Julien Jin, Conspiracy to Commit Interstate Harassment, New York 2020

Grimy Times has learned that a former executive of a U.S. telecommunications company has been charged with directing an employee to remove Chinese dissidents from the company's platform.

According to an amended complaint unsealed today, Julien Jin, a former executive of Company-1, worked in the People’s Republic of China and was charged with conspiracy to commit interstate harassment and unlawful conspiracy to transfer means of identification.

The complaint alleges that Jin and his co-conspirators, including six officers of the PRC Ministry of Public Security and two officials with the Cyberspace Administration of China, used a U.S. telecommunications company to intimidate and silence dissenters, and enforce PRC law to the detriment of Chinese activists in New York, among other places.

The charges were announced by Carolyn Pokorny, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Matthew G. Olsen, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, and David Sundberg, Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington Field Office.

“The amended complaint charging a former PRC-based employee of a U.S. telecommunications company illustrates the insider threat faced by U.S. companies operating in the PRC,” stated First Assistant United States Attorney Pokorny.

The case is ongoing, and all defendants are believed to reside in the PRC and remain at large.

Grimy Times will provide updates as more information becomes available.

Defendant: Julien Jin

Criminal Charges: Conspiracy to commit interstate harassment and unlawful conspiracy to transfer means of identification

City and State: New York

Exact Date: 2020

Sentence or Outcome: Ongoing

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/eight-chinese-government-officials-charged-directing-employee-us-telecommunications