NEW YORK, April 18 -- A woman from Queens who worked for Air China at John F. Kennedy Airport pleaded guilty Wednesday to acting on behalf of the Chinese government by placing unscreened packages on a flight from New York to Beijing. Ying Lin, who also goes by Randi or Randy, was working at the direction of Chinese military personnel stationed at China’s permanent mission to the United Nations, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. Lin, a naturalised US citizen, worked for Air China from 2002 through fall 2015 at JFK and then at Newark Liberty International Airport through April 2016. She could face 10 years’ imprisonment when sentenced. “This case is a stark example of the Chinese government using the employees of Chinese companies doing business here to engage in illegal activity ,” Assistant Attorney General John Demers said in a statement. People walk through international arrivals at terminal four at John F. Kennedy (JFK) airport, where a Chinese woman who worked for Air China has pleaded guilty to working as an agent for the Asian nation. In exchange for her help, the Chinese government provided her tax-exempt purchases of discounted liquor and electronics available only to diplomats, according to court documents, as well as free contracting work at her residence. “Ms. Lin was secreting packages through some of the country’s busiest airports, using her work with the Chinese government to thwart our security measures,” said William Sweeney, assistant director-in-charge of the FBI’s New York field office. “We believe this case isn’t unique and hope it serves as an example that the Chinese and other foreign governments cannot break our laws with impunity.”
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