He had been suspended from school when he was arrested by the FBI on December 13 last year. The reason for his arrest was that he had repeatedly threatened and assaulted a citizen activist who was openly opposed to the CCP. According to the prosecution documents, on October 22 last year, a woman of Chinese descent posted English leaflets near the Berklee College of Music in Boston, which included slogans such as "Stay with the Chinese people", "We want freedom", and "We want democracy". Afterwards, Wu Xiaolei repeatedly threatened the democrat on the Internet, claiming to make her disabled, and threatened to report her to the CCP Public Security Bureau, and the police would go to her family in China, etc. In addition, Wu Xiaolei is also suspected of disclosing the e-mail of this democrat, instigating others to commit cyber violence against her and search her address.
At that time, many overseas Chinese were supporting China's "White Paper Movement", and many people were threatened by many CCP's little pinks. Last year, the FBI arrested and charged a number of U.S. residents and Chinese intelligence officials in a nationwide crackdown. The U.S. Department of Justice announced on the 11th that Wu Xiaolei, a Chinese student studying abroad on suspicion of harassing and intimidating democrats, has been formally indicted by a U.S. federal grand jury.