Former top aide to New York Governor Hochul is charged with acting as Chinese agent

A former top aide to New York Governor Kathy Hochul has been charged with acting as an undisclosed agent of the Chinese government and laundering millions of dollars for China, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said on Tuesday in an indictment that also accused several officials in Beijing’s New York City consulate as co-conspirators.

Prosecutors said Linda Sun, a naturalised US citizen born in China, was arrested in the morning at her home in Long Island and pleaded not guilty in US District Court in Brooklyn later in the day. Sun’s husband Chris Hu – a business owner and also a naturalised US citizen originally from China – also faces criminal charges and pleaded not guilty.