Texas
attorney
Fangzhou
Chen,
aka
Amber
Chen,
was
charged
in
federal
court
with
cyberstalking
and
transmitting
threatening
communications.
Chen
allegedly
sent
25
unsubstantiated
online
tips
to
the
FBI
National
Threat
Operations
Center and
engaged
in
a
campaign
of
online
harassment
directed
at
an
unnamed
Biglaw
partner
based
in
New
York
as
well
as
a
Biglaw
associate
based
in
Los
Angeles.
According
to
the
criminal
complaint,
available
below,
the
partner
never
actually
met
Chen.
The
partner’s
firm,
reportedly
Latham
&
Watkins,
monitors
Chen’s
social
media
(and
provides
him
with
24/7
security),
a
sample
of
which
follows.
•
“If
[the
partner]
does
not
resign
by
Monday,
[the
partner’s
firm]
will
lose
half
of
the
clients”
•
“And
if
you
ever
cross
me
again,
it’s
not
just
calling
feds
5
months
later”
•
“All
[the
partner’s]
sex
files
will
be
made
public
and
non-classified.”
•
“If
any
of
you
stalk
me
again
I’ll
[gun
emoji]
you
to
death”
•
“Never
in
my
lifetime
I
have
ever
heard
an
associate
attorney
can
kill
a
managing
partner”
•
“Sniper
on
site”
•
[The
associate]
is
in
California,
[the
partner]
is
in
Manhattan.
Use
a
silencer.”
•
“Ever
played
a
real
life
Squid
Game?
lol
[laughing
emoji]”
•
“Use
a
silencer.”
It’s
pretty
clear
why
the
firm
felt
the
security
was
needed.
The
firm
also
shared
with
the
FBI
emails
sent
to
the
partner’s
work
address
that
gave
the
partner
a
“last
warning”
to
leave
the
United
States
and
threatened
that
he
“will
be
eliminated
on
the
spot”
if
Chen
saw
him
at
the
firm
again.
According
to
the
complaint,
the
cyberstalking
began
in
October
of
2024.
It
remains
unclear
why
Chen
began
targeting
the
partner
and
associate.
Though
the
State
Bar
of
Texas
lists
Chen’s
office
website
as
Latham’s,
according
to
reports,
Chen
never
worked
at
the
firm.
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