{"id":"court_sdny_10_3","court":"SDNY","case_no":"","doc_number":10,"sub_number":null,"doc_type":"DOC","filed_date":"2023-03-29","title":"SDNY ECF 10","summary_zh":"司法程序记录 —— 美国诉 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵 / Guo Wengui / Miles Guo）案，SDNY 1:23-cr-00118 ECF #10（2023年3月29日）。被告 Yanping Wang 在初审中被控涉及 GTV 融资的电信欺诈、证券欺诈、金钱交易等罪名；司法官告知其基本权利，制定保释条件包括地点监控与 GPS 追踪。","summary_en":"Magistrate hearing transcript — United States v. Ho Wan Kwok (Guo Wengui / Guo Wengui / Miles Guo), SDNY 1:23-cr-00118 ECF #10 (March 29, 2023). Defendant Yanping Wang informed of charges including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, securities fraud, and unlawful monetary transaction related to GTV private placement; magistrate set conditions for release pending trial with location monitoring and GPS tracking.","body_en":"UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK\n--------------------------------:\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA, : Case No.:23-MJ-2007\nPlaintiff, :\n-against- :\nYANPING WANG, : New York, New York\nDefendant. : March 15, 2023\n--------------------------------: Conference\nPROCEEDINGS BEFORE\nTHE HONORABLE KATHERINE H. PARKER\nUNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE\nAPPEARANCES:\nFor Plaintiff: UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK\nBY: Juliana Murray\nRyan B. Finkel\nMicah F. Fergenson\nOne St. Andrew's Plaza\nNew York, New York 10007\nFor Defendant: CHAUDHRYLAW PLLC\nBY: Priya Chaudhry\n147 West 25th Street\nNew York, New York 10001\nFor Defendant: Lipman Law PLLC\nBY: Alex Lipman\n147 West 25th Street\nNew York, New York 10001\nProceedings recorded by electronic sound recording;\nTranscript produced by transcription service.\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 THE DEPUTY CLERK: Calling Case\n2 23-MG-2007, U.S. versus Yanping Wang.\n3 MS. MURRAY: Good afternoon, Your Honor.\n4 Juliana Murray, Ryan Finkel and Micah Fergenson on\n5 behalf of the United States.\n6 THE COURT: Good afternoon.\n7 THE DEPUTY CLERK: And counsel for\n8 Ms. Yang, can you -- Ms. Wang, can you state your\n9 appearance for the record.\n10 MS. CHAUDHRY: Good afternoon,\n11 Your Honor. Priya Chaudhry of ChaudhryLaw, along\n12 with Alex Lipman of Lipman PLLC. We are\n13 representing Yvette Wang, who is present, seated\n14 between us, and being assisted by a Mandarin\n15 interpreter.\n16 THE COURT: Good afternoon.\n17 MR. LIPMAN: Good afternoon, Your Honor.\n18 THE COURT: Good afternoon, Ms. Wang.\n19 I'm Judge Parker. Can you clearly hear the\n20 interpreter?\n21 THE DEFENDANT: Yes.\n22 THE COURT: Okay. Great.\n23 You've been arrested based on charges\n24 filed against you in a complaint. The purpose of\n25 the proceeding today is to inform you of certain\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 rights that you have, inform you of the charges\n2 against you, consider whether counsel should be\n3 appointed for you, and decide under what conditions,\n4 if any, you shall be released pending trial.\n5 Can I please have the date and time of\n6 arrest.\n7 MS. MURRAY: Yes, Your Honor. The\n8 defendant was arrested this morning at approximately\n9 6:00 a.m.\n10 THE COURT: I'm now going to explain\n11 certain constitutional rights that you have.\n12 You have the right to remain silent.\n13 You're not required to make any statements. Even if\n14 you've already made statements to the authorities,\n15 you're not required to make any further statements.\n16 Any statements you do make can be used against you.\n17 You have the right to be released with or\n18 without conditions imposed pending trial, unless I\n19 find that there are no conditions that would\n20 reasonably assure your presence at future court\n21 appearances and the safety of the community. If you\n22 are not a U.S. citizen, you have the right to\n23 request that a government attorney or a\n24 law-enforcement official notify a consular officer\n25 from your country of origin that you've been\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 arrested. And in some cases, a treaty or other\n2 agreement may require the U.S. government to give\n3 that notice, whether you request it or not.\n4 You have the right to be represented by\n5 an attorney during all court proceedings, including\n6 this one, and during all questioning by the\n7 authorities. You have the right to hire your own\n8 attorney, but if you cannot afford one, the Court\n9 will appoint one to represent you.\n10 Do you understand your rights as I've\n11 just explained them?\n12 THE DEFENDANT: I understand.\n13 THE COURT: Okay. Now, I understand\n14 you've retained counsel, so there's no -- is that\n15 correct? I don't have any financial affidavit.\n16 THE DEFENDANT: That's correct.\n17 THE COURT: Yes, right. Okay.\n18 So now I'm going to review the charges in\n19 the complaint. The complaint charges you with\n20 conspiring with others to commit wire fraud and\n21 securities fraud in violation of Title 18 of the\n22 United States Code § 371.\n23 Count II charges you with committing wire\n24 fraud in violation of Title 18 of the United States\n25 Code § 1343 and § 2.\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 Count III charges you with committing\n2 securities fraud in violation of Title 15 of the\n3 United States Code §§ 78j(b) and 78ff, as well as\n4 Title 17 of the Code of Federal Regulations\n5 § 240.10(b)(5) and Title 18 of the United States\n6 Code § 2.