Editor's Pick, Crime

FBI Arrests MIT Professor for Hiding China Links

The FBI arrested a professor at one of America’s top universities for hiding China links over his work for the Chinese communist government. Gang Chen, 56, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was arrested by federal agents and charged with grant fraud on January 14, according to a U.S. Department of Justice ...

Rory Karsten

FBI emblem on the J. Edgar Hoover building in Washington, DC.

Harvard Chinese Scholar Pleads Guilty to Stealing Biological Samples

On December 3, Zaosong Zheng, a Harvard Chinese scholar and former researcher at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) affiliated with Harvard University, pleaded guilty in U.S. Federal court in Boston to lying to customs officials about stealing 21 biological research samples. In his guilty plea, Zheng agreed to leave the U.S. after a sentencing ...

Michael Segarty

A judge's gavel.

FBI Takes Action Against Beijing’s ‘Operation Fox Hunt’

The FBI has charged eight people with colluding with the Chinese regime and conspiring to act against the United States. Five of them have been arrested while three remain in China. The arrested individuals apparently tried to stalk, harass, and coerce U.S. residents to return to China as part of the Chinese Communist Party’s Operation ...

Nspirement Staff

An Asian businessman carrying a briefcase.

America Sanctions Chinese Fentanyl Drug Trafficker

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently announced sanctions on Zhang Taotao, a Chinese distributor of fentanyl, who is known to be a significant global drug trafficker. Taotao is being accused of shipping large quantities of fentanyl to the U.S., a drug cheaper than heroin that can kill people even in ...

Jack Roberts

A packet of syringes.

Spy Story: Chinese 007’s Attempt to Infiltrate Australian Research Building

Last year, a Chinese spy’s attempt to gain control of an Australian biotech company and infiltrate the Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization (CSIRO) building came to light. The spy, Brian Chen, was also involved in expanding the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) influence in Australian politics. The spy’s infiltration Imunexus is an Australian company that researches ...

Max Lu

A photo and passport of Brian Chen.

Spying for China: CIA Official Charged With Leaking Classified Secrets

Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, a U.S. citizen living in Hawaii, was recently arrested by the Justice Department and charged with spying and selling classified U.S. secrets to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The 67-year-old worked as an officer of the CIA between 1982 and 1989. Spying for the CCP According to court reports, Ma started ...

Jack Roberts

The CIA headquarters.

DOJ Grants $35 Million to Build Houses for Victims of Human Trafficking

In early August, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a US$35 million grant that will be used to offer stable housing and related services to people who have been victims of human trafficking. The announcement was made by U.S Attorney General William Barr together with First Lady Ivanka Trump. Housing grants “In the midst of ...

Jack Roberts

The Department of Justice.

The Singaporean Who Worked as a Chinese Spy in America

A Singapore national recently pleaded guilty to charges of operating illegally as a foreign agent in the U.S. Yeo Jun Wei Dickson, a former student from the National University of Singapore (NUS), apparently acted on behalf of Chinese intelligence as a Chinese spy to collect sensitive information about the American government and military. Recruitment and ...

Jack Roberts

F-35 jets.

Babies as Bribery for a High Ranking CCP Official

On July 14, Changsha on the Palm under the Changsha Evening News reported that China Judgments Online recently published the verdict of Guan Chengshan, a controller at the Shandong Shengong Haite Electronic Technology Co. Ltd. on bribery charges. Guang received a 3.5-year sentence with a 2-year suspension. Guan’s conviction was in relation to paying US$480,000 ...

Max Lu

A judge's gavel and block.