Chinese woman caught at Mar-a-Lago with malware was apparently asked to target Clintons: docs

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https://www.foxnews.com/us/chinese-woman-caught-at-mar-a-lago-with-malware-apparently-was-asked-to-target-clintons-docs-show

By Vandana Rambaran
FoxNews.com
10-03-2019

A Chinese businesswoman who was convicted of trespassing at President Trump's 
Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida earlier this year had been urged by her handler to 
target other famous figures including the Clintons and billionaire businessman 
Warren Buffett, court documents say.

Yujing Zhang, 33, who is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 22, was caught by 
Secret Service agents with troves of technology embedded with malware and 
thousands of dollars in cash after she claimed that she was at Trump's 
prestigious club to attend a “United Nations friendship event” that had 
apparently been canceled. Her bizarre behavior and backstory led to suspicions 
that she was a Chinese government spy, but she was not charged with espionage 
or related crimes.

Zhang apparently purchased a $20,000 travel package from Li Weitian, also known 
as Charles Lee, who advertised tickets on the Chinese social media site WeChat 
promising access to events across the U.S. to meet prominent political and 
business figures.

Lee ran the United Nations Chinese Friendship Association, which is not 
affiliated with the U.N., and was photographed at least twice with Cindy Yang, 
a Republican donor and former Florida massage parlor owner who organized events 
at Mar-a-Lago.

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