{"id":"court_ctb_400_2","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":400,"sub_number":2,"doc_type":"EXHIBIT","filed_date":null,"title":"EXHIBIT B :56 AM","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"# EXHIBIT B\n\n:56 AM\n\n트 An official website of the United States government Here's how you know\n\n![](_page_1_Picture_3.jpeg)\n\nDepartment of Justice\n\nOffice of Public Affairs\n\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\nWednesday, March 16, 2022\n\n### Five Individuals Charged Variously with Stalking, Harassing and Spying on U.S. Residents on Behalf of the PRC Secret Police\n\nDefendants Participated in Transnational Repression Schemes to Silence Critics of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Residing in the United States and Abroad – Including by Attempting to Disrupt the Campaign of a U.S. Military Veteran and Candidate for U.S. Congress in Brooklyn Who Expressed Views Critical of the PRC and by Scheming to Destroy a PRC Dissident's Artwork Criticizing the PRC Government\n\nTwo complaints were unsealed, and one amended complaint was authorized today in federal court charging five defendants with various crimes related to efforts by the secret police of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to stalk, harass and spy on Chinese nationals residing in Queens, New York, and elsewhere in the United States.\n\nFan \"Frank\" Liu and Matthew Ziburis were arrested yesterday in the Eastern District of New York, while Shujun Wang was arrested this morning in the Eastern District of New York. Their initial appearances are scheduled this afternoon in Brooklyn before U.S. Magistrate Judge James R. Cho. The other two defendants remain at Urne.\n\nAccording to court documents, all the defendants allegedly perpetrated transnational repression schemes to target U.S. residents whose political views and actions are disfavored by the PRC government, such as advocating for democracy in the PRC. In one of these schemes, the co-conspirators sought to interfere with federal elections by alleggedly orchestrating a campaign to undermine the U.S. congressional candidacy of a U.S. military veteran who was a leader of the 1989 pro-democracy democrations in Beijing, PRC. In another of these schemes, three defendants planned to destroy the artwork of a PRC national residing in Los Angeles that was critical of the PRC government, and planted surveillance equipment in the artist's workplace and car to spy on him from the PRC.\n\n\"Transnational repression harms people in the United States and around the world and threatens the rule of law itself,\" said Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department's National Security Division. This activity is antithetical to fundamental American values, and we will not tolerate it when it violates U.S. law. The Department of Justice will defend the rights of Americans and those who come to live, work, and study in the United States We will not allow any foreign government to impede their freedom of speech, to deny the backs. We will not our lost the ware their safety or the safety of their families.