{"id":"court_ctb_1604_7","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":1604,"sub_number":7,"doc_type":"INDICTMENT","filed_date":"2023-03-27","title":"Exhibit 7 ORIGINAL","summary_zh":"附件7：密封起诉书 —— Ho Wan Kwok 破产案（郭文贵 / Guo Wengui / Miles Guo），CTB 22-50073 ECF #1604-7（2023-03-27立案）。该破产文件附带的纽约南区联邦地方法院刑事起诉书，指控被告郭文贵（Miles Guo）与余建明（William Je）涉嫌利用 GTV、喜马拉雅交易所等实体策划逾10亿美元的电信欺诈、证券欺诈及洗钱共谋犯罪，并列明特定涉案没收财产清单。","summary_en":"Exhibit 7: Sealed Indictment —— In re Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo / Guo Wengui), CTB 22-50073 ECF #1604-7 (Filed 2023-03-27). Attached SDNY criminal indictment against Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo) and Kin Ming Je (William Je), alleging conspiracy to commit wire fraud, securities fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering involving over $1 billion through entities including GTV and Himalaya Exchange, along with specific forfeiture allegations.","body_en":"#### **Exhibit 7**\n\n#### 39\n\n## **ORIGINAL**\n\n## UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK\n\n#### UNITED STATES OF AMERICA\n\nV.\n\nHO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\"\n\nKINMINGJE, a/k/a \"William Je,\"\n\nDefendants.\n\n## **SEALED INDICTMENT**\n\n23 Cr.\n\n# ., ~ ~ **..i -Lu**\n\n**COUNT ONE (Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, Securities Fraud, Bank Fraud, and Money Laundering)**\n\nThe Grand Jury charges:\n\n#### **Overview**\n\n1. From at least in or about 2018 through at least in or about March 2023, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and others known and unknown, conspired to defraud thousands of victims of more than approximately \\$1 billion, including victims located in the Southern District of New York. KWOK, JE, and their co-conspirators operated through a series of complex fraudulent and fictitious businesses and investment opportunities that connected dozens of interrelated entities, which allowed the defendants and their co-conspirators to solicit, launder, and misappropriate victim funds.\n\n2. HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and their co-conspirators, took advantage of KWOK's prolific online presence and hundreds of thousands of online followers to solicit investments in various entities and programs by promising outsized financial returns and other benefits. The entities and programs used in the scheme included those known as GTV, GICLUBS, GIMUSIC, GIFashion, and the Himalaya Exchange, among others. In truth and in fact, and as KWOK and JE well knew, the entities were instrumentalities that KWOK and JE created and used to perpetrate their fraud and exploit KWOK's followers. The scheme allowed KWOK and JE to enrich themselves, their family members, and their co-conspirators, and to fund KWOK's extravagant lifestyle.\n\n3. As part of the scheme, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and their co-conspirators, laundered hundreds of millions of dollars of fraud proceeds. To conceal the illegal source of the funds, **KWOK** and JE transferred, and directed the transfer of, money into and through more than approximately 500 accounts held in the names of at least 80 different entities or individuals. Hundreds of millions of dollars of the fraudulent scheme's proceeds were transferred, either directly or indirectly, to bank accounts in the United States, Bahamas, and United Arab Emirates (\"UAE\"), among other places, and held in the name of companies owned or otherwise controlled by JE.\n\n4. HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, used more than approximately \\$300 million of the fraudulent scheme's proceeds for their and their families' benefit. For example, KWOK used fraudulently-obtained victim money\n\nto purchase, fund, or finance a \\$26.5 million purchase of an approximately 50,000-square-foot mansion in New Jersey for KWOK and his family; luxury vehicles, including an approximately \\$3.5 million Ferrari for one of KWOK's close family members (\"Relative-I \"); an approximately \\$37 million luxury yacht that was used by KWOK and his family and purchased in the name of one ofKWOK's close family members (\"Relative-2\"); a piano valued at approximately \\$140,000; an approximately \\$36,000 mattress; and a \\$100 million investment in a high-risk hedge fund for the ultimate benefit of Relative-I, among other things. For his part, , among other things, JE transferred at least \\$10 million of the fraud proceeds into his and his spouse's personal bank accounts.\n\n5. HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and their co-conspirators, operated the scheme for years, and continued to do so at least through the date of this Indictment. They did so, among other things, by continually adapting the scheme's means and methods to evade the enforcement of investor-protection, anti-money laundering, and bankruptcy laws in the United States, and by retaliating against individual victims who complained or demanded the return of invested funds.\n\n#### **Relevant Persons and Entities**\n\n6. At all relevant times, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" the defendant, was the leader of, and directed, the scheme.\n\na. KWOK is an exiled Chinese businessman who fled to the United States in or about 2015 and purchased a penthouse apartment at a New York City hotel for approximately \\$67.5 million. Starting at least in or about 2017, KWOK, who then purported to be a billionaire,\n\n..\n\ngarnered a substantial online following. KWOK granted numerous media interviews and posted on social media, claiming to advance a movement against the Chinese Communist Party.\n\nb. In or about 2018, KWOK founded two purported nonprofit organizations, namely, the Rule of Law Foundation and the Rule of Law Society. The Rule of Law Society's website lists KWOK as its \"founder, a promot[e]r, and a spokesperson.\" Both organizations feature photographs of KWOK on their websites. KWOK used the nonprofit organizations to amass followers who were aligned with his purported campaign against the Chinese Communist Party and who were also inclined to believe KWOK's statements regarding investment and moneymaking opportunities. In truth and in fact, and as KWOK well knew, he and others provided false and materially misleading information to promote these \"opportunities\" and to defraud KWOK's followers and other victims.\n\n7. At all relevant times, KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendant, was a dual citizen of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom who principally resided in the United Kingdom, while traveling to the United States and elsewhere. JE owned and operated numerous companies and investment vehicles central to the scheme and served as its financial architect and key money launderer.\n\n8. At certain times relevant to this Indictment, Saraca Media Group, Inc. (\"Saraca\") was a corporation based in New York, New York. Relative-I was its ultimate beneficial owner.\n\n9. At certain times relevant to this Indictment, GTV Media Group, Inc. (\"GTV\") was a purported news-focused social media platform based in New York, New York. GTV was functionally owned and controlled by HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" the defendant, although KWOK held no formal position or title at GTV. KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendant,\n\nlikewise held no formal position or title at GTV, but in fact exercised control over its finances. Saraca was the parent company of GTV.\n\n10. At certain times relevant to this Indictment, G Club Operations, LLC (\"G[CLUBS\") was a purported membership organization based in Puerto Rico and in New York, New York. G[CLUBS was functionally owned and controlled by HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" the defendant, although KWOK held no formal position or title at G[CLUBS. KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendant, likewise held no formal position or title at G[CLUBS, but in fact exercised control over its finances.\n\n11. At certain times relevant to this Indictment, the \"Himalaya Exchange\" was a purported cryptocurrency \"ecosystem\" that KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendant, founded and operated through various entities he owned, which were based abroad. Entities functionally owned and controlled by HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" the defendant, such as G[CLUBS and G[Fashion, had purported business relationships with the Himalaya Exchange. KWOK promoted the Himalaya Exchange and claimed to be the designer of its purported cryptocurrency, although KWOK held no formal position or title at the Himalaya Exchange.\n\n#### **The Fraud**\n\n#### *The GTV Private Placement*\n\n12. Between in or about April 2020 and in or about June 2020, HOW AN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and others known and\n\nunknown, fraudulently obtained more than \\$400 million in victim funds through an illegal private stock offering related to GTV (the \"GTV Private Placement\").\n\na. On or about April 21, 2020, KWOK posted, and caused to be posted, a video on social media announcing the unregistered offering of GTV common stock via a private placement. In that video, KWOK described, in substance and in part, the investment terms for the GTV Private Placement, and directed people to contact him, via a mobile messaging application, with any questions about the GTV Private Placement. The video and GTV Private Placement materials-including the written \"Confidential Information Memorandum\" (the \"PPM\"), Subscription Agreement, and Investment Procedure Guidelines-were transmitted to thousands of potential investors, including those in the Southern District of New York, via mobile messaging applications, social media, and text messages.\n\nb. The PPM promoted GTV as the \"first ever platform which will combine the power of citizen journalism and social news with state-of-the-art technology, big data, artificial intelligence, block-chain technology and real-time interactive communication.\"\n\nc. According to the PPM' s metadata, JE was the \"author\" of the PPM. The PPM disclosed the terms of the GTV Private Placement and identified KWOK as GTV's \"Sponsor and Adviser.\" According to the PPM, among other GTV materials, neither KWOK nor JE held any formal management position with GTV.\n\nd. The PPM also contained the following representations, in substance and in part, among others:\n\n1. The GTV Private Placement was for investors who were \"interested in evaluating an opportunity to invest capital into GTV;\"\n\n11. GTV planned to use the proceeds raised from the GTV Private\n\nPlacement \"to expand and strengthen the business;\" and\n\niii. The PPM included a chart itemizing the \"contemplated use of proceeds\" raised from the GTV Private Placement:\n\n| Acquisition of companies to strengthen and grow<br>GTV |                 |\n|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|\n| Upgrade of GTV technology and security                 | Approximate 10% |\n| Marketing                                              | Approximate 8%  |\n| Working capital                                        | Approximate 7%  |\n| Other                                                  | Approximate 5%  |\n| Total                                                  | 100%            |\n\ne. Between on or about April 20, 2020 and on or about June 2, 2020, approximately \\$452 million worth ofGTV common stock was purportedly sold to more than 5,500 investors located in the United States, including in the Southern District of New York, and abroad. Investors participated in the GTV Private Placement based, in part, on the belief that their money would be invested into GTV to develop and grow that business, as the PPM promised.\n\nf. The vast majority of the proceeds derived from investors in the GTV Private Placement were not used to develop and grow the GTV business, but instead were deposited directly into bank accounts held in the name of Saraca, GTV's parent company, which is beneficially owned by Relative-I.