The Justice Department has charged 13 individuals who tried to “unlawfully exert influence in the United States” for the People’s Republic of China, U.S. officials allege…

One case charges seven Chinese nationals with trying to forcefully repatriate a Chinese national. Four others were charged with targeting individuals in the U.S. to act on China’s behalf. And two other men were charged with interfering in a U.S. criminal prosecution of a global telecommunications company.

In the third case, DOJ does not name the company involved, but the details of the complaint against defendants Guochun He and Zheng Wang match up to an Eastern District of New York prosecution of Huawei…