\"\n\n\"The complaints unsealed today reveal the outrageous and dangerous lengths to which the PRC government's secret police and these defendants have gone to attack the rule of law and freedom in New York City and elsewhere in Inc United States,\" stated U.S. Attorney Breon Peace for the Eastern District of New York \"As alleged, all three cass involve campaigns to silence, harass, discredit and spy on U.S. residents for simply exercising their freedom of speech. The United States will not tolerate blatantly illegal actions that target U.S. residents, on U.S. soil, and undermine our treasured American values and rights.\"\n\n\"As alleged, all of the defendants charged today at the direction of the PRC secret police, engaged in a series of actions designed to silence the free speech of Chinese dissidents in the United States,\" said Assistant Directoring of Child Michael J. Driscoll of the FBI's New York Field Office. \"Transnational repression schemes pose an increating threat\n\n2, 8:56 AM committed to protecting the free speech of all U.S. residents, and we simply will not toler regnites. The regn governments to violate our laws and restrict our freedom.\"\n\n\"The Ministry of State Security is more than an intelligence collection agency. It executes the Chinese government's efforts to limit free speech, attack dissidents, and preserve the power of the Communist Party, \"said Assistent Direcor Alan E. Kohler Jr. of the FBI's Counterintelligence Division. \"When it exports those actions overseas, it violates the fundamental sovereignty of the United States and becomes a national security threat. These indical ne as a stark warning to the MSS and all foreign intelligence agencies that their efforts at repeasion will not be folerald within our borders.\"\n\n#### United States v. Qiming Lin\n\nQiming Lin, 59, of the PRC, is charged with conspiracy to commit interstate harassment, as well as conspiracy and attempt to use of a means of identification in connection with the interstate harassment cas works\n\nAs alleged, Lin works on behalf of the PRC's Ministry of State Security (MSS). The MSS is a civilian intelligence and secret police agency responsible for counterintelligence and political security.\n\nBeginning in September 2021, Lin hired a private investigator (the PI) in New York to disrupt the campaign of a Brooklyn resident currently running for U.S. Congress (the Victim), including by physically attacking the Victir . The Victim was a student leader of the pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square in 1989, who later escaped to the United States, served in the U.S. military, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen. In September 2021 the Victim (then living in Long Island) announced his intention to run for a U.S. congressional seat on Long Island in the November 2022 general election.\n\nIn hiring the Pl, Lin explained that if the Victim was selected during the June 2022 primary election, then he might be \"elected to be a legislator. Right now we don't want him to be elected.\" Lin emphasized that, \"Whatever price is fine. A s long as you can do it.\" He also promised that \"we will have a lot more-more of this [work] in the future. Innovuling right now [a] New York State legislator.\" Lin explained to the Pl that Lin was working with other unidentified individuals in the PRC to stop the Victim from being elected to U.S. Congress.