\n\ng. The GTV Private Placement was not made pursuant to a registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (\"SEC\"). Rather, the offering\n\nwas purportedly made pursuant to SEC regulations that permit the sale of unregistered securities subject to limitations on the type of investors to whom the securities are offered and the manner in which their investments may be solicited. To evade these limitations, however, KWOK, and others under his control, used at least one intermediary entity to purchase GTV stock on behalf of pools of investors who did not qualify to participate in the GTV Private Placement.\n\nh. In or about early June 2020, and only days after the GTV Private Placement closed, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and their co-conspirators, misappropriated approximately \\$100 million raised from investors in the GTV Private Placement and directed that those funds be placed with a high-risk hedge fund (\"Fund-1 \") for the benefit of Saraca and its ultimate beneficial owner, Relative-I. This transaction was contrary to the PPM's representations to prospective GTV investors about how investments in GTV would be used. Indeed, the \\$100 million investment into Fund-1 was not made for the benefit of GTV, but rather for the benefit of Saraca. The victims who supplied the \\$100 million invested into Fund-1 did not own any shares of Saraca. Ultimately, the investment into Fund-1 lost approximately \\$30 million in value.\n\ni. After directing \\$100 million of GTV victim funds into Fund-1 , HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" the defendant, continued to promote GTV using false and misleading representations.\n\n#### *The Farm Loan Program*\n\n13. Beginning in or about June 2020-the same month that HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The\n\nPrincipal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and their co-conspirators misappropriated money from the GTV Private Placement for the benefit of Saraca and Relative-I-KWOK, JE, and their co-conspirators fraudulently obtained more than approximately \\$150 million in victim funds through the \"Himalaya Farm Alliance.\" The Himalaya Farm Alliance, which KWOK organized and promoted, was a collective of informal groups ( each known as a \"Farm\") located in various cities around the world. KWOK, JE, and others working on their behalf and at their direction, obtained these funds by making further misrepresentations to the investors in the GTV Private Placement and fraudulently soliciting further investments, this time in the form of \"loans\" to a Farm, and promising that such loans would be convertible into GTV common stock at a conversion rate of one share per dollar loaned (the \"Farm Loan Program\").\n\na. Starting in or about June 2020, domestic banks that held accounts used to process the funds raised through the GTV Private Placement began to freeze and close GTVassociated bank accounts because, among other reasons, the accounts had received dozens oflarge incoming wire transfers, some of which referenced an unregistered stock offering.\n\nb. These bank account closures frustrated the ability of KWOK, JE, and their co-conspirators to collect proceeds from victims seeking to invest in GTV.\n\nc. On or about July 22, 2020, in a video distributed via social media, KWOK promoted the Farm Loan Program. According to KWOK and those working on his behalf, individuals seeking to invest (or reinvest) in GTV could participate in the Farm Loan Program.\n\nd. After launching the Farm Loan Program, KWOK continued to promote GTV and to falsely represent the value of GTV. For example, on or about August 2, 2020, in a video distributed via social media, KWOK falsely stated, in substance and part, \"How much is\n\nGTV? . . . a market value of2 billion US dollars.\" <sup>1</sup>In truth and in fact, and as KWOK well knew, GTV's market value was far less because, among other things, GTV was a new business that generated no revenue.\n\ne. Thousands of victims \"loaned\" money to the Farms by sending money to bank accounts controlled by the Farms (and not GTV). According to the \"Loan Agreements,\" which the Farms frequently did not countersign, these funds were to be used for a Farm's \"general working capital purposes.\"\n\nf. **KWOK** and JE misappropriated funds that were raised through the Farm Loan Program. For example:\n\ni. Approximately \\$20 million was transferred to Relative-! , approximately \\$950,000 of which was used to pay for flight crew services on a private jet;\n\nii. Approximately \\$5 million was transferred to an entity owned by KWOK's spouse;\n\niii. Approximately \\$2.3 million was used to cover maintenance expenses associated with an approximately 145-foot luxury yacht worth approximately \\$37 million, nominally owned by Relative-2 and used by KWOK; and\n\niv. Approximately \\$10 million was transferred to personal bank accounts in the name of JE and/or JE's spouse.\n\n#### GICLUBS\n\n14. While making misrepresentations regarding the Farm Loan Program, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and others known\n\n<sup>1</sup>All statements attributed herein to **KWOK** have been translated from Mandarin to English, unless otherwise noted.\n\nand unknown, fraudulently induced KWOK's followers to transfer additional funds to a purported online membership club called GICLUBS. From at least in or about October 2020 through at least in or about March 2023, KWOK, JE, and others known and unknown, fraudulently obtained more than approximately \\$250 million in victim funds through GICLUBS.\n\na. Starting at least on or about June 20, 2020, in a video distributed via social media, **KWOK** promoted and encouraged individuals to purchase what **KWOK** referred to as a \"G Club ... membership card.\"\n\nb. Formally launched in or about October 2020, GICLUBS claimed, on its website, to be \"an exclusive, high-end membership program offering a full spectrum of services\" and \"a gateway to carefully curated world-class products, services and experiences.\"\n\nc. To join GICLUBS, a member was required to make a one-time payment to purchase a \"membership,\" in addition to an annual membership fee. The cost of the membership varied based on the membership tier selected by the prospective member: Tier 5 Membership cost \\$50,000; Tier 4 Membership cost \\$40,000; Tier 3 Membership cost \\$30,000; Tier 2 Membership cost \\$20,000; and Tier 1 Membership cost \\$10,000.\n\nd. On or about July 5, 2021, in a video distributed via social media, KWOK stated, in substance and in part, that there were \"25,000 [GICLUBS] member[s] ... \\$100 million dollars, the cash [in] the bank account. Then we have the 111 million ... [who] want to join.\" By contrast, GICLUBS internal documents reflected approximately 5,900 active members as of in or about August 2021.\n\ne. In truth and in fact, and as KWOK and JE well knew, GICLUBS provided nothing close to \"a full spectrum of services\" and \"experiences\" to its members. Despite collecting hundreds of millions of dollars in purported membership fees, GI CLUBS maintained a relatively\n\nsmall number of employees and provided its members few to no discernable membership benefits. Indeed, GICLUBS did not even make good on prizes it offered members for participating in contests. On or about February 14, 2021 , GICLUBS held a webcast and sweepstakes during which members were promised luxury prizes. On at least one occasion, instead of providing a BMW to a member who purportedly won a sweepstakes, GI CLUBS claimed to the member that the member had requested that the value of the BMW be applied toward an upgrade from a Tier 1 GI CLUBS Membership to a Tier 4 GICLUBS Membership and partially credited toward annual membership fees for the next three years. As of on or about March 8, 2021-months after GICLUBS launched and began to collect \"membership\" fees-GICLUBS did not have a business plan or a board of directors.\n\nf. KWOK and JE also used GICLUBS as a mechanism to continue fraudulent private placement offerings. KWOK, and others known and unknown, told KWOK's online followers that their purchase of GICLUBS memberships would entitle them to stock in KWOKaffiliated entities, such as GTV and GIFashion.\n\ni. In a conversation regarding GICLUBS membership funds on or about May 4, 2021 , JE stated, in substance and in part, that \"first of all, [prospective members] are buying the GICLUBS membership, but they are expecting they would probably receive some shares, you know, on, on, on the future GTV, I think this is their expectation.\"\n\nii. On or about July 30, 2021 , KWOK stated in a video distributed via social media, in substance and in part, \"Some of the comrades in arms asked, '[w]ill I still get a free stock offer when I buy a GICLUBS membership?' 100%. Because I said that I have to promise that anyone who buys G-Club membership before September 17 must be allotted shares, which is\n\nexactly the same. Because we said that anyone can choose whether to use your money to buy G-Club before September 17, G-Club and the stock shares. You'll get both.\"\n\ng. KWOK, JE, and others known and unknown, asked investors to purchase multiple memberships in GICLUBS, enabling KWOK and JE to increase the amount of money solicited. In this regard, the GICLUBS website stated, in substance and in part, that members with multiple memberships would \"receive additional benefits\" when, in truth and in fact, and as KWOK and JE well knew, multiple memberships did not provide members with additional benefits.\n\n15. All told, investors purchased hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of GICLUBS memberships. However, most of this money did not fund the business of GICLUBS. Rather, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and others known and unknown, misappropriated a substantial portion of the funds victims had paid GICLUBS for \"memberships,\" using, among other things, a complex web of entities and bank accounts to do so. For example:\n\na. GICLUBS funds, which had been funneled through bank accounts in other entities' names, were used to pay personal expenses for KWOK and his family, including luxury purchases of an approximately \\$2.6 million yacht and luxury automobiles that together cost more than \\$5 million.\n\nb. In or about November 2021 , JE directed approximately \\$26.5 million of GICLUBS funds, which had been funneled through bank accounts in other entities' names, toward the purchase ofKWOK's 50,000 square foot New Jersey mansion.\n\nc. JE directed the transfer of an additional \\$13 million of GICLUBS membership payments to an escrow account. The funds were subsequently used to pay for extravagant renovations to KWOK's New Jersey mansion, including to a wing for Relative-I and to a wing for Relative-2, and to purchase various furniture and decorative items including, among other items, Chinese and Persian rugs worth approximately \\$978,000, a \\$62,000 television, and a \\$53,000 fireplace log cradle holder.\n\nd. On or about August 5, 2021, JE directed the transfer of approximately \\$1.1 million consisting of GI CLUBS membership payments into a bank account that JE controlled.\n\ne. GI CLUBS used membership fees to purchase luxury automobiles, including a custom-built Bugatti sports car for approximately \\$4.4 million. While the car's signed purchase agreement listed GICLUBS as the customer, the initial specifications documentation for the custom-built car named Relative-I as the customer. Relative-I had no official position with GICLUBS.\n\n#### *The Himalaya Exchange*\n\n16. From at least in or about April 2021 through at least in or about March 2023, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and others known and unknown, fraudulently obtained more than approximately \\$262 million in victim funds through the Himalaya Exchange, a purported cryptocurrency \"ecosystem\" accessible on the internet. The Himalaya Exchange included a purported stablecoin called the Himalaya Dollar (\"HDO\" or \"H Dollar\") and a trading coin called Himalaya Coin (\"HCN\" or \"H Coin\"). The Himalaya Exchange claimed that the \"stablecoin\" was a digital asset with a fixed 1-to-\\$1 value\n\nbacked by reserves, and that the \"trading coin\" was a cryptocurrency with valuation based on supply and demand. JE was the founder and Chairman of the Himalaya Exchange.