3 Chinese nationals arrested by the FBI in the US for visa fraud.
One fraudster is hiding in China’s consulate in San Francisco, while the FBI has arrested 3 for visa fraud.
On Thursday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested three Chinese nationals for visa fraud, with another fraudster remained a fugitive as he hides at China’s consulate in San Francisco. This was revealed in an announcement by the US Justice Department which further said that the four visa fraudsters were allegedly posing as researchers but are in fact members of the military.
FBI’s crackdown the biggest in more than forty years:
The Justice Department on Thursday stated that the FBI carried out interviews in more than 25 US cities of visa holders suspected of hiding their Chinese military memberships. This is being touted as the biggest known crackdown on the theft of US know-how in more than 40 years of Sino-US relations, by diplomatic experts. The crackdown will further heighten the tensions between the two large economies of the world, and they have been growing ever since the Trump administration ordered the closing of China’s consulate in Houston, Texas by Friday.
More tensions in the Sino-US relations:
The narrative of the Donald Trump-led admiration is that China is trying to throttle the United States as the world’s leading financial and military power by using cyber operations and espionage to steal US technological, military, and other strategies. After the administration intensified these charges against them, Beijing refuted such claims. Assistant Attorney General John Demers addressed the FBI’s arrests of Chinese nationals and stated,” These members of China’s Peoples Liberation Army applied for research visas while hiding their true affiliation with the PLA. This is another part of the Chinese Communist Party’s plan to take advantage of our open society and exploit academic institutions.”
The Chinese Embassy has yet not commented on the arrests as the FBI seeks permission to arrest the fugitive in their consulate.
