Wanying Zhang arrested FBI alleges spying for China

Oct 4

ABC reports federal agents arrested 34-year-old Southern California real estate agent Wanying Zhang at LAX overnight as she was about to board a Shanghai flight. Trevor Ault says the FBI alleges she traveled to Seattle last year, rented an SUV and surveilled the son of Taiwan's president. She allegedly sent a Chinese contact photographs of the family, cars and license plates, along with a text identifying a young man, and may have monitored other families. ABC says she is accused of acting as an unregistered foreign-government agent and remains in custody awaiting trial. These are allegations, not a conviction.

Federal agents arrest Wanying Zhang at Los Angeles International Airport before a Shanghai-bound flight. ABC says the 34-year-old Southern California real estate agent is accused of acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government, including alleged surveillance in Seattle of Taiwan's president's son and sharing family and vehicle photographs with a contact. The report says she remains in custody awaiting trial; the allegations are not adjudicated.