These recruitment efforts included targeting professors at universities, a former federal law enforcement and state homeland security official, and others to act on behalf of, and as agents of, the Chinese government.

Going back to 2008?? I guess they been too busy chasin dangerous insurrectionists.



U.S. Attorney General holds a press conference on national security matters — 10/24/22:



Dir Wray (starting @12:34) says that FBI has *thousands* of cases open against China..."we were opening a new China counterintelligence investigation about every 12 hours and it's about a 1300 percent increase from several years ago."


I seem to recall Wray saying the same damn thing back when Trump was in Office. For every one they catch the CCP has 10 more.

(10-25-2022, 11:56 PM)727Sky Wrote: Exactly..universities, companies, government all have embedded CCP spies and now they even have
Chinese police opening branches in the USA. WTF !

Quote:China accused of illegal police stations in Netherlands

'The Chinese government has been accused of establishing at least two undeclared "police stations" in the Netherlands.
Dutch media found evidence that the "overseas service stations", which promise to provide diplomatic services, are being
used to try to silence Chinese dissidents in Europe.

A spokesperson for the Dutch foreign ministry said the existence of the unofficial police outposts is illegal.
The Chinese embassy says it is not aware of their existence.

The investigation was sparked by a report entitled Chinese Transnational Policing Gone Wild, by the Spain-based NGO
Safeguard Defenders...'

Quote:Has a Chinese police network taken hold in Britain's High Streets?

Disturbing investigation looks at three UK premises listed as ‘service stations’ by Beijing which are similar
to sites in Europe that track dissidents and coerce them to go home

*Dancers descended on Glasgow last month to mark the ancient 'Moon Festival'
*The festivities culminated in a feast of Peking duck at the Loon Fung restaurant
*The address shares a distinction with two ordinary properties 400 miles away
*They appear on a list of overseas 'service stations' connected to police in China

'Weaving through crowds to the hypnotic timbre of ceremonial drumming, brightly-coloured Chinese lion dancers
descended on Glasgow last month to mark the ancient Chinese 'Moon Festival'.

Celebrating the autumn harvest, when the full moon is brightest, Glasgow's Lord Provost Jacqueline McLaren welcomed
guest of honour Hou Danna, China's Acting Consul General in Edinburgh, who gave a speech urging 'unity' between the
'Chinese community and . . . Scottish community'.

The festivities, hosted by local businessman Jimmy Lin, culminated in a feast of Peking duck and honey-roast pork at the
Loon Fung restaurant. Loon Fung is a Glaswegian institution which has served dumplings for decades.
But next door to shuttered shops and the Nice N Sleazy bar, the restaurant's less-than-salubrious location of Sauchiehall
Street has been marred for years by ructions between rival Chinese Triad gangs.

The address shares a peculiar distinction with two seemingly ordinary properties 400 miles away: the business premises
of a food delivery app in Croydon, South London, and an estate agent on a High Street in Hendon, North London — both
of which I visited this week.

Because what belies their everyday exteriors is that their addresses and telephone numbers appear on a list of overseas
'service stations' connected to police in China. So says a report by Madrid-based human rights NGO (non-governmental
organisation) Safeguard Defenders, published last month...'

(10-25-2022, 11:56 PM)727Sky Wrote: [quote="EndtheMadnessNow" pid='92315' dateline='1666722634']

Exactly..universities, companies, government all have embedded CCP spies and now they even have Chinese police opening branches in the USA. WTF !