- Los Angeles residents John Chen, 71, and Lin Feng, 44, pleaded guilty to acting as unregistered agents of the Chinese government and bribing an IRS official.
- The two men aimed to strip the tax-exempt status of a Falun Gong entity by manipulating the IRS’s Whistleblower Program.
- The People’s Republic of China designated the Falun Gong as one of the “Five Poisons,” or one of the top five threats to its rule. In China, Falun Gong adherents face a range of repressive and punitive measures from the Chinese government, including imprisonment.
- The scheme involved bribing an undercover officer, posing as an IRS agent, with $5,000 in cash. Both defendants face up to 25 years in prison. Read More
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