{"id":"court_sdny_431_0","court":"SDNY","case_no":"","doc_number":431,"sub_number":null,"doc_type":"DOC","filed_date":"2024-07-23","title":"SDNY ECF 431","summary_zh":"庭审记录 —— 美国诉 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵 / Guo Wengui / Miles Guo）案，SDNY 1:23-cr-00118 ECF #431（2024年6月18日）。法官 Analisa Torres 主持的庭审，继续对证人 Limarie Reyes 进行直接证述和交叉询问，涉及 G Talks 活动、G/Clubs 运营结构与员工部门配置，以及「UBO」（最终受益人）等组织管理事项。","summary_en":"Trial Transcript — United States v. Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo / Guo Wengui / 郭文贵), SDNY 1:23-cr-00118 ECF #431 (June 18, 2024). Trial proceedings before Judge Analisa Torres continuing direct examination and cross-examination of witness Limarie Reyes regarding G Talks events, G/Clubs operational structure and employee department configuration, and organizational matters including \"UBO\" (Ultimate Beneficial Owner).","body_en":"O6IBGUO1\n1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK\n2 ------------------------------x\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA,\n3\nv. 23 Cr. 118 (AT)\n4\nMILES GUO,\n5\nDefendant. Trial\n6 ------------------------------x\nNew York, N.Y.\n7 June 18, 2024\n9:30 a.m.\n8\nBefore:\n9\n10 HON. ANALISA TORRES,\n11 District Judge\n-and a Jury-\n12\nAPPEARANCES\n13\nDAMIAN WILLIAMS\n14 United States Attorney for the\nSouthern District of New York\n15 BY: RYAN B. FINKEL\nJULIANA N. MURRAY\n16 Assistant United States Attorneys\n17 SABRINA P. SHROFF\nAttorney for Defendant\n18\nPRYOR CASHMAN LLP\n19 Attorneys for Defendant\nBY: SIDHARDHA KAMARAJU\n20 MATTHEW BARKAN\nCLARE P. TILTON\n21\nALSO PRESENT:\n22 Isabel Loftus, Paralegal Specialist, USAO\nRobert Stout, Special Agent, FBI\n23 Ruben Montilla, Defense Paralegal\nTuo Huang, Interpreter (Mandarin)\n24 Shi Feng, Interpreter (Mandarin)\nYu Mark Tang, Interpreter (Mandarin)\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1\n1 (Jury not present)\n2 THE COURT: Would you make your appearances, please.\n3 MS. MURRAY: Good morning, your Honor. Juliana Murray\n4 on behalf of the United States. I'm joined by Paralegal\n5 Specialist Isabel Loftus and FBI Special Agent Robert Stout.\n6 THE COURT: Have you seen the defense attorneys?\n7 MS. MURRAY: I have not seen them yet this morning,\n8 your Honor.\n9 THE COURT: I will ask my staff to advise me as to\n10 when they arrive. I see Ms. Shroff now.\n11 MS. SHROFF: Good morning, your Honor.\n12 THE COURT: Would you make your appearance, please.\n13 MS. SHROFF: Sabrina Shroff on behalf of Mr. Guo who\n14 is standing to my left.\n15 THE COURT: You may be seated. Are there any issues\n16 that either side would like to raise?\n17 MS. MURRAY: Nothing from the government, your Honor.\n18 MS. SHROFF: Nothing from the defense, your Honor.\n19 Thank you.\n20 THE COURT: All righty. We'll start with the witness\n21 on the stand at 9:29. Thank you.\n22 (Recess)\n23 (Continued on next page)\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 Reyes- Direct\n1\n2 (Jury not present)\n3 THE COURT: Good morning, and would you have the\n4 jurors brought in.\n5 THE LAW CLERK: Jury entering.\n6 (Jury present)\n7 THE COURT: Please be seated. Good morning, jurors.\n8 I apologize that your breakfast was not in the jury room until\n9 9:30 this morning. You were here on time, but the breakfast\n10 wasn't. This is not the first time that food has been late. I\n11 want you to know that my staff has been reminding the cafeteria\n12 of our schedule. But because there's been so much lateness,\n13 I'm personally going to go down to the cafeteria and speak with\n14 them. So we're getting started later than we expected. I\n15 apologize. We're going to continue with the direct examination\n16 of Ms. Reyes. You may continue the inquiry.\n17 MR. FINKEL: Thank you, your Honor.\n18 LIMARIE REYES, resumed.\n19 DIRECT EXAMINATION CONTINUED\n20 BY MR. FINKEL:\n21 Q. Good morning, Ms. Reyes.\n22 A. Good morning.\n23 Q. I remind you you're still under oath. Okay?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. Ms. Reyes, yesterday we talked about something called\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 Reyes- Direct\n1 G Talks. You recall that?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. Who set the budget for G Talks?\n4 A. I was provided the budget by Yvette.\n5 Q. And what was the approximate budget for each of the G Talks\n6 event?\n7 A. The second G Talks event was 2.5 million. The first one, I\n8 don't recall, around 1, 1.5.\n9 Q. 1.5 million?\n10 A. Yes, correct.\n11 Q. Did those numbers, the 1.5 million and 2.5 million include\n12 the cost of any giveaways for the sweepstakes?\n13 A. Yes, that included the cost of the sweepstakes.\n14 Q. You mentioned also yesterday I believe there was\n15 approximately 14 other employees during your time at G/Clubs?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. And those employees were located in Puerto Rico?\n18 THE COURT: Both of you please get closer to the\n19 microphone and raise your voices so that everyone can hear.\n20 MR. FINKEL: Certainly, your Honor.\n21 Q. What departments or roles did those employees have in\n22 Puerto Rico?\n23 A. The departments that we had was finance department, the\n24 legal department, HR department. We had events, marketing,\n25 partnership and membership.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 Reyes- Direct\n1 Q. And those employees reported to who?\n2 A. They were to report to their direct supervisor and those\n3 would report directly to me.\n4 Q. And who did you report to?\n5 A. I reported to the owner Mr. He and to Yvette as well.\n6 Q. Was Mr. He referred to by something other than his name\n7 Mr. He?\n8 A. UBO.\n9 Q. That was a term used within the office?\n10 THE COURT: What was that term again?\n11 THE WITNESS: UBO.\n12 THE COURT: UBO?\n13 THE WITNESS: Yes.\n14 Q. Standing for?\n15 A. Ultimate beneficial owner.\n16 Q. When approximately did you become the interim CEO?\n17 A. February 2021.\n18 Q. And what is your understanding of who selected you to\n19 become the interim CEO?\n20 A. I was provided or I was asked by Zee, the former CEO, and\n21 Jessica.\n22 Q. Did you understand who Zee and Jessica consulted with to\n23 determine whether you would be CEO?\n24 MR. KAMARAJU: Objection.\n25 THE COURT: I have to remind you to raise your voice\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 Reyes- Direct\n1 because even I'm having some difficulty hearing every sentence\n2 clearly. The objection is sustained.\n3 Q. Did Zee or Jessica mention anything about Yvette's view\n4 about you becoming interim CEO?\n5 MR. KAMARAJU: Same objection.\n6 THE COURT: I'm going to allow the question.\n7 Q. You can answer.\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. What did they say?\n10 A. That they had discussed with Yvette.\n11 Q. And Yvette's view is what?\n12 A. Positive to me being the interim CEO.\n13 Q. And what did your salary become when you became the interim\n14 CEO?\n15 A. To the best of my recollection 160,000.\n16 Q. How did you learn that you became the CEO?\n17 A. I received an email from HR stating that I was going to be\n18 CEO.\n19 Q. And who selected you to become the CEO?\n20 A. Yvette.\n21 Q. What did your salary become when you became the CEO?\n22 A. 176.\n23 Q. And that's per year?\n24 A. Annual, yes, correct.\n25 Q. Were you entitled to any bonuses?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 Reyes- Direct\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. Can you describe to the jury what bonuses you were entitled\n3 to?\n4 A. Yes. There was a Puerto Rican Christmas bonus that's\n5 standard per law, and a yearly bonus, but that would depend on\n6 the different years.\n7 Q. What was the Puerto Rican Christmas bonus?\n8 A. The amount, it's a percentage. It is around $600, $700.\n9 Q. And what do you mean by Puerto Rican Christmas bonus?\n10 A. In Puerto Rico there is an employee law that entitles\n11 Puerto Ricans to receive Christmas bonuses.\n12 Q. In addition to the Puerto Rican Christmas bonus, you said\n13 there was another bonus?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. And how much was that bonus for you?\n16 A. It range from year to year, but to the best of my\n17 recollection maybe 5,000.\n18 Q. And you were the interim CEO for approximately how long?\n19 A. From February to around summer, couple of months.\n20 Q. And you were the CEO for how long?\n21 A. Since summer 2021 up until my resignation.\n22 Q. Which was in what month and what year?\n23 A. March 2023.\n24 Q. What was your understanding of where Yvette worked?\n25 A. In New York.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 Reyes- Direct\n1 THE COURT: Ms. Reyes, if you could get very close to\n2 the microphone very, very close and raise your voice.\n3 Q. Why did Yvette work in New York while G/Clubs was in Puerto\n4 Rico?\n5 A. I do not know. She was there since I started.\n6 Q. Did you ask Yvette why she worked in New York and you\n7 worked in Puerto Rico?\n8 A. No, I did not.\n9 Q. Where did Miles Guo work?\n10 A. I seen him in the New York office.\n11 Q. How many times had you been to the New York offices?\n12 A. More than ten.\n13 Q. Ms. Loftus, if we can display what's in evidence two\n14 exhibits GX-132 and GX131.\n15 Start with the image on the left side of your screen\n16 GX-132, do you recognize that?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. What is it?\n19 A. One of the New York office buildings.\n20 Q. Where approximately was that office building located?\n21 A. I do not know the exact address, but using as reference if\n22 you're looking at the map and there's Central Park, to the\n23 right side.\n24 Q. Have you been inside that building?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 Reyes- Direct\n1 Q. How many floors were in that building approximately in\n2 GX-132?\n3 A. More than three.\n4 Q. Where was Guo's office?\n5 A. In this building in one of the higher floors.\n6 Q. Where was Yvette's office?\n7 A. They shared office.\n8 Q. What other companies worked in that building in GX-132 to\n9 your knowledge?\n10 A. I saw G Fashion team, finance team. There were legal\n11 departments, Rule of Law Foundation. Those are the ones that I\n12 recall.\n13 Q. The image in the right side of your screen GX-131, what is\n14 that?\n15 A. The other New York office space.\n16 Q. Where roughly is that office space located that?\n17 A. That would be to the left of Central Park.\n18 Q. What other companies worked in that office space on the\n19 right side GX-131?\n20 A. There was G Fashion, HCHK, Gettr, and other people that I\n21 don't know exactly.\n22 Q. Ms. Loftus, can you take down the image on the right and\n23 pull up GX-110.\n24 Who is the individual depicted in GX-110?\n25 A. Max.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 Reyes- Direct\n1 Q. Did you observe where Max worked in the building on GX-132,\n2 what floor?\n3 A. I'm not sure if it's fourth, second or third, but it was\n4 the finance department.\n5 Q. Did you observe Max interact with Yvette?\n6 A. In this particular specific building?\n7 Q. In any building?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. Based on your observations, what was your understanding of\n10 the nature of Yvette and Max's relationship?\n11 MR. KAMARAJU: Objection.\n12 THE COURT: Overrule. You can answer.\n13 A. Could you repeat the question.\n14 Q. Based on what you saw and heard, what was your\n15 understanding of the nature of Yvette and Max's relationship?\n16 A. Like what did they talk about?\n17 Q. Yeah.\n18 A. They had meetings, and the things that I recall were with\n19 regards to information about different assets that we're\n20 working on.\n21 Q. And did you have an understanding whether Max reported to\n22 Yvette or Yvette reported to Max?\n23 A. I'm not sure.\n24 Q. You can take those down. Who's Long Island David?\n25 A. My interactions with him, the ones I recall, were with\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 Reyes- Direct\n1 regards to G Talks. He supported on the second G Talks.\n2 Q. Do you know what farm Long Island David was apart of?\n3 A. No.\n4 Q. Did you ask him?\n5 A. No.\n6 Q. If we can pull up what's in evidence as GX-441, GXGC-441.\n7 Thank you.\n8 Ms. Reyes, do you see your name in the CC line of this\n9 email?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. And what is the subject of this email?\n12 A. It's information regarding HCHK employees.\n13 Q. What is HCHK Technologies?\n14 A. HCHK is a vendor that provided support on different\n15 departments.\n16 Q. Did HCHK provide support to G/Clubs?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. Why did you hire HCHK?\n19 A. HCHK, I did not hire it. It was an instruction given, but\n20 it was hired to support with the technical, like the ITT\n21 finance and legal and HR.\n22 Q. Who gave the instruction to hire HCHK for G/Clubs?\n23 A. Yvette.\n24 Q. Did you ask her why HCHK was selected?\n25 A. Yes, I inquire why HCHK was.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 Reyes- Direct\n1 Q. And what was the reason for that?\n2 A. We had a previous contract with GTV, and once that contract\n3 was canceled, then we replaced it with HCHK.\n4 Q. On this email are some other domains. You see it says\n5 Gettr right there?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. There's G Fashion, G/Clubs, HCHKTech, do you have an\n8 understanding why HCHKTech was emailing G Fashion email\n9 address, a G/Clubs email address and a Gettr email address?\n10 A. No.\n11 Q. We can take that down.\n12 Ms. Reyes, have you ever been to London?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. Did you travel to London as a G/Clubs employee?\n15 A. I traveled to the UK, yes.\n16 Q. Who asked you to travel to the UK?\n17 A. Yvette.\n18 Q. And who did you go with?\n19 A. In the plane?\n20 Q. Who did you go with?\n21 A. I went with Alex, Dowa, Kamel and Manuel.\n22 Q. What was the last one?\n23 A. Manuel.\n24 Q. Who is Alex?\n25 A. Alex was a comptroller for G/Clubs.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 Reyes- Direct\n1 Q. What's his last name?\n2 A. Hadjicharalambous.\n3 Q. And who's Dowa.\n4 A. Dowa was a CEO for G Fashion.\n5 Q. And who's Manuel?\n6 A. An attorney for HCHK.\n7 Q. And what were you told was the purpose of your trip to the\n8 UK?\n9 A. My purpose was to visit one of the potential partners that\n10 we were in communications with and to meet with Mr. He.\n11 Q. How did all of you travel to the UK?\n12 A. In a private jet.\n13 Q. Had you been in a private jet before?\n14 A. No.\n15 Q. What potential partner did you meet with in the UK?\n16 A. Company is L&R Properties.\n17 Q. And what do they do?\n18 A. They had, I think they had hotel chains.\n19 Q. Did L&R properties form a relationship with G/Clubs?\n20 A. Ultimately did not.\n21 Q. Can we pull up GX-103. Do you know who this individual is?\n22 A. To the best of my recollection William Je.\n23 Q. Have you ever met William Je?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. Where did you meet him?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 Reyes- Direct\n1 A. In the offices of the Himalaya Exchange.\n2 Q. And when did you go to the offices of the Himalaya\n3 Exchange?\n4 A. On that trip to London.\n5 Q. And why did you go to the offices of the Himalaya Exchange?\n6 A. That was the request to go and meet with them for -- they\n7 were going to give us information about the H Pay app.\n8 Q. Who made the request for you to go to the Himalaya Exchange\n9 offices?\n10 A. To the best of my recollection Yvette.\n11 Q. And you said the H Pay app?\n12 A. Yes.\n13 Q. What's that?\n14 A. It's an app that facilitates member payments.\n15 Q. Why is it called H Pay?\n16 A. I do not know.\n17 Q. Did G/Clubs use H pay to accept member payments?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. Who made the decision to allow members to use H Pay?\n20 A. That request came from Yvette and Mr. He.\n21 Q. What happened during the meeting with William Je in the\n22 Himalaya Exchange offices?\n23 A. We got introduced and then they took us to meet with the\n24 technical team where they provided insight of the development\n25 of the H Pay app. Later on we met their legal team with the\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 Reyes- Direct\n1 rights to the contract. That was the concept of the meeting.\n2 Q. How did it work? How did the H Pay app accept payments and\n3 get payments to G/Clubs?\n4 A. I'm not exactly sure.\n5 Q. Did G/Clubs consider using other applications aside from H\n6 Pay?\n7 A. Apps? No, that was the one that we had.\n8 THE COURT: Ms. Reyes, have you made presentations\n9 during your professional career?\n10 THE WITNESS: Like?\n11 THE COURT: Presentations, speaking to a group of\n12 people.\n13 THE WITNESS: Yes.\n14 THE COURT: Okay. So when you speak to a group of\n15 people, you want them to hear what you have to say, right?\n16 THE WITNESS: Yes.\n17 THE COURT: So think of this in that way that you want\n18 to make yourself heard because your voice is so low that people\n19 are straining to hear what you say. I would like them to hear\n20 what you say, so please speak up.\n21 Q. Ms. Loftus, we can pull up GXGC-293 which is in evidence.\n22 If you can blow up the bottom email, please.\n23 Ms. Reyes, who is this email from?\n24 A. Tanu.\n25 Q. At what domain?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 Reyes- Direct\n1 A. Himalaya Exchange.\n2 Q. Can you read the second sentence of the email beginning as\n3 discussed?\n4 A. As discussed, please fine attached document for more\n5 information on agreement which G/Club needs to follow to\n6 integrate with Himalaya Pay.\n7 Q. Zoom out of that, please. We can take that down.\n8 Did G/Club have an account with the Himalaya Exchange?\n9 A. To the best of my understanding, yes.\n10 Q. And whose idea was it for G/Clubs to have an account with\n11 the Himalaya Exchange?\n12 A. It was the requirement in order to have the H Pay app.\n13 (Continued on next page)\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 BY MR. FINKEL:\n2 Q. Aside from H Pay, what other methods did G|CLUBS use to\n3 obtain payments from members?\n4 A. Depending on the time, but there was wire payments, checks,\n5 and the H Pay.\n6 Q. Where were the checks sent to?\n7 A. Our offices in Puerto Rico.\n8 Q. And after the checks were received in your offices in\n9 Puerto Rico, what, if anything, happened to them?\n10 A. Depending on the time, we would send them to New York, for\n11 them to be deposited at the banks, and other times it was to\n12 the banks in Puerto Rico.\n13 Q. How would you in Puerto Rico send the checks to New York?\n14 A. Via mail.\n15 Q. And who would receive them in New York?\n16 A. Alex.\n17 Q. You also said wires. What do you mean by that?\n18 A. There was a time where members could pay via wire.\n19 MR. FINKEL: If we can pull up what's marked for\n20 identification as GX 118.\n21 Q. Who is this?\n22 A. Haitham Khaled.\n23 MR. FINKEL: Government offers 118.\n24 MR. KAMARAJU: No objection.\n25 THE COURT: It is admitted.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 (Government's Exhibit 118 received in evidence)\n2 Q. What is Crane?\n3 A. Crane is like a——an escrow agent.\n4 Q. And what role did Crane have, if any, with respect to\n5 receiving member payments?\n6 A. They would receive member payments.\n7 Q. How did members know to send payments to Crane?\n8 A. I do not know.\n9 Q. Did you ask anyone how members knew to send payments to\n10 Crane?\n11 A. I do not recall.\n12 MR. FINKEL: You can take that down.\n13 And if we can pull up what's been marked for\n14 identification as GX 106.\n15 Q. Who is this?\n16 A. Alex.\n17 MR. FINKEL: Government offers 106.\n18 MR. KAMARAJU: No objection.\n19 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n20 (Government's Exhibit 106 received in evidence)\n21 Q. And when you say Alex, Alex?\n22 A. Hadjicharalambous.\n23 Q. And his role was what?\n24 A. Comptroller for G|CLUBS.\n25 Q. What was your understanding of why he worked in New York\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 instead of Puerto Rico?\n2 A. I don't know. He was there before I started.\n3 MR. FINKEL: We can take that down.\n4 If you could pull up what's in evidence as GX GC450.\n5 And go to the next page, please, Ms. Loftus.\n6 Can you zoom in on that.\n7 Q. Who is this email from?\n8 A. David Fallon.\n9 Q. Who is that?\n10 A. He was a part of the Himalaya Exchange team. I met with\n11 him there.\n12 Q. You met with him where?\n13 A. On the offices.\n14 Q. All right. And what does this email say, from him?\n15 A. \"Hi, Limarie,\n16 \"Mr. He has instructed us to execute the attached OTC\n17 transaction.\n18 \"Can you please sign and email back the attached\n19 transaction receipt and I will process the OTC deal.\"\n20 Q. What does that mean, OTC transaction?\n21 A. I'm not exactly sure.\n22 MR. FINKEL: Zoom out of that, please. And if you can\n23 go to the next page.\n24 Q. What does that say at the top?\n25 A. \"Himalaya Exchange OTC Transaction Form.\"\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. And in the middle, it says Transfer to Buyer. Can you read\n2 that.\n3 A. Yes. \"Buyer receives: +500k, HCN at 31.500 per HCN.\n4 \"Buyer pays: 15,750,000 HDO.\"\n5 Q. What was the name of the buyer account?\n6 A. Billing@gclubs.com.\n7 Q. Who signed this?\n8 A. Alex.\n9 Q. What is your understanding of why G|CLUBS purchased\n10 15.7 million HDO?\n11 A. I do not know.\n12 Q. Did you ask Mr. He why G|CLUBS was purchasing 15.7 million\n13 HDO?\n14 A. I do not recall.\n15 Q. Did you ask Yvette?\n16 A. I do not recall.\n17 Q. Would buying HDO provide member benefits?\n18 A. I do not know.\n19 MR. FINKEL: We could take that down.\n20 Q. Your trip to the UK, did you travel to any other countries?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. Which ones?\n23 A. Naples.\n24 Q. Why did you travel to Naples?\n25 A. To meet with Mr. He.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. Who did you travel with?\n2 A. To Naples, with Alex.\n3 Q. Just you and Alex?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. Where did you meet Mr. He?\n6 A. In a boat.\n7 Q. Was anyone else in the boat?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. Who?\n10 A. Mileson.\n11 Q. What was the name of the boat?\n12 A. Lady May.\n13 Q. What time of day did you meet Mileson, Mr. He, in the Lady\n14 May?\n15 A. The time? I don't recall specifically.\n16 Q. Was it evening, afternoon?\n17 A. Yes, it was late evening.\n18 Q. Late evening?\n19 A. Yeah.\n20 Q. Can you describe what the Lady May is like.\n21 A. It's a big boat, with different floors.\n22 Q. How long were you and Alex on the Lady May with Mileson and\n23 Mr. He?\n24 A. Couple hours.\n25 Q. How did you get to the Lady May?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. From the pier. So we got to the pier, and then there was a\n2 smaller boat that took us there.\n3 Q. What did you do with Mr. He and Mileson and Alex on the\n4 Lady May for a couple of hours?\n5 A. We had dinner.\n6 Q. What did you guys discuss?\n7 A. To the best of my recollection, we learned that they had\n8 met since college, talked about their——their likes. One had\n9 likes for water, like scuba diving, the other one for race\n10 cars. I believe we talked about our visit to the hotels,\n11 partnership; kind of like a collection of that day.\n12 Q. I'll just ask you to please speak up and speak clearly into\n13 the microphone.\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. Who said they liked race cars?\n16 A. Mileson.\n17 Q. Sorry?\n18 A. Mileson.\n19 Q. And who said that that he liked scuba diving?\n20 A. Mr. He.\n21 Q. Did you discuss with Mileson and Mr. He taking down the\n22 Chinese Communist Party?\n23 A. Not that I recall.\n24 Q. Did you discuss Chinese politics?\n25 A. Not that I recall.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. Did you discuss the whistleblower movement?\n2 A. Not that I recall.\n3 Q. The New Federal State of China?\n4 A. Not that I recall.\n5 Q. What did Mr. He refer to Mileson as on the boat? What name\n6 did he use?\n7 A. To the best of my recollection, Mileson.\n8 Q. Did there come a time, if ever, when you were asked to\n9 facilitate purchases of assets for G|CLUBS?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. And who asked you to do that?\n12 A. Depending. It could come from Yvette or Mr. He.\n13 Q. What sort of assets were purchased for G|CLUBS?\n14 A. Vehicles, and there was a boat.\n15 Q. And what?\n16 A. Boat.\n17 Q. What vehicles?\n18 A. There was a Lamborghini, camper van, and a Bugatti.\n19 Q. And what sort of boat?\n20 A. I believe it was a 70 feet yacht.\n21 Q. What were you told was the reason for these asset\n22 purchases?\n23 A. We were going to be offering as potential benefits for\n24 members.\n25 Q. And by potential benefits, what, if anything, would members\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 have to pay to use these assets?\n2 A. We had not decided on what was going to be the payment.\n3 Q. Was it your understanding that the assets were going to be\n4 free to use or cost money?\n5 A. No, to my understanding they were going to be like renting,\n6 so they were going to cost.\n7 Q. Did you say renting?\n8 A. Yes, like when you would rent a car for an amount, yeah.\n9 Q. Again, please speak loudly into the mic.\n10 Ms. Reyes, what was done, if anything, during your\n11 entire time at G|CLUBS to implement a procedure to allow\n12 members to rent these assets, the cars and the boat?\n13 A. We had reached out to a firm in order to put in place a\n14 contract as to how to do that negotiation.\n15 Q. And when did you reach out to the firm about that?\n16 A. To the best of my recollection, maybe around early 2022.\n17 Q. Okay. And after that reaching out to the firm in early\n18 2022, what actions, if any others, were taken to put in place a\n19 process to allow members to rent these assets?\n20 A. That was all we had done.\n21 Q. You mentioned a Lamborghini. Who from the New York office,\n22 if anyone, directed you to facilitate a purchase of a\n23 Lamborghini?\n24 MR. KAMARAJU: Objection to foundation.\n25 MR. FINKEL: I'll withdraw.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 THE COURT: Sustained.\n2 MR. FINKEL: I'll withdraw.\n3 If we can pull up GX GC276, which is in evidence.\n4 Could you go to bottom of this, or not quite the\n5 bottom, the last email.\n6 Keep going, please, Ms. Loftus.\n7 Right there. Can you zoom in on that.\n8 BY MR. FINKEL:\n9 Q. The September 10, 2021 email, who is it from?\n10 A. Bo Collins.\n11 Q. Who is Bo Collins?\n12 A. The president of Mercantile Bank.\n13 Q. Had you ever met him?\n14 A. In person? Yes.\n15 Q. Where?\n16 A. At his home.\n17 MR. FINKEL: We can zoom out of that.\n18 And if you can scroll up, please, Ms. Loftus. So\n19 right there, September 10th email. No.\n20 Yeah.\n21 Q. Who is this email from?\n22 A. Max.\n23 Q. Max who?\n24 A. Max Krasner.\n25 Q. And what's his email address?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. Maxk@lampcapital.org.\n2 Q. What's Lamp Capital?\n3 A. I do not know.\n4 Q. And can you read what Max wrote.\n5 A. \"Hi, Ana,\n6 \"Looks like the team is staying with the red Lambo.\n7 We need to finalize all paperwork. Officer resolutions naming\n8 officer and allowing the purchase of the vehicle. We need a\n9 drivers license, and a wire payment.\"\n10 Q. Did you receive this email?\n11 A. Yes, I was copied.\n12 Q. What was your understanding of what Max meant by \"the team\n13 is staying with the red Lambo\"?\n14 A. To the best of my understanding, Yvette.\n15 MR. FINKEL: You can zoom out of that, please, and\n16 scroll up, please, Ms. Loftus. Zoom in on that email.\n17 No, the one below it, please. Thank you.\n18 Q. Can you read what Ana wrote to Max.\n19 A. \"Hi Max.\n20 \"As discussed, it is past cut off and we do not have\n21 the documents signed by Mr. He (including the resolution you\n22 need). Once Limarie gets them, she can send them and the wire\n23 can go out on Monday.\"\n24 Q. Stop there. What was your role in facilitating the\n25 purchase of this red Lambo?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. I would get the documents for the loan and the resolutions,\n2 and I would send them to Mr. He for his signature.\n3 Q. Who would you get the documents from?\n4 A. Sorry?\n5 Q. Withdrawn. What do you mean by the loan?\n6 A. There were set of loans that were done in order to purchase\n7 the asset, so these are the documents for that.\n8 Q. And can you describe what entity loaned to what entity.\n9 A. There was G Club Operations, G Club International BVI.\n10 Q. BV?\n11 A. BVI.\n12 Q. What's G Club Operations?\n13 A. What is? The G Club is a membership company.\n14 Q. And where did G Club Operations get its money from?\n15 A. Membership payments.\n16 Q. And G|CLUBS Operations would send a loan to G Club BVI?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 THE COURT: Are you saying that Operations was the\n19 lender, G|CLUBS Operations?\n20 THE WITNESS: Correct.\n21 Q. And Operations was based where, to your understanding?\n22 A. Puerto Rico.\n23 Q. And G Club BVI was based where, to your understanding?\n24 A. BVI.\n25 Q. How many employees did G|CLUBS BVI have?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. None, to my understanding.\n2 Q. What do you mean not to your understanding?\n3 A. None, none. Sorry. None to my understanding.\n4 THE COURT: So I'm going to try using the handheld\n5 microphone to see if that will work better.\n6 Q. Who was the ultimate beneficial owner of G|CLUBS BVI?\n7 A. To my understanding, Mr. He.\n8 Q. Why, as the CEO of G|CLUBS, did you structure assets in\n9 this manner?\n10 A. I did not structure the asset purchases in this manner.\n11 Q. Did you ask Yvette why they were structured in this manner?\n12 A. The asset purchases? Not that I recall.\n13 Q. What about Mr. He, did you ask him why they were structured\n14 in this manner?\n15 A. Not that I recall.\n16 MR. FINKEL: Is the handheld mic better or worse?\n17 THE COURT: Members of the jury?\n18 THE JURORS: Worse.\n19 THE COURT: This is worse. All right. So we'll go\n20 back to using the other microphone.\n21 MR. FINKEL: Ms. Reyes, feel free to move the\n22 microphone to make yourself comfortable, and try to point the\n23 microphone directly at your mouth where your voice is coming\n24 out, and just speak as loudly and clearly as you can so\n25 everyone can hear you.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 THE COURT: Ms. Reyes, see how it bends like this?\n2 You can just bend it and get it really close so that everyone\n3 can hear you.\n4 MR. FINKEL: Point it so it's right——\n5 THE WITNESS: Here?\n6 MR. FINKEL: Yeah. Speak right into the microphone,\n7 okay?\n8 Okay. We can zoom out of that. And can you scroll\n9 up, please.\n10 And can you zoom in on the bottom email.\n11 BY MR. FINKEL:\n12 Q. Can you read what Max wrote.\n13 A. \"Thanks, Ana. Here is the updated bill of sale. I will\n14 call the dealer first thing Monday morning to confirm they have\n15 the vehicle and then we can wire the funds. Hopefully we have\n16 Mr. He's signature prior to that.\"\n17 Q. Why was Max in touch with the dealer?\n18 A. To my understanding, Max was the one that was in——managing\n19 the requirement, the documents.\n20 Q. Why was that being managed by someone in New York rather\n21 than Puerto Rico; do you know?\n22 A. I wouldn't know.\n23 MR. FINKEL: Okay. We can zoom out of that. And can\n24 you scroll——can you zoom in on the top email, please,\n25 Ms. Loftus.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. And what's the date of this email, Ms. Reyes?\n2 A. September 11, 2021.\n3 Q. And what did you write?\n4 A. \"Dear All, please find attached signed documents.\"\n5 MR. FINKEL: Okay. Let's zoom out of that. If we can\n6 scroll down, please.\n7 Stop right there.\n8 Q. Okay. What is this document titled?\n9 A. G Club International Limited.\n10 Q. And is this one of the documents that you attached as a\n11 signed document?\n12 A. Could you repeat that.\n13 Q. Is this one of the documents that you attached to your\n14 email as a signed document?\n15 A. Yes, this is the type of form, correct.\n16 Q. Who signed this document?\n17 A. Mr. He.\n18 Q. Are you familiar with what Mr. He's signature looks like?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. All right. Can you read Purpose 1.1.\n21 A. \"The sole director has deemed it to be in the best interest\n22 of the company to request a loan for 2 million USD from its\n23 wholly-owned subsidiary G Club Operations LLC.\"\n24 MR. FINKEL: Can you zoom out of that.\n25 Q. And on the bottom it says Sole Director. Can you read the\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 name below Sole Director.\n2 A. Haoran He.\n3 MR. FINKEL: Zoom out of that. And can you zoom in,\n4 Ms. Loftus, on 1.2.\n5 Q. Can you read 1.2, please, Ms. Reyes.\n6 A. \"The Sole Director and the Company are interested in\n7 purchasing a 2021 Lamborghini AVENTSVJRD (VIN Number——\"do you\n8 want me to read it completely?\n9 Q. Yes.\n10 A. \"——ZHWUN6ZD2MLA10393) from Lamborghini Dallas for\n11 832,000.75.\"\n12 Q. Why was Lamborghini Dallas selected as the seller of this\n13 Lamborghini?\n14 A. I do not know.\n15 Q. Did you have any role in selecting Lamborghini Dallas as\n16 the seller of this Lamborghini?\n17 A. No, I did not.\n18 Q. Do you have any role in negotiating the price of this\n19 Lamborghini?\n20 A. No, I did not.\n21 Q. Did you have any role in selecting the model of this\n22 Lamborghini?\n23 A. No, I did not.\n24 MR. FINKEL: You can zoom out of that.\n25 Q. And what does it say at the top?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. \"Written resolutions of the Sole Director of the Company\n2 made in accordance with the Company's Articles of Association.\"\n3 Q. And above that, what's at the very top?\n4 A. \"G Club International Limited, Company No. 2045976.\"\n5 MR. FINKEL: Okay. You can zoom out of that.\n6 And could we go to the next page, please, Ms. Loftus.\n7 Q. Who signed this document?\n8 A. Mr. He.\n9 Q. And what does it say under Written Consent of the Sole\n10 Member at the very top?\n11 A. G Club Operations LLC.\n12 Q. And can you read where it says, \"NOW, THEREFORE, it is:\n13 RESOLVED.\"\n14 A. \"NOW, THEREFORE, it is:\n15 \"RESOLVED, Sole Member deems it to be in the best\n16 interest of the company and hereby authorizes and directs the\n17 company to loan 2 million USD to the sole member for it to\n18 deposit, and under the terms and conditions established in the\n19 loan agreement. For efficiency purposes, the Sole Member\n20 hereby authorizes and directs the company and its authorized\n21 representatives to execute any and all documents necessary to\n22 consummate the loan authorized herein.\"\n23 MR. FINKEL: Zoom out of that, please.\n24 Q. And above that, can you read where it says \"WHEREAS.\"\n25 A. \"WHEREAS, Sole Member has deemed it to be in the best\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 interest of the company to loan $2 million USD at 3 % APR to\n2 the Sole Member for its investment, under the terms and\n3 conditions further stipulated in the loan agreement attached\n4 here to as Exhibit A.\"\n5 Q. Ms. Reyes, to your knowledge did G|CLUBS BVI pay G|CLUBS\n6 Operations for this loan?\n7 A. Not that I was aware of, no.\n8 Q. With respect to any of the assets purchases, did G|CLUBS\n9 BVI make payments to G|CLUBS Operations?\n10 A. Not that I was aware of.\n11 MR. FINKEL: Zoom out of that, please.\n12 Could you scroll down, please, Ms. Loftus. Stop right\n13 there.\n14 Q. What is this document?\n15 A. It's a loan agreement.\n16 Q. Between who?\n17 A. G Club Operations and G Club International Limited.\n18 Q. And G Club Operations is located where?\n19 A. Puerto Rico.\n20 Q. And G Club International Limited is located where?\n21 A. BVI.\n22 Q. And in the G|CLUBS office, what would employees refer to G\n23 Club International Limited as?\n24 A. G Club BVI.\n25 Q. Do you recognize the initials at the bottom of the page?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. Whose initials are they?\n3 A. Mr. He and mine.\n4 MR. FINKEL: Okay. We can go to the next page,\n5 please, Ms. Loftus.\n6 Q. And can you read, \"Agreed Terms, Loan Proceeds.\"\n7 A. \"Loan Proceeds. The lender hereby agrees to lend to\n8 borrower 2 million USD.\"\n9 Q. Did you write this loan agreement?\n10 A. No, I did not.\n11 Q. Did you ask questions about why it was structured this way?\n12 A. Not that I recall.\n13 MR. FINKEL: You can zoom out of that, please,\n14 Ms. Loftus. And could you go to paragraph 15.\n15 Q. Under Notices, there are three email addresses. Do you see\n16 that?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 MR. FINKEL: Can you zoom in on that, please.\n19 Q. For Lender, what's the email address for Lender?\n20 A. Notices@gclubs.com.\n21 Q. And for Borrower?\n22 A. Coolhhr@protonmail.com, and noticesgclubbvi@protonmail.com.\n23 Q. Who used the email address coolhhr@protonmail.com?\n24 A. Mr. He.\n25 MR. FINKEL: You can zoom out of that.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Can you go to the last page, please, or second to last\n2 page, please, Ms. Loftus.\n3 One more. Thank you.\n4 Q. Who signed this?\n5 A. Mr. He and me.\n6 MR. FINKEL: If we can pull up GX GC300, which is in\n7 evidence.\n8 Q. And at the very top, who is this email from?\n9 A. From me.\n10 Q. Who is it to?\n11 A. Mr. He.\n12 MR. FINKEL: Can you go to page 6, please, Ms. Loftus.\n13 Q. This was attached to your email?\n14 A. I'm sorry?\n15 Q. Was this attached to your email?\n16 A. I didn't——\n17 MR. FINKEL: Let's go back to page 1. Let's go to\n18 page 1, please, Ms. Loftus.\n19 Q. What are the attachments to this email?\n20 A. Letter of authority, motor vehicle buyers order, and\n21 vehicle docs.\n22 MR. FINKEL: And if we can go to page 6, please, of\n23 GX GC300.\n24 Can you zoom in on that.\n25 Q. And who is this letter addressed to?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. Mr. He.\n2 Q. What does it say? What name does it say?\n3 A. \"Dear Mr. Haoran.\"\n4 Q. And can you read No. 3 under \"Here is of items needed.\"\n5 A. \"Down payment of funding (wire, cashier's check to\n6 Lamborghini Dallas) (Received)\"\n7 Q. Who signed this letter?\n8 A. EG Louie Bonsukan.\n9 Q. Have you ever spoken with Louie Bonsukan?\n10 A. No, I have not.\n11 Q. Have you spoken with anyone from Lamborghini Dallas?\n12 A. No, I have not.\n13 MR. FINKEL: We can pull up GX GC318. And can you\n14 zoom in on the top email, please.\n15 Q. Who is this email from?\n16 A. From Max.\n17 Q. Can you read what it says.\n18 A. \"Team, Dealer doesn't think they will be able to install\n19 the Lojack, so let's go ahead with the signing of the docs and\n20 wiring the funds in the morning.\n21 \"Additionally, please see the dispatch sheet. The\n22 vehicle will be loaded on Saturday and the planned delivery to\n23 CT is Thursday, September 30th.\n24 \"The cost for shipping is 1,400 and the transport\n25 company will request payment upon delivery. Easiest way is to\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 pay by credit card, otherwise we can ask if they can accept a\n2 wire.\"\n3 Q. Okay. What is your understanding of why——well, withdrawn.\n4 MR. FINKEL: Could we zoom out of that for a moment.\n5 Can you scroll down, please.\n6 Okay. Great. Sorry. Keep going down.\n7 Ms. Loftus, can you scroll up. Keep going.\n8 Stop right there. Can you zoom in at the top email.\n9 Q. Can you just read the first sentence of this email.\n10 A. \"Looks like the team is staying with the red Lambo.\"\n11 MR. FINKEL: Can you zoom out of that, please,\n12 Ms. Loftus. Scroll up.\n13 Keep going. Stop.\n14 And can you zoom in on that email.\n15 Q. Can you read the first sentence.\n16 A. \"The car dealer will work with us to get the car shipped\n17 from Dallas to CT.\"\n18 Q. What was your understanding of what CT means?\n19 A. Connecticut.\n20 Q. Why was the Lamborghini going to be shipped from Dallas to\n21 Connecticut?\n22 A. I do not know.\n23 Q. Have you ever been to Greenwich, Connecticut?\n24 A. No.\n25 Q. Does G|CLUBS have any offices, to your knowledge, in\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Greenwich, Connecticut?\n2 A. Not to my knowledge, no.\n3 MR. FINKEL: Zoom out of that. Scroll up a little\n4 bit.\n5 Stop right there. And can you zoom in to from\n6 team——from Max, actually.\n7 Keep going. Perfect.\n8 Q. Can you read the first sentence.\n9 A. \"We got a lot of declines so far for commercial vehicle\n10 insurance, mainly due to the fact that it's a high end car.\n11 Nonetheless, please see below message in blue from the broker.\"\n12 Q. And can you read the first two bullet points.\n13 A. \"Who are the owners of the Club LLC? Why is the vehicle\n14 being titled to this Club?\"\n15 Second one: \"Has Scott previously owned any other\n16 exotic vehicles? I have attached a résumé of high performance\n17 driving experience if you could fill this out as well.\"\n18 Q. Are you aware of anyone named Scott who worked for Miles\n19 Guo?\n20 A. At the time? At the time of this email, no.\n21 Q. Did you later learn of an individual named Scott who worked\n22 for Miles Guo?\n23 A. I learned of an individual named Scott, correct.\n24 Q. Do you know Scott's last name?\n25 A. I don't recall.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. What is your understanding of what Scott did for Miles Guo?\n2 A. He was like security, security person.\n3 MR. FINKEL: Can we scroll up, please.\n4 Stop right there.\n5 Q. And this email from Ana on September 20, 2021, starts,\n6 \"Good morning Max.\" Can you read the first bullet.\n7 A. \"My first question is who is Scott?\"\n8 MR. FINKEL: Okay. Zoom out of that.\n9 Q. Can you read the second bullet.\n10 A. \"As you know the Lambo was bought outright; not financed\n11 nor leased.\"\n12 Q. Why was Scott involved in the purchase of the red Lambo?\n13 A. I do not know.\n14 Q. Did you ask anyone why?\n15 A. Not that I recall.\n16 MR. FINKEL: We can take that down.\n17 Q. Was the Lamborghini purchased?\n18 A. I believe so, yes.\n19 Q. Was it ever made available to G|CLUBS members?\n20 A. Not that I was aware of, no.\n21 Q. Did you ever see the red Lamborghini in person?\n22 A. Not in person, no.\n23 Q. Did you ever see it in a video?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. When?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. I'm not exactly sure the date. Some point in 2022.\n2 Q. What did you see? Can you describe it to the members of\n3 the jury, please.\n4 A. Yes. It was a video of Mr. Guo showcasing a red\n5 Lamborghini.\n6 Q. And what was your understanding of why Guo was showcasing a\n7 red Lamborghini?\n8 A. As a benefit for members; that was something that they\n9 would be able to receive, or enjoy.\n10 Q. And at the time you saw this video, Ms. Reyes, was the red\n11 Lamborghini available to members?\n12 A. Not at the time.\n13 Q. Was it available to members at any time that you were at\n14 G|CLUBS?\n15 A. No, it was not.\n16 Q. Did you ever speak to Guo about the Lamborghini in this\n17 video?\n18 A. Not that I recall.\n19 Q. What reaction did you have seeing Guo showcasing the red\n20 Lamborghini in this video?\n21 A. What did we do?\n22 Q. How did it make you feel?\n23 A. I was concerned because that was not something that we were\n24 offering at the time.\n25 Q. Did you relay these concerns to anybody?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. Yes. Concerns related to the legal department.\n2 Q. Who?\n3 A. Ana.\n4 Q. And what did Ana say, if anything, about the red\n5 Lamborghini?\n6 A. She sought advice from Victor as to how to manage.\n7 Q. Victor who?\n8 A. Victor Cerda.\n9 THE COURT: Where was Victor located?\n10 THE WITNESS: In New York.\n11 MR. FINKEL: If we can display for the witness GX 119.\n12 Q. Who is this individual?\n13 A. Scott.\n14 MR. FINKEL: Government offers 119.\n15 MR. KAMARAJU: No objection.\n16 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n17 (Government's Exhibit 119 received in evidence)\n18 Q. And what is your understanding of Scott's role again?\n19 A. He was security.\n20 Q. For who?\n21 A. For Mr. Guo and the building.\n22 Q. Did you see him when you traveled to New York?\n23 A. In some occasions, yes.\n24 Q. And approximately how many occasions did you see Scott?\n25 A. I'm not exactly sure. A few.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. Did you speak with him on those occasions?\n2 A. Mainly if I crossed in the hallway with him.\n3 Q. Did Scott ever tell you anything about the red Lamborghini?\n4 MR. KAMARAJU: Objection, hearsay.\n5 THE COURT: Overruled. You may answer.