{"id":"court_sdny_325_0","court":"SDNY","case_no":"23-cr-00118","doc_number":325,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"INFORMATION","filed_date":"2024-05-03","title":"Superseding Information Against Yvette Wang (S4)","summary_zh":"替代公诉书（Superseding Information）—— 美国诉 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵 / Guo Wengui / Miles Guo）案，SDNY 1:23-cr-00118 ECF #325（2024-05-03 入档）。检方对共同被告王雁平（Yvette Wang，绰号 “Yanping”/“Y”，曾任郭文贵实控多个实体的“幕僚长”）提出两项指控：共谋电信诈骗（第一项）与共谋洗钱（第二项），指称其伙同郭文贵等人以虚假陈述诱导投资人向 GTV、喜马拉雅农场联盟、G|CLUBS 及喜马拉雅交易所出资，文件并载有资产没收条款。","summary_en":"Superseding Information — United States v. Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo / Guo Wengui), SDNY 1:23-cr-00118, ECF #325 (filed 2024-05-03). The government charges co-defendant Yvette Wang (a/k/a \"Yanping\"/\"Y,\" who served as \"chief of staff\" for entities Guo controlled) with conspiracy to commit wire fraud (Count One) and conspiracy to commit money laundering (Count Two), alleging that she and coconspirators, including Miles Guo, used false representations to induce investors into GTV, the Himalaya Farm Alliance, G|CLUBS, and the Himalaya Exchange; the filing also includes a forfeiture allegation.","body_en":"## UNITED STATES OF AMERICA\n\nv.\n\nYVETTE WANG, a/k/a \"Yanping,\" a/k/a \"Y .\"\n\nDefendant.\n\n# COUNT ONE (Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud)\n\nThe United States Attorney charges:\n\n1. of New York and elsewhere, YVETTE WANG, a/k/a \"Yanping,\" a/k/a \"Y,\" the defendant, and others known and unknown, willfully and knowingly combined, confederated, and agreed together and with each other to commit an offense against the United States, to wit, wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343.\n\n2. It was a part and an object of the conspiracy that YVETTE WANG, a/k/a \"Yanping,\" a/k/a \"Y,\" the defendant, 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, WANG, and others known and unknown, fraudulently induced victims to send money through entities or organizations including GTV Media Group, Inc. (\"GTV\"), the Himalaya Farm Alliance, G|CLUBS, and the Himalaya Exchange, by providing materially false and misleading information\n\n# SUPERSEDING INFORMATION\n\nS4 23 Cr. 118 (AT)\n\nand representations.\n\n### Overt Acts\n\n3. In furtherance of the conspiracy and to effect the illegal objects thereof, the following overt acts, among others, were committed in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere:\n\na. coconspirators made false representations to investors that they would receive stock in exchange for their investments in GTV, the Himalaya Farm Alliance organizations, and GCLUBS, and that they would receive cryptocurrency in exchange for their investments into the Himalaya Exchange. Through the fraud scheme, YVETTE WANG, a/k/a “Yanping,” a/k/a “Y,” the defendant, and her coconspirators, including Miles Guo, induced investors to invest more than \\$1 billion into entities Guo controlled.\n\nb. From at least in or about 2018 until at least in or about March 15, 2023, WANG operated as a \"chief of staff\" for various entities Guo controlled, including but not limited to GCLUBS, and helped run the day-to-day operations of those entities.\n\nc. On or about April 21, 2020, Guo posted, and caused to be posted, a video on social media announcing the unregistered offering of GTV stock via the GTV Private Placement.