2026-10-30
On October 30, the US Department of Justice announced that two Chinese men who conducted clandestine intelligence activities on behalf of China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) were each sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty, followed by three years of supervised release. The two had assisted in identifying recruitable US military personnel and, in January 2022, arranged for individuals within the US to drop off approximately $10,000 in cash via a dead drop in a storage locker.
2026-10-13
On October 13, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the dismantling of a spy case involving a North Korean computer farm and indicted 14 people connected to the case. According to the charges, the criminal network spanned 17 U.S. states, and the suspects were charged with wire fraud, money laundering, and identity theft, among other crimes. Of the 14 indicted, 10 are Chinese nationals. The gang operated computer farms through illegal means, seriously threatening U.S. national security.
2026-10-08
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced the execution of a court-authorized seizure operation, blocking malicious cyber actors employed by the Chinese company Yongxin Zhicheng from using two hacking tools for vulnerability scanning and intrusion.
2026-10-07
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it has filed denaturalization lawsuits in multiple district courts against 40 individuals accused of serious crimes, including two Chinese-Americans from China.
2026-10-05
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it has filed denaturalization lawsuits in multiple district courts against 40 individuals accused of serious crimes, including two Chinese Americans alleged to have acted as agents of a foreign government and engaged in espionage.
2026-10-05
On October 5, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had filed denaturalization lawsuits against 40 naturalized citizens suspected of serious crimes, the largest number in a single period under the Trump administration. Among them, Li Ping pleaded guilty in 2024 for gathering intelligence for China's Ministry of State Security, and Wei Jinchao was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for selling military secrets to China.
2026-10-01
On October 1, the U.S. Justice Department announced the arrest of Greg Lui, owner of a San Gabriel Valley tech company, accusing him of illegally transshipping more than $300 million worth of export-controlled high-end GPU servers to China via Malaysia and Singapore between 2023 and 2024, and of falsifying documents. He faces three charges — violating export controls, smuggling, and conspiracy to commit money laundering — carrying a maximum sentence of 50 years.
2026-09-30
Four U.S. Republican senators sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney General on September 30, calling on the Department of Justice to conduct a comprehensive investigation of Chinese criminal networks operating illegal marijuana businesses within the United States.
2026-08-12
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on August 12 the arrest of 11 defendants, charging them with orchestrating thousands of sham marriages to help Chinese citizens fraudulently obtain U.S. immigration status.
2026-08-12
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on August 12 that a federal grand jury in Georgia has indicted three men, accusing them of forcing Chinese nationals to work at a local flooring factory and confiscating their identification documents.
2026-09-18
The National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice issued an advisory warning foreign students in the U.S. not to act as unregistered foreign agents. Violators face penalties including loss of legal status, deportation, and failure to complete their studies.
2026-09-16
The U.S. Department of Justice issued an announcement stating that individuals within the United States who conduct activities under the instruction or control of foreign governments or entities must register as foreign agents in accordance with the law, and those who fail to do so will face civil or criminal liability.
2026-09-09
On September 9, the criminal lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against Huawei and its subsidiaries officially opened in federal court. The presiding judge is Ann Donnelly, and the trial is expected to last several months. Prosecutors accuse Huawei of operating a criminal enterprise for over 20 years through theft, lies, and cover-ups, facing approximately 12 charges including racketeering, conspiracy to steal trade secrets, bank fraud, money laundering, and obstruction of justice.
2026-09-09
The U.S. recently conducted operations in Madagascar to assist in destroying 13 cyber scam centers operated by Chinese nationals.
2026-09-02
On September 2, US Attorney General Blanche said that this week Chinese cybercriminals attempted to launch a password reset attack against hundreds of thousands of Twitter users. Twitter intercepted it in time, preventing accounts from being compromised, and the Department of Justice is pursuing those involved.
2026-09-01
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Thomas Will Boken II, a U.S. citizen living and working in China, was sentenced to two years in prison for acting as an agent of a foreign government on U.S. soil, followed by three years of supervised release after completing his sentence.