\n6 A. Yes, I recall a time where he mentioned about looking for a\n7 warehouse.\n8 Q. And what prompted Scott to tell you——excuse me. Withdrawn.\n9 Ms. Reyes, what, if anything, did you say to Scott\n10 that prompted him to say they were looking for a warehouse?\n11 MR. KAMARAJU: Objection to form.\n12 THE COURT: Did you say anything to him?\n13 Q. Did you say anything to him before Scott said that they\n14 were looking for a warehouse for the red Lamborghini?\n15 A. Not that I recall.\n16 Q. So he said it out of the blue.\n17 A. To the best of my recollection, yes.\n18 Q. Sitting here today, do you know what happened to the red\n19 Lamborghini?\n20 A. I do not know.\n21 Q. Did you authorize the red Lamborghini to be stored\n22 anywhere?\n23 A. No, I did not.\n24 Q. Did you receive updates about where the red Lamborghini\n25 was?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. No, I did not.\n2 Q. Did you ask questions about where the red Lamborghini was?\n3 A. Not that I recall.\n4 Q. Did Mr. He inquire with you about where the red Lamborghini\n5 was?\n6 A. Not that I recall.\n7 Q. What about Yvette?\n8 A. Not that I recall.\n9 Q. What about Miles Guo?\n10 A. No.\n11 MR. HORTON: We can take that down, and on the left\n12 side of the screen, Ms. Loftus, if you could pull up GX GC276,\n13 the fourth page. And can you zoom in on paragraph 1.2.\n14 Can you do it so the rest of the document is visible.\n15 Can you drag that to the bottom.\n16 And on the right side of the screen can you pull up\n17 GX CT41.\n18 BY MR. FINKEL:\n19 Q. Ms. Reyes, can you read the VIN number from 1.2, the\n20 document at the bottom.\n21 A. ZHWUN6ZD2MLA10393.\n22 Q. What is a VIN number?\n23 A. Number that identifies a car.\n24 Q. Say again?\n25 A. A number that identifies a car.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. And can you read the number on the right side of the screen\n2 in CT41.\n3 A. ZHWUN6ZD2MLA10393.\n4 Q. Is that the same number?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. Have you seen that image on the right side of the screen\n7 before?\n8 A. No, I have not.\n9 MR. FINKEL: Ms. Loftus, if you can take down CT41 and\n10 replace it with CT38.\n11 Q. GX CT38, the right side of your screen, Ms. Reyes, where\n12 was that photograph taken?\n13 A. I do not know.\n14 Q. Have you ever seen this photograph before?\n15 A. No.\n16 Q. Who is Defeng Cao?\n17 A. I do not know.\n18 Q. Who is Wayne Cao?\n19 A. I do not know.\n20 Q. Is Wayne Cao an employee of G|CLUBS?\n21 A. No.\n22 Q. Is Defeng Cao an employee of G|CLUBS?\n23 A. No.\n24 MR. FINKEL: We can take that down.\n25 Q. Ms. Reyes, what is a Bugatti?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. A sports car.\n2 Q. Did there come a time, if ever, when Mr. He asked you to\n3 help purchase a Bugatti?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 MR. FINKEL: If we can pull up what's in evidence as\n6 GX GC341.\n7 Q. Who is this email from?\n8 A. Mr. He.\n9 Q. And who is it to?\n10 A. To me.\n11 Q. And what is Mr. He asking you to do?\n12 A. To sign the purchase contract attached and give updates on\n13 the progress of Mr. Ian.\n14 Q. And what's Mr. Ian? What's he involved in?\n15 A. Mr. Ian is the president or owner of the L&R Properties.\n16 Q. The hotel chain you met with when you went to the UK?\n17 A. Correct.\n18 MR. FINKEL: Can you zoom out of that please,\n19 Ms. Loftus. Go to the next page.\n20 Q. What does it say at the top of this document?\n21 A. Supplemental Terms for the Purchase of the Bugatti Chiron\n22 Super Sport.\n23 Q. What's a Chiron Super Sport?\n24 A. The model of the car.\n25 Q. Did G|CLUBS purchase a Bugatti?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. We had a loan, correct.\n2 Q. A loan to who?\n3 A. BVI.\n4 Q. And did BVI purchase a Bugatti?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. And what were you told was the reason BVI was purchasing a\n7 Bugatti?\n8 A. As part of the benefits for the members.\n9 Q. And aside from that law firm you talked to and you said in\n10 2021, was there any other efforts made to set up a way for\n11 members to use a Bugatti?\n12 MR. KAMARAJU: Objection. Misstates the testimony.\n13 Q. Aside from the law firm you spoke to, was there any other\n14 efforts made to make a Bugatti or any other vehicle available\n15 for members?\n16 MR. KAMARAJU: Objection, compound.\n17 THE COURT: If you'll take it piece by piece.\n18 Q. Was the Bugatti ever made available to members of G|CLUBS?\n19 A. No, it was not.\n20 Q. Why did you, Ms. Reyes, as the CEO of G|CLUBS, select a\n21 Bugatti?\n22 A. I did not select a Bugatti.\n23 Q. Who did?\n24 A. Mr. He.\n25 Q. Did you have a discussion with Mr. He about whether it made\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 sense to spend money on a Bugatti?\n2 A. Not that I recall.\n3 Q. Or a Lamborghini?\n4 A. No.\n5 MR. FINKEL: Ms. Loftus, can you zoom in at the top\n6 where it says Buyer.\n7 Q. What's the name listed for Buyer?\n8 A. My name.\n9 Q. Sorry?\n10 A. My name.\n11 Q. Is that your email address, ddimis80@gmail.com?\n12 A. No, it's not.\n13 Q. Is that your telephone number?\n14 A. No, it's not.\n15 MR. FINKEL: You can zoom out of that.\n16 You can scroll down.\n17 Stop right there. And can you zoom in on 2a.\n18 Q. What was the base price for the Bugatti?\n19 A. 3,825,000 U.S. dollars.\n20 MR. FINKEL: If we can pull up, Ms. Loftus, GX GC363.\n21 Q. And what is Mr. He asking you on this document on\n22 November 2, 2021?\n23 A. To please confirm the agreed delivery time.\n24 Q. Was the Bugatti delivered anywhere?\n25 A. Not that I recall.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. Do you know who Lonny Soza is?\n2 A. I'm not exactly sure.\n3 Q. Do you know what Post Oak Motors is?\n4 A. Sorry?\n5 Q. Post Oak Motors.\n6 A. Yes. The dealership for the Bugatti.\n7 Q. Did you communicate with any individuals from Post Oak\n8 Motors in connection with the Bugatti?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. Do you recall who you spoke with?\n11 A. I don't remember the name, but I believe it was like the\n12 president.\n13 Q. Okay. And what were the nature of your communications with\n14 Post Oak Motors?\n15 A. Depending. Changes or modifications and with regard to\n16 payments, and registration.\n17 MR. FINKEL: If we could pull up GX GC522, which is in\n18 evidence.\n19 Q. Who signed this document, Ms. Reyes?\n20 A. Mr. He.\n21 MR. FINKEL: And Ms. Loftus, can you zoom in on\n22 Purpose.\n23 Q. Can you read 1.1.\n24 A. \"The Sole Director and the Company are interested in\n25 purchasing a Bugatti Chiron Super Sport from Bugatti Houston\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 for 3,825,000 U.S. dollars, which may be subject to EUR to USD\n2 exchange rate fluctuations, to transport it, find proper\n3 storage, and to purchase the necessary insurance.\"\n4 MR. FINKEL: Zoom out of that.\n5 Is there another page to this?\n6 Q. You said that the Bugatti was purchased through a loan from\n7 G Club Operations to G Club BVI; is that right?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. Was that loan ever paid back by BVI?\n10 A. Not that I recall.\n11 Q. And the money that was sent from Operations to BVI to\n12 purchase this Bugatti, where did G|CLUBS Operations get that\n13 money from?\n14 A. Member payments.\n15 Q. Did there come a time, if ever, when Mr. He said that he\n16 would contact Post Oak Motors instead of you?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. And did Mr. He explain why?\n19 A. No.\n20 Q. What was going on with Post Oak Motors at that time when\n21 Mr. He said he would take over?\n22 A. That was a time where the car was available and\n23 registration documents needed to be worked on.\n24 Q. What do you mean by the car was available?\n25 A. It was already done, constructed.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. Where was it available from?\n2 A. From the dealership.\n3 Q. Where was the dealership located; do you know?\n4 A. I'm not sure.\n5 Q. And why did Mr. He take over the registration issues with\n6 respect to the Bugatti?\n7 A. I do not know.\n8 MR. FINKEL: If we pull up GX 218.\n9 Q. To your knowledge did anyone ever pick up the car, the\n10 Bugatti?\n11 A. I do not know.\n12 Q. Do you know where this photograph was taken?\n13 A. No.\n14 Q. Have you seen this photograph before?\n15 A. No.\n16 MR. FINKEL: We can take that down.\n17 Q. You mentioned that another asset that was purchased was a\n18 boat; is that right?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 MR. FINKEL: We can pull up GX GC309.\n21 Q. And the top, who is this email from?\n22 A. Mr. He.\n23 Q. And who is it to?\n24 A. To me.\n25 Q. Can you read the subject.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. \"G|CLUBS Loan Documents and Resolutions, G Club\n2 International Limited.\"\n3 Q. And what's attached to it? What are the attachments\n4 called?\n5 A. Written Resolutions and Yacht Contract.\n6 MR. FINKEL: You can zoom out of that.\n7 And can you zoom in on the September 20th email.\n8 Q. Can you read what you wrote to Mr. He on September 20th.\n9 A. \"Please find attached Vessel additional documentation, for\n10 your review and approval signature. G Fashion Hold Co. B\n11 resolution consent to the adoption of the company to enter into\n12 a certain purchase agreement to acquire a Bering 70 vessel with\n13 transport to Boston, MA, USA. Seven Star yacht transport\n14 contract.\"\n15 Q. What is G Fashion Hold Co. B?\n16 A. I'm not sure.\n17 Q. And the Bering 70 vessel, what's that?\n18 A. The boat; the yacht.\n19 Q. What role, if any, did you have in selecting the Bering 70\n20 vessel as something to purchase?\n21 A. I did not have a role.\n22 Q. Did you ask any questions to Mr. He about why G|CLUBS was\n23 purchasing a Bering 70 vessel?\n24 A. I did not.\n25 Q. What about with Yvette?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. Not that I recall.\n2 MR. FINKEL: You can zoom out of that, please. And if\n3 you can scroll down. Keep going.\n4 Bit more, please.\n5 Stop right there.\n6 Q. What does it say at the top of this document?\n7 A. G Fashion Hold Co. B Limited.\n8 MR. FINKEL: Scroll down a bit.\n9 Q. Who signed this document?\n10 A. Mr. He.\n11 MR. FINKEL: Zoom out of that, please. If you could\n12 scroll up.\n13 Q. And can you read 1.1.\n14 A. \"The company's wholly owned parent, Jovial Century\n15 International Limited, issued a capital contribution of\n16 $2,300,000 USD to the company on August 30, 2021.\"\n17 Q. What's Jovial Century International Limited?\n18 A. Among the org chart, it's a higher level above G Club\n19 Operations.\n20 Q. And what were you told, if anything, about who the ultimate\n21 beneficial owner is of Jovial?\n22 A. I don't recall someone telling me.\n23 Q. Did you ask any questions about why G|CLUBS was structured\n24 in this manner, with Jovial at the top?\n25 A. Not that I recall.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 MR. FINKEL: You can zoom out of that.\n2 Q. And can you read 1.2.\n3 A. \"The Sole Director has deemed it to be in the best interest\n4 of the Company to acquire a Bering 70 vessel with Hull ID\n5 Number:\"\n6 Q. That's fine. You don't have to read that.\n7 What's the price?\n8 A. $2,130,000.\n9 Q. And did that money come from a loan from G|CLUBS\n10 Operations?\n11 A. Best of my recollection, yes.\n12 Q. And where did G Club Operations get that $2,130,000 from?\n13 A. Our member——member payment.\n14 Q. Member payments?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 MR. FINKEL: Could we zoom out of that, please. Can\n17 you scroll down.\n18 Keep going.\n19 Q. Can you read what it says at the top, on the right.\n20 A. Yacht Contract.\n21 MR. FINKEL: Zoom out of that, please, Ms. Loftus.\n22 Q. Who signed that contract?\n23 A. Mr. He.\n24 MR. FINKEL: You can take that down.\n25 Q. Did there come a time, if ever, when you spoke to Miles Guo\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 about the yacht?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. What was the name of the yacht?\n4 A. Liberty.\n5 Q. When did you speak with Miles Guo about the Liberty?\n6 A. I'm not exactly sure the date, but some point in 2022.\n7 Q. Was it after the boat was purchased?\n8 A. Could I see the date?\n9 Q. Sure.\n10 A. Sorry.\n11 MR. FINKEL: If you can pull back up, Ms. Loftus,\n12 GC309.\n13 Q. Do you see the date on this email?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. You spoke with Guo about the yacht after it was purchased.\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. And what manner did you speak with Guo about the yacht?\n18 A. It was conversation about the boat having some——some\n19 issues, some mechanical issues.\n20 THE COURT: What form of communication was used?\n21 THE WITNESS: Physical, physical. It was in person.\n22 It was a meeting.\n23 Q. Where did this meeting take place?\n24 A. In the New York offices.\n25 MR. FINKEL: You can take that down, Ms. Loftus.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. Who else was part of the meeting?\n2 A. As of my recollection, it was the captain, in a video Zoom,\n3 Yvette, Max. Those are the ones I remember.\n4 Q. Why did you participate in this meeting with Guo, Yvette,\n5 Max, and the boat captain?\n6 A. I was requested to attend the meeting.\n7 Q. Who requested?\n8 A. Best of my recollection, Yvette.\n9 Q. What did Guo say about the yacht?\n10 A. They were talking mechanical aspects, about not being,\n11 like, safe because of——it had like a hole on the front.\n12 Q. Guo was saying these things about the hole in the front?\n13 A. It was conversations between the captain and him, but——I\n14 don't remember specifically.\n15 Q. Did Guo explain how he knew that the yacht had problems\n16 during the call?\n17 A. Not that I recall.\n18 Q. Were G|CLUBS members able to use the Liberty?\n19 A. Not that I was aware.\n20 Q. Was there any process in place to allow G|CLUBS members to\n21 rent the Liberty?\n22 A. No.\n23 Q. Did you ever see the Liberty in person?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. Where?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. In the marina.\n2 Q. Which marina?\n3 A. I don't know the name.\n4 Q. What state?\n5 A. New Jersey.\n6 Q. Why did you see the Liberty yacht in a marina in New\n7 Jersey? Why were you there?\n8 A. After the——the meeting, I wanted to see what the issue was,\n9 so I went to physically see the——the hole and not having, like,\n10 a barrier.\n11 Q. What happened to the Liberty yacht?\n12 A. It ultimately got sold.\n13 Q. Why did you decide to sell the Liberty yacht?\n14 A. I did not decide to sell the boat.\n15 Q. Who decided to sell the boat?\n16 A. To the best of my recollection, that Mr. He decided on it.\n17 Q. Did you ask Mr. He why he wanted to sell the boat?\n18 A. What I was told is that because it was not safe, it wasn't\n19 seaworthy.\n20 Q. Did there come a time, if ever, when G|CLUBS purchased a\n21 camper van?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. How did you learn about this, the camper van?\n24 A. A loan as well.\n25 Q. How did you learn about it?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. It was a request that came in. I'm not exactly sure if it\n2 was Yvette or Mr. He.\n3 Q. Yvette or who?\n4 A. Mr. He.\n5 Q. Did you select the camper van?\n6 A. No, I did not.\n7 Q. Do you know who did?\n8 A. No, I do not.\n9 Q. Do you know how much the camper van cost?\n10 A. I don't recall.\n11 MR. FINKEL: If we could pull up GX GC365.\n12 Q. And what's the subject of this email?\n13 A. G Club International Limited Resolution. Additional asset\n14 purchase.\n15 Q. And was the camper van purchased in the same manner, with a\n16 loan from G|CLUBS Operations to BVI?\n17 A. To the best of my recollection, yes.\n18 Q. And the money that G|CLUBS Operations sent to BVI, where\n19 did that money come from?\n20 A. Membership fees.\n21 MR. FINKEL: Zoom out of that, please.\n22 Go to the next page.\n23 Keep going. Stop right there.\n24 Q. Can you read the English in the second line at the top.\n25 Right there.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. \"Binding order of a new motor vehicle/trailer.\"\n2 MR. FINKEL: Zoom out of that.\n3 Q. And what's the price on the bottom right?\n4 A. 343,235.29.\n5 Q. Who signed that document?\n6 A. Mr. He.\n7 MR. FINKEL: Zoom out of that.\n8 Q. And what's the name of the company at the top?\n9 A. SOD, Stone Off Road.\n10 Q. Where was the camper van manufactured, to your knowledge?\n11 A. Germany, if I'm not mistaken.\n12 Q. Was the camper van ever delivered?\n13 A. Not that I was aware of.\n14 MR. FINKEL: You can take that down.\n15 We can pull up what's been marked for identification\n16 as GC551.\n17 Q. Who is this email from and to?\n18 A. From Pablo to me.\n19 MR. FINKEL: The government offers GC551.\n20 MR. KAMARAJU: No objection.\n21 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n22 (Government's Exhibit GC551 received in evidence)\n23 MR. FINKEL: Could we publish that, please.\n24 BY MR. FINKEL:\n25 Q. And who's Pablo?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. Pablo is an attorney.\n2 Q. And who's copied on this email from Pablo to you?\n3 A. Victor.\n4 Q. Victor who?\n5 A. Cerda.\n6 Q. What's the subject of this email?\n7 A. G Club subpoena.\n8 Q. What's the date?\n9 A. June 13, 2022.\n10 MR. FINKEL: Zoom out of that, please. Can you zoom\n11 in on the bottom.\n12 Q. Who is this email from?\n13 A. Juliana Murray.\n14 Q. And what is the text of this email?\n15 A. Sorry?\n16 Q. What is the text of the email, the content? Starting with\n17 Pablo, could you read it.\n18 A. Yes. \"Thank you for agreeing to accept service of the\n19 attached subpoena on behalf of your client, G Club Operations\n20 LLC. Please let us know if you have any questions.\"\n21 MR. FINKEL: You can zoom out of that.\n22 Q. Did you become aware that G|CLUBS received a subpoena on\n23 June 13, 2022?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. At the time, Ms. Reyes, you first learned about this, did\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 you know what a subpoena was?\n2 A. No.\n3 Q. What did you come to understand the subpoena was?\n4 A. It was a——an inquiry from the government for different\n5 charges.\n6 Q. How did you feel learning that G|CLUBS had received the\n7 subpoena from the government?\n8 A. I didn't——I didn't know what——what that was, and I was\n9 concerned because it involved the government.\n10 Q. You said you were what?\n11 A. Concerned.\n12 Q. Did you discuss the subpoena with Ana?\n13 A. At some point, yes.\n14 Q. Did Ana come to leave G|CLUBS?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. When approximately did she leave?\n17 A. September 2022.\n18 Q. What is your understanding of why Ana left?\n19 MR. KAMARAJU: Objection.\n20 THE COURT: Overruled. You may answer.\n21 A. When she presented her resignation letter, she said that\n22 she had found another job, that it was to happen, and at some\n23 point she was concerned with her license being revoked.\n24 Q. What do you mean by concerned about her license being\n25 revoked?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. Like her——like her lawyer license.\n2 Q. Around the time that G|CLUBS received the subpoena from the\n3 government, did you have your own lawyer?\n4 A. No, I did not.\n5 Q. Did you ask for one?\n6 A. At some point I did, yes.\n7 Q. Who did you ask for one?\n8 A. To the best of my recollection, counsel.\n9 Q. What were you told about whether you could have your own\n10 lawyer?\n11 A. I was told that I did not need it and if they believed I\n12 did, they would let me know.\n13 Q. How did that make you feel that you weren't being provided\n14 your own lawyer?\n15 MR. KAMARAJU: Objection. Misstates testimony.\n16 THE COURT: You may say how you felt.\n17 A. Not considered, because I was asking for it.\n18 Q. What do you mean by not considered?\n19 A. Like they were not really thinking of me, even though I was\n20 asking for it.\n21 THE COURT: Keep your voice up, please.\n22 THE WITNESS: Sorry.\n23 Q. Ms. Reyes, after G|CLUBS received the subpoena, did you\n24 meet with Miles Guo?\n25 A. In person? I believe so.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. Where?\n2 A. In the New York office.\n3 Q. Have you ever been to the Sherry-Netherland?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. And why did you go to the Sherry-Netherland?\n6 A. It was to have dinner.\n7 Q. With who?\n8 A. Mr. Guo, Alex, and Yvette.\n9 Q. Was this after the subpoena was received by G|CLUBS?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. What did Miles Guo tell you during that dinner?\n12 A. It was like a thank-you dinner for the job that we were\n13 doing in——in G|CLUBS, and during the conversations he asked\n14 about my family, personal information, and there was a\n15 conversation along the lines of, like, his brother being killed\n16 because of his political views and how that meant that he was,\n17 like, trustworthy or true to his——to his beliefs.\n18 Q. Is that the only time you had dinner with Miles Guo?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. Did Miles Guo during that dinner mention anything about\n21 loyalty?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. What did he say about loyalty?\n24 A. It was referencing how——like how his brother was loyal to\n25 his beliefs and he died because of it.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. And what?\n2 A. He died because of it.\n3 Q. And this conversation about loyalty, this was after G|CLUBS\n4 received the subpoena?\n5 MR. KAMARAJU: Asked and answered, your Honor.\n6 THE COURT: Sustained.\n7 MR. FINKEL: I see it's 11:30. Is this a good time to\n8 break?\n9 THE COURT: Although it's 11:30, since we started\n10 late, we'll go until noon, then we'll break. Well, we'll come\n11 back at 12:30, we'll break at 2:30 again.\n12 Go ahead.\n13 MR. FINKEL: Okay. Thank you, your Honor.\n14 We can take that down, Ms. Loftus.\n15 BY MR. FINKEL:\n16 Q. Did there come a time where G|CLUBS sued Crane?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. And what role did you have, if any, as CEO of G|CLUBS, in\n19 deciding to sue Crane?\n20 A. I did not have a role.\n21 Q. Have you ever participated in a phone call with Miles Guo\n22 about Crane's money?\n23 A. Not that I recall.\n24 Q. After G|CLUBS sued Crane, was there an arbitration\n25 proceeding?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. And at that time did you have your own lawyer?\n3 A. No, I did not.\n4 Q. Were you asked to testify at that arbitration proceeding?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. Did you want to?\n7 A. No.\n8 Q. Did you say you didn't want to?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. What were you told?\n11 A. That because I was the CEO, I had to.\n12 Q. How did that make you feel?\n13 A. Uneasy. I wasn't comfortable doing so.\n14 Q. Generally speaking, at the time of this arbitration\n15 proceeding how were you feeling about G|CLUBS?\n16 A. I was feeling concerned, stressed; there were many things I\n17 didn't understand.\n18 Q. Did you testify at the arbitration proceeding?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. Were you told to say anything in particular at the\n21 arbitration proceeding?\n22 A. What was I going to be talking about?\n23 Q. In advance of the arbitration proceeding, were you told to\n24 say anything in particular during the arbitration?\n25 A. No.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. Did you go into the arbitration proceeding with an\n2 intention to lie?\n3 A. No.\n4 Q. Were you completely truthful with the arbitration panel?\n5 A. There were things that were inaccurate.\n6 Q. What was inaccurate in your testimony?\n7 A. To the best of my recollection, as I referenced Yvette,\n8 Mr. Guo, I did not include him as part of promoting G|CLUBS.\n9 And concierge service. Those are the things I can remember.\n10 Q. How did you describe Yvette during the arbitration\n11 proceeding when you were testifying?\n12 A. As a representative.\n13 Q. And was this arbitration testimony under oath?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. Was Yvette just a representative?\n16 A. That's how I've heard her being described, but she\n17 instructed and——advice on other things.\n18 Q. You also said something about concierge service?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. What did you tell the arbitration panel about concierge\n21 services?\n22 A. Being——having a concierge service. That's how it was\n23 called. But it's more of a customer service.\n24 Q. So when you said that there was a concierge service to the\n25 arbitration panel, was that true?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. No.\n2 Q. You also mentioned that——you mentioned something about Guo\n3 during the arbitration testimony. What did you say that wasn't\n4 correct about Guo?\n5 A. I didn't include him as the promotion of G|CLUBS.\n6 Q. Was Guo involved in the promotion of G|CLUBS?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 Q. When you told the panel that he wasn't involved, or you\n9 didn't say to the panel that he was involved in the promotion\n10 of G|CLUBS, was that true?\n11 A. That was inaccurate.\n12 Q. Did G|CLUBS prevail in the Crane arbitration?\n13 A. Sorry? Could you say that again.\n14 Q. Did G|CLUBS win the Crane arbitration?\n15 A. I'm not sure.\n16 MR. FINKEL: If we can pull up GX GC377.\n17 Q. Who is this email from?\n18 A. From me.\n19 Q. To who?\n20 A. Mr. He.\n21 Q. And what's it in regards to?\n22 A. G|CLUBS loan documents and resolution for Hamilton digital\n23 assets.\n24 Q. What's Hamilton digital assets?\n25 A. I'm not exactly sure.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. And these documents that you attached, sending to Mr. He,\n2 what was the purpose of these documents?\n3 A. They were loan documents and resolutions.\n4 Q. For what?\n5 A. For this case in particular, invest proceeds in the\n6 Hamilton Digital Assets.\n7 Q. What role did you have, if any, in deciding whether to\n8 invest G|CLUBS' funds into Hamilton Digital Assets?\n9 A. I did not have a role.\n10 Q. What was your understanding——well, withdrawn.\n11 Did you ask Mr. He why G|CLUBS funds were being\n12 invested into Hamilton Digital Assets?\n13 A. Not that I recall.\n14 Q. Did you ask Yvette?\n15 A. Not that I recall.\n16 Q. Can you read No. 2 and 3 in your email.\n17 A. G Club International Limited BVI resolution consent to the\n18 adoption of the company to request a loan of 60 million from G\n19 Club Operations.\n20 G Club International Limited BVI resolution II.\n21 Consent to, approves and authorize investment of\n22 $460,549,275.17 in Hamilton Digital Assets.\n23 Q. And can you read the asterisk where it says, \"Please note\"\n24 at the bottom.\n25 A. \"Please note: The 13,450,724.83 difference is considered\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 as a buffer to cover any additional asset purchase/investments\n2 for the remaining of the year.\"\n3 Q. What is your understanding of why that $46,549,275.17 is so\n4 specific?\n5 A. I do not know.\n6 MR. FINKEL: You can zoom out of that, please, and can\n7 we go to the next page.\n8 Q. And can you read where it says \"WHEREAS.\"\n9 A. \"WHEREAS, Sole Member has deemed it to be in the best\n10 interest of the company to loan 60 million USD at 2.2 APR to\n11 the Sole Member, under the terms and conditions further\n12 stipulated in the loan agreement attached here to as Exhibit\n13 A.\"\n14 MR. FINKEL: Zoom out of that. And if we can scroll\n15 down.\n16 Scroll more. And can you zoom in on paragraph 1,\n17 please, Ms. Loftus.\n18 Q. And can you read the first, 1.1.\n19 A. \"The Sole Director and the Company are interested in\n20 investing 46,549,275.17 proceeds in Hamilton Digital Assets\n21 FDSP.\n22 MR. FINKEL: Could we zoom out of that.\n23 Q. And who's indicated as the sole director at the bottom?\n24 A. Mr. He.\n25 MR. FINKEL: If we can pull up GX GC497, which is in\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 evidence, I believe.\n2 Q. Who is this document addressed to?\n3 A. G Club Operations, me.\n4 Q. And what?\n5 A. Me.\n6 Q. And what's Lawall & Mitchell?\n7 A. It's a law firm that we had retained.\n8 MR. FINKEL: You don't need to zoom in on that right\n9 now. Thank you.\n10 Q. What lawyer worked at Lawall & Mitchell that G|CLUBS\n11 interacted with?\n12 A. Aaron.\n13 Q. Who decided to hire Aaron of Lawall & Mitchell for G|CLUBS?\n14 A. To the best of my recollection, it was Victor that took\n15 care of this.\n16 Q. Victor Cerda?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. Did you play any role in deciding to hire Aaron Mitchell?\n19 A. No, I did not.\n20 Q. Can you read the first paragraph, \"As you are aware.\"\n21 A. \"As you are aware, on or about September 29, 2021, G Club\n22 Operations LLC retained Lawall & Mitchell LLC to advise and\n23 represent G Club with respect to its dispute with Crane\n24 Advisory Group, LLC.\"\n25 Q. Keep going, please. Can you read the next paragraph.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. \"In connection with the above referenced arbitration, the\n2 arbitrator directed Crane Advisory Group to transfer certain\n3 funds to G Club. To facilitate the transfer, on or about the\n4 dates below, I received into my escrow account the following 11\n5 wire transfers totaling $46,549,275.17.\"\n6 Q. What is your understanding to mean in the letter where it\n7 says \"I received into my escrow account the following 11 wire\n8 transfers\"?\n9 A. He had an escrow account and the funds were received there.\n10 Q. Funds from Crane?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. And what's your understanding, if any, as to why Aaron\n13 Mitchell received the funds from Crane?\n14 A. He was the attorney on Crane, and there was a request to\n15 have an escrow account, and his firm was the escrow.\n16 MR. FINKEL: Zoom out of that, please.\n17 Scroll down.\n18 And can you blow up the \"On November 8\" paragraph.\n19 Yeah.\n20 Q. Can you read that, please, Ms. Reyes.\n21 A. \"On November 8, 2021, upon the direction of G Club, I\n22 transferred the above sums, totaling $46,549,275.17 from my\n23 attorney escrow account to Hamilton Digital Assets Fund SP;\n24 IMAD——\"\n25 Q. You don't have to read that number.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Ms. Reyes, did you provide the direction to Aaron\n2 Mitchell to transfer the above sums totaling $46 million and\n3 change to Hamilton Digital Assets?\n4 A. No, I did not.\n5 Q. Do you know who did?\n6 A. I'm not sure.\n7 Q. Were you consulted about whether transferring the $46½\n8 million to Hamilton Digital Assets was a good idea for G|CLUBS?\n9 A. Not that I recall.\n10 Q. Did you have a view one way or the other when you were the\n11 CEO whether transferring $46½ million to Hamilton Digital\n12 Assets was a good idea for G|CLUBS?\n13 A. No, I did not.\n14 MR. FINKEL: You can take that down.\n15 If we can pull up GX GC380.\n16 No. 380, please. Sorry.\n17 Actually, Ms. Loftus, can you put that on the left\n18 side of the screen.\n19 And can you zoom in on the top email.\n20 BY MR. FINKEL:\n21 Q. Who is this email from?\n22 A. From Alex.\n23 Q. Are you copied on it?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. Who is it to?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. David Fallon.\n2 Q. Who is David Fallon?\n3 A. David Fallon was amongst the Himalaya Exchange employees.\n4 Q. And what did Alex write to David? Can you read it?\n5 A. \"Good morning, David. Please accept this email as\n6 confirmation that we wish to increase our subscription amount\n7 to our Hamilton PE Fund SP in the amount of $46,549,275.17.\n8 Q. That's good. You can stop there.\n9 Ms. Reyes, did you participate in any discussions\n10 about whether or not to increase G|CLUBS subscription amount in\n11 Hamilton PE Fund?\n12 A. Not that I recall.\n13 MR. FINKEL: Can you zoom out of that, please.\n14 Can you scroll down.\n15 Stop right there.\n16 Actually, if you can go up just a little bit,\n17 Ms. Loftus. Yup.\n18 Q. And can you read what David Fallon wrote on November 9,\n19 2021.\n20 A. \"Morning Alex, I see a credit of the below amount into the\n21 fund bank account. For the fund admin records can you please\n22 provide the following:\n23 \"Proof of the relationship with Lawall & Mitchell LLC\n24 for this transfer.\n25 \"Our fund administrator will need to know that the\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 money sent through the law firm is G|CLUBS.\n2 \"Also a confirmation email of the subscription\n3 increase amount. So you are increasing your subscription in\n4 Hamilton Digital Assets SP.\"\n5 Q. And below that is an image, and it says \"Description:\n6 Incoming money transfer. Did I read that right?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 Q. And what's it say below that, after the——\n9 THE COURT: Could you blow that up.\n10 Oh, is there a problem on the screen?\n11 You need to go to the bathroom? Okay. So we'll take\n12 a break. Take a break and we'll come back, ten minutes.\n13 MR. FINKEL: Is this good for a lunch break now or——\n14 THE COURT: Well, actually, now I see that it is\n15 11:45. So we'll break now and return at 12:30.\n16 Do not discuss this case with anyone or amongst\n17 yourselves. Don't permit anyone to discuss the case in your\n18 presence. Do not read, listen, or watch anything from any\n19 source which touches upon the subject matter of this case.\n20 (Jury not present)\n21 THE COURT: You may step out of the courtroom.\n22 Remember not to discuss your testimony.\n23 (Witness not present)\n24 THE COURT: You may be seated.\n25 Is there anything from either party before we return?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 MR. KAMARAJU: Not from the defense, your Honor.\n2 MR. FINKEL: Just a logistical issue that the\n3 government and defense are discussing. I just want to flag it\n4 for the Court. There's no need for the Court to intervene at\n5 this point, as the parties are still discussing, but our next\n6 witness is a FBI analyst. She has an appointment on Thursday\n7 morning that she cannot move. But she'll be available Thursday\n8 afternoon. We noticed the defense that this FBI analyst would\n9 be next——well, next after Ms. Reyes. And so it seems,\n10 depending on the timing of when Ms. Reyes is done, it's\n11 possible that that witness would still be on the stand at the\n12 end of the day and would not be able to return on Thursday\n13 morning, would have to come back to finish their testimony. So\n14 we could either do that, if your Honor is okay with it and the\n15 defense is okay with it——the government has no preference——or\n16 we can just call the witness after, which is a banker from\n17 Morgan Stanley.\n18 THE COURT: Are you saying call the witness Thursday\n19 afternoon?\n20 MR. FINKEL: So the analyst, if we don't finish her\n21 today, she wouldn't be able to finish her testimony on Thursday\n22 morning, so she could come back on Thursday afternoon to\n23 complete her testimony, so it would be out of order in that\n24 sense.\n25 THE COURT: Understood. That's fine with the Court.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 MR. FINKEL: Okay. So the parties will discuss and\n2 advise the Court.\n3 THE COURT: Thank you.\n4 MR. FINKEL: Thank you, your Honor.\n5 (Luncheon recess)\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 AFTERNOON SESSION\n2 12:31 p.m.\n3 (Jury not present)\n4 THE COURT: Would you get the witness, please.\n5 MR. FINKEL: Your Honor, just for our own planning\n6 purpose, will the afternoon break be shorter to make up for the\n7 time for the longer break this morning or will it be the same\n8 30 minute?\n9 THE COURT: Are you making a request?\n10 MR. FINKEL: Yes. We would request a slightly shorter\n11 break to make up for the lost time.\n12 THE COURT: That's fine.\n13 MR. FINKEL: Thank you.\n14 THE COURT: Please get the jurors.\n15 THE LAW CLERK: Jury entering.\n16 (Jury present)\n17 THE COURT: Please be seated. Ms. Reyes, remember\n18 you're still under oath. You may continue the inquiry.\n19 MR. FINKEL: Thank you, your Honor.\n20 BY MR. FINKEL:\n21 Q. Ms. Loftus, could you publish GC-380. I believe we had\n22 this document up before we broke for lunch. And you can zoom\n23 in, Ms. Loftus, on the image.\n24 What does it say below money transfer, Ms. Reyes?\n25 A. Original Lawall & Mitchell.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. And on the right side of the screen, Ms. Loftus, can you\n2 bring up GXZ-12 at page 19. Ms. Loftus, can you zoom in on the\n3 credit amount on the left side of the screen.\n4 The document on the right side of your screen,\n5 Ms. Reyes, Z-12, have you seen that document before?\n6 A. No.\n7 Q. Can you read the number next to the arrow between Lawall &\n8 Mitchell, LLC, and Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC?\n9 A. 46,549,275.\n10 Q. Is that the same number as the number on the left side of\n11 the screen?\n12 A. Yes.\n13 Q. And can you read the number between Hamilton Opportunity\n14 Fund SP, the middle box, and Hamilton Opportunity Fund SP the\n15 lower box?\n16 A. 46,549,275.\n17 Q. We can take that down. If we can pull up GC-433.\n18 This is an email from June 21, 2021; is that correct?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. And who did you send this email to?\n21 A. Mr. He.\n22 Q. Can you read what you wrote beginning with thank you.\n23 A. Thank you for the signed documents. Please find attach\n24 fully executed loan agreement for your records. We've\n25 submitted the wire transfer request. The 50 million will be\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 sent in two separate as described below. Fire wire 35 million\n2 on Monday.\n3 THE COURT: Could you highlight what is being read\n4 because I can't read such small print. Go ahead.\n5 A. Today June 21, 2021. Second wire. 15 million on\n6 Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Should you have any questions or\n7 doubts do not hesitate to reach me.\n8 Q. If you scroll down, Ms. Loftus. What does that say?\n9 A. It's a loan agreement.\n10 Q. Between who?\n11 A. G/Club Operations and G/Club International Limited.\n12 Q. And G/Clubs Operations is located where?\n13 A. Puerto Rico.\n14 Q. And International Limited is located where?\n15 A. BVI.\n16 Q. Do you recognize the initials at the bottom of the\n17 document?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. Whose are they?\n20 A. Mr. He and mine.\n21 Q. Go the next page please, Ms. Loftus.\n22 What's the date at the top, Ms. Reyes?\n23 A. June 18, 2021.\n24 Q. Zoom out of that please, Ms. Loftus.\n25 And the use of funds at the bottom, can you scroll so\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 we have both pages. Can you read use of funds?\n2 A. The borrower intends to use the loans to increase its\n3 investment into Hamilton Digital Assets FD SP registered in\n4 Cayman Islands and having its registered address at McGrath\n5 Tonner Corporate Services Limited, genesis building, 5th floor,\n6 genesis Close PO Box 446, Grand Cayman KYI 1106, Cayman\n7 Islands. For efficiency purposes, the borrower has requested\n8 lender to send the loan proceeds directly to fund receiver on\n9 its behalf.\n10 Q. Have you been to that location in the Cayman Islands, the\n11 PO Box?\n12 A. No, I have not.\n13 Q. Zoom out of that please and scroll up. And under one,\n14 who's the lender?\n15 A. G/Clubs Operations LLC.\n16 Q. And the borrower is BVI?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. Zoom out of that, please.\n19 And under two, who's the fund receiver under two use\n20 of funds?\n21 A. Should I read it?\n22 Q. Who's the fund receiver under number two?\n23 A. Hamilton Digital Assets FD SP.\n24 Q. In this case G/Club Operations sent the money directly to\n25 Hamilton; is that right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. I don't recollect exactly, but that's what it says.\n2 Q. To your knowledge was there ever any repayment made to\n3 G/Club Operation?\n4 A. Not that I recall.\n5 Q. We can take that down. If we can put up what's in evidence\n6 as GXGC-198. Who is this an email from?\n7 A. Could you repeat that.\n8 Q. Who is this an email from?\n9 A. Mr. He.\n10 Q. And who did he send it to?\n11 A. To me.\n12 Q. Can you read what Mr. He wrote below hope you well?\n13 A. Since our projects in London are doing well, would like to\n14 ask the rest amount of loan agreement to be transferred to\n15 Fiesta Property Developments Limited. Loan agreement is 10\n16 million GBP. We have received 10M USD so far. Once amount has\n17 been confirmed, account will be provided.\n18 Q. Ms. Reyes, what is Fiesta Property Developments LTD?\n19 A. I don't know.\n20 Q. What projects are doing well in London? Do you have an\n21 understanding what that means?\n22 A. I do not know.\n23 Q. And 10 million GBP, do you know what GBP means?\n24 A. British pounds.\n25 Q. If we can pull up what's been marked for identification as\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 GXGC-544 just for the witness, please, Ms. Loftus. You can\n2 scroll to the end of that.\n3 Do you recognize that signature?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. Whose is it?\n6 A. Mr. He's.\n7 Q. Could you scroll up, please. Do you recognize that\n8 signature?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. Whose is it?\n11 A. Zee.\n12 MR. FINKEL: The government offers GC-544.\n13 MR. KAMARAJU: Can I ask one voir dire question, your\n14 Honor?\n15 THE COURT: Go ahead.\n16 MR. KAMARAJU: Prior to meeting with the government,\n17 Ms. Reyes, had you ever seen this document before?\n18 THE WITNESS: No, I had not.\n19 MR. KAMARAJU: Objection.\n20 THE COURT: Go ahead.\n21 (Government's Exhibit GC-544 received in evidence)\n22 BY MR. FINKEL:\n23 Q. If you could publish that, please, Ms. Loftus, and go to\n24 the first page.\n25 What does this say on this document?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. Facility agreement.\n2 Q. Keep going.\n3 A. Between G/Club Operations LLC and Jovial Century\n4 International Limited and Fiesta Property Developments LTD.\n5 Q. Can you go to the next page, Ms. Ms. Loftus.\n6 Can you read what it says below facility?\n7 A. The lender hereby agrees to lend the borrower an amount not\n8 exceeding 10 million GBP.\n9 Q. Who's the lender according to this document?\n10 A. G/Club Operations, LLC.\n11 Q. And who's the borrower?\n12 A. Jovial Century International Limited.\n13 Q. And who's the fund receiver?\n14 A. Fiesta Property Developments LTD.\n15 MR. FINKEL: Approaching the witness with a binder.\n16 Q. Ms. Reyes, can you flip through that binder, please.\n17 Ms. Reyes, have you reviewed the documents in that\n18 binder previously?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. Did you select which documents ended up in that binder?\n21 A. No, I did not.\n22 Q. Who signed the documents in that binder?\n23 A. Mr. He.\n24 MR. FINKEL: Your Honor, I'll represent that binder\n25 contains GX1GC-519, 523, 524, 529, 535, 349, 373, 177. The\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 government offers those documents.\n2 MR. KAMARAJU: One moment of voir dire, your Honor.\n3 THE COURT: Go ahead.\n4 BY MR. KAMARAJU:\n5 Q. Ms. Reyes, prior to meeting with the government, had you\n6 ever seen those documents before, the ones that are in the\n7 binder Mr. Finkel just handed you?\n8 A. I have seen the format of the documents. I don't recall\n9 all of them.\n10 Q. The specific documents that he showed you, have you seen\n11 those before?\n12 A. I don't recall all of them specifically.\n13 Q. And besides recognizing the signature on that document, do\n14 you recognize those documents at all?\n15 A. I recognize the format of the documents.\n16 Q. But not the documents themselves, right?\n17 A. Not necessarily all of them.\n18 MR. KAMARAJU: Same objection.\n19 THE COURT: Which ones do you recognize? You said not\n20 all of them, and my question is which ones do you recognize?\n21 THE WITNESS: I don't necessarily remember all of\n22 them.\n23 THE COURT: If you'll step up, please.\n24 (Continued on next page)\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 (At the sidebar)\n2 THE COURT: So if it's just the format and the\n3 signatures, but she can't recognize the documents, I'll have to\n4 revoke my admitting of the ones that we just admitted, and I\n5 wouldn't let the others come in.