\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Section 371)\n\n# COUNT TWO (Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering)\n\nThe United States Attorney further charges:\n\n4. From at least in or about 2018 through on or about March 15, 2023, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, YVETTE WANG, a/k/a \"Yanping,\" a/k/a \"Y,\" the defendant, and others known and unknown, willfully and knowingly combined, conspired, confederated, and\n\nagreed together and with each other to commit an offense against the United States, to wit, money laundering, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956(a)(1)(B)(i).\n\n5. It was a part and an object of the conspiracy that YVETTE WANG, a/k/a \"Y anping,\" a/k/a \"Y,\" the defendant, and others known and unknown, knowing that the property involved in certain financial transactions represented the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity, would and did conduct and attempt to conduct such financial transactions, which transactions affected interstate and foreign commerce and involved the use of a financial institution which was engaged in, and the activities of which affected, interstate and foreign commerce, and which in fact involved the proceeds of specified unlawful activity, to wit, proceeds of the wirefraud scheme alleged in Count One of this Information, in violation Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, knowing that the transactions were designed in whole and in part to conceal and disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, and control of the proceeds of specified unlawful activity, all in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956(a)(1)(B)(i).\n\n#### Overt Acts\n\n6. In furtherance of the conspiracy and to effect the illegal objects thereof, the following overt acts, among others, were committed in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere:\n\na. the defendant, opened a particular bank account in the name of GTV and, in documents submitted to the bank, indicated that the intended balance of the account would be between \\$25,000 to \\$50,000. On or about June 2, 2020, WANG transferred approximately \\$200 million into that account.\n\nb. New York, authorized a wire transfer of \\$100 million from GTV's parent company, Saraca Media\n\n3\n\nGroup, Inc., to a high-risk hedge fund, for the benefit of Saraca and its ultimate beneficial owner, Guo's son. The \\$100 million transferred to the high-risk hedge fund consisted of funds obtained from investors based on materially false representations.\n\n(Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.)\n\n## FORFEITURE ALLEGATION\n\n7. Superseding Information, YVETTE WANG, a/k/a \"Yanping,\" a/k/a \"Y,\" the defendant, shall forfeit to the United States pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Sections 981(a)(1)(C) and 982(a)(2)(A), 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 offense.\n\n8. this Information, YVETTE WANG, a/k/a \"Yanping,\" a/k/a \"Y,\" the defendant, shall forfeit to the United States, pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 982(a)(1), 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.\n\n## Substitute Asset Provision\n\n9. of the defendant:\n\na. cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence;\n\nb.\n\nc. has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court;\n\nd.\n\n4\n\ne.