\n7 Count IV charges you with engaging in an\n8 unlawful monetary transaction in violation of\n9 Title 18 of the United States Code §§ 2 and 1957.\n10 And these charges all relate to your\n11 involvement with GTV and a private placement in\n12 connection with GTV, and transfer of money\n13 associated with that.\n14 Counsel, have you reviewed the complaint\n15 with your client with the aid of a Mandarin\n16 interpreter?\n17 MS. CHAUDHRY: Your Honor, we have.\n18 THE COURT: And does she waive its public\n19 reading?\n20 MS. CHAUDHRY: She does.\n21 THE COURT: Okay. Ms. Wang, do you\n22 understand what you're being charged with?\n23 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, I understand.\n24 THE COURT: Okay. Now, in addition to\n25 the rights that I've already told you about, you\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 have the right to a preliminary hearing at which the\n2 government will have the burden of showing that\n3 there is probable cause to believe that the crime\n4 for which you're being charged has been committed\n5 and that you're the person who committed it. At the\n6 hearing, you and your counsel would be entitled to\n7 cross examine any witnesses and introduce evidence.\n8 If you're held in custody, you have the\n9 right to a preliminary hearing within 14 days. If\n10 you're not in custody, you have the right to a\n11 preliminary hearing in 21 days. But a preliminary\n12 hearing will not be held if you are indicted by a\n13 grand jury before the date of a preliminary hearing.\n14 I'll set the date for a preliminary hearing in a\n15 moment.\n16 What is the government's position as to\n17 bail, detention or release?\n18 MS. MURRAY: Just, first, one note for\n19 the record, Your Honor, the defendant is a citizen\n20 of China, and consular notification was made this\n21 morning of her arrest.\n22 THE COURT: Okay. That's noted for the\n23 record. Thank you.\n24 MS. MURRAY: The government has spoken\n25 with defense counsel, and we have a largely\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 agreed-upon bail package. There are two key\n2 differences. So I'm happy to address the\n3 differences first, if Your Honor would like, and\n4 then we can talk through the conditions, or I can\n5 take it in the inverse order.\n6 THE COURT: Let's start with what you do\n7 agree with, and then you can tell me what you don't\n8 agree with.\n9 MS. MURRAY: The government would agree\n10 to a personal recognizance bond of $5 million\n11 co-signed by two financially responsible persons\n12 approved by the government and secured by $1 million\n13 in real property and/or cash; an agreement on travel\n14 restriction to the Southern and Eastern Districts of\n15 New York; the surrender of any travel documents, and\n16 that the defendant make no new applications for any\n17 travel documents; that the defendant disclose all\n18 assets to Pretrial Services and the U.S. Attorney's\n19 Office, including any assets over which she has\n20 possession, custody or control; and to include any\n21 joint or business accounts and any cash,\n22 cryptocurrency or digital assets; that the defendant\n23 not open any new bank accounts or lines of credit\n24 without approval of Pretrial Services; that the\n25 defendant have no contact with Ho Wan Kwok, also\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 known as Miles Guo or Kin Ming Je, J-E, also known\n2 as William Je, or any alleged victims or witnesses\n3 outside the presence of counsel; and any other\n4 conditions recommended by Pretrial Services.\n5 And then, Your Honor, the two points that\n6 the parties are not in agreement on -- first, the\n7 government would seek home detention, reinforced by\n8 GPS location monitoring, and the government would\n9 seek that the defendant be detained until all\n10 conditions are met.\n11 THE COURT: Okay. Now, am I correct that\n12 the crimes for which Ms. Wang is charged are not\n13 ones that carry a presumption of detention?\n14 MS. MURRAY: That is correct, Your Honor.\n15 THE COURT: And under the Bail Reform\n16 Act, I'm required to release the defendant on the\n17 least restrictive means necessary to reasonably\n18 assure the defendant's return to court and the\n19 safety of the community.\n20 So I'd like to understand first why you\n21 believe that home detention with GPS is the least\n22 restrictive means necessary to achieve those\n23 purposes.\n24 MS. MURRAY: Sure. So with respect to\n25 this defendant's risk of flight, the government\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 certainly thinks there's more than a preponderance\n2 of the evidence that the defendant poses a\n3 significant risk of flight. The defendant -- even\n4 though these are not charges that carry presumption\n5 of detention, the defendant is charged with crimes\n6 that carry a very large dollar amount. She's\n7 charged with a $100 million wire transfer. That's a\n8 sole transfer of money that the government alleges\n9 is fraud proceeds over which she had sole authority\n10 to authorize that wire transfer in addition to the\n11 securities fraud and the wire fraud conspiracy.\n12 The defendant has access to significant\n13 assets. Some of those are known to the government.\n14 Some of them, frankly, may not be known to the\n15 government because the defendant and others that she\n16 has conspired with operate through the use of\n17 extremely sophisticated and complicated shell\n18 companies.