\n6 MR. FINKEL: Your Honor, under 901(b)(2) and (b)(4)\n7 which allows authenticity subject to recognition of a signature\n8 and also distinctive characteristics of a document, I think the\n9 requirement has met the threshold requirement for authenticity\n10 for a few reasons: These documents which your Honor is free to\n11 take a look at are the same distinctive formatting, and in fact\n12 she's familiar with the general formatting of other documents\n13 that have come into evidence without objection. These are\n14 materials that on their face are from entities that are\n15 involved in this case that are all signed by Mr. He. She has\n16 recognized and authenticated that signature. In addition,\n17 these materials I can represent to the Court were produced by\n18 G/Clubs to the government. They are Bates stamped with G/Clubs\n19 Bates stamps on them. That's another factor that the Court can\n20 take into consideration.\n21 THE COURT: They are Bate stamped?\n22 MR. FINKEL: Yes. I have some case law if the Court\n23 would like. Judge Engelmayer in 2012 in a civil case, but\n24 applying Rule 901 ruled, a district court has broad discretion\n25 over the admissibility of evidence. This is 890 F. Supp. 2nd\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 278 to 298. The test for authentication under Federal Rule of\n2 Evidence 901 is simply whether a reasonable juror could find\n3 the proffered evidence authentic, citing some cases under Rule\n4 901(a). Under 901(a), \"The bar for authentication of evidence\n5 is not particularly high.\" Citing U.S. v. Ardiglia, Second\n6 Circuit case from 2007, and also a Second Circuit case from\n7 2001. The proponent, continuing from Judge Engelmayer, need\n8 not rule out all possibilities inconsistent with authenticity\n9 which are proved beyond any doubt that evidence is what it\n10 purports to be, citing the Second Circuit again.\n11 Rather, a document may be authenticated based on its\n12 \"appearance, contents, substance internal patterns or other\n13 distinctive characteristics, taken in conjunction with the\n14 circumstances,\" citing Rule 901(b)(4). And circumstantial may\n15 establish authenticity citing several cases. Such evidence can\n16 include a document's appearance and content, and it goes on.\n17 So under that case law, your Honor, which cites the Second\n18 Circuit, I think we certainly met that threshold. And the\n19 preliminary question under Rule 904, it's a preponderance that\n20 the government must show. And as Judge Engelmayer articulated,\n21 it's not a particularly high threshold for authenticity.\n22 There's no evidence to suggest these documents are not\n23 authentic. And so the question is whether they are sufficient\n24 to allow a juror to conclude, and of course the defense is free\n25 to cross-examine about these particular documents and argue\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 whatever they wish to argue about their authenticity, but we\n2 have met our threshold.\n3 THE COURT: I have tremendous admiration for Judge\n4 Engelmayer. He clerked for Justice Marshal. So if you can go\n5 through each of these documents and identify those\n6 characteristics that Judge Engelmayer wrote about so\n7 eloquently, I would consider admitting them. Mr. Kamaraju.\n8 MR. KAMARAJU: Well, I guess I would make a couple of\n9 points, your Honor. First of all, the comment about there's no\n10 evidence suggesting their inauthentic nature misses the point.\n11 They have the burden to supply evidence's authenticity. Two,\n12 none of the case law that Mr. Finkel cited dealt with the\n13 particular question that your Honor ask which was whether you\n14 could consider the Bates number as a question of authenticity.\n15 I don't think there is any case law that supports that\n16 proposition.\n17 THE COURT: I think he just said that there is a case.\n18 MR. KAMARAJU: I didn't hear the one he read.\n19 THE COURT: He's looking for the case.\n20 MR. KAMARAJU: So while he finds that. Three, the\n21 question about whether you can authenticate the document\n22 through a signature. What actually 901 says is that you can\n23 take a non-expert's opinion that handwriting is genuine, right.\n24 So you can authenticate the handwriting, that doesn't mean you\n25 authenticate the entirety of the document. You need to be able\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 to say that's somebody's signature, and I recognize this\n2 document for what it is. Frankly, the best evidence that these\n3 documents do not have distinctive characteristics and the like\n4 is the fact that the government has put in so many of them.\n5 They're not corporate records. I'm not aware of a case that\n6 has found corporate records as being distinctive. In fact,\n7 your Honor kind of dealt a little bit with this issue with the\n8 First Abu Dhabi Bank records where the government made a\n9 similar argument with respect to authenticity. And your Honor\n10 said, well just because they look like bank records, doesn't\n11 make them authentic. It doesn't satisfy the authentication\n12 part. The fact that like we say G/Club sole forum, that's not\n13 sufficiently distinctive under -- and I'll try to remember my\n14 case law. But I don't think that's sufficiently distinctive\n15 under any Second Circuit case law, and I'm not sure Mr. Finkel\n16 has cited one that says it is.\n17 MS. SHROFF: May I just have the Judge Engelmayer cite\n18 so I can look it up.\n19 MR. FINKEL: It's 890 F. Supp 278. To your Honor's\n20 first question. Judge -- it's actually a District of\n21 Connecticut case, Faulkner v. Arista Records. It's SDNY,\n22 excuse me. 797 F. Supp. 2d. 299. I'm not certain. I think\n23 it's Judge Preska. I could be wrong about that. In any event,\n24 the court reviewed that all the documents were Bate stamp with\n25 a particular prefix as part of its analysis.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 To respond directly to what defense counsel just said.\n2 I want to make a few points. The first is, that's true. The\n3 question about whether a signature is authentic can be\n4 determined by a witness. And Ms. Reyes has determined that\n5 she's familiar with Mr. He's signature. That all of these\n6 documents are signed by Mr. He. That is direct evidence of\n7 authenticity that Mr. He personally signed those documents\n8 based on what the witness said. There are other\n9 circumstances -- I submit that in and of itself is sufficient\n10 for authenticity. When your Honor ruled with respect to the\n11 First Abu Dhabi records was about 807 hearsay, which is to say\n12 that they can come in for its truth. That's a different\n13 inquiry. It's not relevant here. We did not have a custodial\n14 witness or any witness who can look at the First Abu Dhabi bank\n15 records and say Mr. He signed them. Ms. Reyes did that.\n16 The second piece of circumstantial and direct evidence\n17 that shows their authenticity again, just a threshold showing,\n18 is that these documents look just like the documents, very\n19 similar in format, in fact Ms. Reyes said so, to the other loan\n20 agreement. The third circumstance, your Honor, is that, yes,\n21 I'm saying as an officer of the court they were provided to the\n22 government from G/Clubs, and they have a G/Club Bates stamp.\n23 That is another fact. The fourth circumstance is the content\n24 of the document itself, which your Honor is free to review and\n25 look at, and the contents of those documents concerns loans and\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 other factors that this witness and other witnesses have\n2 testified about that are relevant to the proceeding further\n3 corroborating again the bear threshold finding of authenticity.\n4 And so while the government has the burden, it's a\n5 preponderance, and it's fair for your Honor to evaluate what\n6 suggests they are not authentic. And I've heard no evidence\n7 suggesting that, so they should be admitted.\n8 MR. KAMARAJU: I want to respond to a couple of points\n9 before your Honor rules. First of all, just for a point of\n10 clarification, the argument that we made with respect to the\n11 First Abu Dhabi bank account was both authenticity and the\n12 residual exception. And your Honor found that it couldn't be\n13 authenticated or admitted under the rule exception. That's\n14 point one. Point two, I would be curious if the Faulkner case\n15 that Mr. Finkel has cited is actually about admission of\n16 evidence into the trial record, or admission with respect to a\n17 motion, cause I think those are different standards. Three, I\n18 would say that the fact that somebody recognizes handwriting is\n19 sufficient to authenticate the document is signed by that\n20 person. It is not sufficient to authenticate the substance of\n21 the document, i.e., I can show that Ms. Shroff signed a letter.\n22 I can't say further that that letter is a letter that went to\n23 the Court or that letter is one that went to the probation.\n24 All I can say is I recognize Ms. Shroff's handwriting on that.\n25 Third, the distinctive characteristics. If they want\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 to go through and have her identify what's distinctive, okay,\n2 maybe she can do it. But otherwise, I think what she answered\n3 is, I recognize generally the format.\n4 MR. FINKEL: If I could just respond to that. The\n5 witness could do that, but she doesn't have to. Your Honor is\n6 the fact finder here and makes the preliminary ruling, and\n7 you're free, your Honor, to review the documents and compare\n8 them to the other documents that have been admitted. With\n9 respect to Judge Engelmayer's opinion, I'm not certain whether\n10 it was about a trial or not --\n11 MR. KAMARAJU: I was talking about Faulkner.\n12 MR. FINKEL: Judge Engelmayer's opinion analyzed Rule\n13 901. Rule 901 is the same regardless of the circumstances.\n14 Second just to quote from another SDNY opinion. I'm sorry I\n15 don't have the judge. Another civil case, but again same rule,\n16 901. A finding of authenticity \"may be based entirely on\n17 circumstantial evidence.\" Citing the Second Circuit U.S. v.\n18 Bagaric, 706 F. 2d. 42. That's from 1983. One of the\n19 circumstances is that she identified the signature. There are\n20 other circumstances which I've already listed. Putting them\n21 altogether we have passed, I certainly believe, the place where\n22 a reasonable juror could find the proffer of evidence\n23 authentic. That's all that needs to be satisfied. They're\n24 free to cross-examine her on the document. They're free to\n25 make arguments about the document, but we've met our threshold\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 for the finding.\n2 MS. SHROFF: Your Honor, I would like the cites, and\n3 it's really unfortunate that this wasn't -- we didn't have any\n4 notice. So if you could just send me the case cites that\n5 you've recited. I will step out and look at them. But I'm\n6 pretty sure Judge Engelmayer case was in the civil context.\n7 MR. FINKEL: It is a civil case.\n8 MS. SHROFF: And I believe that the requirements would\n9 be different in a criminal case versus a civil trial.\n10 MR. FINKEL: There's no difference between Rule 901 in\n11 a civil case and a criminal trial. To the extent there's a\n12 confrontation clause issue, which maybe what you're alluding\n13 to, the witness is on the stand, and you can cross-examine her\n14 about the signature on the documents.\n15 THE COURT: So did you go through the signature on\n16 each of the documents that you wanted to admit?\n17 MR. FINKEL: Yes, we can certainly do that. They're\n18 all signed by Mr. He.\n19 THE COURT: I think you have to do that, and I think\n20 you have to ask whether the format is consistent with other\n21 documents that the corporation used. On that basis, I would\n22 find them admissible.\n23 MS. SHROFF: Could I have the cites, please.\n24 (Continued on next page)\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 (In open court; jury present)\n2 MR. KAMARAJU: Your Honor, just a point of\n3 clarification. Does the ruling at the sidebar apply to the\n4 exhibit you previously admitted or just what's in the binder?\n5 THE COURT: The ruling at the sidebar applies to the\n6 admission of the first document as well as the ones that\n7 follow. The government is going to go through each document.\n8 BY MR. FINKEL:\n9 Q. Ms. Reyes, can you take a look at the binder. On each\n10 particular document, can you let the jury know if you recognize\n11 any signatures on the document?\n12 A. I recognize the signature on all the document.\n13 Q. Whose signature do you recognize on every single document?\n14 A. Mr. He.\n15 Q. You mentioned I think in response to defense counsel's\n16 questions that the format I think you said familiar or\n17 something like that. Can you describe what you mean?\n18 A. When loan documents were created, it included a said\n19 package and resolutions were made as well, and the format of\n20 the resolutions is like the ones that are here.\n21 MR. FINKEL: Government offers GX GC-519, 523, 524,\n22 529 535, 349, 373 and 177.\n23 THE COURT: They are admitted.\n24 (Government's Exhibits GC-519, GC-523, GC-524, GC-529\n25 GC-535, GC-349, GC-373 and GC-177 received in evidence)\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 BY MR. FINKEL:\n2 Q. If we can please put up for the witness GXGC-544.\n3 You can go to last page, Ms. Loftus. Second to last\n4 page. Ms. Reyes, do you recognize any signature on this page?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. Whose signature is that?\n7 A. Mr. He.\n8 Q. Can you go back a page.\n9 Whose signature is on page 14 of this document?\n10 A. Zee.\n11 Q. Can you scroll up, please. In your time at G/Clubs, did\n12 you see documents where the lender was G/Clubs Operations?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 MR. FINKEL: Your Honor, the government offers GC-544.\n15 MR. KAMARAJU: I maintain my objection, your Honor.\n16 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n17 (Government's Exhibit GC-544 received in evidence)\n18 BY MR. FINKEL:\n19 Q. You can take that down. Ms. Loftus, if you can put up for\n20 identification GC-515 just for the witness.\n21 Do you recognize the signature on this document?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. Whose signature is it?\n24 A. Mr. He.\n25 MR. FINKEL: The government offers GXGC-515.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 MR. KAMARAJU: We make the same objection, your Honor.\n2 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n3 (Government's Exhibit GC-515 received in evidence)\n4 BY MR. FINKEL:\n5 Q. Can we publish that. What's the amount of the transfer\n6 indicated on this document?\n7 A. There are two transfers. One is 20 million and the other\n8 one is 15 million.\n9 Q. We can take that down. If you can put up what's been\n10 marked for identification just for the witness, please,\n11 Ms. Loftus, GXGC-378.\n12 Ms. Reyes, who is this an email from?\n13 A. Mr. He.\n14 Q. And who received it?\n15 A. Me.\n16 MR. FINKEL: Government offers GC-378.\n17 MR. KAMARAJU: No objection.\n18 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n19 (Government's Exhibit GC-378 received in evidence)\n20 BY MR. FINKEL:\n21 Q. We can take that down. And one more if we could put up\n22 GC-232.\n23 Ms. Reyes, who is this an email from?\n24 A. Me.\n25 Q. And who's it to?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. Mr. He.\n2 MR. FINKEL: Government offers GC-232.\n3 MR. KAMARAJU: No objection.\n4 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n5 (Government's Exhibit GC-232 received in evidence)\n6 BY MR. FINKEL:\n7 Q. We can take that down. If you could put up GXGC-552 for\n8 identification just for the witness.\n9 Ms. Reyes, did you receive this email dated October\n10 17, 2022?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 MR. FINKEL: Government offers GXGC-552.\n13 MR. KAMARAJU: No objection.\n14 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n15 (Government's Exhibit GC-552 received in evidence)\n16 BY MR. FINKEL:\n17 Q. If we can publish that, please.\n18 Who is Manuel?\n19 A. Manuel is an attorney for G/Clubs.\n20 Q. And who's copied on this email on October 17, 2022. Sorry,\n21 who is it to?\n22 A. Victor and me.\n23 Q. Victor who?\n24 A. Cerda.\n25 Q. What's the attachment on this email? Can you read that?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. Mercantile Bank Seizure Warrant.\n2 Q. Did there come a time, Ms. Reyes, when you learned that\n3 G/Clubs' funds were seized by the government?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. Zoom out of that please, Ms. Loftus. Can you zoom into the\n6 bottom email. Who is this email from?\n7 A. Juliana Murray.\n8 Q. Who is it sent to?\n9 A. Manuel Pietrantoni.\n10 Q. Can you read the text of it.\n11 A. Mr. Pietrantoni, the attached seizure warrant which was\n12 served yesterday provides for the freezing of G/Club's account\n13 at Mercantile Bank pending the transmission of the funds in\n14 that account which are subject to seizure and forfeiture to the\n15 United States. My colleagues and I are available if you have\n16 any questions.\n17 Q. You can zoom out of that. Go to the next page.\n18 Can you read what it says right below that box?\n19 A. Warrant of seizure.\n20 Q. What does it say at the top left?\n21 A. United States District Court Southern District of New York.\n22 Q. Zoom out of that, and can you scroll down, please,\n23 Ms. Loftus. Can you go to paragraph A.\n24 Can you read paragraph A, Ms. Reyes?\n25 A. All monies contained in Mercantile Bank International\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Account MVI10103000 held by G/Clubs International Limited and\n2 all funds traceable thereto including accrued interest.\n3 Q. Ms. Reyes, what reaction did you have, if any, when you\n4 learned that the U.S. government had seized G/Clubs funds held\n5 at Mercantile bank?\n6 A. I was concerned because it involved the government and\n7 that's not to be taken lightly.\n8 Q. Can you scroll to the top, please, Ms. Loftus.\n9 What's the date of this email in which you learned\n10 about the seizure?\n11 A. October 17, 2022.\n12 Q. We can take that down, and if you can put up for the\n13 witness GXGC-41.\n14 Who is this email from?\n15 A. Mr. He.\n16 Q. Who did he send it to?\n17 A. Me and Alex.\n18 MR. FINKEL: Government offers GC-41.\n19 MR. KAMARAJU: No objection.\n20 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n21 (Government's Exhibit GC-41 received in evidence)\n22 BY MR. FINKEL:\n23 Q. Can you publish it, please.\n24 Ms. Reyes, do you remember this email?\n25 A. Yes, I do.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. What do you remember about it?\n2 A. I remember receiving the email, and I felt that I was not\n3 being valued at the time. I felt it was a harsh difficult\n4 email to receive.\n5 Q. What's the date of this email?\n6 A. October 18, 2022.\n7 Q. That's the date after the seizure warrant email?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. What do you mean you didn't feel valued?\n10 A. I've been working very hard to create the benefits for the\n11 members and setting up the team and working for the business to\n12 the best of my abilities. And reading those types of comments\n13 made me feel that it's just like if it didn't matter.\n14 Q. Can you read the first two sentences of the email?\n15 A. I am extremely disappointed about Limarie not replying to\n16 my messages and emails. I have no idea what kind of CEO she\n17 is. She acts as if she's the owner of this business which is\n18 complete non-sense. From now we must cancel all her signatory\n19 rights and wait for my further instruction.\n20 Q. What happened that caused you to receive this email,\n21 Ms. Reyes?\n22 MR. KAMARAJU: Objection to form.\n23 THE COURT: Did something happen?\n24 Q. Did something happen prior to you receiving this email?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. What?\n2 A. It was asked for us to send some funds to the bank and the\n3 recommendation from legal was not to do so and that related to\n4 the email.\n5 Q. Who did you convey the recommendation from legal not to\n6 transfer the funds to?\n7 A. To the best of my recollection Yvette or Mr. He.\n8 Q. And after you conveyed that, you received this email?\n9 A. To the best of my recollection yes.\n10 THE COURT: I did not hear what you said.\n11 A. To the best of my recollection yes.\n12 THE COURT: And who is HHR?\n13 THE WITNESS: Mr. He.\n14 Q. I'm going to ask you to speak into the microphone so\n15 everyone can hear you. Thank you.\n16 After the paragraph in which Mr. He said that he was\n17 extremely disappointed, can you read what he wrote for\n18 secondly?\n19 A. Secondly, going back to business, we must maintain our bank\n20 relationships so we are asked to send some funds to the\n21 accounts, so please do the following. Five million to K Bank\n22 ASAP. Five million to Black Thorn after my further\n23 instructions. Do keep me updated on the progress and I need to\n24 see progress not unanswered messages or emails.\n25 Q. What did you understand that to mean when Mr. He said I\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 need to see progress?\n2 A. That he wanted things to get done.\n3 Q. Were you not answering his emails?\n4 A. Around the time, no.\n5 Q. Why not?\n6 A. Because I was working on legal matters that we had\n7 received.\n8 Q. Which legal matters are you referring to?\n9 A. The seizure.\n10 Q. Did you ask for your own attorneys at the time of the\n11 seizure?\n12 A. I don't recall exactly, but I did ask for my attorneys.\n13 Q. If we can pull up what's in evidence as GXGC-43/\n14 THE COURT: Who was O'Neil & Jorge representing?\n15 THE WITNESS: I'm sorry.\n16 THE COURT: Pietrantoni, who was he representing?\n17 THE WITNESS: G/Clubs.\n18 THE COURT: Go ahead.\n19 BY MR. FINKEL:\n20 Q. Did you have a personal lawyer that represented you,\n21 Limarie Reyes, at that time?\n22 A. No, I did not.\n23 Q. First just to orient us, Ms. Loftus, if you can zoom in on\n24 the bottom email. Ms. Reyes, is that the email we just looked\n25 at?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. Did you respond to that?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. Zoom out of that, please, and scroll up.\n5 Can you read what you wrote in response?\n6 A. Yes. Dear, Mr. He, hope this message finds you well. My\n7 sincerest apologies for the lack of communication during past\n8 days. I've been handling a few legal issues that have taken my\n9 full attention. Among those legal issues, please find the\n10 below box link including copy of the recent seizure warrant to\n11 G/Club International Limited, BVI. Please note we are\n12 currently looking for an attorney to represent BVI and will\n13 keep you updated during this process. Under no circumstance my\n14 intention has been to act as the owner of the business.\n15 On the contrary, I deeply respect you as my superior\n16 and any action taken by me has been carefully carried out\n17 taking into consideration the best interest of the company. To\n18 this point, I respect your decision to cancel all my signatory\n19 rights and will act accordingly. Regarding G/Club banking\n20 relationship, please note that while no action has been taken\n21 towards G/Club Operations, in light of the recent circumstances\n22 with BVI transferring funds out of the existing accounts to\n23 fund foreign accounts could provoke the U.S. authorities to\n24 cease G/Club Operations U.S. accounts. Nevertheless, please\n25 confirm that you wish to proceed in funding the accounts as\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 stated below. I've attached the wire instructions for both\n2 accounts. SKB Bank and Black Thorn for your confirmation as\n3 the correct wiring instructions.\n4 Q. Was this a difficult time for you at G/Clubs?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. Do you believe that you ever took an action to consider\n7 yourself as the owner of G/Clubs?\n8 A. No.\n9 Q. You can zoom out of that. Can we scroll down.\n10 What is this document?\n11 A. The wiring instruction details.\n12 Q. Where did Mr. He want you to wire this money after the\n13 seizure warrant?\n14 A. The wire instruction say Kyrgyz Swiss bank.\n15 Q. Ms. Reyes, after the legal department recommended not to do\n16 this wire, Mr. He told you to do it. Did this wire go through?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. Take that down.\n19 Did there come a time G/Clubs tried to get the money\n20 that was seized back from the U.S. government?\n21 A. Could you say that again.\n22 Q. Did there come a time, if ever, when G/Clubs tried to get\n23 the money back from the U.S. government, the money that was\n24 seized?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. What were you asked to do, if anything, as part of that\n2 litigation?\n3 A. I was asked to sign an affidavit.\n4 Q. Can you please speak into the mic.\n5 Did you have your own attorneys at this time?\n6 A. No, I did not.\n7 Q. Did you want to sign the affidavit?\n8 A. No, I did not.\n9 Q. Did you write the affidavit?\n10 A. No, I did not.\n11 Q. Did you express your concern that you didn't want to sign\n12 this affidavit?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. What were you told?\n15 A. That I was the CO and that I had to sign it.\n16 Q. I'm sorry.\n17 A. I had to sign it.\n18 Q. Did you sign the affidavit?\n19 A. Yes, I did.\n20 Q. Is everything in the affidavit completely truthful?\n21 A. Not everything.\n22 Q. What are some things in the affidavit that weren't\n23 truthful?\n24 A. I don't remember the full content on top of my mind, how I\n25 describe travel, concierge service, and how I describe the\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 community.\n2 Q. Did you consider leaving G/Clubs around this time?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. Did you ultimately leave G/Clubs?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. When?\n7 A. When, March 2023.\n8 Q. Why?\n9 A. At that time many legal issues going on. There had been\n10 arrests. I had concerns. And by that time I had my personal\n11 lawyers.\n12 Q. Did you get a personal lawyer after Miles Guo was arrested?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. Looking back on it, do you feel that Mr. He valued your\n15 contributions, if any, at G/Club?\n16 A. I'm not sure. It didn't feel like it.\n17 Q. It did not feel like it?\n18 A. Yeah.\n19 Q. Ms. Reyes, after the seizure in October of 2022, did you\n20 travel again to Europe?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. Who asked you to go to Europe?\n23 A. Yvette.\n24 Q. How much notice did you have before you traveled to Europe?\n25 A. Not much notice.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. How much?\n2 A. Couple of days.\n3 Q. What were you told by Yvette as to why you had to go to\n4 Europe?\n5 A. We were to meet with the banks for them to get to know us\n6 and us to get to know them.\n7 Q. Where in Europe did you go?\n8 A. I'm sorry.\n9 Q. Where in Europe did you go?\n10 A. Switzerland.\n11 Q. Had you been to Switzerland before?\n12 A. No.\n13 Q. How did you travel there? What mode of transportation?\n14 A. Plane.\n15 Q. Commercial or private?\n16 A. Commercial.\n17 Q. Did you travel with anyone?\n18 A. Alex.\n19 Q. Who did you meet in Switzerland if anybody?\n20 A. Mr. He, some attorneys and representative of the bank.\n21 Q. Was there a meeting with a representative of the bank?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. What bank?\n24 A. mBear.\n25 Q. Can you spell that?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 A. M-B-A-E-R if I'm not mistaken.\n2 Q. What was your understanding of the purpose of this meeting\n3 with mBear?\n4 A. It was to meet with the bank, for them to get to know us\n5 and us to get to know them.\n6 Q. What did Mr. He say, if anything, about G/Clubs during this\n7 meeting with mBear?\n8 A. During the meeting, during that meeting, we had to talk\n9 about the benefits and explain some like financial as to how\n10 members are referencing bank statements.\n11 Q. When did this meeting occur? Do you know the month?\n12 A. November 2022.\n13 Q. What did you talk about in the meeting, which topic?\n14 A. The benefits.\n15 Q. What did Alex talk about?\n16 A. Finances.\n17 Q. What did Mr. He talk about?\n18 A. He interjected in the meeting and he explain how G/Clubs\n19 was his idea and how it came to be.\n20 Q. Did Mr. He after mentioning that G/Clubs was his idea and\n21 how it came to be, did he say anything about how Guo got\n22 involved?\n23 A. To the best of my recollection, he mention Guo as his\n24 person of interest.\n25 Q. Did he provide any detail about how Guo became the\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 spokesperson?\n2 A. I don't recall specifically.\n3 Q. If we can put up what's in evidence as GXGC-438.\n4 Can you read this?\n5 A. It's a loan agreement between G/Club International Limited\n6 and Mileson.\n7 Q. And who?\n8 A. Mileson.\n9 Q. What does the document say, and who does it say Mileson is\n10 on the document?\n11 A. Qiang Guo.\n12 Q. And you know that name as Mileson?\n13 A. That's what I was told.\n14 Q. Scroll down, please. Who's the lender?\n15 A. G/Club International Limited.\n16 Q. And the borrower?\n17 A. Qiang Guo.\n18 Q. And can you read the second Whereas clause?\n19 A. Whereas subject to the terms of this agreement lender will\n20 loan 10 million to borrower.\n21 Q. If we could pull up what's in evidence as GXGC-416.\n22 And who's this email from?\n23 A. Mr. He.\n24 Q. To who?\n25 A. To me.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. What does it say?\n2 A. Hi, Limarie, bank account details attached.\n3 Q. Go to the next page.\n4 Who is this account in the name of at the bottom of\n5 your screen?\n6 A. Qiang Guo.\n7 Q. Can we look at GXGC-415.\n8 What's the date of this email?\n9 A. January 14, 2022.\n10 Q. Can you read it.\n11 A. Hi, Limarie. We have green light from Mr. Guo bank for the\n12 loan. Please prepare the transaction today, and I will come\n13 back with and details. We have to change the currency to Swiss\n14 Frank as this is the request from them. We must make sure we\n15 don't have a bad rate if we do this.\n16 Q. Did Mr. He explain why they wanted to change the currency\n17 to Swiss Frank?\n18 A. Not that I recall.\n19 Q. Did you ask him why?\n20 A. I don't remember.\n21 Q. Did you ask Mr. He why there was a loan being made to\n22 Mileson?\n23 A. Not that I recall.\n24 Q. Did you ask Yvette?\n25 A. Not that I recall.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. Did you have any role in the decision to loan money to\n2 Mileson?\n3 A. No, I did not.\n4 Q. Can you pull up GXGC-418.\n5 Who is this document from?\n6 A. From me.\n7 Q. Who's it to?\n8 A. Mr. He.\n9 Q. And what did you attach to this document?\n10 A. Loan agreements.\n11 Q. For which loan?\n12 A. Could you scroll it a bit.\n13 Q. Sure. Can we scroll the attachments, Ms. Loftus.\n14 A. It's a loan to Qiang Guo.\n15 Q. The next page, please. We can take that down.\n16 Ms. Reyes, do you know if the loan to Mileson was ever\n17 paid back?\n18 A. Not that I recall.\n19 Q. Ms. Loftus, if we can pull up GXC-212. Can you go to one\n20 minute and 35 seconds. Can you play.\n21 (Media played)\n22 Q. Ms. Reyes, when a member bought a membership in G/Clubs,\n23 did they immediately become a shareholder in G/Clubs?\n24 A. No.\n25 MR. FINKEL: Nothing further.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - Cross\n1 THE COURT: Cross examination.\n2 CROSS-EXAMINATION\n3 Q. Good afternoon, Ms. Reyes.\n4 A. Good afternoon.\n5 Q. Can you hear me okay?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. Do you need a minute?\n8 A. I'm okay.\n9 Q. Now, I'd like to just start A little bit with the video we\n10 just watched. Okay.\n11 Now, Mr. Guo became a spokesperson for G/Clubs at a\n12 certain point, right?\n13 A. He was the spokesperson for G/Club, yes.\n14 Q. And he was the spokesperson before you got to G/Club,\n15 right?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. And you were introduced to G/Clubs through a recruiter I\n18 believe you testified, right?\n19 A. Recruiter interview me, yes.\n20 Q. And was that Steve Weber?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. And the position that you originally had at the company was\n23 VP in marketing, right?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. And as part of your role, then you had to secure benefits\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - Cross\n1 for G/Club members, right?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. And that part of your job at least, securing benefits,\n4 continued throughout your time at G/Clubs, right?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. When you refer to sort of the contribution that you thought\n7 Mr. He had not valued, part of it was the work you had put in\n8 securing benefits, right?\n9 A. The work throughout.\n10 Q. Throughout, through your whole time there?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. And in terms of providing benefits or services, you had a\n13 lot of experience before you got to G/Club doing that kind of\n14 work, right?\n15 A. I had experience in events.\n16 Q. You had almost ten years worth of experience in events\n17 before you got there, right?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. You had worked at a large hotel chain as an event manager,\n20 right?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. You were the director of member services at a premier golf\n23 club in Puerto Rico, right?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. You had worked at for planning events at something called\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - Cross\n1 Invest Puerto Rico, right?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. What's Invest Puerto Rico?\n4 A. It's a company that brings new business to Puerto Rico.\n5 Q. And you were in charge of planning their events, right?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. And now you run your own event planning business, right?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. And Mr. Finkel asked you some questions about that, right?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. It's called Sprinkle; is that right?\n12 A. Sprinkle events.\n13 Q. And you just started that in November, right?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. So a little over six months ago?\n16 A. Yes, around that time.\n17 Q. So you're just getting started, right?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. And when you joined G/Club, it was also just getting\n20 started, right?\n21 A. Yes, that was my understanding.\n22 Q. There weren't a whole lot of employees, right?\n23 A. No.\n24 Q. You were employee number one in the Puerto Rico office?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. And there were some employees in New York, right?\n2 A. There's some people in New York, yes.\n3 Q. But still not very many, right?\n4 A. There was just a few people.\n5 Q. Do you remember how many there were when you started?\n6 A. Not exact amount.\n7 Q. Under five?\n8 A. Doing a rough count.\n9 Q. Totally fine.\n10 A. A little bit over five.\n11 Q. And when you first joined G/Clubs, you understood that the\n12 primary audience for the company's offering was Chinese, right?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. And in particular it was a specific group of Chinese people\n15 who were opposed to the Chinese Communist Party?\n16 A. Could you repeat that.\n17 Q. The people who you understood would be particularly\n18 attracted to G/Clubs offerings were Chinese people who were\n19 opposed to the Chinese Communist Party, right?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. And Ms. Wang told you that during the first interview?\n22 A. I do not recall specifically.\n23 Q. But over the course of your time at G/Club, you came to\n24 understand that, right?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. I think you testified on direct that you don't personally\n2 have a lot of experience with the Chinese community, right?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. And you don't personally have a lot of knowledge about\n5 Chinese politics, right?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. And you don't personally have a lot of knowledge about\n8 Chinese culture, right?\n9 A. No, I do not.\n10 Q. It's not the culture you grew up in, right?\n11 A. No.\n12 Q. Now, Mr. Guo is part of that community, right?\n13 A. Which community?\n14 Q. Well, the Chinese anti-CCP community, let's just start\n15 there?\n16 MR. FINKEL: Objection.\n17 THE COURT: If you would be more specific if you\n18 could.\n19 Q. You understand Mr. Guo is Chinese, right?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. And you understand that he is taken an anti-CCP position in\n22 public, correct?\n23 A. Yes.\n24 Q. So his views are similar to the views of G/Clubs' target\n25 audience, correct?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - Cross\n1 MR. FINKEL: Objection.\n2 THE COURT: If you happen to know what the view point\n3 is of the audience, you may answer if you know.\n4 A. My understanding is that they're like-minded individuals.\n5 Q. And maybe you can just tell the jury what you mean when you\n6 may \"like-minded?\"\n7 A. That amongst the members, they have a league to be in\n8 opposition of the Chinese government.\n9 Q. Could you say that again.\n10 A. In opposition of the government.\n11 Q. Opposition of the Chinese government. Okay.\n12 Now, it made sense to you that Mr. Guo would be a\n13 spokesperson for G/Clubs, right?\n14 A. He was the spokesperson for G/Club.\n15 Q. Sure, but that didn't strike you as odd, right?\n16 A. That's how it was when I came in.\n17 Q. I understand. I'm asking you a slightly different\n18 question, Ms. Reyes.\n19 My question is, did it strike you as strange to have\n20 Mr. Guo as the spokesperson?\n21 MR. FINKEL: Objection.\n22 THE COURT: You may answer.\n23 A. Can you repeat the question.\n24 Q. Did it strike you as strange that Mr. Guo would be working\n25 as the spokesperson for G/Club?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. I understood he was in the opposition, so I don't think so.\n2 Q. And when you say he was in a position, he was in a position\n3 to attract potential G/Club members, right?\n4 A. Sorry, he was in opposition of the Chinese government.\n5 Q. I'm sorry. He was in opposition to the Chinese government,\n6 and so that made sense that he would be a spokesperson to\n7 G/Club. Is that what you were saying?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. Now, you testified on direct that he didn't receive any\n10 monetary compensation for that role, right?\n11 A. Not that I was aware of.\n12 Q. Now, part of G/Clubs' marketing was access to affluent life\n13 experiences, right?\n14 A. I'm sorry.\n15 THE COURT: Mr. Kamaraju, if you would please get\n16 closer to the microphone so we could hear you.\n17 Q. Part of G/Clubs' marketing was sort of marketing life\n18 experiences, right?\n19 A. Benefits, we offer benefits.\n20 Q. But some of those benefits, for example, you looked at a\n21 website yesterday with Mr. Finkel. You remember that?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. And some of those benefits curated life experiences, right?\n24 A. What do you mean by \"curated?\"\n25 Q. Let me give you a specific example.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - Cross\n1 G/Clubs had entered into an engagement with the F-1\n2 Racing Association, correct?\n3 A. We had offered a benefit with F-1 yes.\n4 Q. And the idea there was to give G/Club members the\n5 opportunity to experience an F-1 race, right?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. That's what I mean by a life experience or curated life\n8 experience. Okay. Are we on the same page?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. And that was sort of G/Club's business model, right?\n11 MR. FINKEL: Your Honor, I object to defense counsel\n12 defining terms different from how Ms. Reyes may understand\n13 them.\n14 THE COURT: You may answer the question.\n15 A. Could you repeat the question.\n16 Q. Sure. I was just saying part of G/Club's business was\n17 offering those kinds of experiences, right?\n18 A. To offer different benefit for the members, yes.\n19 Q. Now, those benefits included things like luxury hotel\n20 deals, right?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. Potential trips on yachts, right?\n23 A. Yes.\n24 Q. There were membership summits, right?\n25 A. What do you mean by summits? G Talks.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Sure. G Talks. There was discounts on G Fashion?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. And you were pursuing other benefits during the course of\n4 your employment there, correct?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. You tried to get a Super Bowl event at some point, right?\n7 A. A what, sorry?\n8 Q. An event for somebody to go to the Super Bowl?\n9 A. Not that I recall.\n10 Q. We'll come back to that.\n11 Now, in addition to those benefits, you understood\n12 that one of the things that G/Club members got was the ability\n13 to say they were part of the club, right?\n14 A. They were part of the membership club.\n15 Q. Right. So there was a social affinity that the members\n16 could feel, right?\n17 A. What do you mean like social affinity?\n18 Q. I'm trying to go back to your idea of like-minded group of\n19 people. There were people that were united by sort of a common\n20 purpose?\n21 A. They were like-minded, yes.\n22 Q. And having G/Club membership was one way of demonstrating\n23 that, right?\n24 A. Yes, they were among the membership.\n25 Q. And within the potential target audience for G/Clubs, you\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - Cross\n1 considered Mr. Guo to be a bit of a tastemaker, right?\n2 A. What's a tastemaker?\n3 Q. Well, somebody whose perspective on lifestyle might be\n4 valued by G/Clubs members, right?\n5 MR. FINKEL: Object to the form.\n6 THE COURT: Are you asking whether she agrees with\n7 your definition, or are you offering that definition in order\n8 that she answer the question?\n9 MR. KAMARAJU: I was just asking her understanding\n10 I'll try to rephrase it and see if I can do it a different way,\n11 your Honor.\n12 Q. You watch the video on direct of Mr. Guo appearing on like\n13 a yacht, right?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. And you testified about seeing a video where Mr. Guo\n16 showcasing the Lamborghini on behalf of G/Clubs, right?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. And part of the marketing efforts for G/Clubs was to tell\n19 members that they could have those kinds of experiences, right?\n20 A. Like yachts and cars?\n21 Q. Yeah.\n22 A. Right.\n23 Q. And so Mr. Guo to your understanding was living a life like\n24 that, right?\n25 MR. FINKEL: Objection, your Honor, to the form.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - Cross\n1 THE COURT: You can answer whether you thought that\n2 Mr. Guo was living a life like that.\n3 A. What's the question? Was that the question, if he's living\n4 a life like that?\n5 Q. That was your understanding?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. And you went to his home for dinner, right?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. It's a very nice house, right?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. It was on the 18th floor of a hotel in Manhattan?\n12 A. I don't remember the floor. It was high.\n13 Q. And I won't ask you which side of Central Park it was on,\n14 but in Manhattan, right?\n15 A. You could see Central Park.\n16 Q. You could see Central Park from it, right. It was a very\n17 large place, right?\n18 A. It was big.\n19 Q. Luxurious, right?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. There's a security desk at the bottom before you could come\n22 upstairs, right?\n23 A. Yes.\n24 Q. The elevator opened right up into the apartment, right?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. There are a bunch of rooms, right?\n2 A. There are different rooms.\n3 Q. Mr. Guo took you on a tour of the place, right?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. Did you see any camping equipment when you were there?\n6 A. Camping?\n7 Q. Yes.\n8 A. None that I recall.\n9 Q. Now, you testified that -- what did you consider Mr. Guo's\n10 responsibilities to be as spokesperson for G/Club?\n11 A. He was the spokesperson.\n12 Q. So what's a spokesperson do?\n13 A. Talk on behalf of company.\n14 Q. So they advertise, right?\n15 A. To speak, yeah.\n16 Q. Their role is to try to get business for G/Club?\n17 A. To speak on behalf of the company.\n18 Q. Right. But the purpose of them speaking on behalf of the\n19 company is to bring perspective members to the company, right?\n20 A. It would attract people, yes, to attract people.