The scheme is said to be related to the Chinese regime, which targeted Los Angeles residents, known to be critical of CCP leader Xi Jinping.
Two foreigners were arrested in Serbia on April 24 at the request of the US government that allegedly hired people who harassed, threatened and threatened Los Angeles residents who publicly criticized China’s Communist Party leader Xi Jinping.
Prosecutors said CUI and Miller began plotting in October 2023 targeting Los Angeles residents. They are said to have recruited two individuals to the US to prevent him from traveling to San Francisco to protest XI’s visit for the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit.
CUI and Miller were unaware that the two individuals were secret agents of the FBI and “sources of sensitive people working for the FBI,” according to court documents.
Prosecutors did not name LA residents and identified them only as “victims” in court documents.
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“The victim had made “several statements against the policies and actions of the Chinese administration and XI on his social media,” court documents stated. The victim’s social media post included a photograph of his artistic statue depicting XI and his wife “knee and tied behind their backs.”
In the weeks leading up to the APEC summit, the two accused allegedly investigated the victims in two individuals, installed tracking devices in the car, slashed the car’s tires, purchased statues and destroyed them.
According to court documents, Miller directed the undercover FBI agent to go to his address in Los Angeles for a $5,000 payment after the agent provided a photo of the statue being destroyed.
Miller is said to have traveled to China in June 2023, where he met with Chinese officials in Beijing and the superiors of the CUI in northern China’s Liaon state and Beijing, court documents say. Additionally, Miller claimed he was “promoted” following a meeting with Chinese officials.
Prosecutors said they believe Miller knows he is “acting on the direction and control of the Chinese regime when Miller called Xi “the boss” in communication with others.
After the victim announced plans to release videos online showing two new artistic figures of Xi and his wife, prosecutors said there was a similar scheme in the spring of 2025. CUI and Miller are said to have paid two other people “to belong and act in the direction of the FBI.”
Miller is also said to have been tasked with protesting in the US by the FBI’s secret human sources in the US, including a protest in the Los Angeles area over Taiwan’s president’s visit on April 5, 2023, according to court documents.
The FBI’s secret human sources joined “third-party individuals to perform (Millers) tasks” and “hired an actor as a protester,” court documents say.
The videographer recorded the protest and uploaded it to an online storage platform shared by CUI and Miller’s email addresses.
The two defendants face five years of maximum prison for a conspiracy and five years of interstate stalking.
The US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said the US government would seek the extradition of CUI and Miller.