\n19 So as a few examples for Your Honor, the\n20 defendant's apartment was purchased in the name of\n21 an LLC that she fully owns. I'm not suggesting that\n22 there's anything questionable about that\n23 necessarily, but I'm using it as an example of one\n24 of more than a dozen entities that we are aware that\n25 the defendant either has or had control over,\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 including financial control. And some of those\n2 entities, whether the defendant is the primary\n3 shareholder of the entities or has access\n4 necessarily to the bank accounts, the defendant\n5 certainly has decisive control at least in the\n6 corporate documentation over those companies.\n7 The defendant also is not a resident of\n8 the United States. There's a pending application\n9 for asylum, but the universe within which the\n10 defendant and Miles Guo and William Je and others\n11 operate is an extensive network that is bolstered by\n12 hundreds of thousands of online followers throughout\n13 the globe, so it's not limited to the New York area.\n14 We are aware that there are people who\n15 support Mr. Guo and Ms. Wang and their comrades, as\n16 they call them, throughout, as I mentioned, this\n17 global network known as the Himalaya Farm Alliance,\n18 and so we have serious reason to believe that there\n19 are people in other jurisdictions who would be\n20 supportive to Ms. Wang were she to flee and that she\n21 has significant assets to be able to flee.\n22 And then I would also note, with respect\n23 to risk of flight, the strength of the government's\n24 evidence in this case. The Court has before it a\n25 complaint, but just to represent to the Court, the\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 complaint is supported by bank records, bank records\n2 the defendant signed. IP logs that indicate that\n3 the defendant was the person who authorized the\n4 transfer of the $100 million, that she did so from\n5 her apartment here in Manhattan, that she had sole\n6 authority for numerous bank accounts that were\n7 involved in, as alleged, hundreds of millions of\n8 dollars worth of fraud.\n9 Another point that we would note for Your\n10 Honor are the circumstances of the defendant's\n11 arrest this morning. The defendant was arrested in\n12 her apartment in Manhattan. She is the -- per the\n13 Pretrial Services report, the sole occupant of that\n14 apartment. During the search of the apartment,\n15 pursuant to a judicially authorized search warrant,\n16 the FBI found $138,000, approximately, in cash, that\n17 was in a safe, largely in $100 bills. They appeared\n18 to be new bills. In that safe, they also found what\n19 appeared to be old passports of both Ms. Wang and\n20 Miles Guo, or Ho Wan Kwok. So she was holding the\n21 old, but the travel documents for both herself and\n22 for Mr. Guo, or Mr. Kwok.\n23 They recovered more than, approximately,\n24 12 iPhones. And I think it's important for the\n25 Court to note the circumstances that these items\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 were found in. But more than approximately\n2 12 iPhones, several laptops, and then documents that\n3 relate to, among other things, entities involved\n4 with the fraud.\n5 The 12 iPhones or so, as an example, were\n6 not all in plain view. They weren't all plugged in.\n7 Some of them were in what appeared to be original\n8 packaging. They appeared to be new. They were\n9 inside bags or luggage inside of a closet. And yet,\n10 when the FBI searched those phones to determine\n11 whether they were, in fact, fresh out of the box or\n12 whether they had data, all of those phones had data\n13 on them, which, to the government, is powerful\n14 evidence of concealment and hiding evidence that we\n15 would allege to be certainly evidence of the crimes.\n16 Similarly, laptops and documents were\n17 found concealed within the apartment. So, as an\n18 example, a laptop was between two sweaters on a\n19 shelf in the back of a closet. Documents were found\n20 between couch cushions or between the mattress and\n21 the bed.\n22 In terms of luxury items, and, again, we\n23 would allege it's not consistent with, at least, the\n24 defendant's reported income, as we understand it\n25 from our evidence, 15 to 20 boxes of Hermes scarves\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 that seemed to be new, several Hermes wallets, a\n2 large Hermes bag. And then additional electronics\n3 that we don't yet know what they contain, but\n4 multiple terabyte hard drives, multiple flash\n5 drives. And then also within the space was\n6 contained a pouch that had seven to eight SIM cards.\n7 In light of those circumstances and the\n8 defendant's deep connection with numerous shell\n9 entities, for lack of ties to the community in the\n10 sense of any status within the U.S., her extensive\n11 connections to a network of very supportive\n12 followers throughout the country and the world. And\n13 then also the defendant's role in the charged\n14 offenses. She was a signatory, as I mentioned, of\n15 numerous accounts, not just the account from which\n16 the $100 million was transferred, but the head of\n17 the various entities that make up the Kwok or Guo\n18 family offices. She had control over those\n19 entities. She had authority. She was essentially\n20 the chief of staff to Miles Guo or Miles Kwok.