I'm sure his defense will be he was unaware of the law and had no intention of violating the law.
A veteran FBI electronics technician – who had top secret clearance – was charged by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office on Monday with acting as an agent of China.
The man was identified as Kun Shan Chun and also went by “Joey Chun,” according to the official complaint. He was expected to plead guilty, Reuters reported.
Chun, born in China, began working for the FBI in 1997. Chun’s duties with the FBI included “accessing sensitive, and in some instance classified, information.”
Chun is charged with four counts of working to “falsify, conceal, and cover up by trick, scheme, and device a material fact.” He allegedly did not disclose his ties to foreign organizations and individuals in a written questionnaire submitted to the FBI for his security clearance, and did not disclose to the FBI that he made contact with “foreign nationals during a trip to Europe.”
The criminal complaint against Chun was unsealed Monday, but dated March 2016.
The documents contend that Chun and some of his relatives “maintained relationships” with individuals who worked for a Chinese technology company and at least “one individual whom Chun understood to be affiliated with the Chinese government.” Chun was allegedly tasked with consulting work in the U.S. for that Chinese company, for which he was given financial and travel “benefits.”
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A veteran FBI electronics technician – who had top secret clearance – was charged by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office on Monday with acting as an agent of China.
The man was identified as Kun Shan Chun and also went by “Joey Chun,” according to the official complaint. He was expected to plead guilty, Reuters reported.
Chun, born in China, began working for the FBI in 1997. Chun’s duties with the FBI included “accessing sensitive, and in some instance classified, information.”
Chun is charged with four counts of working to “falsify, conceal, and cover up by trick, scheme, and device a material fact.” He allegedly did not disclose his ties to foreign organizations and individuals in a written questionnaire submitted to the FBI for his security clearance, and did not disclose to the FBI that he made contact with “foreign nationals during a trip to Europe.”
The criminal complaint against Chun was unsealed Monday, but dated March 2016.
The documents contend that Chun and some of his relatives “maintained relationships” with individuals who worked for a Chinese technology company and at least “one individual whom Chun understood to be affiliated with the Chinese government.” Chun was allegedly tasked with consulting work in the U.S. for that Chinese company, for which he was given financial and travel “benefits.”
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