California, May 12 -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on Monday that Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang has been charged in federal court with acting as an illegal agent of China.

From late 2020 to 2022, FBI said that Wang and Yaoning "Mike" Sun worked at the direction and control of Chinese government officials and coordinated with US-based individuals to promote the China's interests through several things such as promoting pro-China propaganda in the United States via US News Center.

As per the FBI it is "a website that purported to be a news source for the local Chinese American community, and they received and executed directives from PRC government officials to post pro-PRC content on the website."

Wang, 58, agreed to plead...