From the Daily Mail: A former top aide to New York Governor Kathy Hochul enjoyed a life of luxury because she was an undeclared agent for China, federal prosecutors have claimed.
Linda Sun, 41, is accused of acting as an unregistered operative for the Chinese Communist Party and using her position to influence Hochul and ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo into actions favorable to Beijing.
Sun earned a government salary of $145,000, but was also receiving millions of dollars from side deals arranged by Chinese officials, prosecutors told her trial Monday.
She and her husband Chris Hu used cash to purchase a $3.6 million mansion in Long Island, $1.9 million condo in Hawaii and a 2024 Ferrari Roma, which sells for at least $243,300, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The report notes that the Chinese consulate chef prepared meals for Sun and she was regularly acquainted with Communist Party insiders. Additionally, Sun frequently traveled home to China and was there to celebrate the Communist Party’s 70th year in power at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Payments from China were funneled through her husband’s business. The scheme also rewarded the couple with $2.3 million in kickbacks on personal-protection equipment imports during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sun first joined Cuomo’s staff in 2012, and then stayed on staff when Hochul became governor. She held multiple positions within the New York state government over the past 14 or 15 years. She previously served as Hochul’s deputy chief of staff and in the administration of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and most recently was the deputy commissioner for strategic business development at the New York State Department of Labor in Hochul’s administration.
The Daily Mail also reported:
She allegedly blocked representatives of the Taiwanese government from having access to high-level New York State officers and changed messaging on issues that involved the CCP.
Sun secretly provided a Chinese diplomat access to a state conference call, prosecutors alleged.
Sun’s trial started this week, with jury selection beginning on Monday.
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Working as NYS aide,Linda Sun&husband had late-model Ferrari&paid cash $3.6 million L.I. mansion&$1.9 million condo in Hawaii. How’d she manage..federal prosecutors allege..Sun acte agent for China who compelled 2 NY govs take actions favorable to China.. https://t.co/AfnhuUDJAv
— Fredric U. Dicker (@fud31) November 10, 2025
Working as a New York state aide, Linda Sun (孙雯) and her husband Chris Hu had a late-model Ferrari and paid cash for a $3.6M Long Island mansion and a $1.9M condo in Hawaii. How did she manage this on a government salary that never exceeded $145K?
The answer is that Sun acted… https://t.co/bZTu2K9o2m pic.twitter.com/3ZnV2chB4s
— Byron Wan (@Byron_Wan) November 11, 2025
News of the couple’s indictment was announced in early September:
BREAKING: Former NY official charged with acting as agent of China
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