\n21 Q. G/Club is fundamentally a business, right?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. As a business, it makes money the more members it can\n24 attract, right?\n25 A. It's based on the members.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 BY MR. KAMARAJU:\n2 Q. Right. And the role of advertising, I think you testified\n3 it was word-of-mouth advertising principally for G|CLUBS,\n4 right?\n5 THE COURT: Mr. Kamaraju, you have to get closer to\n6 the microphone; and so do you, Ms. Reyes.\n7 MR. KAMARAJU: Sorry.\n8 Q. Right? You testified on direct that it was word-of-mouth\n9 advertising, principally?\n10 A. I don't recall specifically saying that, but part of it was\n11 word of mouth.\n12 Q. Okay. So whatever form of advertising G|CLUBS was doing,\n13 that was intended to bring potential members to the company,\n14 right?\n15 A. Correct.\n16 Q. And Mr. Guo was part of that effort, right?\n17 A. Spokesperson, yes.\n18 Q. And he made videos as part of that effort, right?\n19 A. I know that he made videos.\n20 Q. Okay. And in those videos——you testified already about at\n21 least one. In those videos, he advertised for G|CLUBS, right?\n22 A. Which specifically? Sorry.\n23 Q. Well, you testified on direct about the one with the\n24 Lamborghini, right?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. And he was talking about the Lamborghini as a benefit for\n2 G|CLUBS, right?\n3 A. Correct.\n4 Q. Okay. So that's him advertising G|CLUBS, right?\n5 A. Talking about future benefits.\n6 Q. Sure. Talking about future benefits that G Club members\n7 could enjoy, right?\n8 A. Those benefits were to be future benefits for——for the\n9 members.\n10 Q. Okay. Now you testified on direct that G|CLUBS had to put\n11 out a disclaimer about Mr. Guo's statements. Do you remember\n12 that?\n13 A. There was a disclaimer.\n14 Q. Okay. I'd like to show you just what's been marked for\n15 identification as DX 60600.\n16 MR. KAMARAJU: And that's just for the witness and the\n17 parties, please.\n18 Q. If you could just take a second to look over that, please.\n19 A. Okay.\n20 Q. Tell me when you're done.\n21 A. Okay.\n22 Q. This is a version of that disclaimer, right?\n23 A. To the best of my recollection, yes.\n24 Q. Okay. And this disclaimer appeared on the website, right?\n25 A. To the best of my recollection, yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. Your Honor, the defense offers\n2 DX 60600.\n3 MR. FINKEL: Provided there's an instruction, no\n4 objection. I'm happy to discuss at sidebar, but——\n5 THE COURT: All right. We'll have a sidebar.\n6 (Continued on next page)\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 (At the sidebar)\n2 MR. FINKEL: I just ask for a limiting instruction.\n3 With the limiting instruction, no objection.\n4 THE COURT: You're saying you want me to tell them\n5 what?\n6 MR. FINKEL: That it's not being offered for its\n7 truth.\n8 MR. KAMARAJU: We're offering it for what G Club\n9 members were being told, so if your Honor wants to instruct\n10 them that it's for the effect on or the impact on the readers,\n11 that's fine, yeah.\n12 MR. FINKEL: Well, given that, actually, I'm not sure\n13 Ms. Reyes can testify as to the impact on the members. She can\n14 testify as to the impact on herself.\n15 MR. KAMARAJU: I'm not saying I'm going to ask her\n16 questions about the impact on the members; I'm just trying to\n17 admit the actual disclaimer, which she can authenticate.\n18 MR. FINKEL: You said for the impact on the members,\n19 no?\n20 MR. KAMARAJU: But that doesn't——\n21 THE COURT: He's trying to introduce it, and using her\n22 to authenticate it. And she's not a member so she couldn't say\n23 what impact it had on her as a member, but she doesn't need to\n24 talk about the impact on members.\n25 MR. FINKEL: Understood. The government would request\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 a limiting instruction, and with that, we have no objection.\n2 THE COURT: Okay.\n3 (Continued on next page)\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 (In open court)\n2 THE COURT: Members of the jury, this document here on\n3 the screen titled Disclaimer, it is not being offered for the\n4 truth of what is written there, what is said there, it's merely\n5 being offered for its impact on those who read it.\n6 Go ahead.\n7 (Defendant's Exhibit 60600 received in evidence)\n8 MR. KAMARAJU: Thank you, your Honor.\n9 Could we publish it for the jury, please.\n10 BY MR. KAMARAJU:\n11 Q. So Ms. Reyes, you said this appeared on the website,\n12 correct?\n13 A. Yes, to the best of my recollection, yes.\n14 Q. Okay. And let's just start at the top. Could you read the\n15 first line, please.\n16 A. \"The concept for G|CLUBS and scope of benefits available to\n17 members has developed over time and may differ from promotional\n18 statements G|CLUBS or others may have made in the past before\n19 you sought to become a member.\"\n20 MR. KAMARAJU: All right. Now let's go down to the\n21 second paragraph, please.\n22 Q. Could you read that.\n23 A. \"You should not rely on any descriptions by Mr. Guo Wengui\n24 or any other person of (i) the benefits that could or would be\n25 available to G|CLUBS' members or (ii) any other aspect of the\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 structure or terms of membership in G|CLUBS. Membership is not\n2 an investment in G|CLUBS, nor does it provide an equity or\n3 ownership interest in G|CLUBS or any other entity. G|CLUBS is\n4 not an investment club, nor does it provide investment services\n5 as a membership benefit. If you are seeking to make an\n6 investment in any entity, do not send any funds to G|CLUBS as\n7 G|CLUBS only accepts payment for memberships.\"\n8 MR. KAMARAJU: Just one moment.\n9 Thank you. We can take that down. And I'm going to\n10 ask that we pull up Government Exhibit C160-V and go to the\n11 11:35 mark.\n12 Q. And while that's happening, Ms. Reyes, do you remember on\n13 direct Mr. Finkel asked you some questions about G Fashion\n14 stock, right?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. And questions about the availability of G Fashion stock to\n17 G|CLUBS members, right?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. And you remember he asked you about this portion of this\n20 video?\n21 A. What exactly? Sorry.\n22 Q. Well, I'm happy to play it. We can play a little bit of it\n23 for you.\n24 MR. KAMARAJU: Could we play just a few seconds.\n25 (Video played)\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 MR. KAMARAJU: Pause there.\n2 Q. All right. So you remember Mr. Finkel asked you some\n3 questions about that?\n4 A. I don't remember specifically, but I——\n5 Q. Okay. Do you remember testifying that this comment by\n6 Mr. Guo about receiving G Fashion stocks wasn't true?\n7 A. We did not offer stock.\n8 Q. Okay. G|CLUBS didn't offer the G Fashion stock, right?\n9 A. Correct.\n10 Q. Now you were the CEO of G|CLUBS, not G Fashion, right?\n11 A. Correct.\n12 Q. You didn't have any responsibility for G Fashion, right?\n13 A. No.\n14 Q. So you don't have any reason to know if G Fashion could\n15 offer stock to G Club members, right?\n16 A. I do not know.\n17 Q. Just like a rental company offering benefits through a\n18 frequent flyer mile program, right?\n19 MR. FINKEL: Objection.\n20 THE COURT: Sustained.\n21 Q. And you were never part of any discussions related to that,\n22 right?\n23 A. Not that I recall.\n24 Q. All right. Now do you see the date on this video?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. June 28, 2020, right?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. G|CLUBS hadn't launched by then, right?\n4 A. I'm not sure.\n5 Q. When is the first date you remember G|CLUBS being alive?\n6 A. When I started.\n7 Q. Okay. So that's December of 2020, right?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 MR. KAMARAJU: All right. So now can we pull up\n10 Government Exhibit GX GC541. Should be the consulting\n11 agreement. I think that's in evidence, so we can put it up.\n12 All right. And let's have it up for the jury too,\n13 please. Thank you.\n14 Q. Okay. This is Mr. Guo's consulting agreement with G|CLUBS,\n15 right?\n16 MR. KAMARAJU: Why don't we blow up the first\n17 paragraph under Consulting Agreement.\n18 Q. Do you see that?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. So this is the consulting agreement?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. Okay. And do you see it says something called the\n23 Effective Date, right?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. What's the effective date?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. October 15, 2020.\n2 Q. Okay. So that's after June 28, 2020, right?\n3 A. Yeah.\n4 Q. Okay. So that's after the video that Mr. Finkel showed\n5 you, right?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 MR. KAMARAJU: Now could we pull up Government Exhibit\n8 GX Z9, please. And go to page 57.\n9 Okay. And let's just blow up the date in the top left\n10 corner. And can we highlight it.\n11 Q. Okay. Can you read that date for me.\n12 A. October 13, 2020.\n13 Q. Okay. So it's within two days of the consulting agreement,\n14 right?\n15 A. I don't remember the date. Could we go back. I'm sorry.\n16 Q. Oh, it's okay. We'll move on.\n17 A. Okay.\n18 MR. KAMARAJU: Can we go to page 59 of this. And can\n19 we blow up the text that starts, \"Under the reviewed launch\n20 plan.\"\n21 And maybe we can just highlight that. Well, you know\n22 what? Withdrawn.\n23 Q. Could you just read the text on the screen, please.\n24 A. \"Under the reviewed launch plan for G-Clubs, however,\n25 members will not thereby have opportunity to subscribe for or\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 purchase any shares to be issued in the future, will NOT\n2 receive G-TV stock, and will NOT receive loans to purchase\n3 memberships.\n4 \"This is serious business, brothers and sisters. Even\n5 if you have bought G-Club, it absolutely will not come with the\n6 stocks; it does not mean that you can buy stocks of G-Fashion\n7 and G-TV; and, it does not mean that you will be able to\n8 receive loans in the future. No! No! No!\n9 \"I'll repeat, this is a very serious topic. No! No!\n10 There is no GTV's stock and there is no G-Fashion's stock.\n11 When I hear all this, I got chills. There is none of that.\"\n12 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. We can take that down. Thank\n13 you.\n14 Q. Now in order to obtain a G Club membership, prospective G\n15 Club members had to fill out an application, right?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. And they did that online?\n18 A. To the best of my understanding, yes.\n19 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. Could we show just for the\n20 witness and the parties and the Court DX 60601, please.\n21 Q. This is how they would get to the application, correct?\n22 A. I have to take a read.\n23 It looks like one of the steps, amongst the process.\n24 Q. This is one of the click-throughs or whatever.\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 MR. KAMARAJU: The defense would offer DX 60601. Same\n2 basis as the last document, your Honor.\n3 MR. FINKEL: I think we're approaching a point that\n4 your Honor has ruled on previously. If we could be heard at\n5 sidebar. Or not. The government objects.\n6 THE COURT: Are you asking for the limiting\n7 instruction?\n8 MR. FINKEL: No. This is different, your Honor.\n9 But——\n10 THE COURT: If you would please give me a hard copy of\n11 what you're referring to.\n12 What I'm referring to is the hard copy of the document\n13 you're seeking to admit.\n14 MR. FINKEL: Oh, that's the defense.\n15 MR. KAMARAJU: Do we have a copy?\n16 I can move on or we can come back to it, your Honor.\n17 THE COURT: Okay.\n18 BY MR. KAMARAJU:\n19 Q. Now as part of your work at G|CLUBS, you helped with\n20 marketing of the company's products, right?\n21 A. Could you say that again.\n22 Q. Sure. You helped design the marketing of the company's\n23 products, right?\n24 A. What do you mean by the products? The marketing products?\n25 Q. I just mean the services or the benefits that G|CLUBS was\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 selling.\n2 A. The benefits, yes.\n3 Q. You were VP of marketing when you first got there, right?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. And that continued while you were——when you became interim\n6 CEO, right?\n7 A. At some point there was a team.\n8 Q. Okay. Let's talk about that team. At what point did that\n9 team come in?\n10 A. Throughout——throughout time.\n11 Q. Okay. And about how large was that team by the time you\n12 left?\n13 A. Best of my recollection, around 14 employees.\n14 Q. Okay. Were those all marketing people?\n15 A. No.\n16 Q. Okay. So how large was the marketing staff itself?\n17 A. It changed through time. The marketing itself, roughly\n18 around three.\n19 Q. Okay. And what were their responsibilities?\n20 A. Different responsibilities throughout time. Redesign of\n21 the website; designing of gift boxes that we did; reaching out\n22 to partners, potential partners; design of communication\n23 emails.\n24 Q. Okay. Let's start with the website. You never spoke with\n25 Mr. Guo about the website content, right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. Not that I recall.\n2 Q. Okay. And you mentioned I think it was communications\n3 emails; is that what you said at the end there?\n4 A. Yes, emails.\n5 Q. So those are communications to the members, right?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. You never spoke with Mr. Guo about what went in those\n8 either, right?\n9 A. Not that I recall.\n10 Q. Okay. And there was a newsletter that went out to G|CLUBS\n11 members, right?\n12 A. Those emails were communicated.\n13 Q. So there were emails where you communicated with them.\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. You never asked Mr. Guo for his views on the content of\n16 those, right?\n17 A. Not that I recall.\n18 Q. Okay. Now in terms of what was described on the website,\n19 that was up to you and the marketing team, right?\n20 A. That depends, 'cause there are different phases. When\n21 specifically?\n22 Q. Okay. All the things that Mr. Finkel asked you about\n23 yesterday.\n24 A. I don't remember all. Could you——\n25 Q. Any of them.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. Any of the things that——\n2 Q. That Mr. Finkel asked you about yesterday. Did you bear\n3 responsibility for any of that content?\n4 A. Of the website.\n5 Q. Mm-hmm.\n6 A. Sorry. The question is if I created the content?\n7 Q. Were you responsible for any of the content that Mr. Finkel\n8 asked you about yesterday?\n9 A. The marketing team and I, yes.\n10 Q. Okay. And you did that totally independent of Mr. Guo,\n11 right?\n12 A. We did not ask him.\n13 Q. Okay. So when you described things on the website, that\n14 was the result of your work with the marketing team, right?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. Okay. And when you communicated with members, that was\n17 G|CLUBS' employees' work, right?\n18 MR. FINKEL: Object to the form.\n19 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. Withdrawn.\n20 Q. There were G|CLUBS employees responsible for putting\n21 together the emails that went out to the members, right?\n22 A. There were different components puts in all the emails,\n23 what went out.\n24 Q. I'm sorry. I couldn't hear you.\n25 A. There were different components in order to put out an\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 email.\n2 Q. Okay. And those components are comprised of G|CLUBS\n3 employees; is that right?\n4 A. Some of them, yes.\n5 Q. Okay. And there are others, right?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. Okay. Who were the others?\n8 A. Copywriters.\n9 Q. Are the copywriters not G|CLUBS employees?\n10 A. Outsourced.\n11 Q. Okay. So there was a third party that was working on that,\n12 right?\n13 A. Some of them, yes.\n14 Q. And the same thing is actually true of the sweepstakes too,\n15 right?\n16 A. What do you mean?\n17 Q. The sweepstakes were administered by third parties, right?\n18 A. The selection of the sweepstakes winner, yes.\n19 Q. And that third-party sweepstakes administrator, that's a\n20 company that you picked, right?\n21 A. There are two, two events. The first one, I did not pick\n22 it; the second one, it was a review amongst the legal team and\n23 myself.\n24 Q. Okay. Not Ms. Wang, right?\n25 A. I'm sorry?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Not Ms. Wang, right?\n2 A. On the second event, no.\n3 Q. Okay. And not Mr. Guo, right?\n4 A. Not that I was made aware of.\n5 Q. Okay. Mr. Guo never spoke to you about a particular\n6 sweepstakes winner at all, right?\n7 A. A particular?\n8 Q. Well, let me try it this way. Mr. Guo never came to you\n9 and said, make sure this person wins the sweepstakes, right?\n10 A. No.\n11 Q. He never came to you and said, make sure this person\n12 doesn't get their sweepstakes prize, right?\n13 A. No.\n14 Q. He never came to you and said, make sure this person gets a\n15 refund, right?\n16 A. No.\n17 Q. He never came to you and said, make sure this person\n18 doesn't get a refund, right?\n19 A. No.\n20 Q. He never came to you and said, this person's a CCP spy so\n21 make sure they don't get anything, right?\n22 A. No.\n23 Q. In fact, you did not communicate with Mr. Guo very often,\n24 did you?\n25 A. I communicated with Mr. Guo a fair amount of times.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. And yet in all those times, he never said any of that to\n2 you, right?\n3 A. Not that I recall, no.\n4 Q. And Mr. Guo never told you what benefits you needed to\n5 offer, right?\n6 A. Not that I recall.\n7 Q. Okay. So he didn't dispatch you to London, right?\n8 A. No.\n9 Q. He didn't tell you to go look for this property or that\n10 property, right?\n11 A. No.\n12 Q. He never told you, go buy me a Bugatti, right?\n13 A. No.\n14 Q. He never said, go buy me a Lamborghini, right?\n15 A. No.\n16 Q. He never said, go buy me a Ferrari, right?\n17 A. No.\n18 Q. He never said, go buy me a camper van, right?\n19 A. No.\n20 Q. He never said, go buy me a boat that has a hole in it, did\n21 he?\n22 A. No.\n23 Q. Mr. Guo never asked you for a single benefit through\n24 G|CLUBS, correct?\n25 A. Not that I recall.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Now you testified on direct that there was an effort at one\n2 point to take Mr. Guo's image off of the website, right?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. And that was because banks had difficulty with the\n5 association between G|CLUBS and Mr. Guo, correct? That was\n6 your understanding?\n7 MR. FINKEL: Objection.\n8 THE COURT: Sustained.\n9 Q. Okay. Did you have an understanding of why Mr. Guo's image\n10 needed to come off the website?\n11 A. I was told that it was making it difficult for banking\n12 relationship that Mr. He was doing.\n13 Q. So at the time your understanding was it was difficult with\n14 banking relationships?\n15 MR. FINKEL: Objection. Misstates the witness's\n16 testimony.\n17 THE COURT: Sustained.\n18 Q. Okay. So at the time what was your understanding?\n19 MR. FINKEL: Objection. Asked and answered.\n20 THE COURT: Sustained. Asked and answered.\n21 Q. Okay. Now at the same time when you took Mr. Guo off the\n22 website, he was still very publicly associated with the\n23 company, right?\n24 A. What do you mean by publicly?\n25 Q. He spoke——he spoke at the G Talk summit, right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. He made videos, right?\n3 A. The one that I saw.\n4 Q. If you wanted to find out that there was a connection\n5 between Mr. Guo and G|CLUBS, you could do it, right?\n6 MR. FINKEL: Objection.\n7 THE COURT: Overruled. You may answer.\n8 A. Could you repeat the question.\n9 MR. KAMARAJU: I'm sorry. Could we read it back,\n10 please. I don't think I could do it again.\n11 (Record read)\n12 A. What do you mean by \"connection\"?\n13 Q. What's your understanding of the word \"connection\"?\n14 A. Something tied.\n15 Q. Okay. So using that, using that definition, your\n16 understanding of that phrase, can you answer my question from\n17 before.\n18 A. If it was tied or related to G|CLUBS? Yes.\n19 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. Could we pull up Government\n20 Exhibit GC431, please, which is in evidence.\n21 And we'll pull it up for the jury, please.\n22 Q. Okay. So do you remember this document?\n23 A. Yes.\n24 Q. Okay. And it's an email from you to Mr. He, correct?\n25 A. Correct.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. And it's from June 9, 2021, correct?\n2 A. Correct.\n3 Q. And it's attaching something called the Business Alliance\n4 Presentation, right?\n5 A. G|CLUBS Alliance presentation, yes.\n6 Q. What is that presentation?\n7 A. It's a presentation that talked about——it was a\n8 presentation made for one of the Alliances that we reached out\n9 to.\n10 Q. Okay. And for the jury's benefit, can you tell us what you\n11 mean by the Alliances.\n12 A. Yes. This was the hotel chain, L&R Properties, that was\n13 created for it.\n14 Q. Okay. So you were preparing this to submit to the L&R\n15 chain; is that right?\n16 A. This was a presentation to present to the L&R people.\n17 Q. Okay. And I believe you testified on direct that\n18 that——there was a man named Mr. Ian who was in connection with\n19 that company; is that right?\n20 A. Correct.\n21 Q. What's his last name?\n22 A. I don't remember.\n23 Q. Okay. Robinson, by any chance?\n24 A. I don't recall. It doesn't sound——\n25 Q. Okay. And what was the purpose of sending or designing\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 this presentation?\n2 A. It was a request from Mr. He.\n3 Q. Okay. And this is the presentation that he asked you to\n4 remove Mr. Guo from, right?\n5 A. Best of my recollection, yes.\n6 Q. Okay. And would you describe L&R as a potential partner?\n7 Is that the——I just want to use the right word. Is that the\n8 way you described them?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. Okay. And G|CLUBS had other partners that they were trying\n11 to develop relationships with, right?\n12 A. Correct.\n13 Q. Okay. And at one point G|CLUBS had a partnership with the\n14 US Tennis Association, correct?\n15 A. US Open.\n16 Q. Yes. Yes.\n17 A. Yeah.\n18 Q. Now was that association terminated?\n19 A. The agreement?\n20 Q. Yes.\n21 A. It——it never happened.\n22 Q. Okay. Do you have an understanding of why it didn't\n23 happen?\n24 MR. FINKEL: Objection.\n25 THE COURT: You may answer.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. We received an email; there was some difficulties with the\n2 banks, and the payment.\n3 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. Can we go down to page 6 of\n4 this, please.\n5 All right. Could we just blow up the text there.\n6 Q. Do you see where it says Target Market?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 Q. Okay. And can you just read what it says under that, that\n9 first sentence.\n10 A. \"High net worth Chinese individuals/families, though\n11 membership is available to everyone.\"\n12 Q. Okay. And then can you keep going to read the rest of it.\n13 A. \"Marketing strategies are undertaken by leveraging the\n14 reach and impact of key spokespeople, strategic partners,\n15 influencers and well-connected individuals in these Chinese\n16 communities.\"\n17 Q. So what did you mean when you wrote \"leveraging the reach\n18 and impact of key spokespeople, strategic partners, influencers\n19 and well connected individuals in these Chinese communities\"?\n20 MR. FINKEL: Objection. I don't think the witness\n21 stated that she wrote that.\n22 THE COURT: You need to first ask whether she wrote\n23 it.\n24 Q. Did you write it?\n25 A. I don't recall writing it.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Okay. Do you know who wrote it?\n2 A. I'm not exactly sure.\n3 Q. All right. When you sent this to Mr. He, did you review it\n4 before sending it?\n5 A. I believe I did.\n6 Q. I'm sorry?\n7 A. I believe I did.\n8 Q. Okay. Did you make any changes to it?\n9 A. There were changes made to the different versions.\n10 Q. Okay. Did you suggest any changes?\n11 A. Not that I recall.\n12 Q. Okay. Was it important to you in sending this to your boss\n13 that it was well done?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. Okay. If there had been mistakes in the presentation, you\n16 would have fixed them, right?\n17 MR. FINKEL: Objection.\n18 THE COURT: You may answer.\n19 A. If requested to do changes, I would have done it.\n20 Q. Okay. But you were communicating directly with Mr. He\n21 about it, right?\n22 A. Correct.\n23 Q. And I think you testified on direct that he could be pretty\n24 abrasive, right?\n25 A. What do you mean abrasive?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. He could be harsh.\n2 A. In instances.\n3 Q. Sure. From time to time, right?\n4 A. There were some instances.\n5 Q. Okay. When he was dissatisfied with something that was\n6 happening, right?\n7 A. There were instances, yes.\n8 Q. Now did you have an understanding of what this phrase\n9 means?\n10 A. I'm not exactly sure.\n11 Q. So you sent it to Mr. He without knowing what it meant?\n12 A. I don't recall.\n13 Q. You don't recall if you sent it to him or——\n14 A. No, no, no. I recall sending it to him.\n15 Q. Okay.\n16 A. I don't recall at the time——\n17 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. Let's look at page 15 of the\n18 presentation.\n19 And can we blow that up.\n20 Q. Could you read what that says at the top.\n21 A. Physical Clubs.\n22 Q. Okay. And can you read the first sentence, please.\n23 A. \"G|CLUBS anticipates establishing its first club\n24 headquarters in Puerto Rico, with plans to develop physical\n25 clubs around the world.\"\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Okay. Could you read the next one.\n2 A. Members will enjoy club benefits and amenities, including\n3 guest rooms, conferences, ballrooms, restaurants, business\n4 centers, spas, and others.\n5 Q. Okay. Do you have an understanding of what these two\n6 paragraphs mean?\n7 A. It's a——the idea of having physical clubs, ideally, in\n8 Puerto Rico, and later on, throughout the world.\n9 Q. Okay. So G|CLUBS was representing itself to its potential\n10 partners as planning to have physical clubs, right?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. Okay. And do you see where it says, \"The clubs allow\n13 members to safely congregate in luxury with other like-minded\n14 individuals or simply spend quality time with their families\"?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. Do you understand why it says \"safely congregate\"?\n17 A. No, I do not.\n18 Q. Now you testified that there weren't G|CLUBS members in\n19 Puerto Rico, right?\n20 A. Not that I was aware of.\n21 Q. Okay. So why would the first club headquarters be in\n22 Puerto Rico?\n23 A. The thought process, at least our team, was that our\n24 offices were in Puerto Rico and we wanted to make Puerto Rico\n25 their home.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Okay. So in your understanding, G|CLUBS members would\n2 travel from around the world to Puerto Rico to visit this\n3 location, right?\n4 A. As one of them.\n5 Q. Okay. But that was the thought, right?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. And there would be others, right?\n8 A. Ideally, yes.\n9 Q. And you thought about——for example, there was an island\n10 that you were looking at buying, right?\n11 A. Yes, there was an island.\n12 Q. Okay. Now while there weren't G|CLUBS members in Puerto\n13 Rico, you knew that there were G|CLUBS members in New York,\n14 right?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. And there were G|CLUBS members in London, right?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. And there were G|CLUBS members in other parts of Asia,\n19 right?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. And there were G|CLUBS members in Australia, right?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. And there were G|CLUBS members on the West Coast, right?\n24 Of America.\n25 A. Yeah, yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Right? There were G|CLUBS members on the East Coast of\n2 America, right?\n3 A. Different parts.\n4 Q. Okay. Just not Puerto Rico, right?\n5 A. Not that I was aware of.\n6 Q. Now you testified that a big part of your job was trying to\n7 secure benefits, right?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. Oh, sorry. Take your time.\n10 A. No, no. Yes.\n11 Q. And you remember Mr. Finkel asked you questions about the\n12 benefits that G Club members received, right?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. And you listed several of them, right?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. There were luxury hotel benefits you had, right?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. That was a benefit that was secured under your leadership\n19 at G|CLUBS, right?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. There was a yacht brokerage sort of arrangement, correct?\n22 A. Boating company.\n23 Q. Okay. Boating company. That was another benefit that was\n24 secured under your leadership, right?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. There was the Formula One thing that we talked about\n2 before, right?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. Another benefit secured under your leadership, right?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. There was the FAO Schwarz event, right?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 Q. That was another benefit that was secured under your\n9 leadership, right?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. There was hotel stays in Fiji, right?\n12 A. Yes.\n13 Q. Right? That was another benefit that was secured under\n14 your leadership, right?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. There was also a block of rooms available in Australia,\n17 right?\n18 A. There was a stay, yes.\n19 Q. Another benefit, right?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. So those were all benefits that G|CLUBS members had access\n22 to while you were working at the company, right?\n23 A. Yes.\n24 Q. And that's in addition to the G Fashion discount that they\n25 got, right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. Now on direct, Mr. Finkel asked you some questions about\n3 what G|CLUBS paid to get those benefits. Do you remember that?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. And you said that G|CLUBS had not actually paid any money\n6 to get those benefits, right?\n7 A. Not all of them, some of them.\n8 Q. Okay. So some of them they paid for and some of them they\n9 didn't, right?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. Okay. So let's talk about the ones that they——well, let me\n12 ask you this first. Withdrawn.\n13 Do you remember which ones they paid for?\n14 A. I recall the FAO Schwarz.\n15 Q. Okay. And for the ones that they didn't pay for, those\n16 benefits were offered pursuant to an agreement between G|CLUBS\n17 and the partner, right?\n18 A. There were agreements, yes.\n19 Q. There were contracts, right?\n20 A. Right.\n21 Q. And those contracts provided for certain benefits that the\n22 partner would receive, right?\n23 A. Well, if——could you——\n24 Q. Let me take a step back. Let me try it this way, okay? So\n25 as part of those agreements, the partners agreed to give\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 certain——let's just use the discount example——discounts to\n2 G|CLUBS members, right?\n3 A. Right.\n4 Q. And in exchange for doing that, the partners got something,\n5 right?\n6 A. If it was a hotel, they would get a hotel room night\n7 booked.\n8 Q. Sorry. They would get a hotel night, right? A hotel room\n9 booked, right?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. And other agreements had cross-marketing opportunities,\n12 right?\n13 A. I don't remember specifically.\n14 Q. Well, do you remember an agreement with a yacht company?\n15 A. There was a boating company, yes.\n16 Q. Was that YachtLife?\n17 A. I don't remember the name. Jet Life resonates.\n18 Q. Okay. And part of your agreement, G|CLUBS' agreement with\n19 YachtLife is that G|CLUBS would market YachtLife to its\n20 members, right?\n21 A. Could you repeat that.\n22 Q. Sure. Part of G|CLUBS' agreement with YachtLife was that\n23 G|CLUBS would market YachtLife to its members, right?\n24 A. G|CLUBS would promote the benefit to its members.\n25 Q. Okay. I'm just going to show you what's been marked as\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 Defense Exhibit 20121.\n2 MR. KAMARAJU: And this is just for the witness and\n3 the parties.\n4 And maybe we can scroll through.\n5 Okay. Maybe we can go to the signature page that we\n6 were just on.\n7 Q. Okay. Do you see a signature line for G|CLUBS Operations?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. Do you recognize that signature?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. Do you recognize what this document is?\n12 MR. KAMARAJU: If you can go back to the first page if\n13 you need.\n14 A. The agreement.\n15 Q. Okay. And the signature that you recognize, whose\n16 signature is it?\n17 A. Max Troy.\n18 Q. And who is that?\n19 A. He worked at the partnership.\n20 Q. And I'm sorry. When you say partnership, he worked at a\n21 G|CLUBS partnership?\n22 A. A G|CLUBS——correct. Apologies.\n23 Q. Okay. And you said this is the agreement, this is the\n24 YachtLife agreement?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. The defense would offer\n2 DX 20121, please.\n3 MR. FINKEL: No objection.\n4 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n5 (Defendant's Exhibit 20121 received in evidence)\n6 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. Thank you.\n7 And could we publish that.\n8 Okay. So let's blow up paragraph 2 first, please.\n9 Oh, sorry. Before we do that, let's just blow up the\n10 top paragraph where it says, \"This strategic partner\n11 agreement.\"\n12 BY MR. KAMARAJU:\n13 Q. Okay. Now do you see it says, \"Entered into by and between\n14 G|CLUBS Operations LLC,\" and then it says \"the Company,\" right?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. Okay. So this document uses the Company to refer to\n17 G|CLUBS Operations LLC, correct?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. And then it says YachtLife Technologies Inc., and that's\n20 referred to as \"the Service Provider,\" right?\n21 A. Correct.\n22 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. So now if we could blow up\n23 paragraph 2, please.\n24 Q. Okay. Now can you read 2a, please.\n25 A. \"Company shall advertise and market service provider's good\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 and services to its members.\"\n2 Q. Okay. So you understand that's G|CLUBS shall advertise and\n3 market YachtLife's goods and services to its members, right?\n4 A. Correct.\n5 Q. Okay. And then let's look at paragraph b. And you see it\n6 says, \"Service Provider shall provide to the Company and its\n7 eligible members——\"and then I'm going to skip the next\n8 part——\"certain services (collectively, 'the Services') stated\n9 as follows and as applicable due to the nature of Service\n10 Provider.\" Do you see that?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. And then it goes on to the next page, right?\n13 THE COURT: All righty. We're at 2:30 and so we're\n14 going to take our break.\n15 Members of the jury, don't discuss the case amongst\n16 yourselves or with anyone else. Don't permit anyone to discuss\n17 the case in your presence. Don't read, listen to, or watch\n18 anything from any source that touches on the subject matter of\n19 this trial.\n20 Ms. Reyes, you may step out. Don't discuss your\n21 testimony.\n22 (Jury not present; witness not present)\n23 THE COURT: Please be seated.\n24 So during this break I have to attend to another\n25 matter and so to the extent that you want to raise something,\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 it will be when we return.\n2 MR. KAMARAJU: Thank you, your Honor.\n3 (Recess)\n4 (Jury present)\n5 THE COURT: You may continue your inquiry.\n6 MR. KAMARAJU: Thank you, your Honor.\n7 I think we had up on the screen DX 2121.\n8 BY MR. KAMARAJU:\n9 Q. Ms. Reyes, do you have it up on your screen?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. Okay. Great.\n12 MR. KAMARAJU: Jurors have it?\n13 Q. Okay. So I think we talked about provision (a) already, so\n14 let me just go back to that quickly.\n15 So you see services are, \"The company shall advertise\n16 and market service provider's good and services to its\n17 members.\" You see that, right?\n18 THE COURT: Mr. Kamaraju, I think that the jury would\n19 benefit from just hearing again the parties to this——\n20 MR. KAMARAJU: Hundred percent, your Honor. Thank\n21 you.\n22 THE COURT: ——document.\n23 MR. KAMARAJU: Let me remind them. So let's blow back\n24 out.\n25 And let's go to the very first paragraph.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 BY MR. KAMARAJU:\n2 Q. Okay. So you see here it says, \"This strategic partner\n3 agreement,\" and then it goes on. I'm going to skip the date.\n4 It says, \"Entered into by and between G Club Operations LLC.\"\n5 Do you see that?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. Okay. And that's referred to here as the Company, right?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. Okay. And YachtLife Technologies Inc. is referred to as\n10 the service provider, right?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. Okay. And together, if you go on to the next sentence, it\n13 says \"may be referred to as the parties.\" You see that?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. Now let's go back to paragraph 2.\n16 All right. So you see this, right?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. Provision (a)?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. Okay. And you understand that what G|CLUBS is giving under\n21 this agreement is advertising and marketing YachtLife's goods\n22 and services to G Club members, right?\n23 A. Yes.\n24 Q. Okay. G|CLUBS is not paying any money to YachtLife under\n25 this agreement, right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. Correct.\n2 Q. Okay. But YachtLife entered into the agreement anyway,\n3 right?\n4 A. There's an agreement, correct.\n5 Q. Right. And YachtLife signed it.\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. Okay. And that's YachtLife's decision to do, right?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. And you're not aware of any connection between YachtLife\n10 and Mr. Guo, right?\n11 A. Not that I'm aware.\n12 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. We can take that down.\n13 I'd like to put up just for the witness, the Court and\n14 the parties DX 20235.\n15 Okay. Maybe we can just blow up the top first.\n16 Okay. And maybe we can scroll through this for\n17 Ms. Reyes.\n18 Keep going towards the signature page, please.\n19 BY MR. KAMARAJU:\n20 Q. Okay. Do you see the signature line there?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. Okay. Who signed it on behalf of G|CLUBS Operations?\n23 A. I did.\n24 Q. Okay. And what company is this with? Sorry. Withdrawn.\n25 That's a bad question.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 Who's the counterparty to this agreement other than\n2 G|CLUBS? Who's the contract with?\n3 A. Luxury Cruise Connections.\n4 Q. Okay. And this was a contract for an additional set of\n5 benefits for G|CLUBS members; is that right?\n6 A. It was contract for a partner, correct.\n7 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. So the defense offers DX 20235.\n8 MR. FINKEL: No objection.\n9 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n10 (Defendant's Exhibit 20235 received in evidence)\n11 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. So let's publish for the jury,\n12 please.\n13 BY MR. KAMARAJU:\n14 Q. Okay. And do you see the first WHEREAS clause, under\n15 Recitals?\n16 MR. KAMARAJU: If you can blow that up.\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. Okay. Could you read that.\n19 A. \"G|CLUBS is a luxury membership service with access to\n20 events, concierge services, benefits and special pricing for\n21 its members.\"\n22 Q. And when you signed this agreement, you believed that\n23 statement to be true, right?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. Okay. Now the next WHEREAS clause, now this says company,\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 so this is referring to the company as Luxury Cruise\n2 Connection, right?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. Okay. What does Luxury Cruise Connection do?\n5 A. I don't recall specifically.\n6 Q. Okay. Do you recall whether it has anything to do with a\n7 cruise line?\n8 A. I do recall there was an——they were working on a cruise\n9 line. I just don't know specifically.\n10 Q. Okay. And so what was your understanding of what G|CLUBS\n11 members were going to get through this contract?\n12 A. I'm not exactly sure. Could we look into it.\n13 THE COURT: So I need for you to speak into the\n14 microphone.\n15 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. Let's go zoom out to the larger\n16 agreement, please.\n17 All right. So let's just look at 1(a), under Scope of\n18 Agreement.\n19 BY MR. KAMARAJU:\n20 Q. Okay. And you see it says company, and that's Luxury\n21 Cruise Connections, right?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. Okay. And it agrees to provide members——that's G|CLUBS\n24 members, right?\n25 A. Correct.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Okay. With services and preferred terms set forth in\n2 Attachment A. Right?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. And let's take that down. Let's\n5 go to the next paragraph.\n6 Q. Okay. And again, it says company, and that's, again,\n7 Luxury Cruise, right?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. All right. And could you read that.\n10 A. \"Company will provide G|CLUBS with a code or other means in\n11 which members can request company's preferred terms regarding\n12 the serviced listed in Attachment A.\"\n13 Q. Okay. And you remember yesterday on direct Mr. Finkel\n14 asked you a number of questions about how G|CLUBS members could\n15 access certain benefits, right?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. And you talked about how they could access certain benefits\n18 by visiting the website, right? Or a website? Sorry.\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. Right? Like a hotel website, for example?\n21 A. Correct.\n22 Q. Right? And they would put in a code, right, to access\n23 their benefits?\n24 A. Depending on, but some of them had a code, yes.\n25 Q. Okay. Just like what's referred to in this paragraph,\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 right?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. Let's look at the next\n4 paragraph.\n5 Q. Could you read that, please.\n6 A. \"All services offered by company under this agreement will\n7 be sold to the members directly by company.\"\n8 Q. Okay. So you understand that to mean that Luxury Cruise\n9 will market directly to the G|CLUBS members, right?\n10 A. The services will be offered to the members directly by\n11 Luxury Cruise.\n12 Q. Okay. So that it's not going to go through G|CLUBS, right?\n13 A. Correct.\n14 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. Let's keep scrolling down to the\n15 next page, please.\n16 Okay. Just let's blow up 3(a).\n17 Q. Do you see that?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. Okay. So what's your understanding of this provision?\n20 A. I'm going to read it.\n21 That G|CLUBS is responsible for marketing to its\n22 members, the services offered by cruise.\n23 Q. Luxury Cruise?\n24 A. Thank you. Luxury Cruise.\n25 MR. KAMARAJU: All right. We could take that down for\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 now.\n2 And I'd like to pull up what's been marked for\n3 identification as DX 20234.\n4 Okay. And if we can just scroll through that for\n5 Ms. Reyes.\n6 BY MR. KAMARAJU:\n7 Q. Okay. Do you see a signature there on that page we were\n8 just on?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. Okay. And who signs for G|CLUBS?\n11 A. I do.\n12 Q. Okay. And let's go back to the top paragraph, please. And\n13 do you see at the top it says Condado Vanderbilt?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. Is this a partnership with Condado Vanderbilt Hotel?