The mayor of Arcadia admitted to acting as an illegal foreign agent of China in a federal plea deal unsealed on Monday.
Eileen Wang agreed with prosecutors that she worked with the People’s Republic of China to boost propaganda with a fake news website on US soil between 2020 and 2022. She was elected to Arcadia City Council in November 2022, the city is within LA County.
She worked with her then fiance, Yaoning “Mike” Sun, on the website U.S. News Center, which claimed to be news source for Chinese Americans. But the pair we’re carrying out Beijing’s orders through the site, and sharing data on how many people had viewed the story with Chinese officials.
Wang is set to appear in court for arraignment in downtown Los Angeles on Monday afternoon. She faces a maximum of 10 years in prison.