\n\nAs alleged, Lin first asked the PI to provide information about the Victim, including the Victim's address and phone number, which the PI later provided. Lin also requested that the PI unearth derogatory information about the Viction or, if no such information could be found, \"manufacture something, like what happened to [a famous concert pianist (the Pianist)]?\" That request referred to an incident in Beijing in which the Pianist was reportedly detained after allegedly being found in the company of a prostitute. Lin later reiterated that, if the Pl could not uncoyer a scandal, than \"can they create some?\" Lin also encouraged the Pl to \"go find a girl… Or see how he goes for prostitution, take some phots, something of that nature.\"\n\nIn December 2021, Lin proposed that the Pl also consider physically attacking the Victim to prevent his candidacy. In a voice message to the PI, Lin stated:\n\nYou can start thinking now, aside from violence, what other plans are there? Huh? But in the end, violence would be fine too. Huh? Beat him [chuckles], beat him until he cannot run for election. Heh, that's the-the last resor. Wou-rou think about it. Car accident, [he] will be completely wrecked [chuckles], right? Don't know , eh, whatever ways from all different angles. Or, on the day of the election, he cannot make it there himself, right?\n\nIf convicted, Lin faces a statutory maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. Lin remains at large.\n\nAssistant U.S. Attorneys Alexander A. Solomon and David K. Kessler for the Eastern District of New York are prosecuting the case, with assistance from Trial Attorney Scott A. Claffee of the National Security Division's Counterintelligence and Export Control Section.\n\n#### United States v. Shujun Wang\n\n22, 9:56 AM means of identification and making materially false statements in the intent in the rite in the new in a transational repression scheme orchestrated by the MSS.\n\nAs alleged, Wang is a former visiting scholar and author who helped start a pro-democracy organization in Queens that memorializes two former leaders of the Chinese Communist Party who promoted political and economic referms within the PRC and were eventually forced from power. Since at least 2015, however, Wang has secretly operated at the direction and control of several MSS officers.\n\nAt the direction of the MSS, Wang used his position and status within Chinese diaspora community in New York City to collect information about prominent activists, dissidents, and human rights leaders to report that information to the PRC government. While ostensibly lending a sympathetic ear, Wang reported on statements activists made in confidence to him, including on their views on democracy in the PRC, as well as planned speeches, writings, and demonstrations against the Chinese Communist Party. The victims of Wang's efforts included individuals and groups located in New York City and elsewhere that the PRC considers subversive, such as Hong Kong pro-democracy activits, advocates for Taiwanese independence, and Uyghur and Tibetan activists, both in the United States and abroad. Warns ent email \"diaries\" to the MSS that contained details of his conversations with prominent dissidents, the activities of prodemocracy activists, as well as relevant phone numbers and other contact informedion for the targets of the PRC government.