\n\n17. In videos distributed via social media, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" the defendant, trumpeted the prospects and valuation of the Himalaya Exchange and both HCN and HDO, which he publicly described as cryptocurrencies. For example, in a video posted on the Internet on or about October 20, 2021, KWOK falsely stated the following, among other things, and in substance and in part:\n\na. \"I am talking about your H Coins, 'Brother Seven' *[i.e.,* KWOK] designed it .... [l]t has the attribute of currency, why? It has 20% gold. Awesome[.] [I]t was born as currency on the first day, so it has value and it is linked to gold ... clear gold directly. No matter how much it raises, 20% will tum into gold.\"\n\nb. \"If the H Coin is worthless, [the issuer of H coin] can sell all 20% of the gold, exchange it to you, and become your money. Or take all the value of 20% gold and ask everyone to unify it and make it yours.\"\n\nc. \"If anyone loses money, I can say that I will compensate 100%. I give you 100%. Whoever loses money, I will bear it.\"\n\nd. \"I can sell the H Coin in the market in one minute and get it back to my H Dollar, and back to your fiat money unit. ... [A]nd you can buy anything immediately.\"\n\n18. The initial coin offering of HCN and HDO occurred on or about November 1, 2021. HCN began trading at 10 cents and, within approximately two weeks, the Himalaya Exchange website claimed that each HCN purportedly was worth approximately 27 HDO *(i.e.,* \\$27), which represented a 26,900% increase in value. That is, approximately two weeks after the initial coin\n\noffering, the Himalaya Exchange website indicated that HCN purportedly had an approximately \\$27 billion valuation.\n\n19. At the time of the Himalaya Exchange launch, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" the defendant, marketed HCN to his online followers and others. For example, on or about November 1, 2021-the day of the initial coin offering-KWOK released an official music video for an original song called \"HCoin To the Moon\" via social media. The phrase \"to the moon\" is popularly associated with cryptocurrencies and implies a sharp increase in value. The music video depicted **KWOK** in various luxurious locations and depicted imagery of gold and wealth.\n\n20. At times, including following the Himalaya Exchange launch, KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendant, misleadingly marketed the Himalaya Exchange. For example, in or about June 2022, JE attempted to create the impression that a €3,561, 127 purchase of a Ferrari (the \"Ferrari\") from a particular auction house was completed with HDO. JE stated, in substance and in part, that he was \"extremely pleased that [a] buyer decided to purchase [a] world-class car using HDO.\" Contrary to JE' s claim, the Ferrari was not purchased using HDO. In truth and in fact, and as JE well knew, a Himalaya Exchange employee sent the auction house an international bank wire to cover the cost of the Ferrari, while also processing a corresponding \"transaction\" on the Himalaya Exchange to create the false appearance that the purchase had taken place using HDO. JE's statement was also misleading in that, among other things, the unidentified \"buyer\" of the Ferrari was, in fact, Relative-I.\n\n21. Contrary to representations of HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and others known and unknown, HCN and HDO could not be\n\ntraded anywhere other than (purportedly) on the Himalaya Exchange. Moreover, unlike cryptocurrencies, HCN could not be traded for, or converted into, other currencies. HCN purportedly could be traded for only HDO (and only on the Himalaya Exchange), and HDO purportedly only could be converted to or from fiat currency (and only on the Himalaya Exchange).\n\na. Indeed, the HDO and HCN Whitepapers, available on the Himalaya Exchange website, provided in fine print that, contrary to KWOK's representations, HCN and HDO were not cryptocurrencies. Rather, according to the HCN Whitepaper, the \"operation of the Himalaya Exchange and associated applications and infrastructure will be facilitated through the use of 'Credits.\"' Those credits (i) could \"only be used on the Himalaya Exchange or within the Himalaya Ecosystem,\" and (ii) did \"not carry any right to require their exchange for fiat currency or crypto-assets.\" Moreover, while Himalaya Exchange members could request to exchange their \"HDO\" credits for an equivalent payment in U.S. dollars, the HDO Whitepaper stated that the Himalaya Exchange had the \"discretion\" to deny any such request.\n\n22. In or about April 2022, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, arranged for the transfer of approximately \\$37 million in Himalaya Exchange funds from a Himalaya Exchange bank account to a particular escrow account. The \\$3 7 million was structured as a purported \"loan\" to cover the cost of a luxury yacht that **KWOK** had previously purchased and used, which yacht was then-owned by an entity held in the name of Relative-2.\n\n## *Government Seizure of Fraud Proceeds*\n\n23. On or about September 20, 2022 and September 21, 2022, U.S. authorities served judicially-authorized seizure warrants on several domestic banks, and subsequently seized\n\napproximately \\$335 million of proceeds from bank accounts held in the names of Himalaya Exchange entities and other entities associated with HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants. Following the September 2022 judicially authorized seizures, JE attempted to transfer approximately \\$46 million from domestic bank accounts associated with the Himalaya Exchange, which had not yet been seized by the United States, to a bank account in the UAE that JE controlled.\n\na. Within approximately two days of the first judicially authorized seizures of Himalaya Exchange-related funds, on or about September 22, 2022, JE contacted the management of a domestic bank that held Himalaya Exchange bank accounts. JE sought to implement a wire transfer, which he and a Himalaya Exchange executive claimed to the domestic bank was needed to effectuate a \"redemption\" from HDO to U.S. dollars for an unnamed \"VIP\" *(i.e.,* very important client of the Himalaya Exchange).\n\nb. In subsequent communications with the domestic bank, JE revealed that the VIP was, in fact, JE himself. JE provided the domestic bank with documents reflecting two purported HCN sales by JE on or about September 22, 2022-totaling 46 million HDO, which JE was attempting to \"convert\" into \\$46 million. JE twice emphasized to the domestic bank's management, in substance and in part, that the \\$46 million transfer needed to happen \"today or it is meaningless.\"\n\n24. On or about October 16, 2022, pursuant to a judicially authorized warrant, U.S. authorities seized an additional approximately \\$274 million of proceeds from several Himalaya Exchange and GICLUBS accounts at the domestic bank from which JE requested the \\$46 million transfer.\n\na. As a result of the judicially authorized September and October 2022 seizures, U.S. authorities seized more than approximately \\$609 million of fraud proceeds, including approximately \\$278 million from bank accounts held in the names of the Himalaya Exchange entities, including accounts that purported to hold its HDO cash reserves.\n\nb. Following the seizures, the Himalaya Exchange website continued to represent that HDO was backed by a \"Reserve consisting of USD and cash-equivalent assets\" when, in truth and in fact, it was not.\n\nc. Despite the seizure of the Himalaya Exchange's cash reserves, the purported price ofHCN had not suddenly and sharply declined through the date of this Indictment.\n\n#### **STATUTORY ALLEGATIONS**\n\n25. From at least in or about 2018 up to and including at least in or about March 2023, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and others known and unknown, willfully and knowingly combined, conspired, confederated, and agreed together and with each other to commit offenses against the United States, to wit, (1) wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343; (2) securities fraud, in violation of Title 15, United States Code, Sections 78j(b) & 78ff, and Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.l0b-5; (3) bank fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344; (4) international promotional money laundering, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956(a)(2)(A); and (5) international concealment money laundering, in violation of Title 18, United States Code Section 1956(a)(2)(B)(i).\n\n26. It was a part and an object of the conspiracy that HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\"\n\nand KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and others known and unknown, knowingly having devised and intending to devise a scheme and artifice to defraud, and for obtaining money and property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, would and did transmit and cause to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, and television communication in interstate and foreign commerce, writings, signs, signals, pictures, and sounds for the purpose of executing such scheme and artifice, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, to wit, KWOK and JE agreed to obtain victims' money by causing materially false information and misrepresentations to be transmitted over interstate wires, in connection with the GTV Private Placement, the Farm Loan Program, GICLUBS, and the Himalaya Exchange.\n\n27. It was further a part and an object of the conspiracy that HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and others known and unknown, willfully and knowingly, directly and indirectly, by use of a means and instrumentality of interstate commerce and of the mails, and of a facility of a national securities exchange, used and employed, in connection with the purchase and sale of a security registered on a national securities exchange and any security not so registered, a manipulative and deceptive device and contrivance, in violation of Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.l0b-5, by (a) employing a device, scheme and artifice to defraud; (b) making an untrue statement of material fact and omitting to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statement made, in light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading; and ( c) engaging in an act, practice and course of business which operated and would operate as a fraud and deceit upon a person, to wit, KWOK and JE agreed to fraudulently induce investors to participate in the GTV Private\n\nPlacement, the Farm Loan Program, and GICLUBS by providing materially false and misleading information and representations in connection with purported shares of GTV common stock and purported companies affiliated with GTV.\n\n28. It was further a part and an object of the conspiracy that HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and others known and unknown, knowingly would and did execute and attempt to execute a scheme and artifice to defraud a financial institution, as defined in Title 18, United States Code, Section 20, and to obtain moneys, funds, credits, assets, securities, and other property owned by, and under the custody and control of, such a financial institution, by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344, to wit, KWOK and JE agreed to participate in a scheme to mislead U.S. financial institutions through false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and documents, in connection with the GTV Private Placement, the Farm Loan Program, GICLUBS, and the Himalaya Exchange, in order to obtain money of, or under the custody and control of, at least one financial institution.