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U.S. Arrests Two, Charges Dozens for Alleged Illegal U.S. Activities by Chinese Security Agents

US prosecutors have charged over 40 Chinese security officers for using fake social media personas and setting up a secret police station in New York City.

Over 40 Chinese security officers and their associates were charged by US prosecutors for using fake social media personas to discredit American policies and set up a secret police station in New York City.
Two New York City men were charged with opening and operating what investigators describe as 'a police station' on behalf of the Ministry of Public Security in a building in Manhattan’s Chinatown.
The Chinese cyber group used false online names 'to disseminate and amplify messages as part of a broad effort to influence and shape public perceptions of the PRC government, the CCP and its leaders in the United States and around the world.'.
The activities described in the complaint highlight how Chinese authorities may have taken a page out of Russia’s playbook.
The defendants could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

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