{"id":53397,"date":"2023-06-20T17:17:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T00:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=53397"},"modified":"2023-06-20T17:18:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T00:18:36","slug":"three-defendants-guilty-of-stalking-u-s-residents-to-get-them-to-return-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=53397","title":{"rendered":"Three Defendants Guilty of Stalking U.S. Residents to Get Them To Return to China"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field--name-field-pr-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1537 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LADYJUSTICE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"240\" \/>A federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, convicted three defendants acting as agents of China, officials stated<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Michael McMahon, 55, of Mahwah, New Jersey, was convicted of acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese agent, conspiracy to commit interstate stalking, and interstate stalking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> Congying Zheng, 27, of Brooklyn, was convicted of conspiracy to commit interstate stalking and interstate stalking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Zhu Yong aka Jason Zhu, 66, of Queens, New York, was convicted of conspiracy to act as an illegal agent of the PRC, acting as an illegal agent of the PRC, conspiracy to commit interstate stalking and interstate stalking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, McMahon \u2013 a retired NYPD sergeant working as a private investigator \u2013 and Zhu knowingly acted at the direction of the Chinese government officials to\u00a0 harass, stalk, and coerce certain residents of the United States to return to China, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">This illegal repatriation was known as \u201cOperation Fox Hunt.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1073\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg 299w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-120x76.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-265x168.jpg 265w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-284x180.jpg 284w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-274x173.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/>Zheng engaged in interstate stalking of the same victims, leaving a threatening note at their residence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Tuesday&#8217;s verdict follows a three-week trial before U.S. District Judge Pamela K. 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McMahon faces up to 20 years in prison, Zhu faces up to 25 years in prison, and Zheng faces up to 10 years in prison. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1057 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201cThe jury\u2019s verdict confirms that defendants McMahon and Zhu knowingly acted at the direction of a hostile foreign state to harass, intimidate and attempt to cause the involuntary return of a resident of the New York metropolitan area to the People\u2019s Republic of China, and that defendant Zheng harassed and intimidated that same person and his family,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Breon Peace for the Eastern District of New York. \u201cIt is particularly troubling that defendant Michael McMahon, a former sergeant in the New York City Police Department, engaged in surveillance, harassment, and stalking on behalf of a foreign power for money.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-637 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal-justice-degree-3-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal-justice-degree-3-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal-justice-degree-3-278x202.jpg 278w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal-justice-degree-3-373x270.jpg 373w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal-justice-degree-3.jpg 482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>As proven at trial, between approximately 2016 and 2019, the defendants participated in an international campaign with members of the Chinese government as part of \u201cOperation Fox Hunt.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Fox Hunt involved threats, harassment, surveil,aince and intimidate John Doe #1 and his family to force John Doe #1 and his wife, Jane Doe #1, to return to the China. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22946 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Courtroom-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Courtroom-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Courtroom.png 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In or around 2015, the PRC government caused the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), an inter-governmental law enforcement organization, to issue \u201cRed Notices\u201d for John Doe #1 and Jane Doe #1, alleging that the Chinese government wanted both persons on corruption-related charges, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Zhu hired McMahon who obtained detailed information about John Doe #1, his wife, and his daughter from a law enforcement database and other government databases, then reported back to Zhu and others, including a Chinese police officer, what he had learned. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41022 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-courthouse-1-300x95.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-courthouse-1-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-courthouse-1-1024x323.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-courthouse-1-768x243.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-courthouse-1-1536x485.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-courthouse-1.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>McMahon also conducted surveillance outside the New Jersey home of John Doe #1\u2019s sister-in-law and provided Zhu and Chinese officials with detailed reports of what he had observed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Several PRC officials supervised and directed the operation, including co-conspirators Hu Ji, a Chinese police officer with the Wuhan Public Security Bureau and Tu Lan, a Chinese prosecutor with the Wuhan Procuratorate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In April 2017, Tu Lan and Hu Ji transported John Doe #1\u2019s then-82-year-old father from China to the New Jersey home of John Doe #1\u2019s sister-in-law to attempt to convince John Doe #1 to return to Chinese.. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The testimony established that John Doe #1\u2019s father was brought by a Chinese doctor and charged co-conspirator, Li Minjun, and that while John Doe #1\u2019s father was in the United States, his daughter was threatened with jailing in China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A co-conspirator conducted surveillance of the home during the visit, wearing night-vision goggles provided the Chinese doctor and the Chinese prosecutor. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">McMahon tailed John Doe #1 from the meeting with his elderly father back to his home and provided John Doe #1\u2019s address \u2013 which was previously unknown \u2013 to the Chinese operatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In October 2016 and April 2017, McMahon emailed himself a China Daily News article titled \u201cInterpol Launches Global Dragnet for 100 Chinese Fugitives,\u201d which stated, \u201cAmid the nation\u2019s intensifying antigraft campaign, arrest warrants were issued by Interpol China for former State employees and others suspected of a wide range of corrupt practices. China Daily was authorized by the Chinese justice authorities to publish the information below.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6328 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Logo-45x35.jpg 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Logo.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The article provided a list of photographs and identifying information about Operation Fox Hunt targets by the Chinese government, including those of John Doe #1 and Jane Doe #1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">On Sept. 4, 2018, Zheng drove to the New Jersey residence of John Doe #1 and Jane Doe #1 and pounded on the front door. He and a co-conspirator attempted to force open the door to the residence, then left a note that stated, \u201cIf you are willing to go back to the mainland and spend ten years in prison, your wife and children will be all right. That\u2019s the end of this matter!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Previously, three other defendants pleaded guilty in connection with their roles in the Chinese-directed harassment and intimidation campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Zebin pleaded guilty in March 2022 to interstate stalking conspiracy and is awaiting sentencing. 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