『U.S.,美国』郭文贵, HO WAN KWOK, Miles Guo, Guo Wengui 2024.5.24-7.162024.7.16 Guo Wengui, the exiled Chinese billionaire, was convicted in a US federal court on Tuesday for defrauding thousands of his followers of more than $1 billion. Guilty of nine out of 12 counts involving racketeering conspiracy and securities fraud, wire fraud and money laundering, Guo, who is also known as Miles Guo, “faces decades in prison” when the judge hands down a sentence on November 19, according to the prosecutor. After the verdict, Guo smiled at his lawyers and dozens of staunch supporters, who stuffed the courtroom throughout the seven-week trial in New York. 2024.7.10 ‘The real Miles Guo’: Prosecutors lead with expletive-laden tape in close of $1 billion fraud case. “Fuck off, fuck off,” Guo yelled at a subordinate on a 2021 phone call, played to the court on Wednesday during the prosecution’s summation. The trial, now in its seventh week, culminated with roughly six hours of summations Wednesday. 2024.7.9 Guo Wengui rests $1 billion fraud case with testimony from ex-DOJ employee. The case could be in the jury’s hands by the end of the week.2024.7.3 A defense witness testified Wednesday at the trial of Guo Wengui.2024.7.2 Federal prosecutors on Tuesday rested their case against Guo Wengui2024.6.21 ‘I was never in control’: Former Himalaya Exchange CEO testifies in case over H-Coin cryptocurrency2024.6.18 Former CEO of G CLUBS testifies against mogul Guo Wengui2024.6.13 The list of Guo Wengui’s purported fraud victims continues to grow as the trial of the exiled Chinese businessman extends into its third week of testimony. Minran Ru said Guo’s schemes cost her $15,000. “He’s just a liar,”“He’s very good at acting and cheating.”2024.6.6, Ya Li(李娅) was once a part of the “Iron Blood Group,”Li said she passionately helped Guo raise millions of dollars for his projects. “The whole movement is a scam,” Li said Thursday. “He cheated us.”2024.6.4, Jenny Li said she first heard about Guo Wengui on a radio station in 2017.“I believed whatever he said,” Li told a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday. Li, a middle-aged woman who testified in Mandarin through a translator, told the court she invested more than $100,000 total in Guo’s businesses thinking she was getting stocks in return. In reality, Li said she got “nothing.”“Miles Guo stole my money,” she testified. 2024.5.28, A former supporter of Guo Wengui said Tuesday he spent over $100,000 investing in the exiled Chinese billionaire’s ventures, but was blacklisted after asking for a refund.2024.5.25, A self-exiled wealthy Chinese businessman became an internet sensation and conned thousands of people worldwide into sending him $1 billion, enabling him to spend lavishly on a mansion, two yachts and even a $35,000 mattress, a prosecutor told a New York jury Friday at the start of his fraud trial. Guo Wengui, 57, promised his online followers that they’d get rich before he blew their investments on a lavish lifestyle and risky investments, Assistant U.S. Attorney Micah Fergenson said. He said Guo “ran a simple con on a grand scale.” “He lived a billionaire’s lifestyle from money he stole from people he tricked and cheated,” Fergenson said.2024.5.24, Trial of Steve Bannon-Linked Chinese Mogul Set to Begin With Anonymous Jury. When Torres ruled last month that the jury would be partially anonymous, she noted that she had already concluded that Guo had demonstrated a willingness to tamper with judicial proceedings by posting videos and releasing social media encouraging followers to “persevere” with protests at homes and offices of a bankruptcy trustee and his lawyer. On Wednesday and Thursday, about 20 Guo supporters assembled in an overflow room to watch the proceedings.