\n\nFor example, in a series of communications on Nov. 22, 2016, Wang's MSS handler instructed him to meet with a particular attendee at a pro-democracy event in Queens and to \"accomplish the task\" assised by the \"Boss\" The MSS handler emphasized that the attendee had contacts with \"Tibetans, Uyghurs and Mongolians.\" Similarly, on 10v. 116, 2016, Wang informed another MSS handler that he \"just finished chatting\" with a prominent human rights activity on 'ior, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, had asked the \"necessary questions\" and received \"candid\" answers. The MSS officer responded \"great\" and with a thumbs-up emoji, instructing Wang to record that information in a \"diary.\"\n\nIn April 2020, one victim about whom Wang reported – the Hong Kong democracy activist identified in the complaint as Hong Kong Dissident #1 – was arrested in Hong Kong and jailed on political charges. In erddition, in Anil 2010, Wang flew from the PRC to Queens carrying a handwritten document with the names and non-public contact information for dozens of other well-known PRC dissidents, including other Hong Kong democracy activists who were subsequently arrested by the PRC in 2019 and 2020.\n\nThe complaint also alleges that, during an interview in Queens on Aug. 2, 2017, Wang lied to federal law enforcement, falsely denying that he had contacts with PRC officials or the MSS when in fact he had been secretly reporting on U.S. residents to the MSS. Wang later admitted much of his criminal conduct to an undercover member of low niforcement and during a subsequent interview with agents.\n\nWang was arrested this morning in the Eastern District of New York and is scheduled to make his initial appearance this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge James R. Cho. If convicted, Wang faces a statur maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.\n\nAssistant U.S. Attorney Artie McConnell for the Eastern District of New York is prosecuting the case, with assistance from Trial Attorney Scott A. Claffee of the National Security Division's Counterintelligence and Export Control Section.\n\n## United States v. Fan \"Frank\" Liu, Matthew Ziburis, and Qiang \"Jason\" Sun\n\nFan \"Frank\" Liu, 62, of Long Island, New York, and Matthew Ziburis, 49, of Oyster Bay New York, are charged with conspiring to act as agents of the PRC government. Liu, Ziburis and co-defendant Quiang \"Jason\" Sun, 40, of the PRC, are charged with conspiring to commit interstate harassment and criminal use of a means of identification. I, o the Prov are charged with conspiring to bribe a federal official in connection with their scheme to obtain the tax returns of a prodemocracy activist residing in the United States.\n\nAccording to the complaint, Liu is president of a purported media company based in New York City, while Ziburis is a former correctional officer for the State of Florida and a bodyguard. Sun is a PRC-based employee of an international technology company.