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 MR. KAMARAJU: The defense offers DX 20234.\n18 MR. FINKEL: No objection.\n19 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n20 (Defendant's Exhibit 20234 received in evidence)\n21 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. So could we publish to the jury.\n22 Okay. Put it up on the screen.\n23 Q. Now the Condado Vanderbilt is located in San Juan, right?\n24 A. Correct.\n25 Q. It's a luxury hotel in that city?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. And is it fair to say——or withdrawn.\n3 Is it your understanding that San Juan has a pretty\n4 vibrant tourist industry?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. People come to visit Puerto Rico, right?\n7 A. Yes, they do.\n8 Q. Particularly in the winter?\n9 A. Any time of the year.\n10 Q. Okay. And G|CLUBS, when you joined G|CLUBS in December of\n11 2020, the COVID pandemic was still going on, correct?\n12 A. Yes.\n13 Q. And that made it difficult to secure travel benefits for\n14 G|CLUBS, right?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. Okay. Because people weren't traveling as much anymore,\n17 right?\n18 A. During that time, no.\n19 Q. Right. Now under this agreement, if we can just bold——do\n20 you see where it says \"G|CLUBS will be honored\"? Do you see\n21 that?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. Okay. Could you just read that first sentence.\n24 A. \"G|CLUBS will be honored a 15 percent off our best\n25 available rate as promoted on our hotel website with all\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 corporate amenities included.\"\n2 Q. Okay. And could you go on to read the next sentence,\n3 please.\n4 A. This discounted rate will be honored for all room\n5 categories.\n6 Q. Okay. So you understand that to mean whatever kind of room\n7 at the Condado, they will receive a discount, right?\n8 A. Correct.\n9 Q. And that's available specifically to G|CLUBS members under\n10 this agreement, right?\n11 A. Correct.\n12 Q. Do you know how much a room runs at the Condado?\n13 A. It depends on the season.\n14 Q. Fair enough. How about peak season?\n15 A. I'm not exactly sure, but I've seen a little bit over 500.\n16 MR. KAMARAJU: Now we can take out the blowout for a\n17 second.\n18 Now can we look at the——scroll down to the signature.\n19 Q. Okay. Do you see the date you signed this?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. January 16, 2023, correct?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. That's months after G|CLUBS got the subpoena, correct?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. And that's months after there was a seizure of G|CLUBS'\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 accounts, correct?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. So despite those events, you continued trying to secure\n4 benefits for G|CLUBS members, right?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. In fact, you tried to secure benefits for G|CLUBS members\n7 throughout your time at the company, correct?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. It was your job, right?\n10 A. Part of my job, yes.\n11 Q. Okay. And you remember Mr. Finkel asked you a number of\n12 questions about the G|CLUBS website on direct? Do you remember\n13 that?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. And he took you through the website and he said, did\n16 G|CLUBS offer this service, right? Do you remember that?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. And you responded not at that time, right?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. And in one instance you responded, we were working on it\n21 but we didn't have it yet, right?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. Because G|CLUBS was an evolving company, right?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. You were building, right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. Correct.\n2 Q. And you had started during the pandemic, right, at least\n3 when you joined?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. And you were open about that with people, right?\n6 A. What do you mean by open?\n7 Q. Well, you weren't telling vendors that we're a fully formed\n8 company with all of our benefits put together, right?\n9 A. No.\n10 Q. And you weren't telling prospective members that, right?\n11 A. I don't believe I was telling prospective members——\n12 THE COURT: Okay.\n13 A. ——anything.\n14 THE COURT: I need for you to get really close to that\n15 microphone because it's sounding like a whisper.\n16 THE WITNESS: Sorry.\n17 A. Can you repeat it, please.\n18 MR. KAMARAJU: All right. I'm going to trouble the\n19 court reporter, if she doesn't mind, to read it back, please.\n20 THE COURT: Go ahead.\n21 (Record read)\n22 Q. Anything, right? That was the answer?\n23 A. On that——on the COVID.\n24 Q. Oh, yes. Sorry. I wasn't asking about COVID specifically.\n25 I was saying: You weren't telling prospective members that all\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 of G|CLUBS benefits were available right up at the front,\n2 right? That was not part of G|CLUBS marketing, right?\n3 MR. FINKEL: Objection. Compound, form.\n4 THE COURT: I'm going to permit the question.\n5 A. There were ongoing benefits.\n6 Q. Right. Additional benefits would be added down the line,\n7 right?\n8 A. Over time, yes.\n9 Q. Okay. So there were some benefits to start, right?\n10 A. Correct.\n11 Q. And when you joined, that included the G Fashion discount,\n12 right?\n13 MR. FINKEL: Asked and answered.\n14 THE COURT: You may answer.\n15 A. Yes, that was already in place.\n16 Q. Okay. And then during your time as CEO you added\n17 additional benefits, right?\n18 A. Correct.\n19 Q. And then you were seeking even more benefits, right?\n20 A. Correct.\n21 Q. 'Cause that was your job.\n22 A. It was part of my job, yes.\n23 Q. Now among the benefits that you were looking for potential\n24 G Club members, you were looking for immigration services,\n25 right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. I do not recall looking for that.\n2 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. Just for the witness——I'd like\n3 to see if I can help you——can we just pull up for her DX 34063.\n4 I'm sorry. Actually, can we do DX 34064. My\n5 apologies. This is just for the witness and the parties and\n6 the Court.\n7 BY MR. KAMARAJU:\n8 Q. All right. Can you take a look at that.\n9 Okay. And just let me know when you're ready.\n10 A. I read it.\n11 Q. Okay. So don't read anything off the document out loud.\n12 My question is solely: Does looking at this document refresh\n13 your recollection as to whether G|CLUBS was looking into a\n14 potential immigration services for its members?\n15 A. I do not recall this document.\n16 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. We can take it down then.\n17 Q. Do you remember looking for a bespoke luxury travel service\n18 through something called Internova?\n19 A. No, I do not recall that name.\n20 Q. Okay. How about looking for concierge services through a\n21 company called Bold Luxury?\n22 A. I do recall concierge service. I don't really know the\n23 name, but I do recall that.\n24 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. Can we just show the witness,\n25 the Court, and the parties DX 31571.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. If you can just take a look at that for yourself.\n2 A. Yeah.\n3 MR. KAMARAJU: And if we can scroll through it for\n4 Ms. Reyes.\n5 A. Would you mind scrolling to the bottom?\n6 Q. Of course. Let's keep going.\n7 A. Yes.\n8 Q. Okay. Does this refresh your recollection as to whether\n9 that company was called Bold Luxury?\n10 A. Bold Luxury was a company for travel and transportation\n11 services.\n12 Q. Okay. And that was a company that G|CLUBS was seeking a\n13 partnership with, right?\n14 A. Correct.\n15 Q. Okay. Now as part of your responsibilities as a CEO, did\n16 you prepare a business plan to send to banks?\n17 A. Not that I recall.\n18 Q. Okay. Did you revise a business plan that was going to be\n19 sent to banks?\n20 A. Not that I recall.\n21 Q. Do you recall ever revising a G|CLUBS business plan for any\n22 purpose?\n23 A. Yes, I believe so.\n24 Q. Okay. So you remember doing so?\n25 A. Best of my recollection, there was a business plan created,\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 yes.\n2 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. Could we pull up for the witness\n3 and the parties and the Court DX 60604, please.\n4 Q. Do you recognize this?\n5 A. Could you scroll.\n6 Q. Of course. Please. Take your time.\n7 Do you recognize this document, Ms. Reyes?\n8 A. Yes, I recall it.\n9 Q. What is it?\n10 A. The business plan.\n11 Q. Okay. And you were involved in revising this business\n12 plan?\n13 A. Me and other people, yes.\n14 Q. Sure. Not just you; you were one of the people who\n15 commented on it, right?\n16 A. To review it, yes.\n17 Q. Okay. And this is a draft?\n18 A. Looks like a draft, yes.\n19 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. The defense would offer\n20 DX 60604.\n21 MR. FINKEL: May I inquire.\n22 THE COURT: You may.\n23 VOIR DIRE EXAMINATION\n24 BY MR. FINKEL:\n25 Q. Ms. Reyes, do you know if this draft was sent out, this\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 version?\n2 A. I'm not sure.\n3 MR. FINKEL: Objection. Hearsay. And relevance.\n4 THE COURT: Are you offering it to show that there was\n5 a draft?\n6 MR. KAMARAJU: Yeah, just that they were discussing it\n7 internally; that's all.\n8 THE COURT: Do you recognize the document?\n9 THE WITNESS: I recognize the document, the format of\n10 it.\n11 MR. FINKEL: We object to it for that purpose as well,\n12 internal discussion.\n13 THE COURT: Overruled. You may ask your question.\n14 MR. KAMARAJU: Thank you, your Honor. Can I publish\n15 it to the jury?\n16 THE COURT: Yes.\n17 (Defendant's Exhibit 60604 received in evidence)\n18 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. Thank you. Can we publish it to\n19 the jury, please.\n20 BY MR. KAMARAJU:\n21 Q. Okay. Now, Ms. Reyes, you testified that a number of\n22 different people commented on this, correct?\n23 A. It wasn't just me that reviewed this document.\n24 Q. Sure. Do you remember who else within the company reviewed\n25 it?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. Legal.\n2 Q. Okay. I'm not going to ask you about any of the\n3 discussions with legal. Do you remember if there was anybody\n4 other than legal who reviewed it?\n5 A. I don't recall at the time.\n6 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. Can we scroll down, please.\n7 Keep going.\n8 Keep going.\n9 Q. All right. Do you see under Proposed Future Benefits,\n10 subsection B?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. Can you look at 1.\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. Okay. What's 1?\n15 A. Multi membership.\n16 Q. Okay. And can you just read that.\n17 A. \"We foresee a member would purchase multiple memberships\n18 for access to multiple benefits and inheritance reasons.\n19 Exclusive benefits for our multi members may include the\n20 ability to have multiple participations in events like the\n21 summits and talks, as well as promotions offered in those\n22 events.\"\n23 Q. And what was the purpose of developing a business plan at\n24 this time?\n25 A. I'm not sure at the time, but I do recall the business plan\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 was part of the requirements for the tax incentive decree.\n2 Q. Okay. Can you just explain to the jury what tax incentive\n3 decree you're talking about.\n4 A. It's the Act 60 tax incentive.\n5 Q. Okay. Without getting into too many particulars, that's a\n6 Puerto Rican law of some sort?\n7 A. It's a Puerto Rican tax incentive.\n8 Q. And it creates certain kinds of tax incentives for certain\n9 kinds of businesses in Puerto Rico?\n10 A. I'm not exactly sure how it specifically incorporates the\n11 tax incentive.\n12 Q. But G|CLUBS was benefiting from that incentive, right?\n13 A. Correct.\n14 Q. Okay. And can you explain to us how this document\n15 connected to the G|CLUBS receiving the tax incentive.\n16 Withdrawn.\n17 Let me pull it back from this document.\n18 Why was G|CLUBS creating a business plan in connection\n19 with the tax incentive?\n20 A. To the best of my recollection, it was a requirement.\n21 Q. Okay.\n22 THE COURT: Are you saying that it was a requirement\n23 in order to qualify for the benefit?\n24 THE WITNESS: In order to submit——correct, to apply\n25 for the Act 60 benefit.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Okay. And to your knowledge did G|CLUBS submit for that\n2 benefit?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. Okay. Now did you submit an application to a Puerto Rican\n5 governmental entity to get that benefit? Not you, G|CLUBS, I\n6 mean.\n7 A. It's a Puerto Rican entity, correct.\n8 Q. Okay. Do you know who gets the application?\n9 A. Can I say it in Spanish, the name of the agency?\n10 Q. It's up to your Honor. I don't know if that——\n11 THE COURT: You can say it. Go ahead.\n12 A. Departamento de Desarollo Economico y Comercio. So\n13 Department of Economic——\n14 Q. Just whatever you remember is fine. It's a Puerto Rican\n15 governmental department of some sort?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. Okay. Can we now go to, in the same Proposed Future\n18 Benefits section, No. 5.\n19 Okay. Do you see this?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. All right. So this is, again, a discussion about physical\n22 clubs, correct?\n23 A. Yes.\n24 Q. And this is what was being discussed within G|CLUBS, right?\n25 A. Correct.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Okay. Do you see where it says, \"Our members will be able\n2 to enjoy the benefits and amenities of the club including,\" and\n3 then it lists a number of things, and then it says, \"allowing\n4 them to securely congregate in luxury with other like-minded\n5 individuals.\" Do you see that?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. What's your understanding of the phrase \"allowing them to\n8 securely congregate in luxury with other like-minded\n9 individuals\"?\n10 A. For them to meet in luxury, like in high end, with other\n11 like-minded people.\n12 Q. And what about the phrase \"securely\"?\n13 A. Not exactly sure. Secure.\n14 Q. Sorry. I didn't hear you.\n15 A. I'm not exactly sure what does it mean specifically. It's\n16 a——like a safe place?\n17 Q. Okay. Now you understood this was going to a government\n18 department of some sort, right?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. And it was to enjoy some kind of benefit, right?\n21 A. Correct.\n22 Q. It was important for this to be accurate, right?\n23 A. Yes.\n24 Q. Okay. Now you testified——\n25 MR. KAMARAJU: We can take that down.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 You testified about a trip that you took to London,\n2 England. Do you remember that?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. Were there two trips to London or just one?\n5 A. Just one.\n6 Q. Okay. And while you were in London, you toured a castle in\n7 the English countryside, right?\n8 A. There were two hotels.\n9 Q. Okay. Two hotels. All right. And you were touring them\n10 in your capacity as G|CLUBS CEO, right?\n11 A. Correct.\n12 Q. All right. It wasn't a personal trip to go see them,\n13 right?\n14 A. No.\n15 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. Could we show the witness and\n16 the parties DX 60595.\n17 Q. Is this a photograph of one of the hotels that you toured?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. Is it a fair and accurate depiction of one of the hotels?\n20 A. I'm sorry?\n21 Q. Is it a fair and accurate depiction of that hotel? Does it\n22 look like the hotel that you toured?\n23 A. Yes.\n24 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. The defense offers DX 60595.\n25 MR. FINKEL: No objection.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n2 (Defendant's Exhibit 60595 received in evidence)\n3 MR. KAMARAJU: Could we publish it, please.\n4 Q. All right. So do you remember what the name of this place\n5 was?\n6 A. I'm not exactly sure. Glutenten [ph] or something like\n7 that if I'm not mistaken.\n8 Q. All right. But it's a luxury hotel, right?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. And the idea was that it could be rented out for G|CLUBS\n11 members, right?\n12 A. It could be offered as a benefit, for members.\n13 Q. And specifically for G|CLUBS members, right?\n14 A. Correct.\n15 Q. And there were a number of G|CLUBS members who lived in\n16 Europe, right?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. Okay. So this might be convenient for them, right?\n19 A. Would be a benefit for them.\n20 Q. Sure. Now you said there were two properties you looked\n21 at, right?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. Okay. Well, before we go to that one, did you actually\n24 tour this hotel?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Was it pretty luxurious?\n2 A. Pretty nice, yes.\n3 Q. Pretty big?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. Do you remember how much a room cost at that hotel?\n6 A. No. I don't remember specifically.\n7 Q. Okay. Do you remember if it was more than what the Condado\n8 charged at the peak?\n9 A. I believe so.\n10 Q. Okay. A lot more?\n11 A. I'm not exactly sure.\n12 Q. Okay. Now we were going to the second property. You said\n13 there was a second one that you also toured, right?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. Could we show Ms. Reyes what's\n16 been marked as DX 60597.\n17 Q. All right. Is this a photograph of the other hotel that\n18 you visited? Oh, I'm sorry.\n19 A. It looks like it, yes.\n20 Q. Okay. And this photograph depicts that hotel; is that\n21 right?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. The defense offers DX 60597.\n24 MR. FINKEL: No objection.\n25 THE COURT: It is admitted.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - Cross\n1 (Defendant's Exhibit 60597 received in evidence)\n2 MR. KAMARAJU: Okay. Could we publish it, please.\n3 Q. Okay. So again, you actually toured this hotel?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. All right. And pretty luxurious; fair to say?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. Pretty expensive, right?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. Lots of services for guests of the hotel?\n10 A. They had different services, yes.\n11 (Continued on next page)\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 BY MR. KAMARAJU:\n2 Q. Was there a spa?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. Were there conference rooms?\n5 A. I don't remember.\n6 Q. Places for guest to meet?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 Q. Bar maybe?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. All right. Now, Mr. Guo never asked you to tour any other\n11 places, right?\n12 A. No.\n13 Q. He never spoke to you about them at all, right?\n14 A. Not that I recall.\n15 Q. You never told him you was going to look at them?\n16 A. No.\n17 Q. You never told him about the island you were looking for,\n18 right?\n19 A. Not that I recall.\n20 Q. You didn't communicate any of that with the spokesperson\n21 for G/Clubs, right?\n22 A. Could you repeat.\n23 Q. Sure. It's okay. You didn't communicate anything about\n24 these particular properties to Mr. Guo, correct?\n25 A. Not that I recall.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. You never had a discussion with him about it, right?\n2 MR. FINKEL: Asked and answered.\n3 THE COURT: Sustained.\n4 Q. Now, did you fly commercial to London? No. Withdrawn.\n5 You testified on direct that you took a private jet,\n6 correct?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 Q. Was that a G/Clubs jet?\n9 A. Not that I'm aware of.\n10 Q. Do you know if G/Club chartered the jet?\n11 A. I don't believe so.\n12 Q. Do you know who owned the jet?\n13 A. I'm not sure.\n14 Q. We could take that down.\n15 G/Clubs Operation, that was based in Puerto Rico,\n16 right?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. And it had a parent company that I think you referred to it\n19 as International, right, or BVI?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. BVI owned 100 percent of operations, right?\n22 A. Can you repeat that.\n23 Q. Sure. BVI owned a hundred percent of operations, right?\n24 A. I'm not exactly sure. BVI was on top of G/Club operations.\n25 Q. Let me ask the question this way.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 You refer to Mr. He as the owner, right?\n2 A. Correct.\n3 Q. He was the owner of G/Club BVI?\n4 A. To my understanding, yes.\n5 Q. And through that he was the owner of operations, right?\n6 A. Correct.\n7 Q. And you had that email exchange with him where you said,\n8 I'm not trying to be the owner -- I'm paraphrasing -- right,\n9 cause he was the owner, right?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. And you knew that G/Clubs was trying to expand\n12 internationally, correct?\n13 A. What do you mean expand internationally?\n14 Q. There was an effort to build the company out in the Middle\n15 East, right?\n16 A. I was not involved in that.\n17 Q. But you were aware of it, right?\n18 A. I was told at some point.\n19 Q. You knew that Alex Hadjicharalambous, you knew that he was\n20 the controller of G/Clubs operations, right?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. And he went to the Middle East as part of that effort,\n23 right?\n24 MR. FINKEL: Objection. She testified she knows about\n25 this based on what she was told.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 THE COURT: Do you know whether he went to the Middle\n2 East?\n3 THE WITNESS: Yes, he went to the Middle East.\n4 Q. Just to stay on Alex for a second, his responsibilities as\n5 controller were to manage bank accounts; is that correct?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. Manage the company's cash flow, right, keep track of it?\n8 A. Of the accounts?\n9 Q. Yeah, sure.\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. Keep track of the money going out and coming in, right?\n12 A. He had access.\n13 Q. That wasn't your job, right?\n14 A. No.\n15 Q. You had other responsibilities?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. When Mr. Finkel asked you all those questions about the\n18 loans being repaid, you weren't looking at the bank accounts to\n19 see if that happened, right?\n20 THE COURT: I can't hear you.\n21 A. No, I didn't.\n22 THE COURT: Speak up.\n23 A. Could you repeat that.\n24 Q. So when Mr. Finkel asked you those questions about whether\n25 the loans had been repaid, do you know what loans I'm referring\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 to?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. When he asked you the questions about that, it wasn't your\n4 job to go look at the bank statements to see if the loans had\n5 been repaid, correct?\n6 A. I did not look at the bank statements.\n7 Q. And that wasn't your responsibility?\n8 A. I didn't view that as my responsibility.\n9 Q. There were other people at the company responsible for\n10 that, right?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. Because in a company you can have a division of labor,\n13 right?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. The CEO is not necessarily responsible for everything,\n16 right?\n17 A. I don't believe so.\n18 Q. You had several departments that reported to you, right?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. And you relied on their advice, right?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. Now, you testified about meeting Mr. He and Mileson Guo on\n23 a yacht outside of Europe, correct?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. Do you remember approximately what year that was?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. 2021.\n2 Q. Do you remember if it was in the summer, when it was\n3 generally?\n4 A. September.\n5 Q. And so do you think you'd recognize Mileson today?\n6 A. I'm not exactly sure.\n7 Q. Could we pull up, it's already in evidence, GXHN-82, please\n8 and publish it.\n9 Do you see it?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. Do you recognize that guy?\n12 A. I'm not exactly sure, no.\n13 Q. We can take it down. On direct you did recognize Mr. He,\n14 right?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. And Mr. He owned 100 percent of BVI, right?\n17 MR. FINKEL: Asked and answered.\n18 THE COURT: Sustained.\n19 Q. So Mr. He controlled all of the assets in the company,\n20 right?\n21 A. What do you mean by control the assets?\n22 Q. I mean he made the decision about where certain money would\n23 go, right?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. So he asked you to make certain loans, right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. And you made them, right?\n3 A. Made loans, yes.\n4 Q. And sometimes he asked you for loans to make investments,\n5 right?\n6 A. There were different purposes for the loans.\n7 Q. So, for example, one time he asked for a loan to make an\n8 investment in something called Yield Esta, right?\n9 A. I recall Yield Esta.\n10 Q. And Mr. He asked you to put money into that company, right?\n11 A. It's not a -- to my understanding it's not a company.\n12 Q. What's your understanding of what it is?\n13 A. It's a product from a bank, like a bank account.\n14 Q. It's an investment product of some sort?\n15 A. I'm not exactly sure. It's among, like, the account in the\n16 bank. You had to have the Yield Esta, the funds.\n17 Q. G/Clubs transferred $3 million to Yield Esta at the start\n18 of the relationship with Mercantile Bank; isn't that right?\n19 A. Correct.\n20 Q. And what did you understand the $3 million was going to be\n21 doing?\n22 A. It was funds in that account in order to have our account.\n23 Q. So the money was just going to sit there?\n24 A. I understood that it was going to be there for a period of\n25 time.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. And then what would happen next?\n2 A. I'm not sure.\n3 Q. Were you involved in transferring the $3 million to Yield\n4 Esta?\n5 A. I do the transfer?\n6 Q. In any way were you involved in that transfer, not that you\n7 just press the button, but in any way were you involved?\n8 A. I don't recall specifically. I recall the Yield Esta.\n9 Q. How did you find out about it then?\n10 A. About who, about Yield Esta?\n11 Q. The $3 million that G/Clubs put in Yield Esta, how did you\n12 find out about it?\n13 A. That was a product that was provided by Mercantile bank.\n14 MR. KAMARAJU: Motion to strike.\n15 THE COURT: He was asking you how did you come to know\n16 about Yield Esta.\n17 A. By Mercantile Bank.\n18 Q. Mercantile told you?\n19 A. That was their product.\n20 Q. And how did you find out that $3 million was invested by\n21 G/Clubs into Yield Esta?\n22 A. I believe that was a requirement. To open an account with\n23 them, you had to do. You have to have that amount in Yield\n24 Esta account.\n25 Q. So Mercantile -- your understanding is that Mercantile told\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 you that you had to invest this money?\n2 A. Correct.\n3 Q. And how did you find out that G/Clubs in fact invested that\n4 amount of money?\n5 A. How did I find out?\n6 Q. Yes, ma'am.\n7 A. I'm not exactly sure.\n8 Q. Are you done?\n9 A. I don't remember.\n10 Q. Now, Mr. He also decided to invest in something called\n11 Hamilton, right?\n12 A. There was a loan, correct.\n13 Q. And Mr. He is the one who directed that the loan should\n14 happen, right?\n15 A. I'm not exactly sure. It would come from Yvette or Mr. He.\n16 Q. You understand even if it came from Yvette, it was coming\n17 from Mr. He?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. And Mr. He signed off on using those loan proceeds to go to\n20 Hamilton, right?\n21 A. He would sign off on the documents, the loan documents,\n22 yes.\n23 Q. And you were aware that those loan proceeds were going to\n24 Hamilton, right?\n25 A. I'm not exactly sure.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Let's pull up what I believe is in evidence as GXGC-175.\n2 You see that?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. This is an email from you to Mr. He, right?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. And it's concerning a $50 million investment. Do you see\n7 that?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. So what did you mean when you wrote, I'm writing with\n10 regards to the $50 million investment from G/Club International\n11 BVI into Hamilton Digital Assets?\n12 A. That's how the loan documents end. Resolutions would be\n13 reference as.\n14 Q. To write this sentence you had to know that there was going\n15 to be a $50 million investment by BVI into Hamilton Digital\n16 Assets, right?\n17 MR. FINKEL: Objection, mischaracterizes.\n18 THE COURT: Sustained.\n19 Q. So again, what did you mean?\n20 MR. FINKEL: Asked and answered.\n21 Q. What did you mean specifically about into Hamilton Digital\n22 Assets?\n23 MR. FINKEL: Asked and answered.\n24 THE COURT: Sustained.\n25 Q. Why did you send this email?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. Every time there was a loan across, I would send Mr. He the\n2 different loan documents and resolution for him to sign off on.\n3 Q. And which loan request did this pertain to?\n4 A. A $50 million loan to Hamilton Digital Assets.\n5 Q. Do you remember testifying about this exhibit with\n6 Mr. Finkel on direct?\n7 A. No, I do not.\n8 Q. So earlier today you have no recollection about talking\n9 about this exhibit?\n10 A. I don't recall specifically.\n11 Q. What was your understanding of what was going to happen\n12 with this $50 million once it got to Hamilton?\n13 A. I do not know.\n14 Q. Did you ask anybody to find out?\n15 A. I do not recall.\n16 Q. You don't recall if you asked anybody?\n17 A. I do not recall if I asked anyone.\n18 Q. Did you consider it part of your responsibilities as CEO of\n19 the company to know what was going to happen to this money?\n20 A. No.\n21 Q. That wasn't your job, right?\n22 A. I didn't view that as me asking.\n23 Q. That was Mr. He's decision, right?\n24 A. It was an instruction from Mr. He.\n25 Q. And it was his decision to make, right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. That's why you didn't ask him any questions about it,\n3 right?\n4 A. I didn't view as asking questions, no.\n5 Q. I'm sorry.\n6 A. I didn't view as asking questions, no. It was his\n7 instruction.\n8 Q. And that was his instruction to give, right?\n9 MR. FINKEL: Asked and answered.\n10 THE COURT: Sustained.\n11 Q. Now, do you remember being asked on direct some questions\n12 about Mr. He using a proton email account, right?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. And you see here he's using a proton email account, right?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. But you knew that was Mr. He, right?\n17 A. That was Mr. He's email?\n18 Q. That's the email you used to communicate with him, right?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. He wasn't hiding it from you, right?\n21 A. No, I can see it.\n22 Q. Now, on direct Mr. Finkel asked you whether you knew why he\n23 used a proton email account and you had a G/Club account,\n24 remember that?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. You're an employee or at the time -- withdrawn.\n2 At the time you were an employee of G/Clubs\n3 operations, correct?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. And you got your email account from G/Clubs operations,\n6 correct?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 Q. Mr. He was not an employee of G/Clubs operations, correct?\n9 A. No.\n10 Q. He was the owner, right?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. You also talked about on direct how Mr. He talked to you\n13 about Puerto Ricans being slow. Do you remember that?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. And he would complain about the pace of your work, right?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. Now, you said that you spoke to Mr. Guo frequently. Do you\n18 remember that?\n19 MR. FINKEL: Mischaracterizes.\n20 THE COURT: Sustained.\n21 Q. How often did you speak to Mr. Guo?\n22 A. When I went to New York if he was in the office.\n23 Q. Never spoke to him in Puerto Rico?\n24 A. No.\n25 Q. Now, Mr. Guo was always nice to you, right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. He was polite, right?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. He didn't make any comments about Puerto Ricans being slow,\n5 right?\n6 A. No.\n7 Q. He didn't do any of that, right?\n8 A. No.\n9 Q. And even at the dinner that you had with him, the one that\n10 Mr. Finkel asked you about, right, you remember that dinner?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. And that occurred after G/Club had gotten the subpoena,\n13 right?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. And Mr. Finkel asked you questions about Mr. Guo's comments\n16 about loyalty, right?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. He didn't tell you that you had to be loyal, right?\n19 A. Not that I recall, no.\n20 Q. He talked about the loyalty that his brother showed to an\n21 ideal, right?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. And that loyalty got his brother killed according to\n24 Mr. Guo at that dinner, right?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. That's what he talked to you about loyalty, right?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. Now, you talked about on direct how you didn't discuss the\n4 structure of the loans that you testified about with Ms. Wang.\n5 Do you remember that?\n6 MR. FINKEL: Mischaracterizes.\n7 THE COURT: Sustained.\n8 Q. Did you discuss the structure of the loans from operations\n9 to BVI with anybody at G/Clubs?\n10 A. To the best of my recollection with legal.\n11 Q. I'm not asking about legal. But based on your\n12 conversations, what was your understanding as to why it was\n13 being done that way?\n14 A. I don't recall. That's how it was structured.\n15 Q. Now, you also testified on direct that there was a loan\n16 request that an in-house attorney told you not to do, right?\n17 MR. FINKEL: Mischaracterizes.\n18 THE COURT: Sustained. Are you talking about the $5\n19 million?\n20 MR. KAMARAJU: She testified that a lawyer told her\n21 not to do it.\n22 THE COURT: She didn't characterize it as a loan.\n23 Q. My apologies. I'll withdraw it. The $5 million\n24 transaction, fair enough, you know the one what I'm talking\n25 about?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. An in-house lawyer at G/Clubs told you not to do it?\n3 A. Not to execute on that.\n4 Q. When did that happen?\n5 A. The end of 2022. I don't know exactly the month. I don't\n6 recall exactly the month.\n7 Q. So after you got the subpoena?\n8 A. To the best of my recollection, yes, correct.\n9 Q. You didn't quit, right?\n10 A. When?\n11 Q. At that time when the $5 million got executed, you didn't\n12 quit, right?\n13 A. No, I didn't.\n14 Q. And you didn't think you were committing any crime at that\n15 time either, right?\n16 A. No, I did not.\n17 Q. And that's true even though you were going against that\n18 lawyer's advice, right?\n19 A. Correct.\n20 Q. I want to talk a little bit about refunds. Remember you\n21 were asked about that on direct?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. Now, G/Club did allow people to cancel their membership,\n24 right?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. And it's not really a cancellation, but G/Club members\n2 could let their memberships lapse, right?\n3 A. What do you mean by lapse?\n4 Q. If there was an annual fee, they had to pay, right?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. And that was in addition to whatever the initial fee they\n7 paid, right?\n8 A. Correct.\n9 Q. Just by way of the example, they may have paid $50,000 for\n10 the initial fee, and they would have some rolling annual fee\n11 going forward, right?\n12 A. They had their initial fee and annual fee, correct.\n13 Q. And if they stopped paying their annual fee, then I think\n14 you said that they're account was deactivated, right?\n15 A. Yes, there was a term to it.\n16 Q. I'm sorry.\n17 A. There's a specific term it's deactivated.\n18 Q. And they couldn't use the services anymore?\n19 A. They couldn't use the benefits, correct.\n20 Q. But G/Club did allow for you to, just for a member, to just\n21 cancel straight out their membership, right?\n22 A. There was a cancellation period.\n23 Q. There was a period of time in which that could happen,\n24 right?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Now, Mr. Guo did not set that period of time, right?\n2 A. Not that I recall.\n3 Q. And when it changed from three days to I think you said it\n4 was either 12 or 14 days, right?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. You didn't consult Mr. Guo about that change either, right?\n7 A. Not that I recall, no.\n8 Q. That was a G/Clubs corporate policy, right?\n9 A. It was a G/Club policy, yes.\n10 Q. And the policy was that if somebody asked for a refund\n11 outside of the -- let's just use 14-day window, they were\n12 entitled to a refund, yes?\n13 A. If it was outside of the 14 days, they were not entitled to\n14 a refund.\n15 Q. Was there a process at G/Clubs about processing refunds?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. Could you describe it for the jury?\n18 A. The ones that were outside or the ones -- what type of --\n19 three day or the 14-day?\n20 Q. Let's say one came in within two days, what happens then?\n21 A. Member would send an email to us. That email would be sent\n22 to legal. Legal would review what we call the ticket, and they\n23 would approve or deny the request for the cancellation.\n24 Q. Were you involved in that process at all?\n25 A. Not on the process of approving or denying cancellation.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. To your knowledge was Mr. Guo involved in that process?\n2 A. No.\n3 Q. What happens if a member submitted, let's use the three-day\n4 period for right now. Okay.\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. Let's say a member submitted it six days outside of the\n7 refund period, is there a different process?\n8 A. It's the same process. The evaluation is different.\n9 Q. How is the evaluation different?\n10 A. Because it's outside the period, so that won't get\n11 canceled.\n12 Q. So if somebody submits outside the period, they don't get a\n13 refund, right?\n14 A. At some point they did not, yes.\n15 Q. Now, you testified on direct about knowing what the farms\n16 were. Do you remember that?\n17 A. Could you repeat that.\n18 Q. You know what the farms are, right?\n19 A. I'm not exactly sure how they work.\n20 Q. You have a general understanding as to what they are is all\n21 I'm asking?\n22 MR. FINKEL: Asked and answered, mischaracterizes.\n23 THE COURT: Sustained.\n24 Q. Do you have a general understanding?\n25 MR. FINKEL: Asked and answered.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 THE COURT: Sustained.\n2 Q. Were the farms involved in the refund process at G/Clubs?\n3 A. Not that I recall.\n4 Q. During your time at G/Clubs, do you remember how many\n5 refund request there were?\n6 A. No.\n7 Q. Ballpark?\n8 A. I'm not sure.\n9 Q. More than a hundred?\n10 A. I believe so.\n11 Q. More than a thousand?\n12 A. I'm not sure, could have. I'm not sure.\n13 Q. You testified also about sweepstakes, right?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. Now, some of the people who won the sweepstakes, they live\n16 in China?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. And could G/Clubs ship a prize to China?\n19 A. The ability to do it or if it was received?\n20 Q. Well, was it your understanding that G/Clubs could ship\n21 like a Lamborghini to China?\n22 A. No, we cannot ship a car.\n23 Q. And you're not aware if Mr. Guo ever telling you not to\n24 give a sweepstakes winner a prize, right?\n25 A. Not that I recall.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Let's stick with cars for a second.\n2 Now, you met Mr. Guo, Mileson Guo on a yacht, and he\n3 discussed how he liked race car driving, right?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. It was your impression that he was pretty well-connected in\n6 that world, right?\n7 A. To my understanding, yes.\n8 Q. In fact, he connected G/Clubs with the Bugatti dealership,\n9 right?\n10 A. That's what I was told.\n11 Q. Could we publish Government Exhibit 227, please. And we\n12 can publish this for the jury please.\n13 Do you see it?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. This is an email you received from Lonny Soza, right?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. And you can see that he's the president of Post Oak Motor\n18 Cars, right?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. And this is relate to the Bugatti that G/Clubs purchased,\n21 right?\n22 A. The Bugatti, yes.\n23 Q. You see the date that this was sent November 1, 2021,\n24 right?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Could you we go to page three, please.\n2 You see a customer name there?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. Who's listed there?\n5 A. Mileson Guo.\n6 Q. Could we bring up alongside that GX-230 which is also in\n7 evidence. You see the document on the right?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. That's another email from Mr. Soza to you, right?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. And it's dated November 12, 2021, right?\n12 A. Yes.\n13 Q. And it's about that same Bugatti purchase?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. Can we go to page four, please. You see this?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. You see the customer name?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. Who's listed as the customer's name there?\n20 A. G/Club International Limited.\n21 Q. Did you tell Mr. Soza to make that change?\n22 A. I don't remember.\n23 Q. Do you know if there was any other G/Club employees\n24 communicating with Mr. Soza about this purchase?\n25 A. Not that I was aware of.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Do you know why this change was made?\n2 A. The loan was to G/Club international limited.\n3 Q. Not to Mileson Guo, correct?\n4 A. Correct.\n5 Q. Mileson Guo wasn't buying this car, right?\n6 A. Not to my understanding.\n7 Q. Even though his name is on this customer speck on the left\n8 side, right?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. Now, you were asked whether Bugatti was ever made available\n11 to G/Club members, right?\n12 A. Not sure the Bugatti or -- I'm not sure if it was the\n13 Bugatti or the Lamborghini, not sure.\n14 Q. Do you know -- withdrawn.\n15 Do you know if the Bugatti ever left the lot?\n16 A. The dealership?\n17 Q. Yeah.\n18 A. To my understanding, no.\n19 Q. So you have no way of knowing if it ever could have been\n20 made available to G/Club members, right?\n21 MR. FINKEL: Calls for speculation.\n22 THE COURT: You can answer whether you know whether it\n23 was made available.\n24 A. To my understanding it was not made available.\n25 Q. Now, Mr. Finkel asked you about your role in picking the\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Lamborghini. Do you remember that?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. Prior to your time as CEO of G/Club, had you ever bought a\n4 Lamborghini before?\n5 A. No.\n6 Q. Did you ever negotiate a Lamborghini sale?\n7 A. No.\n8 Q. Ever toured a Lamborghini facility?\n9 A. No.\n10 Q. You ever visited a Lamborghini dealership?\n11 A. No.\n12 Q. Did you ever dream about buying a Lamborghini?\n13 A. Dreamed?\n14 Q. Yeah.\n15 A. No.\n16 Q. Fair to say you didn't have a lot of experience with\n17 purchasing Lamborghini-s?\n18 A. No.\n19 Q. He also asked you about camper vans that G/Club purchased.\n20 Do you remember that?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. You ever seen a video of Mr. Guo camping?\n23 A. No.\n24 Q. You ever seen Mr. Guo advertise a camper in a video?\n25 A. No.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. You ever heard anyone say Mr. Guo went camping?\n2 MR. FINKEL: Objection.\n3 THE COURT: Overruled. You may answer.\n4 A. No, I've never heard.\n5 Q. So as the CEO of G/Club, you were aware that the Bugatti\n6 was being purchased, right?