Last Updated on 03/09/2024 by Arun jain
Former Deputy Chief of Staff to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was arrested on federal charges early Tuesday morning.
FBI Agents detained Linda Sun, 40, and her husband, Chris Hu, at their $3.5 million home in Manhasset on the North Shore. Long IslandAccording to The New York Times. A spokeswoman for the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York confirmed the arrest, but details of the charges have not yet been released because the indictment is still sealed.
Federal agents searched the couple’s five-bedroom home in July. At the time, the FBI only confirmed that its agents “conducted court-authorized law enforcement activity in Manhattan” without elaborating. news day.
Surya and Hu are expected to appear in federal court on Tuesday afternoon.
According to her LinkedIn profile, Sun has been holding various roles in the state government for nearly 14 years.
She first worked as chief of staff for former Assemblywoman Grace Meng, now a member of Congress. He then held several jobs in Sun Hochul and his predecessor’s administration, Andrew Cuomo.
Sun was hired as deputy chief of staff when Hochul took over from Cuomo in 2021. news dayBefore she left the role in September 2022 for a position at the New York Department of Labor. A source told the outlet the Sun was terminated from the department in March 2023 due to a complaint, which was later referred to law enforcement.
She later worked as a campaign manager for Austin Cheng, a Democrat who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in New York’s third district.
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