er lawyer, Craig Harbaugh, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday.

Previously, the veteran criminal defense attorney described Zhang an upstanding resident of Irvine, about 42 miles southeast of L.A., where she lives with her husband and two young daughters.

 The government's theory - she's been a sleeper agent for the last 10 years, working as a real estate agent, raising her family and will choose to go to China and abandon her work, her family and her home - it's not supported,  Harbaugh said in court Oct. 7.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Steve Kim ordered Zhang held in pretrial detention after prosecutors argued she poses a flight risk. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons website shows that she remains in custody.

Zhang is scheduled to appear in federal district court on Friday for a post-indictment arraignment. She faces up to 15 years in prison.