USCBS NewsWED 07 OCT 2026 / 4:34 PM CDT

FBI concerned alleged Chinese agent is serious flight risk, sources say

The FBI fears the alleged Chinese agent arrested at LAX on Sunday may try to flee the country if released after her court hearing on Wednesday, law enforcement sources told CBS News.

Investigators claim California realtor Wanying Zhang owned a business in China, regularly has money deposited in a Chinese bank account and has parents, a brother and sister currently living there, CBS News has learned.

One law enforcement source said Zhang also had a Chinese passport that was not recovered during an FBI search of her home.

Read the original report

Opens CBS News in a new tab

USNBC News56m

Federal appeals judges don’t reveal how they’ll rule on Saudi Arabia’s effort to end 9/11 litigation

Family members of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks packed a federal appeals courtroom in New York City on Wednesday.

USCBS News1h

Maduro expected to face new charges of torture of Americans in Venezuelan prisons

An attorney for Maduro told CBS News that he has not been given notice that additional charges could be coming.

USCBS News1h

Tropical Storm Isaias forms in Gulf, could reach U.S. as hurricane this weekend

Tropical Storm Isaias has formed in the Gulf and is expected to become a hurricane by Thursday before approaching the U.S. northern Gulf Coast on Friday, according to forecasters.

USNBC News1h

An AI-generated Rumpelstiltskin meme is freaking out much of the internet

Rumpelstiltskin famously spun straw into gold.

Back to the brief

FBI concerned alleged Chinese agent is serious flight risk, sources say

More on this deskAll US

Federal appeals judges don’t reveal how they’ll rule on Saudi Arabia’s effort to end 9/11 litigation

Maduro expected to face new charges of torture of Americans in Venezuelan prisons

Tropical Storm Isaias forms in Gulf, could reach U.S. as hurricane this weekend

An AI-generated Rumpelstiltskin meme is freaking out much of the internet