\n21 She ran the operations. At certain\n22 points when he was operating various of his\n23 controlled companies out of a townhouse on the Upper\n24 East Side, right near Ms. Wang's apartment, there\n25 were several different purported businesses working\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 out of the same townhouse, and Ms. Wang was the\n2 command center. It didn't matter which business.\n3 If someone was asking for approval for a wire,\n4 approval for a business decision, they would go to\n5 her. So she was the one who was tasked with being\n6 the primary right-hand person for this billion\n7 dollar fraud.\n8 Those are the reasons the government\n9 thinks that home detention with GPS monitoring is\n10 appropriate. And we also believe that it's\n11 important for the conditions to be met and for the\n12 government to get comfort that the conditions are\n13 met, including the financial bond and the co-signers\n14 before the defendant is released.\n15 THE COURT: Okay. Thank you.\n16 I'll hear from defense counsel next.\n17 MS. CHAUDHRY: Thank you, Your Honor. I\n18 think the government missed a very big point in\n19 their risk of flight argument, which is that\n20 Ms. Wang is unique. She's not just a citizen of\n21 China that is in the U.S., she is a political\n22 refugee. The idea that she would flee to China --\n23 whatever she's looking at in terms of the\n24 government's proof in the government's case, what\n25 she is looking at if she were to go back to China\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 ever in this lifetime is much worse, which is why\n2 she's seeking political asylum. Going to China is\n3 not an option for her. So there is no risk of\n4 flight to China in this lifetime for Ms. Wang.\n5 That's one.\n6 Two, these passports that were found are\n7 old and expired passports. And as the government\n8 conceded, Ms. Wang was the chief of staff to Miles\n9 Kwok, so having her an his expired passport is not\n10 out of the ordinary, since she's also handling their\n11 immigration asylum application.\n12 In addition, while the government says\n13 that she does have followers, this case, especially\n14 Mr. Kwok's case, is going to get so much publicity\n15 that it would be very unusual for Interpol to not\n16 notice that one of the three very high-profile\n17 defendants in this case has crossed a border. She\n18 doesn't have any travel documents anymore.\n19 And when we talk about ties to the\n20 community, Ms. Wang left China in April of 2015 and\n21 has never gone back, ever. Not even to see her\n22 father before he died, not to see her own child, who\n23 she cannot return to see. She has been in New York,\n24 and, in fact, in Manhattan since 2017. And like\n25 many New Yorkers, she doesn't drive. She has lived\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 in this apartment that she owns since 2020. And\n2 before that, she rented an apartment in the same\n3 building. Pretrial Services has called the building\n4 and confirmed that she does, in fact, live there.\n5 And she does have her asylum application\n6 in. The interviews are done. So she is actively\n7 seeking to not only let the U.S. government know\n8 she's here, but to let her stay. This is not\n9 someone who is risking going anywhere where China\n10 can get their hands on her again.\n11 GPS monitoring for Ms. Wang would assure\n12 the government and the Court that we know where she\n13 is. It is used for defendants all over this\n14 country. It is incredibly effective. I have had\n15 clients who face charges in this district who have\n16 lived all over the country, and they have faced\n17 similar charges, and that was enough to keep them --\n18 to -- sorry -- to secure their return to court.\n19 That's something that, I think, Pretrial is able --\n20 hopefully, able to do today before she leaves.\n21 We are happy to agree to the rest of it,\n22 but that is asking -- letting her out today, we\n23 think is easy to do without the Court really\n24 worrying that they will never see her again. And\n25 the government's request for home confinement, we\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 think is also unnecessary, given the effectiveness\n2 of the GPS location monitoring.\n3 With the travel restrictions of the\n4 Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, that\n5 should keep us all aware of Ms. Wang's whereabouts.\n6 And, in addition, she has no intention of going\n7 anywhere. She has known that the government has\n8 been investigating her, and the SEC has been\n9 investigating for quite a while, and she has not\n10 fled. And she has no intention of fleeing. So for\n11 that reason, we would agree to all of that with\n12 those two requests for a change, and we would ask to\n13 have ten days to get the rest of the conditions met,\n14 but to release Ms. Wang on her signature today.\n15 THE COURT: So you don't object to an\n16 ankle bracelet, you object to home detention?\n17 MS. CHAUDHRY: Correct.\n18 THE COURT: And Ms. Wang being held until\n19 the conditions are met.\n20 MS. CHAUDHRY: That's right.\n21 THE COURT: And do you have financial\n22 suretors?\n23 MS. CHAUDHRY: We are working on them.\n24 The government has agreed to have a dialogue with us\n25 in the next day or two to find people that they --\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 we offered some people not yet acceptable. We will\n2 find people that are acceptable.\n3 THE COURT: What's the value of\n4 Ms. Wang's apartment, if anybody -- do you -- does\n5 any -- either side know?