US accuses eight people in alleged plot to harass and intimidate citizens to return to China
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Justice Department unsealed a complaint on Wednesday charging eight people with conspiring to work on behalf of China to engage in an"international campaign to threaten, harass, surveil, and intimidate" Chinese citizens to return to their home country.
Five of the individuals charged were arrested on Wednesday, while the rest are believed to be in China, said John Demers, the assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's National Security division. The alleged plot was known as “Operation Fox Hunt” and “Operation Skynet," court records show. Its goal was to target Chinese nationals living in foreign countries and intimidate them into returning to China to face charges
"Today's charges reflect yet another example of China's ongoing and widespread lawless behavior," FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Wednesday.
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