Overview
- Linda Sun entered a not guilty plea on June 30 to federal charges alleging she orchestrated an $8 million kickback scheme tied to COVID-19 PPE contracts.
- The new bribery indictment supplements her September 2024 unregistered agent charges for allegedly acting on behalf of the Chinese government.
- Sun is scheduled for trial in November 2025 in Brooklyn Federal Court and continues to await her day in court on bond.
- FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino and New York field office chief Christopher Raia have publicly pledged a tougher stance on CCP scheming and pandemic-era public corruption.
- Prosecutors contend Sun leveraged her role in the New York governor’s office to steer contracts to select vendors in exchange for millions of dollars in personal kickbacks.