\n6 MS. CHAUDHRY: It was purchased for just\n7 over $1 million. It has no mortgage. And that was\n8 in 2020. It is in a desirable building on the Upper\n9 East Side, so I assume it's worth at least that\n10 right now.\n11 THE COURT: Does the government have any\n12 comments in response?\n13 MS. MURRAY: Yes. Thank you, Your Honor.\n14 Just briefly, a few points.\n15 One, with respect to Ms. Chaudhry's point\n16 about Ms. Wang not looking to go to China anytime\n17 soon because of the danger that it poses in light of\n18 her status as a political asylee applicant here, I\n19 would just note there are other places that Ms. Wang\n20 could go to. At least one of her entities is a BVI\n21 registered entity. There are connections in this\n22 case and with respect to bank account and money and\n23 entities that Ms. Wang had access to, to the UAE,\n24 including very recent activity in Dubai and the UAE\n25 as recently as a couple of days ago, by people who\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 are involved in these entities and in this fraud\n2 scheme.\n3 So the expired passports in the safe, one\n4 doesn't need a passport to flee somewhere and then\n5 seek asylum in that location. So we would note that\n6 we think that there is a significant risk of flight,\n7 and Ms. Wang's relationship with China does not\n8 mitigate that, particularly in light of her ties to\n9 other jurisdictions, including other jurisdictions\n10 that do not readily, or even at all, extradite to\n11 the United States.\n12 Another couple of points. $130,000 in\n13 cash, that seems like an emergency flight fund.\n14 That is a lot of cash to be having on hand and\n15 indicates to us that, even setting aside the bank\n16 accounts that she has control over and access to and\n17 the entities that she has control and access to, she\n18 has been storing cash for some reason in a safe in\n19 her apartment. That gives us grave concerns about\n20 potential motivation to flee and also ability to\n21 flee on a moment's notice.\n22 With respect to the location monitoring,\n23 the GPS bracelet versus home detention reinforced by\n24 GPS monitoring, I understand Ms. Chaudhry's point,\n25 but a bracelet is relatively easy to cut. I\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 understand that most people, you know, kind of,\n2 comply with the conditions. Our concern here, where\n3 we have somebody who had all of that cash just\n4 within her apartment is there could be other\n5 locations she has access to where she has assets\n6 stored away to help her flee. She could cut the\n7 bracelet. It's another reason, Your Honor, why it\n8 is so important for us to firm up the conditions of\n9 the bond that the parties do agree on, including the\n10 financial conditions, before Ms. Wang is released so\n11 that we have some comfort that we have a sense of\n12 what would actually be put up in this case as a\n13 bond, and we would have a sense of what controls we\n14 would have in place if Ms. Wang were to flee.\n15 And, finally, with respect to the\n16 co-signers that the defense counsel has proposed to\n17 us, we are more than happy to work with the defense\n18 counsel to find co-signers who would be satisfactory\n19 to the government. I would note that the two names\n20 that were floated today are two people that the\n21 government will not accept in light of their own\n22 participation in the fraud scheme. So not making\n23 any claims about, you know, what Ms. Wang may or may\n24 not know about the government's view of those people\n25 or its evidence, but it's concerning to us that the\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 financially responsible persons that she presents\n2 today are two people who have been alleged had\n3 involvement in the fraud.\n4 THE COURT: Okay. Anything further?\n5 MS. CHAUDHRY: Yes, Your Honor, just on\n6 the $138,000 in cash. It is a fact, and I think\n7 it's publically known since the GTV cases have\n8 gotten some notoriety, that lots of groups, whether\n9 they're countries or companies, have taken political\n10 stances in this, including various banks that have\n11 closed Ms. Wang's bank accounts down, which is why\n12 she ended up with a lot of cash in her safe. She\n13 has gone through nearly a dozen normal banks,\n14 whether it is Bank of America or Santander or --\n15 they just close her accounts down and make her come\n16 get her money. So that is one of the reasons that\n17 she keeps cash on hand.\n18 And the second thing is the government's\n19 entirely speculative claim that there could be other\n20 places where she has cash where she could go are\n21 just that, they're just speculation. They have been\n22 investigating this for a long time. They haven't\n23 given the Court a particular place where they think\n24 that there's cash. I mean, either they think this\n25 is somebody who has followers in the world who could\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 disappear her or they think she doesn't, but, you\n2 know, GPS works for just about every other\n3 defendant, and so that -- that would be my response\n4 to that.\n5 THE COURT: Okay. Thank you.\n6 I've carefully considered the arguments\n7 of the government and defense counsel, and also I\n8 consider the recommendations of Pretrial Services.\n9 And based on this, I believe that there are\n10 conditions that I can impose that will assure\n11 Ms. Wang's return to court and the safety of the\n12 community. And the conditions that I'm going to\n13 impose are the least restrictive I believe are\n14 necessary to achieve that purpose. So...