BROOKLYN (CN) — Former New York state aide Linda Sun is set to stand trial this week on accusations that she acted as an illegal agent for the Chinese government during her time working under ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Jury selection kicked off Monday in federal court in Brooklyn, where prosecutors are looking to get Sun convicted on charges including violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, visa fraud, bank fraud and money laundering.
They claim that Sun, who joined the Cuomo administration in 2012, facilitated communications between New York state officers and the Chinese government, organized Chinese officials’ visits to the United States and blocked representatives of the Taiwanese government from access to high-level New York State officers…