A Brighton man the feds say is a spy for the Chinese government has been ordered not to travel outside the state nor to have contact with Chinese government officials as he faces federal charges related to his alleged actions.

Litang Liang, 63, was released on those conditions Thursday after posting a $25,000 bond. He was arrested Tuesday following federal indicted on conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government and acting as an agent of a foreign government without notice to the the U.S. Attorney General’s office.

Electronic monitoring will track Liang’s whereabouts, and he also has been ordered to surrender his passport.

U.S. District Magistrate Judge Jennifer C. Boal on Friday scheduled Liang to appear at an initial status conference for July 6 in federal court in Boston.

The indictment alleges that Liang worked with a handler and additional People’s Republic of China officials out of the consulate in New York City to spill the tea on a number of Boston-area people the Chinese Communist Party find problematic.

Among the allegations are that Liang, from 2018 through last year, provided the Chinese government information on various organizations and people in Boston, organized a counter-protest against pro-democracy Chinese dissidents in Boston and sent off dossiers on potential recruits for the PRC’s Ministry of Public Security.

Some of his alleged activity, including photographing anti-PRC dissidents in front of the Boston Public Library in September 2019, put faces and names to U.S.-based activists who he described as a “bunch of clowns trying to cause trouble.”

If Liang is found guilty for acting as an agent of a foreign government without notice to the attorney, he could face up to 10 years in prison, three years supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000, according to the Department of Justice.

The charge of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government carries similar punishments, but the sentence in prison is up to five years.