A former New York official is accused of acting on behalf of the Chinese government. Here’s a timeline of her alleged actions

CNN —

Allegations of money laundering, falsified signatures and surreptitious communications fill the federal indictment brought against Linda Sun, a longtime New York governors’ aide who was charged Tuesday with acting as an agent for the Chinese government.

Sun, a former deputy chief of staff to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and aide to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, faces 10 counts, including violating the Foreign Agents Registrations Act, visa fraud, alien smuggling and money laundering conspiracy, according to an unsealed copy of the indictment.

Federal prosecutors allege Sun has been operating for years as an undisclosed agent of the People’s Republic of China, using her high-ranking positions in New York government to fulfill the PRC’s requests and further the interests of the Chinese Communist Party.

In the indictment, prosecutors lay out Sun’s alleged efforts to allow the PRC access to private government communications, influence the governors’ public remarks on China and block the Taiwanese government from communicating with Cuomo and Hochul.

As Sun served in high-ranking positions in New York, her husband, Chris Hu, is accused of orchestrating the transfer of millions of dollars in “kickbacks” from the PRC, which the couple used to purchase expensive properties and luxury cars, prosecutors said. Hu was also charged with money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to commit bank fraud as well as misusing means of identification.

During a federal court hearing Tuesday, prosecutors alleged the defendants used shell companies, iCloud accounts and WeChat messages – with everything in Mandarin – in their alleged crimes.

These are the ‘gifts’ prosecutors say ex-aide to two New York governors got from the Chinese