Authorities seized more than $130,000 in cash in a safety deposit box leased by the mother of Linda Sun, the former gubernatorial aide from Long Island who is accused of illegally influencing New York State on behalf of China, an FBI agent testified on Monday in federal court in Brooklyn.

Special Agent John Ferraraccio said that he found bundles of hundred dollar bills in the safety deposit box totaling $130,100 while executing a search warrant at a TD Bank branch in Flushing in July 2024.

Ferraraccio said he only assisted with the search warrant and was not further involved in the investigation, and acknowledged that he did not know if the cash and other items seized by officials conducting search warrants were linked to criminal wrongdoing.

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