Ex-Governor Aide Linda Sun Charged as Chinese Agent

looks like someone's in big trouble a former Aid to New York Governors Kathy hoel and Andrew Cuomo has been charged with acting as an agent for the Chinese government yep you read that right Linda Sun who used to be the Deputy Chief of Staff for hotel and an aid to Cuomo is facing some serious charges according to us attorney Brion peace she's been hit with violations of the foreign agents registration act Visa fraud alien smuggling and even a money-laundering conspiracy and if that's not enough her husband Chris who is also wrapped up in it facing his own set of charges like conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money laundering so what's the deal prosecutors are saying that sun secretly acted as an agent for the Chinese government while her husband helped move millions in Kickbacks they were both arrested at their Long Island home on Tuesday Morning in court both sun and who pleaded not guilty with son's Bond set at a whopping $1.5 million and her husband's at $500,000 their travel is now restricted to New York City Long Island Maine and New Hampshire prosecutors even claimed a couple used shell companies iCloud accounts and WeChat messages in Mandarin to pull off their scheme outside of Court Sun's defense team wasn't holding back her lawyer Seth du told reporters that the charges are frankly perplexing and overly inflammatory and that they're ready to fight them in court as soon as possible their confident son and who will clear their names Sun's attorney also chimed in calling the charges inflammatory and saying the government may have gone a little too hard in this case both defendants are ready for their next court date on September 25th son's got a long history in government having held various positions for over a decade she's worked in Economic Development labor and as Chief diversity officer among other roles before her recent troubles she even worked for representative Grace mang and served in Cuomo's Administration in 2012 she was later brought into hul's team but was fired in March 2023 after the governor's office found evidence of misconduct although they didn't spill the details Governor hoel's press secretary AI small confirmed they handed everything over to law enforcement and have been helping with the investigation meanwhile a spokesperson for CUO was quick to point out that during his time in office Sun didn't have much interaction with the governor and was mainly working as a community leaon seems like there's a lot more to this story and it's only just beginning check out the link in the description for more