\n\n22, 3:6 AM democracy PRC dissidents residing in the United States – including in New York City, California and Indiana – by spying on them and disseminating negative information about them. For example, at Sun's direction, Liu paid a private investigator in Queens to bribe an IRS employee to obtain the federal tax returns of one of the dissidents. The private investigator was cooperating with law enforcement, and no Internal Revenue Service employee received a bribe payment. The defendants planned to publicly disclose the dissible time timply of economic time of economic of the coconspirators also made plans to destroy the artwork of a dissident artist whose work is criical of the PRC government, and the artist's sculpture depicting PRC President Xi Jinping as a coronavirus molecule was demished in the Sping 2021. Sun has paid both Liu and Ziburis for these efforts to stalk, harass and surveil dissidents residing in the United States.\n\nAs part of their efforts, the defendants electronically allegedly spied on the pro-democracy activists. For example, posing as an art dealer interested in purchasing the artwork of the dissident artist, Ziburis secretly installed surveillance cameras and GPS devices at a dissident's workplace and in his car. Scoren installed the live live live live live live live live live live live live live live live live live l and location data from these devices. The defendants made similar plans to install surveull nrealed me a residences and on the vehicles of two other dissidents. Liu and Ziburis planned to gain access to one such residence by posing as a member of an international sports committee.\n\nThe defendants also planned to interview the dissidents in mock media sessions, using the cover of Liu's purported media organizations. Sun provided outlines for these fake interviews and designed questions to elicit answers that were intended to humiliate or discredit the dissidents. The defendants intended that audio ar video clips of threets could be used in PRC propaganda materials targeting the dissidents.\n\nLiu and Ziburis were arrested yesterday in the Eastern District of New York and are scheduled to make their initial appearances this afternoon in Brooklyn before U.S. Magistrate Judge James R. Cho. Sur remains at large.\n\nIf convicted, Liu and Ziburis face a maximum statutory penalty of five years in prison for conspiring to commit interstate harassment, and up to 15 years in prison for criminal use of a means of identification. Liu and Sun face up to finer years each for conspiring to bribe a federal official. A federal district court judge will determine any senter considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.\n\nAssistant U.S. Attorneys Alexander A. Solomon and Emily J. Dean for the Eastern District of New York are prosecuting the case, with assistance from Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian D. Morris of the Office's Asset Foreitire Section and Trial Attorney Scott A. Claffee of the National Security Division's Counterintelligence and Export Contrible Colon.\n\nThe FBI is investigating these cases.\n\nIf you are in the United States, including a U.S. territory, your freedom of speech is protected, regardless of your citizenship. To report threats or intimidation by a foreign government, contact the FBI online at tips.flui.gov or cell 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324). For more information on transnational repression investigations, visit Transnational visit Transnational Repression | FBI.\n\nAn indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.