BROOKLYN , N.Y. — A retired New York Police Department sergeant was sentenced to 18 months in prison Tuesday for acting as an unregistered agent of the People’s Republic of China and participating in a covert operation designed to pressure a U.S. resident to return to China.
Michael McMahon, 57, of Mahwah, New Jersey , was also fined $11,000 for his role in a years-long surveillance and harassment campaign targeting a Chinese national living in the United States .
The effort was part of “Operation Fox Hunt” and “Operation Sky Net,” transnational initiatives run by the PRC to repatriate citizens accused of crimes by the Chinese Communist Party…