- John Chen, 71, of Los Angeles was sentenced to 20 months in prison for acting as an unregistered agent of China and for bribery. He attempted to bribe an IRS agent to target practitioners of Falun Gong in the U.S.
- The scheme was part of a broader PRC campaign to repress and harass Falun Gong practitioners, who the Chinese Government considers a threat.
- In addition to the prison term, Chen was sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to forfeit $50,000. Read More
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