Taiwanese news anchor indicted for taking crypto from Chinese agent

A Taiwanese news anchor has been indicted on charges of receiving cryptocurrency from a Chinese agent and bribing military personnel to leak confidential information, The Block reported. According to local prosecutors, anchor Lin Chen-yu is accused of paying six active and retired army and navy members since 2023 to obtain photos of classified military documents. In exchange, he allegedly received a total of 169,493 New Taiwan dollars (about $5,395) in cryptocurrency through Binance and OKX. Additionally, he is accused of receiving at least 4,325 USDT from a Chinese national last year to produce news reports critical of a campaign to recall a Kuomintang lawmaker, a move backed by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).