A former gubernatorial aide from Long Island, accused of acting as an unregistered agent of China and steering state contracts to PPE vendors with whom she has personal connections during the COVID-19 pandemic, is facing new allegations, prosecutors said Monday.

Linda Sun, 41, a former aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul and former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, and her husband, Chris Hu, 40, pleaded not guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to a new superseding indictment including charges of failure to register as a foreign agent, visa fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering.

Prosecutors said that Sun engaged in political activities at the request of two unidentified individuals who were acting at the behest of the Chinese government in order to foster "a closer economic and political relationship between

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