\n\n29. It was further a part and an object of the conspiracy that HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and others known and unknown, would and did transport, transmit, and transfer, and attempt to transport, transmit, and transfer, a monetary instrument and funds from a place in the United States to and through a place outside the United States, and to a place in the United States from and through a place outside the United States, with the intent to promote the carrying on specified unlawful activity, to wit, the offenses alleged in Counts Two through Eight of this Indictment in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956( a)(2)(A)(i).\n\n30. It was further a part and an object of the conspiracy that HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and others known and unknown, would and did transport, transmit, and transfer, and attempted to transport, transmit, and transfer, a monetary instrument and funds from a place in the United States to and through a place outside the United States, and to a place in the United States from and through a place outside the United States, knowing that the monetary instrument and funds involved in the transportation, transmission, and transfer represent the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity, and knowing that such transportation, transmission, and transfer is designed in whole and in part to conceal and disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, and control of the proceeds of specified unlawful activity, to wit, the offenses alleged in Counts Two through Eight of this Indictment, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956(a)(2)(B)(i).\n\n#### Overt Acts\n\n31. In furtherance of the conspiracy and to effect its illegal objects, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and others known and unknown, committed the following overt acts, among others, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere:\n\na. On or about April 21, 2020, **KWOK** posted, and caused to be posted, a video on social media announcing the unregistered offering of GTV stock via the GTV Private Placement.\n\nb. On or about June 5, 2020, a co-conspirator not named herein (\"CC-1 \"), while located in the Southern District of New York, authorized a wire transfer of \\$100 million from Saraca to Fund-1 .\n\nc. On or about July 22, 2020, in a video distributed via social media, KWOK promoted the Farm Loan Program.\n\nd. On or about August 2, 2020, in a video distributed via social media, KWOK stated, in substance and part, \"How much is GTV? ... a market value of 2 billion US dollars.\"\n\ne. On or about May 28, 2021 , JE transferred approximately \\$13 million from a bank account in the UAE that JE controlled to a bank account held by an entity (owned by Relative-2) at a particular bank in New York, New York.\n\nf. On or about July 30, 2021 , in a video distributed via social media, KWOK stated, in substance and in part, \"Some of the comrades in arms asked, ' [ w ]ill I still get a free stock offer when I buy a G-Clubs membership?' 100%. Because I said that I have to promise that [to] anyone who buys G-Clubs membership before September 17 [they] must be allotted shares, which is exactly the same. Because we said that anyone can choose whether to use your money to buy G-Clubs before September 17, G-Clubs and the stock shares. You'll get both.\"\n\ng. On or about August 5, 2021 , JE directed the transfer of approximately \\$1.1 million consisting of funds victims had sent to G[CLUBS in exchange for \"memberships\" to a bank account that JE controlled.\n\nh. On or about October 20, 2021 , in a video distributed via social media, KWOK stated, in substance and in part, that KWOK \"designed\" HCN, that \" [n]o matter how much it raises, 20% will tum into gold,\" and that \" [i]f anyone loses money\" on HCN, \"I can say that I will compensate 100%.\"\n\n1. On or about September 22, 2022, JE texted a U.S. bank's management, in substance and in part, that a \\$46 million transfer to a JE-controlled bank account in the UAE needed to happen \"today or it is meaningless.\"\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.)\n\n## **COUNT TWO (Wire Fraud - GTV Private Placement)**\n\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n\n32. The allegations contained m paragraphs 1 through 24 of this Indictment are repeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n\n33. From at least in or about April 2020 up to and including at least in or about March 2021, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, HOW AN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, knowingly having devised and intending to devise a scheme and artifice to defraud, and for obtaining money and property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, transmitted and caused to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, and television communication in interstate and foreign commerce, writings, signs, signals, pictures, and sounds, for the purpose of executing such scheme and artifice, to wit, KWOK and JE conducted the GTV Private Placement to sell GTV stock and fraudulently obtain money from victims through false statements and misrepresentations, which scheme was furthered through electronic communications and monetary transfers to and from the Southern District of New York and elsewhere.\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343 and 2.)\n\n## **COUNT THREE (Securities Fraud - GTV Private Placement)**\n\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n\n34. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 24 of this Indictment are repeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n\n35. From at least in or about April 2020 up to and including at least in or about March 2021 , in the Southern District ofNew York, and elsewhere, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, willfully and knowingly, directly and indirectly, by use of a means and instrumentality of interstate commerce and of the mails, and of a facility of a national securities exchange, used and employed, in connection with the purchase and sale of a security registered on a national securities exchange and any security not so registered, a manipulative and deceptive device and contrivance, in violation of Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.1 0b-5, by (a) employing a device, scheme and artifice to defraud; (b) making an untrue statement of material fact and omitting to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statement made, in light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading; and ( c) engaging in an act, practice and course of business which operated and would operate as a fraud and deceit upon a person, to wit, KWOK and JE conducted the GTV Private Placement to sell GTV stock and obtain money from victims through false statements and misrepresentations, which scheme was furthered through electronic communications and monetary transfers to and from the Southern District of New York and elsewhere.\n\n(Title 15, United States Code, Sections 78j(b) & 78ff; Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.l0b-5; and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2.)\n\n#### **COUNT FOUR (Wire Fraud - Farm Loan Program)**\n\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n\n36. The allegations contained m paragraphs 1 through 24 of this Indictment are repeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n\n37. From at least in or about June 2020 up to and including at least in or about March 2023, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, HOW AN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, knowingly having devised and intending to devise a scheme and artifice to defraud, and for obtaining money and property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, transmitted and caused to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, and television communication in interstate and foreign commerce, writings, signs, signals, pictures, and sounds, for the purpose of executing such scheme and artifice, to wit, KWOK and JE conducted the Farm Loan Program to fraudulently obtain money from victims through false statements and misrepresentations, which scheme was furthered through electronic communications and monetary transfers to and from the Southern District of New York and elsewhere.\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343 and 2.)\n\n## **COUNT FIVE (Securities Fraud - Farm Loan Program)**\n\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n\n38. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 24 of this Indictment are repeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n\n39. From at least in or about June 2020 up to and including at least in or about March 2023, in the Southern District of New York, and elsewhere, HOW AN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, willfully and knowingly, directly and indirectly, by use of a means and instrumentality of interstate commerce and of the mails, and of a facility of a national securities exchange, used and employed, in connection with the purchase and sale of a security registered on a national securities exchange and any security not so registered, a manipulative and deceptive device and contrivance, in violation of Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.l0b-5, by (a) employing a device, scheme and artifice to defraud; (b) making an untrue statement of material fact and omitting to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statement made, in light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading; and ( c) engaging in an act, practice and course of business which operated and would operate as a fraud and deceit upon a person, to wit, KWOK and JE conducted the Farm Loan Program to obtain money from victims through false statements and misrepresentations, including regarding, among other things, the value of GTV, which scheme was furthered through electronic communications and monetary transfers to and from the Southern District of New York and elsewhere.\n\n(Title 15, United States Code, Sections 78j(b) & 78ff; Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.1 0b-5 ; and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2.)\n\n## **COUNT SIX (Wire Fraud - GICLUBS)**\n\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n\n40. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 24 of this Indictment are repeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n\n41. From at least in or about June 2020 up to and including at least in or about March 2023, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, knowingly having devised and intending to devise a scheme and artifice to defraud, and for obtaining money and property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, transmitted and caused to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, and television communication in interstate and foreign commerce, writings, signs, signals, pictures, and sounds, for the purpose of executing such scheme and artifice, to wit, **KWOK** and JE promoted and marketed GICLUBS to fraudulently obtain money from victims through false statements and misrepresentations, which scheme was furthered through electronic communications and monetary transfers to and from the Southern District of New York and elsewhere.\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343 and 2.)\n\n#### **COUNT SEVEN (Securities Fraud - GjCLUBS)**\n\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n\n42. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 24 of this Indictment are repeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n\n43. From at least in or about June 2020 up to and including at least in or about March 2021 , in the Southern District ofNew York, and elsewhere, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, willfully and knowingly, directly and indirectly, by use of a means and instrumentality of interstate commerce and of the mails, and of a facility of a national securities exchange, used and employed, in connection with the purchase and sale of a\n\nsecurity registered on a national securities exchange and any security not so registered, a manipulative and deceptive device and contrivance, in violation of Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.lOb-5, by (a) employing a device, scheme and artifice to defraud; (b) making an untrue statement of material fact and omitting to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statement made, in light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading; and ( c) engaging in an act, practice and course of business which operated and would operate as a fraud and deceit upon a person, to wit, KWOK and JE promoted and marketed GICLUBS to obtain money from victims through false statements and misrepresentations, including regarding, among other things, the value of GTV, which scheme was furthered through electronic communications and monetary transfers to and from the Southern District of New York and elsewhere.\n\n> (Title 15, United States Code, Sections 78j(b) & 78ff; Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240. lOb-5; and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2.)\n\n#### **COUNT EIGHT (Wire Fraud - The Himalaya Exchange)**\n\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n\n44. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 24 of this Indictment are repeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n\n45. From at least in or about April 2021 up to and including at least in or about March 2023, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, knowingly having devised and intending to devise a scheme and artifice to defraud, and for obtaining money and property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, transmitted and caused to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, and television communication in interstate and foreign commerce, writings, signs, signals, pictures, and sounds, for the purpose of executing such scheme and artifice, to wit, **KWOK** and JE operated the Himalaya Exchange to fraudulently obtain money from victims through false statements and misrepresentations, which scheme was furthered through electronic communications and monetary transfers to and from the Southern District of New York and elsewhere.\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343 and 2.)\n\n## **COUNT NINE (International Promotional Money Laundering)**\n\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n\n46. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 24 of this Indictment are repeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n\n47. From at least in or about 2018 up to and including at least in or about March 2023, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, did transport, transmit, and transfer, and attempt to transport, transmit, and transfer, a monetary instrument and funds from a place in the United States to and through a place outside the United States, and to a place in the United States from and through a place outside the United States, with the intent to promote the carrying on specified unlawful activity, to wit, **KWOK** and JE directed and made international transfers of funds into, out of, and through the United States, with the intent to promote the fraud offenses in Counts Two through Eight of the Indictment.\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1956( a)(2)(A) and 2.)\n\n## **COUNT TEN (International Concealment Money Laundering)**\n\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n\n48. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 24 of this Indictment are repeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n\n49. From at least in or about 2018 up to and including at least in or about March 2023, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, did transport, transmit, and transfer, and attempt to transport, transmit, and transfer, a monetary instrument and funds from a place in the United States to and through a place outside the United States, and to a place in the United States from and through a place outside the United States, knowing that the monetary instrument and funds involved in the transportation, transmission, and transfer represented the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity, and knowing that such transportation, transmission, and transfer was designed in whole and in part to conceal and disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, and control of the proceeds of specified unlawful activity, namely, the fraud offenses alleged in Counts Two through Eight of this Indictment, to wit, KWOK and JE conducted international financial transactions into, and out of, and through the United States involving fraud proceeds, including, among other transactions, transactions involving bank accounts held in the names of entities nominally owned by other individuals and by entities not overtly associated with the defendants, in order to conceal the ownership, control, and/or receipt of the proceeds of the fraud and the illegal nature and source of such proceeds.\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1956( a)(2)(B)(i) and 2.)\n\n## **COUNT ELEVEN (Unlawful Monetary Transactions)**\n\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n\n*1/f*\n\n50. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 24 of this Indictment are repeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n\n51. On or about June 5, 2020, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, within the United States, knowingly engaged and attempted to engage in a monetary transaction, as defined in Title 18, United States Code, Section 1957(f)(l), in criminally derived property of a value greater than \\$10,000 that was derived from specified unlawful activity, to wit, KWOK and JE made, and directed others to make, a wire transfer of approximately \\$100 million derived from the offenses charged in Counts Two and Three to Fund-1.\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1957 and 2.)\n\n## **COUNT TWELVE (Obstruction of Justice)**\n\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n\n52. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 24 of this Indictment are repeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n\n53. From at least on or about September 20, 2022 through the date of the filing of this Indictment, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendant, corruptly obstructed, influenced, and impeded an official proceeding and attempted so to do, to wit, JE attempted to transfer money to the UAE, beyond the jurisdiction of the United States, to impede and interfere with a federal grand jury investigation in the Southern\n\nDistrict ofNew York of the offenses alleged in Counts One through Eleven of this Indictment, and proceedings before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York concerning the seizure and forfeiture of criminally derived proceeds.\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1512(c)(2) and 2.)\n\n#### **FORFEITURE ALLEGATIONS**\n\n54. As a result of committing the offenses alleged in Counts One through Eight of this Indictment, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, shall forfeit to the United States, pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 981(a)(l)(C) and Title 28 United States Code, Section 2461(c), any and all property, real and personal, that constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to the commission of said offenses, including but not limited to a sum of money in United States currency representing the amount of proceeds traceable to the commission of said offenses and, and the following specific property:\n\na. \\$64,826.87 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number 5090037713 at Silvergate Bank held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC,\" seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\n\nb. \\$75,000,000.00 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number 5090037705 at Silvergate Bank held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC,\" seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\n\nc. \\$467,343.00 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number 5090037754 at Silvergate Bank held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC,\" seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\n\n•\n\nd. \\$89,992,861.75 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number 5090042770 at Silvergate Bank held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC,\" seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\n\ne. \\$1 ,683,077.40 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number 5090042762 at Silvergate Bank held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC,\" seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\n\nf. \\$85,899,889.20 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number 5090042853 at Silvergate Bank held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Funds SPC,\" seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\n\ng. \\$48,230,709.62 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number 5090030288 at Silvergate Bank held in the name of \"Hamilton Investment Management\" Ltd., seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\n\nh. \\$1 ,800,000.00 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number 5090037739 at Silvergate Bank held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC,\" seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\n\ni. \\$85,899,889.20 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number 5090042853 at Silvergate Bank held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Funds SPC,\" seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\n\nj. \\$4,643,744.70 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number 7801000590 at FV Bank held in the name of \"Himalaya International Reserves, Ltd.,\" seized by the Government on or about September 20, 2022;\n\n.. (\n\nk. \\$14,599,257.25 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number 7801000254 at FV Bank held in the name of \"Himalaya International Clearing, Ltd.,\" seized by the Government on or about September 20, 2022;\n\nI. \\$11,538,579.87 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number MBil O 103-0000 at Mercantile Bank International held in the name of \"G Club International Ltd.,\" seized by the Government on or about October 16, 2022;\n\nm. \\$9,451,170.54 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number MBI10133-0000 at Mercantile Bank International held in the name of \"Himalaya International Clearing Ltd.,\" seized by the Government on or about October 16, 2022;\n\nn. \\$2,823,642.39 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number MBI10137-0000 at Mercantile Bank International held in the name of\"Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd.,\" seized by the Government on or about October 16, 2022;\n\no. \\$249,000,115.46 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number MBI10138-0000 at Mercantile Bank International held in the name of \"Himalaya International Reserves Ltd.,\" seized by the Government on or about October 16, 2022;\n\np. \\$283,965.11 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number MBI10139-0000 at Mercantile Bank International held in the name of \"Himalaya International Financial Group Ltd.,\" seized by the Government on or about October 16, 2022;\n\nq. \\$1,085,623.67 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number MBil O 171-0000 at Mercantile Bank International held in the name of \"Hamilton Investment Management Ltd.,\" seized by the Government on or about October 16, 2022;\n\n... ◄\n\n> r. \\$43,782.71 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number MBil0l 72-0000 at Mercantile Bank International held in the name