On July 22, 2021, the U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York announced the filing by a federal grand jury of a superseding indictment charging nine defendants with acting and conspiring to act in the United States as illegal agents of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) without prior notification to the Attorney General, and participating and conspiring to participate in interstate and international stalking. The indictment charged two of the nine defendants also with obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice.[1]
[1] U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Nine Individuals Charged in Superseding Indictment with Conspiring to Act as Illegal Agents of the People’s Republic of China, Press Rel. 21-683, July 22, 2021; United States v. Hi Ju, U.S. District Court E.D.N.Y., Cr. No. 21-CR-265 (PKC)(S-1), Superseding Indictment, July 22, 2021.