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 Q. And you were aware that the Lamborghini was being\n9 purchased, right?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. And you knew that both cars were supposed to be delivered\n12 to Connecticut, right?\n13 A. I don't remember the delivery specifically.\n14 Q. You don't remember Mr. Finkel was asking about what CT\n15 means?\n16 A. I know what CT means. I didn't remember knowing that it\n17 was going to be delivered there.\n18 Q. Now, you testified that there were a lot of G/Club members\n19 in New York, right?\n20 A. There are G/Clubs in New York, yes.\n21 Q. Now, was it your understanding that before any of these\n22 cars could be used, there had to be special insurance obtained,\n23 right? There had to be insurance obtained, right?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. And G/Club was having trouble obtaining that insurance,\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 right?\n2 A. They were working on it.\n3 Q. They were working on it, right?\n4 MR. FINKEL: Asked and answered.\n5 Q. Withdrawn. And you testified on direct I believe that you\n6 had approached a firm of some sort to handle that rental\n7 situation; is that fair?\n8 A. It was a firm to work with future benefits of renting for\n9 members, yes.\n10 Q. And that was in 2022, right?\n11 A. To the best of my recollection, yes.\n12 Q. G/Clubs pay the firm?\n13 A. I believe so.\n14 Q. So the firm was working on it, right?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. Now, you testified that you saw the Lamborghini being\n17 driven by Mr. Guo in a video, right?\n18 A. Not driven.\n19 Q. Please tell me.\n20 A. It was a Lamborghini that was like showcased on a video.\n21 Q. Got it. So he showcased it in a video, right?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. And you were concerned because the Lamborghini wasn't ready\n24 yet for consumption by G/Clubs members, right?\n25 A. G/Club had not put in place or offered that sort of\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 service.\n2 Q. It was still working on whatever it needed to offer that\n3 service, right?\n4 A. Correct.\n5 Q. And you in fact never heard that Mr. Guo was actually\n6 driving the Lamborghini, right?\n7 MR. FINKEL: Objection, hearsay.\n8 THE COURT: You can testify as to what you know.\n9 A. I'm sorry.\n10 THE COURT: Do you know if he was driving the\n11 Lamborghini?\n12 THE WITNESS: I didn't see him driving. It was just\n13 like parked.\n14 Q. And you never heard anything similar about a video\n15 involving him and the Bugatti, right?\n16 MR. FINKEL: Same objection. What she heard, hearsay.\n17 THE COURT: Talk about what you know as opposed to\n18 what you heard.\n19 A. I didn't know of him driving a Bugatti.\n20 Q. Now, before somebody could become a G/Club member, there\n21 was a vetting process, right?\n22 A. What do you mean a vetting process?\n23 Q. There was like a 30-day-period between when the application\n24 was submitted and when G/Clubs would accept it, right?\n25 A. I don't remember that.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Was it instantaneous?\n2 A. The approval?\n3 Q. Mm hm.\n4 A. Members would fill out the application. And once it was\n5 received and payment was received, then they would get\n6 approved.\n7 Q. Was there ever any kind of requirement what was called KYC?\n8 A. Yes, there was a time.\n9 Q. When was that?\n10 A. That was, best of my recollection, either late 2022\n11 December or early 2023.\n12 Q. Do you remember Alex H having to work on sort of a\n13 reconciliation project paring membership agreements with money\n14 that was coming in?\n15 A. Member payments needed to be reconciled.\n16 Q. Just so we're saying the same thing, what do you mean when\n17 you say they needed to be reconciled?\n18 A. When a member receives a payment, when we receive a member\n19 payment that has to match the application on the system.\n20 Q. And Alex H was handling that on the G/Club side?\n21 A. Under financing.\n22 Q. And given the amount of money coming in, that was a bit\n23 overwhelming for the company, right?\n24 MR. FINKEL: Objection.\n25 THE COURT: Overruled. You can answer if you thought\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 it was overwhelming.\n2 A. There were a lot of member payments.\n3 Q. That's why you brought in Crane, right?\n4 A. I did not brought in Crane.\n5 Q. Withdrawn. That's why G/Clubs brought in Crane, right?\n6 A. I'm not exactly sure the reason.\n7 Q. Remember you were shown a picture of Haitham Khaled on\n8 direct?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. Do you have an opinion about his character for\n11 truthfulness?\n12 MR. FINKEL: Objection.\n13 THE COURT: So if you'll step up, please.\n14 (Continued on next page)\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 (At the sidebar)\n2 THE COURT: So you need to lay a foundation if you're\n3 going to ask about character.\n4 MR. KAMARAJU: Just to be clear for the record, I'm\n5 relying on 608(a). The witness's credibility may be attacked\n6 if supported by testimony about the witness's reputation for\n7 having a character for truthfulness or untruthfulness.\n8 MR. FINKEL: When is the character been attacked?\n9 MR. KAMARAJU: It says may be attacked.\n10 MR. FINKEL: The last sentence. Evidence of truthful\n11 character is admissible only after the witness's character for\n12 truthfulness has been attacked.\n13 MR. KAMARAJU: Ms. Shroff extensively attacked his\n14 character.\n15 MS. SHROFF: I attacked his character.\n16 THE COURT: You've got to establish how she knows his\n17 reputation.\n18 MR. KAMARAJU: Fair enough.\n19 (Continued on next page)\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 (In open court; jury present)\n2 BY MR. KAMARAJU:\n3 Q. I'm going to withdraw that last question and ask you this.\n4 Did you have interactions with Mr. Khaled while you were at\n5 G/Club?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. What were those interactions?\n8 A. He was looking at the very beginning for business office\n9 space and in charge of banking.\n10 Q. And was he involved in G/Club's dispute with Crane?\n11 A. He was, yes.\n12 Q. And as a result of your interactions with Mr. Khaled, did\n13 you develop a view as to his character for truthfulness?\n14 THE COURT: You need to lay a foundation with respect\n15 to reputation, and reputation is developed by speaking with\n16 others.\n17 Q. Did you ever speak with others about Mr. Khaled's\n18 reputation for truthfulness?\n19 A. If I spoke with other people if Mr. Khaled was truthful?\n20 Q. Yes.\n21 A. I don't remember.\n22 Q. That's your answer. You don't remember. Okay.\n23 Was your understanding that Crane was holding onto\n24 money that G/Club wanted to be processed, correct?\n25 A. Crane had G/Club money.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Crane had G/Club money, right?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. And G/Club wanted that money back, right?\n4 A. We wanted the money, yes.\n5 Q. At the time that Crane was holding onto the money, G/Clubs\n6 had access to other money, right?\n7 A. Could you repeat that.\n8 Q. Sure. At the time that Crane was holding onto the money,\n9 G/Clubs had access to other funds, right?\n10 A. Depending on the time because there were times that we had\n11 banking issues.\n12 Q. During the period of the dispute with Crane, did your\n13 salary ever go unpaid?\n14 A. No.\n15 Q. Are you aware of any employee's salary being unpaid at this\n16 time?\n17 A. No.\n18 Q. Did you continue to work to obtain benefits during the\n19 Crane's dispute?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. So G/Clubs operation were continuing during the time of the\n22 Crane dispute, correct?\n23 A. Yes.\n24 Q. And it was funding those operations with money outside of\n25 Crane's control, right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. Now, you testified on direct that you gave some untruthful\n3 answers during that arbitration, right?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. When did you first realize that you had given inaccurate\n6 answers in the arbitration?\n7 A. After I read the transcript.\n8 Q. When was that?\n9 A. When I was with my attorneys.\n10 Q. I just want to make sure. Your personal attorneys?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. Again, I don't want you to tell me anything, but I believe\n13 you testified on direct that your personal attorneys, you\n14 retain your personal attorneys after Mr. Guo's arrest, correct?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. So when did you first realize that you had made inaccurate\n17 statements in the arbitration, before or after you first met\n18 with the prosecutors?\n19 A. Before.\n20 Q. Say that again.\n21 A. The question is if I --\n22 Q. Let me try to rephrase it. Let me see if I can break it\n23 down.\n24 You first met with the prosecutors in this case, the\n25 folks at this table in August of 2023, right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. I don't recall the date.\n2 Q. Was it several months after the arrest?\n3 A. It was after, yes.\n4 Q. It wasn't weeks after, right?\n5 A. No.\n6 Q. It was months after, right?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 Q. And did you realize you had given inaccurate answers in the\n9 arbitration during that period between Mr. Guo's arrest and\n10 your first meeting with the prosecutors?\n11 A. Yes, while I was reviewing with my attorneys.\n12 Q. Okay. Now, during your first meeting with the prosecutors,\n13 you didn't tell them that you had given inaccurate answers in\n14 the arbitration, did you?\n15 A. Could you repeat that.\n16 Q. In your first meeting with the prosecutors, you did not\n17 tell them that you had given inaccurate or misleading answers\n18 during the arbitration?\n19 A. I don't remember what I said during that first meeting.\n20 Q. In fact, the issue about you giving misleading answers in\n21 the arbitration was first raised by the prosecutors after your\n22 first meeting with them, correct?\n23 A. I don't recall that.\n24 Q. And your lawyer had multiple meetings with the prosecutors\n25 about that subject, correct?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. I'm not sure what my lawyers said on those meetings.\n2 Q. Your lawyers are in the room, right?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. Your lawyers have a habit of going off on their own?\n5 MR. FINKEL: Objection.\n6 THE COURT: Sustained.\n7 Q. When did you first tell the prosecutors about it then?\n8 A. I don't remember specifically when.\n9 Q. How many times did you meet with the prosecutors?\n10 A. I don't know exactly how many times. As I said, more than\n11 ten.\n12 Q. More than ten?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. So if we split ten in half, was it during the first five or\n15 the second five?\n16 MR. FINKEL: Asked and answered.\n17 THE COURT: Overruled. You may answer.\n18 A. I'm not exactly sure, maybe the first five.\n19 Q. But you don't recall specifically which one?\n20 MR. FINKEL: Asked and answered.\n21 THE COURT: Sustained.\n22 Q. You testified previously -- withdrawn.\n23 It was several meetings before you got a\n24 non-prosecution agreement, right?\n25 A. There were a few meetings before, yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. More than ten?\n2 A. No, I don't believe that.\n3 Q. But you spoke with the prosecutors about your supposedly\n4 misleading answers during the arbitration prior to getting a\n5 non-prosecution agreement, right?\n6 A. I believe so, yes.\n7 Q. And in fact you had a meeting with the prosecutors where\n8 your lawyer ask you to leave the room, right?\n9 A. When specifically?\n10 Q. I'm just asking do you remember any meeting like that?\n11 A. That I was asked to leave the room?\n12 Q. Yes.\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. Were there more than one meeting like that?\n15 A. I believe so.\n16 Q. And what was your understanding as to why you were being\n17 asked to leave the room?\n18 A. My attorneys would be talking to the government.\n19 Q. What was your understanding of what they would be\n20 discussing with the government?\n21 A. I don't remember specifically what the topics were at the\n22 time.\n23 Q. So your testimony, ma'am, is that you don't remember\n24 sitting here today what your lawyers were going to talk to the\n25 prosecutors about, right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 MR. FINKEL: Asked and answered.\n2 THE COURT: Sustained.\n3 Q. Do you remember when you signed your non-prosecution\n4 agreement?\n5 A. A few months back.\n6 Q. I'm sorry.\n7 A. A few months back.\n8 Q. So this year?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. Do you remember if you had told them about your misleading\n11 statements in the arbitration last year?\n12 MR. FINKEL: I think this has been asked and answered.\n13 THE COURT: I'm going to allow this question.\n14 Q. Do you remember?\n15 A. To the best of my recollection, yes.\n16 Q. So you told them last year, right?\n17 MR. FINKEL: Asked and answered. We keep circling\n18 this.\n19 THE COURT: Sustained.\n20 Q. I'd like to show you -- if can we pull up just for the\n21 witness, the Court and the parties 3533-010. Can we blow that\n22 up for the witness, the paragraph that starts at August 1st.\n23 A. Yes.\n24 Q. You had a second to look that over?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Does looking at this refresh your recollection as of the\n2 first date your meeting with the prosecutors was?\n3 A. I'm not exactly sure.\n4 Q. Meeting with the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern\n5 District of New York is a pretty memorable event, right?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. Prior to meeting these folks at this table, have you ever\n8 met with a prosecutor before?\n9 A. No.\n10 Q. You were pretty scared when you sat down with them, right?\n11 A. Pretty nervous.\n12 Q. Because you were worried they might think you had done\n13 something wrong, right?\n14 A. I was worried.\n15 Q. Okay. Worried about what?\n16 A. About their views.\n17 Q. Their views about what?\n18 A. My time at G/Clubs.\n19 Q. And what were you -- withdrawn.\n20 What were you worried about might happen about your\n21 time at G/Clubs?\n22 A. Can you repeat that.\n23 Q. Let me ask it a different way. Why would you care what the\n24 people sitting at this table thought about your work at G/Club?\n25 A. I could get charged of a crime.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. And you were worried about that, right?\n2 MR. FINKEL: Asked and answered.\n3 THE COURT: Sustained.\n4 Q. That's why you sat down with them, right, cause you were\n5 worried about being charged? You went to speak to the\n6 prosecutors?\n7 MR. FINKEL: Asked and answered.\n8 THE COURT: Sustained.\n9 Q. And when you spoke with them, you had a lawyer, right?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. And over the course of several meetings, you explained to\n12 them about your time at G/Clubs, right?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. And you testified on direct that you didn't believe you had\n15 committed any crimes while you were at G/Clubs, right?\n16 A. Correct.\n17 Q. But you were still worried that they may charge you with a\n18 crime, right?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. So you were trying to get a way out of that, right?\n21 A. No.\n22 Q. Well, that's why you met with them to avoid being charged,\n23 right?\n24 MR. FINKEL: Asked and answered.\n25 THE COURT: Sustained.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. So when you met with them, did you tell them that you were\n2 afraid of being charged?\n3 A. I don't recall.\n4 Q. Did they tell you that you might have the prospect of being\n5 charged?\n6 A. Could you repeat that.\n7 Q. Did any of the folks sitting at this table right here tell\n8 you during any of your more than ten meetings with them that\n9 you might be facing criminal charges in connection with your\n10 time at G/Clubs?\n11 A. I'm not exactly sure. I believe I could be charged with\n12 criminal charges.\n13 Q. Could you say that first part again.\n14 A. I don't remember a conversation, but I was aware I could be\n15 charged.\n16 Q. It would be pretty frightening to hear from a federal\n17 prosecutor that you might be charged with a crime, right?\n18 MR. FINKEL: Objection.\n19 THE COURT: Asked and answered.\n20 Q. Now ultimately you secured a non-prosecution agreement,\n21 correct?\n22 A. I was provided a non-prosecution agreement.\n23 Q. And you signed it, right?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. And your lawyer signed it?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. And one of the people sitting at this table signed it?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. Why don't we take a look at it. Could we pull up I guess\n5 it's marked GX3533-50. You recognize this document?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. Can we flip to the last page, please. That's your\n8 signature?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. That's your lawyer's signature?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. You signed it just a couple of months ago, right?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 MR. KAMARAJU: The defense offers GX-3533-50.\n15 MR. FINKEL: No objection. I don't think it has a GX.\n16 It's just 3533-50.\n17 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n18 MR. KAMARAJU: We can give it a defense number at the\n19 end of the day.\n20 (Government's Exhibit 3533-50 received in evidence)\n21 BY MR. KAMARAJU:\n22 Q. Can we publish that, please. Let's scroll down to the\n23 first paragraph. Could you read the first paragraph?\n24 A. On the understandings specified below, the office of the\n25 United States attorney for the Southern District of New York\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 will not criminally prosecute Limarie Reyes Molinaris for any\n2 crimes, except for criminal tax violation, if any, as to which\n3 this office cannot and does not make any agreement related to\n4 any and all actions taken in connection with her employment at\n5 G/Clubs and its related entities from in or about December 2020\n6 through on or about March 23, 2023 to the extent Reyes has\n7 disclosed such conduct to this office as of the date of this\n8 agreement.\n9 Q. What's your understanding as to the scope of protection\n10 from criminal prosecution that you enjoy right now?\n11 A. As long as I tell the truth, I will not be charged.\n12 Q. Let's pull that down for a second, not the whole document,\n13 just zoom back out to the bigger one. Let's go to the next\n14 paragraph.\n15 You see the paragraph starts, Moreover. Can you read\n16 that first sentence?\n17 A. Moreover, if Reyes fully complies with the understanding\n18 specified in this agreement, no testimony or other information\n19 given by her or any other information directly or indirectly\n20 derived therefrom will be used against her in any criminal tax\n21 prosecution. This agreement does not provide any protection\n22 against prosecution for any crimes except as set forth above.\n23 Q. And you testified on direct that you, under this agreement,\n24 you have an obligation to testify truthfully, correct?\n25 A. Correct.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. And if you don't testify truthfully, then this agreement\n2 could be null and void, right?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. It's the government that decides if you testify truthfully,\n5 right?\n6 A. No.\n7 Q. Who decides?\n8 A. I do.\n9 Q. You do?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. So if you decide that you testified truthfully and the\n12 government disagrees, what happens to your agreement?\n13 A. It gets nulled.\n14 Q. Sorry.\n15 A. It gets canceled.\n16 Q. So they decide, right?\n17 A. I decide to tell the truth.\n18 Q. Sure. And they decide if it's actually the truth?\n19 A. They decide if I'm telling the truth.\n20 Q. Now, there have been times during your meetings with them\n21 where they have chastised you for not telling the truth,\n22 correct?\n23 MR. FINKEL: Objection.\n24 THE COURT: Overruled. You may answer.\n25 A. Could you repeat the question.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. There have been times during your meetings with them where\n2 they have chastised you for not telling the truth, right?\n3 A. What does chastise?\n4 THE COURT: Did they scold you.\n5 THE WITNESS: Could you explain scold?\n6 Q. Well, okay. During a meeting with the prosecutors,\n7 Mr. Finkel told you that he didn't think you were telling the\n8 truth and reminded you of your obligation under your proffer\n9 agreement, correct?\n10 A. Could you repeat that.\n11 Q. I'll ask the court reporter to read it back, please.\n12 (Record was read)\n13 A. No, I do not recall that.\n14 Q. And you're aware, are you not, that Mr. Horton told your\n15 lawyer that they didn't think you were telling the truth about\n16 the arbitration testimony, right, the gentleman with the beard\n17 right there?\n18 A. I don't remember.\n19 Q. Could we pull up just for the witness 3533-0303. If you\n20 could read that to yourself, please.\n21 MR. FINKEL: Is there a question?\n22 MR. KAMARAJU: She's reviewing the document.\n23 A. Yes.\n24 Q. Does looking at this document refresh your recollection as\n25 to whether Mr. Horton ever told your lawyers that they thought\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 you were not being truthful about your arbitration testimony?\n2 MR. FINKEL: Objection this document.\n3 THE COURT: The question is whether this document\n4 refreshes her recollection. That's the question. You may\n5 answer.\n6 A. I don't remember Mr. Horton.\n7 Q. Okay. We could take it down.\n8 Now, you testified that G/Clubs had retained a lawyer\n9 named Aaron Mitchell, correct?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. And that was in connection with the Crane situation?\n12 A. Yes.\n13 Q. Now, on direct you testified that money that was used to\n14 buy to the Bugatti, sorry that was used to buy the Bugatti came\n15 from G/Clubs members' payments, right?\n16 A. Monies for G/Clubs came from member payments.\n17 Q. But you testified specifically that the Bugatti payment\n18 came from that, right?\n19 A. Monies came from member payments.\n20 Q. Do you not remember testifying to that just a little while\n21 ago?\n22 MR. FINKEL: Asked and answered.\n23 THE COURT: Sustained.\n24 Q. All right. Do you remember testifying that the Lamborghini\n25 was purchased with money from G/Clubs members' payments?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. Money were received from member payments.\n2 Q. What about the camper van, do you remember testifying just\n3 a little while ago that that was purchased using money from\n4 G/Clubs member payments?\n5 A. Money was received from member payments.\n6 Q. You testified that you received a salary at G/Clubs, right?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 Q. Was that paid for using money from G/Clubs member payments?\n9 A. It was to payroll.\n10 Q. I'm sorry.\n11 A. It was through payroll and monies came from members\n12 payments.\n13 Q. Now, you also testified that you got a discretionary bonus,\n14 right?\n15 A. What do you mean a discretionary bonus, the yearly bonus?\n16 Q. I'm not referring to the Puerto Rican Christmas bonus, but\n17 the other one?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. The money for that bonus came from the proceeds of the sale\n20 of G/Clubs memberships, right?\n21 A. I do not know where those funds came from.\n22 Q. How else did G/Clubs make money?\n23 A. Member payment.\n24 Q. If it didn't come from there, where did it come from?\n25 A. I do not know.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. How about the money you spent on G Talks, did that come\n2 from the proceeds of sales of G/Club memberships?\n3 A. Could you repeat that.\n4 Q. You testified on direct that you spent money on G Talks,\n5 right?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. The money you spent on G Talks, did that come from the\n8 proceeds of the sale of G/Club memberships?\n9 A. Monies were from member payments, correct.\n10 Q. Now, you testified on direct the payments -- the member\n11 payments, to use your reference, that didn't entitle G/Club\n12 members to any stock in the company, right?\n13 A. Correct.\n14 Q. They weren't making an investment into the company, right?\n15 A. No.\n16 Q. You didn't check with the members about whether you should\n17 get a bonus, right?\n18 A. No, I did not.\n19 Q. Because it wasn't their business, right?\n20 A. I don't believe so.\n21 Q. G/Clubs could decide to give you a bonus, right?\n22 A. The bonus was provided by Yvette.\n23 Q. Sorry.\n24 A. The bonus was provided by Yvette.\n25 Q. Yvette paid you personally?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Cross\n1 A. She approved.\n2 Q. And where did the money come from?\n3 A. I'm not sure.\n4 Q. You didn't clear your salary with the members, right?\n5 A. Did I clear?\n6 Q. You didn't ask the members if it was okay to get a salary,\n7 right?\n8 A. No.\n9 Q. Even though your salary was coming from the member\n10 payments, right?\n11 A. Correct. It was our operations.\n12 Q. Cause the member payments were G/Club's revenue, right?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. It's no different than your company Sprinkle, right? Let\n15 me break it down.\n16 Your company is an event planning business, your\n17 current one?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. You plan events for people, right?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. They pay you money to do it, right?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. You're the owner of the business, right?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. You then decide how to spend that money, right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. Haoran He was the owner of G/Clubs, right?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. So it's his decision how to spend that money, right?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. It's his decision if he wants to buy a Ferrari, right?\n7 MR. FINKEL: Objection.\n8 THE COURT: You may answer.\n9 A. He provide instructions.\n10 Q. His decision if he wants to buy a Lamborghini, right?\n11 A. He provided the instructions for us to execute.\n12 Q. His decision if he wants to buy a mansion in New Jersey,\n13 right?\n14 A. I'm not aware of that.\n15 Q. His decision if he wants to make an investment in Hamilton,\n16 right?\n17 A. His instructions.\n18 Q. None of that has anything to do with the G/Clubs members,\n19 right?\n20 MR. FINKEL: Objection, asked and answered.\n21 THE COURT: Sustained.\n22 MR. KAMARAJU: No further questions.\n23 THE COURT: Redirect.\n24 REDIRECT EXAMINATION\n25 BY MR. FINKEL:\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n1 Q. Ms. Reyes, at Sprinkle Events do you promise that your\n2 clients will receive stock in Sprinkles?\n3 A. No, I did not.\n4 Q. You were asked other places you worked at. Do you remember\n5 those questions?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. Did any of the other places you worked at send $5 million\n8 to Kyrgyzstan after their money was seized by the United States\n9 government?\n10 A. No.\n11 Q. You were asked some questions about G/Clubs benefits, were\n12 you a member of G/Club?\n13 A. No, I was not.\n14 Q. Did you recommend to your friends that they should become\n15 members of G/Club?\n16 A. No, I did not.\n17 Q. Did you recommend to your family members that they should\n18 purchase a membership in this G/Club that you were working at?\n19 A. No, I did not.\n20 Q. If we can pull up SH-150, please.\n21 When you went to the Sherry-Netherland, did Miles Guo\n22 show you these pens?\n23 A. I don't recall seeing this.\n24 Q. We can take that down. Refund request -- withdrawn.\n25 Member complaints, were there complaints from members\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n1 throughout your time period at G/Club?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. What were the nature of those complaints?\n4 A. They were different, refund request, and amongst those\n5 different reasons.\n6 Q. What were the reasons that members sought refund request?\n7 A. They thought it was investment, not having enough benefit.\n8 Q. Did that happen through your whole period at G/Clubs?\n9 A. I recall specific time period.\n10 Q. Did it happen when you were CEO?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. When did you become CEO?\n13 A. Summer 2021.\n14 Q. The hotels that defense counsel showed you on cross\n15 examination that you saw in London, did that hotel company\n16 engage with G/Club?\n17 A. No, they did not.\n18 Q. Whose idea was it to -- withdrawn. Did Alex H tell you\n19 that the loans were not repaid?\n20 MR. KAMARAJU: Objection, hearsay.\n21 THE COURT: Overruled. You may answer.\n22 MR. FINKEL: Withdrawn.\n23 Q. Did Alex H tell you that the loan to BVI and other entities\n24 were being repaid?\n25 MR. KAMARAJU: Same objection.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n1 THE COURT: You may answer.\n2 A. They were not being paid.\n3 Q. They were not being paid?\n4 A. Correct.\n5 Q. That's what Alex told you?\n6 A. They had not been paid.\n7 Q. If we could pull up GC-157, please. You remember being\n8 asked some questions about what would happen when a member's\n9 payments weren't made and their membership would lapse?\n10 A. Could you repeat that, please.\n11 Q. Ms. Loftus, can you zoom in on the bottom.\n12 Can you read this email from Alex H to you on June 28,\n13 2021, beginning with, Attach you will find.\n14 A. Attach you will find spreadsheet that James was kind enough\n15 to organize for us containing breakdown of all the square\n16 transactions paid unpaid. I believe we have extended a long\n17 enough grace period for members to repay and keep their\n18 memberships. As controller it is my recommendation we cancel\n19 and void all outstanding memberships that have not been repaid.\n20 I simply wanted to run this by you first so we are in\n21 agreement. I have discussed this with Yvette yesterday.\n22 Q. What ask your understanding of why Alex discussed this\n23 issue with Yvette?\n24 MR. KAMARAJU: Objection.\n25 THE COURT: Overruled.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n1 A. She would be asked about different topics of the business.\n2 Q. Where did Yvette work?\n3 A. New York.\n4 Q. If we can pull up GXGC-175. These emails that you sent to\n5 Mr. He like this one containing the loan documentation or asset\n6 documentation, the body of the email, how did you write it?\n7 A. It was like an extract from the different documents.\n8 THE COURT: Did you mean excerpt?\n9 THE WITNESS: Like I extracted.\n10 THE COURT: Extracts you're saying?\n11 THE WITNESS: I extracted word from the loan\n12 documents.\n13 Q. When did you meet Mileson, what year?\n14 A. 2021.\n15 Q. How long did you meet with him for?\n16 A. Just for that dinner.\n17 Q. How long was that dinner?\n18 A. Couple of hours.\n19 Q. That's the only time you saw him?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. Do you see on your screen HN-28?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. You see date of issue at the bottom left?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. What's the date of issue?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n1 A. November 3, 2014.\n2 Q. So seven years before you saw Mileson on the boat?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. You can take that down. You can pull up GXGC-93. This is\n5 an email from you, is that correct, to Yvette?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. And can you read the first sentence after Dear Yvette?\n8 A. Please find attached the design options for G/Club member\n9 physical card and packaging for your review and Mr. Guo's\n10 feedback.\n11 Q. Why did you send an email to Yvette seeking Mr. Guo's\n12 feedback?\n13 A. I was told that the original designs had been reviewed by\n14 him and there was an interest to have a titanium physical card.\n15 Q. But why did you send it to Yvette seeking Mr. Guo's\n16 feedback?\n17 MR. KAMARAJU: Asked and answered.\n18 THE COURT: Overruled. You may answer.\n19 A. I would seek Yvette's approval in different matters.\n20 Q. You say for your review and Mr. Guo's feedback. This email\n21 is not sent to Mr. Guo. Why did you send it to Yvette seeking\n22 Mr. Guo's feedback?\n23 MR. KAMARAJU: Same objection.\n24 THE COURT: Sustained.\n25 Q. If we could put up GC-541. You remember you were asked\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n1 some questions about Mr. Guo's consulting agreement?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. And it's dated October 15, 2020 at the top?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. Go to the next page, please, Ms. Loftus.\n6 You see where it says consideration?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 Q. It says level five membership?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. Does it say red Lambo Aventador?\n11 A. No.\n12 Q. Does it say Bugatti?\n13 A. No.\n14 Q. Does it say $10 million for my son?\n15 A. No.\n16 Q. Does is say a house that cost $26 million in Mahwah, New\n17 Jersey?\n18 MR. KAMARAJU: Object to form.\n19 THE COURT: Overruled. You may answer.\n20 A. No.\n21 Q. Go back to the first page, Ms. Loftus. And this is October\n22 15, 2020, correct?\n23 A. Yes.\n24 Q. Can we pull up Z9 and go to page 57. This is October 13,\n25 2020, you see that in the left corner?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. Can you scroll down a little bit, Ms. Loftus.\n3 You remember being asked to read pieces of this during\n4 cross examination?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. Scroll down a little bit. And you read how Guo had said\n7 that you don't get stock in G/Clubs. That was the segment that\n8 you were asked to read. Do you recall that?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. Can you read the last paragraph at the bottom of page 58.\n11 A. To put it bluntly, this is all non-sense. I'll be straight\n12 forward with you. This is what we need to have to legally\n13 avoid Me Too, but don't think that we are being mingy here.\n14 There is no other way. We'd have to have that.\n15 Q. Go to page 101 of this document, please.\n16 Who is that a picture of?\n17 A. Mr. Guo.\n18 Q. And what's the date on the left?\n19 A. June 23, 2021.\n20 Q. Can you scroll down, please. Can you read that bottom\n21 paragraph?\n22 A. A couple of days ago our G/Club president Limarie who has a\n23 very tiny face in real life, gorgeous, came to New York for\n24 meetings. Our Limarie and Wen Xiao also interviewed brother\n25 seven about the future planning of the G/Club.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n1 Q. You can stop right there. Can you zoom out of that,\n2 Ms. Loftus, and can you scroll down a little bit. Can you zoom\n3 in on the paragraph that says a month ago. Can you read\n4 beginning of where it says then I proposed?\n5 A. Then I proposed a condition to allow our G/Club members to\n6 buy their car at the best price in the world. They said that\n7 they would discuss it again, and we'll have to wait a little\n8 longer. Think about the G/Club membership now. You know that\n9 back then it was purchased in two tiers. 10,000 U.S.D and\n10 50,000 U.S.D. Now for those of you who bought the tier of\n11 10,000 U.S.D, you have a 1,000 shares. And for those of you\n12 who bought the tier of 50,000, U.S.D. and you have 500,000\n13 shares and then you have a lifetime access to the card.\n14 There's nothing else I can say.\n15 Q. Ms. Reyes, when someone bought a $10,000 membership in\n16 G/Clubs, did they get a 100,000 shares?\n17 A. Not that I was not aware of.\n18 Q. We can zoom out of that and please go to page 111. Can you\n19 scroll up a little bit please, Ms. Loftus.\n20 Who is that a picture of?\n21 A. Mr. Guo.\n22 Q. Can you scroll down to 114, please, Ms. Loftus. Can you\n23 start reading from, We will have all investors.\n24 A. We will have all investors in G/Club, all investors now who\n25 are currently set at 50,000. When paying $50,000 for the\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Recross\n1 membership card, you will have 10,000 shares of G Fashion in\n2 the future. At the time of the IPO, you'll have 10,000 shares\n3 of G Fashion, but then these days there are so many fellow\n4 fighters sending me messages. They all express their wishes\n5 saying, Mr. Guo, I only have 30,000, can I buy a G/Club card.\n6 Yes. I have 40,000, can I buy G/Club card? Yes. But I've\n7 been thinking, the people who haven't spent 50,000, can they\n8 get 10,000 shares? It's like giving them 10,000 shares for\n9 free, right? I mean that when it goes public, you have to pay\n10 a dollar per share for 10,000 shares, it's $10,000.\n11 But think about it, those who pay $40,000 or $30,000\n12 won't be allocated shares which is not fair. The poorer the\n13 fellow fighters, the more care we have to render, right? This\n14 is not good. This is not good at all. So I was thinking how\n15 to get this fellow fighters to own the shares, which is the\n16 only question.\n17 Q. You can stop right there.\n18 Ms. Reyes, did you refer to G/Clubs members as\n19 investors?\n20 A. No.\n21 MR. FINKEL: Nothing further.\n22 MR. KAMARAJU: I can be done in two minutes.\n23 THE COURT: Okay. Go ahead.\n24 RECROSS EXAMINATION\n25 BY MR. KAMARAJU:\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n1 Q. Do you remember Mr. Finkel asked you if you recommended\n2 G/Clubs to any of your friends?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. Are any of your friends high net worth Chinese individuals?\n5 A. No.\n6 Q. Are any of your friends active in Chinese politics?\n7 A. No.\n8 Q. Are any of your friends anti-CCP?\n9 A. No.\n10 MR. KAMARAJU: I'm done. Thank you, your Honor.\n11 REDIRECT EXAMINATION\n12 BY MR. FINKEL:\n13 Q. The hotels in Puerto Rico that you were asked about, do\n14 those hotels have anything to do with the Chinese Communist\n15 Party.\n16 A. No.\n17 MR. FINKEL: Nothing further.\n18 THE COURT: You may step out.\n19 (Witness excused)\n20 THE COURT: Members of the jury, the good news is that\n21 we have ended for the day and you have tomorrow off. You will\n22 be returning on Thursday ready to walk into the courtroom at\n23 9:30. Remember that you're not allowed to talk about the case\n24 amongst yourselves or with anyone else. Don't permit anyone to\n25 talk about the case in your presence. Don't read, listen or\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n1 watch anything from any source having to do with the subject\n2 matter of this case. Have a good day off.\n3 THE LAW CLERK: Jury exiting.\n4 (Jury not present)\n5 (Continued on next page)\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n1 (Jury not present)\n2 THE COURT: Please be seated. Is there anything\n3 before we resume on Thursday morning?\n4 MR. FINKEL: Your Honor, just briefly, and this may\n5 come up with other witnesses. The reason I objected regarding\n6 the disclaimer in the membership agreement pertains to your\n7 Honor's ruling. Your Honor decided that it is proper and fair\n8 for the defense to question victims about whether the\n9 disclaimers made representations by the defendant not material,\n10 or sort of seek to underline the materiality of what the\n11 defendant said. Your Honor's ruled on that. Ms. Reyes did not\n12 invest in G/Clubs. She did not invest in any of Guo's\n13 investment offerings. For that reason, it occurred to us that\n14 based on your Honor's ruling, it would be improper to suggest\n15 to the jury that, as your Honor put it, there's a fine line\n16 between properly asking about an investor's sophistication and\n17 improperly implying to the jury that the investor should have\n18 found out the truth about the alleged misrepresentations.\n19 Which is to say that by Mr. Guo saying in videos that he was\n20 offering stock, if the investor, member, or victim went to the\n21 website and saw the disclaimer, they should have known this was\n22 fine.\n23 Mr. Reyes being used as a vehicle to sort of plaster\n24 the disclaimer, the government views as improper and in\n25 contrary to your Honor's ruling. That ship has sailed. But in\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n1 an appropriate time and if this comes up again, I expect that\n2 we'll ask for some sort of instruction, cause the government is\n3 concerned that the jury is confused about how to consider these\n4 disclaimers. And while it's fair for them to consider them as\n5 your Honor has already ruled as an issue of materiality for the\n6 victims, it's improper for them to consider it as a reason why\n7 victims should not have been defrauded, and that was the reason\n8 for my objection.\n9 THE COURT: But are you saying that only a victim can\n10 be questioned about these disclaimers? Are you saying that a\n11 non-victim should not be questioned about this?\n12 MR. FINKEL: I think it depends. Really the devil is\n13 in the details. The way the questions were posed to Ms. Reyes\n14 were just reading the disclaimer and saying in effect, and\n15 forgive me if I'm misquoting, the member saw this, member knew\n16 this, something to that effect. That's what I recall. I do\n17 think that's improper to Ms. Reyes. She can't speak to what\n18 members saw. I think the purpose of those questions was to\n19 plant a seed in the jury's mind that because the disclaimer is\n20 there, it renders -- it undermines the government's proof. As\n21 your Honor ruled, the disclaimer has a purpose in the\n22 consideration of the matters before them, it's a specific\n23 purpose. And so the government is concerned that the jury is\n24 confused about what that purpose is.\n25 MR. KAMARAJU: Your Honor, while I am sure that the\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n1 government is concerned about evidence undermines its proof,\n2 the law is that materiality is determined by the totality of\n3 information available to the potential investors. That's TSC\n4 v. Basic Industries and U.S. v. Litvak. And that a jury is\n5 suppose to consider the totality of information in deciding\n6 whether a particular statement is material or not material for\n7 purposes of the securities law or the wire frauds statute.\n8 There is no ruling by the Court that I'm aware of that says\n9 that a witness cannot authenticate one of the disclaimers,\n10 which is what happened with Ms. Reyes. Your Honor gave a\n11 limiting instruction. Your Honor is going to give instructions\n12 as to the law which will clear up any confusion that the jury\n13 might have, especially since they're not supposed to be\n14 deliberating now anyway. And now this is the second or third\n15 time I believe that the government has now asked for this\n16 similar limiting instruction.\n17 So I would say that given that the jury is entitled to\n18 consider the total mix of information. And given that at least\n19 I don't believe I did anything to suggest that this was a\n20 reliance argument or ask Ms. Reyes any question about whether\n21 G/Clubs purchasers should be able to rely on the disclaimer, I\n22 don't think there's an issue, and I think your Honor ruling was\n23 correct. And it should come in the same way through other\n24 witnesses whether they're victims or non-victims.\n25 MR. FINKEL: Your Honor, first of all, a lot of what\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n1 defense counsel said, not all of it, but a lot of what defense\n2 counsel said is correct, but he avoided the issue that the\n3 government is complaining about. In the government's view, and\n4 this is reading from your Honor's ruling. This is docket 319\n5 at page 17. The government sought to preclude certain evidence\n6 and certain arguments because \"from arguing that victims were\n7 negligent or insufficiently vigilant.\" Meaning there should be\n8 no suggestion -- and this is the law, and defense counsel has\n9 not stated otherwise. The jury shouldn't think, oh, wait a\n10 second. They had the disclaimer on the website. And if Ming\n11 Yang Woo just went to the disclaimer and saw the disclaimer,\n12 this wouldn't have happened to her. It's her fault. And\n13 that's not the law. And that's defense counsel has not\n14 suggested otherwise.