this morning a former top Aid to two New York Governors is accused of working as a foreign agent FBI agents arrested Linda's son yesterday and charged her with plotting to advance China's interests in exchange for millions of dollars Derica Duncan has more Linda what do you have to say to the allegations Linda's son and her husband had nothing to say as they walked out of a Brooklyn Federal court Tuesday the former high-ranking Aid to New York Governor Kathy hok and her predecessor Andrew Cuomo pleed not guilty to several charges accusing her of a Brazen scheme to serve as a secret agent of China a lot of the allegations in this indictment are frankly overly FBI agents raided Sun's Long Island home back in July at the time the reason was not disclosed now the justice department alleges she shaped New York State messaging to align with Chinese priorities blocked references to Taiwan and government documents and stopped meetings between State and Taiwanese representatives in return prosecutors alleged son and her husband received millions of dollars in business in China along with personal benefits such as paid travel event tickets and a job for a family member Federal investigators also claimed the couple laundered the profits to purchase several multi-million dollar properties and luxury cars it is a devastatingly sweeping indictment with with a lot of evidence Federal defense attorney Caroline policy says prosecutors have become more aware of foreign agent fraud Nationwide when you look at how closely the US and China are tied together how often is this happening but we just don't know about it well well that's the question right it's such a violation of trust when we put people in positions of power in our government clearly we expect them to be working on behalf of the United States or New York State and in this Global world that we live in now I think people are starting to raise questions about what could potentially be going on behind the scenes hok's office said son's employment was terminated in March of 2023 after evidence of misconduct and a spokesperson for Andrew Cuomo said son had little interaction with the then governor and her roles under his administration Tony all right draa thank you very much watch