A Chinese man who previously advised a Southern California city council member has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese regime, federal prosecutors said.
Sun Yaoning, also known as Mike Sun, was arrested in December 2024. He pleaded guilty in October 2025 to one count of acting as an agent of a foreign government without prior notification to the U.S. Attorney General, from 2022 to 2024.
U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner sentenced Sun to four years in prison in federal court in Los Angeles on Monday, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California….
Chinese Man Gets 4-Year Prison Sentence for Acting as Illegal Agent for China