of \"G Fashion International Limited,\" seized by the Government on or about October 16, 2022;\n\n> s. \\$161,809.47 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number MBil 0 183-0000 at Mercantile Bank International held in the name of \"Himalaya Currency Clearing Pty Ltd.,\" seized by the Government on or about October 16, 2022;\n\n> t. \\$2,745,377.75 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number 9878904409 at Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. held in the name of \"GETTR USA, Inc.,\" seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\n\n> u. \\$9,899,659.19 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account Number 157525208185 at US Bank held in the name of \"G Fashion,\" seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\n\n> v. All that lot or parcel of land, together with its buildings, appurtenances, improvements, fixtures, attachments, and easements, located at 675 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430, Parcel No.3300021-03-00001-02 and described as Lot Number: 1.02 Block: 21.03 District: 33 City, Municipality, Township: MAHWAH TWP\n\n> w. A Bugatti Chiron Super Sport, bearing Vehicle Identification Number VF9SW3V3XNM795047;\n\n> x. A Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Roads, bearing Vehicle Identification Number ZHWUN6ZD2MLA10393;\n\n> y. A Rolls Royce Phantom EWB, bearing Vehicle Identification Number SCA TT8C08MU206445;\n\n*J*\n\nz. A 46m 2014 Feadship superyacht \"Lady May\" (ex Como), bearing IMO Number 112359, MMSI Number 319059500, and Callsign ZGDQ9;\n\naa. A Besendorfer 185VC Porsche #49539 piano with custom bench, purchased for approximately \\$140,938.69;\n\nbb. A Railis Design Iceland Contemporary Poseidon Bed with Nightstands, Ebony Veneer, Brass, Velvet, purchased for approximately \\$31,413.71;\n\ncc. A Hastens 2000T md mattress, purchased for approximately \\$36,590.00;\n\ndd. A Hastens 2000T sf mattress, purchased for approximately \\$36,210.00;\n\nee. A Wembe watch storage box, purchased for approximately \\$59,392.91;\n\nff. A Samsung Q900 Series QN98Q900RBF 98\" QLED Smart TV - **8K,**  purchased for approximately \\$62,787.54;\n\ngg. A Louis XV Style French Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Commode by Joseph Emmanuel Zweiner;\n\nhh. A \"K'ang Hsi\" extension table in etched and patinated pewter and bronze with hand-painted enamel colors by Philip & Kelvin La Verne, purchased for approximately \\$180,000.00; and\n\nii. A \"Punto '83\" table in stainless steel with mesh tabletop with adjustable height and adjustable petals by Gabriella Crespi, Italy 1982, purchased for approximately \\$180,000.00.\n\n(a) through (ii), collectively, the \"Specific Property.\"\n\n55. As a result of committing the money laundering offenses alleged in Counts One, Nine, Ten and Eleven of this Indictment, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE,\n\na/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, shall forfeit to the United States, pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 982(a)(l), any and all property, real and personal, involved in said offense, or any property traceable to such property, including but not limited to a sum of money in United States currency representing the amount of property involved in said offense and the Specific Property.\n\n#### **Substitute Assets Provision**\n\n56. If any of the above-described forfeitable property, as a result of any act or omission of the defendants:\n\n- a. cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence;\n- b. has been transferred or sold to, or deposited with, a third person;\n- c. has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the Court;\n- d. has been substantially diminished in value; or\n- e. has been commingled with other property which cannot be subdivided without difficulty;\n\nit is the intent of the United States, pursuant to Title 21 , United States Code, Section 853(p) and Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461 ( c ), to seek forfeiture of any other property of the defendants up to the value of the above forfeitable property.\n\n> (Title 18, United States Code, Sections 981 and 982; Title 21 , United States Code, Section 853 ; and Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461.)\n\nFORE ~ <sup>N</sup>\n\n3/ *i.R(c2vEJ3*\n\n~~\n\nDAMIAN WILLIAMS United States Attorney\n\n>\" ,t c .\\-~ t <sup>~</sup>-\\.t~ v *N:kc* s '-\"' \\ **p-,r-** e~ ..\\ **v.1** '\" r re;..,;'\\,..\\- 3 8 fVL *(9...*\n\n'5 s~ *A-* USM *'T* G--ore/\\-S ft, /I","body_zh":"证据附件7\n\n原件\nUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK（美国纽约南区联邦地区法院）\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA（美利坚合众国）\n\n诉\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”，又名“Miles Kwok”，又名“Guo Wengui”，又名“Brother Seven”，又名“The Principal”，\n\nKIN MING JE（又名“William Je”），\n\n被告。\n密封起诉书\n\n23 Cr.\n., ~ ~ ..i -Lu\n\n第一项罪名（共谋实施电信欺诈、证券欺诈、银行欺诈及洗钱）\n\n大陪审团指控：\n概述\n\n1. 自至少约2018年起至至少约2023年3月止，HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”，又名“Miles Kwok”，又名“Guo Wengui”，又名“Brother Seven”，又名“The Principal”，以及KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，即各被告，连同其他已知及未知人员，共谋诈骗数千名受害人约超过$1 billion，其中包括位于纽约南区的受害人。郭文贵、JE及其共谋者通过一系列复杂的欺诈性及虚构性企业和投资机会开展活动，该等企业和投资机会连接数十个相互关联的实体，使被告及其共谋者得以招揽、洗白及侵占受害人资金。\n\n2. HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”，又名“Miles Kwok”，又名“Guo Wengui”，又名“Brother Seven”，又名“The Principal”，以及KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，即各被告，及其共谋者，利用郭文贵在网上的广泛影响力及数十万名在线追随者，通过承诺超额财务回报及其他利益，招揽对各种实体和项目的投资。该计划中使用的实体和项目包括称为GTV、GICLUBS、GIMUSIC、GIFashion及Himalaya Exchange（喜马拉雅交易所）的实体和项目等。事实上，且正如郭文贵和JE明知，该等实体是郭文贵和JE设立并用于实施其欺诈及利用郭文贵追随者的工具。该计划使郭文贵和JE得以使其本人、其家庭成员及其共谋者获益，并为郭文贵奢靡的生活方式提供资金。\n\n3. 作为该计划的一部分，HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”，又名“Miles Kwok”，又名“Guo Wengui”，又名“Brother Seven”，又名“The Principal”，以及KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，即各被告，及其共谋者，洗白了数亿美元的欺诈所得。为掩饰资金的非法来源，郭文贵和JE将资金转入并经由以至少80个不同实体或个人名义持有的超过约500个账户，且指示他人如此转移。该欺诈计划所得的数亿美元被直接或间接转入美国、巴哈马及阿拉伯联合酋长国（“UAE”）等地的银行账户，并以JE拥有或以其他方式控制的公司名义持有。\n\n4. HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”，又名“Miles Kwok”，又名“Guo Wengui”，又名“Brother Seven”，又名“The Principal”，以及KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，即各被告，使用该欺诈计划所得中超过约$300 million的资金，以惠及其本人及其家人。例如，郭文贵使用以欺诈手段取得的受害人资金，购买、提供资金或融资购买一处位于新泽西州、面积约50,000平方英尺、供郭文贵及其家人使用、购买价为$26.5 million的豪宅；豪华车辆，包括为郭文贵一名近亲属（“亲属-1”）购置的一辆约$3.5 million的Ferrari（法拉利）；一艘约$37 million的豪华游艇，该游艇由郭文贵及其家人使用，并以郭文贵一名近亲属（“亲属-2”）的名义购买；一架价值约$140,000的钢琴；一张约$36,000的床垫；以及一项为最终惠及亲属-1而作出的、向一家高风险对冲基金进行的$100 million投资等。就JE而言，除其他事项外，其将至少$10 million的欺诈所得转入其本人及其配偶的个人银行账户。\n\n5. HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”，又名“Miles Kwok”，又名“Guo Wengui”，又名“Brother Seven”，又名“The Principal”，以及KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，即各被告，及其共谋者，多年来一直实施该计划，并至少持续至本起诉书作出之日。他们通过持续调整该计划的手段和方法以规避美国投资者保护、反洗钱及破产法律的执行，并通过报复投诉或要求返还投资资金的个别受害人等方式实施该计划。\n相关人员及实体\n\n6. 在所有相关期间内，HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”，又名“Miles Kwok”，又名“Guo Wengui”，又名“Brother Seven”，又名“The Principal”，即被告，是该计划的领导者并指挥该计划。\n\na. 郭文贵是一名流亡的中国商人，其于约2015年逃往美国，并以约$67.5 million购买纽约市一家酒店的一套顶层公寓。自至少约2017年起，当时自称为亿万富翁的郭文贵获得了大量在线追随者。郭文贵接受了众多媒体采访，并在社交媒体上发帖，声称推进一场反对中国共产党的运动。\n\nb. 约在2018年，郭文贵创立了两个自称为非营利组织的机构，即Rule of Law Foundation（法治基金会）和Rule of Law Society（法治协会）。法治协会的网站将郭文贵列为其“创始人、推动者和发言人”。两个组织的网站均刊载郭文贵的照片。郭文贵利用该等非营利组织聚集追随者，该等追随者与其声称的反对中国共产党的运动立场一致，且也倾向于相信郭文贵就投资和赚钱机会所作的陈述。事实上，且正如郭文贵明知，其本人及他人提供虚假且具有重大误导性的信息，以推销这些“机会”并诈骗郭文贵的追随者及其他受害人。\n\n7. 在所有相关期间内，KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，即被告，是香港和英国的双重公民，主要居住于英国，同时前往美国及其他地点。JE拥有并经营众多作为该计划核心的公司和投资工具，并担任该计划的财务架构师和主要洗钱者。\n\n8. 在与本起诉书相关的某些期间内，Saraca Media Group, Inc.（萨拉卡媒体集团公司）（“Saraca”）是一家总部位于纽约州纽约市的公司。亲属-1为其最终受益所有人。\n\n9. 在与本起诉书相关的某些期间内，GTV Media Group, Inc.（GTV媒体集团公司）（“GTV”）是一个总部位于纽约州纽约市、自称专注于新闻的社交媒体平台。尽管郭文贵在GTV未担任任何正式职务或头衔，但GTV实际上由HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”，又名“Miles Kwok”，又名“Guo Wengui”，又名“Brother Seven”，又名“The Principal”，即被告，拥有和控制。KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，即被告，同样未在GTV担任任何正式职务或头衔，但实际上对其财务行使控制权。Saraca是GTV的母公司。\n\n10. 在与本起诉书相关的某些期间内，G Club Operations, LLC（G俱乐部运营有限责任公司）（“GCLUBS”）是一个总部位于波多黎各及纽约州纽约市、自称为会员组织的机构。尽管郭文贵在GCLUBS未担任任何正式职务或头衔，但GCLUBS实际上由HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”，又名“Miles Kwok”，又名“Guo Wengui”，又名“Brother Seven”，又名“The Principal”，即被告，拥有和控制。KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，即被告，同样未在GCLUBS担任任何正式职务或头衔，但实际上对其财务行使控制权。\n\n11. 在与本起诉书相关的某些期间内，“Himalaya Exchange（喜马拉雅交易所）”是一个自称为加密货币“生态系统”的机构，KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，即被告，通过其所拥有、总部设在海外的各种实体创立并运营该机构。实际上由HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”，又名“Miles Kwok”，又名“Guo Wengui”，又名“Brother Seven”，又名“The Principal”，即被告，拥有和控制的实体，例如GCLUBS和GIFashion，与Himalaya Exchange自称存在商业关系。郭文贵推广Himalaya Exchange，并声称是其自称加密货币的设计者，尽管郭文贵在Himalaya Exchange未担任任何正式职务或头衔。\n欺诈行为\nGTV私募发行\n\n12. 在约2020年4月至约2020年6月期间，HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”，又名“Miles Kwok”，又名“Guo Wengui”，又名“Brother Seven”，又名“The Principal”，以及KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，即各被告，连同其他已知及未知人员，通过与GTV有关的非法私募股票发行（“GTV私募发行”），以欺诈手段取得超过$400 million的受害人资金。\n\na. 约在2020年4月21日，郭文贵在社交媒体上发布并促使他人发布一段视频，宣布通过私募方式进行未经注册的GTV普通股发行。在该视频中，郭文贵实质上且部分地描述了GTV私募发行的投资条款，并指示人们通过移动通信应用程序就GTV私募发行的任何问题与其联系。该视频及GTV私募发行材料——包括书面“Confidential Information Memorandum（保密信息备忘录）”（“PPM”）、认购协议及投资程序指引——通过移动通信应用程序、社交媒体和短信发送给数千名潜在投资者，其中包括纽约南区的潜在投资者。\n\nb. PPM将GTV宣传为“首个将公民新闻和社交新闻的力量，与最先进技术、大数据、人工智能、区块链技术及实时互动通信相结合的平台”。\n\nc. 根据PPM的元数据，JE是PPM的“作者”。PPM披露了GTV私募发行的条款，并确认郭文贵为GTV的“发起人和顾问”。根据PPM及其他GTV材料，郭文贵和JE均未在GTV担任任何正式管理职务。\n\nd. PPM还作出了包括以下内容在内的、实质上且部分地陈述：\n\ni. GTV私募发行面向“有兴趣评估向GTV投资资本之机会”的投资者；\n\nii. GTV计划将通过GTV私募发行筹集的所得款项“用于拓展和加强业务”；以及\n\niii. PPM包括一份图表，逐项列明通过GTV私募发行筹集资金的“拟议用途”：\n\n收购公司以加强和发展\nGTV\n\n升级GTV技术和安全措施　约10%\n市场营销　约8%\n营运资金　约7%\n其他　约5%\n合计　100%\n\ne. 在约2020年4月20日至约2020年6月2日期间，据称向位于美国（包括纽约南区）及海外的超过5,500名投资者出售了约$452 million的GTV普通股。投资者参与GTV私募发行，部分基于其相信其资金将如PPM所承诺的那样投入GTV，以发展和壮大该业务。\n\nf. GTV私募发行从投资者取得的绝大部分所得款项并未用于发展和壮大GTV业务，而是直接存入以Saraca名义持有的银行账户；Saraca为GTV的母公司，且由亲属-1实益拥有。\n\ng. GTV私募发行并非依据向U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission（美国证券交易委员会）（“SEC”）提交的注册声明进行。相反，该发行\n\n据称，该私募配售是根据 SEC 法规进行的，该等法规允许在对获要约证券的投资者类型以及可如何招揽其投资方面设有限制的前提下出售未注册证券。然而，为规避这些限制，KWOK 及其控制下的其他人使用至少一个中介实体，代表不具备参与 GTV 私募配售资格的投资者集合购买 GTV 股票。\n\nh. 于 2020 年 6 月初前后，即 GTV 私募配售结束仅数日后，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，以及 KIN MING JE（闫明），又名“William Je”，及其共谋者，侵占了从 GTV 私募配售投资者处筹集的约 $100 million，并指示将该等资金存入一家高风险对冲基金（“Fund-1”），以使 Saraca（萨拉卡）及其最终受益所有人 Relative-I（关联人-1）受益。该交易与 PPM 就 GTV 投资将如何使用而向潜在 GTV 投资者作出的陈述相违背。事实上，对 Fund-1 的 $100 million 投资并非为 GTV 的利益作出，而是为 Saraca 的利益作出。提供了投资于 Fund-1 的 $100 million 的受害人并不拥有 Saraca 的任何股份。最终，对 Fund-1 的投资损失了约 $30 million 的价值。\n\ni. 在将 $100 million 的 GTV 受害人资金投入 Fund-1 后，被告 HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，继续使用虚假和误导性陈述推介 GTV。\n\n农场贷款计划\n\n13. 自 2020 年 6 月前后开始——即被告 HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，以及 KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，及其共谋者为使 Saraca 和 Relative-I 受益而侵占 GTV 私募配售资金的同一个月——KWOK、JE 及其共谋者通过“喜马拉雅农场联盟”以欺诈手段获得了超过约 $150 million 的受害人资金。由 KWOK 组织和推介的喜马拉雅农场联盟，是由位于世界各地城市的非正式团体组成的集合体（每一团体均称为一个“农场”）。KWOK、JE 以及代表其行事并按其指示行事的其他人，通过进一步向 GTV 私募配售投资者作出虚假陈述，并以欺诈手段招揽进一步投资，获得了该等资金；该次投资采取向某一农场提供“贷款”的形式，并承诺该等贷款可按每出借 $1 可转换为一股 GTV 普通股的转换比率转换为 GTV 普通股（“农场贷款计划”）。\n\na. 自 2020 年 6 月前后开始，持有用于处理通过 GTV 私募配售筹集资金的账户的美国境内银行，开始冻结并关闭与 GTV 关联的银行账户，原因包括但不限于，该等账户收到数十笔大额汇入电汇，其中一些提及未注册股票发行。\n\nb. 这些银行账户关闭事件妨碍了 KWOK、JE 及其共谋者收取寻求投资 GTV 的受害人款项的能力。\n\nc. 于 2020 年 7 月 22 日前后，在通过社交媒体发布的视频中，KWOK 推介了农场贷款计划。根据 KWOK 及代表其行事之人的说法，寻求投资（或再次投资）GTV 的个人可以参与农场贷款计划。\n\nd. 在启动农场贷款计划后，KWOK 继续推介 GTV，并继续虚假陈述 GTV 的价值。例如，于 2020 年 8 月 2 日前后，在通过社交媒体发布的视频中，KWOK 虚假地实质上并部分地称：“GTV 值多少钱？……市值为 2 billion US dollars。”¹ 事实上，且如 KWOK 明知，GTV 的市值远低于此，原因包括但不限于，GTV 是一家没有产生任何收入的新企业。\n\ne. 数千名受害人通过向由农场控制（而非由 GTV 控制）的银行账户汇款，向农场“出借”资金。根据农场经常未予会签的“贷款协议”，该等资金将用于农场的“一般营运资金用途”。\n\nf. KWOK 和 JE 侵占了通过农场贷款计划筹集的资金。例如：\n\ni. 约 $20 million 被转给 Relative-I，其中约 $950,000 被用于支付私人飞机飞行机组服务费用；\n\nii. 约 $5 million 被转给由 KWOK 配偶拥有的实体；\n\niii. 