House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets Chairwoman Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) expanded their investigation into billionaire Neville Roy Singham’s activities. Singham is believed to have links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
In a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the lawmakers urged the Treasury to assess whether federal sanctions, civil remedies, or criminal penalties are needed for the groups organized and funded by Singham.
“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating Chinese Communist Party (CCP) efforts to sow discord in the United States, and is conducting oversight over the U.S. Government’s ability and efforts under existing law to combat such efforts,” the lawmakers wrote. “Specifically, the Committee is investigating CCP influence operations that may fall within the purview of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), 22 U.S.C. § 611 et seq and other federal laws.”
“It is imperative that we expeditiously halt the continued flow of funds and material support for malign activities conducted at the behest of the CCP,” the letter added, explaining that reports suggest that Singham “may have acted as an agent for the CCP.”
“In addition to potential criminal liability for failing to register as a foreign agent under FARA these reported activities and the entities controlled by and funded by Mr. Singham raise the question of whether his assets and/or the assets of entities he controls or funds are subject to sanctions administered or enforced by Treasury and its components,” Comer and Luna wrote. “We therefore request that the Treasury immediately undertake a formal evaluation to determine the applicability of any relevant sanctions and any other civil remedies or criminal penalties for Mr. Singham’s assets, and the assets of entities he controls or funds, including whether to freeze or seize such assets.”
Singham has been linked to the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), a group connected to the Los Angeles riots.
Luna said in a statement on X, “Neville Singham has spent millions funding militant organizations that have orchestrated violent riots and launched targeted hate campaigns against Americans with different beliefs.” She declared that she and Comer “will no longer allow billionaires to bankroll anti-American political movements on behalf of foreign governments.”
