John Liu's Former Campaign Treasurer Is Indicted A federal grand jury on Friday indicted the former campaign treasurer for John C. Liu, the city comptroller, on charges that the treasurer helped to funnel illegal campaign money to Mr. Liu by using straw donors and then impeded investigators' efforts to gather information about the fund-raising. The seven-page indictment against the treasurer, Jia Hou, 25, who is known as Jenny, did not appear to add any new details to the original complaint, which was filed in February. Ms. Hou is accused of discussing ways to circumvent the city's campaign finance laws in numerous e-mails and instant messages, according to the criminal complaint. Mr. Liu has not been accused of wrongdoing. But the charges filed against Ms. Hou suggest that she was taking instructions from Mr. Liu as she was carrying out the allegedly fraudulent fund-raising scheme. Ms. Hou's indictment comes just days before supporters of Mr. Liu - who had been considered a strong candidate for mayor in the 2013 Democratic primary - are scheduled to hold a rally in Harlem. An invitation for the event says that it is being held "in light of recent investigations" and that "this is an opportunity for you to show your support for our comptroller and stand with him during this challenging time." The indictment released Friday by Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for Manhattan, combined Ms. Hou's case with the case against a top fund-raiser for Mr. Liu, Xing Wu Pan, a real estate developer known as Oliver Pan. Mr. Pan was arrested in November as part of an expanding federal investigation into the comptroller's fund-raising. Ms. Hou and Mr. Pan are expected to be arraigned together in federal court in Manhattan next week.