约 $2.3 million 被用于支付与一艘价值约 $37 million、长约 145 英尺、名义上由 Relative-2（关联人-2）拥有并由 KWOK 使用的豪华游艇有关的维护费用；以及\n\niv. 约 $10 million 被转入以 JE 和/或 JE 配偶名义开立的个人银行账户。\n\nGICLUBS\n\n14. 在就农场贷款计划作出虚假陈述的同时，被告 HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，以及 KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，和其他已知及未知人员，以欺诈手段诱使 KWOK 的追随者向一个名为 GICLUBS 的所谓在线会员俱乐部转入额外资金。自至少 2020 年 10 月前后起至至少 2023 年 3 月前后止，KWOK、JE 及其他已知和未知人员通过 GICLUBS 以欺诈手段获得了超过约 $250 million 的受害人资金。\n\na. 自至少 2020 年 6 月 20 日前后起，在通过社交媒体发布的视频中，KWOK 推介并鼓励个人购买 KWOK 所称的“G Club……会员卡”。\n\nb. GICLUBS 于 2020 年 10 月前后正式推出，并在其网站上声称其为“提供全方位服务的高端专属会员计划”以及“通往精心挑选的世界级产品、服务和体验的门户”。\n\nc. 加入 GICLUBS 时，会员除每年会员费外，还须一次性付款购买“会员资格”。会员资格的费用因潜在会员选择的会员等级而异：第 5 级会员资格费用为 $50,000；第 4 级会员资格费用为 $40,000；第 3 级会员资格费用为 $30,000；第 2 级会员资格费用为 $20,000；第 1 级会员资格费用为 $10,000。\n\nd. 于 2021 年 7 月 5 日前后，在通过社交媒体发布的视频中，KWOK 实质上并部分地称，存在“25,000 名 [GICLUBS] 会员……$100 million dollars，银行账户中的现金。然后我们还有 111 million……[人]想加入。”与之相反，截至 2021 年 8 月前后，GICLUBS 内部文件显示约有 5,900 名活跃会员。\n\ne. 事实上，且如 KWOK 和 JE 明知，GICLUBS 向其会员提供的服务和“体验”远未达到“全方位服务”。尽管收取了数亿美元的所谓会员费，GICLUBS 维持的员工人数相对较少，且向其会员提供的可辨识会员权益很少甚至没有。事实上，GICLUBS 甚至未能兑现其为会员参与比赛而提供的奖品。于 2021 年 2 月 14 日前后，GICLUBS 举办网络直播和抽奖活动，在此期间承诺向会员提供豪华奖品。至少有一次，GICLUBS 没有向据称赢得抽奖的会员提供一辆 BMW，而是向该会员声称，该会员曾要求将该 BMW 的价值用于从第 1 级 GI CLUBS 会员资格升级至第 4 级 GICLUBS 会员资格，并部分抵扣未来三年的年度会员费。截至 2021 年 3 月 8 日前后——即 GICLUBS 推出并开始收取“会员”费用数月后——GICLUBS 尚无商业计划或董事会。\n\nf. KWOK 和 JE 还将 GICLUBS 用作继续进行欺诈性私募发行的机制。KWOK 及其他已知和未知人员告诉 KWOK 的在线追随者，其购买 GICLUBS 会员资格将使其有权获得与 KWOK 关联实体的股票，例如 GTV 和 GIFashion。\n\ni. 于 2021 年 5 月 4 日前后，在一次关于 GICLUBS 会员资金的谈话中，JE 实质上并部分地称：“首先，[潜在会员]正在购买 GICLUBS 会员资格，但他们期待自己可能会获得一些股份，您知道，在、在、在未来的 GTV，我认为这是他们的期待。”\n\nii. 于 2021 年 7 月 30 日前后，KWOK 在通过社交媒体发布的视频中实质上并部分地称：“一些战友问，‘我购买 GICLUBS 会员资格时，是否仍会获得免费股票发行？’100%。因为我说过，我必须承诺，任何在 9 月 17 日之前购买 G-Club 会员资格的人，必须获配股份，这完全相同。因为我们说过，任何人都可以选择是否在 9 月 17 日之前用你的钱购买 G-Club、G-Club 和股票股份。你将同时获得两者。”\n\ng. KWOK、JE 及其他已知和未知人员要求投资者购买多个 GICLUBS 会员资格，使 KWOK 和 JE 能够增加所招揽的资金数额。在这方面，GICLUBS 网站实质上并部分地称，拥有多个会员资格的会员将“获得额外权益”；但事实上，且如 KWOK 和 JE 明知，多个会员资格并未向会员提供额外权益。\n\n15. 总计而言，投资者购买了价值数亿美元的 GICLUBS 会员资格。然而，其中大部分资金并未用于资助 GICLUBS 的业务。相反，被告 HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，以及 KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，和其他已知及未知人员，侵占了受害人为“会员资格”支付给 GICLUBS 的大部分资金，并为此使用了复杂的实体和银行账户网络等手段。例如：\n\na. 经由以其他实体名义开立的银行账户转移的 GICLUBS 资金，被用于支付 KWOK 及其家人的个人开支，包括购买一艘价值约 $2.6 million 的豪华游艇及合计花费超过 $5 million 的豪华汽车。\n\nb. 于 2021 年 11 月前后，JE 指示将经由以其他实体名义开立的银行账户转移的约 $26.5 million GICLUBS 资金，用于购买 KWOK 在新泽西州面积为 50,000 平方英尺的豪宅。\n\nc. JE 指示将额外 $13 million 的 GICLUBS 会员付款转入一个托管账户。该等资金随后被用于支付 KWOK 新泽西州豪宅的奢华翻修费用，包括用于 Relative-I 的一翼和用于 Relative-2 的一翼，以及购买各种家具和装饰物品，其中包括价值约 $978,000 的中国和波斯地毯、一台 $62,000 的电视机以及一个 $53,000 的壁炉柴木托架。\n\nd. 于 2021 年 8 月 5 日前后，JE 指示将由 GI CLUBS 会员付款构成的约 $1.1 million 转入由 JE 控制的银行账户。\n\ne. GI CLUBS 使用会员费购买豪华汽车，包括一辆定制的 Bugatti（布加迪）跑车，价格约为 $4.4 million。虽然该车已签署的购买协议将 GICLUBS 列为客户，但该定制车辆的初始规格文件将 Relative-I 列为客户。Relative-I 在 GICLUBS 未担任任何正式职务。\n\n喜马拉雅交易所\n\n16. 自至少约于2021年4月起至至少约于2023年3月止，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven（七哥）”、又名“The Principal（主公）”，以及 KIN MING JE（闫明），又名“William Je”，和其他已知及未知人员，通过 Himalaya Exchange（喜马拉雅交易所）这一可通过互联网访问的所谓加密货币“生态系统”，以欺诈手段获得了超过约 $262 million 的受害人资金。喜马拉雅交易所包括一种名为 Himalaya Dollar（喜马拉雅元，简称“HDO”或“H Dollar”）的所谓稳定币，以及一种名为 Himalaya Coin（喜马拉雅币，简称“HCN”或“H Coin”）的交易币。喜马拉雅交易所声称，该“稳定币”是一种由储备金支持、价值固定为 1-to-$1 的数字资产，\n\n并声称该“交易币”是一种其估值基于供求关系的加密货币。JE 是喜马拉雅交易所的创始人兼董事长。\n\n17. 被告 HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，在通过社交媒体传播的视频中，极力宣传喜马拉雅交易所及 HCN 和 HDO 的前景和估值，并公开将二者描述为加密货币。例如，在约于2021年10月20日发布于互联网的一段视频中，KWOK 作出了如下等虚假陈述，实质内容及部分内容如下：\n\na. “我说的是你们的 H Coins，‘Brother Seven’[即 KWOK] 设计了它……它具备货币属性，为什么？它有 20% 的黄金。太棒了[。][它]从第一天起就作为货币诞生，因此它有价值，而且与黄金挂钩……直接的实物黄金。无论它涨多少，20% 都会变成黄金。”\n\nb. “如果 H Coin 一文不值，[H coin 的发行人]可以出售全部 20% 的黄金，兑换给你，成为你的钱。或者拿出全部 20% 黄金的价值，请大家统一起来，把它变成你们的。”\n\nc. “如果有人亏钱，我可以说我将赔偿 100%。我给你们 100%。无论谁亏钱，我来承担。”\n\nd. “我可以在一分钟内在市场上卖出 H Coin，换回我的 H Dollar，再换回你们的法定货币单位。……[而且]你可以立即购买任何东西。”\n\n18. HCN 和 HDO 的首次代币发行发生于约2021年11月1日。HCN 的交易起始价为 10 cents，并且在约两周内，喜马拉雅交易所网站声称每个 HCN 据称价值约 27 HDO（即 $27），这意味着价值增长了 26,900%。即，在首次代币\n\n发行约两周后，喜马拉雅交易所网站显示 HCN 据称具有约 $27 billion 的估值。\n\n19. 在喜马拉雅交易所推出时，被告 HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，向其网络追随者及其他人推销 HCN。例如，约于2021年11月1日——即首次代币发行当日——KWOK 通过社交媒体发布了一首名为“HCoin To the Moon”的原创歌曲的官方音乐视频。“to the moon”一语通常与加密货币相关联，并暗示价值将急剧上升。该音乐视频描绘了 KWOK 身处多个奢华地点，并呈现了黄金和财富的画面。\n\n20. 在包括喜马拉雅交易所推出之后的某些时候，被告 KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，以误导性方式推销喜马拉雅交易所。例如，约于2022年6月，JE 试图制造这样的印象：从某一特定拍卖行购买一辆 Ferrari（法拉利，以下简称“Ferrari”）的 €3,561, 127 款项是以 HDO 支付的。JE 实质上且部分地表示，他“非常高兴[一名]买方决定使用 HDO 购买[一辆]世界级汽车”。与 JE 的说法相反，该 Ferrari 并非使用 HDO 购买。事实上，并且如 JE 明知，喜马拉雅交易所的一名员工向该拍卖行发送了一笔国际银行电汇以支付 Ferrari 的费用，同时还在喜马拉雅交易所处理了一笔相应的“交易”，以制造该购买是使用 HDO 完成的虚假表象。JE 的陈述还具有误导性，其中包括，Ferrari 身份未明的“买方”事实上是 Relative-I（亲属-I）。\n\n21. 与被告 HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，以及 KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，和其他已知及未知人员的陈述相反，HCN 和 HDO 均不能在喜马拉雅交易所以外的任何地方交易（据称可在该交易所交易）。此外，与加密货币不同，HCN 不能与其他货币交易，也不能兑换成其他货币。HCN 据称只能兑换为 HDO（且仅能在喜马拉雅交易所进行），而 HDO 据称只能兑换为或由法定货币兑换而来（且仅能在喜马拉雅交易所进行）。\n\na. 事实上，可在喜马拉雅交易所网站获取的 HDO 和 HCN Whitepapers（白皮书）以小字规定，与 KWOK 的陈述相反，HCN 和 HDO 并非加密货币。相反，根据 HCN Whitepaper， “喜马拉雅交易所及相关应用程序和基础设施的运营将通过使用‘Credits（积分）’予以便利。”该等积分 (i)“只能在喜马拉雅交易所或喜马拉雅生态系统内使用”，并且 (ii)“不附带任何要求将其兑换为法定货币或加密资产的权利”。此外，虽然喜马拉雅交易所会员可以请求将其“HDO”积分兑换为等额美元付款，但 HDO Whitepaper 声称喜马拉雅交易所拥有拒绝任何此类请求的“酌处权”。\n\n22. 约于2022年4月，被告 HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，以及 KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，安排将约 $37 million 的喜马拉雅交易所资金从一个喜马拉雅交易所银行账户转入一个特定的托管账户。该 $3 7 million 被构造为一笔所谓“贷款”，用于支付 KWOK 先前购买并使用的一艘豪华游艇的费用；该游艇当时由一个以 Relative-2（亲属-2）名义持有的实体拥有。\n\n政府扣押欺诈所得\n\n23. 约于2022年9月20日和2022年9月21日，美国当局向数家境内银行送达经司法授权的扣押令状，随后扣押了约 $335 million 的所得款项，该等款项来自以喜马拉雅交易所实体及与被告 HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，以及 KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”有关联的其他实体名义持有的银行账户。在2022年9月经司法授权的扣押之后，JE 试图将约 $46 million 从与喜马拉雅交易所有关、尚未被美国扣押的境内银行账户，转移至 JE 控制的一个位于 UAE（阿拉伯联合酋长国）的银行账户。\n\na. 在喜马拉雅交易所相关资金首次被经司法授权扣押后约两天内，即约于2022年9月22日，JE 联系了一家持有喜马拉雅交易所银行账户的境内银行的管理层。JE 试图办理一笔电汇，他和一名喜马拉雅交易所高管向该境内银行声称，该电汇是为一名未具名“VIP”（即喜马拉雅交易所的非常重要客户）实现从 HDO 赎回为美元所必需的。\n\nb. 在随后与该境内银行的沟通中，JE 透露该 VIP 事实上就是 JE 本人。JE 向该境内银行提供了反映 JE 于约2022年9月22日进行的两笔据称 HCN 销售的文件——总计 46 million HDO，JE 正试图将其“兑换”为 $46 million。JE 两次向该境内银行管理层实质上且部分地强调，$46 million 的转账必须“今天完成，否则就没有意义”。\n\n24. 约于2022年10月16日，依据经司法授权的令状，美国当局从 JE 请求进行 $46 million 转账的该境内银行的数个喜马拉雅交易所和 GICLUBS 账户中，额外扣押了约 $274 million 的所得款项。\n\na. 由于2022年9月和10月经司法授权的扣押，美国当局扣押了超过约 $609 million 的欺诈所得，其中包括约 $278 million 来自以喜马拉雅交易所实体名义持有的银行账户，包括据称持有其 HDO 现金储备的账户。\n\nb. 扣押之后，喜马拉雅交易所网站仍表示 HDO 由“由 USD 和现金等价资产组成的储备金”支持，而事实上并非如此。\n\nc. 尽管喜马拉雅交易所的现金储备已被扣押，截至本起诉书之日，HCN 的据称价格并未突然且大幅下跌。\n\n法定指控\n\n25. 自至少约于2018年起至至少约于2023年3月止，在 Southern District of New York（纽约南区）及其他地点，被告 HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，以及 KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，和其他已知及未知人员，故意且明知地共同结合、共谋、结社并相互约定实施针对美国的犯罪，即：(1) 电信欺诈，违反 Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343；(2) 证券欺诈，违反 Title 15, United States Code, Sections 78j(b) & 78ff，以及 Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.l0b-5；(3) 银行欺诈，违反 Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344；(4) 国际促进型洗钱，违反 Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956(a)(2)(A)；以及 (5) 国际隐瞒型洗钱，违反 Title 18, United States Code Section 1956(a)(2)(B)(i)。\n\n26. 该共谋的一部分内容和目的在于，被告 HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，\n\n以及 KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，和其他已知及未知人员，明知已设计并意图设计一项欺诈计划和手段，以及通过虚假和欺诈性的借口、陈述和承诺取得金钱和财产的计划和手段，将会且确实通过州际及外国商业中的电线、无线电和电视通信，传送并促使传送文字、标志、信号、图片和声音，以执行该等计划和手段，违反 Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343，即，KWOK 和 JE 约定通过促使与 GTV Private Placement（GTV 私募配售）、Farm Loan Program（农场贷款计划）、GICLUBS 和喜马拉雅交易所有关的重大虚假信息和失实陈述经州际电线传输，从而获得受害人的金钱。\n\n27. 该共谋的进一步组成部分和目的在于，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”（郭文贵），又名“Miles Kwok”（郭文贵），又名“Guo Wengui”（郭文贵），又名“Brother Seven”（七哥），又名“The Principal”（主公），以及 KIN MING JE（叶金明），又名“William Je”（叶金明），连同其他已知和未知人员，故意且明知地，直接或间接地，通过使用州际商业和邮件的方式及工具，以及全国性证券交易所的设施，就在全国性证券交易所注册的证券及任何未如此注册证券的买卖，使用和实施操纵性及欺诈性的手段和计策，违反 Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.10b-5，具体方式为：(a) 使用欺诈的装置、计划和技巧；(b) 作出对重大事实的不实陈述，并遗漏陈述为使所作陈述在其作出时的情形下不具误导性所必需的重大事实；以及 (c) 从事构成并将构成对他人的欺诈和欺骗的行为、做法及业务过程，即，郭和叶同意通过就所谓的 GTV 普通股及所谓与 GTV 关联的公司提供重大虚假和误导性的信息及陈述，欺诈性地诱使投资者参与 GTV Private Placement（GTV 私募配售）、Farm Loan Program（农场贷款计划）和 GCLUBS。\n\n28. 该共谋的进一步组成部分和目的在于，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”（郭文贵），又名“Miles Kwok”（郭文贵），又名“Guo Wengui”（郭文贵），又名“Brother Seven”（七哥），又名“The Principal”（主公），以及 KIN MING JE（叶金明），又名“William Je”（叶金明），连同其他已知和未知人员，明知地将会并且确实实施和企图实施一项计划和技巧，以欺诈 Title 18, United States Code, Section 20 所定义的金融机构，并通过虚假和欺诈性的借口、陈述及承诺，取得该金融机构拥有且由其保管和控制的金钱、资金、信贷、资产、证券及其他财产，违反 Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344，即，郭和叶同意参与一项计划，就 GTV Private Placement、Farm Loan Program、GCLUBS 和 Himalaya Exchange（喜马拉雅交易所），通过虚假和欺诈性的借口、陈述及文件误导美国金融机构，以取得至少一家金融机构的或由至少一家金融机构保管和控制的金钱。\n\n29. 该共谋的进一步组成部分和目的在于，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”（郭文贵），又名“Miles Kwok”（郭文贵），又名“Guo Wengui”（郭文贵），又名“Brother Seven”（七哥），又名“The Principal”（主公），以及 KIN MING JE（叶金明），又名“William Je”（叶金明），连同其他已知和未知人员，将会并且确实运输、传送和转移，并企图运输、传送和转移货币工具和资金，从美国境内某地至并经由美国境外某地，以及从并经由美国境外某地至美国境内某地，意图促进特定非法活动的实施，即本起诉书第二至第八罪名项所指控的犯罪，违反 Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956(a)(2)(A)(i)。\n\n30. 该共谋的进一步组成部分和目的在于，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”（郭文贵），又名“Miles Kwok”（郭文贵），又名“Guo Wengui”（郭文贵），又名“Brother Seven”（七哥），又名“The Principal”（主公），以及 KIN MING JE（叶金明），又名“William Je”（叶金明），连同其他已知和未知人员，将会并且确实运输、传送和转移，并企图运输、传送和转移货币工具和资金，从美国境内某地至并经由美国境外某地，以及从并经由美国境外某地至美国境内某地，明知该等运输、传送和转移所涉货币工具和资金代表某种形式非法活动的收益，并明知该等运输、传送和转移被设计为全部或部分隐瞒和掩饰特定非法活动收益的性质、地点、来源、所有权及控制权，即本起诉书第二至第八罪名项所指控的犯罪，违反 Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956(a)(2)(B)(i)。\n\n公开行为\n\n31. 为推进该共谋并实现其非法目的，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”（郭文贵），又名“Miles Kwok”（郭文贵），又名“Guo Wengui”（郭文贵），又名“Brother Seven”（七哥），又名“The Principal”（主公），以及 KIN MING JE（叶金明），又名“William Je”（叶金明），连同其他已知和未知人员，在 Southern District of New York（纽约南区）及其他地点实施了包括下列行为在内的公开行为：\n\na. 约于 2020 年 4 月 21 日，郭在社交媒体上发布并促使发布了一则视频，宣布通过 GTV Private Placement 对 GTV 股票进行未经注册的发行。\n\nb. 约于 2020 年 6 月 5 日，一名未在本文书中指名的共谋者（“CC-1”）在 Southern District of New York 时，授权将 $100 million 从 Saraca（萨拉卡）电汇至 Fund-1（基金-1）。\n\nc. 约于 2020 年 7 月 22 日，郭在通过社交媒体传播的视频中推广了 Farm Loan Program。\n\nd. 约于 2020 年 8 月 2 日，郭在通过社交媒体传播的视频中实质上并部分表示：“GTV 值多少钱？……市值为 2 billion US dollars。”\n\ne. 约于 2021 年 5 月 28 日，叶将约 $13 million 从其控制的位于 UAE（阿拉伯联合酋长国）的一个银行账户转至某实体（由 Relative-2 所有）在 New York, New York（纽约州纽约市）一家特定银行持有的银行账户。\n\nf. 约于 2021 年 7 月 30 日，郭在通过社交媒体传播的视频中实质上并部分表示：“一些战友问，‘我购买 G-Clubs 会员资格时，是否仍会获得免费股票发行？’100%。因为我说过，我必须向在 September 17 之前购买 G-Clubs 会员资格的任何人承诺，他们必须被配发股份，这完全一样。因为我们说过，任何人都可以选择是否在 September 17 之前用你的钱购买 G-Clubs、G-Clubs 和股票股份。你将两者兼得。”\n\ng. 约于 2021 年 8 月 5 日，叶指示将约 $1.1 million，即受害人为换取“会员资格”而汇给 GCLUBS 的资金，转入叶控制的一个银行账户。\n\nh. 约于 2021 年 10 月 20 日，郭在通过社交媒体传播的视频中实质上并部分表示，郭“设计”了 HCN，且“无论其筹集多少，20% 都将变成黄金”，并且“如果有人”在 HCN 上蒙受损失，“我可以说，我将赔偿 100%。”\n\ni. 约于 2022 年 9 月 22 日，叶向一家美国银行的管理层发送短信，实质上并部分表示，向叶在 UAE 控制的一个银行账户转账 $46 million 必须在“今天，否则毫无意义”的情况下完成。\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.)\n\n第二罪名项（电信欺诈 — GTV 私募配售）\n\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n32. 本起诉书第 1 至 24 段所载指控在此重述并再次提出，如同在本文中完整列明。\n\n33. 自至少约于 2020 年 4 月起至至少约于 2021 年 3 月止（包括该期间），在 Southern District of New York 及其他地点，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”（郭文贵），又名“Miles Kwok”（郭文贵），又名“Guo Wengui”（郭文贵），又名“Brother Seven”（七哥），又名“The Principal”（主公），以及 KIN MING JE（叶金明），又名“William Je”（叶金明），明知已设计并意图设计一项欺诈计划和技巧，并通过虚假和欺诈性的借口、陈述及承诺取得金钱和财产，通过州际及国际商业中的有线电、无线电和电视通信传送并促使传送文字、标志、信号、图像和声音，以执行该计划和技巧，即，郭和叶实施 GTV Private Placement，以出售 GTV 股票，并通过虚假陈述和不实陈述欺诈性地从受害人处取得金钱；该计划通过往来 Southern District of New York 及其他地点的电子通信和资金转移得到推进。\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343 and 2.)\n\n第三罪名项（证券欺诈 — GTV 私募配售）\n\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n34. 