Private Investigator Sentenced to Prison for Interstate Stalking and Harassment of Chinese Nationals on Behalf of the People’s Republic of China

Michael McMahon, a 57-year-old private investigator from New Jersey, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for acting as an illegal agent of the People's Republic of China and conducting interstate stalking and harassment. McMahon participated in a scheme to coerce a U.S. resident's repatriation to China as part of the PRC's 'Operation Fox Hunt' repatriation effort.