US-China Relations

Former NY Police Sgt. Gets 18 Months in Prison for Acting as CCP Agent

Michael McMahon was hired as a private investigator and said he was unaware that he was hired by the Chinese communist regime.
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Former NY Police Sgt. Gets 18 Months in Prison for Acting as CCP Agent
Retired New York Police Department Sgt. Michael McMahon leaves Brooklyn Federal Court in New York City on May 31, 2023. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images
T.J. Muscaro
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Former New York City Police Sgt. Michael McMahon was sentenced to 18 months in prison on April 16 after being found guilty of acting as an illegal agent of China.

McMahon was one of three men who were convicted in 2023 of stalking Xu Jin, a former Chinese official, and his family in New Jersey as part of the Chinese regime’s global “Operation Fox Hunt” campaign to force the repatriation of alleged criminals.

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T.J. Muscaro
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T.J. Muscaro is an award-winning reporter and NASA Correspondent for The Epoch Times, covering the Artemis program, Space Force, and other public and private ambitions within the growing space industry. Based in Tampa, Florida, he also covers stories of extreme weather and disaster relief, as well as various matters of national and international politics.