Chinese woman Zhang Yujing charged with illegally entering Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort had malware, four phones and two passports. Was she there for a Cindy Yang event?
- Prosecutors say Zhang Yujing told the Secret Service she was at Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida to use the pool and attend a ‘United Nations Friendship Event’
- She may have been referring to two events advertised by Yang, a businesswoman who has promoted herself as a path of access to Trump and other decision-makers
A Chinese woman carrying a thumb drive loaded with malware was detained at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida after possibly trying to gain access to events advertised on Chinese-language social media by Cindy Yang, the South Florida massage parlour entrepreneur who also ran a business selling access to the US president and his family.
The woman, Zhang Yujing, has been charged with two federal crimes: making false statements to a federal officer and entering restricted property.
She was carrying four mobile phones, one laptop, one external hard drive and a thumb drive, according to court records.
In a charging document, a Secret Service agent said a preliminary forensic examination of the thumb drive showed it contained “malicious malware”.
The court filing did not provide further details about the nature of the malware.
Zhang originally told a US Secret Service agent that she wanted to use Mar-a-Lago’s pool, but upon further questioning said she had travelled from Shanghai to attend a “United Nations Friendship Event” between China and the United States.
