Michael McMahon, 55, faces up to 20 years in prison.
. McMahon and Yong were knowingly working with officials from the People's Republic of China, officials said.
Yong, also known as"Jason Zhu," 66, was convicted of conspiracy to act as an illegal agent of the People's Republic of China, acting as an illegal agent of the country, conspiracy to commit interstate stalking, and interstate stalking. He faces up to 25 years in prison. The trial found that the defendants worked between 2016 and 2019 to threaten, harass, surveil and intimidate a man and woman, known only as John Doe #1 and Jane Doe #1, with the goal of convincing the couple and their family to return to the People's Republic of China. Yong hired McMahon, who was retired from the NYPD and was working as a private investigator.
Two of those officials, identified as police officer Hu Ji with the Wuhan Public Security Bureau and Tu Lan, a prosecutor within the Wuhan region, later transported John Doe #1's 82-year-old father from the People's Republic of China to the sister-in-law's home to convince John Doe #1 to return to the country. While in the man was in the United States, his daughter was threatened with imprisonment in the People's Republic of China, the trial found.
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