\n15 All right. Ms. Wang will be released\n16 subject to meeting all of the conditions. In other\n17 words, she's going to be detained until all of the\n18 following conditions are met: $5 million bond\n19 co-signed by two financially responsible persons\n20 approved by the government, and it will be secured\n21 by $1 million in cash or property. Travel\n22 restricted to the Southern District, Eastern\n23 District of New York. Surrender all travel\n24 documents and make no new applications. Pretrial\n25 supervision as directed by Pretrial Services. Home\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 detention enforced by location monitoring technology\n2 as directed by Pretrial Services. Defendant will\n3 disclose all assets to Pretrial Services and the\n4 U.S. Attorney's Office, including any accounts in\n5 her name or controlled by her or by companies in\n6 which she has an interest, any cryptocurrency, any\n7 cash and any other property.\n8 Ms. Wang shall have no contact with\n9 Mr. Kwok or Mr. Je or other co-conspirators outside\n10 presence of counsel. She shall have no contact with\n11 any alleged victims or witnesses outside presence of\n12 counsel. She shall reside at the residence at\n13 188 East 64th Street and may not relocate absent\n14 permission from Pretrial Services. Defendant shall\n15 not open any new bank accounts, lines of credit or\n16 loans without prior approval of Pretrial Services.\n17 Now, is there anything further from the\n18 government?\n19 MS. MURRAY: If I may just clarify one\n20 condition, Your Honor.\n21 THE COURT: Yes.\n22 MS. MURRAY: With respect to the home\n23 detention being reinforced by location monitoring,\n24 we would ask that it be reinforced by GPS location\n25 monitoring so that it -- I understand that location\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 monitoring advises when the defendant leaves or\n2 returns. We would like to know where she goes when\n3 she leaves as well.\n4 THE COURT: Yeah, I'm going to -- I will\n5 also order the GPS, but location monitoring also can\n6 include standalone monitoring in the home -- at the\n7 home if Pretrial Services deems that to be\n8 appropriate, and so I'm including that within the\n9 bail conditions.\n10 MS. MURRAY: Okay. Thank you, Your\n11 Honor.\n12 THE COURT: Okay. Now, Ms. Wang, I\n13 assume you're going to be able to meet these\n14 conditions at some point, and once you do and when\n15 you are released, I need to warn you that failing to\n16 appear in court as required can have serious\n17 consequences.\n18 If you violate any of the terms of your\n19 release, a warrant will be issued for your arrest.\n20 You and anyone who signs a bond will each be\n21 responsible for paying its full amount. You may be\n22 charged with a separate crime of bail jumping, which\n23 can mean additional jail time and a fine.\n24 In addition, if you commit any new\n25 offense while you're released, in addition to the\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 sentence prescribed for that offense, you'll be\n2 sentenced to an additional term of imprisonment of\n3 not more than ten years if it's a felony, and not\n4 more than one year if it's a misdemeanor. And this\n5 term of imprisonment would be served after any other\n6 sentence of imprisonment is completed.\n7 And while you're awaiting trial, I also\n8 must warn you not to have any contact with or engage\n9 in any intimidation of potential or designated\n10 witnesses or jurors, not to engage in any\n11 intimidation of any court officer, and not to engage\n12 in any conduct that would obstruct any investigation\n13 by law enforcement.\n14 What date shall I set for a preliminary\n15 hearing?\n16 Defense counsel, do you want to waive to\n17 the 30th day for a preliminary hearing? You want\n18 the 14th day?\n19 MS. CHAUDHRY: 14th.\n20 THE COURT: Okay. Preliminary hearing is\n21 set for March 29.\n22 Anything further from the government?\n23 MS. MURRAY: No, Your Honor. Thank you.\n24 THE COURT: Anything further from defense\n25 counsel?\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 MR. LIPMAN: No. Thank you, Your Honor.\n2 MS. CHAUDHRY: No. Thank you,\n3 Your Honor.\n4 THE COURT: All right. Thank you. We're\n5 adjourned.\n6\n7 0o0\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1\n2\n3 C E R T I F I C A T E\n4\n5 I, Adrienne M. Mignano, certify that the\n6 foregoing transcript of proceedings in the case of\n7 USA v. Yanping Wang, Docket No.: 23-MJ-2007 was\n8 prepared using digital transcription software and is\n9 a true and accurate record of the proceedings.\n10\n11\n12 Signature ___________________________\n13 ADRIENNE M. MIGNANO, RPR\n14\n15 Date: March 22, 2023\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445","body_zh":"UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT（美国联邦地区法院）\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK（纽约南区）\n\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA,（美利坚合众国，） : 案号：23-MJ-2007\n原告， :\n-针对- :\nYANPING WANG（王雁平）， : 纽约州纽约市\n被告。 : 2023年3月15日\n--------------------------------: 法庭研商会议\n诉讼程序审理法官：\nTHE HONORABLE KATHERINE H. PARKER（凯瑟琳·H·帕克阁下）\nUNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE（美国联邦治安法官）\n出庭人员：\n代表原告：UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE（美国联邦检察官办公室）\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK（纽约南区）\n代理人：Juliana Murray\nRyan B. Finkel\nMicah F. Fergenson\nOne St. Andrew's Plaza\nNew York, New York 10007\n代表被告：CHAUDHRYLAW PLLC\n代理人：Priya Chaudhry\n147 West 25th Street\nNew York, New York 10001\n代表被告：Lipman Law PLLC\n代理人：Alex Lipman\n147 West 25th Street\nNew York, New York 10001\n诉讼程序由电子录音设备记录；\n庭审笔录由速记服务机构制作。