\n15 So while defense counsel is correct that the full mix\n16 of information maybe relevant to materiality, meaning the\n17 materiality of Guo's statements, it should not be used for an\n18 improper purpose. So the government's request for a\n19 instruction is consistent with what defense counsel just said\n20 which is to deliver to them the law so they know how to\n21 assimilate this information that's coming at them because they\n22 don't know.\n23 THE COURT: So my sense is that Mr. Kamaraju was\n24 merely pointing to the disclaimer, not making a reliance\n25 argument. And I will in the jury charge make very explicit\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n1 what the law is, and I think that that is adequate as oppose to\n2 a limiting instruction in the middle of the trial.\n3 MR. KAMARAJU: Thank you, your Honor.\n4 MR. FINKEL: Understood.\n5 THE COURT: Anything further?\n6 MR. KAMARAJU: Nothing from the defense, your Honor.\n7 MR. FINKEL: Nor the government, your Honor. See you\n8 on Thursday.\n9 (Adjourned to June 20, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.)\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\n1 INDEX OF EXAMINATION\n2 Examination of: Page\n3 LIMARIE REYES\n4 Direct By Mr. Finkel . . . . . . . . . . . . .3044\n5 Cross Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3151\n6 Redirect By Mr. Finkel . . . . . . . . . . . .3270\n7 Recross By Mr. Kamaraju . . . . . . . . . . .3279\n8 Redirect By Mr. Finkel . . . . . . . . . . . .3280\n9 GOVERNMENT EXHIBITS\n10 Exhibit No. Received\n11 GC-519, GC-523, GC-524, GC-529 GC-535, . . .3133\n12 GC-349, GC-373 and GC-177\n13 GC-41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3138\n14 106 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3059\n15 118 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3059\n16 119 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3082\n17 GC-232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3136\n18 GC-378 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3135\n19 GC-515 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3135\n20 GC-544 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3122\n21 GC-544 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3134\n22 GC551 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3099\n23 GC-552 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3136\n24 3533-50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3262\n25 DEFENDANT EXHIBITS\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\n1 Exhibit No. Received\n2 20121 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3195\n3 20234 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3204\n4 20235 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3200\n5 60595 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3219\n6 60597 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3221\n7 60600 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3168\n8 60604 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3213\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300","body_zh":"O6IBGUO1\n1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT（美国联邦地区法院）\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK（纽约南区）\n2 ------------------------------x\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA（美利坚合众国）,\n\n诉 23 Cr. 118 (AT)\n\nMILES GUO（郭文贵）,\n\n被告。 庭审\n6 ------------------------------x\n纽约州纽约市\n7 2024年6月18日\n上午9:30\n\n主审法官：\n\n10 尊敬的 ANALISA TORRES（阿娜丽莎·托雷斯）,\n11 地区法官\n—及陪审团—\n\n出庭人员\n\nDAMIAN WILLIAMS（达米安·威廉姆斯）\n14 纽约南区联邦检察官\n15 代理人：RYAN B. FINKEL（瑞安·B·芬克尔）\nJULIANA N. MURRAY（朱莉安娜·N·默里）\n16 联邦助理检察官\n17 SABRINA P. SHROFF（萨布丽娜·P·施罗夫）\n被告辩护律师\n\nPRYOR CASHMAN LLP（普莱尔·卡什曼律师事务所）\n19 被告辩护律师\n代理人：SIDHARDHA KAMARAJU（西达尔塔·卡玛拉朱）\n20 MATTHEW BARKAN（马修·巴肯）\nCLARE P. TILTON（克莱尔·P·蒂尔顿）\n\n其他在场人员：\n22 Isabel Loftus（伊莎贝尔·洛夫特斯），美国检察官办公室律师助理专员\nRobert Stout（罗伯特·斯托特），美国联邦调查局特别探员\n23 Ruben Montilla（鲁本·蒙蒂拉），辩方律师助理\nTuo Huang（黄拓），口译员（普通话）\n24 Shi Feng（冯石），口译员（普通话）\nYu Mark Tang（唐宇·马克），口译员（普通话）\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（南区速记公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1\n1 （陪审团不在场）\n2 法庭：请各位出庭律师报到。\n3 默里女士：审判长早上好。朱莉安娜·默里代表美国政府出庭。与我一同出庭的有律师助理专员伊莎贝尔·洛夫特斯和联邦调查局特别探员罗伯特·斯托特。\n6 法庭：你看到辩方律师了吗？\n7 默里女士：今天早上我还没有看到他们，审判长。\n9 法庭：我会请我的工作人员在他们到达时告知我。我现在看到施罗夫女士了。\n11 施罗夫女士：审判长早上好。\n12 法庭：请你报到。\n13 施罗夫女士：萨布丽娜·施罗夫代表站在我左侧的郭先生出庭。\n15 法庭：请坐。双方是否有任何事项需要提出？\n17 默里女士：政府方没有，审判长。\n18 施罗夫女士：辩方没有，审判长。谢谢。\n20 法庭：好的。我们将于9:29开始对证人席上的证人进行询问。谢谢。\n22 （休庭）\n23 （接下页）\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 雷耶斯—主询问\n\n2 （陪审团不在场）\n3 法庭：早上好，请带陪审员入庭。\n5 法官助理：陪审团进庭。\n6 （陪审团在场）\n7 法庭：请坐。陪审员们早上好。很抱歉今天早上直到9:30早餐才送到陪审员休息室。你们准时到了，但早餐没有。这已经不是第一次送餐迟到了。我想让你们知道，我的工作人员一直在提醒餐厅我们的作息时间。但因为迟到太频繁了，我打算亲自去一趟餐厅和他们谈谈。因此我们今天开始得比预期要晚。我很抱歉。我们将继续对雷耶斯女士进行直接询问。你可以继续提问了。\n17 芬克尔先生：谢谢审判长。\n18 LIMARIE REYES（利马里·雷耶斯），重回证人席。\n19 继续直接询问\n20 芬克尔先生：\n21 问：早上好，雷耶斯女士。\n22 答：早上好。\n23 问：我提醒你，你仍处于宣誓状态。清楚吗？\n24 答：清楚。\n25 问：雷耶斯女士，昨天我们谈到了一个叫做\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 雷耶斯—主询问\n1 G Talks的项目。你记得吗？\n2 答：记得。\n3 问：谁为G Talks制定的预算？\n4 答：是Yvette（伊薇特）给我提供的预算。\n5 问：每次G Talks活动的大致预算是多少？\n7 答：第二次G Talks活动是250万。第一次我不记得了，大概100万到150万左右。\n9 问：150万？\n10 答：是的，对。\n11 问：这些数字，150万和250万，是否包含了抽奖活动的赠品成本？\n13 答：是的，包含了抽奖活动的成本。\n14 问：你昨天也提到过，我相信你在G/Clubs工作期间大概还有14名其他员工？\n16 答：是的。\n17 问：那些员工是在波多黎各吗？\n18 法庭：你们二位请靠近麦克风并提高音量，以便大家都能听清。\n20 芬克尔先生：好的，审判长。\n21 问：那些在波多黎各的员工属于哪些部门或担任什么职务？\n23 答：我们拥有的部门包括财务部、法务部、人力资源部。我们还有活动部、市场营销部、合作部和会员部。\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 雷耶斯—主询问\n1 问：那些员工向谁汇报？\n2 答：他们向各自的直接主管汇报，主管直接向我汇报。\n4 问：你向谁汇报？\n5 答：我向所有人何先生汇报，也向伊薇特汇报。\n6 问：何先生除了被称为何先生外，还有其他称呼吗？\n8 答：UBO。\n9 问：那是办公室内部使用的一个称呼？\n10 法庭：那个词是什么来着？\n11 证人：UBO。\n12 法庭：UBO？\n13 证人：是的。\n14 问：代表什么意思？\n15 答：最终受益所有人（Ultimate beneficial owner）。\n16 问：你大约是在什么时候成为临时首席执行官（CEO）的？\n17 答：2021年2月。\n18 问：据你的理解，是谁选定你成为临时CEO的？\n20 答：是前任CEO Zee以及Jessica（杰西卡）提供或提出让我担任的。\n22 问：你是否知道Zee和杰西卡向谁咨询了以决定你是否担任CEO？\n24 卡玛拉朱先生：反对。\n25 法庭：我必须提醒你提高声音，\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 雷耶斯—主询问\n1 因为连我都很难听清每一句话。反对成立。\n3 问：关于伊薇特对你成为临时CEO的看法，Zee或杰西卡是否提及过任何内容？\n5 卡玛拉朱先生：同样的反对。\n6 法庭：我允许提出该问题。\n7 问：你可以回答。\n8 答：提过。\n9 问：他们说了什么？\n10 答：说他们与伊薇特讨论过。\n11 问：伊薇特的看法是什么？\n12 答：支持我担任临时CEO。\n13 问：当你成为临时CEO后，你的薪水变成了多少？\n15 答：据我最好记忆，是160,000美元。\n16 问：你是如何得知自己成为正式CEO的？\n17 答：我收到了人力资源部门发来的一封电子邮件，称我将担任CEO。\n19 问：是谁选定你成为CEO的？\n20 答：伊薇特。\n21 问：当你成为正式CEO后，你的薪水变成了多少？\n22 答：17.6万。\n23 问：那是每年？\n24 答：年薪，是的，对。\n25 问：你是否有权获得任何奖金？\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 雷耶斯—主询问\n1 答：有。\n2 问：你能向陪审团说明你有权获得哪些奖金吗？\n4 答：可以。有一份根据法律标准的波多黎各圣诞奖金，还有一份年度奖金，但那取决于不同的年份。\n7 问：波多黎各圣诞奖金是多少？\n8 答：金额是一个百分比。大约在600美元到700美元左右。\n9 问：你说的波多黎各圣诞奖金是什么意思？\n10 答：在波多黎各有一项雇员法，赋予波多黎各雇员领取圣诞奖金的权利。\n12 问：除了波多黎各圣诞奖金之外，你说还有另一份奖金？\n14 答：是的。\n15 问：对你来说那份奖金是多少？\n16 答：每年各不相同，但据我最好记忆，大约是5,000美元。\n18 问：你担任临时CEO大约有多长时间？\n19 答：从2月到夏季左右，几个月。\n20 问：你担任正式CEO有多长时间？\n21 答：从2021年夏季一直到我辞职。\n22 问：辞职是在哪一年哪一月？\n23 答：2023年3月。\n24 问：据你的理解，伊薇特在哪里工作？\n25 答：在纽约。\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 雷耶斯—主询问\n1 法庭：雷耶斯女士，请你靠得非常近麦克风，非常非常近，并提高声音。\n3 问：既然G/Clubs在波多黎各，为什么伊薇特在纽约工作？\n5 答：我不知道。从我入职起她就在那里了。\n6 问：你是否问过伊薇特为什么她在纽约工作而你在波多黎各工作？\n8 答：没有，我没问过。\n9 问：郭文贵在哪里工作？\n10 答：我在纽约办公室见过他。\n11 问：你去过纽约办公室多少次？\n12 答：超过十次。\n13 问：洛夫特斯女士，请展示已采纳为证据的两件证物GX-132和GX131。\n15 先看屏幕左侧的图片GX-132，你认得吗？\n17 答：认得。\n18 问：这是什么？\n19 答：纽约的一座办公楼。\n20 问：那座办公楼大约位于哪里？\n21 答：我不知道确切地址，但作为参考，如果你看地图并且能看到中央公园（Central Park），它在右侧。\n24 问：你进过那座大楼吗？\n25 答：进过。\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 雷耶斯—主询问\n1 问：GX-132中的那座大楼大约有多少层？\n3 答：三层以上。\n4 问：郭的办公室在哪里？\n5 答：在这座大楼里较高的楼层之一。\n6 问：伊薇特的办公室在哪里？\n7 答：他们共用办公室。\n8 问：据你所知，GX-132中的那座大楼里还有哪些其他公司在此办公？\n10 答：我看到了G Fashion（G时尚）团队、财务团队。还有法务部门、Rule of Law Foundation（法治基金会）。这些是我记得的。\n13 问：你屏幕右侧的图片GX-131，那是什么？\n15 答：另一个纽约办公场地。\n16 问：那个办公场地大致位于哪里？\n17 答：那应该是在中央公园的左侧。\n18 问：右侧GX-131中的那个办公场地里还有哪些其他公司在此办公？\n20 答：有G Fashion、HCHK、Gettr（盖特），以及其他一些我并不确切知晓的人员。\n22 问：洛夫特斯女士，能否撤下右边的图片并调出GX-110。\n24 GX-110中描绘的人是谁？\n25 答：Max（麦克斯）。\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 雷耶斯—主询问\n1 问：你是否观察过麦克斯在GX-132的大楼里哪里工作，在几楼？\n3 答：我不确定是四楼、二楼还是三楼，但那是财务部。\n5 问：你是否观察过麦克斯与伊薇特互动？\n6 答：在这一座特定的大楼里吗？\n7 问：在任何大楼里？\n8 答：是的。\n9 问：根据你的观察，你对伊薇特和麦克斯之间关系的性质有何理解？\n11 卡玛拉朱先生：反对。\n12 法庭：反对无效。你可以回答。\n13 答：你能重复一下这个问题吗。\n14 问：根据你所见所闻，你对伊薇特和麦克斯之间关系的性质有何理解？\n16 答：比如他们谈论了什么？\n17 问：对。\n18 答：他们开过会，我记得的事情是关于我们正在处理的不同资产的信息。\n21 问：你是否了解麦克斯是向伊薇特汇报，还是伊薇特向麦克斯汇报？\n23 答：我不确定。\n24 问：可以撤下那些了。谁是长岛哥（Long Island David）？\n25 答：我与他的接触，我能记得的，是与\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 雷耶斯—主询问\n1 G Talks有关。他在第二次G Talks中提供了支持。\n2 问：你知道长岛哥属于哪个农场（farm）吗？\n3 答：不知道。\n4 问：你问过他吗？\n5 答：没有。\n6 问：我们能否调出已采纳为证据的GX-441，GXGC-441。谢谢。\n8 雷耶斯女士，你在这封电子邮件的抄送栏看到你的名字了吗？\n10 答：看到了。\n11 问：这封电子邮件的主题是什么？\n12 答：是关于HCHK员工的信息。\n13 问：什么是HCHK Technologies（HCHK科技）？\n14 答：HCHK是一家在不同部门提供支持的供应商。\n16 问：HCHK是否向G/Clubs提供支持？\n17 答：是的。\n18 问：你们为什么要聘用HCHK？\n19 答：HCHK不是我聘用的。这是一项下达的指示，但聘用它是为了在技术方面提供支持，比如IT、财务、法务以及人力资源。\n22 问：是谁指示为G/Clubs聘用HCHK的？\n23 答：伊薇特。\n24 问：你是否问过她为什么选择HCHK？\n25 答：问过，我询问了为什么是HCHK。\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 问：那是什么原因呢？\n2 答：我们之前与 GTV（GTV）签有合同，一旦该合同\n3 被取消，我们就用 HCHK（HCHK）替换了它。\n4 问：这封电子邮件上还有其他一些域名。您看到上面写着\n5 Gettr（盖特）对吧？\n6 答：是的。\n7 问：还有 G Fashion（G时尚）、G/Clubs（G俱乐部）、HCHKTech（HCHK科技），您是否\n8 了解为什么 HCHKTech 会向 G Fashion 的电子邮箱、\n9 G/Clubs 的电子邮箱和 Gettr 的电子邮箱发送邮件？\n10 答：不了解。\n11 问：我们可以把那个撤下来了。\n12 Reyes（雷耶斯）女士，您去过伦敦吗？\n13 答：去过。\n14 问：您是以 G/Clubs 员工的身份前往伦敦的吗？\n15 答：我去了英国，是的。\n16 问：是谁要求您去英国的？\n17 答：Yvette（王雁平）。\n18 问：您和谁一起去的？\n19 答：在飞机上吗？\n20 问：您和谁一起去的？\n21 答：我和 Alex（亚历克斯）、Dowa（道瓦）、Kamel（卡梅尔）以及 Manuel（曼努埃尔）一起去的。\n22 问：最后那个人是谁？\n23 答：Manuel。\n24 问：Alex 是谁？\n25 答：Alex 是 G/Clubs 的财务总监。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法庭速记公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 问：他的姓是什么？\n2 答：Hadjicharalambous（哈吉哈拉兰布斯）。\n3 问：Dowa 是谁？\n4 答：Dowa 是 G Fashion 的首席执行官。\n5 问：Manuel 是谁？\n6 答：HCHK 的一名律师。\n7 问：当时告诉您去英国的目的是什么？\n8\n9 答：我的目的是去拜访一家我们一直在沟通的潜在合作伙伴，\n10 并与 He（何）先生会面。\n11 问：你们大家是怎么去英国的？\n12 答：乘坐私人飞机。\n13 问：您以前坐过私人飞机吗？\n14 答：没有。\n15 问：您在英国会见了哪家潜在合作伙伴？\n16 答：公司是 L&R Properties（L&R地产）。\n17 问：他们是做什么的？\n18 答：他们拥有，我想他们拥有连锁酒店。\n19 问：L&R Properties 与 G/Clubs 建立了合作关系吗？\n20 答：最终没有。\n21 问：我们能调出 GX-103 号物证吗。您知道这个人是谁吗？\n22 答：据我所知是 William Je（余建明）。\n23 问：您见过 William Je 吗？\n24 答：见过。\n25 问：您在哪里见到的他？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 答：在 Himalaya Exchange（喜马拉雅交易所）的办公室。\n2 问：您是什么时候去 Himalaya Exchange 办公室的？\n3\n4 答：就在去伦敦的那次行程中。\n5 问：您为什么去 Himalaya Exchange 的办公室？\n6 答：那是应要求去与他们会面——他们\n7 打算向我们提供有关 H Pay（喜支付）应用程序的信息。\n8 问：是谁要求您去 Himalaya Exchange\n9 办公室的？\n10 答：据我记忆所及是 Yvette。\n11 问：您说了 H Pay 应用程序？\n12 答：是的。\n13 问：那是什么？\n14 答：这是一个方便会员付款的应用程序。\n15 问：为什么叫 H Pay？\n16 答：我不知道。\n17 问：G/Clubs 是否使用 H Pay 接收会员付款？\n18 答：是的。\n19 问：是谁决定允许会员使用 H Pay 的？\n20 答：该要求来自 Yvette 和 He 先生。\n21 问：在 Himalaya Exchange 办公室与 William Je 会面期间发生了什么？\n22\n23 答：我们互相作了介绍，然后他们带我们会见了\n24 技术团队，技术团队向我们介绍了 H Pay 应用程序的开发情况。\n25 之后我们会见了他们的法律团队，讨论了\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 合同权利。这就是会议的内容。\n2 问：它是如何运作的？H Pay 应用程序是如何接收付款并将\n3 款项转给 G/Clubs 的？\n4 答：我不太确定。\n5 问：G/Clubs 除了 H Pay 之外，是否考虑过使用其他应用程序？\n6\n7 答：应用程序吗？没有，那是我们当时拥有的唯一一个。\n8 法官：Reyes 女士，在您的职业生涯中做过演讲陈述吗？\n9\n10 证人：比如？\n11 法官：演讲陈述，向一群人讲话。\n12\n13 证人：做过。\n14 法官：好的。所以当您对一群人讲话时，您希望他们听到您说的话，对吧？\n15\n16 证人：是的。\n17 法官：所以把这当作那种情况，您要让自己被听到，因为您的声音太小了，大家\n18 都费力在听您说什么。我希望他们能听到\n19 您说的话，所以请大声点说。\n20 问：Loftus（洛夫特斯）女士，我们可以调出已采纳为证据的 GXGC-293 号物证。\n21 请把底部的电子邮件放大一下。\n22 Reyes 女士，这封电子邮件是谁发来的？\n23 答：Tanu（塔努）。\n24 问：来自于什么域名？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO1 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 答：Himalaya Exchange。\n2 问：您能读一下邮件中以“as discussed”（正如所讨论的）开头的第二句话吗？\n3\n4 答：“正如所讨论的，请查阅所附文件以获取更多关于 G/Club（G俱乐部）与 Himalaya Pay 对接需要遵循的协议信息。”\n5\n6\n7 问：请缩小画面。我们可以把它撤下来了。\n8 G/Club 在 Himalaya Exchange 开有账户吗？\n9 答：据我了解，是的。\n10 问：让 G/Clubs 在 Himalaya Exchange 开立账户是谁的主意？\n11\n12 答：这是拥有 H Pay 应用程序的要求。\n13 （续接下页）\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 FINKEL 先生发问：\n2 问：除了 H Pay 之外，G|CLUBS 还使用哪些其他方式\n3 获取会员付款？\n4 答：视时间段而定，但有电汇付款、支票\n5 和 H Pay。\n6 问：支票寄到了哪里？\n7 答：我们在 Puerto Rico（波多黎各）的办公室。\n8 问：在你们波多黎各的办公室收到支票后，\n9 对它们进行了什么处理（如有）？\n10 答：视时间段而定，我们会将它们寄往 New York（纽约），以便\n11 存入银行，其他时候则是存入\n12 波多黎各的银行。\n13 问：你们在波多黎各是如何将支票寄往纽约的？\n14 答：通过邮寄。\n15 问：在纽约由谁接收？\n16 答：Alex。\n17 问：您还提到了电汇。您指的是什么？\n18 答：曾经有一段时间会员可以通过电汇付款。\n19 FINKEL 先生：能否调出标示供识别的\n20 GX 118 号物证。\n21 问：这是谁？\n22 答：Haitham Khaled（海瑟姆·哈立德）。\n23 FINKEL 先生：政府方提呈第 118 号物证。\n24 KAMARAJU 先生：无异议。\n25 法官：予以采纳。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 （政府方第 118 号物证被采纳为证据）\n2 问：Crane（克兰）是什么？\n3 答：Crane 就像一个——一个托管代理人。\n4 问：在接收会员付款方面，Crane 发挥了什么作用（如有）？\n5\n6 答：他们会接收会员付款。\n7 问：会员怎么知道要把款项汇给 Crane？\n8 答：我不知道。\n9 问：您是否问过任何人会员是如何知道把款项汇给\n10 Crane 的？\n11 答：我不记得了。\n12 FINKEL 先生：可以把它撤下来了。\n13 能否调出标示供识别的\n14 GX 106 号物证。\n15 问：这是谁？\n16 答：Alex。\n17 FINKEL 先生：政府方提呈第 106 号物证。\n18 KAMARAJU 先生：无异议。\n19 法官：予以采纳。\n20 （政府方第 106 号物证被采纳为证据）\n21 问：当您说 Alex 时，是指哪个 Alex？\n22 答：Hadjicharalambous。\n23 问：他的职务是什么？\n24 答：G|CLUBS 的财务总监。\n25 问：据您了解，他为什么在纽约工作\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 而不是在波多黎各？\n2 答：我不知道。在我入职之前他就在那里了。\n3 FINKEL 先生：我们可以把它撤下来了。\n4 能否调出已采纳为证据的 GX GC450 号物证。\n5 Loftus 女士，请翻到下一页。\n6 能放大那部分吗。\n7 问：这封电子邮件是谁发来的？\n8 答：David Fallon（戴维·法伦）。\n9 问：那是谁？\n10 答：他是 Himalaya Exchange 团队的一员。我在那里见过\n11 他。\n12 问：你在哪里见的他？\n13 答：在办公室。\n14 问：好的。他发来的这封电子邮件写了什么？\n15 答：“你好，Limarie（利马莉），\n16 “He 先生已指示我们执行附件中的场外交易（OTC）\n17 交易。\n18 “能否请您签署并通过电子邮件回传附件中的交易\n19 回执，我将处理这笔场外交易。”\n20 问：那是什么意思，场外交易（OTC transaction）？\n21 答：我不太确定。\n22 FINKEL 先生：请缩小画面。能否\n23 翻到下一页。\n24 问：顶部写着什么？\n25 答：“Himalaya Exchange OTC Transaction Form（喜马拉雅交易所场外交易单）”。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 问：在中间写着“Transfer to Buyer”（转让给买方）。您能读一下\n2 吗。\n3 答：好的。“买方接收：+500k，HCN 按每 HCN 31.500 计算。\n4 “买方支付：15,750,000 HDO。”\n5 问：买方账户的名称是什么？\n6 答：Billing@gclubs.com。\n7 问：这是谁签署的？\n8 答：Alex。\n9 问：据您了解，G|CLUBS 为什么要购买\n10 1570万枚 HDO？\n11 答：我不知道。\n12 问：您是否问过 He 先生为什么 G|CLUBS 要购买 1570万枚\n13 HDO？\n14 答：我不记得了。\n15 问：您问过 Yvette 吗？\n16 答：我不记得了。\n17 问：购买 HDO 会提供会员福利吗？\n18 答：我不知道。\n19 FINKEL 先生：我们可以把它撤下来了。\n20 问：在您的英国之行中，您还去了其他国家吗？\n21 答：去了。\n22 问：去了哪些？\n23 答：那不勒斯。\n24 问：您为什么去那不勒斯？\n25 答：为了与 He 先生会面。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 问：您和谁一起去的？\n2 答：去那不勒斯是和 Alex 一起。\n3 问：只有您和 Alex？\n4 答：是的。\n5 问：您在哪里见到的 He 先生？\n6 答：在一条船上。\n7 问：船上还有其他人吗？\n8 答：有。\n9 问：谁？\n10 答：Mileson（迈尔森）。\n11 问：那条船的名字叫什么？\n12 答：Lady May（梅贵号）。\n13 问：您是在一天的什么时间在 Lady May 号上\n14 会见 Mileson 和 He 先生的？\n15 答：时间？我不具体记得了。\n16 问：是晚上还是下午？\n17 答：是的，是深夜。\n18 问：深夜？\n19 答：是的。\n20 问：您能描述一下 Lady May 号是什么样子的吗。\n21 答：它是一条大船，有好几层。\n22 问：您和 Alex 在 Lady May 号上与 Mileson 以及\n23 He 先生待了多久？\n24 答：几个小时。\n25 问：你们是怎么登上 Lady May 号的？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 答：从码头出发。我们到了码头，然后有一条\n2 较小的船带我们过去的。\n3 问：您和 He 先生、Mileson 以及 Alex 在\n4 Lady May 号上待的这几个小时里做了什么？\n5 答：我们吃了晚餐。\n6 问：你们讨论了什么？\n7 答：据我记忆所及，我们得知他们从大学起就\n8 认识了，谈论了他们各自的——各自的喜好。一个\n9 喜欢水上活动，比如水肺潜水，另一个喜欢\n10 赛车。我想我们还谈论了我们参观酒店、\n11 合作事宜；大概就是那一天经历的汇总。\n12 问：我请您大声说话并对着麦克风说清楚。\n13\n14 答：好的。\n15 问：谁说自己喜欢赛车？\n16 答：Mileson。\n17 问：抱歉？\n18 答：Mileson。\n19 问：是谁说自己喜欢水肺潜水？\n20 答：He 先生。\n21 问：您是否与 Mileson 和 He 先生讨论过推翻\n22 中国共产党？\n23 答：在我的记忆中没有。\n24 问：您讨论过中国政治吗？\n25 答：在我的记忆中没有。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 问：您讨论过爆料革命吗？\n2 答：在我的记忆中没有。\n3 问：新中国联邦？\n4 答：在我的记忆中没有。\n5 问：在船上 He 先生怎么称呼 Mileson？他用了什么\n6 名字？\n7 答：据我记忆所及是 Mileson。\n8 问：是否有过要求您协助为 G|CLUBS 购买\n9 资产的时候？\n10 答：有过。\n11 问：是谁要求您这样做的？\n12 答：视情况而定。可能来自 Yvette 或 He 先生。\n13 问：为 G|CLUBS 购买了什么样的资产？\n14 答：车辆，还有一条船。\n15 问：还有什么？\n16 答：船。\n17 问：什么车辆？\n18 答：有一辆兰博基尼、露营车和一辆布加迪。\n19 问：什么样的船？\n20 答：我认为是一艘 70 英尺的游艇。\n21 问：当时告诉您购买这些资产的原因是什么？\n22\n23 答：我们将提供这些作为会员的潜在\n24 福利。\n25 问：说到潜在福利，会员会有什么（如有）\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 必须付费才能使用这些资产？\n2 答：我们当时还没决定付款方式/费用是多少。\n3 问：据您的理解，这些资产是可以免费使用还是需要花钱？\n4 答：不，据我的理解，它们类似于租赁，所以是要花钱的。\n5 问：您说是租赁？\n6 答：是的，就像您花一定金额租车一样，对。\n7 问：再次提醒，请对着麦克风大声说话。\n8 Reyes（雷耶斯）女士，在您于 G|CLUBS（G俱乐部）任职的整个期间，是否有采取任何措施来落实一套程序，允许会员租赁这些资产，即那些车辆和船只？\n9 答：我们曾联系过一家事务所/机构，以便就如何进行那项磋商/谈判拟定一份合同。\n10 问：您是什么时候就此事联系该事务所的？\n11 答：据我最好的回忆，大概是在 2022 年初左右。\n12 问：好的。在 2022 年初联系该事务所之后，还采取了哪些行动（如果有的话）来落实允许会员租赁这些资产的流程？\n13 答：那就是我们所做的一切了。\n14 问：您提到了兰博基尼。如果有的话，纽约办公室的哪个人指示您协助购买一辆兰博基尼？\n15 KAMARAJU 律师：反对，缺乏事实前提依据。\n16 FINKEL 律师：我撤回。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法院速记公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 法庭：异议成立。\n2 FINKEL 律师：我撤回。\n3 请调出已作为证据采纳的 GX GC276。\n4 能否翻到这份文件的底部，或者不用完全到底部，最后一封电子邮件。\n5 请继续往下翻，Loftus（洛夫特斯）女士。\n6 就在那里。能放大那部分吗。\n7 由 FINKEL 律师继续询问：\n8 问：这封 2021 年 9 月 10 日的电子邮件是谁发的？\n9 答：Bo Collins（波·柯林斯）。\n10 问：Bo Collins 是谁？\n11 答：Mercantile Bank（商业银行）的总裁。\n12 问：您见过他吗？\n13 答：当面见过？见过。\n14 问：在哪里？\n15 答：在他家里。\n16 FINKEL 律师：我们可以缩小画面。\n17 如果可以的话，请往上滚屏，Loftus 女士。就停在那里，9 月 10 日的邮件。不对。\n18 对，就这封。\n19 问：这封电子邮件是谁发的？\n20 答：Max（麦克斯）。\n21 问：Max 全名叫什么？\n22 答：Max Krasner（麦克斯·克拉斯纳）。\n23 问：他的电子邮件地址是什么？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 答：Maxk@lampcapital.org。\n2 问：Lamp Capital（明灯资本）是什么？\n3 答：我不知道。\n4 问：您能读一下 Max 写了什么吗。\n5 答：“嗨，Ana，\n6 看来团队还是决定要那辆红色兰博基尼。我们需要完成所有文书工作。指定管理人员并允许购买该车辆的管理人员决议。我们需要一份驾照，以及一笔电汇付款。”\n7 问：您收到这封电子邮件了吗？\n8 答：收到了，我被抄送了。\n9 问：据您的理解，Max 所说的“团队决定要那辆红色兰博基尼”是什么意思？\n10 答：据我所知，指的是 Yvette（伊薇特）。\n11 FINKEL 律师：请把画面缩小，然后请往上滚屏，Loftus 女士。放大那封电子邮件。\n12 不，请看下面那一封。谢谢。\n13 问：您能读一下 Ana（安娜）给 Max 写了什么吗。\n14 答：“嗨，Max。\n15 如前所述，已经过了截止时间，我们还没有拿到 Mr. He（何先生）签署的文件（包括您需要的决议）。一旦 Limarie（利玛丽）拿到这些文件，她就可以发送过去，电汇可以在周一汇出。”\n16 问：停在这里。在协助购买这辆红色兰博基尼的过程中，您的职责是什么？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 答：我会拿到贷款文件和决议，然后把它们发给 Mr. He 签字。\n2 问：您从谁那里拿到这些文件？\n3 答：您说什么？\n4 问：撤回该问题。您说的贷款是什么意思？\n5 答：为了购买该资产进行了一系列贷款，所以这些就是相关的贷款文件。\n6 问：您能否描述一下是哪家实体向哪家实体提供了贷款。\n7 答：有 G Club Operations（G俱乐部运营公司），G Club International BVI（G俱乐部国际BVI公司）。\n8 问：BV？\n9 答：BVI（英属维尔京群岛）。\n10 问：G Club Operations 是什么？\n11 答：是什么？G Club 是一家会员制公司。\n12 问：G Club Operations 的资金来源是什么？\n13 答：会员费付款。\n14 问：G|CLUBS Operations 会向 G Club BVI 发放贷款？\n15 答：是的。\n16 法庭：你是说 Operations 是放贷方，即 G|CLUBS Operations？\n17 证人：是的。\n18 问：据您的理解，Operations 的总部设在哪里？\n19 答：波多黎各。\n20 问：据您的理解，G Club BVI 设在哪里？\n21 答：BVI。\n22 问：G|CLUBS BVI 有多少名员工？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 答：据我所知，一个也没有。\n2 问：您说的“据您所知没有”是什么意思？\n3 答：没有，一个都没有。抱歉。据我所知是没有员工。\n4 法庭：我要尝试换用手持麦克风，看看效果会不会好一点。\n5 问：G|CLUBS BVI 的最终实益拥有人是谁？\n6 答：据我理解，是 Mr. He。\n7 问：作为 G|CLUBS 的首席执行官，您为什么要以这种方式搭建资产架构？\n8 答：我并没有以这种方式去搭建资产购买架构。\n9 问：您问过 Yvette 为什么要以这种方式搭建架构吗？\n10 答：资产购买架构吗？我不记得问过。\n11 问：那 Mr. He 呢，您问过他为什么要以这种方式搭建架构吗？\n12 答：我不记得问过。\n13 FINKEL 律师：手持麦克风效果是变好了还是变差了？\n14 法庭：陪审团成员们？\n15 陪审员们：更差了。\n16 法庭：这更差了。好的。那我们换回原来的麦克风。\n17 FINKEL 律师：Reyes 女士，您可以随意调整麦克风以让自己感觉舒适，尽量将麦克风直接对准您发声的嘴部，并尽可能大声、清晰地说话，以便大家都能听到。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 法庭：Reyes 女士，看到它是这样弯曲的吗？您可以直接弯折它，让它离得非常近，这样大家就都能听清了。\n2 FINKEL 律师：对准它，让它正好——\n3 证人：这里吗？\n4 FINKEL 律师：是的。直接对着麦克风说话，好吗？\n5 好的。我们可以缩小画面。请往上滚屏。\n6 能放大底部的电子邮件吗。\n7 由 FINKEL 律师继续询问：\n8 问：您能读一下 Max 写了什么吗。\n9 答：“谢谢，Ana。这是更新后的销货账单。我周一一大早就给车行打电话，确认他们有现车，然后我们就可以电汇资金。希望在此之前我们能拿到 Mr. He 的签字。”\n10 问：为什么是 Max 在与车行联系？\n11 答：据我理解，Max 是负责——处理相关要求和文件的人。\n12 问：您知道为什么这件事是由纽约的人而不是波多黎各的人在处理吗？\n13 答：我不知道。\n14 FINKEL 律师：好的。我们可以缩小画面。Loftus 女士，您能否滚屏——能否放大顶部的那封电子邮件。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 问：Reyes 女士，这封电子邮件的日期是哪一天？\n2 答：2021 年 9 月 11 日。\n3 问：您写了什么？\n4 答：“大家好，请查收随信附上的已签署文件。”\n5 FINKEL 律师：好的。让我们缩小画面。请往下滚屏。\n6 就停在那里。\n7 问：好的。这份文件的标题是什么？\n8 答：G Club International Limited（G俱乐部国际有限公司）。\n9 问：这是您作为已签署文件随邮件附上的文件之一吗？\n10 答：您能重复一下吗。\n11 问：这是您作为已签署文件附在电子邮件中的文件之一吗？\n12 答：是的，就是这种表格/格式，没错。\n13 问：谁签署了这份文件？\n14 答：Mr. He。\n15 问：您熟悉 Mr. He 的签名是什么样子的吗？\n16 答：熟悉。\n17 问：好的。您能朗读一下宗旨/目的第 1.1 条吗。\n18 答：“唯一董事认为，向其全资子公司 G Club Operations LLC（G俱乐部运营有限责任公司）申请 2,000,000 美元的贷款符合本公司的最佳利益。”\n19 FINKEL 律师：能把画面缩小吗。\n20 问：底部写着“唯一董事”。您能读一下“唯一董事”下方的名字吗。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 答：Haoran He（何昊然）。\n2 FINKEL 律师：缩小画面。Loftus 女士，能放大第 1.2 条吗。\n3 问：Reyes 女士，请读一下第 1.2 条。\n4 答：“唯一董事及本公司有意以 832,000.75 美元从 Lamborghini Dallas（达拉斯兰博基尼车行）购买一辆 2021 年款兰博基尼 AVENTSVJRD（车辆识别代号 VIN 码——”您需要我完整读出来吗？\n5 问：是的。\n6 答：“——ZHWUN6ZD2MLA10393）。”\n7 问：为什么选择达拉斯兰博基尼车行作为该辆兰博基尼的卖家？\n8 答：我不知道。\n9 问：在选择达拉斯兰博基尼车行作为该辆兰博基尼的卖家方面，您扮演了任何角色吗？\n10 答：没有，我没有。\n11 问：在商定该辆兰博基尼的价格方面，您扮演了任何角色吗？\n12 答：没有，我没有。\n13 问：在挑选该辆兰博基尼的型号方面，您扮演了任何角色吗？\n14 答：没有，我没有。\n15 FINKEL 律师：您可以缩小画面。\n16 问：最上面写着什么？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 答：“根据本公司组织章程细则制定的本公司唯一董事书面决议。”\n2 问：在这之上，最顶端写着什么？\n3 答：“G Club International Limited，公司编号 2045976。”\n4 FINKEL 律师：好的。您可以缩小画面。\n5 Loftus 女士，我们可以翻到下一页吗。\n6 问：谁签署了这份文件？\n7 答：Mr. He。\n8 问：最顶部的“唯一成员书面同意书”下面写着什么？\n9 答：G Club Operations LLC。\n10 问：您能朗读写着“现因此，特此决议如下”的那部分吗。\n11 答：“现因此，特此决议如下：\n12 决议：唯一成员认为向唯一成员发放 2,000,000 美元贷款以供其存入，并按照贷款协议中确立的条款和条件执行，符合公司的最佳利益，特此授权并指示公司发放该笔贷款。为提高效率，唯一成员特此授权并指示公司及其授权代表签署完成本决议所授权之贷款所必需的任何及所有文件。”\n13 FINKEL 律师：请把画面缩小。\n14 问：在那之上，您能读一下写着“鉴于”的那部分吗。\n15 答：“鉴于，唯一成员认为按照本协议附件 A 贷款协议中进一步约定的条款和条件，以 3% 的年化利率向唯一成员发放 200 万美元贷款用于其投资，符合公司的最佳利益。”\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 问：Reyes 女士，据您所知，G|CLUBS BVI 是否就这笔贷款向 G|CLUBS Operations 进行了偿还/付款？\n2 答：据我所知，没有。\n3 问：对于任何资产采购，G|CLUBS BVI 是否向 G|CLUBS Operations 支付过款项？\n4 答：据我所知没有。\n5 FINKEL 律师：请缩小画面。\n6 Loftus 女士，能往下滚屏吗。就停在那里。\n7 问：这是什么文件？\n8 答：这是一份贷款协议。\n9 问：是在谁与谁之间的？\n10 答：G Club Operations 与 G Club International Limited 之间。\n11 问：G Club Operations 位于哪里？\n12 答：波多黎各。\n13 问：G Club International Limited 位于哪里？\n14 答：BVI。\n15 问：在 G|CLUBS 办公室里，员工们通常把 G Club International Limited 称作什么？\n16 答：G Club BVI。\n17 问：您认得页面底部的姓名首字母缩写签名吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct（直接询问）\n1 答：是的。\n2 问：那是谁的首字母签名？\n3 答：何先生和我的。\n4 芬克尔律师（MR. FINKEL）：好的。洛夫特斯女士（Ms. Loftus），\n5 麻烦请翻到下一页。\n6 问：你能读一下“约定条款，贷款收益”（Agreed Terms, Loan Proceeds）吗？\n7 答：“贷款收益。贷款人特此同意向\n8 借款人出借 200 万美元（2 million USD）。”\n9 问：这份贷款协议是你起草的吗？\n10 答：不，不是我。\n11 问：你是否问过为什么要这样构建交易结构？\n12 答：我不记得了。\n13 芬克尔律师：洛夫特斯女士，麻烦请缩小画面。\n14 并且请翻到第 15 段。\n15 问：在“通知”（Notices）项下，有三个电子邮件地址。你看到了\n16 吗？\n17 答：看到了。\n18 芬克尔律师：麻烦请放大那里。\n19 问：关于贷款人，贷款人的电子邮件地址是什么？\n20 答：Notices@gclubs.com。\n21 问：那借款人的呢？\n22 答：Coolhhr@protonmail.com，以及 noticesgclubbvi@protonmail.com。\n23 问：谁使用 coolhhr@protonmail.com 这个电子邮件地址？\n24 答：何先生。\n25 芬克尔律师：可以缩小画面了。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区速记公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 洛夫特斯女士，麻烦请翻到最后一页，或者倒数第二\n2 页。\n3 再翻一页。谢谢。\n4 问：这是谁签署的？\n5 答：何先生和我。\n6 芬克尔律师：麻烦调出已作为证据采纳的\n7 政府证物 GX GC300。\n8 问：在最顶上，这封电子邮件是谁发出的？\n9 答：我发出的。\n10 问：是发给谁的？\n11 答：何先生。\n12 芬克尔律师：洛夫特斯女士，麻烦翻到第 6 页。\n13 问：这是你电子邮件的附件吗？\n14 答：请问你说什么？\n15 问：这是附在你电子邮件里的吗？\n16 答：我没——\n17 芬克尔律师：我们回到第 1 页。洛夫特斯女士，\n18 麻烦请翻到第 1 页。\n19 问：这封电子邮件的附件是什么？\n20 答：授权书（Letter of authority）、机动车买家订购单（motor vehicle buyers order）和\n21 车辆文件（vehicle docs）。\n22 芬克尔律师：洛夫特斯女士，麻烦翻到 GX GC300\n23 的第 6 页。\n24 麻烦放大那里。\n25 问：这封信是写给谁的？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 答：何先生。\n2 问：上面写的是什么？写的是什么名字？\n3 答：“尊敬的浩然先生（Dear Mr. Haoran）。”\n4 问：你能读一下“以下为所需项目”（Here is of items needed）下方的第 3 项吗？\n5 答：“资金首付款（电汇、向达拉斯兰博基尼（Lamborghini Dallas）开具本票）（已收到）”\n6\n7 问：谁签署了这封信？\n8 答：EG 路易·邦苏坎（EG Louie Bonsukan）。\n9 问：你曾与路易·邦苏坎说过话吗？\n10 答：没有，我没有。\n11 问：你曾与达拉斯兰博基尼的任何人说过话吗？\n12 答：没有，我没有。\n13 芬克尔律师：我们可以调出政府证物 GX GC318。麻烦\n14 放大最上面的那封电子邮件。\n15 问：这封电子邮件是谁发的？\n16 答：麦克斯（Max）发的。\n17 问：你能读一下上面写的内容吗？\n18 答：“团队，车商认为他们无法安装\n19 Lojack（车载防盗定位系统），所以我们先签署文件并在\n20 上午电汇资金。\n21 “另外，请查看调度单。\n22 车辆将在周六装车，计划于 9 月 30 日周四\n23 运抵康涅狄格州（CT）。\n24 “运费为 1,400，运输\n25 公司将在交车时要求付款。最简便的方式是\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 刷信用卡支付，否则我们可以询问他们是否接受\n2 电汇。”\n3 问：好的。据你了解为什么——算了，撤回问题。\n4 芬克尔律师：能先把画面缩小一下吗？\n5 麻烦往下滚动。\n6 好的。很好。抱歉。继续往下滚动。\n7 洛夫特斯女士，你能往上滚动吗？继续。\n8 就停在那里。麻烦放大最上面的那封电子邮件。\n9 问：你能读一下这封电子邮件的第一句话吗？\n10 答：“看来团队还是决定选择那辆红色兰博（Lambo）。”\n11 芬克尔律师：洛夫特斯女士，麻烦请缩小画面。\n12 向上滚动。\n13 继续。停。\n14 麻烦放大那封电子邮件。\n15 问：你能读一下第一句话吗？\n16 答：“汽车经销商将配合我们把车\n17 从达拉斯运到康涅狄格州。”\n18 问：据你理解，CT 是什么意思？\n19 答：康涅狄格州（Connecticut）。\n20 问：为什么这辆兰博基尼要从达拉斯运到\n21 康涅狄格州？\n22 答：我不知道。\n23 问：你曾去过康涅狄格州格林威治（Greenwich, Connecticut）吗？\n24 答：没有。\n25 问：据你所知，G|CLUBS 在康涅狄格州格林威治\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 设有任何办事处吗？\n2 答：据我所知，没有。\n3 芬克尔律师：缩小画面。往上滚动\n4 一点。\n5 就停在那里。麻烦放大来自团队——\n6 实际上是来自麦克斯的那封邮件。\n7 继续。非常好。\n8 问：你能读一下第一句话吗？\n9 答：“到目前为止，商业车辆保险\n10 遭到了很多拒保，主要是因为这是一辆高端汽车。\n11 尽管如此，请查看下方来自经纪人的蓝色文字信息。”\n12 问：你能读一下前两个要点吗？\n13 答：“该俱乐部有限责任公司（Club LLC）的所有人是谁？为什么车辆\n14 要登记在该俱乐部名下？”\n15 第二条：“斯科特（Scott）此前是否拥有过其他\n16 豪车/外形奇特车辆？我附上了一份高性能\n17 驾驶经验履历表，也请你们填写一下。”\n18 问：你是否知道有任何叫斯科特的人为郭文贵（Miles Guo）\n19 工作？\n20 答：当时吗？在这封电子邮件发出时，不知道。\n21 问：你后来得知有一个叫斯科特的人为\n22 郭文贵工作吗？\n23 答：我得知有一个叫斯科特的人，是的。\n24 问：你知道斯科特的姓氏吗？\n25 答：我不记得了。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 问：据你理解，斯科特为郭文贵做些什么？\n2 答：他像是安保人员，安保人员。\n3 芬克尔律师：麻烦向上滚动。\n4 就停在那里。\n5 问：安娜（Ana）在 2021 年 9 月 20 日发出的这封电子邮件开头写着：\n6 “早上好，麦克斯。”你能读一下第一个要点吗？\n7 答：“我的第一个问题是谁是斯科特？”\n8 芬克尔律师：好的。缩小画面。\n9 问：你能读一下第二个要点吗？\n10 答：“如你所知，这辆兰博是全款买下的；既没有办理贷款，\n11 也没有租赁。”\n12 问：为什么斯科特会参与购买这辆红色兰博？\n13 答：我不知道。\n14 问：你问过任何人为什么吗？\n15 答：我不记得了。\n16 芬克尔律师：可以把这个撤下了。\n17 问：那辆兰博基尼买下了吗？\n18 答：我认为买下了，是的。\n19 问：它曾向 G|CLUBS 会员开放提供过吗？\n20 答：据我所知没有，没有。\n21 问：你曾亲眼见过那辆红色兰博基尼吗？\n22 答：没有亲眼见过，没有。\n23 问：你在视频中见过它吗？\n24 答：见过。\n25 问：什么时候？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 答：具体日期我不太确定。2022 年的某个时间。\n2 问：你看到了什么？麻烦向陪审团成员\n3 描述一下。\n4 答：好的。那是一段郭先生展示一辆红色\n5 兰博基尼的视频。\n6 问：据你理解，郭先生为什么要展示一辆\n7 红色兰博基尼？\n8 答：作为给会员的福利；那是他们\n9 将能够获得或享受的东西。\n10 问：雷耶斯女士（Ms. Reyes），在你看到这段视频时，会员能使用这辆红色\n11 兰博基尼吗？\n12 答：当时不行。\n13 问：在你供职于 G|CLUBS 期间的任何时候，会员能使用它吗？\n14\n15 答：不能，不可以。\n16 问：你曾就视频中的这辆兰博基尼与郭先生交谈过吗？\n17 答：我不记得了。\n18 问：看到郭先生在这段视频中展示红色\n19 兰博基尼，你有什么反应？\n20 答：我们采取了什么行动吗？\n21 问：这让你感觉如何？\n22 答：我很担忧，因为那不是我们当时\n23 所提供的项目。\n24 问：你向任何人转达过这些担忧吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 答：是的。向法务部门表达了担忧。\n2 问：向谁？\n3 答：安娜。\n4 问：关于这辆红色兰博基尼，安娜怎么说（如果有的话）？\n5\n6 答：她向维克托（Victor）寻求了关于如何处理的建议。\n7 问：哪个维克托？\n8 答：维克托·塞尔达（Victor Cerda）。\n9 法官：维克托当时在哪里？\n10 证人：在纽约。\n11 芬克尔律师：麻烦向证人展示政府证物 GX 119。\n12 问：这个人是谁？\n13 答：斯科特。\n14 芬克尔律师：检方提请采纳证物 119。\n15 卡马拉朱律师（MR. KAMARAJU）：无异议。\n16 法官：予以采纳。\n17 （政府证物 119 获准采纳为证据）\n18 问：再次请问，据你理解斯科特的职责是什么？\n19 答：他是安保人员。\n20 问：为谁做安保？\n21 答：为郭先生和大楼。\n22 问：你去纽约时见过他吗？\n23 答：在某些场合见过，是的。\n24 问：你大约见过斯科特多少次？\n25 答：我不太确定。几次。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 问：你在那些场合与他交谈过吗？\n2 答：主要是如果在走廊里碰见他的话。\n3 问：斯科特曾对你提起过关于红色兰博基尼的任何事吗？\n4 卡马拉朱律师：反对，传闻证据。\n5 法官：反对无效。你可以回答。\n6 答：是的，我记得有一次他提到过在找一个\n7 仓库。\n8 问：是什么促使斯科特对你——抱歉。撤回问题。\n9 雷耶斯女士，你对斯科特说了什么（如果有的话），\n10 促使他说他们正在找仓库？\n11 卡马拉朱律师：反对提问形式。\n12 法官：你对他说过什么吗？\n13 问：在斯科特说他们正在为红色兰博基尼找仓库之前，\n14 你对他说过什么吗？\n15 答：我不记得了。\n16 问：所以他是突然提起的。\n17 答：据我所能记起的，是的。\n18 问：今天坐在这里，你知道那辆红色\n19 兰博基尼后来怎么样了吗？\n20 答：我不知道。\n21 问：你曾批准将这辆红色兰博基尼存放在\n22 任何地方吗？\n23 答：没有，我没有。\n24 问：你是否收到过关于这辆红色兰博基尼在哪里的\n25 最新消息？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 答：没有，我没有收到。\n2 问：你曾过问那辆红色兰博基尼在哪里吗？\n3 答：我不记得了。\n4 问：何先生曾向你打听过那辆红色兰博基尼\n5 在哪里吗？\n6 答：我不记得了。\n7 问：伊薇特（Yvette）呢？\n8 答：我不记得了。\n9 问：郭文贵呢？\n10 答：没有。\n11 霍顿律师（MR. HORTON）：可以把那个撤下了，洛夫特斯女士，\n12 麻烦在屏幕左侧调出政府证物 GX GC276\n13 的第四页。并且请放大第 1.2 段。\n14 能否调整一下以便文件的其余部分也能看清。\n15 能否把那个拖到底部。\n16 在屏幕右侧能否调出\n17 政府证物 GX CT41。\n18 由芬克尔律师继续询问：\n19 问：雷耶斯女士，你能读一下底部文件第 1.2 项中的\n20 车辆识别代码（VIN number）吗？\n21 答：ZHWUN6ZD2MLA10393。\n22 问：什么是车辆识别代码（VIN number）？\n23 答：用于识别汽车的代码编号。\n24 问：请再说一遍？\n25 答：用于识别汽车的编号。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - Direct\n1 问：你能读一下 CT41 中屏幕右侧的\n2 编号吗？\n3 答：ZHWUN6ZD2MLA10393。\n4 问：是同一个编号吗？\n5 答：是的。\n6 问：你以前见过屏幕右侧的那张图片\n7 吗？\n8 答：没有，我没见过。\n9 芬克尔律师：洛夫特斯女士，麻烦撤下 CT41，\n10 替换为 CT38。\n11 问：雷耶斯女士，你屏幕右侧的政府证物 GX CT38，\n12 那张照片是在哪里拍摄的？\n13 答：我不知道。\n14 问：你以前见过这张照片吗？\n15 答：没有。\n16 问：谁是曹德丰（Defeng Cao）？\n17 答：我不知道。\n18 问：谁是韦恩·曹（Wayne Cao）？\n19 答：我不知道。\n20 问：韦恩·曹是 G|CLUBS 的员工吗？\n21 答：不是。\n22 问：曹德丰是 G|CLUBS 的员工吗？\n23 答：不是。\n24 芬克尔律师：我们可以把这个撤下了。\n25 问：雷耶斯女士，什么是布加迪（Bugatti）？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 答：一辆跑车。\n2 问：是否有过何先生（Mr. He）要求您\n3 协助购买一辆布加迪（Bugatti）的情况？\n4 答：是的。\n5 芬克尔先生（MR. FINKEL）：如果我们能调出已列为证据的\n6 政府证物（GX）GC341。\n7 问：这封电子邮件是谁发来的？\n8 答：何先生。\n9 问：收件人是谁？\n10 答：发给我的。\n11 问：何先生要求您做什么？\n12 答：签署随附的采购合同，并提供有关\n13 伊恩先生（Mr. Ian）进展的最新情况。\n14 问：伊恩先生是什么人？他参与了什么？\n15 答：伊恩先生是 L&R Properties 的总裁或所有人。\n16 问：就是您去英国时见面的那家连锁酒店？\n17 答：是的。\n18 芬克尔先生：洛夫特斯女士（Ms. Loftus），能请您把画面缩小吗。\n19 翻到下一页。\n20 问：这份文件顶部写着什么？\n21 答：购买布加迪 Chiron Super Sport（Bugatti Chiron Super Sport）的\n22 补充条款。\n23 问：什么是 Chiron Super Sport？\n24 答：汽车的型号。\n25 问：G|CLUBS 购买了布加迪吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 答：我们有一笔贷款，是的。\n2 问：向谁发放的贷款？\n3 答：BVI（英属维尔京群岛公司）。\n4 问：BVI 购买了布加迪吗？\n5 答：是的。\n6 问：关于 BVI 购买布加迪的原因，\n7 当时是怎么告诉您的？\n8 答：作为给会员的福利的一部分。\n9 问：除了您谈到的那家律师事务所以及您所说的在\n10 2021 年之外，是否还做出了其他任何努力，为\n11 会员设立使用布加迪的途径？\n12 卡马拉朱先生（MR. KAMARAJU）：反对。不实陈述证言。\n13 问：除了您交谈过的那家律师事务所之外，是否还做出了任何其他\n14 努力，以便让会员能够使用布加迪或\n15 任何其他车辆？\n16 卡马拉朱先生：反对，复合提问。\n17 法庭（THE COURT）：请逐项提问。\n18 问：这辆布加迪曾提供给 G|CLUBS 的会员使用过吗？\n19 答：没有，并没有。\n20 问：雷耶斯女士（Ms. Reyes），作为 G|CLUBS 的首席执行官（CEO），您为什么选择了一辆\n21 布加迪？\n22 答：布加迪不是我选的。\n23 问：那是谁选的？\n24 答：何先生。\n25 问：您是否与何先生讨论过花钱买一辆布加迪\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 是否合理？\n2 答：我不记得有。\n3 问：或者是兰博基尼（Lamborghini）？\n4 答：没有。\n5 芬克尔先生：洛夫特斯女士，能否请您放大顶部\n6 显示“买方”（Buyer）的位置。\n7 问：“买方”列出的名字是什么？\n8 答：我的名字。\n9 问：什么？\n10 答：我的名字。\n11 问：那是您的电子邮件地址 ddimis80@gmail.com 吗？\n12 答：不，不是。\n13 问：那是您的电话号码吗？\n14 答：不，不是。\n15 芬克尔先生：您可以缩小画面了。\n16 您可以向下滑动。\n17 就停在那里。能放大看 2a 吗。\n18 问：这辆布加迪的基础价格是多少？\n19 答：3,825,000 美元。\n20 芬克尔先生：洛夫特斯女士，请调出 GX GC363。\n21 问：在这份 2021 年 11 月 2 日的文件中，\n22 何先生要求您做什么？\n23 答：请确认商定的交付时间。\n24 问：这辆布加迪曾交付到任何地方吗？\n25 答：我不记得有。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 问：您知道朗尼·索扎（Lonny Soza）是谁吗？\n2 答：我不太确定。\n3 问：您知道 Post Oak Motors 是什么吗？\n4 答：您说什么？\n5 问：Post Oak Motors。\n6 答：知道。布加迪的经销商。\n7 问：关于这辆布加迪，您是否与来自 Post Oak Motors\n8 的任何人员沟通过？\n9 答：是的。\n10 问：您记得您和谁谈过吗？\n11 答：我不记得名字了，但我记得好像是总裁之类的人。\n12 问：好的。您与 Post Oak Motors 的沟通\n13 性质是什么？\n14 答：视情况而定。变动或修改，以及关于\n15 付款和登记注册的事宜。\n16 芬克尔先生：请调出已列为证据的\n17 GX GC522。\n18 问：雷耶斯女士，这份文件是谁签署的？\n19 答：何先生。\n20 芬克尔先生：洛夫特斯女士，能请您放大\n21 “目的”（Purpose）部分吗。\n22 问：您可以读一下第 1.1 条吗。\n23 答：“唯一董事及本公司有意\n24 以 3,825,000 美元的价格从休斯顿布加迪（Bugatti Houston）\n25 购买一辆布加迪 Chiron Super Sport，\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 该金额可能会受到欧元对美元汇率波动的影响，\n2 用于运输该车辆、寻找合适的存放地点，\n3 并购买必要的保险。”\n4 芬克尔先生：缩小画面。\n5 这份文件还有下一页吗？\n6 问：您说购买布加迪是通过 G Club Operations 向 G Club BVI\n7 的借款进行的；是这样吗？\n8 答：是的。\n9 问：BVI 是否偿还过该笔借款？\n10 答：我不记得有。\n11 问：从 Operations 汇往 BVI 用于\n12 购买这辆布加迪的资金，G|CLUBS Operations 是从哪里获得\n13 这笔款项的？\n14 答：会员缴费。\n15 问：是否有过何先生表示他将\n16 代替您联系 Post Oak Motors 的情况？\n17 答：是的。\n18 问：何先生解释过原因吗？\n19 答：没有。\n20 问：当何先生说他要接手时，\n21 与 Post Oak Motors 那边的情况是怎样的？\n22 答：那是车辆已经到位，\n23 需要处理登记注册文件的时候。\n24 问：您说的“车辆已经到位”是什么意思？\n25 答：它已经完工、制造完成了。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 问：从哪里可以提车？\n2 答：从经销商那里。\n3 问：经销商位于哪里；您知道吗？\n4 答：我不确定。\n5 问：为什么何先生要接手关于\n6 布加迪的登记注册问题？\n7 答：我不知道。\n8 芬克尔先生：请调出 GX 218。\n9 问：据您所知，是否有人提走过这辆车，\n10 这辆布加迪？\n11 答：我不知道。\n12 问：您知道这张照片是在哪里拍摄的吗？\n13 答：不知道。\n14 问：您以前见过这张照片吗？\n15 答：没有。\n16 芬克尔先生：我们可以撤下这张了。\n17 问：您提到购买的另一项资产是一艘\n18 船；是这样吗？\n19 答：是的。\n20 芬克尔先生：我们可以调出 GX GC309。\n21 问：在顶部，这封电子邮件是谁发来的？\n22 答：何先生。\n23 问：收件人是谁？\n24 答：发给我的。\n25 问：您可以读一下主题吗。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 答：“G|CLUBS 贷款文件及决议，G Club\n2 International Limited。”\n3 问：附件是什么？附件的\n4 名称是什么？\n5 答：书面决议（Written Resolutions）和游艇合同（Yacht Contract）。\n6 芬克尔先生：您可以缩小画面。\n7 能放大看 9 月 20 日的电子邮件吗。\n8 问：您可以读一下您在 9 月 20 日写给何先生的内容吗。\n9 答：“请查阅随附的船只附加文件，\n10 供您审阅并签署批准。G Fashion Hold Co. B\n11 决议同意本公司签订\n12 一份购买协议以收购一艘白令 70（Bering 70）船只，\n13 并运输至美国马萨诸塞州波士顿（Boston, MA, USA）。七星（Seven Star）游艇运输\n14 合同。”\n15 问：什么是 G Fashion Hold Co. B？\n16 答：我不确定。\n17 问：白令 70 船只，那是什么？\n18 答：那艘船；那艘游艇。\n19 问：在选择白令 70 船只\n20 作为购买标的过程中，您扮演了什么角色（如果有的话）？\n21 答：我没有参与。\n22 问：您是否就 G|CLUBS 为何购买\n23 白令 70 船只向何先生提出过任何疑问？\n24 答：我没有。\n25 问：那问过伊薇特（Yvette）吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 答：我不记得有。\n2 芬克尔先生：请将画面缩小。如果\n3 您可以向下滑动。继续。\n4 请再滑一点。\n5 就停在那里。\n6 问：这份文件顶部写着什么？\n7 答：G Fashion Hold Co. B Limited。\n8 芬克尔先生：向下滑动一点。\n9 问：这份文件是谁签署的？\n10 答：何先生。\n11 芬克尔先生：请缩小画面。如果您可以\n12 向上滑动。\n13 问：您可以读一下第 1.1 条吗。\n14 答：“本公司的全资母公司 Jovial Century\n15 International Limited 于 2021 年 8 月 30 日向本公司\n16 进行了 2,300,000 美元的资本出资。”\n17 问：什么是 Jovial Century International Limited？\n18 答：在组织架构图中，它是高于 G Club Operations\n19 的更高级别。\n20 问：关于谁是 Jovial 的最终\n21 实益所有人，有人对您说过什么吗（如果有的话）？\n22 答：我不记得有人告诉过我。\n23 问：关于为什么 G|CLUBS 会构建成\n24 这种由 Jovial 位于顶层的架构，您提出过任何疑问吗？\n25 答：我不记得有。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 芬克尔先生：您可以缩小画面。\n2 问：您可以读一下第 1.2 条吗。\n3 答：“唯一董事认为收购一艘船体识别\n4 编号为：[……]的白令 70 船只符合本公司的最佳利益”\n5 问：可以了。您不用读那个了。\n6 价格是多少？\n7 答：2,130,000 美元。\n8 问：那笔资金是来自 G|CLUBS\n9 Operations 的借款吗？\n10 答：就我最好的记忆而言，是的。\n11 问：G Club Operations 是从哪里获得那 2,130,000 美元的？\n12 答：我们的会员——会员缴费。\n13 问：会员缴费？\n14 答：是的。\n15 芬克尔先生：请问能缩小画面吗。您能\n16 向下滑动吗。\n17 继续。\n18 问：您可以读一下右上角写着什么吗。\n19 答：游艇合同（Yacht Contract）。\n20 芬克尔先生：洛夫特斯女士，请缩小画面。\n21 问：是谁签署了那份合同？\n22 答：何先生。\n23 芬克尔先生：您可以撤下那个了。\n24 问：是否有过您与 Miles Guo（郭文贵）\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 谈论过这艘游艇的情况？\n2 答：是的。\n3 问：这艘游艇的名字是什么？\n4 答：自由号（Liberty）。\n5 问：您是什么时候与郭文贵谈论自由号的？\n6 答：我不太确定确切日期，但在 2022 年的某个时候。\n7 问：是在这艘船买下之后吗？\n8 答：我能看一下日期吗？\n9 问：当然。\n10 答：不好意思。\n11 芬克尔先生：洛夫特斯女士，如果能重新调出\n12 GC309。\n13 问：您看到这封电子邮件上的日期了吗？\n14 答：看到了。\n15 问：您是在游艇买下之后与郭谈论它的。\n16 答：是的。\n17 问：您是以何种方式与郭谈论该游艇的？\n18 答：那是一次关于这艘船存在一些——一些\n19 问题、一些机械问题的交谈。\n20 法庭：使用的是什么沟通形式？\n21 证人（THE WITNESS）：实体的，实体的。是当面交流。\n22 那是一次会议。\n23 问：这次会议是在哪里举行的？\n24 答：在纽约办事处。\n25 芬克尔先生：您可以撤下那个了，洛夫特斯女士。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 问：还有谁参加了会议？\n2 答：据我回忆，有船长（在 Zoom 视频连线中）、\n3 伊薇特、麦克斯（Max）。我记得的就是这些人。\n4 问：您为什么要参加与郭、伊薇特、\n5 麦克斯和船长的这次会议？\n6 答：我被要求参加这次会议。\n7 问：谁要求的？\n8 答：据我最好的记忆，是伊薇特。\n9 问：郭关于这艘游艇说了什么？\n10 答：他们谈论了机械方面的问题，谈到不那么\n11 安全，因为——前面好像有个洞。\n12 问：前面有个洞这些话是郭说的？\n13 答：是船长和他之间的对话，但是——我\n14 记不清具体细节了。\n15 问：在通话/交谈期间，郭是否解释过他是如何知道这艘游艇有问题的？\n16 答：我不记得有。\n17 问：G|CLUBS 会员能够使用自由号吗？\n18 答：据我所知不能。\n19 问：当时是否有任何到位的流程允许 G|CLUBS 会员\n20 租用自由号？\n21 答：没有。\n22 问：您亲眼见过自由号吗？\n23 答：见过。\n24 问：在哪里？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 答：在游艇码头。\n2 问：哪个游艇码头？\n3 答：我不知道名字。\n4 问：在哪个州？\n5 答：New Jersey（新泽西州）。\n6 问：你为什么会在新泽西州的一个游艇码头看到“自由号”（Liberty）游艇？你为什么去那里？\n7\n8 答：在……在开完会之后，我想去看看出了什么问题，所以我就亲自去看了看那个……那个洞，还有比如没有护栏之类的情况。\n9\n10\n11 问：“自由号”游艇后来怎么样了？\n12 答：它最终被卖掉了。\n13 问：你为什么决定卖掉“自由号”游艇？\n14 答：不是我决定卖船的。\n15 问：是谁决定卖船的？\n16 答：据我所知，是He先生决定的。\n17 问：你有没有问过He先生为什么想卖掉这艘船？\n18 答：别人告诉我的是，因为这艘船不安全，不适航。\n19\n20 问：G|CLUBS后来有没有购买过露营房车？\n21\n22 答：有的。\n23 问：你是怎么知道这件事的，关于露营房车的事？\n24 答：也是通过一笔贷款。\n25 问：你是怎么知道的？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法庭记录员公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 答：那是发过来的一项申请。我不能完全确定是Yvette还是He先生提出来的。\n2\n3 问：Yvette还是谁？\n4 答：He先生。\n5 问：那辆露营房车是你选定的吗？\n6 答：不，不是我。\n7 问：你知道是谁选的吗？\n8 答：不知道。\n9 问：你知道那辆露营房车花了多少钱吗？\n10 答：我不记得了。\n11 FINKEL先生：请调出政府方证物GX GC365。\n12 问：这封电子邮件的主题是什么？\n13 答：G Club International Limited（G俱乐部国际有限公司）决议。追加资产购买。\n14\n15 问：露营房车也是以同样的方式购买的吗，即由G|CLUBS Operations向BVI（英属维尔京群岛公司）提供贷款？\n16\n17 答：据我所知，是的。\n18 问：G|CLUBS Operations汇给BVI的钱，是从哪里来的？\n19\n20 答：会员费。\n21 FINKEL先生：请缩小画面。\n22 翻到下一页。\n23 继续翻。停在那里。\n24 问：你能读一下顶部第二行的英文吗？就在那里。\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法庭记录员公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 答：“新机动车辆/拖车的具有约束力的订单。”\n2 FINKEL先生：请缩小画面。\n3 问：右下角的价格是多少？\n4 答：343,235.29。\n5 问：谁签署了那份文件？\n6 答：He先生。\n7 FINKEL先生：请缩小画面。\n8 问：顶部的公司名称是什么？\n9 答：SOD，Stone Off Road。\n10 问：据你所知，那辆露营房车是在哪里制造的？\n11 答：如果我没记错的话，是在德国。\n12 问：那辆露营房车后来交付了吗？\n13 答：据我所知没有。\n14 FINKEL先生：可以撤下那份文件了。\n15 我们调出被标记为GC551号以待确认的证物。\n16\n17 问：这封电子邮件的发件人和收件人是谁？\n18 答：是Pablo发给我的。\n19 FINKEL先生：政府方提呈GC551号证物。\n20 KAMARAJU先生：没有异议。\n21 法庭：准予采纳。\n22 （政府方GC551号证物已被采纳为证据）\n23 FINKEL先生：请向法庭出示该证物。\n24 主问人：FINKEL先生：\n25 问：Pablo是谁？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法庭记录员公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 答：Pablo是一名律师。\n2 问：Pablo发给你的这封邮件抄送给了谁？\n3 答：Victor。\n4 问：Victor全名叫什么？\n5 答：Cerda。\n6 问：这封电子邮件的主题是什么？\n7 答：G Club传票。\n8 问：日期是哪一天？\n9 答：2022年6月13日。\n10 FINKEL先生：请缩小画面。你能放大一下底部吗？\n11\n12 问：这封电子邮件是谁发来的？\n13 答：Juliana Murray。\n14 问：这封邮件的正文是什么？\n15 答：抱歉？\n16 问：邮件的正文、内容是什么？从Pablo开始，你能读一下吗？\n17\n18 答：好的。“感谢您同意代表您的客户G Club Operations LLC接受所附传票的送达。如果您有任何疑问，请告知我们。”\n19\n20\n21 FINKEL先生：你可以缩小画面了。\n22 问：你得知G|CLUBS在2022年6月13日收到了一份传票吗？\n23\n24 答：是的。\n25 问：Reyes女士，当你最初得知这件事时，你当时知道什么是传票吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法庭记录员公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1\n2 答：不知道。\n3 问：你后来理解传票是什么？\n4 答：那是政府就不同指控进行的一项……一项调查问询。\n5\n6 问：得知G|CLUBS收到了政府发来的传票，你感觉如何？\n7\n8 答：我不知……我不知道那……那是怎么回事，我很担心，因为牵涉到了政府。\n9\n10 问：你说你当时感到什么？\n11 答：担心。\n12 问：你和Ana讨论过这份传票吗？\n13 答：在某个时候讨论过，是的。\n14 问：Ana后来离开G|CLUBS了吗？\n15 答：是的。\n16 问：她大约是什么时候离开的？\n17 答：2022年9月。\n18 问：据你所知，Ana离开的原因是什么？\n19 KAMARAJU先生：反对。\n20 法庭：反对无效。你可以回答。\n21 答：她递交辞职信时说她找到了另一份工作，事情就是这样，而且在某个时候她担心自己的执照会被吊销。\n22\n23\n24 问：你说担心执照被吊销是什么意思？\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法庭记录员公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 答：比如她……比如她的律师执照。\n2 问：大约在G|CLUBS收到政府传票的时候，你有自己的个人律师吗？\n3\n4 答：没有，我没有。\n5 问：你提出过要请律师吗？\n6 答：在某个时候我提过，是的。\n7 问：你向谁提过？\n8 答：据我所知，是向法律顾问提的。\n9 问：关于你是否能有自己的个人律师，别人是怎么对你说的？\n10\n11 答：别人告诉我我不需要，如果他们认为我需要，他们会让我知道。\n12\n13 问：没有为你提供个人律师，这让你感觉如何？\n14\n15 KAMARAJU先生：反对。歪曲证词。\n16 法庭：你可以说明你的感受。\n17 答：感到未被重视，因为我提出过这个要求。\n18 问：你说的“未被重视”是什么意思？\n19 答：就像他们根本没有真正为我着想，尽管我已经提出了要求。\n20\n21 法庭：请提高音量。\n22 证人：抱歉。\n23 问：Reyes女士，在G|CLUBS收到传票之后，你见过Miles Guo（郭文贵）吗？\n24\n25 答：当面见吗？我想是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法庭记录员公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 问：在哪里？\n2 答：在纽约办公室。\n3 问：你去过The Sherry-Netherland（雪莉-尼德兰酒店）吗？\n4 答：去过。\n5 问：你为什么去雪莉-尼德兰酒店？\n6 答：是去吃晚饭。\n7 问：和谁一起？\n8 答：Guo先生、Alex和Yvette。\n9 问：这是在G|CLUBS收到传票之后吗？\n10 答：是的。\n11 问：在晚宴期间，Miles Guo对你说了什么？\n12 答：那就像是一个感谢晚宴，感谢我们在……在G|CLUBS所做的工作；在谈话过程中，他询问了我的家庭和个人情况，期间还有一段谈话大概是讲他哥哥因为政治观点而被杀害，以及这如何意味着他这个人值得信任或者忠于他……忠于他的信仰。\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18 问：那是你唯一一次和Miles Guo共进晚餐吗？\n19 答：是的。\n20 问：在晚宴期间，Miles Guo有没有提到任何关于忠诚的事情？\n21\n22 答：提到了。\n23 问：关于忠诚，他说了什么？\n24 答：他提到……比如他哥哥如何忠于自己的信仰，并为此付出了生命。\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法庭记录员公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 问：还有什么？\n2 答：他为此付出了生命。\n3 问：这段关于忠诚的谈话，是在G|CLUBS收到传票之后发生的吗？\n4\n5 KAMARAJU先生：法官阁下，已问过且已作答。\n6 法庭：反对成立。\n7 FINKEL先生：我看现在是11:30了。现在适合休庭吗？\n8\n9 法庭：虽然现在是11:30，但由于我们开始得晚，我们将继续进行到中午12点，然后休庭。我们将在12:30返回，2:30再次休庭。\n10\n11\n12 继续吧。\n13 FINKEL先生：好的。谢谢法官阁下。\n14 Loftus女士，我们可以撤下那份文件了。\n15 主问人：FINKEL先生：\n16 问：后来G|CLUBS有没有起诉Crane？\n17 答：起诉了。\n18 问：作为G|CLUBS的首席执行官，你在决定起诉Crane一事中发挥了什么作用（如果有的话）？\n19\n20 答：我没有发挥作用。\n21 问：你是否曾参与过与Miles Guo讨论关于Crane款项的电话通话？\n22\n23 答：据我不记得有。\n24 问：在G|CLUBS起诉Crane之后，是否有过仲裁程序？\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法庭记录员公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 答：有的。\n2 问：当时你有自己的个人律师吗？\n3 答：没有，我没有。\n4 问：有人要求你在那次仲裁程序中作证吗？\n5 答：有的。\n6 问：你想作证吗？\n7 答：不想。\n8 问：你表示过你不想作证吗？\n9 答：表示过。\n10 问：别人是怎么对你说的？\n11 答：说因为我是首席执行官，所以我必须去。\n12 问：这让你感觉如何？\n13 答：感到不安。我这么做觉得很不自在。\n14 问：通常来说，在进行该仲裁程序时，你对G|CLUBS的感觉如何？\n15\n16 答：我感到担忧、压力很大；有很多事情我不明白。\n17\n18 问：你是否在该仲裁程序中作证了？\n19 答：是的。\n20 问：在仲裁程序中，是否有人指示你具体要说些什么？\n21\n22 答：指我将要谈论的内容吗？\n23 问：在仲裁程序开始之前，是否有人指示你在仲裁过程中具体要说些什么？\n24\n25 答：没有。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法庭记录员公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 问：你参加仲裁程序时是否怀有说谎的意图？\n2\n3 答：没有。\n4 问：你对仲裁庭完全坦白了吗？\n5 答：有一些不准确的地方。\n6 问：你的证词中有哪些不准确之处？\n7 答：据我所知，在我提到Yvette和Guo先生时，我没有将他列入推广G|CLUBS的人员之中。还有礼宾服务。这些是我能记起来的事情。\n8\n9\n10 问：你在仲裁程序中作证时，是如何描述Yvette的？\n11\n12 答：描述为一名代表。\n13 问：而且该仲裁证词是在宣誓后作出的吗？\n14 答：是的。\n15 问：Yvette仅仅是一名代表吗？\n16 答：我听到别人是这样描述她的，但她会就其他事情作出指示并……提供建议。\n17\n18 问：你刚才还提到了礼宾服务？\n19 答：是的。\n20 问：关于礼宾服务，你是怎么对仲裁庭说的？\n21\n22 答：是……拥有礼宾服务。他们是这么称呼的。但它其实更像是一种客户服务。\n23\n24 问：所以当你对仲裁庭说有礼宾服务时，那是真的吗？\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法庭记录员公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n1 答：不是真的。\n2 问：你在仲裁证词中还提到……提到了一些关于Guo的事情。关于Guo，你说了什么不正确的内容？\n3\n4\n5 答：我没有将他列入推广G|CLUBS的人员中。\n6 问：Guo参与了G|CLUBS的推广吗？\n7 答：是的。\n8 问：当你告诉仲裁庭他没有参与，或者你没有向仲裁庭说明他参与了G|CLUBS的推广时，那是真的吗？\n9\n10\n11 答：那是不准确的。\n12 问：G|CLUBS在Crane仲裁案中胜诉了吗？\n13 答：抱歉？你能再说一遍吗。\n14 问：G|CLUBS在Crane仲裁中赢了吗？\n15 答：我不确定。\n16 FINKEL先生：请调出政府方证物GX GC377。\n17 问：这封电子邮件的发件人是谁？\n18 答：是我。\n19 问：收件人是谁？\n20 答：He先生。\n21 问：这是关于什么的？\n22 答：G|CLUBS贷款文件以及关于Hamilton数字资产的决议。\n23\n24 问：什么是Hamilton数字资产？\n25 答：我不能完全确定。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法庭记录员公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 问：你附上的这些文件，发送给 Mr. He（何先生）的，\n2 这些文件的目的是什么？\n3 答：它们是贷款文件和决议。\n4 问：为了什么？\n5 答：特别是针对本案而言，将收益投资于\n6 Hamilton Digital Assets（汉密尔顿数字资产）。\n7 问：在决定是否将 G|CLUBS 的资金投资于 Hamilton Digital Assets 方面，\n8 你起到了什么作用（如果有的话）？\n9 答：我没有任何作用。\n10 问：你的理解是什么——好吧，撤回。\n11 你有没有问过何先生为什么要把 G|CLUBS 的资金\n12 投资于 Hamilton Digital Assets？\n13 答：据我回忆没有。\n14 问：你问过 Yvette（伊薇特）吗？\n15 答：据我回忆没有。\n16 问：你能读一下你邮件中的第 2 项和第 3 项吗。\n17 答：G Club International Limited BVI（G俱乐部国际有限公司 英属维尔京群岛）决议同意\n18 本公司通过决议向 G Club Operations（G俱乐部运营公司）\n19 申请6000万美元贷款。\n20 G Club International Limited BVI 决议 II。\n21 同意、批准并授权将\n22 460,549,275.17美元投资于 Hamilton Digital Assets。\n23 问：你能读一下底部写着“请注意”的星号部分吗。\n24 答：“请注意：13,450,724.83美元的差额被视作\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法庭速记公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 缓冲资金，用于支付本年度剩余时间内的\n2 任何额外资产购买/投资。”\n3 问：对于为什么那笔 46,549,275.17美元如此\n4 具体，你的理解是什么？\n5 答：我不知道。\n6 MR. FINKEL（芬克尔先生）：请缩小显示，我们能\n7 翻到下一页吗。\n8 问：你能读一下写着“鉴于”的地方吗。\n9 答：“鉴于，唯一成员认为以 2.2 年利率向\n10 唯一成员出借 6000万美元符合本公司的\n11 最佳利益，具体条款和条件进一步\n12 规定于作为附件 A 附于本决议的\n13 贷款协议中。”\n14 芬克尔先生：缩小显示。我们能不能往下\n15 滚动。\n16 再往下滚一些。Loftus 女士（洛夫特斯女士），请在第 1 段放大显示。\n17\n18 问：你能读第一项，1.1 吗。\n19 答：“唯一董事和本公司有意\n20 将 46,549,275.17美元的收益投资于 Hamilton Digital Assets\n21 FDSP。”\n22 芬克尔先生：我们能缩小显示吗。\n23 问：底部指明的唯一董事是谁？\n24 答：何先生。\n25 芬克尔先生：如果我们能调出政府证据物 GX GC497，我相信\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 它已采纳为证据。\n2 问：这份文件是发给谁的？\n3 答：G Club Operations，我。\n4 问：还有什么？\n5 答：我。\n6 问：Lawall & Mitchell 是什么？\n7 答：是我们聘请的一家律师事务所。\n8 芬克尔先生：现在不需要放大那部分。\n9 谢谢。\n10 问：在 Lawall & Mitchell 工作并与 G|CLUBS\n11 产生业务往来的律师是哪一位？\n12 答：Aaron（亚伦）。\n13 问：是谁决定为 G|CLUBS 聘请 Lawall & Mitchell 的亚伦？\n14 答：据我最准确的回忆，是 Victor（维克多）处理了\n15 这件事。\n16 问：Victor Cerda（维克多·塞尔达）？\n17 答：是的。\n18 问：在决定聘请 Aaron Mitchell（亚伦·米切尔）方面，你起到了任何作用吗？\n19 答：不，我没有。\n20 问：你能读一下第一段，“如你所知”吗。\n21 答：“如你所知，在2021年9月29日或前后，G Club\n22 Operations LLC 聘请了 Lawall & Mitchell LLC 就其与\n23 Crane Advisory Group, LLC（克兰咨询集团有限责任公司）的争议向 G Club 提供咨询\n24 并代表 G Club。”\n25 问：请继续。你能读下一段吗。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 答：“关于上述仲裁，\n2 仲裁员指示 Crane Advisory Group 向 G Club 转入\n3 若干资金。为了便于转账，在以下日期或前后，\n4 我的第三方托管账户收到了以下 11 笔\n5 电汇，总计 46,549,275.17美元。”\n6 问：对于信中写道“我的第三方托管账户收到了以下 11 笔\n7 电汇”，你的理解是什么意思？\n8 答：他有一个托管账户，资金收到了那里。\n9 问：来自 Crane 的资金？\n10 答：是的。\n11 问：对于亚伦·米切尔为什么从 Crane 收到资金，\n12 你的理解是什么（如果有的话）？\n13 答：他是 Crane 事项上的律师，有人要求\n14 设立一个托管账户，他的律所就是托管方。\n15 芬克尔先生：请缩小显示。\n16 往下滚动。\n17 能放大“11月8日”那一段吗。\n18 好的。\n19 问：Reyes 女士（雷耶斯女士），请读一下那段。\n20 答：“2021年11月8日，根据 G Club 的指示，\n21 我从我的律师托管账户将上述款项（总计 46,549,275.17美元）\n22 转入了 Hamilton Digital Assets Fund SP；\n23 IMAD——”\n24 问：你不需要读那个号码。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 雷耶斯女士，你有向亚伦·\n2 米切尔发出指示，要求将上述总计 4600多万\n3 美元的款项转入 Hamilton Digital Assets 吗？\n4 答：不，我没有。\n5 问：你知道是谁发出的吗？\n6 答：我不确定。\n7 问：关于将这 4650万美元转入\n8 Hamilton Digital Assets 对 G|CLUBS 是否是个好主意，有咨询过你的意见吗？\n9 答：据我回忆没有。\n10 问：当你是 CEO 时，关于将 4650万美元转入\n11 Hamilton Digital Assets 对 G|CLUBS 是否是个好主意，你有过任何倾向性看法吗？\n12 答：不，我没有。\n13 芬克尔先生：可以撤下那个了。\n14 我们能调出 GX GC380 吗。\n15 请调出第 380 号。抱歉。\n16 洛夫特斯女士，实际上能把那个放在屏幕\n17 左侧吗。\n18 能放大顶部的邮件吗。\n19 芬克尔先生继续提问：\n20 问：这封邮件是谁发来的？\n21 答：来自 Alex（亚历克斯）。\n22 问：抄送给你了吗？\n23 答：是的。\n24 问：发给谁的？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 答：David Fallon（戴维·法伦）。\n2 问：谁是 David Fallon？\n3 答：David Fallon 是喜马拉雅交易所的员工之一。\n4 问：Alex 写给 David 什么内容？你能读一下吗？\n5 答：“早上好，David。请接受本邮件作为\n6 确认，我们希望增加对我们 Hamilton PE Fund SP（汉密尔顿私募股权基金独立投资组合）的认购金额，\n7 金额为 46,549,275.17美元。”\n8 问：很好。你可以停在那里。\n9 雷耶斯女士，关于是否增加 G|CLUBS 在\n10 Hamilton PE Fund 的认购金额，你参与过任何讨论吗？\n11 答：据我回忆没有。\n12 芬克尔先生：请缩小显示。\n13 能往下滚动吗。\n14 就停在那里。\n15 洛夫特斯女士，实际上如果能稍微往上一点点。\n16 好的。\n17 问：你能读一下 David Fallon 在2021年11月9日\n18 写了什么吗。\n19 答：“早上好，Alex，我看到以下金额已存入\n20 基金银行账户。为了基金行政管理人的记录，请\n21 提供以下材料：\n22 “针对本次转账与 Lawall & Mitchell LLC 关系的证明。\n23\n24 “我们的基金行政管理人需要知道通过\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 律所汇出的款项属于 G|CLUBS。\n2 “以及认购增加金额的确认邮件。\n3 也就是说你们正在增加对 Hamilton Digital Assets SP 的认购。”\n4 问：在那下方是一张图片，上面写着“描述：\n5 入账汇款”。我读得对吗？\n6 答：是的。\n7 问：在那下方，在……之后写着什么——\n8 法官：能放大那个吗。\n9 噢，屏幕有问题吗？\n10 你需要去洗手间？好的。那我们休息一下。\n11 休息一下，十分钟后回来。\n12 芬克尔先生：现在适合作为午休时间还是——\n13 法官：嗯，实际上，我现在看到已经\n14 11:45了。所以我们现在休庭，12:30返回。\n15 不要与任何人或在你们彼此之间讨论本案。不要允许任何人在你们\n16 面前讨论本案。不要阅读、收听或观看来自任何涉及\n17 本案案由的信息源的任何内容。\n18 （陪审团退庭）\n19 法官：你可以离开法庭。\n20 记住不要讨论你的证词。\n21 （证人退庭）\n22 法官：请就座。\n23 在我们返回之前，双方有任何事项吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 MR. KAMARAJU（卡马拉朱先生）：辩方没有，法官阁下。\n2 芬克尔先生：只是政府方和辩方正在讨论的一个\n3 后勤事务问题。我只想向法庭提一下。目前\n4 不需要法庭介入，因为双方仍在讨论，但我们的下一位\n5 证人是一名 FBI（联邦调查局）分析师。她在周四\n6 上午有一个无法改期的预约。但她周四\n7 下午有空。我们通知了辩方这位 FBI 分析师将是\n8 下一位——嗯，雷耶斯女士之后的下一位。因此看来，\n9 取决于雷耶斯女士何时作证结束的时间，\n10 该证人有可能在今天结束时仍处于作证状态，\n11 并且周四上午无法返回，必须再次回来完成证词。因此\n12 我们或者可以那样做，如果法官阁下同意且\n13 辩方同意——政府方没有偏好——或者\n14 我们可以直接传唤其后的证人，即来自\n15 Morgan Stanley（摩根士丹利）的一名银行家。\n16 法官：你是说周四下午传唤该证人？\n17 芬克尔先生：所以关于那位分析师，如果我们今天没有完成对她的询问，\n18 她周四上午将无法完成证词，所以她可以在周四下午返回\n19 完成证词，因此在那层意义上顺序会被打乱。\n20\n21 法官：明白了。法庭认为可以。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 芬克尔先生：好的。双方将进行商讨并\n2 告知法庭。\n3 法官：谢谢。\n4 芬克尔先生：谢谢法官阁下。\n5 （午休）\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 下午庭审\n2 下午 12:31\n3 （陪审团不在庭）\n4 法官：请传唤证人。\n5 芬克尔先生：法官阁下，仅出于我们自己的规划\n6 目的，下午的休庭时间会更短以弥补今天\n7 上午较长休庭的时间，还是仍为同样的\n8 30分钟？\n9 法官：你在提出请求吗？\n10 芬克尔先生：是的。我们请求稍微缩短\n11 休庭时间以弥补失去的时间。\n12 法官：可以。\n13 芬克尔先生：谢谢。\n14 法官：请传陪审员。\n15 法官助理：陪审团入庭。\n16 （陪审团在庭）\n17 法官：请就座。雷耶斯女士，记住\n18 你仍处于宣誓状态。你可以继续询问。\n19 芬克尔先生：谢谢法官阁下。\n20 芬克尔先生继续提问：\n21 问：洛夫特斯女士，能否出示 GC-380。我相信\n22 我们在午休前曾展示过这份文件。洛夫特斯女士，你可以放大\n23 图像。\n24 雷耶斯女士，汇款下面写着什么？\n25 答：Original Lawall & Mitchell（原始汇款人：Lawall & Mitchell）。