\n\nAttachment(s): Download Liu et al Complaint Download Lin Complaint Download Wang Complaint\n\nTopic(s): Counterintelligence and Export Control National Security\n\nComponent(s): Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)\n\n5/12/22, 25:58 M\n\nUSAO - New York, Eastern\n\nPress Release Number:\n\n22-243\n\nUpdated March 17, 2022","body_zh":"附件 B\n\n:56 AM\n\n美国政府官方网站 了解如何确认\n\nDepartment of Justice（司法部）\n\nOffice of Public Affairs（公共事务办公室）\n\n即时发布\n\n2022年3月16日，星期三\n五名个人分别被控代表中国秘密警察对美国居民进行跟踪、骚扰和间谍活动\n\n被告参与了跨国镇压计划，以压制居住在美国和国外的People's Republic of China（中华人民共和国，简称PRC）批评者的声音——包括企图破坏一名在布鲁克林表达对中国批评观点的美国退伍军人兼美国国会议员候选人的竞选活动，以及密谋摧毁一名批评中国政府的中国异见人士的艺术品\n\n今天在联邦法院解封了两份起诉书（刑事控告书），并批准了一份修正起诉书，指控五名被告犯有与中国秘密警察对居住在纽约皇后区及美国其他地区的中国公民进行跟踪、骚扰和间谍活动有关的各项罪行。\n\nFan \"Frank\" Liu（刘藩）和Matthew Ziburis（马修·齐布里斯）昨天在Eastern District of New York（纽约东区）被捕，而Shujun Wang（王书君）今天上午在纽约东区被捕。他们的首次出庭定于今天下午在布鲁克林由U.S. Magistrate Judge James R. Cho（美国联邦治安法官詹姆斯·R·赵）主持进行。另外两名被告仍然在逃。\n\n根据法庭文件，所有被告涉嫌实施跨国镇压计划，针对政治观点和行为不被中国政府所喜的美国居民，例如在PRC倡导民主的人士。在其中一项计划中，同谋者涉嫌通过策划一场破坏某美国国会议员候选人竞选活动的行动来干涉联邦选举，该候选人是一名美国退伍军人，曾是1989年中国北京民主示威运动的领袖。在另一项计划中，三名被告密谋摧毁一名居住在洛杉矶的中国公民批评中国政府的艺术作品，并在该艺术家的工作场所和汽车中安装监控设备，以便从中国对其进行监视。\n\n司法部National Security Division（国家安全司）助理司法部长Matthew G. Olsen（马修·G·奥尔森）表示：“跨国镇压损害了美国和世界各地人民的利益，并威胁到法治本身。这种活动与美国的基本价值观背道而驰，当它违反美国法律时，我们绝不姑息。司法部将捍卫美国人以及来美国生活、工作和学习的人的权利。我们绝不允许任何外国政府阻碍他们的言论自由，剥夺他们的权利。我们绝不会允许他们威胁自身或家人的安全。”\n\n纽约东区美国联邦检察官Breon Peace（布里昂·皮斯）表示：“今天解封的起诉书揭示了中国政府秘密警察和这些被告为了攻击纽约市和美国其他地区的法治与自由而采取的令人发指且危险的极端手段。正如指控所述，所有这三起案件都涉及企图对仅仅行使言论自由权利的美国居民进行封口、骚扰、抹黑和监视的行动。美国绝不容忍在本土针对美国居民、破坏我们珍视的美国价值观和权利的明目张胆的违法行为。”\n\nFBI（联邦调查局）纽约驻地办事处助理主管Michael J. Driscoll（迈克尔·J·德里斯科尔）表示：“正如指控所述，今天被起诉的所有被告在中国秘密警察的指挥下，采取了一系列旨在压制美国境内中国异见人士言论自由的行动。跨国镇压计划构成了日益严重的威胁。”\n\n致力于保护所有美国居民的言论自由，我们绝不容忍外国政府违反我们的法律并限制我们的自由。\n\n联邦调查局Counterintelligence Division（反情报司）助理司长Alan E. Kohler Jr.（小艾伦·E·科勒）表示：“Ministry of State Security（国家安全部，简称MSS/国安部）不仅是一个情报收集机构。它执行中国政府限制言论自由、攻击异见人士和维护共产党权力的行动。当它将这些行动输出到海外时，就侵犯了美国的基本主权，并成为国家安全威胁。这些起诉对国安部和所有外国情报机构发出了严厉警告：其在我们境内的镇压企图绝不会被容忍。”\nUnited States v. Qiming Lin（美国 诉 林启明）\n\n来自PRC的59岁男子Qiming Lin（林启明）被控犯有串谋实施跨州骚扰，以及与跨州骚扰案相关的串谋和企图使用身份识别手段罪。\n\n正如指控所述，林代表中国的国家安全部（MSS）工作。国安部是一个负责反情报和政治安全事务的文职情报和秘密警察机构。\n\n从2021年9月开始，林在纽约雇用了一名私家侦探（PI），以破坏一名目前正在竞选美国国会议员的布鲁克林居民（受害者）的竞选活动，包括对受害者进行人身攻击。受害者是1989年天安门广场民主示威运动的学生领袖，后来逃往美国，在美国军队服役，并入籍成为美国公民。2021年9月，受害者（当时住在长岛）宣布打算在2022年11月的大选中竞选长岛的一个美国国会席位。\n\n在雇用私家侦探时，林解释说，如果受害者在2022年6月的初选中胜出，那么他可能会“当选为议员。现在我们不希望他当选。”林强调说：“什么价钱都行。只要你能办成。”他还承诺，“我们将来会有很多很多这样的[工作]。目前正在涉及[一位]纽约州议员。”林向私家侦探解释说，林正在与中国的其他身份不明人士合作，以阻止受害者当选美国国会议员。\n\n正如指控所述，林首先要求私家侦探提供有关受害者的信息，包括受害者的地址和电话号码，私家侦探随后提供了这些信息。林还要求私家侦探挖掘有关受害者的贬损信息，或者如果找不到此类信息，就“制造点什么，就像发生在[一位著名音乐会钢琴家（钢琴家）]身上的事那样？”该要求指的是在北京发生的一起事件，据报道，该钢琴家在涉嫌被发现与一名妓女在一起后被拘留。林后来重申，如果私家侦探无法揭露丑闻，那么“他们能不能制造一些？”林还鼓励私家侦探“去找个女孩……或者看他是怎么嫖娼的，拍些照片，诸如此类的事情。”\n\n2021年12月，林提议私家侦探也可以考虑对受害者进行人身攻击以阻止其参选。在给私家侦探的一条语音留言中，林说：\n\n你现在可以开始想想，除了暴力，还有什么其他计划？啊？但归根结底，暴力也可以。啊？打他[轻笑]，打到他不能参加选举。嘿，那是最后的手段了。你想想看。车祸，[他]就彻底报废了[轻笑]，对吧？不知道，呃，各种角度想办法。或者，在选举那天，他自己根本去不了现场，对吧？\n\n如果罪名成立，林将面临最高10年的法定监禁刑罚。林目前在逃。\n\n纽约东区助理联邦检察官Alexander A. Solomon（亚历山大·A·所罗门）和David K. Kessler（大卫·K·凯斯勒）正在起诉该案，国家安全司反情报和出口管制科审判检察官Scott A. Claffee（斯科特·A·克拉菲）协助起诉。\nUnited States v. Shujun Wang（美国 诉 王书君）\n\n非法使用身份识别手段，并在国安部策划的跨国镇压计划调查中故意作出重大虚假陈述。\n\n正如指控所述，王是一名曾任访问学者的作家，他在皇后区协助创立了一个纪念两名前中国共产党领导人的民主组织，这两位前领导人曾在PRC内部推行政治和经济改革，最终被逼下台。然而，至少从2015年起，王就一直在多名国安部官员的指使和控制下秘密活动。\n\n在国安部的指使下，王利用其在纽约市华人社区的地位和身份，收集有关著名活动人士、异见人士和人权领袖的信息，并将这些信息报告给中国政府。