\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 法庭书记员：呼叫案件\n2 23-MG-2007，美国诉王雁平案。\n3 MURRAY 女士：下午好，法官阁下。\n4 Juliana Murray、Ryan Finkel 和 Micah Fergenson\n5 代表合众国出庭。\n6 法庭：下午好。\n7 法庭书记员：杨女士的辩护律师——\n8 王女士的辩护律师，能否请您为记录\n9 申明出庭身份。\n10 CHAUDHRY 女士：下午好，\n11 法官阁下。我是来自 ChaudhryLaw 的 Priya Chaudhry，以及\n12 来自 Lipman PLLC 的 Alex Lipman。我们\n13 代表 Yvette Wang（王雁平），她本人已出庭，就座于\n14 我们二人之间，并在一名普通话\n15 译员的协助下参与庭审。\n16 法庭：下午好。\n17 LIPMAN 先生：下午好，法官阁下。\n18 法庭：下午好，王女士。\n19 我是帕克法官。您能听清\n20 译员的翻译吗？\n21 被告：可以。\n22 法庭：好的。很好。\n23 您因刑事诉状中对您提起的指控\n24 而被捕。今天诉讼程序的目的是\n25 向您告知您享有的某些\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 权利，向您告知对您的指控，\n2 考虑是否应当为您指定\n3 辩护律师，并决定在何种条件（如有）下\n4 允许您在审前获得释放。\n5 请告诉我被捕的日期和时间。\n6\n7 MURRAY 女士：好的，法官阁下。\n8 被告于今天早晨大约\n9 6:00 被捕。\n10 法庭：我现在将向您解释\n11 您所享有的某些宪法权利。\n12 您有权保持沉默。\n13 您无需作出任何陈述。即使\n14 您已经向执法当局作过陈述，\n15 您也无需作出任何进一步的陈述。\n16 您所作的任何陈述均可用作对您不利的证据。\n17 您有权在审前附加或不附加\n18 释放条件的情况下获得释放，除非我\n19 认定没有任何条件能够\n20 合理确保您在未来的法庭出庭\n21 以及社区的安全。如果您\n22 不是美国公民，您有权\n23 要求政府检察官或\n24 执法官员通知您原籍国的\n25 领事官员您已被\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 逮捕。在某些情况下，根据条约或其他\n2 协议，无论您是否提出请求，美国政府\n3 都必须发出该项通知。\n4 在所有法庭诉讼程序中（包括\n5 本次程序），以及在当局的所有讯问过程中，\n6 您均有权获得律师代理。您有权聘请您自己的\n7 律师，但如果您无力聘请，法庭\n8 将指定一名律师代表您。\n9 对于我刚才解释的这些权利，\n10 您明白吗？\n11 被告：我明白。\n12 法庭：好的。现在，我了解到\n13 您已经聘请了律师，所以无需——是这样吗？\n14 我这里没有任何财务宣誓书。\n15 被告：是的，没错。\n16 法庭：好的，对。好的。\n17 那么我现在将审查诉状中的各项指控。\n18 诉状指控您\n19 与他人共谋实施电信欺诈和\n20 证券欺诈，违反《美国法典》第 18 编\n21 第 371 条。\n22 罪名项二指控您实施电信欺诈，\n23 违反《美国法典》第 18 编\n24 第 1343 条及第 2 条。\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 罪名项三指控您实施\n2 证券欺诈，违反《美国法典》第 15 编\n3 第 78j(b) 条和第 78ff 条，以及\n4 《联邦法规汇编》第 17 编\n5 第 240.10(b)(5) 条和《美国法典》第 18 编\n6 第 2 条。\n7 罪名项四指控您从事\n8 非法金融交易，违反\n9 《美国法典》第 18 编第 2 条和第 1957 条。\n10 这些指控均与您\n11 参与 GTV、与 GTV 相关的私募融资，\n12 以及与此相关的资金转移有关。\n13 辩护律师，您是否已经在普通话译员的协助下，\n14 与您的当事人共同审阅了\n15 诉状？\n16 MS. CHAUDHRY：法官阁下，我们审阅过了。\n17 法庭：她是否放弃在法庭上公开宣读诉状？\n18 MS. CHAUDHRY：她放弃。\n19 法庭：好的。王女士，您是否明白\n20 您被指控的罪名？\n21 被告：是的，我明白。\n22 法庭：好的。现在，除了\n23 我已经告知您的权利之外，您\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 还有权要求举行预审听证会，在听证会上，\n2 政府将承担举证责任，以证明存在\n3 相当理由相信您被指控的罪行\n4 确已发生，并且您就是\n5 实施该罪行的人。在听证会上，\n6 您和您的律师有权交叉询问任何证人并出示证据。\n7 如果您被羁押，您有权\n8 在 14 天内举行预审听证会。如果您\n9 未被羁押，您有权在 21 天内举行\n10 预审听证会。但是，如果在预审听证会日期之前\n11 您被大陪审团起诉，\n12 则不会举行预审听证会。\n13 我稍后将确定预审听证会的日期。\n14 关于保释、羁押或释放，\n15 政府的立场是什么？\n16 MURRAY 女士：首先向法庭记录说明一点，\n17 法官阁下，被告是中国公民，\n18 关于她被捕的领事通知已于今天早晨\n19 发出。\n20 法庭：好的。记录在案。\n21 谢谢。\n22 MURRAY 女士：政府已与辩护律师沟通，\n23 我们在很大程度上达成了\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 一致的保释方案。存在两处关键\n2 分歧。如果法官阁下愿意，我乐意\n3 先说明分歧，然后我们可以逐项讨论各项条件，\n4 或者我也可以按相反的顺序进行。\n5 法庭：我们先从你们达成一致的内容\n6 开始，然后您可以告诉我你们未达成一致的\n7 内容。\n8 MURRAY 女士：政府同意\n9 设定 500 万美元的个人保证保释金，\n10 由经政府认可的两位具有经济责任能力的人士\n11 共同签署，并以 100 万美元的不动产\n12 和/或现金作担保；同意将旅行范围限制在\n13 纽约南区和东区；交出所有旅行证件，\n14 且被告不得申请任何新的旅行证件；\n15 被告向审前服务处（Pretrial Services）和联邦检察官办公室\n16 披露所有资产，包括她占有、保管或\n17 控制的任何资产；并包括任何\n18 联名账户或商业账户，以及任何现金、\n19 加密货币或数字资产；未经审前服务处批准，\n20 被告不得开设任何新的银行账户或信用额度；\n21 在无律师在场的情况下，被告不得接触\n22 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵，又名 Miles Guo）或 Kin Ming Je（余建明，拼写为 J-E，又名\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 William Je），或任何指称的受害人或证人；\n2 以及审前服务处建议的任何其他\n3 条件。\n4 接着，法官阁下，双方未达成一致的两点是——\n5 首先，政府请求实行居家监禁，并辅以\n6 GPS 定位监控；且政府请求在所有条件\n7 得到满足之前，对被告予以羁押。\n8\n9 法庭：好的。那么，我理解王女士被指控的罪行\n10 并非属于适用羁押推定的罪行，\n11 我这样理解对吗？\n12 MURRAY 女士：完全正确，法官阁下。\n13 法庭：根据《保释改革法》（Bail Reform Act），\n14 我必须采用合理确保被告按时到庭以及\n15 确保社区安全所必需的限制性最小的手段\n16 来释放被告。\n17 因此，我想首先了解，为什么你们认为\n18 带有 GPS 的居家监禁是实现这些目的所必需的\n19 限制性最小的手段。\n20\n21 MURRAY 女士：好的。关于\n22 本案被告的潜逃风险，政府\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 确信，有超过优势证据的标准证明\n2 被告存在重大潜逃风险。被告——\n3 尽管这些指控不适用羁押推定，\n4 但被告被指控的罪行涉及极其庞大的\n5 金额。她被指控进行了一笔 1 亿美元的电汇。\n6 这是政府指控为欺诈收益的单笔资金转移，\n7 除证券欺诈和电信欺诈共谋外，\n8 她拥有独家权限批准该笔电汇。\n9\n10 被告能够动用巨额资产。\n11 其中部分为政府所掌握。坦率地说，\n12 还有一部分可能并不为政府所知，\n13 因为被告及其共谋的其他人是通​​过使用\n14 极其精密复杂的空壳公司来进行运作的。\n15\n16 为法官阁下举几个例子，\n17 被告的公寓是以一家由她全资拥有的\n18 有限责任公司的名义购买的。我并不是说\n19 这本身必然存在任何可疑之处，\n20 但我以此为例说明，在我们已知被告拥有或\n21 曾经拥有控制权（包括财务控制权）的\n22 十余家实体中，这只是其中之一。\n23 而在这些实体中，无论被告是实体的\n24 主要股东，还是必然拥有银行账户的访问权限，\n25 被告至少在公司文件中对这些公司拥有决定性的控制权。\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n1 被告也不是美国居民。\n2 虽然有一项未决的庇护申请，但被告与\n3 郭文贵、余建明等人运作的范围\n4 是一个庞大的网络，在全球范围内由数十万名\n5 线上追随者提供支持，因此绝不仅限于纽约地区。\n6\n7 我们获悉，在整个——正如我所提到的——这个被称为\n8 喜马拉雅农场联盟（Himalaya Farm Alliance）的全球网络中，\n9 都有支持郭先生、王女士及其所称的“战友”的人士存在，\n10 因此我们有充分理由相信，如果王女士潜逃，\n11 其他司法管辖区内会有人向她提供支持，\n12 并且她拥有足以支撑潜逃的巨额资产。\n13\n14 此外，关于潜逃风险，我还要提请注意\n15 政府在本案中证据的证明力。法庭面前虽有一份\n16 诉状，但向法庭陈述的是，\nAMM TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - 631.334.1445\n\n诉状有银行记录的支持，被告签署的银行记录。IP 日志表明，被告是授权转移这 1 亿美元的人，她是曼哈顿这里的公寓里进行该操作的，她对涉及据称价值数亿美元欺诈的众多银行账户拥有独家授权。\n\n我们想向法官阁下指出的另一点是被告今晨被捕的情况。被告是在其曼哈顿的公寓中被捕的。根据审前服务处（Pretrial Services）的报告，她是该公寓的唯一住户。在根据法院授权的搜查令对公寓进行搜查期间，联邦调查局（FBI）在一个保险柜中发现了约 $138,000 的现金，主要为 100 美元面额的纸币。这些纸币看起来是崭新的。在那个保险柜里，他们还发现了看似 Ms. Wang（王女士）和 Miles Guo（郭文贵，或 Ho Wan Kwok）的旧护照。因此，她保管着属于她自己以及 Guo 先生（或 Kwok 先生）的旧旅行证件。\n\n他们起获了大约 12 部以上的 iPhone。我认为法院有必要注意发现这些物品的情况。除了大约 12 部以上的 iPhone 外，还有数台笔记本电脑，以及涉及包括涉嫌欺诈实体在内的相关文件。\n\n例如，这大约 12 部 iPhone 并不全都在显眼处。它们并非都插着电源。其中一些装在看似原装的包装盒里。它们看起来像崭新的。它们装在壁橱内的包或行李箱中。然而，当 FBI 搜查这些手机以确定它们究竟是刚拆封的全新机还是存有数据时，所有这些手机上都存有数据；在政府看来，这是有力的隐匿证据行为，我们指控这些无疑属于犯罪证据。