Overview
- A Brooklyn federal jury convicted Lu Jianwang of acting as an unregistered agent for China and of obstructing justice, offenses that carry a maximum five-year sentence.
- Jurors acquitted him of a separate conspiracy charge, and he remains free on bail as he awaits a sentencing date.
- Prosecutors presented WeChat messages in which Fujian security officer Liu Rongyan asked Lu to verify whether dissident Xu Jie existed.
- The FBI raid on 107 East Broadway in 2022 recovered a blue banner reading "Fuzhou Police Overseas Service Station" and equipment inside offices used by the America Changle Association.
- At trial, the defense said the site mostly handled remote driver’s‑license renewals for Fujian natives while prosecutors called it a front, and the case sits alongside co‑defendant Chen Jinping’s 2024 guilty plea to a related conspiracy.