Posted on 12/16/2005 3:27:00 PM PST by NormsRevenge
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former FBI informant once suspected of being a Chinese double agent has agreed to plead guilty to lying to federal agents and to a tax charge, U.S. law enforcement officials said Friday.
Katrina Leung, a wealthy socialite from San Marino, Calif., was expected to enter a plea Friday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. She would serve no jail time under an agreement reached with federal prosecutors, one official told The Associated Press in Washington, D.C.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement had yet to be presented to a federal judge.
Leung's lawyers, Janet Levine and John Vandevelde, confirmed there was an agreement.
"There is an agreement that will resolve the case, that will finally and forever dismiss all charges that question her loyalty to this country and will settle all tax matters," the attorneys said in a statement.
They added, "She looks forward to resuming her life and putting this horrible nightmare behind her."
The attorneys declined to specify the terms of the agreement because it had not yet been filed with the judge yet.
In January, U.S. District Judge Florence Marie Cooper dismissed all charges against Leung, rebuking federal prosecutors for deliberate misconduct in the case. However, the government was considering appealing Cooper's action.
Leung's lover, FBI agent James J. Smith, pleaded guilty to making false statements last year. Prosecutors in that case say Leung took classified documents from Smith's briefcase.
the agreement had yet to be presented to a federal judge.
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Katrina Leung, a wealthy socialite
Judge Please,, Put her in jail,,
let her have the Martha Stewart suite..
Lynne Stewart has another sentencing date coming up
Dec. 22nd, her sentencing has been postponed a couple of times already
I would have expected something along these lines. How do they rationalize the Life Sentence given to the Isreali spy as opposed to this agent? Oh, I forgot, he was arrested at a time when someone really took espionage and treasonous behavior seriously. Now it's equivalent to a misdemeanor jaywalking infraction I guess.
Hell, bad looks given to a Terrorist prisoner will garner more jail time than this.
She didn't get off this easy without rolling over on something else.
Remember Sandy Burglar? IMO same kind of 'Upscale' justice at work here.
The Federal Patchwork Quilt of Justice. She gets no time, Martha Stewart goes to prison, Sandy Burlar gets no time, Scooty Libby faces prison. Gotta love the feds. "Equal Justice Under Law" should be sandblasted off the side of the Supreme Court Building.
Wha? That stinks... or something stinks here.
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