本起诉书第 1 至 24 段所载指控在此重述并再次提出，如同在本文中完整列明。\n\n35. 自至少约于 2020 年 4 月起至至少约于 2021 年 3 月止（包括该期间），在 Southern District of New York 及其他地点，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”（郭文贵），又名“Miles Kwok”（郭文贵），又名“Guo Wengui”（郭文贵），又名“Brother Seven”（七哥），又名“The Principal”（主公），以及 KIN MING JE（叶金明），又名“William Je”（叶金明），故意且明知地，直接或间接地，通过使用州际商业和邮件的方式及工具，以及全国性证券交易所的设施，就在全国性证券交易所注册的证券及任何未如此注册证券的买卖，使用和实施操纵性及欺诈性的手段和计策，违反 Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.10b-5，具体方式为：(a) 使用欺诈的装置、计划和技巧；(b) 作出对重大事实的不实陈述，并遗漏陈述为使所作陈述在其作出时的情形下不具误导性所必需的重大事实；以及 (c) 从事构成并将构成对他人的欺诈和欺骗的行为、做法及业务过程，即，郭和叶实施 GTV Private Placement，以出售 GTV 股票，并通过虚假陈述和不实陈述从受害人处取得金钱；该计划通过往来 Southern District of New York 及其他地点的电子通信和资金转移得到推进。\n\n(Title 15, United States Code, Sections 78j(b) & 78ff; Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.10b-5; and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2.)\n\n第四罪名项（电信欺诈 — 农场贷款计划）\n\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n36. 本起诉书第 1 至 24 段所载指控在此重述并再次提出，如同在本文中完整列明。\n\n37. 自至少约于 2020 年 6 月起至至少约于 2023 年 3 月止（包括该期间），在 Southern District of New York 及其他地点，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”（郭文贵），又名“Miles Kwok”（郭文贵），又名“Guo Wengui”（郭文贵），又名“Brother Seven”（七哥），又名“The Principal”（主公），以及 KIN MING JE（叶金明），又名“William Je”（叶金明），明知已设计并意图设计一项欺诈计划和技巧，并通过虚假和欺诈性的借口、陈述及承诺取得金钱和财产，通过州际及国际商业中的有线电、无线电和电视通信传送并促使传送文字、标志、信号、图像和声音，以执行该计划和技巧，即，郭和叶实施 Farm Loan Program，通过虚假陈述和不实陈述欺诈性地从受害人处取得金钱；该计划通过往来 Southern District of New York 及其他地点的电子通信和资金转移得到推进。\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343 and 2.)\n\n第五罪名项（证券欺诈 — 农场贷款计划）\n\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n38. 本起诉书第 1 至 24 段所载指控在此重述并再次提出，如同在本文中完整列明。\n\n39. 至少自约2020年6月起至至少约2023年3月止，在Southern District of New York（纽约南区）及其他地区，被告HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，以及KIN MING JE（闫明），又名“William Je”，故意且明知地，直接及间接地，通过使用州际商业及邮件的方式和工具，以及全国性证券交易所的设施，就在全国性证券交易所注册的证券及任何未如此注册证券的买卖，使用及采用操纵性和欺骗性的手段和计谋，违反Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.10b-5，方式为：(a) 采用欺诈性的手段、方案和诡计；(b) 就重大事实作出不实陈述，并遗漏陈述为使已作出的陈述在其作出时的情形下不具误导性所必需的重大事实；以及(c) 从事对任何人构成并将构成欺诈和欺骗的行为、做法和业务过程；即，KWOK和JE实施Farm Loan Program，以通过虚假陈述和不实表示从受害人处获取资金，其中包括但不限于有关GTV价值的虚假陈述和不实表示；该计划通过往来于纽约南区及其他地区的电子通信和资金转移得以推进。\n\n(Title 15, United States Code, Sections 78j(b) & 78ff; Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.10b-5; and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2.)\n\n第六罪名项（电信诈骗罪 - GICLUBS）\n\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n40. 本起诉书第1至24段所载指控在此重述并再次提出，犹如在此完整载明。\n\n41. 至少自约2020年6月起至至少约2023年3月止，在纽约南区及其他地区，被告HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，以及KIN MING JE（闫明），又名“William Je”，明知已设计并意图设计欺诈性的方案和诡计，并通过虚假和欺诈性的借口、陈述和承诺取得金钱和财产，通过州际和外国商业中的有线电、无线电和电视通信传送并促使传送文字、标记、信号、图像和声音，以实施该等方案和诡计；即，KWOK和JE推广及营销GICLUBS，以通过虚假陈述和不实表示欺诈性地从受害人处获取资金；该计划通过往来于纽约南区及其他地区的电子通信和资金转移得以推进。\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343 and 2.)\n\n第七罪名项（证券欺诈罪 - GICLUBS）\n\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n42. 本起诉书第1至24段所载指控在此重述并再次提出，犹如在此完整载明。\n\n43. 至少自约2020年6月起至至少约2021年3月止，在纽约南区及其他地区，被告HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，以及KIN MING JE（闫明），又名“William Je”，故意且明知地，直接及间接地，通过使用州际商业及邮件的方式和工具，以及全国性证券交易所的设施，就在全国性证券交易所注册的证券及任何未如此注册证券的买卖，使用及采用操纵性和欺骗性的手段和计谋，违反Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.10b-5，方式为：(a) 采用欺诈性的手段、方案和诡计；(b) 就重大事实作出不实陈述，并遗漏陈述为使已作出的陈述在其作出时的情形下不具误导性所必需的重大事实；以及(c) 从事对任何人构成并将构成欺诈和欺骗的行为、做法和业务过程；即，KWOK和JE推广及营销GICLUBS，以通过虚假陈述和不实表示从受害人处获取资金，其中包括但不限于有关GTV价值的虚假陈述和不实表示；该计划通过往来于纽约南区及其他地区的电子通信和资金转移得以推进。\n\n(Title 15, United States Code, Sections 78j(b) & 78ff; Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.10b-5; and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2.)\n\n第八罪名项（电信诈骗罪 - The Himalaya Exchange（喜马拉雅交易所））\n\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n44. 本起诉书第1至24段所载指控在此重述并再次提出，犹如在此完整载明。\n\n45. 至少自约2021年4月起至至少约2023年3月止，在纽约南区及其他地区，被告HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，以及KIN MING JE（闫明），又名“William Je”，明知已设计并意图设计欺诈性的方案和诡计，并通过虚假和欺诈性的借口、陈述和承诺取得金钱和财产，通过州际和外国商业中的有线电、无线电和电视通信传送并促使传送文字、标记、信号、图像和声音，以实施该等方案和诡计；即，KWOK和JE经营The Himalaya Exchange，以通过虚假陈述和不实表示欺诈性地从受害人处获取资金；该计划通过往来于纽约南区及其他地区的电子通信和资金转移得以推进。\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343 and 2.)\n\n第九罪名项（国际促进型洗钱）\n\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n46. 本起诉书第1至24段所载指控在此重述并再次提出，犹如在此完整载明。\n\n47. 至少自约2018年起至至少约2023年3月止，在纽约南区及其他地区，被告HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，以及KIN MING JE（闫明），又名“William Je”，将并企图将货币工具和资金自美国境内某地运送、传送和转移至并经由美国境外某地，以及自并经由美国境外某地运送、传送和转移至美国境内某地，意图促进特定非法活动的实施；即，KWOK和JE指示并实施将资金转入、转出及经由美国的国际转移，意图促进本起诉书第二至第八罪名项所涉的欺诈犯罪。\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1956(a)(2)(A) and 2.)\n\n第十罪名项（国际隐匿型洗钱）\n\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n48. 本起诉书第1至24段所载指控在此重述并再次提出，犹如在此完整载明。\n\n49. 至少自约2018年起至至少约2023年3月止，在纽约南区及其他地区，被告HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，以及KIN MING JE（闫明），又名“William Je”，将并企图将货币工具和资金自美国境内某地运送、传送和转移至并经由美国境外某地，以及自并经由美国境外某地运送、传送和转移至美国境内某地，明知该等运送、传送和转移所涉及的货币工具和资金系某种形式非法活动的所得，并明知该等运送、传送和转移全部或部分旨在隐瞒和掩饰特定非法活动所得的性质、地点、来源、所有权和控制权，即本起诉书第二至第八罪名项所指控的欺诈犯罪；即，KWOK和JE进行了转入、转出及经由美国的、涉及欺诈所得的国际金融交易，其中包括涉及以名义上由其他个人所有的实体以及与被告无明显关联的实体名义持有的银行账户的交易，以隐瞒欺诈所得的所有权、控制权和/或收取情况，以及该等所得的非法性质和来源。\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1956(a)(2)(B)(i) and 2.)\n\n第十一罪名项（非法货币交易）\n\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n50. 本起诉书第1至24段所载指控在此重述并再次提出，犹如在此完整载明。\n\n51. 约于2020年6月5日，被告HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，以及KIN MING JE（闫明），又名“William Je”，在美国境内，明知地从事并企图从事Title 18, United States Code, Section 1957(f)(1)所界定的货币交易，该交易涉及价值超过$10,000、源自特定非法活动的犯罪所得财产；即，KWOK和JE将源自第二和第三罪名项所指控犯罪的约$100 million，通过电汇转移至Fund-1（基金-1），并指示他人进行该项转移。\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1957 and 2.)\n\n第十二罪名项（妨害司法）\n\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n52. 本起诉书第1至24段所载指控在此重述并再次提出，犹如在此完整载明。\n\n53. 至少自约2022年9月20日起至本起诉书提交之日止，在纽约南区及其他地区，被告KIN MING JE（闫明），又名“William Je”，腐败地阻挠、影响和妨碍了一项正式程序，并企图如此行事；即，JE企图将资金转移至阿拉伯联合酋长国，置于美国管辖权之外，以阻挠和干扰纽约南区联邦大陪审团对本起诉书第一至第十一罪名项所指控犯罪的调查，以及United States District Court for the Southern District of New York（美国纽约南区联邦地区法院）就犯罪所得扣押和没收所进行的程序。\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1512(c)(2) and 2.)\n\n没收指控\n\n54. 因实施本起诉书第一至第八罪名项所指控的犯罪，被告HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，以及KIN MING JE（闫明），又名“William Je”，应根据Title 18, United States Code, Section 981(a)(1)(C)和Title 28 United States Code, Section 2461(c)，向美国没收构成或源自可追溯至实施上述犯罪所得的一切不动产和动产，包括但不限于以美元计、代表可追溯至实施上述犯罪所得金额的一笔款项，以及以下特定财产：\n\na. 原存于Silvergate Bank（Silvergate银行）账户号码5090037713、以“Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC（汉密尔顿机会基金SPC）”名义持有的$64,826.87美元，由政府于2022年9月18日或前后扣押；\n\nb. 原存于Silvergate Bank账户号码5090037705、以“Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC”名义持有的$75,000,000.00美元，由政府于2022年9月18日或前后扣押；\n\nc. 原存于Silvergate Bank账户号码5090037754、以“Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC”名义持有的$467,343.00美元，由政府于2022年9月18日或前后扣押；\n\nd. 原存于Silvergate Bank账户号码5090042770、以“Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC”名义持有的$89,992,861.75美元，由政府于2022年9月18日或前后扣押；\n\ne. 原存于Silvergate Bank账户号码5090042762、以“Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC”名义持有的$1,683,077.40美元，由政府于2022年9月18日或前后扣押；\n\nf. 原存于Silvergate Bank账户号码5090042853、以“Hamilton Opportunity Funds SPC（汉密尔顿机会基金SPC）”名义持有的$85,899,889.20美元，由政府于2022年9月18日或前后扣押；\n\ng. 原存于Silvergate Bank账户号码5090030288、以“Hamilton Investment Management Ltd.（汉密尔顿投资管理有限公司）”名义持有的$48,230,709.62美元，由政府于2022年9月18日或前后扣押；\n\nh. 原存于Silvergate Bank账户号码5090037739、以“Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC”名义持有的$1,800,000.00美元，由政府于2022年9月18日或前后扣押；\n\ni. 原存于Silvergate Bank账户号码5090042853、以“Hamilton Opportunity Funds SPC”名义持有的$85,899,889.20美元，由政府于2022年9月18日或前后扣押；\n\nj. 原存于FV Bank（FV银行）账户号码7801000590、以“Himalaya International Reserves, Ltd.（喜马拉雅国际储备有限公司）”名义持有的$4,643,744.70美元，由政府于2022年9月20日或前后扣押；\n\nk. 原存于FV Bank账户号码7801000254、以“Himalaya International Clearing, Ltd.（喜马拉雅国际清算有限公司）”名义持有的$14,599,257.25美元，由政府于2022年9月20日或前后扣押；\n\nl. 原存于Mercantile Bank International（国际商业银行）账户号码MBI10103-0000、以“G Club International Ltd.（G俱乐部国际有限公司）”名义持有的$11,538,579.87美元，由政府于2022年10月16日或前后扣押；\n\nm. 原存于Mercantile Bank International账户号码MBI10133-0000、以“Himalaya International Clearing Ltd.（喜马拉雅国际清算有限公司）”名义持有的$9,451,170.54美元，由政府于2022年10月16日或前后扣押；\n\nn. 原存于Mercantile Bank International账户号码MBI10137-0000、以“Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd.（汉密尔顿资本控股有限公司）”名义持有的$2,823,642.39美元，由政府于2022年10月16日或前后扣押；\n\no. 原存于Mercantile Bank International账户号码MBI10138-0000、以“Himalaya International Reserves Ltd.（喜马拉雅国际储备有限公司）”名义持有的$249,000,115.46美元，由政府于2022年10月16日或前后扣押；\n\np. 原存于Mercantile Bank International账户号码MBI10139-0000、以“Himalaya International Financial Group Ltd.（喜马拉雅国际金融集团有限公司）”名义持有的$283,965.11美元，由政府于2022年10月16日或前后扣押；\n\nq. 原存于Mercantile Bank International账户号码MBI10171-0000、以“Hamilton Investment Management Ltd.”名义持有的$1,085,623.67美元，由政府于2022年10月16日或前后扣押；\n\nr. 原存于Mercantile Bank International账户号码MBI10172-0000、以“G Fashion International Limited（G时尚国际有限公司）”名义持有的$43,782.71美元，由政府于2022年10月16日或前后扣押；\n\ns. 原存于Mercantile Bank International账户号码MBI10183-0000、以“Himalaya Currency Clearing Pty Ltd.（喜马拉雅货币清算私人有限公司）”名义持有的$161,809.47美元，由政府于2022年10月16日或前后扣押；\n\nt. 原存于Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.（制造商与贸易商信托公司）账户号码9878904409、以“GETTR USA, Inc.（GETTR美国公司）”名义持有的$2,745,377.75美元，由政府于2022年9月18日或前后扣押；\n\nu. 原存于US Bank（美国银行）账户号码157525208185、以“G Fashion（G时尚）”名义持有的$9,899,659.19美元，由政府于2022年9月18日或前后扣押；\n\nv. 位于675 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430的全部土地或地块，包括其建筑物、附属物、改良物、固定装置、附着物及地役权，地块编号为3300021-03-00001-02，描述为：地块号：1.02；街区：21.03；区：33；城市、市政区、镇：MAHWAH TWP\n\nw. 一辆Bugatti Chiron Super Sport（布加迪Chiron Super Sport），车辆识别号码为VF9SW3V3XNM795047；\n\nx. 一辆Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Roadster（兰博基尼Aventador SVJ Roadster），车辆识别号码为ZHWUN6ZD2MLA10393；\n\ny. 一辆Rolls Royce Phantom EWB（劳斯莱斯幻影EWB），车辆识别号码为SCATT8C08MU206445；\n\nz. 一艘2014年建造、46米长的Feadship（斐帝星）超级游艇“Lady May”（原名Como），IMO号码为112359，MMSI号码为319059500，呼号为ZGDQ9；\n\naa. 一架Besendorfer 185VC Porsche #49539钢琴，配有定制琴凳，购置价格约为$140,938.69；\n\nbb. 一张Railis Design Iceland Contemporary Poseidon Bed with Nightstands, Ebony Veneer, Brass, Velvet（Railis Design冰岛当代Poseidon床，配床头柜、乌木饰面、黄铜及天鹅绒），购置价格约为$31,413.71；\n\ncc. 一张Hastens 2000T md床垫，购置价格约为$36,590.00；\n\ndd. 一张Hastens 2000T sf床垫，购置价格约为$36,210.00；\n\nee. 一个Wembe手表收纳盒，购置价格约为$59,392.91；\n\nff. 一台Samsung Q900 Series QN98Q900RBF 98\" QLED Smart TV - 8K（三星Q900系列QN98Q900RBF 98英寸QLED智能电视—8K），购置价格约为$62,787.54；\n\ngg. 一件Joseph Emmanuel Zweiner（约瑟夫·伊曼纽尔·茨韦纳）制作的路易十五风格法国镀金铜饰桃花心木五斗柜；\n\nhh. 一张由Philip & Kelvin La Verne（菲利普与凯尔文·拉维恩）制作的“K'ang Hsi”蚀刻及做旧锡镴和青铜延展桌，带手绘珐琅彩，购置价格约为$180,000.00；以及\n\nii. 一张由Gabriella Crespi（加布里埃拉·克雷斯皮）于1982年在意大利制作的“Punto '83”不锈钢桌，带网状桌面、可调节高度和可调节花瓣，购置价格约为$180,000.00。\n\n(a)至(ii)项合称“特定财产”。\n\n55. 因实施本起诉书第一、九、十及十一罪名项所指控的洗钱犯罪，被告HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、又名“Miles Kwok”、又名“Guo Wengui”、又名“Brother Seven”、又名“The Principal”，以及KIN MING JE（KIN MING JE），又名“William Je”，应根据Title 18, United States Code, Section 982(a)(1)，向美国没收任何及全部涉及该犯罪的不动产和动产，或可追溯至该等财产的任何财产，包括但不限于以美元计的、相当于涉及该犯罪的财产数额的一笔款项，以及特定财产。\n\n替代资产条款\n\n56. 如果上述任何应予没收的财产，因被告的任何作为或不作为而：\n\na. 经尽职调查后无法找到；\n\nb. 已被转让或出售给第三人，或存放于第三人处；\n\nc. 已被置于法院管辖范围之外；\n\nd. 其价值已大幅减少；或\n\ne. 已与其他财产混同，且无法在不造成困难的情况下予以分割；\n\n则美国拟根据Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(p)和Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461(c)，寻求没收被告价值不超过上述应予没收财产价值的任何其他财产。\n\n（Title 18, United States Code, Sections 981 and 982；Title 21, United States Code, Section 853；以及Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461。）\n\nDAMIAN WILLIAMS（达米安·威廉姆斯）\n美国联邦检察官","key_entities":["Kwok","Je","Guo","GTV","Himalaya","CIPA","Himalaya Exchange","Miles Guo","William Je","Kin Ming Je","Ho Wan Kwok","Farm Loan","Saraca","forfeiture","Chinese Communist Party","GETTR","853(p)","RICO"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":2,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":10694,"status":"published","published_at":"2023-03-27 00:00:00","created_at":"2023-03-27","updated_at":"2026-08-23 21:11:15"}