The men were accused of participating in an escalating series of scare tactics aimed at repatriating a former Chinese official who was living quietly in New Jersey.
A federal jury willl decide whether retired NYPD sergeant Michael McMahon knew he was working as an agent for the Chinese government when he was hired as a private investigator.Three men were convicted of various charges Tuesday in a trial showcasing U.S. claims that China has engineered pressure campaigns on American soil to bully expatriates into returning home, part of an effort called "Operation Fox Hunt.
China has denied trying to force repatriations through intimidation and says the U.S. is maligning an effort to fight crime. McMahon said he was "devastated by the verdict," insisting that all he had done was his job as a private investigator. Zheng later went to Xu's home and left an ominous note: "If you are willing to go back to the mainland and spend 10 years in prison, your wife and children will be all right. That's the end of this matter!"
But Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Heeren said the three "agreed to participate in something that went way, way over the line ... a line that all three defendants knew they were crossing."
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