From Fox News: A former top New York state official accused of spying for China once remarked that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was “much more obedient” than former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Linda Sun made the remark after she convinced Hochul, who served as Cuomo’s lieutenant governor at the time, to film a Lunar New Year video touting China’s New York consulate, the New York Post reported, citing evidence presented at Sun’s corruption trial.
“She is much more obedient than the governor,” Sun wrote to China consular official Lihua Li in a Jan. 25, 2021, message shown to jurors in Brooklyn federal court.
Minutes later, Sun texted Huang Ping, who headed the consulate office at the time.
“The deputy governor listens to me more than the governor does,” she allegedly wrote, prosecutors said.
Sun has been charged with violating and conspiring to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act, visa fraud, alien smuggling and money laundering conspiracy, the report explains.
According to a press release by the Justice Department on June 26, Sun and her husband were charged for accepting kickbacks in PPE (personal protective equipment) fraud scheme at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The DOJ wrote:
As part of the scheme, Sun steered contracts to vendors with whom she had undisclosed personal connections, and she and Hu received millions of dollars from the vendors, including some in the form of kickbacks, which Sun did not disclose to the NYS government. The new charges against Sun and Hu include honest services wire fraud, honest services wire fraud conspiracy, bribery, and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Additionally, Hu is charged with tax evasion.
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.
FBI New York along with @EDNYNews and @IRSCI_NY announced charges against Linda Sun, a former high-ranking New York state government employee and her husband for accepting kickbacks in PPE fraud scheme. https://t.co/uCDqidCv82 pic.twitter.com/CLjl6J6BYB
— FBI New York (@NewYorkFBI) June 26, 2025
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— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 5, 2025
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