A former NYPD cop turned private investigator and two Chinese citizens were found guilty Wednesday in a landmark case taking aim at the Chinese government’s illegal efforts to extort dissidents living overseas.
The three men played a part in China’s years-long pressure campaign against dissident Xu Jin, a former Wuhan municipal government official, and his family, with McMahon using his investigative skills to track down where Xu lived in New Jersey, prosecutors said during the two-week trail in Brooklyn federal court.
Michael McMahon, 55, a retired NYPD sergeant, and another man, Zhu Yong, 66, were convicted of acting as a foreign agent and interstate stalking, while a third, Zheng Chongring, 27, was convicted of stalking charges but cleared of being a foreign agent.
