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Unmasked: Former High-Ranking NYS Employee Indicted for COVID-19 PPE Fraud
Townhall.com ^ | 26 June A.D. 2025 | Abigail Johnson

Posted on 06/26/2025 4:13:27 PM PDT by lightman

A federal grand jury in Brooklyn has added charges against Linda Sun and her husband, Chris Hu in a superseding indictment returned Wednesday. The new charges stem from Sun's alleged participation in a fraudulent scheme involving personal protective equipment (PPE) production during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As part of the scheme, Sun coordinated government contracts with vendors based on undisclosed personal connections. Sun and Hu received millions of dollars from these vendors as a result of successful government contracts during the pandemic. These financial kickbacks were not disclosed to the state.

The charges filed against Sun on Wednesday include honest services wire fraud, honest services wire fraud conspiracy, bribery, and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Her husband is also being charged with tax evasion.

“As alleged, Linda Sun not only acted as unregistered agent of the government of the People’s Republic of China, but also enriched herself to the tune of millions of dollars when New York State was at its most vulnerable at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said United States Attorney Joseph Nocella, Jr. “When masks, gloves, and other protective supplies were hard to find, Sun abused her position of trust to steer contracts to her associates so that she and her husband could share in the profits. We demand better from our public servants, and this Office will continue to hold accountable public officials who enrich themselves at the expense of the New York taxpayers.” Recommended Radical Leftist Congressman Doubles Down on Profanity-Laced Insults Against Stephen Miller Rebecca Downs

Sun, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was born in the People's Republic of China and resides in the Eastern District of New York. From 2012 until 2023, Sun held several important roles in New York State government. She served as Andrew Cuomo's Director of Asian American Affairs and later, as Deputy Chief of Staff under Governor Kathy Hochul.

The federal indictment details how Sun allegedly used her influential positions to coordinate New York State government's purchase of PPE from vendors in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Sun allegedly referred the NYS government to vendors explicitly preferred by Chinese interest groups. She also facilitated government contracts with the Cousin Company and the Associate Company, while falsely claiming that the vendors had been referred by the Chinese government.

The Cousin Company was operated by one of Sun’s second cousins, and the Associate Company was operated by Hu and one of Hu’s business associates. With Sun’s assistance, these companies each entered into multiple contracts with the NYS government worth millions of dollars each. Sun did not disclose her relationships with these companies, or that she and HU were receiving portions of the profit from the contracts.

"With this investigation, this husband-and-wife team with supposed ties to corruption has been rooted out," said IRS-CI New York Special Agent in Charge Harry Chavis, Jr. "And they will soon understand that in legitimate government spending, there is no friends and family discount.”

The new charges add to the existing charges against Linda Sun that were filed last year on September 3. That first round of charges included violating and conspiring to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act, visa fraud, alien smuggling, and money laundering. The indictment also adds to the charges against Hu, which include money laundering conspiracy, money laundering, as well as conspiracy to commit bank fraud and misuse of means of identification.

The defendants are set to be arraigned on Monday, June 30.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: covid1984; cuomo; hochul; mask
Sun, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was born in the People's Republic of China and resides in the Eastern District of New York. From 2012 until 2023, Sun held several important roles in New York State government. She served as Andrew Cuomo's Director of Asian American Affairs and later, as Deputy Chief of Staff under Governor Kathy Hochul.
1 posted on 06/26/2025 4:13:27 PM PDT by lightman
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To: neverdem; The Mayor

Ping.


2 posted on 06/26/2025 4:18:51 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: lightman

Dr Fauci: Masks don’t work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23hvLiA2akE


3 posted on 06/26/2025 4:22:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: lightman

Fedzilla needs to investigate Gavin Newsom for the exact same thing. He gave a $ billion+ no bid contract for COVID masks to a personal friend.


4 posted on 06/26/2025 4:32:38 PM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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To: lightman

Probably “forgot” to funnel the usual and customary 10% for the Big Guy.


5 posted on 06/26/2025 4:36:14 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try - AND - Every Time You Fall Down, Get The Frak Up! )
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To: lightman

Sun also known as Mi Luv Yu, ripped off gullible and horney New York politicians and Taxpayers while reporting her escapades back to the government of the CCP.


6 posted on 06/26/2025 4:38:46 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: lightman

In the medical field, we all knew this substandard PPE was coming from China.
It was in the hospitals and also the nursing homes and was atrocious. You’d pull on a glove and it would rip. The ends of the glove finger tips would fall off. And working around fluids, the fluids came through, even wearing two pairs. I took some home. Since my job is cleaning catboxes on the weekend, I noticed even fine gravel from the clumping cat litter came through.
The N95 masks were crap too, but it’s all we had to use DURING COVID. This woman and all other government CCP operatives belong in Gitmo. That includes Fauci and all government employees being paid through channels by the CCP.
Our biggest enemy isn’t Putin. It’s Xi and the CCP.


7 posted on 06/26/2025 4:49:04 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: lightman

“We demand better from our public servants, and this Office will continue to hold accountable public officials who enrich themselves at the expense of the New York taxpayers.”

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Oh, that’s so awesome to read.

So, next we can expect our representatives in Congress who enrich themselves via clandestine NGOs laundering taxpayer money back to their family, friends and themselves.

Such a relief.


8 posted on 06/26/2025 4:53:43 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: lightman

Bang Ding Ow


9 posted on 06/26/2025 5:08:16 PM PDT by Buck-Toothed Knuckle Dragger
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To: lightman

WHILE THEY ARE AT IT——

DIG INTO THE MILLIONS OF $$$$$$$$ CALIF PAID FOR MASKS THEY NEVER GOT FROM CHINA.

NEWSOM IS AT THE HEART OF THAT SCAM.


10 posted on 06/26/2025 5:20:32 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ridesthemiles

Many of us were calling it a $camdemic five years ago...


11 posted on 06/26/2025 5:24:11 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: doc maverick

Would you mind sharing how you got a weekend job cleaning litter boxes, as my employer just cut my hours? I’m also a cat junkie.


12 posted on 06/26/2025 5:51:12 PM PDT by 82nd Bragger (Count to four except when in a helicopterw)
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To: jacknhoo
“We demand better from our public servants,

Bull crap. This is exactly what we have come to expect from our “public servants.” It’s the 90% that make the other 10% look bad.

13 posted on 06/26/2025 5:59:06 PM PDT by Ditto
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To: lightman

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14 posted on 06/26/2025 9:55:08 PM PDT by frithguild (The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
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To: BenLurkin; All

Right... All the ones I have seeen say, right on the label, “Not for medical use”


15 posted on 06/27/2025 4:21:29 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: lightman

So much for Asians being “honorable.”


16 posted on 06/27/2025 4:46:31 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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