United States of America v. Shujun Wang

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:



Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371 and 3551 et seq. Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of a Foreign Government Without Prior Notification to the Attorney General

(1)

Title 18, United States Code, Sections 951(a) and 3551 et seq. Acting as an Agent of a Foreign Government Without Prior Notification to the Attorney General

(2)

Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1028(a)(7), 1028(b)(2)(B), 1028(c)(3)(A), 2 and 3551 et seq. Criminal Use of Identification

(3)

Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1001(a)(2) and 3551 et seq. False Statements

(4)



For decades, Shujun Wang presented himself as a champion for Chinese dissidents. A military scholar who fled China after the Tiananmen Square massacre, Mr. Wang settled in Queens, where he helped found a group that promoted democracy and criticized Beijing's authoritarianism.



Federal prosecutors said his activism was a charade, choreographed to collect and transmit information about critics of the Chinese Communist Party, and they charged him in 2022 with spying on behalf of the Chinese government. He was convicted after a swift trial and faced the possibility of years in prison." New York Times

Defendant was found guilty and was sentenced to three years of supervised release.