- John Chen and Lin Feng, both of Los Angeles, have been charged with acting as unregistered agents of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and conspiring to bribe a public official, among other charges.
- The defendants allegedly participated in a PRC government-directed scheme targeting U.S.-based practitioners of Falun Gong, a banned spiritual practice in China.
- The U.S. government accused Chen and Feng of attempting to bribe an undercover law enforcement agent they believed to be an IRS official in order to further the PRC government’s campaign of repression in the U.S. Read More