The owner of a sushi restaurant in New Jersey was detained following a conviction for being an “unregistered foreign agent” working for the Chinese government, according to a recent announcement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE).
A Chinese federal was arrested in a new press release after being found guilty of acting unlawfully as a foreign government adviser.
According to The Post Millennial, 61-year-old Ming Xi Zhang, also known as” Sushi John,” was detained by ICE agents in Newark, New Jersey, on March 24. Zhang, who runs Ya Ya Noodles in Montgomery Township, New Jersey, was recently found guilty in April of this year of working as an unregulated foreign agent and given a three-year probation sentence.
Zhang was found guilty of acting as an agent of a foreign government without giving the Attorney General any previous notice, according to a recent press release from ICE, and he was given a three-year probation sentence on April 30, 2024.
The 61-year-old cafe owner admitted to using an unlicensed Chinese agent in 2016 before his judgment next year.
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Although ICE officers noted that the restaurant owner “violated the words of his lawful registration” by working as a Foreign foreign agent, Zhang was officially admitted to entering the United States in June 2000.
Any illegal mysterious engaging in spying, damage, or import power against the United States is subject to imprisonment, according to ICE Newark Field Office Director John Tsoukaris in the media release.
According to NJ.com, after law enforcement asked the 61-year-old to check in with them, ICE authorities detained her papa in March. Emily Zhang told the shop,” We’re all just kind of hoping, waiting for friendship, pardon, whatever it is.”
According to NJ.com, Ming Xi Zhang’s international agent charge stemmed from numerous discussions the cafe proprietor had with Ministry of State Security staff in China in April 2016. According to the report, the Taiwanese representatives instructed Zhang to safe$ 35, 000 and give it to “another individual.”
According to NJ.com, Zhang apparently gave the money to the unidentified person in the same New Jersey neighborhood as his restaurant after receiving the guidelines. Zhang recently admitted to hosting a Taiwanese government agent half in 2016 at his Princeton home.
