The FBI said Chen was involved in various efforts to promote China's technological and scientific development, including acting as an "overseas expert" for the Chinese government at the request of its New York consulate.
The CCP through a recruitment agency carried out a well-coordinated infiltration by getting its members employed in senior, specialist and advisory positions in consulates of countries such as India, UK, USA and Australia.
An Australian MP, Shaoquette Moselmane, who has been a vociferous supporter of China, has been under investigation on charges of being a part of China's wider espionage racket