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Monday, December 21, 2020
The U.S. Justice Department released the below information:
A complaint and arrest warrant were unsealed today in
federal court in Brooklyn charging Xinjiang Jin, also known as “Julien Jin,”
with conspiracy to commit interstate harassment and unlawful conspiracy to
transfer a means of identification.
Jin, an employee of a U.S.-based telecommunications company
(Company-1) who was based in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), allegedly
participated in a scheme to disrupt a series of meetings in May and June 2020
held to commemorate the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in the
China-Based Executive at U.S. Telecommunications Company Charged with Disrupting Video Meetings Commemorating Tiananmen Square Massacre
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Defendant Coordinated with the People’s Republic of China to Target Dissidents and Disrupt Meetings
A complaint and arrest warrant were unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Xinjiang Jin, also known as “Julien Jin,” with conspiracy to commit interstate harassment and unlawful conspiracy to transfer a means of identification. Jin, an employee of a U.S.-based telecommunications company (Company-1) who was based in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), allegedly participated in a scheme to disrupt a series of meetings in May and June 2020 held to commemorate the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in the PRC. The meetings were conducted using a videoconferencing program provided by Company-1, and were organized and hosted by U.S-based individuals, including individuals residing in the Eastern District of New Y