Naturalized US citizen accused of running ‘overseas police station’ in NY pleads guilty to conspiring to act as Chinese agent
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A US citizen arrested in 2023 in connection to running an “overseas police station” in New York City pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to conspiring to act as an agent of the Chinese government.
A US citizen arrested in 2023 in connection to running an “overseas police station” in New York City pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to conspiring to act as an agent of the Chinese government. Chen Jinping, a naturalized US citizen who lives in New York City, faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government. “Today, a participant in a transnational repression scheme who worked to establish a secret police station in the middle of New York City on behalf of the national police force of the People’s Republic of China has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to act as an illegal agent,” US Attorney Breon Peace said in a statement following the hearing. Through a translator in court, Chen said he sought to remove an online article on behalf of the Chinese government in 2022. Chen read a brief statement acknowledging that he knowingly agreed with others to act as an agent for China. His court-appointed attorney declined to comment to CNN on the plea agreement. In the fall of 2022, Chen had an article “regarding the PRC government’s operation of the Overseas Police Station” removed from a Chinese media outlet at the direction of a Chinese government official, the indictment said.

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