Linda Sun, a former aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul and ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is facing new federal charges accusing her of steering $35 million in state contracts to PPE vendors tied to her family during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a superseding indictment filed in Brooklyn Federal Court, Sun, 41, and her husband, Chris Hu, 40, received $2.3 million in kickbacks for directing business to a cousin’s company and another run by Hu.

While serving as Cuomo’s deputy chief diversity officer in 2020, Sun allegedly falsified emails to make it appear the companies were recommended by Chinese officials. Prosecutors say she abused her position during a national PPE shortage to secure lucrative contracts, while taxpayers lost millions.

U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella accused Sun of “betraying public trust for profit.”

The new charges include wire fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy, and tax evasion, in addition to earlier counts of acting as an unregistered foreign agent. Sun and Hu are scheduled to be arraigned Monday, with trial set for November

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