\n\n同样，笔记本电脑和文件也被发现藏在公寓内。例如，一台笔记本电脑放在壁橱深处搁板上的两件毛衣之间。文件则在沙发垫之间，或在床垫与床架之间被发现。\n\n关于奢侈品，我们再次指控这与至少是被告申报的收入不符（正如我们从证据中所了解的那样）：15 至 20 盒看似崭新的 Hermes（爱马仕）围巾、若干 Hermes 钱包、一个大型 Hermes 包。此外还有其他电子设备，我们尚不清楚其包含什么内容，但有多个 TB 级硬盘、多个闪存盘。空间内还包含一个装有七到八张 SIM 卡的小袋。\n\n鉴于这些情况以及被告与众多空壳实体的深厚关联、在美国身份意义上缺乏社区联系、她与遍布全国和全世界的坚定支持者网络有着广泛联系，加之被告在被指控罪行中的角色——正如我提到的，她是众多账户的签署人，不仅包括转出这 1 亿美元的账户，还是构成 Kwok 或 Guo 家族办公室的各实体的负责人。她对这些实体拥有控制权。她拥有授权。她实质上是 Miles Guo 或 Miles Kwok 的幕僚长。\n\n她负责运营工作。在某些时期，当他在紧邻王女士公寓的上东区一栋联排别墅内运营其控制的数家公司时，有数家不同的所谓企业在同一栋联排别墅内运作，而王女士就是指挥中心。不论是哪家企业，如果有人要申请电汇批准、申请商业决策批准，他们都会去找她。因此，她是被指派担任这一数十亿美元欺诈案主要得力助手的人。\n\n这就是政府认为实施带 GPS 监控的居家监禁是适当的理由。我们还认为，在释放被告之前，必须满足相关条件，并让政府确信这些条件已经满足，包括财务保释金和共同签署人。\n\n法庭：好的。谢谢。接下来听取辩护律师的意见。\n\nMS. CHAUDHRY（乔德里女士）：谢谢，法官阁下。我认为政府在潜逃风险的论点中忽略了非常重要的一点，那就是王女士的情况很特殊。她不仅仅是一名身在美国的中国公民，她还是一名政治难民。认为她会逃往中国的想法——无论她在政府案件的证据方面面临什么指控，如果她这辈子再回到中国，她将面临的处境要糟糕得多，这就是她申请政治庇护的原因。回中国对她而言根本不是一个选项。因此，对于王女士来说，这辈子都不存在逃往中国的风险。\n\n这是第一点。\n\n第二点，被发现的这些护照是陈旧且已过期的护照。正如政府所承认的，王女士曾是 Miles Kwok 的幕僚长，因此持有她自己以及他的过期护照并非反常之事，因为她当时还在处理他们的移民庇护申请。\n\n此外，尽管政府称她拥有支持者，但本案（尤其是 Kwok 先生的案子）将受到极大的公众关注，如果本案中三名备受瞩目的被告之一越过边境，国际刑警组织（Interpol）未察觉将是极不寻常的。她现在没有任何旅行证件了。\n\n谈到与社区的联系，王女士于 2015 年 4 月离开中国，此后从未回去过。甚至在她父亲去世前没能去探望，也没能去见她自己的孩子——她无法回去探望。她自 2017 年起就一直在纽约，事实上一直在曼哈顿。而且像许多纽约人一样，她不开车。自 2020 年以来，她一直住在自己拥有的这套公寓里。在此之前，她在同一栋大楼里租了一套公寓。审前服务处已致电该大楼，确认她确实住在那里。\n\n而且她已经提交了庇护申请。面试已经完成。因此，她不仅在积极让美国政府知晓她在这里，而且在努力争取合法居留。她绝不是那种敢冒险去任何可能让中国再次控制她的地方的人。\n\n对王女士实施 GPS 监控将向政府和法院保证我们掌握她的行踪。这在全国各地的被告中都有使用。这极为有效。我曾有在本区面临指控的客户，他们居住在全国各地，面临类似的指控，而这就足以确保——抱歉——足以确保他们按时出庭。我认为这是审前服务处今天在她离开之前能够——希望能够做到的事情。\n\n我们很乐意同意其余条件，但我们要求——今天就释放她，我们认为这很容易做到，法院无需真正担心再也见不到她。而且鉴于 GPS 定位监控的有效性，我们认为政府提出的居家监禁请求也是不必要的。\n\n加上在 Southern and Eastern Districts of New York（纽约南区及东区联邦法院）辖区内的旅行限制，这足以让我们大家随时掌握王女士的行踪。此外，她毫无逃往任何地方的意图。她早就知道政府在调查她，美国证券交易委员会（SEC）也调查了相当长一段时间，她并没有逃跑。她也无意潜逃。因此，基于上述理由，除了这两项修改请求外，我们同意所有其他条件，我们请求给予十天时间来满足其余条件，但允许王女士今天凭个人签字释放。\n\n法庭：所以你不反对电子脚铐，你反对的是居家监禁？\n\n乔德里女士：是的。\n\n法庭：以及反对在条件满足之前扣押王女士。\n\n乔德里女士：没错。\n\n法庭：你们有财务担保人吗？\n\n乔德里女士：我们正在落实。政府已同意在未来一两天内与我们沟通，以找到他们——我们之前提供了一些人选，但尚未被接受。我们会找到可接受的人选。\n\n法庭：王女士的公寓价值多少，如果有人——你们——双方有人知道吗？\n\n乔德里女士：当时以略高于 $1,000,000 的价格购入。没有抵押贷款。那是在 2020 年。它位于上东区一栋条件优越的大楼里，所以我认为目前它的价值至少不会低于该价格。\n\n法庭：政府对此有何回应意见？\n\nMS. MURRAY（默里女士）：有的。谢谢，法官阁下。简要说明几点。\n\n第一，关于乔德里女士指出王女士由于在此作为政治庇护申请人所面临的危险而在近期不会前往中国的观点，我只想指出，王女士还可以去其他地方。她的实体中至少有一家是在英属维尔京群岛（BVI）注册的实体。在本案中，关于王女士有权访问的银行账户、资金和实体，与阿联酋（UAE）存在联系，包括就在几天前由涉及这些实体和此欺诈计划的人员在迪拜和阿联酋进行的非常近期的活动。\n\n至于保险柜里的过期护照，一个人潜逃到某地并在当地寻求庇护并不需要护照。因此我们要指出，我们认为存在重大的潜逃风险，而王女士与中国的关系并不能减轻这一风险，特别是鉴于她与其他司法管辖区的联系，包括那些不易甚至根本不向美国引渡的司法管辖区。\n\n另外还有几点。$130,000 的现金，这看起来就像是一笔应急潜逃资金。持有如此大额的现金在身边，向我们表明：即便抛开她控制和有权访问的银行账户以及她控制和有权访问的实体不谈，出于某种原因，她一直在其公寓的保险柜中存放现金。这使我们对潜在的潜逃动机以及随时可能潜逃的能力产生严重担忧。\n\n关于位置监控，GPS 电子手环与通过 GPS 监控强化的居家监禁相比，我理解乔德里女士的观点，但手环相对容易被剪断。我\n\n我也明白大多数人，你知道，在某种程度上都会遵守条件。我们在此关切的是，鉴于某人在其公寓内就存有那么多现金，她可能还能接触到其他存放了资产的地点，以协助其潜逃。她可能会剪断电子脚镣。法官阁下，这是为什么在Wang（王女士）获释之前，我们必须敲定双方均同意的保释条件（包括财务条件）的另一个原因，这样我们才能在一定程度上确信本案中究竟会提供什么样的保释担保，并且如果王女士潜逃，我们也能掌握届时将具备何种控制措施。\n\n最后，关于辩护律师向我们提议的联签人，我们非常乐意与辩护律师合作，寻找令政府满意的联签人。我想指出的是，今天提出的两个名字是政府不会接受的两个人，因为他们自身也参与了该欺诈计划。因此，这并非是对王女士对政府对这些人的看法或证据知情与否做出任何断言，但令我们感到关切的是，她今天提出的在经济上负责的人，竟是两名涉嫌参与欺诈的人。\n\n法庭：好的。还有其他事项吗？\n\nCHAUDHRY（乔德里女士）：有的，法官阁下，仅就那138,000美元现金作一说明。这是一个事实，而且我认为自GTV案件引起广泛关注以来，这已是人尽皆知的事情，那就是许多团体，无论是国家还是公司，都在此事上采取了政治立场，包括多家银行关闭了王女士的银行账户，这也是为什么她最终在保险箱里放了大量现金的原因。她已经找过了近十几家正规银行，无论是Bank of America（美国银行）还是Santander（桑坦德银行）等——他们直接关闭她的账户，让她去把钱取走。因此，这是她手头留存现金的原因之一。\n\n第二点是，政府完全出于推测的说法，即称她可能在其他地方藏有现金可供其潜逃，这些纯属推测而已。他们对此案已经调查了很长时间。他们并没有向法庭提供任何一个他们认为藏有现金的具体地点。我的意思是，要么他们认为此人在这世界上拥有可以使她隐匿消失的追随者，要么他们认为她没有，但是，您知道，GPS对几乎所有其他被告都有效，因此——这就是我对该问题的回应。\n\n法庭：好的。谢谢。\n\n我已经仔细考虑了政府和辩护律师的辩论意见，也考虑了Pretrial Services（审前服务处）的建议。基于此，我认为我可以施加能够确保王女士重返法庭以及社区安全的条件。而且我认为我即将施加的条件是实现该目的所必需的限制性最小的条件。所以……\n\n好的。王女士将在满足所有条件的前提下获得释放。换句话说，在满足下列所有条件之前，她将被继续羁押：由政府批准的两名在经济上负责的人联签的500万美元保释金，且须由100万美元现金或财产作为担保。旅行范围限制在Southern District（纽约南区）、Eastern District of New York（纽约东区）。上缴所有旅行证件，不得提出任何新申请。接受审前服务处指示的审前监管。在审前服务处指示下通过位置监控技术执行居家监禁。被告须向审前服务处及U.S. Attorney's Office（美国联邦检察官办公室）披露所有资产，包括以其名义开设的或由其控制的任何账户、或由其享有权益的公司控制的任何账户、任何加密货币、任何现金以及任何其他财产。\n\n王女士在没有律师在场的情况下，不得与Kwok（郭先生）或Je（余先生）或其他共谋者接触。在没有律师在场的情况下，不得与任何涉嫌受害者或证人接触。她应居住在188 East 64th Street（东64街188号）的住所，未经审前服务处许可不得搬迁。未经审前服务处事先批准，被告不得开设任何新的银行账户、信用额度或贷款。\n\n现在，政府方面还有其他事项吗？\n\nMURRAY（默里女士）：法官阁下，如果可以的话，我想澄清一项条件。\n\n法庭：请讲。\n\n默里女士：关于通过位置监控执行居家监禁这一点，我们请求通过GPS位置监控来执行，以便——据我所知，位置监控会提示被告何时离开或返回。我们希望在她离开时也能知晓她的去向。\n\n法庭：是的，我会——我也将命令采用GPS，但如果审前服务处认为合适，位置监控也可以包括在住所内的独立监控——在住所处，因此我将该内容纳入保释条件之中。\n\n默里女士：好的。谢谢您，法官阁下。\n\n法庭：好的。现在，王女士，我想您最终能够满足这些条件，一旦您满足条件并获得释放，我需要警告您，未按要求出庭可能会导致严重后果。\n\n如果您违反了任何释放条款，将会向您发出逮捕令。您以及在保释保证书上签名的任何人都将各自承担支付其全额款项的责任。您可能会被指控犯有单独的弃保潜逃罪，这可能意味着额外的监禁刑期和罚金。\n\n此外，如果您在获释期间犯下任何新罪行，除了对该罪行所规定的判决之外，如果属于重罪，您将被判处不超过十年的额外监禁刑期；如果属于轻罪，将被判处不超过一年的额外监禁刑期。并且该监禁刑期应在任何其他监禁判决执行完毕后执行。\n\n在等待审判期间，我还必须警告您，不得与潜在或指定的证人或陪审员发生任何接触，或对他们进行任何恐吓，不得对任何法庭工作人员进行任何恐吓，也不得从事任何阻碍执法部门调查的行为。\n\n我应该将预审听证会定在哪一天？\n\n辩护律师，你们是希望放弃权利并将预审听证会定在第30天吗？还是希望定在第14天？\n\n乔德里女士：第14天。\n\n法庭：好的。预审听证会定于March 29（3月29日）。\n\n政府方面还有其他事项吗？\n\n默里女士：没有了，法官阁下。谢谢您。\n\n法庭：辩护律师还有其他事项吗？\n\nLIPMAN（利普曼先生）：没有了。谢谢您，法官阁下。\n\n乔德里女士：没有了。谢谢您，法官阁下。\n\n法庭：好的。谢谢。现在休庭。\n\n0o0\n\n证明书\n\n我，Adrienne M. Mignano（阿德里安·M·米尼亚诺），特此证明：上述关于USA v. Yanping Wang（美国诉王艳萍案），案号：23-MJ-2007 的诉讼程序记录系使用数字转录软件编制，是对诉讼程序的真实、准确的记录。\n\n签名：___________________________\nADRIENNE M. MIGNANO，RPR（注册职业速记员）\n\n日期：March 22, 2023（2023年3月22日）","key_entities":[],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":5608,"status":"published","published_at":"2023-03-29 00:00:00","created_at":"2023-03-29","updated_at":"2026-08-23 07:42:09"}