2026-08-31
Ohio State University has agreed to pay $2.1 million to settle civil allegations that it failed to disclose certain employees' ties to China when applying for federal research funding.
2026-08-27
The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI announced on Wednesday the seizure of the domain names for two hacking platforms, Qscan and QT Router, alleging they were operated by the Chinese hacking group QTFY and served the Ministry of State Security and the military of China.
2026-08-21
The US Department of Justice announced a $400 million settlement agreement with TikTok and ByteDance to resolve a civil lawsuit regarding children's privacy protection.
Location: Washington, United States ·
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2026-08-21
On August 21, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that TikTok and its parent company ByteDance agreed to pay a $400 million civil fine to settle a lawsuit alleging violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
Location: Washington, United States ·
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2026-08
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted 11 suspects, accusing them of participating in a 10-year scheme involving approximately 1,000 sham marriages to help Chinese citizens obtain legal immigration status in the United States.
Location: New York, United States ·
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2026-06-30
A Department of Justice memorandum directs federal prosecutors to work with the Department of Homeland Security to prioritize the investigation and prosecution of cases involving individuals suspected of obtaining citizenship through birth tourism.
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2026-06-23
The US Department of Justice took overnight action, raiding Huiwang Group's cloud servers and blocking its cryptocurrency channels.
2026-06-10
On June 10, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced the seizure of 13 domain names of fake consulting companies suspected of being supported by Chinese agents, accusing them of using fake job postings to contact current or former U.S. military and government personnel with security clearances in order to steal intelligence.
Location: Washington, United States ·
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2026-06-08
On June 8, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced lawsuits to revoke the citizenship of 17 naturalized citizens, following the government's continued push to strip citizenship from naturalized citizens, citing reasons including fraud and concealment of crimes.
2026-06
The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced the seizure of 13 fake websites that appeared to be consulting or research organizations but were actually used for Chinese intelligence recruitment.
2026-04-23
The U.S. Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury and multiple other agencies jointly announced a special operation codenamed targeting scam centers, indicting Chinese criminal suspects, shutting down Telegram channels and fake websites, offering rewards for their capture and sanctioning relevant implicated individuals and entities in Myanmar's Taichang and Cambodia.
2026-03-19
The US Department of Justice has indicted three individuals linked to Super Micro Computer, accusing them of assisting in smuggling at least $2.5 billion worth of US artificial intelligence technology to China.
2025-11
The U.S. Department of Justice said it established a special division in November 2025 to combat transnational online fraud networks related to cryptocurrency; these networks operate mainly from Southeast Asia, with signs indicating they are controlled by Chinese criminal groups.
2023-04-17
On April 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the cases of Lu Jianwang and Chen Jinping regarding the secret police station, the Ministry of Public Security's 912 Special Working Group, and the former Zoom employee, utilizing the transnational repression framework.
2023-04-17
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued 34 officers of the Chinese Communist Party's Ministry of Public Security, accusing them of running an operation that organized online mobs to besiege dissidents and creating a large number of fake accounts.
2023-04
On the same day, another indictment brought the number of defendants to 44, these officials are within China.
2021-09-24
Meng Wanzhou signed a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and signed a four-page statement of facts, admitting to making false statements to HSBC in Hong Kong in 2013.
Location: New York, United States ·
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2020-02-13
The US Department of Justice filed a third superseding indictment, increasing the charges against Huawei to sixteen and applying the RICO Act, typically used to combat organized crime, against Huawei for the first time.
Location: New York, United States ·
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2018-08-22
The Justice Department of the Trump administration filed a sealed indictment against Huawei in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, charging the company with multiple offenses.
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2017
In 2017, the financial data of about 147 million Americans was leaked from a U.S. credit reporting agency, and the U.S. Department of Justice subsequently charged four People's Liberation Army officers with taking part in the operation.