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she worked in the New York state government for more than 10 years culminating in a period as Deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Kathy hawel now Linda's son has been indicted accused of secretly acting as an agent of the Chinese government the 41-year-old is charged with violating the foreign agents registration act moneya laundering and helping with Visa fraud her husband Chris who is also indicted on the latter two charges their lawyers say the defendants are confident of beating the accusations think they these charges are disappointing that they are the product of an overly invest an overly aggressive investigation excuse and we are looking forward to exercising our right to a speedy trial and addressing these these accusations in the form where there it's most appropriate which is a court of law thank you son who was born in China is accused of accepting millions of dollars and numerous gifts from the Chinese government in return for quietly pushing beijing's message at New York government level she is also alleged to have blocked an attempt by tanese officials to access the governor and owing a Chinese official to listen in on a pandemic related call Kathy hok's office said that when son's alleged misconduct came to Li in early 2023 they terminated her employment and reported her to law enforcement son is barred from contacting the Chinese Consulate while she awaits trial the case is the laest of several around the world in which China is accused of trying to influence foreign governments