虽然表面上表现出同情倾听的姿态，但王向国安部报告了活动人士私下向他陈述的内容，包括他们对中国民主的看法，以及针对中国共产党的演讲、文章和示威计划。王针对的受害者包括位于纽约市及其他被中国视为具有颠覆性的人士和团体，例如香港民主活动人士、台湾独立倡导者以及维吾尔族和西藏活动人士，涵盖美国境内及海外。王向国安部发送了电子邮件“日记”，其中包含他与著名异见人士谈话的细节、民主活动人士的行动，以及中国政府目标对象的相关电话号码和其他联系信息。\n\n例如，在2016年11月22日的一系列通讯中，王的国安部上线指示他与皇后区一场民主活动的一名特定与会者会面，并“完成”“老板”指派的任务。国安部上线强调，该与会者与“藏人、维吾尔人和蒙古人”有联系。同样，在2016年11月16日，王通知另一位国安部上线，他“刚刚结束与一名著名人权活动人士的交谈”，提出了“必要的问题”并得到了“坦率的”回答。国安部官员回复“太棒了”并配以大拇指表情符号，指示王将该信息记录在“日记”中。\n\n2020年4月，王曾报告过的一名受害者——在起诉书中被称为香港异见人士1号的香港民主活动人士——在香港被捕并因政治罪名入狱。此外，在2019年4月，王从PRC乘飞机前往皇后区，随身携带一份手写文件，上面载有数十名其他知名中国异见人士的姓名和非公开联系信息，其中包括后来在2019年和2020年被中国逮捕的其他香港民主活动人士。\n\n起诉书还指控，在2017年8月2日于皇后区进行的一次面谈中，王对联邦执法人员撒谎，虚假否认他与中国官员或国安部有联系，而事实上他一直在向国安部秘密报告美国居民的情况。王后来向一名卧底执法人员以及在随后的特工面谈中承认了他的大部分犯罪行为。\n\n王今天上午在纽约东区被捕，定于今天下午在联邦治安法官James R. Cho面前首次出庭。如果罪名成立，王将面临最高20年的法定监禁刑罚。\n\n纽约东区助理联邦检察官Artie McConnell（阿蒂·麦康奈尔）正在起诉该案，国家安全司反情报和出口管制科审判检察官Scott A. Claffee协助起诉。\nUnited States v. Fan \"Frank\" Liu, Matthew Ziburis, and Qiang \"Jason\" Sun（美国 诉 刘藩、马修·齐布里斯及孙强）\n\n现年 62 岁、居住于纽约州长岛的 Fan \"Frank\" Liu（刘藩）以及现年 49 岁、居住于纽约州牡蛎湾的 Matthew Ziburis（马修·齐布里斯）被控串谋充当 PRC（中华人民共和国）政府代理人。Liu、Ziburis 与现年 40 岁、居住于 PRC 的同案被告 Quiang \"Jason\" Sun（孙强）被控串谋实施跨州骚扰及非法使用身份识别方式。Liu 与 Sun 另被控串谋向联邦官员行贿，该罪名与其企图获取一名居住在美国的亲民主人士税务申报表的图谋有关。\n\n根据诉状，Liu 是一家总部设在纽约市的所谓媒体公司的总裁，而 Ziburis 曾任佛罗里达州矫正官及保镖。Sun 是一家国际科技公司的员工，常驻 PRC。\n\n被告被控通过对居住在美国（包括纽约市、加利福尼亚州和印第安纳州）的 PRC 亲民主异见人士进行间谍监视并散布其负面信息，以此针对上述人士。例如，在 Sun 的指示下，Liu 向皇后区的一名私家侦探支付费用，企图贿赂一名 Internal Revenue Service（美国国家税务局，IRS）雇员以获取其中一名异见人士的联邦税务申报表。该私家侦探当时正配合执法部门工作，并无任何国税局雇员收受贿赂。被告还密谋公开发布异见人士的税务信息以造成经济打击。同谋者还策划破坏一名作品批判 PRC 政府的异见艺术家的艺术品，该艺术家将 PRC 国家主席 Xi Jinping（习近平）描绘为冠状病毒分子的雕塑作品已于 2021 年春季被摧毁。Sun 就上述追踪、骚扰和监视居住在美国的异见人士的行为向 Liu 和 Ziburis 支付了报酬。\n\n作为其行动的一部分，被告据称对亲民主人士实施了电子监控。例如，Ziburis 伪装成有意购买该异见艺术家作品的艺术品交易商，秘密在该异见人士的工作场所及其车内安装了监控摄像头和 GPS 设备。Sun 从这些设备中获取了实时视频信号和位置数据。被告还策划了类似的方案，企图在另外两名异见人士的住所及车辆上安装监控设备。Liu 和 Ziburis 曾计划伪装成某国际体育委员会的成员进入其中一处住所。\n\n被告还计划以 Liu 名下的所谓媒体机构为掩护，在虚假的媒体访谈中对异见人士进行采访。Sun 为这些虚假访谈提供了提纲，并设计了旨在羞辱或贬损异见人士的提问。被告企图将这些采访的音视频片段用于针对异见人士的 PRC 宣传材料中。\n\nLiu 和 Ziburis 昨天在 Eastern District of New York（纽约东区）被捕，定于今天下午在 Brooklyn（布鲁克林）的 U.S. Magistrate Judge James R. Cho（美国联邦治安法官 James R. Cho）面前首次出庭。Sun 目前仍在逃。\n\n若罪名成立，Liu 和 Ziburis 因串谋实施跨州骚扰将面临最高 5 年监禁的法定刑罚，因非法使用身份识别方式将面临最高 15 年监禁。Liu 和 Sun 因串谋向联邦官员行贿将各自面临最高 5 年监禁。联邦地区法院法官将在考量 U.S. Sentencing Guidelines（《美国量刑指南》）及其他法定因素后作出判决。\n\n纽约东区的 Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alexander A. Solomon（美国助理联邦检察官 Alexander A. Solomon）和 Emily J. Dean（美国助理联邦检察官 Emily J. Dean）正在起诉本案，并得到了该办公室 Asset Forfeiture Section（资产没收处）的 Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian D. Morris（美国助理联邦检察官 Brian D. Morris）以及 National Security Division（国家安全局）反情报与出口管制处的 Trial Attorney Scott A. Claffee（出庭律师 Scott A. Claffee）的协助。\n\nFBI（联邦调查局）正在对上述案件展开调查。\n\n如果您身处美国（包括美国领地），无论您的国籍为何，您的言论自由均受保护。如需举报外国政府的威胁或恐吓行为，请通过 tips.fbi.gov 在线联系 FBI，或致电 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324)。如需了解有关跨国压迫调查的更多信息，请访问 FBI 跨国压迫专题网站。\n\n起诉书仅为指控，在法庭排除合理怀疑证明有罪之前，所有被告均推定无罪。\n\n附件：下载 Liu 等人诉状 下载 Lin 诉状 下载 Wang 诉状\n\n主题：反情报与出口管制 国家安全\n\n经办部门：Federal Bureau of Investigation（联邦调查局，FBI）\n\n5/12/22, 25:58 M\n\nUSAO - New York, Eastern（美国纽约东区联邦检察官办公室）\n\n新闻稿编号：\n\n22-243\n\n更新于 2022 年 3 月 17 日","key_entities":["MSS","Chinese Communist Party","CIPA"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":2626,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 13:18:40"}