Ex-NYPD cop convicted for acting as Chinese agent in ‘Operation Fox Hunt’By Priscilla DeGregory
June 20, 2023
A former NYPD sergeant was convicted Tuesday of acting as a Chinese agent in a scheme called “Operation Fox Hunt” that sought to force people living abroad to return to China.
Michael McMahon — a cop-turned-private eye — was convicted by a Brooklyn federal jury Tuesday on three of the four charges he faced for acting as an agent of China when he stalked and coerced former Chinese official and New Jersey resident Xu Jin in a bid to get him to return to his home country to face bribery and embezzlement charges.
McMahon, 55, of Mahwah, NJ, was convicted of illegally acting as an agent of a foreign government, stalking, and conspiracy to engage in interstate stalking and faces up to 20 years behind bars at his sentencing.
He was acquitted on one count of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government.
At trial, McMahon’s lawyer Lawrence Lustberg, argued that his client didn’t know that when he took the private surveillance job that he was working as an agent of Beijing.
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https://nypost.com/2023/06/20/ex-nypd-cop-convicted-for-acting-as-chinese-agent/