\n\nwithout difficulty;\n\nit is the intent of the United States, pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(p), and\n\nTitle 28, United States Code, Section 2461(c), to seek forfeiture of any other property of the\n\ndefendant 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, Sections 853; and Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461.)\n\nDamian Williams Milliams Min\n\nDAMIAN WILLIAMS United States Attorney Southern District of New York","body_zh":"美利坚合众国\n\n诉\n\nYVETTE WANG（王雁平），又名“Yanping”，又名“Y .”\n\n被告。\n\n罪名项一（共谋实施电汇诈骗）\n\n联邦检察官指控：\n\n1. 在纽约南区及其他地区，被告 YVETTE WANG（王雁平，又名“Yanping”，又名“Y”）与已知及未知的其他人，故意且明知地共同组合、联合并达成协议，针对合众国实施犯罪，即电汇诈骗，违反《美国法典》第 18 编第 1343 条（Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343）。\n\n2. 该共谋的部分内容和目的是：被告 YVETTE WANG（王雁平，又名“Yanping”，又名“Y”）与已知及未知的其他人，在明知策划并意图策划一项欺诈方案与伎俩，以通过虚假和欺诈性的借口、陈述和承诺获取金钱与财产的情况下，为了执行该方案与伎俩，在跨州和对外贸易中，通过电汇、无线电和电视通信手段传输并导致传输书面文件、记号、信号、图像和声音，违反《美国法典》第 18 编第 1343 条；即 WANG 与已知及未知的其他人，通过提供重大虚假和误导性信息\n\n替代起诉书\n\nS4 23 Cr. 118 (AT)\n\n及陈述，欺诈性地诱使受害者通过包括 GTV Media Group, Inc.（“GTV”）、Himalaya Farm Alliance（喜马拉雅农场联盟）、G|CLUBS 以及 Himalaya Exchange（喜马拉雅交易所）在内的实体或组织汇款。\n\n公开行为\n\n3. 为推进该共谋并实现其非法目的，在纽约南区（Southern District of New York）及其他地区实施了包括以下各项在内的公开行为：\n\na. 共谋者向投资者作出虚假陈述，称其对 GTV、喜马拉雅农场联盟组织和 GCLUBS 的投资将换取股票，且其对喜马拉雅交易所的投资将换取加密货币。通过该欺诈方案，被告 YVETTE WANG（王雁平，又名“Yanping”，又名“Y”）及其共谋者（包括 Miles Guo［郭文贵］）诱使投资者向郭控制的实体投资超过 $1 billion。\n\nb. 至少自 2018 年左右起至至少 2023 年 3 月 15 日左右止，WANG 担任郭控制的各种实体（包括但不限于 GCLUBS）的“幕僚长”，并协助管理这些实体的日常运营。\n\nc. 在 2020 年 4 月 21 日左右，郭在社交媒体上发布并导致发布了一段视频，宣布通过 GTV 私募（GTV Private Placement）进行未注册的 GTV 股票发售。\n\n（《美国法典》第 18 编第 371 条）\n\n罪名项二（共谋实施洗钱）\n\n联邦检察官进一步指控：\n\n4. 至少自 2018 年左右起至 2023 年 3 月 15 日左右止，在纽约南区及其他地区，被告 YVETTE WANG（王雁平，又名“Yanping”，又名“Y”）与已知及未知的其他人，故意且明知地共同组合、共谋、联合并\n\n相互达成协议，针对合众国实施犯罪，即洗钱，违反《美国法典》第 18 编第 1956(a)(1)(B)(i) 条。\n\n5. 该共谋的部分内容和目的是：被告 YVETTE WANG（王雁平，又名“Yanping”，又名“Y”）与已知及未知的其他人，在明知涉及某些金融交易的财产代表某种形式的非法活动收益的情况下，进行并企图进行该等金融交易，该等交易影响跨州和对外贸易，并涉及使用从事跨州和对外贸易且其活动影响跨州和对外贸易的金融机构，且事实上涉及特定非法活动的收益，即本起诉书罪名项一中所指控的电汇诈骗方案的收益，违反《美国法典》第 18 编第 1343 条，明知该等交易的设计全部和部分旨在隐瞒和掩饰特定非法活动收益的性质、所在地、来源、所有权及控制权，所有上述行为均违反《美国法典》第 18 编第 1956(a)(1)(B)(i) 条。\n\n公开行为\n\n6. 为推进该共谋并实现其非法目的，在纽约南区及其他地区实施了包括以下各项在内的公开行为：\n\na. 被告以 GTV 的名义开设了一个特定银行账户，并在提交给银行的文件中表明该账户的预期余额将在 $25,000 至 $50,000 之间。在 2020 年 6 月 2 日左右，WANG 向该账户转入了约 $200 million。\n\nb. 授权从 GTV 的母公司 Saraca Media Group, Inc.（萨拉卡媒体集团公司）向一家高风险对冲基金电汇 $100 million，以使 Saraca 及其最终实益拥有人（郭的儿子）获益。转入该高风险对冲基金的 $100 million 由基于重大虚假陈述从投资者处获得的资金构成。\n\n（《美国法典》第 18 编第 371 条。）\n\n没收指控\n\n7. 因本替代起诉书所指控之罪行，被告 YVETTE WANG（王雁平，又名“Yanping”，又名“Y”）应依据《美国法典》第 18 编第 981(a)(1)(C) 条和第 982(a)(2)(A) 条以及《美国法典》第 28 编第 2461(c) 条，向合众国没收构成或源自可追溯至实施上述罪行之收益的任何及所有不动产和动产。\n\n8. 因本起诉书所指控之罪行，被告 YVETTE WANG（王雁平，又名“Yanping”，又名“Y”）应依据《美国法典》第 18 编第 982(a)(1) 条，向合众国没收涉及上述罪行的任何及所有不动产和动产，或可追溯至该等财产的任何财产，包括但不限于代表涉及上述罪行之财产数额的以美国货币计的款项。\n\n替代资产条款\n\n9. 如由于被告的任何作为或不作为，导致上述可没收财产：\n\na. 经审慎努力后无法找到；\n\nb. 已转让或出售给第三方，或存入第三方处；\n\nc. 已置于法院管辖权范围之外；\n\nd. 价值已大幅减少；或\n\ne. 已与无法不费力分割的其他财产混合；\n\n合众国意图依据《美国法典》第 21 编第 853(p) 条以及《美国法典》第 28 编第 2461(c) 条，寻求没收被告的任何其他财产，直至达到上述应没收财产的价值。\n\n（《美国法典》第 18 编第 981 条和第 982 条；《美国法典》第 21 编第 853 条；以及《美国法典》第 28 编第 2461 条。）\n\nDamian Williams Milliams Min\n\nDAMIAN WILLIAMS\n联邦检察官\n纽约南区","key_entities":["GTV","Guo","Je","Himalaya","Saraca","Himalaya Exchange","forfeiture","Miles Guo","853(p)"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":1047,"status":"published","published_at":"2024-05-03 00:00:00","created_at":"2024-05-03","updated_at":"2026-09-04 14:54:31"}