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n1 问：洛夫特斯女士，在屏幕右侧能否调出\n2 第 19 页的 GXZ-12。洛夫特斯女士，能否放大\n3 屏幕左侧的入账金额。\n4 雷耶斯女士，你屏幕右侧的文件，\n5 Z-12，你以前见过那份文件吗？\n6 答：没有。\n7 问：你能读一下 Lawall & Mitchell, LLC 与\n8 Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC（汉密尔顿机会基金独立投资组合公司）之间箭头旁的数字吗？\n9 答：46,549,275。\n10 问：那个数字和屏幕左侧的数字\n11 一样吗？\n12 答：是的。\n13 问：你能读一下中间方框中的 Hamilton Opportunity\n14 Fund SP 与下方方框中的 Hamilton Opportunity Fund SP\n15 之间的数字吗？\n16 答：46,549,275。\n17 问：我们可以撤下那个。我们能否调出 GC-433。\n18 这是一封2021年6月21日的邮件；对吗？\n19 答：是的。\n20 问：你把这封邮件发给谁了？\n21 答：何先生。\n22 问：你能从“感谢”开始读你写的内容吗。\n23 答：感谢提供签署的文件。随信附上\n24 完整签署的贷款协议供您存档。我们已经\n25 提交了电汇申请。这 5000万美元将\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 按如下所述分两笔汇出。周一\n2 电汇3500万。\n3 法庭：你能高亮显示正在宣读的内容吗，\n4 因为字太小了我看不清。请继续。\n5 证人：今天2021年6月21日。第二笔电汇。2021年\n6 6月23日周三电汇1500万。如果您有任何问题或\n7 疑虑，请随时联系我。\n8 问：洛夫特斯女士（Ms. Loftus），请往下翻。上面写了什么？\n9 答：这是一份贷款协议。\n10 问：在谁与谁之间？\n11 答：G/Club Operations与G/Club International Limited之间。\n12 问：G/Clubs Operations位于何处？\n13 答：波多黎各。\n14 问：International Limited位于何处？\n15 答：BVI（英属维尔京群岛）。\n16 问：您认得文件底部的\n17 签名缩写吗？\n18 答：认得。\n19 问：那是谁的？\n20 答：何先生和我的。\n21 问：洛夫特斯女士，请翻到下一页。\n22 雷耶斯女士（Ms. Reyes），顶部的日期是什么？\n23 答：2021年6月18日。\n24 问：洛夫特斯女士，请缩小视图。\n25 底部的资金用途，你能翻一下以便\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法庭记录公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 我们能看到两页吗。你能宣读资金用途吗？\n2 答：借款人拟使用贷款增加\n3 对Hamilton Digital Assets FD SP的投资，该公司注册于\n4 开曼群岛，注册地址位于McGrath\n5 Tonner Corporate Services Limited, genesis building, 5th floor,\n6 genesis Close PO Box 446, Grand Cayman KYI 1106, Cayman\n7 Islands。为提高效率，借款人已要求\n8 贷款人代表其将贷款收益直接发送给\n9 收款人。\n10 问：你去过开曼群岛的那个地点，即\n11 那个邮箱地址吗？\n12 答：没有，我没去过。\n13 问：请缩小视图并往上翻。在第一项下，\n14 谁是贷款人？\n15 答：G/Clubs Operations LLC。\n16 问：借款人是BVI公司？\n17 答：是的。\n18 问：请缩小视图。\n19 在第二项下，第二项资金用途下的\n20 收款人是谁？\n21 答：我要读出来吗？\n22 问：第二项下的收款人是谁？\n23 答：Hamilton Digital Assets FD SP。\n24 问：在本案中，G/Club Operations将款项直接汇给了\n25 Hamilton；对吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 答：我记不太清了，但上面是这么写的。\n2 问：据您所知，是否曾向\n3 G/Club Operation进行过任何还款？\n4 答：据我回忆没有。\n5 问：我们可以把这个撤下。能否出示已作为\n6 证据采纳的GXGC-198。这是一封来自谁的电子邮件？\n7 答：您能重复一遍吗。\n8 问：这是一封来自谁的电子邮件？\n9 答：何先生。\n10 问：他发给谁的？\n11 答：发给我的。\n12 问：你能读一下何先生在“祝好”下面写的内容吗？\n13 答：由于我们在伦敦的项目进展顺利，想\n14 请求将贷款协议的剩余金额转给\n15 Fiesta Property Developments Limited。贷款协议金额为1000万\n16 英镑。目前我们已收到1000万美元。一旦金额\n17 确认，将提供账户。\n18 问：雷耶斯女士，Fiesta Property Developments LTD是什么？\n19 答：我不知道。\n20 问：伦敦有哪些项目进展顺利？您\n21 理解这是什么意思吗？\n22 答：我不知道。\n23 问：还有1000万GBP，您知道GBP是什么意思吗？\n24 答：英镑。\n25 问：洛夫特斯女士，能否仅向证人出示已标记待辨认的\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 GXGC-544。您可以\n2 翻到文件末尾。\n3 您认得那个签名吗？\n4 答：认得。\n5 问：那是谁的？\n6 答：何先生的。\n7 问：请往上翻。您认得那个\n8 签名吗？\n9 答：认得。\n10 问：是谁的？\n11 答：Zee。\n12 芬克尔先生（MR. FINKEL）：政府方申请将GC-544作为证据采纳。\n13 卡马拉朱先生（MR. KAMARAJU）：法官阁下，我可以提出一个预先审查（voir dire）问题吗？\n14 法庭：请提问。\n15 卡马拉朱先生：在与政府方会面之前，\n16 雷耶斯女士，您以前见过这份文件吗？\n17 证人：没有，我没见过。\n18 卡马拉朱先生：反对。\n19 法庭：请继续。\n20 （政府方证据GC-544被采纳为证据）\n21 芬克尔先生继续提问：\n22 问：洛夫特斯女士，请展示该文件，并翻到\n23 第一页。\n24 这份文件上写了什么？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 答：授信协议（Facility agreement）。\n2 问：继续。\n3 答：由G/Club Operations LLC与Jovial Century\n4 International Limited以及Fiesta Property Developments LTD之间签署。\n5 问：洛夫特斯女士，请翻到下一页。\n6 你能读一下授信项下写了什么吗？\n7 答：贷款人在此同意向借款人出借不超过\n8 1000万英镑的金额。\n9 问：根据这份文件，谁是贷款人？\n10 答：G/Club Operations, LLC。\n11 问：谁是借款人？\n12 答：Jovial Century International Limited。\n13 问：谁是收款人？\n14 答：Fiesta Property Developments LTD。\n15 芬克尔先生：带着活页夹走向证人。\n16 问：雷耶斯女士，请翻阅一下那个活页夹。\n17 雷耶斯女士，您之前审阅过活页夹里的\n18 文件吗？\n19 答：审阅过。\n20 问：活页夹里最终收录的文件是您挑选的吗？\n21 答：不，不是我挑选的。\n22 问：活页夹里的文件是谁签署的？\n23 答：何先生。\n24 芬克尔先生：法官阁下，我陈述该活页夹\n25 包含GX1GC-519、523、524、529、535、349、373、177。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 政府方提请将这些文件作为证据采纳。\n2 卡马拉朱先生：法官阁下，申请进行片刻预先审查。\n3 法庭：请便。\n4 卡马拉朱先生提问：\n5 问：雷耶斯女士，在与政府方会面之前，您\n6 是否见过这些文件，即芬克尔先生\n7 刚才递给您的活页夹里的那些文件？\n8 答：我见过这些文件的格式。我不记得\n9 其中的全部文件了。\n10 问：他向您展示的具体文件，您之前\n11 见过吗？\n12 答：我具体记不清全部文件了。\n13 问：除了认出文件上的签名之外，您\n14 还认得那些文件吗？\n15 答：我认得文件的格式。\n16 问：但不是文件本身，对吗？\n17 答：不一定是全部文件。\n18 卡马拉朱先生：维持同样的反对理由。\n19 法庭：你认得哪些？你说不是\n20 全部，我的问题是你认得哪些？\n21 证人：我不一定全能\n22 记住。\n23 法庭：请两位律师上前。\n24 （续见下页）\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 （在法官席旁谈话）\n2 法庭：那么，如果仅仅是格式和\n3 签名，而她无法认出文件本身，我将不得不\n4 撤销我对刚才采纳文件的采纳决定，而且我\n5 不会准许其他文件提交进来。\n6 芬克尔先生：法官阁下，根据《联邦证据规则》第901(b)(2)和(b)(4)条，\n7 该规则允许根据对签名的辨认\n8 以及文件的显著特征来确定真实性，我认为\n9 该要求已达到真实性的门槛要求，\n10 原因有几点：法官阁下可以随意\n11 查阅这些文件，它们具有相同的显著排版格式，事实上\n12 她熟悉其他已在无异议情况下作为证据采纳的\n13 文件的总体格式。这些材料\n14 从表面上看均来自涉入本案的实体，\n15 且均由何先生签署。她已经\n16 认出并鉴真了该签名。此外，\n17 我可以向法庭陈述，这些材料是由\n18 G/Clubs向政府方提供的。上面编有G/Clubs的\n19 贝茨编码（Bates stamps）。这是法庭可以\n20 考量的另一个因素。\n21 法庭：它们编有贝茨编码？\n22 芬克尔先生：是的。如果法庭需要，我有相关判例。\n23 恩格尔迈尔法官（Judge Engelmayer）在2012年的一起民事案件中，\n24 适用第901条作出裁定：地区法院对证据的可采性\n25 享有广泛的自由裁量权。参见890 F. Supp. 2nd\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 278至298。根据《联邦证据规则》第901条进行真实性鉴真的检验标准，\n2 仅在于理性陪审员是否能认定\n3 所提交证据的真实性，并援引了第901(a)条下的\n4 若干判例。根据第901(a)条，“证据真实性鉴真的门槛\n5 并不是特别高。”援引2007年第二巡回法院的\n6 U.S. v. Ardiglia案，以及2001年第二巡回法院的\n7 一个判例。恩格尔迈尔法官继续指出，提出证据的一方\n8 无需排除与真实性不符的所有可能性，\n9 也无需排除合理怀疑地证明证据确系其所\n10 声称的事物，再次援引了第二巡回法院的判例。\n11 相反，一份文件可以根据其\n12 “外观、内容、实质内容、内部模式或其他\n13 显著特征，并结合具体情况”来进行真实性鉴真，\n14 援引第901(b)(4)条。且情况证据可以\n15 确立真实性，援引了若干判例。此类证据可以\n16 包括文件的外观和内容，等等。\n17 因此，法官阁下，根据援引第二巡回法院判例的该等判例法，\n18 我认为我们显然达到了这一门槛。而根据\n19 第904条的初步问题，政府方必须证明的标准是优势证据。\n20 正如恩格尔迈尔法官所阐述的，\n21 真实性鉴真的门槛并不是特别高。\n22 没有证据表明这些文件不具有真实性。\n23 因此，问题在于这些文件是否足以\n24 让陪审员得出结论，当然辩方完全可以\n25 就这些具体文件进行交叉询问，并就其真实性\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n1 发表任何他们想发表的辩论意见，但我们\n2 已经达到了我们的证明门槛。\n3 法庭：我非常钦佩恩格尔迈尔法官。\n4 他曾担任马歇尔大法官（Justice Marshall）的法官助理。因此，如果你能逐一\n5 过一遍这些文件，并指出恩格尔迈尔法官阐述得如此\n6 有力的那些特征，我会考虑予以采纳。卡马拉朱先生。\n7 卡马拉朱先生：好吧，法官阁下，我想提两点。\n8 首先，所谓没有证据表明文件不真实的说法\n9 没有切中要害。提出证明证据真实性的举证责任在他们一方。\n10 第二，芬克尔先生引用的所有判例法\n11 都没有解决法官阁下提出的具体问题，即\n12 您是否可以将贝茨编号作为真实性问题来考量。\n13 我认为没有任何判例法支持该主张。\n14 法庭：我认为他刚才说有一个判例。\n15 卡马拉朱先生：我没听到他宣读的那个判例。\n16 法庭：他正在找那个判例。\n17 卡马拉朱先生：那在他查找期间。第三点，\n18 关于是否可以通过签名来鉴真文件的问题。\n19 第901条实际规定的是，你可以采纳非专家证人\n20 关于笔迹属实的意见，对吧。\n21 因此，你可以鉴真笔迹，但这并不意味着你\n22 鉴真了整份文件。你必须能够\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n说是某人的签名，而且我认得这份文件本身是什么。坦白讲，证明这些文件不具备独特性特征等要素的最佳证据，就是政府提交了如此之多这类文件的事实。它们不是公司记录。据我所知，没有任何判例认定公司记录具有独特性。事实上，法官阁下在处理 First Abu Dhabi Bank（第一阿布扎比银行）记录时就稍微涉及过这个问题，当时政府在真实性方面提出了类似的论点。法官阁下当时表示，仅仅因为它们看起来像银行记录，并不意味着它们就是真实的。这并不能满足真实性认定的要求。就像我们说的 G/Clubs 唯一论坛这一事实，在——我会尽量回忆判例法。但我认为根据 Second Circuit（第二巡回法院）的任何判例法，这都不够具有独特性，而且我不确定 Finkel 先生是否引用过任何认为其具备独特性的判例。\nSHROFF 女士：能否请您给我 Engelmayer 法官案件的案号引文，以便我查阅。\nFINKEL 先生：是 890 F. Supp 278。回答法官阁下的第一个问题。法官——这实际上是 District of Connecticut（康涅狄格区法院）的一个案件，Faulkner 诉 Arista Records。不对，抱歉，是 SDNY（纽约南区联邦地区法院）的案件。797 F. Supp. 2d. 299。我不确定。我想是 Preska 法官判的。我也可能记错了。无论如何，该法院在分析中考量了所有文件均带有特定前缀的 Bates stamp（贝茨编号盖印）这一情况。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n为了直接回应辩方律师刚才所说的话。我想说明几点。首先，确实如此。关于签名是否真实的问题可以由证人来确定。Reyes 女士已经确定她熟悉何先生的签名。所有这些文件都是由何先生签署的。基于证人所言，这是证明何先生亲自签署了那些文件的真实性直接证据。还有其他情况——我认为仅凭这一点就足以证明其真实性。当法官阁下就 First Abu Dhabi 的记录作出裁定时，涉及的是关于 807 条传闻证据规则，即它们是否可以因其内容真实性而被采纳。那是另一项审查。与此处无关。我们当时没有保管链证人，也没有任何证人能够看着 First Abu Dhabi 银行的记录并指出是何先生签署了它们。Reyes 女士做到了这一点。\n表明其真实性的第二项间接及直接证据（同样，仅需达到初步举证门槛），是这些文件看起来与那些文件一模一样，在格式上非常相似——事实上 Reyes 女士也是这么说的——与另一份贷款协议相似。第三项情况，法官阁下，是的，我作为法庭官员陈述，它们是由 G/Clubs 提供给政府的，并且它们带有 G/Clubs 的贝茨编号盖印。这是另一个事实。第四项情况是文件本身的内容，法官阁下可以自由审阅和查看，那些文件的内容涉及贷款以及\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n本证人和其他证人已经作证过的其他因素，这些因素与诉讼程序相关，再次印证并支持了关于真实性的最低门槛认定。\n因此，虽然举证责任在政府一方，但这属于优势证据标准，法官阁下评估有哪些迹象表明它们不具真实性是合情合理的。而我尚未听到任何表明其不具真实性的证据，因此它们应当被采纳。\nKAMARAJU 先生：在法官阁下裁定之前，我想回应几点。首先，仅作一点澄清，我们针对 First Abu Dhabi 银行账户提出的论点同时涉及真实性以及剩余例外规则。法官阁下认定其既无法被证实真实性，也无法根据规则例外予以采纳。这是第一点。第二点，我很好奇 Finkel 先生引用的 Faulkner 案究竟是关于将证据采纳进入庭审记录，还是关于动议中的证据采纳，因为我认为这两者适用的标准是不同的。第三，我认为，某人辨认出手迹这一事实，足以证实该文件是由该人签署的。但这不足以证实该文件的实质内容，也就是说，我能证明 Shroff 女士签署了一封信。但我不能进一步说那封信就是寄给法院的信，或者那封信就是寄给缓刑部门的信。我只能说我认出了那上面 Shroff 女士的手迹。\n第三，独特性特征。如果他们想要\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n逐一审查并让她指出有什么独特之处，好吧，也许她能做到。但在其他方面，我认为她的回答是：我大致认得这种格式。\nFINKEL 先生：如果我可以就此作个回应。证人可以那么做，但她并非必须这么做。法官阁下是此处的案件事实审理者，负责作出初步裁定，法官阁下您可以自由审阅这些文件，并将它们与已采纳的其他文件进行比对。关于 Engelmayer 法官的裁决意见，我不确定它是否涉及庭审——\nKAMARAJU 先生：我指的是 Faulkner 案。\nFINKEL 先生：Engelmayer 法官的裁决意见分析了 Rule 901（《联邦证据规则》第 901 条）。无论情况如何，第 901 条的规定都是相同的。第二点，仅引用纽约南区联邦地区法院的另一份裁决意见。很抱歉我记不清是哪位法官了。是另一起民事案件，但适用的同样是同一条规则，即第 901 条。对真实性的认定“可以完全基于间接证据”。引用第二巡回法院 U.S. 诉 Bagaric 案，706 F. 2d. 42。那是 1983 年的判例。其中的情况之一就是她辨认出了签名。还有其他我已经列举过的情况。综合所有这些情况，我坚信，我们已经达到了理性陪审员可以认定所提供证据具有真实性的标准。只需满足这一点即可。他们可以自由地就该文件对她进行交叉询问。他们可以自由地就该文件发表辩论意见，但我们已经达到了作出认定的举证门槛。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n以作出认定。\nSHROFF 女士：法官阁下，我想要这些案号引文，我们没有收到任何通知，这确实非常遗憾。所以如果您能把你刚才引用的判例案号发给我。我会离开法庭去查阅一下。但我很确信 Engelmayer 法官的案件是在民事语境下的。\nFINKEL 先生：那确实是一起民事案件。\nSHROFF 女士：而且我认为刑事案件与民事审判的要求应当是有所不同的。\nFINKEL 先生：第 901 条在民事案件和刑事审判中没有任何区别。在涉及对质条款问题的范围内（这也许是您所暗示的），证人就在证人席上，您可以就文件上的签名对她进行交叉询问。\n法庭：那么，对于你们想要采纳的每一份文件，你们是否都逐一核对过上面的签名了？\nFINKEL 先生：是的，我们当然可以这么做。它们全部都是由何先生签署的。\n法庭：我认为你们必须这么做，而且我认为你们必须询问其格式是否与该法人团体使用的其他文件一致。在此基础上，我将认定它们具有可采性。\nSHROFF 女士：能否请给我那些案号引文。\n（续接下页）\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n（在公开法庭进行；陪审团在场）\nKAMARAJU 先生：法官阁下，仅作一点澄清。法官席旁讨论时作出的裁定是适用于您之前采纳的物证，还是仅适用于活页夹里的内容？\n法庭：法官席旁讨论作出的裁定既适用于采纳第一份文件，也适用于随后采纳的文件。政府方将逐一核对每份文件。\n由 FINKEL 先生进行询问：\n问：Reyes 女士，请您看一下活页夹。在每一份特定文件上，您能否告知陪审团您是否认得文件上的任何签名？\n答：我认得所有文件上的签名。\n问：在每一份文件上您认出的都是谁的签名？\n答：何先生。\n问：我想您在回答辩方律师的提问时提到过，格式方面我想您说了熟悉或类似的话。您能描述一下您的意思吗？\n答：当贷款文件制作完成时，其中包含了一套所述文件包，同时也制定了决议，而决议的格式就和这里的这些一样。\nFINKEL 先生：政府方提请采纳政府物证 GC-519、523、524、529、535、349、373 以及 177。\n法庭：予以采纳。\n（政府物证 GC-519、GC-523、GC-524、GC-529、GC-535、GC-349、GC-373 及 GC-177 已作为证据接收）\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n由 FINKEL 先生进行询问：\n问：能否请我们为证人出示政府物证 GC-544。\n您可以翻到最后一页，Loftus 女士。倒数第二页。Reyes 女士，您认得这一页上的任何签名吗？\n答：认得。\n问：那是谁的签名？\n答：何先生。\n问：能否翻回前一页。\n这份文件第 14 页上是谁的签名？\n答：Zee。\n问：能否请向上滚动页面。在您任职于 G/Clubs 期间，您是否见过出借人为 G/Clubs Operations 的文件？\n答：见过。\nFINKEL 先生：法官阁下，政府方提请采纳 GC-544。\nKAMARAJU 先生：法官阁下，我坚持我的异议。\n法庭：予以采纳。\n（政府物证 GC-544 已作为证据接收）\n由 FINKEL 先生进行询问：\n问：可以撤下那份文件了。Loftus 女士，能否请您将待辨认物证 GC-515 出示给证人看。\n您认得这份文件上的签名吗？\n答：认得。\n问：这是谁的签名？\n答：何先生。\nFINKEL 先生：政府方提请采纳政府物证 GC-515。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\nKAMARAJU 先生：法官阁下，我们提出相同的异议。\n法庭：予以采纳。\n（政府物证 GC-515 已作为证据接收）\n由 FINKEL 先生进行询问：\n问：我们能否向陪审团公布该文件。这份文件上显示的转账金额是多少？\n答：有两笔转账。一笔是 2000 万，另一笔是 1500 万。\n问：我们可以撤下该文件了。Loftus 女士，能否请您仅向证人出示已标记为待辨认证据的政府物证 GC-378。\nReyes 女士，这是谁发来的电子邮件？\n答：何先生。\n问：由谁接收？\n答：我。\nFINKEL 先生：政府方提请采纳 GC-378。\nKAMARAJU 先生：无异议。\n法庭：予以采纳。\n（政府物证 GC-378 已作为证据接收）\n由 FINKEL 先生进行询问：\n问：我们可以撤下该文件了。如果可以的话，再出示一份 GC-232。\nReyes 女士，这是谁发来的电子邮件？\n答：我。\n问：发给谁的？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 直接询问\n答：何先生。\nFINKEL 先生：政府方提请采纳 GC-232。\nKAMARAJU 先生：无异议。\n法庭：予以采纳。\n（政府物证 GC-232 已作为证据接收）\n由 FINKEL 先生进行询问：\n问：我们可以撤下该文件了。能否请您将政府物证 GC-552 仅出示给证人作为待辨认证据。\nReyes 女士，您是否收到了这封日期为 2022 年 10 月 17 日的电子邮件？\n答：收到了。\nFINKEL 先生：政府方提请采纳政府物证 GC-552。\nKAMARAJU 先生：无异议。\n法庭：予以采纳。\n（政府物证 GC-552 已作为证据接收）\n由 FINKEL 先生进行询问：\n问：请让我们向陪审团公布该文件。\nManuel 是谁？\n答：Manuel 是 G/Clubs 的律师。\n问：2022 年 10 月 17 日这封电子邮件抄送给了谁。抱歉，这封邮件是发给谁的？\n答：Victor 和我。\n问：Victor 全名是什么？\n答：Cerda。\n问：这封电子邮件的附件是什么？您能读一下吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主讯问\n1 答：Mercantile Bank（商业银行）没收令。\n2 问：雷耶斯女士，是否有过一段时间，你得知\n3 G/Clubs的资金被政府没收了？\n4 答：是的。\n5 问：请把那个缩小，洛夫特斯女士。你能放大到\n6 最底下的电子邮件吗？这封邮件是谁发来的？\n7 答：朱莉安娜·默里。\n8 问：发给谁的？\n9 答：曼努埃尔·皮耶特兰托尼。\n10 问：你能读一下它的正文吗？\n11 答：皮耶特兰托尼先生，随附的于昨日送达的没收令\n12 规定冻结G/Club在商业银行的账户，\n13 等待将该账户中应予扣押并没收归\n14 美利坚合众国所有的资金进行转移。如果有\n15 任何疑问，我和我的同事随时可以解答。\n16\n17 问：你可以缩小那个。翻到下一页。\n18 你能读一下紧挨着那个方框下方写了什么吗？\n19 答：没收令。\n20 问：左上方写了什么？\n21 答：United States District Court Southern District of New York（美国纽约南区联邦地区法院）。\n22 问：缩小那个，请向下滚动，\n23 洛夫特斯女士。你能转到A段吗？\n24 你能读一下A段吗，雷耶斯女士？\n25 答：Mercantile Bank International（商业国际银行）所持有的全部款项\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法庭速记公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主讯问\n1 账户MVI10103000，开户人为G/Clubs International Limited（G/Clubs国际有限公司），以及\n2 可追溯至该账户的全部资金，包括应计利息。\n3 问：雷耶斯女士，当你得知美国政府扣押了G/Clubs存放在\n4 商业银行的资金时，你有什么反应（如果有的话）？\n5\n6 答：我很担心，因为这涉及到了政府，\n7 那可不能等闲视之。\n8 问：请向上滚动到顶部，洛夫特斯女士。\n9 你得知被扣押的这封电子邮件\n10 日期是哪一天？\n11 答：2022年10月17日。\n12 问：我们可以把那个撤下，请为证人展示\n13 证据GXGC-41。\n14 这封电子邮件是谁发来的？\n15 答：何先生。\n16 问：他发给谁的？\n17 答：我和亚历克斯。\n18 芬克尔先生：政府方提交GC-41。\n19 卡马拉朱先生：没有异议。\n20 法庭：予以采纳。\n21 （政府方证据GC-41被采纳为证据）\n22 由芬克尔先生继续讯问：\n23 问：请将其公布展示。\n24 雷耶斯女士，你还记得这封电子邮件吗？\n25 答：是的，我记得。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主讯问\n1 问：关于它你记得些什么？\n2 答：我记得收到这封邮件，当时我觉得自己\n3 没有受到重视。我觉得收到这样一封邮件让人很难堪、很难受。\n4\n5 问：这封电子邮件的日期是哪一天？\n6 答：2022年10月18日。\n7 问：那是没收令电子邮件之后的第二天？\n8 答：是的。\n9 问：你说的觉得不受重视是什么意思？\n10 答：我一直非常努力地为会员创造福利，\n11 组建团队，并竭尽全力为业务工作。\n12 看到那种评论，\n13 让我觉得这一切就好像根本无所谓一样。\n14 问：你能读一下邮件的前两句话吗？\n15 答：我对Limarie不回复我的消息和邮件感到非常失望。\n16 我真不知道她算哪门子CEO。\n17 她的表现就好像她是这项业务的老板一样，这完全是一派胡言。\n18 从现在起，我们必须取消她所有的签字权，\n19 等待我的进一步指示。\n20 问：发生了什么事导致你收到这封电子邮件，\n21 雷耶斯女士？\n22 卡马拉朱先生：对提问形式提出异议。\n23 法庭：发生了什么事吗？\n24 问：在你收到这封电子邮件之前是否发生了什么事？\n25 答：是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主讯问\n1 问：什么事？\n2 答：有人要求我们向银行汇出一笔资金，而法务部的\n3 建议是不要这样做，这与这封电子邮件有关。\n4\n5 问：你把法务部关于不要转账的建议\n6 转达给谁了？\n7 答：据我最好的记忆是伊薇特或何先生。\n8 问：在你转达之后，你就收到了这封电子邮件？\n9 答：据我最好的记忆是的。\n10 法庭：我没听清你说什么。\n11 答：据我最好的记忆是的。\n12 法庭：HHR是谁？\n13 证人：何先生。\n14 问：请你对着麦克风说话，以便\n15 所有人都能听清。谢谢。\n16 在何先生说他感到非常失望的那一段之后，\n17 你能读一下他在第二点写了什么吗？\n18\n19 答：第二，回到业务上来，我们必须维护我们的银行\n20 关系，因此有人要求我们向这些账户汇入一些资金，\n21 请按以下操作执行。尽快向K银行汇入五百万。\n22 在我进一步指示后向Black Thorn汇入五百万。\n23 务必向我汇报最新进展，我需要\n24 看到进展，而不是不予回复的消息或邮件。\n25 问：当何先生说“我需要看到进展”时，\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主讯问\n1 你的理解是什么意思？\n2 答：他希望把事情办成。\n3 问：你当时没有回复他的邮件吗？\n4 答：在那段时间，是的，没有回复。\n5 问：为什么没有？\n6 答：因为我当时正在处理我们收到的法律事务。\n7\n8 问：你指的是哪些法律事务？\n9 答：没收扣押的事。\n10 问：在扣押发生时，你是否要求聘请你自己的律师？\n11 答：我记不太清了，但我确实要求聘请我的律师。\n12 问：我们能否调出已作为证据GXGC-43/\n13 法庭：O'Neil & Jorge当时代表谁？\n14 证人：对不起？\n15 法庭：皮耶特兰托尼，他当时代表谁？\n16 证人：G/Clubs。\n17 法庭：请继续。\n18 由芬克尔先生继续讯问：\n19 问：当时你是否有代表你个人（利马莉·雷耶斯）的\n20 私人律师？\n21 答：不，我没有。\n22 问：首先为了理清头绪，洛夫特斯女士，请放大\n23 底部的电子邮件。雷耶斯女士，这是我们刚才看的那封邮件吗？\n24\n25 答：是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主讯问\n1 问：你回复了吗？\n2 答：是的。\n3 问：请把那个缩小，并向上滚动。\n4 你能读一下你回复的内容吗？\n5 答：可以。尊敬的何先生，见信好。对于过去几天\n6 缺乏沟通，我致以最诚挚的歉意。我一直在处理几起\n7 法律问题，占用了我全部的精力。在这些法律问题中，\n8 请见下方包含最近向G/Club International Limited, BVI（G/Club国际有限公司，英属维尔京群岛）\n9 发出的没收令副本的网盘链接。请注意，我们\n10 目前正在寻找代表BVI公司的律师，\n11 并将在该过程中随时向您通报最新情况。在任何情况下，\n12 我的意图都不是充当该业务的所有者。\n13 相反，我作为下属深切尊敬您，\n14 我所采取的任何行动都是在审慎考量公司最佳利益的前提下进行的。\n15 就此而言，我尊重您取消我所有签字权的决定，\n16 并将照此行事。关于G/Club的银行关系，\n17 请注意，虽然尚未对G/Club Operations采取任何行动，\n18 但鉴于最近BVI公司的情况，从现有账户向外转移资金\n19 以注资外国账户，可能会促使美国当局\n20 查封G/Club Operations的美国账户。尽管如此，\n21 请确认您是否希望按照下文所述继续向账户注资。\n22 我已附上两个账户的电汇指示。\n23 附上SKB Bank和Black Thorn以供您确认为正确的电汇指示。\n24 问：在G/Clubs期间，这对你来说是一段艰难的时期吗？\n25 答：是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主讯问\n1 问：你是否认为自己曾采取过任何自视为G/Clubs所有者的行动？\n2\n3 答：没有。\n4 问：你可以缩小那个。我们可以向下滚动吗。\n5 这是什么文件？\n6 答：电汇指示详情。\n7 问：在没收令发出后，何先生希望你把这笔钱电汇到哪里？\n8\n9 答：电汇指示上写的是Kyrgyz Swiss bank（吉尔吉斯瑞士银行）。\n10 问：雷耶斯女士，在法务部门建议不要进行这笔电汇之后，\n11 何先生让你汇款。这笔电汇汇出了吗？\n12 答：是的。\n13 问：把那个撤下。\n14 G/Clubs后来是否曾试图向美国政府索回\n15 被没收的资金？\n16 答：你能再说一遍吗。\n17 问：G/Clubs后来是否曾（如果有的话）试图从美国政府那里\n18 要回被没收的款项？\n19\n20 答：是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主讯问\n1 问：作为该诉讼的一部分，你被要求做什么（如果有的话）？\n2\n3 答：我被要求签署一份宣誓书。\n4 问：请对着麦克风说话。\n5 这时你有自己的律师吗？\n6 答：不，我没有。\n7 问：你想签署这份宣誓书吗？\n8 答：不，我不想。\n9 问：宣誓书是你写的吗？\n10 答：不，不是我写的。\n11 问：你是否表达过你不想签署这份宣誓书的顾虑？\n12\n13 答：是的。\n14 问：对方是怎么对你说的？\n15 答：说我是首席运营官，我必须签。\n16 问：抱歉？\n17 答：我必须签。\n18 问：你签署宣誓书了吗？\n19 答：是的，我签了。\n20 问：宣誓书里的所有内容都完全属实吗？\n21 答：不全属实。\n22 问：宣誓书里有哪些内容不属实？\n23\n24 答：我一下子记不全全部内容，比如我如何\n25 描述旅游、礼宾服务，以及我如何描述\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主讯问\n1 社区。\n2 问：那段时间你是否考虑过离开G/Clubs？\n3 答：是的。\n4 问：你最终离开G/Clubs了吗？\n5 答：是的。\n6 问：什么时候？\n7 答：什么时候，2023年3月。\n8 问：为什么？\n9 答：当时发生了许多法律问题。发生了逮捕事件。\n10 我有顾虑。到那时我已经有了我的私人律师。\n11\n12 问：你是在郭文贵（Miles Guo）被捕后请的私人律师吗？\n13 答：是的。\n14 问：现在回想起来，你觉得何先生重视了你（如果有的话）在G/Club的贡献吗？\n15\n16 答：我不确定。感觉没有。\n17 问：感觉没有吗？\n18 答：是的。\n19 问：雷耶斯女士，在2022年10月的扣押之后，你\n20 是否再次前往欧洲？\n21 答：是的。\n22 问：谁要求你去欧洲的？\n23 答：伊薇特。\n24 问：在你前往欧洲之前，你提前多久收到了通知？\n25 答：没有提前多久通知。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主讯问\n1 问：提前了多久？\n2 答：几天。\n3 问：伊薇特告诉你要去欧洲的原因是什么？\n4\n5 答：我们去与各家银行会面，让他们了解我们，\n6 也让我们了解他们。\n7 问：你去欧洲的哪里了？\n8 答：抱歉？\n9 问：你去欧洲的哪里了？\n10 答：瑞士。\n11 问：你以前去过瑞士吗？\n12 答：没有。\n13 问：你是怎么去那里的？什么交通方式？\n14 答：飞机。\n15 问：民航班机还是私人飞机？\n16 答：民航班机。\n17 问：你和别人一起去的吗？\n18 答：亚历克斯。\n19 问：你在瑞士见到了谁（如果有的话）？\n20 答：何先生、几位律师和银行的代表。\n21 问：有和银行代表开会吗？\n22 答：是的。\n23 问：哪家银行？\n24 答：mBear。\n25 问：你能拼写一下吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n答：如果我没记错的话，是 M-B-A-E-R。\n\n问：据你理解，与 mBear 开这次会议的目的是什么？\n\n答：是为了与银行会面，让他们了解我们，也让我们了解他们。\n\n问：在与 mBear 的这次会议中，关于 G/Clubs，何先生（Mr. He）说了什么（如果有的话）？\n\n答：在会议期间，在那次会议期间，我们必须谈论会员权益，并解释一些类似会员如何参考银行对账单等财务方面的问题。\n\n问：这次会议是什么时候开的？你知道是哪个月吗？\n\n答：2022年11月。\n\n问：你在会议上谈了什么，哪个主题？\n\n答：会员权益。\n\n问：亚历克斯（Alex）谈了什么？\n\n答：财务。\n\n问：何先生谈了什么？\n\n答：他在会议中插了话，解释了 G/Clubs 是如何出于他的构想，以及它是如何创立的。\n\n问：何先生在提到 G/Clubs 是他的构想以及它是如何创立的之后，他有没有提到郭（Guo）是如何参与进来的？\n\n答：据我所知，他提到郭是他的关注对象。\n\n问：关于郭是如何成为代言人的，他有没有提供任何细节？\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n答：我不记得具体细节了。\n\n问：请展示证物 GXGC-438。你能读一下这个吗？\n\n答：这是 G/Club International Limited 与 Mileson 之间的一份贷款协议。\n\n问：和谁？\n\n答：Mileson。\n\n问：文件上说了什么，文件上说 Mileson 是谁？\n\n答：郭强（Qiang Guo）。\n\n问：你知道 Mileson 就是这个名字？\n\n答：别人是这么告诉我的。\n\n问：请往下翻。放贷人是谁？\n\n答：G/Club International Limited。\n\n问：借款人呢？\n\n答：郭强。\n\n问：你能读一下第二个“鉴于”条款吗？\n\n答：鉴于在遵守本协议条款的前提下，放贷人将向借款人出借 1000 万。\n\n问：请调出证物 GXGC-416。这封电子邮件是谁发的？\n\n答：何先生。\n\n问：发给谁？\n\n答：发给我。\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n问：上面写了什么？\n\n答：你好，利马里（Limarie），随附银行账户详情。\n\n问：翻到下一页。你屏幕底部显示的这个账户是以谁的名义开立的？\n\n答：郭强。\n\n问：我们看一下 GXGC-415。这封电子邮件的日期是哪天？\n\n答：2022年1月14日。\n\n问：你能读一下吗。\n\n答：你好，利马里。郭先生的银行已经为贷款放行。请今天准备好交易，我会带着详细信息回来。我们必须把币种换成瑞士法郎，因为这是他们的要求。如果这样做，我们必须确保汇率不会太差。\n\n问：何先生有没有解释他们为什么要将币种换成瑞士法郎？\n\n答：我不记得了。\n\n问：你问过他为什么吗？\n\n答：我不记得了。\n\n问：你有没有问过何先生为什么要向 Mileson 提供贷款？\n\n答：我不记得了。\n\n问：你问过伊薇特（Yvette）吗？\n\n答：我不记得了。\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO2 Reyes - 主问\n\n问：在向 Mileson 出借款项的决定中，你是否参与其中？\n\n答：没有，我没有参与。\n\n问：能调出 GXGC-418 吗。这份文件是谁发出的？\n\n答：我发出的。\n\n问：发给谁？\n\n答：何先生。\n\n问：你在这份文件后附了什么？\n\n答：贷款协议。\n\n问：哪笔贷款的？\n\n答：能稍微往下翻一点吗。\n\n问：好的。洛夫特斯女士（Ms. Loftus），能翻一下附件吗。\n\n答：是对郭强的贷款。\n\n问：请翻到下一页。可以撤下去了。雷耶斯女士（Ms. Reyes），你知道给 Mileson 的那笔贷款有没有偿还吗？\n\n答：我不记得了。\n\n问：洛夫特斯女士，请调出 GXC-212。能调到1分35秒吗。请播放。\n\n（播放多媒体证据）\n\n问：雷耶斯女士，当会员购买 G/Clubs 的会籍时，他们会立即成为 G/Clubs 的股东吗？\n\n答：不会。\n\n芬克尔先生（MR. FINKEL）：没有其他问题了。\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - 盘问\n\n法庭（THE COURT）：开始盘问。\n\n反诘问\n\n问：下午好，雷耶斯女士。\n\n答：下午好。\n\n问：听得清我说话吗？\n\n答：听得清。\n\n问：你需要休息一分钟吗？\n\n答：我没事。\n\n问：现在，我想先从我们刚刚看的那段视频开始。好的。郭先生在某个时间点成为了 G/Clubs 的代言人，对吗？\n\n答：他是 G/Club 的代言人，是的。\n\n问：在你去 G/Club 之前，他就是代言人了，对吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：我记得你作证说过，你是通过一位招聘人员被介绍到 G/Clubs 的，对吗？\n\n答：有招聘人员面试了我，是的。\n\n问：是史蒂夫·韦伯（Steve Weber）吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：你最初在公司担任的职位是市场营销副总裁，对吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：作为你职责的一部分，你当时必须为 G/Club 会员争取权益，对吗？\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - 盘问\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：至少争取权益这部分工作，贯穿了你在 G/Clubs 的整个时期，对吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：当你提到你认为何先生没有重视的那种贡献时，其中一部分就是你为争取权益所投入的工作，对吗？\n\n答：是贯穿始终的工作。\n\n问：贯穿始终，贯穿你在那里的整个时间？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：在提供权益或服务方面，你在去 G/Club 之前就已经有做这类工作的丰富经验了，对吗？\n\n答：我有策划活动的经验。\n\n问：在去那里之前，你拥有近十年的活动经验，对吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：你曾在一大型连锁酒店担任活动经理，对吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：你曾是波多黎各（Puerto Rico）一家顶级高尔夫俱乐部的会员服务总监，对吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：你曾在一个叫“投资波多黎各”（Invest Puerto Rico）的机构从事活动策划工作，对吗？\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - 盘问\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：什么是“投资波多黎各”？\n\n答：这是一家为波多黎各带来新业务的公司。\n\n问：你负责策划他们的活动，对吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：现在你经营着自己的活动策划业务，对吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：芬克尔先生问过你一些关于这方面的问题，对吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：它叫 Sprinkle，对吗？\n\n答：Sprinkle Events。\n\n问：你刚在11月创立了它，对吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：所以是六个多月前？\n\n答：是的，大概那个时候。\n\n问：所以你才刚刚起步，对吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：当你加入 G/Club 时，它也是刚刚起步，对吗？\n\n答：是的，据我了解是这样。\n\n问：员工并不多，对吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：你是波多黎各办公室的一号员工？\n\n答：是的。\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - 盘问\n\n问：纽约也有一些员工，对吗？\n\n答：纽约有一些人，是的。\n\n问：但还是不太多，对吗？\n\n答：就几个人。\n\n问：你还记得你入职时有多少人吗？\n\n答：没有确切数字。\n\n问：不到五个？\n\n答：粗略算算的话。\n\n问：完全没问题。\n\n答：五个多一点。\n\n问：当你最初加入 G/Clubs 时，你了解到公司产品的目标受众主要是华人，对吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：特别是反对中国共产党的特定华人群体？\n\n答：你能重复一遍吗。\n\n问：据你了解，特别会被 G/Clubs 的产品吸引的人群是反对中国共产党的华人，对吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：王女士（Ms. Wang）在第一次面试时就告诉过你这点？\n\n答：我不记得具体细节了。\n\n问：但在你在 G/Club 期间，你逐渐明白了这一点，对吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - 盘问\n\n问：我想你在主问中作证说，你个人对华人社区并没有很多经验，对吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：你个人对中国政治也没有很多了解，对吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：你个人对中国文化也没有很多了解，对吗？\n\n答：不，我不了解。\n\n问：这不是你成长过程中的文化，对吗？\n\n答：不是。\n\n问：郭先生是那个群体的一员，对吗？\n\n答：哪个群体？\n\n问：华人反共群体，我们先从这里开始？\n\n芬克尔先生：反对。\n\n法庭：如果可以的话，请说得更具体一些。\n\n问：你知道郭先生是华人，对吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：你知道他在公开场合采取了反共立场，对吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：所以他的观点与 G/Clubs 目标受众的观点相似，对吗？\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - 盘问\n\n芬克尔先生：反对。\n\n法庭：如果你碰巧知道受众的观点是什么，如果你知道的话可以回答。\n\n答：据我了解，他们是志同道合的人。\n\n问：也许你可以向陪审团说明一下，你说的“志同道合”是什么意思？\n\n答：就是说在会员之间，他们联合起来反对中国政府。\n\n问：你能再说一遍吗。\n\n答：反对政府。\n\n问：反对中国政府。好的。郭先生担任 G/Clubs 的代言人在你看来是合理的，对吗？\n\n答：他是 G/Club 的代言人。\n\n问：当然，但你并不觉得这很奇怪，对吗？\n\n答：我加入时情况就是这样。\n\n问：我明白。我问的是一个稍微不同的问题，雷耶斯女士。我的问题是，让郭先生担任代言人是否让你觉得奇怪？\n\n芬克尔先生：反对。\n\n法庭：你可以回答。\n\n答：你能重复一下问题吗。\n\n问：郭先生担任 G/Club 的代言人是否让你觉得奇怪？\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - 盘问\n\n答：我知道他是反对派，所以我觉得并不奇怪。\n\n问：当你说他处于那个位置时，他是处于能够吸引潜在 G/Club 会员的位置，对吗？\n\n答：抱歉，他是反对中国政府的。\n\n问：不好意思。他是反对中国政府的，所以他作为 G/Club 的代言人是合理的。你是这个意思吗？\n\n答：是的。\n\n问：你在主问中作证说，他担任该角色并未获得任何金钱报酬，对吗？\n\n答：据我所知是没有。\n\n问：G/Clubs 的营销内容之一是体验富足生活，对吗？\n\n答：不好意思？\n\n法庭：卡马拉朱先生（Mr. Kamaraju），请靠近麦克风，以便我们能听清。\n\n问：G/Clubs 的营销内容之一算是在营销生活体验，对吗？\n\n答：是权益，我们提供权益。\n\n问：但其中一些权益，例如，你昨天和芬克尔先生一起看了一个网站。你记得吗？\n\n答：记得。\n\n问：其中一些权益精心策划了生活体验，对吗？\n\n答：你说的“精心策划”是什么意思？\n\n问：让我给你举个具体的例子。\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - 盘问\n1 问：G/Clubs 曾与 F-1（一级方程式）\n2 赛车协会（F-1 Racing Association）达成合作协议，对吗？\n3 答：是的，我们曾提供过一项包含 F-1 的福利。\n4 问：那里的构想是让 G/Club 会员有机会\n5 体验 F-1 赛事，对吧？\n6 答：是的。\n7 问：这就是我所说的生活体验或精心策划的生活\n8 体验。好的。我们理解一致吗？\n9 答：一致。\n10 问：这某种程度上就是 G/Club 的商业模式，对吧？\n11 芬克尔先生（MR. FINKEL）：法官阁下，我反对辩护律师\n12 对词汇的定义与雷耶斯女士（Ms. Reyes）的理解\n13 有所不同。\n14 法庭（THE COURT）：证人可以回答该问题。\n15 答：您能重复一下这个问题吗？\n16 问：当然。我刚才只是说 G/Club 的部分业务就是\n17 提供这类体验，对吧？\n18 答：是的，为会员提供不同的福利。\n19 问：那么，这些福利包括豪华酒店\n20 优惠之类的项目，对吧？\n21 答：是的。\n22 问：游艇上的潜在旅行，对吧？\n23 答：是的。\n24 问：还有会员峰会，对吧？\n25 答：峰会是什么意思？G Talks（G 访谈）。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法庭速记公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - 盘问\n1 问：当然。G Talks。还有 G Fashion（G 时尚）的折扣？\n2 答：是的。\n3 问：而且你在那里任职期间，一直在争取其他福利，\n4 对吗？\n5 答：是的。\n6 问：你曾试图在某个时间点争取到一项超级碗（Super Bowl）活动，对吧？\n7 答：抱歉，什么活动？\n8 问：让人去参加超级碗的活动？\n9 答：我不记得了。\n10 问：我们稍后再谈这个。\n11 那么，除了那些福利之外，你的理解是\n12 G/Club 会员获得的其中一项权益，就是能够\n13 声称自己是该俱乐部的成员，对吧？\n14 答：他们是会员制俱乐部的一部分。\n15 问：对。所以会员可以感受到一种社交认同感，\n16 对吧？\n17 答：你指的社交认同感是什么意思？\n18 问：我想回到你关于志同道合群体的概念。\n19 那是一群被某种共同目标联结在一起的人？\n20 答：是的，他们志同道合。\n21 问：拥有 G/Club 会员资格是展现这一点的一种方式，\n22 对吧？\n23 答：是的，他们属于会员群体。\n24 问：在 G/Clubs 的潜在目标受众中，\n25 你认为郭先生（Mr. Guo）在某种程度上是一位风向标，对吧？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - 盘问\n1 答：什么是风向标？\n2 问：嗯，一个对生活方式的看法可能会被\n3 G/Clubs 会员看重的人，对吧？\n4 芬克尔先生：反对提问形式。\n5 法庭：你是询问她是否同意你的定义，\n6 还是给出该定义以便于\n7 她回答问题？\n8 卡马拉朱先生（MR. KAMARAJU）：我只是在询问她的理解。\n9 法官阁下，我试着换个说法，看看能否用另一种方式来问。\n10\n11 问：你在主询问中看过了郭先生出现在游艇上的视频，\n12 对吧？\n13 答：是的。\n14 问：并且你作证说看到过一段郭先生\n15 代表 G/Clubs 展示兰博基尼（Lamborghini）的视频，对吧？\n16 答：是的。\n17 问：G/Clubs 的部分营销工作就是告诉会员\n18 他们可以拥有此类体验，对吧？\n19 答：比如游艇和豪车？\n20 问：是的。\n21 答：对。\n22 问：据你了解，郭先生就过着那样的生活，\n23 对吧？\n24 芬克尔先生：法官阁下，反对提问形式。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - 盘问\n1 法庭：你可以回答你是否认为\n2 郭先生过着那样的生活。\n3 答：问题是什么？问题是他是否过着\n4 那样的生活吗？\n5 问：那是你的理解吗？\n6 答：是的。\n7 问：你曾去他家吃过晚饭，对吧？\n8 答：是的。\n9 问：那是一栋非常漂亮的房子，对吧？\n10 答：是的。\n11 问：位于曼哈顿一家酒店的第 18 层？\n12 答：我不记得楼层了。楼层很高。\n13 问：我不问你它在中央公园（Central Park）的哪一侧，\n14 但在曼哈顿，对吧？\n15 答：能看到中央公园。\n16 问：从那里能看到中央公园，对。那是一个非常大的地方，\n17 对吧？\n18 答：很大。\n19 问：很奢华，对吧？\n20 答：是的。\n21 问：楼下有安保台，之后才能上楼，\n22 对吧？\n23 答：是的。\n24 问：电梯直接开门进入公寓内部，对吧？\n25 答：是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO3 Reyes - 盘问\n1 问：里面有很多房间，对吧？\n2 答：有不同的房间。\n3 问：郭先生带你参观了那个地方，对吧？\n4 答：是的。\n5 问：你在那里的时候看到露营装备了吗？\n6 答：露营？\n7 问：是的。\n8 答：我不记得有看到。\n9 问：那么，你作证说——你认为郭先生作为\n10 G/Club 发言人的职责是什么？\n11 答：他是发言人。\n12 问：那么发言人是做什么的？\n13 答：代表公司讲话。\n14 问：所以他们会做广告宣传，对吧？\n15 答：发表演讲，是的。\n16 问：他们的职责是为 G/Club 争取业务？\n17 答：代表公司讲话。\n18 问：对。但他们代表公司讲话的目的是为公司\n19 吸引潜在会员，对吧？\n20 答：它会吸引人，是的，吸引人。\n21 问：G/Club 从根本上说是一家企业，对吧？\n22 答：是的。\n23 问：作为一家企业，吸引的会员越多就越赚钱，\n24 对吧？\n25 答：它是基于会员的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 卡马拉朱先生继续提问：\n2 问：对。关于广告宣传的作用，我想你作证说过\n3 G|CLUBS 主要是靠口碑广告，对吧？\n4 法庭：卡马拉朱先生，你必须离麦克风近一点；\n5 雷耶斯女士，你也一样。\n6 卡马拉朱先生：抱歉。\n7 问：对吧？你在主询问中作证说主要靠口碑\n8 广告？\n9 答：我不记得明确说过这句话，但有一部分是\n10 口碑传播。\n11 问：好的。因此，无论 G|CLUBS 采取何种形式的广告宣传，\n12 都是为了给公司吸引潜在会员，对吧？\n13 答：正确。\n14 问：郭先生也是这方面努力的一部分，对吧？\n15 答：作为发言人，是的。\n16 问：他录制视频也是这项工作的一部分，对吧？\n17 答：我知道他录制过视频。\n18 问：好的。在那些视频中——你已经就至少一段视频作证了。\n19 在那些视频中，他为 G|CLUBS 做了广告，对吧？\n20 答：抱歉，具体指哪一段？\n21 问：嗯，你在主询问中就兰博基尼那段作了证，\n22 对吧？\n23 答：是的。\n24 问：他谈到兰博基尼是 G|CLUBS 的一项福利，\n25 对吧？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 答：正确。\n2 问：好的。所以这就是他在为 G|CLUBS 做广告宣传，对吧？\n3 答：谈论未来的福利。\n4 问：当然。谈论 G Club 会员可以享受的未来福利，\n5 对吧？\n6 答：那些福利将是面向——面向会员的未来福利。\n7 问：好的。你在主询问中作证说 G|CLUBS 曾不得不\n8 就郭先生的言论发布免责声明。你还记得吗？\n9 答：有一份免责声明。\n10 问：好的。我想让你看一下被标记为\n11 辨认物证 DX 60600 的文件。\n12 卡马拉朱先生：请仅向证人和各方当事人出示。\n13 问：请你花点时间浏览一下。\n14 答：好的。\n15 问：看完了告诉我。\n16 答：好了。\n17 问：这是那份免责声明的一个版本，对吧？\n18 答：据我所记，是的。\n19 问：好的。这份免责声明出现在网站上，对吧？\n20 答：据我所记，是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 卡马拉朱先生：好的。法官阁下，辩方提交\n2 证据 DX 60600。\n3 芬克尔先生：只要有一项陪审团指示，我们就无异议。\n4 我很乐意在法官席旁商议，但是——\n5 法庭：好的。我们在法官席旁商议。\n6 （续见下页）\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 （在法官席旁）\n2 芬克尔先生：我只要求做出一项限制性指示。\n3 有了限制性指示，我们就没有异议。\n4 法庭：你是说你想让我告诉他们什么？\n5 芬克尔先生：该证据并非为了证明其内容的\n6 真实性而提交。\n7 卡马拉朱先生：我们提交它是为了证明 G Club\n8 会员被告知了什么，所以如果法官阁下想指示他们\n9 这是关于对读者的效果或影响，那没问题，可以。\n10 芬克尔先生：嗯，考虑到这一点，实际上我不确定\n11 雷耶斯女士能否就对会员的影响作证。她可以就对她自己的影响作证。\n12\n13 卡马拉朱先生：我并不是说我要问她关于\n14 对会员影响的问题；我只是想采纳该免责声明本身，\n15 她可以证明其真实性。\n16 芬克尔先生：你刚才说了是为了对会员的影响，不是吗？\n17 卡马拉朱先生：但这并不——\n18 法庭：他正试图引入该证据，并借助她来证明其真实性。\n19 她不是会员，因此她无法说明这对作为会员的她有何影响，\n20 但她不需要谈论对会员的影响。\n21 芬克尔先生：明白了。政府方请求做出一项限制性指示，\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 在此前提下，我们没有异议。\n2 法庭：好的。\n3 （续见下页）\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 （在公开法庭上）\n2 法庭：陪审团成员们，屏幕上这份标题为《免责声明》的\n3 文件，其提交目的并非为了证明其中书写内容或所述内容的\n4 真实性，仅仅是为了证明其对阅读该文件之人的影响。\n5\n6 请继续。\n7 （被告物证 60600 被采纳为证据）\n8 卡马拉朱先生：谢谢法官阁下。\n9 请向陪审团出示该文件。\n10 卡马拉朱先生继续提问：\n11 问：雷耶斯女士，你说过这份文件出现在网站上，\n12 对吗？\n13 答：是的，据我所记，是的。\n14 问：好的。我们先从最上面开始。请朗读\n15 第一行。\n16 答：“G|CLUBS 的理念以及会员可享福利的范围随着时间的推移而发展，\n17 并且可能不同于 G|CLUBS 或其他人过去在您寻求成为会员之前\n18 可能发表过的宣传性言论。”\n19 卡马拉朱先生：好的。现在请看第二段。\n20 问：请朗读该段。\n21 答：“您不应依赖郭文贵先生（Mr. Guo Wengui）或任何其他人对以下事项的任何描述：\n22 (i) G|CLUBS 会员能够或将会享有的福利，或 (ii) G|CLUBS 会员资格结构或条款的任何其他方面。\n23 会员资格并非对 G|CLUBS 的投资，\n24 亦不提供在 G|CLUBS 或任何其他实体的股权或所有者权益。\n25 G|CLUBS 不是投资俱乐部，\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 亦不将投资服务作为会员福利提供。\n2 如果您寻求对任何实体进行投资，\n3 请勿向 G|CLUBS 汇入任何款项，因为 G|CLUBS 仅接受会员费付款。”\n4 卡马拉朱先生：请稍等片刻。\n5 谢谢。我们可以撤下该文件了。我想请大家调出\n6 政府方物证 C160-V 并跳转到 11分35秒 处。\n7 问：在调取过程中，雷耶斯女士，你还记得在主询问中，\n8 芬克尔先生问了你一些关于 G Fashion 股票的问题，\n9 对吧？\n10 答：是的。\n11 问：以及关于 G|CLUBS 会员是否可以获得 G Fashion 股票的问题，\n12 对吧？\n13 答：是的。\n14 问：你记得他问过你关于这段视频的这部分内容吗？\n15 答：抱歉，具体指什么？\n16 问：嗯，我很乐意播放它。我们可以为你播放\n17 一小段。\n18 卡马拉朱先生：我们能播放几秒钟吗？\n19 （播放视频）\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 卡马拉朱律师（MR. KAMARAJU）：先停在这里。\n2 问：好的。那么你还记得芬克尔先生（Mr. Finkel）就此问过你一些\n3 问题吗？\n4 答：我不记得具体细节了，但我——\n5 问：好的。你记得曾作证说郭先生（Mr. Guo，即郭文贵）关于\n6 获得 G Fashion 股票的这番言论不实吗？\n7 答：我们没有提供过股票。\n8 问：好的。G|CLUBS 没有提供 G Fashion 的股票，对吗？\n9 答：对。\n10 问：当时你是 G|CLUBS 的首席执行官（CEO），而不是 G Fashion 的，对吗？\n11 答：对。\n12 问：你对 G Fashion 不承担任何职责，对吗？\n13 答：是的。\n14 问：所以你没有任何依据知道 G Fashion 是否可以\n15 向 G Club 会员提供股票，对吗？\n16 答：我不知道。\n17 问：就像一家租车公司通过飞行常客里程计划提供福利一样，\n18 对吗？\n19 芬克尔律师（MR. FINKEL）：反对。\n20 法庭（THE COURT）：反对成立。\n21 问：而且你从未参与过与此相关的任何讨论，\n22 对吗？\n23 答：据我回忆没有。\n24 问：好的。现在你看到这个视频上的日期了吗？\n25 答：看到了。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法庭速记公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 问：2020年6月28日，对吗？\n2 答：对。\n3 问：那时 G|CLUBS 还没有上线启动，对吗？\n4 答：我不确定。\n5 问：就你记忆中 G|CLUBS 开始运营的最早日期是什么时候？\n6 答：我入职的时候。\n7 问：好的。所以那是2020年12月，对吗？\n8 答：对。\n9 卡马拉朱律师：好的。那现在我们能否调出\n10 政府方证物 GX GC541。应该是一份咨询\n11 协议。我认为那份已经采纳为证据了，所以我们可以放出来。\n12 好的。请也展示给陪审团看。\n13 谢谢。\n14 问：好的。这是郭先生与 G|CLUBS 的咨询协议，\n15 对吗？\n16 卡马拉朱律师：我们把“咨询协议”下方的第一段\n17 放大一下好吗。\n18 问：你看到了吗？\n19 答：看到了。\n20 问：所以这就是那份咨询协议？\n21 答：是的。\n22 问：好的。你看到上面写着一个叫作“生效日期”（Effective Date）的内容，\n23 对吗？\n24 答：是的。\n25 问：生效日期是哪天？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 答：2020年10月15日。\n2 问：好的。所以那是在2020年6月28日之后，对吗？\n3 答：是的。\n4 问：好的。所以那是在芬克尔先生给你看的\n5 那个视频之后，对吗？\n6 答：是的。\n7 卡马拉朱律师：现在能否调出政府方证物\n8 GX Z9，请翻到第 57 页。\n9 好的。我们只把左上角的日期\n10 放大。能不能把它高亮出来。\n11 问：好的。你能替我读一下那个日期吗。\n12 答：2020年10月13日。\n13 问：好的。所以这与咨询协议的签署相隔不到两天，\n14 对吗？\n15 答：我不记得日期了。我们能返回去吗。对不起。\n16 问：哦，没关系。我们继续往下。\n17 答：好的。\n18 卡马拉朱律师：我们能翻到这份的第 59 页吗。我们能把\n19 开头为“在经过审核的启动计划下”（Under the reviewed launch plan）\n20 的文字放大吗。\n21 也许我们可以直接把它高亮显示。算了，你知道吗？\n22 撤回。\n23 问：请你直接朗读一下屏幕上的文字好吗。\n24 答：“然而，在 G-Clubs 经审核的启动计划下，\n25 会员将不会因此获得认购或\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 购买未来将发行的任何股份的机会，将‘不会’\n2 获得 G-TV 股票，并且‘不会’获得用于购买\n3 会员资格的贷款。\n4 “兄弟姐妹们，这是严肃正经的业务。哪怕\n5 你们买了 G-Club，也绝对不会附带\n6 股票；这不意味着你们可以购买 G-Fashion\n7 和 G-TV 的股票；并且，这也不意味着你们将来\n8 能获得贷款。不！不！不！\n9 “我再重复一遍，这是一个非常严肃的话题。不！不！\n10 没有任何 GTV 的股票，也没有任何 G-Fashion 的股票。\n11 当我听到所有这些时，我直打冷颤。绝无此事。”\n12 卡马拉朱律师：好的。我们可以撤下那个了。谢谢\n13 你们。\n14 问：现在，为了获得 G Club 会员资格，准 G\n15 Club 会员必须填写一份申请表，对吗？\n16 答：是的。\n17 问：他们是在线填写的？\n18 答：据我所知，是的。\n19 卡马拉朱律师：好的。请向证人、各方当事人以及法庭\n20 出示被告方证物 DX 60601。\n21 问：他们就是通过这种方式进入申请流程的，对吗？\n22 答：我得看一下。\n23 看起来是整个流程中的步骤之一。\n24 问：这是其中的一次点击跳转界面之类的。\n25 答：是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 卡马拉朱律师：辩方提请采纳 DX 60601。理由与\n2 上一份文件相同，法官阁下（your Honor）。\n3 芬克尔律师：我认为我们正在触及法官阁下此前\n4 已经作出过裁定（ruled on）的问题。我们是否可以\n5 到法官席旁陈述（at sidebar）。或者不用。政府方提出反对。\n6 法庭：你是要求作出限制性说明指令（limiting instruction）吗？\n7 芬克尔律师：不是。法官阁下，这次情况不同。\n8 但是——\n9 法庭：请把我指的文件纸质版给我一份。\n10 我指的是你们寻求采纳为证据的那份文件的\n11 纸质版。\n12 芬克尔律师：哦，那是辩方的事。\n13 卡马拉朱律师：我们有复印件吗？\n14 法官阁下，我可以先继续往下问，或者稍后我们再回过头来处理。\n15 法庭：好的。\n16 卡马拉朱律师继续发问：\n17 问：作为你在 G|CLUBS 工作的一部分，你协助了\n18 公司产品的营销工作，对吗？\n19 答：你能再说一遍吗。\n20 问：当然可以。你协助设计了公司产品的营销方案，\n21 对吗？\n22 答：你指的产品是什么意思？营销产品？\n23 问：我指的就是 G|CLUBS 销售的\n24 服务或福利。\n25 答：那些福利，是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 问：你刚到那里时是营销副总裁（VP of marketing），对吗？\n2 答：是的。\n3 问：在你成为——在你成为临时首席执行官（interim CEO）时，\n4 这种情况仍在继续，对吗？\n5 答：在某个阶段有了一个团队。\n6 问：好的。我们来谈谈那个团队。那个团队是什么时候\n7 组建进来的？\n8 答：随着——随着时间的推移。\n9 问：好的。到你离职的时候，那个团队大约有多大规模？\n10 答：据我回忆，大约有 14 名员工。\n11 问：好的。那些全都是营销人员吗？\n12 答：不是。\n13 问：好的。那么营销团队本身有多大规模？\n14 答：随着时间有所变动。营销本身大概\n15 在三个人左右。\n16 问：好的。他们的职责是什么？\n17 答：不同时期有不同的职责。网站的\n18 重新设计；我们制作的礼品盒的设计；联络\n19 合作伙伴、潜在合作伙伴；沟通\n20 电子邮件的设计。\n21 问：好的。我们先从网站开始。你从未与\n22 郭先生讨论过网站内容，对吗？\n23 答：据我回忆没有。\n24 问：好的。而且你提到了我认为是沟通\n25 电子邮件；你在最后是这么说的吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 答：是的，电子邮件。\n2 问：所以那些是发给会员的沟通邮件，对吗？\n3 答：是的。\n4 问：你也从未与郭先生讨论过那些邮件里面的内容，\n5 对吗？\n6 答：据我回忆没有。\n7 问：好的。而且有一份发给 G|CLUBS 会员的\n8 时事通讯（newsletter），对吗？\n9 答：那些电子邮件是用来沟通的。\n10 问：所以那是你与他们进行沟通的电子邮件。\n11 答：是的。\n12 问：你从未向郭先生征询过他对那些内容的看法，\n13 对吗？\n14 答：据我回忆没有。\n15 问：好的。现在就网站上描述的内容而言，\n16 那是由你和营销团队决定的，对吗？\n17 答：这得看情况，因为存在不同的阶段。具体是什么时候？\n18 问：好的。就是芬克尔先生昨天问过你的\n19 所有那些事情。\n20 答：我不是全部都记得。你能——\n21 问：其中的任何一件。\n22 答：芬克尔先生昨天问过我的——\n23 问：任何事情。你是否对其中任何内容承担责任？\n24 答：关于网站的。\n25 问：嗯。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 答：抱歉。问题是我是否创作了那些内容？\n2 问：芬克尔先生昨天问过你的那些内容中，\n3 你是否对其中任何内容负有责任？\n4 答：营销团队和我，是的。\n5 问：好的。而且你们做那些完全独立于郭先生，\n6 对吗？\n7 答：我们没有问过他。\n8 问：好的。所以当你在网站上进行描述时，\n9 那是你与营销团队工作的成果，对吗？\n10 答：是的。\n11 问：好的。而当你与会员沟通时，那是\n12 G|CLUBS 员工的工作，对吗？\n13 芬克尔律师：反对提问形式。\n14 卡马拉朱律师：好的。撤回。\n15 问：有 G|CLUBS 的员工负责整理汇总发送给会员的\n16 电子邮件，对吗？\n17 答：发送出去的所有电子邮件中都包含了不同的组成部分。\n18 问：抱歉。我听不清你说话。\n19 答：为了发出某一封电子邮件，\n20 需要有不同的组成部分。\n21 问：好的。那些组成部分是由 G|CLUBS 的\n22 员工构成的；是这样吗？\n23 答：其中一部分是，是的。\n24 问：好的。还有其他人，对吗？\n25 答：是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 问：好的。其他人是谁？\n2 答：文案撰稿人。\n3 问：文案撰稿人不是 G|CLUBS 的员工吗？\n4 答：是外包的。\n5 问：好的。所以当时有第三方在参与这项工作，\n6 对吗？\n7 答：有些是，是的。\n8 问：而同样的情况其实也适用于抽奖活动（sweepstakes），\n9 对吗？\n10 答：你是什么意思？\n11 问：抽奖活动是由第三方管理的，对吗？\n12 答：抽奖中奖者的选定，是的。\n13 问：而那个第三方抽奖管理机构，那是\n14 你挑选的一家公司，对吗？\n15 答：有两次，两次活动。第一次活动，不是我选的；\n16 第二次活动，是法务团队和我共同\n17 审核的。\n18 问：好的。不是王女士（Ms. Wang）选的，对吗？\n19 答：你说什么？\n20 问：不是王女士，对吗？\n21 答：在第二次活动中，不是。\n22 问：好的。也不是郭先生，对吗？\n23 答：据我所知不是。\n24 问：好的。郭先生根本从未就某个特定的\n25 抽奖中奖者与你谈过话，对吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 答：某个特定的？\n2 问：好吧，那我换这种方式问。郭先生从未找过你\n3 并说“务必让这个人赢得抽奖”，对吗？\n4 答：没有。\n5 问：他从未找过你并说“务必别让这个人\n6 拿到他们的抽奖奖品”，对吗？\n7 答：没有。\n8 问：他从未找过你并说“务必给这个人\n9 退款”，对吗？\n10 答：没有。\n11 问：他从未找过你并说“务必别给这个人\n12 退款”，对吗？\n13 答：没有。\n14 问：他从未找过你并说“这个人是中共间谍，所以\n15 务必确保他们什么都拿不到”，对吗？\n16 答：没有。\n17 问：事实上，你并不经常与郭先生沟通，\n18 是吗？\n19 答：我和郭先生沟通过相当多次。\n20 问：然而在所有那些次数中，他从未对你\n21 说过任何上述那些话，对吗？\n22 答：据我回忆没有，是的。\n23 问：而且郭先生从未告诉过你需要\n24 提供什么福利，对吗？\n25 答：据我回忆没有。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 问：好的。所以他没有派你去伦敦，对吗？\n2 答：没有。\n3 问：他没有叫你去找这处房产或那处\n4 房产，对吗？\n5 答：没有。\n6 问：他从未告诉过你“去给我买一辆布加迪（Bugatti）”，对吗？\n7 答：没有。\n8 问：他从未说过“去给我买一辆兰博基尼（Lamborghini）”，对吗？\n9 答：没有。\n10 问：他从未说过“去给我买一辆法拉利（Ferrari）”，对吗？\n11 答：没有。\n12 问：他从未说过“去给我买一辆露营车”，对吗？\n13 答：没有。\n14 问：他从未说过“去给我买一艘带破洞的船”，是吗？\n15 答：没有。\n16 问：郭先生从未通过 G|CLUBS 向你索要过哪怕一项福利，\n17 对吗？\n18 答：据我回忆没有。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 问：你在主询问中作证说，曾有一度\n2 试图把Guo先生（郭文贵）的形象从网站上撤下，对吗？\n3 答：是的。\n4 问：那是因为银行在处理G|CLUBS与\n5 Guo先生之间的关联时遇到了困难，对吗？那是\n6 你的理解吗？\n7 FINKEL律师：反对。\n8 法庭：反对成立。\n9 问：好的。你当时是否理解为什么要将Guo先生的形象\n10 从网站上撤下？\n11 答：有人告诉我，这给He先生（何延年）正在处理的银行业务\n12 关系带来了困难。\n13 问：所以你当时的理解是银行业务关系遇到了困难？\n14 15 FINKEL律师：反对。不实陈述证人的证言。\n16\n17 法庭：反对成立。\n18 问：好的。那你当时的理解是什么？\n19 FINKEL律师：反对。已问并已答。\n20 法庭：反对成立。已问并已答。\n21 问：好的。那么在你们将Guo先生从网站上撤下的同时，\n22 他在公开层面上依然与该公司保持着紧密关联，\n23 对吗？\n24 答：你说的“公开层面上”是什么意思？\n25 问：他发表了演讲——他在G Talk峰会上发表了演讲，对吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 答：是的。\n2 问：他录制了视频，对吗？\n3 答：我看过的那一个。\n4 问：如果有人想查出Guo先生与G|CLUBS之间\n5 存在关联，是可以查出来的，对吗？\n6 FINKEL律师：反对。\n7 法庭：反对不成立。你可以回答。\n8 答：你能重复一下问题吗。\n9 KAMARAJU律师：抱歉。能否请记录员读一下\n10 记录。我觉得我没法原样复述一遍了。\n11 （宣读记录）\n12 答：你说的“关联”是什么意思？\n13 问：你对“关联”这个词的理解是什么？\n14 答：有某种绑定。\n15 问：好的。那么按照这个定义，按照你对那个短语的\n16 理解，你能否回答我之前提的\n17 那个问题。\n18 答：是否与G|CLUBS存在绑定或关联？是的。\n19 KAMARAJU律师：好的。能否请调出政府方\n20 第GC431号物证，该物证已作为证据采纳。\n21 请向陪审团展示该物证。\n22 问：好的。你记得这份文件吗？\n23 答：记得。\n24 问：好的。这是一封你发给He先生的电子邮件，对吗？\n25 答：对的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 问：日期是2021年6月9日，对吗？\n2 答：对的。\n3 问：附件是一份名为《商业联盟演示文稿》的文件，\n4 对吗？\n5 答：是G|CLUBS联盟演示文稿，是的。\n6 问：那是份什么演示文稿？\n7 答：那是一份谈及——它是为我们联系的其中一个联盟\n8 制作的演示文稿。\n9\n10 问：好的。为了便于陪审团理解，你能否告诉我们你所说的\n11 联盟是指什么。\n12 答：好的。这是那家连锁酒店，L&R Properties（L&R地产），是为它\n13 制作的。\n14 问：好的。所以你准备这个是为了提交给L&R\n15 连锁酒店；是这样吗？\n16 答：这是一份向L&R方面人员展示的演示文稿。\n17 问：好的。我相信你在主询问中作证说，\n18 有一位名叫Ian先生的人与\n19 该公司有关；是这样吗？\n20 答：对的。\n21 问：他姓什么？\n22 答：我不记得了。\n23 问：好的。会是Robinson吗？\n24 答：我想不起来了。听起来不像——\n25 问：好的。发送或设计这份演示文稿的目的是\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 什么？\n2 答：这是He先生的要求。\n3 问：好的。这就是他要求你从中删除Guo先生的\n4 那份演示文稿，对吗？\n5 答：据我所能记起的，是的。\n6 问：好的。你会将L&R描述为潜在合作伙伴吗？\n7 是不是——我只是想用准确的词。你是\n8 这么描述他们的吗？\n9 答：是的。\n10 问：好的。G|CLUBS当时还在试图与其它合作伙伴\n11 建立合作关系，对吗？\n12 答：对的。\n13 问：好的。G|CLUBS曾一度与美国网球协会（US Tennis Association）\n14 建立了合作关系，对吗？\n15 答：美国网球公开赛（US Open）。\n16 问：是的。是的。\n17 答：对。\n18 问：那么该合作关系终止了吗？\n19 答：您是指那份协议吗？\n20 问：是的。\n21 答：它——它从未真正落地。\n22 问：好的。你是否了解它为什么没有落地？\n23\n24 FINKEL律师：反对。\n25 法庭：你可以回答。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 答：我们收到了一封电子邮件；在银行和\n2 付款方面遇到了一些困难。\n3 KAMARAJU律师：好的。能否请翻到这份文件的\n4 第6页。\n5 好的。能否把那里的文字放大一下。\n6 问：你看到标有“目标市场”的地方了吗？\n7 答：看到了。\n8 问：好的。你能把下面的内容读一下吗，就是那\n9 第一句话。\n10 答：“高净值华人个人/家庭，但\n11 会员资格面向所有人开放。”\n12 问：好的。然后你能继续把剩下的部分读完吗。\n13 答：“营销策略通过借助关键代言人、战略合作伙伴、\n14 意见领袖以及在这些华人社区中拥有广泛人脉的\n15 个人的触达力和影响力来进行。”\n16\n17 问：那么你写下“借助关键代言人、战略合作伙伴、意见领袖\n18 以及在这些华人社区中拥有广泛人脉的个人的触达力\n19 和影响力”时，是什么意思？\n20 FINKEL律师：反对。我认为证人\n21 并未陈述那是她写的。\n22 法庭：你得先问是不是她\n23 写的。\n24 问：是你写的吗？\n25 答：我不记得是我写的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 问：好的。你知道是谁写的吗？\n2 答：我不太确定。\n3 问：好的。你把这个发送给He先生时，你在发送前\n4 审阅过它吗？\n5 答：我相信我审阅过。\n6 问：你说什么？\n7 答：我相信我审阅过。\n8 问：好的。你对它做过修改吗？\n9 答：不同版本之间做过修改。\n10 问：好的。你提出过任何修改建议吗？\n11 答：据我记忆中没有。\n12 问：好的。在把这个发给你老板时，确保它做得很好\n13 对你来说重要吗？\n14 答：重要。\n15 问：好的。如果演示文稿里有错误，你\n16 肯定会予以修正，对吧？\n17 FINKEL律师：反对。\n18 法庭：你可以回答。\n19 答：如果被要求进行修改，我肯定会改的。\n20 问：好的。但你是就此事直接与He先生沟通的，\n21 对吧？\n22 答：对的。\n23 问：而且我想你在主询问中作证说他可能相当\n24 暴躁，对吧？\n25 答：你说的“暴躁”是什么意思？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 问：他态度可能很严厉。\n2 答：在某些情况下。\n3 问：当然。时不时会这样，对吧？\n4 答：有过一些情况。\n5 问：好的。当他对正在发生的事情感到不满时，\n6 对吧？\n7 答：有过这种情况，是的。\n8 问：那么你当时是否理解这句话是\n9 什么意思？\n10 答：我不太确定。\n11 问：所以你在不知道它是什么意思的情况下就发给了He先生？\n12 答：我不记得了。\n13 问：你不记得是否发给他了，还是——\n14 答：不，不，不。我记得发给他了。\n15 问：好的。\n16 答：我不记得当时——\n17 KAMARAJU律师：好的。让我们看演示文稿的\n18 第15页。\n19 能否把它放大。\n20 问：你能读一下顶部写的是什么吗。\n21 答：实体俱乐部。\n22 问：好的。请读一下第一句话。\n23 答：“G|CLUBS预计将在波多黎各设立首个俱乐部\n24 总部，并计划在世界各地开发实体\n25 俱乐部。”\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 问：好的。你能读下一句吗。\n2 答：会员将享受俱乐部福利与设施，包括\n3 客房、会议厅、宴会厅、餐厅、商务\n4 中心、水疗中心等。\n5 问：好的。你是否理解这两段话\n6 是什么意思？\n7 答：这是——建立实体俱乐部的设想，理想情况下是在\n8 波多黎各，之后遍布全球。\n9 问：好的。所以G|CLUBS向其潜在合作伙伴\n10 陈述时，表示自己计划拥有实体俱乐部，对吗？\n11 答：是的。\n12 问：好的。你看到写着“俱乐部使会员能够\n13 与其他志同道合的人士在奢华环境中安全相聚，\n14 或者仅仅是与家人共度美好时光”的地方了吗？\n15 答：看到了。\n16 问：你理解为什么写着“安全相聚”吗？\n17 答：不，我不理解。\n18 问：你作证说波多黎各并没有G|CLUBS会员，\n19 对吧？\n20 答：据我所知没有。\n21 问：好的。那为什么首个俱乐部总部会设在\n22 波多黎各？\n23 答：当时的考虑，至少我们团队是这么想的，是因为我们的\n24 办公室在波多黎各，我们想把波多黎各打造成\n25 他们的家园。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 问：好的。所以在你的理解中，G|CLUBS会员会\n2 从世界各地前往波多黎各访问这一\n3 地点，对吗？\n4 答：作为其中一处地点。\n5 问：好的。但当时就是这么设想的，对吧？\n6 答：是的。\n7 问：而且还会有其它地点，对吧？\n8 答：理想情况下，是的。\n9 问：而且你们考虑过——例如，有一座岛屿\n10 是你们当时正考虑购买的，对吧？\n11 答：是的，有一座岛屿。\n12 问：好的。那么虽然波多黎各没有G|CLUBS会员，\n13 但你知道纽约有G|CLUBS会员，\n14 对吧？\n15 答：是的。\n16 问：伦敦也有G|CLUBS会员，对吧？\n17 答：是的。\n18 问：亚洲其它地区也有G|CLUBS会员，\n19 对吧？\n20 答：是的。\n21 问：澳大利亚也有G|CLUBS会员，对吧？\n22 答：是的。\n23 问：美国西海岸也有G|CLUBS会员，对吧？\n24 美国的西海岸。\n25 答：对，是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 问：对吧？美国东海岸也有G|CLUBS会员，\n2 对吧？\n3 答：不同地区都有。\n4 问：好的。只是没有波多黎各，对吧？\n5 答：据我所知没有。\n6 问：你作证说你工作很大一部分是努力\n7 争取福利，对吧？\n8 答：是的。\n9 问：噢，抱歉。你慢慢来。\n10 答：没事，没事。是的。\n11 问：你记得Finkel律师问过你关于\n12 G Club会员所享福利的问题，对吧？\n13 答：是的。\n14 问：你列举了其中的几项，对吧？\n15 答：是的。\n16 问：你们有豪华酒店福利，对吧？\n17 答：是的。\n18 问：那是你在G|CLUBS领导期间争取到的\n19 一项福利，对吧？\n20 答：是的。\n21 问：有一种游艇经纪类的合作安排，对吗？\n22 答：游艇公司。\n23 问：好的。游艇公司。那是你在任职领导期间\n24 争取到的另一项福利，对吧？\n25 答：是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 问：还有我们之前谈到过的一级方程式（Formula One）那件事，\n2 对吧？\n3 答：是的。\n4 问：也是你在任职领导期间争取到的另一项福利，对吧？\n5 答：是的。\n6 问：还有FAO Schwarz（施瓦茨玩具店）的活动，对吧？\n7 答：是的。\n8 问：那是你在任职领导期间争取到的\n9 另一项福利，对吧？\n10 答：是的。\n11 问：有斐济的酒店住宿，对吧？\n12 答：是的。\n13 问：对吧？那是你在任职领导期间争取到的\n14 另一项福利，对吧？\n15 答：是的。\n16 问：在澳大利亚也有一批预留客房可用，\n17 对吧？\n18 答：有住宿安排，是的。\n19 问：又是另一项福利，对吧？\n20 答：是的。\n21 问：所以这些都是G|CLUBS会员在你\n22 在该系统/公司工作期间可以享受到的福利，对吧？\n23 答：是的。\n24 问：而且这些还不包括他们获得的\n25 G Fashion（G时尚）折扣，对吧？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 答：是的。\n2 问：在直接询问中，Finkel（芬克尔）先生问了您一些关于\n3 G|CLUBS 为获得这些福利支付了什么的问题。您还记得吗？\n4 答：记得。\n5 问：您说 G|CLUBS 实际上没有支付任何资金\n6 来获得这些福利，对吗？\n7 答：不是全部，是其中一部分。\n8 问：好的。所以其中一部分他们付费了，而另一部分他们\n9 没有付费，对吗？\n10 答：是的。\n11 问：好的。那我们来谈谈他们——好吧，让我\n12 先问您这个。撤回。\n13 您记得他们为哪些付了费吗？\n14 答：我记得 FAO Schwarz（施瓦茨玩具店）。\n15 问：好的。对于他们没有付费的那些，那些\n16 福利是依据 G|CLUBS\n17 与合作伙伴之间的协议提供的，对吗？\n18 答：是有协议，是的。\n19 问：是有合同的，对吗？\n20 答：对。\n21 问：那些合同规定了合作伙伴将获得的\n22 某些利益，对吗？\n23 答：嗯，如果——您能——\n24 问：让我退一步。让我这样来，好吗？那么\n25 作为这些协议的一部分，合作伙伴同意向\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 G|CLUBS 会员提供某些——我们就用折扣为例——折扣，\n2 对吗？\n3 答：对。\n4 问：作为这样做的交换，合作伙伴得到了某些回报，\n5 对吗？\n6 答：如果是酒店，他们会获得酒店客房预订\n7 间夜量。\n8 问：不好意思。他们会获得酒店间夜，对吗？酒店客房\n9 被预订，对吗？\n10 答：是的。\n11 问：其他协议有交叉营销的机会，\n12 对吗？\n13 答：具体我不记得了。\n14 问：嗯，您记得一份与游艇公司的协议吗？\n15 答：有一家划船公司，是的。\n16 问：是 YachtLife 吗？\n17 答：我不记得名字了。Jet Life 听起来有印象。\n18 问：好的。您与 YachtLife 的协议，G|CLUBS 与 YachtLife 的协议\n19 的一部分是 G|CLUBS 将向其会员推广\n20 YachtLife，对吗？\n21 答：您能重复一遍吗。\n22 问：当然。G|CLUBS 与 YachtLife 协议的一部分是\n23 G|CLUBS 将向其会员推广 YachtLife，对吗？\n24 答：G|CLUBS 将向其会员推介该项福利。\n25 问：好的。我正要向您出示已被标记为\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 被告方证物 20121（Defense Exhibit 20121）的文件。\n2 KAMARAJU（卡马拉朱）先生：这仅供证人和\n3 各方查看。\n4 或许我们可以向下滚动。\n5 好的。或许我们可以转到我们刚才看过的签名页。\n6\n7 问：好的。您看到 G|CLUBS Operations 的签名栏了吗？\n8 答：看到了。\n9 问：您认得那个签名吗？\n10 答：认得。\n11 问：您认得这份文件是什么吗？\n12 KAMARAJU 先生：如果需要，您可以返回第一页。\n13 答：协议。\n14 问：好的。您认得的那个签名，是谁的\n15 签名？\n16 答：Max Troy（麦克斯·特洛伊）。\n17 问：那是谁？\n18 答：他在合作方工作。\n19 问：不好意思。您说合作方，他是在\n20 G|CLUBS 合作方工作吗？\n21 答：G|CLUBS——没错。抱歉。\n22 问：好的。您说这是协议，这是\n23 YachtLife 协议？\n24 答：是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。辩方请求提交\n2 DX 20121。\n3 FINKEL 先生：无异议。\n4 法庭：准予采纳。\n5 （被告方证物 20121 已被采纳为证据）\n6 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。谢谢。\n7 我们可以向陪审团出示吗。\n8 好的。请先放大第 2 段。\n9 哦，抱歉。在那之前，请放大写有“本战略合作伙伴\n10 协议”的\n11 首段。\n12 问（由 KAMARAJU 先生进行）：\n13 问：好的。现在您看到写着“由 G|CLUBS Operations LLC 与……”订立，\n14 然后写着“‘本公司’”，对吗？\n15 答：是的。\n16 问：好的。所以这份文件用“本公司”指代\n17 G|CLUBS Operations LLC，对吗？\n18 答：是的。\n19 问：然后写着 YachtLife Technologies Inc.，其\n20 被称为“服务提供方”，对吗？\n21 答：对。\n22 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。现在请放大\n23 第 2 段。\n24 问：好的。现在请朗读第 2a 条。\n25 答：“公司应向其会员宣传和推广服务提供方的商品\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 和服务。”\n2 问：好的。所以您的理解是，这指的是 G|CLUBS 应当向其会员宣传和\n3 推广 YachtLife 的商品和服务，对吗？\n4 答：对。\n5 问：好的。然后我们来看 b 段。您看到\n6 上面写着：“服务提供方应向本公司及其\n7 合资格会员提供——”然后我跳过下一\n8 部分——“如下所列且由于服务提供方的性质\n9 而适用的某些服务（统称‘服务’）。”您看到了吗？\n10 答：看到了。\n11 问：然后接着延伸到下一页，对吗？\n12 法庭：好的。现在是 2:30，我们要\n13 休庭休息了。\n14 陪审团成员们，请勿彼此之间或与任何其他人\n15 讨论本案。请勿允许任何人在你们面前讨论\n16 本案。请勿阅读、收听或观看来自任何涉及\n17 本次审判主题的事物的\n18 任何内容。\n19 Reyes 女士，您可以退庭。请勿讨论您的\n20 证言。\n21 （陪审团退庭；证人退庭）\n22 法庭：请就座。\n23 在本次休庭期间我必须处理另一项\n24 事务，因此如果你们想提出任何问题，\n25 请在我们返回时提出。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1\n2 KAMARAJU 先生：谢谢法官阁下。\n3 （休庭）\n4 （陪审团入庭）\n5 法庭：您可以继续询问。\n6 KAMARAJU 先生：谢谢法官阁下。\n7 我记得我们刚才在屏幕上展示的是 DX 2121。\n8 问（由 KAMARAJU 先生进行）：\n9 问：Reyes 女士，您的屏幕上显示了吗？\n10 答：是的。\n11 问：好的。很好。\n12 KAMARAJU 先生：陪审员们看到了吗？\n13 问：好的。我想我们已经谈过第 (a) 项条款了，所以我\n14 快速回到那一点。\n15 您看到服务是：“公司应向其会员宣传\n16 和推广服务提供方的商品和\n17 服务。”您看到了，对吗？\n18 法庭：Kamaraju 先生，我认为让陪审团再次听一下本——\n19 的各方当事人会有帮助——\n20 KAMARAJU 先生：百分之百，法官阁下。谢谢\n21 您。\n22 法庭：——文件。\n23 KAMARAJU 先生：让我提醒他们。那么请缩回\n24 视图。\n25 请转到第一段。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 问（由 KAMARAJU 先生进行）：\n2 问：好的。您看到这里写着：“本战略合作伙伴\n3 协议”，然后往下。我先跳过日期。\n4 上面写着：“由 G Club Operations LLC 订立……”\n5 您看到了吗？\n6 答：看到了。\n7 问：好的。这里将其称为“本公司”，对吗？\n8 答：是的。\n9 问：好的。YachtLife Technologies Inc. 被称为\n10 “服务提供方”，对吗？\n11 答：是的。\n12 问：好的。合在一起，如果您看到下一句话，上面写着\n13 “可合称为‘各方’”。您看到了吗？\n14 答：看到了。\n15 问：现在我们回到第 2 段。\n16 好的。您看到这个了，对吗？\n17 答：是的。\n18 问：第 (a) 项条款？\n19 答：是的。\n20 问：好的。您明白 G|CLUBS 在本协议下\n21 所付出的是向 G Club 会员宣传和推广\n22 YachtLife 的商品和服务，对吗？\n23 答：是的。\n24 问：好的。G|CLUBS 在本协议下并未向 YachtLife\n25 支付任何资金，对吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 答：对。\n2 问：好的。但 YachtLife 仍然签订了该协议，\n3 对吗？\n4 答：存在一份协议，对的。\n5 问：对。而且 YachtLife 签署了该协议。\n6 答：是的。\n7 问：好的。那是 YachtLife 做出的决定，对吗？\n8 答：是的。\n9 问：而且据您所知，YachtLife 与 Guo（郭）先生之间\n10 没有任何关联，对吗？\n11 答：据我所知没有。\n12 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。我们可以撤下那份文件了。\n13 我想仅向证人、法庭和\n14 各方出示 DX 20235。\n15 好的。或许我们可以先放大顶部。\n16 好的。或许我们可以为 Reyes 女士\n17 滚动浏览这份文件。\n18 请继续翻到签名页。\n19 问（由 KAMARAJU 先生进行）：\n20 问：好的。您看到那里的签名栏了吗？\n21 答：看到了。\n22 问：好的。是谁代表 G|CLUBS Operations 签署的？\n23 答：是我。\n24 问：好的。这是与哪家公司的合同？抱歉。撤回。\n25 这个问题提得不好。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 除 G|CLUBS 之外，本协议的交易相对方是谁？\n2 合同是与谁订立的？\n3 答：Luxury Cruise Connections。\n4 问：好的。这是一份为 G|CLUBS 会员提供额外一系列\n5 福利的合同；是这样吗？\n6 答：这是一份与合作伙伴订立的合同，没错。\n7 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。辩方提请采纳 DX 20235。\n8 FINKEL 先生：无异议。\n9 法庭：准予采纳。\n10 （被告方证物 20235 已被采纳为证据）\n11 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。请向陪审团出示。\n12\n13 问（由 KAMARAJU 先生进行）：\n14 问：好的。您看到在“叙意”（Recitals）下方的第一个“鉴于”（WHEREAS）条款了吗？\n15\n16 KAMARAJU 先生：请放大那一处。\n17 答：看到了。\n18 问：好的。您可以朗读一下吗。\n19 答：“G|CLUBS 是一项奢华会员服务，为其会员提供\n20 参与活动、礼宾服务、福利及特惠价格的\n21 权益。”\n22 问：在您签署本协议时，您相信该陈述\n23 是真实的，对吗？\n24 答：是的。\n25 问：好的。现在下一个“鉴于”条款，这里写着“公司”，\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 所以这里所指的公司是 Luxury Cruise\n2 Connection，对吗？\n3 答：是的。\n4 问：好的。Luxury Cruise Connection 是做什么的？\n5 答：我具体记不清了。\n6 问：好的。您是否记得它是否与邮轮公司\n7 有关？\n8 答：我确实记得有一家——他们正在筹备一家邮轮\n9 公司。我只是不知道具体细节。\n10 问：好的。那么据您的理解，G|CLUBS\n11 会员将通过本合同获得什么？\n12 答：我不太确定。我们可以看一下文件吗。\n13 法庭：请你对着麦克风说话。\n14\n15 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。请缩小视图看完整的\n16 协议。\n17 好的。让我们看“协议范围”下的第 1(a) 条。\n18\n19 问（由 KAMARAJU 先生进行）：\n20 问：好的。您看到上面写着“公司”，也就是 Luxury\n21 Cruise Connections，对吗？\n22 答：是的。\n23 问：好的。它同意向会员——也就是 G|CLUBS\n24 会员，对吗？\n25 答：对。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 问：好的。提供附件 A 中载明的服务和优惠条款。\n2 对吗？\n3 答：是的。\n4 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。我们撤下该处。我们看\n5 下一段。\n6 问：好的。这里再次写着“公司”，这同样指的是\n7 Luxury Cruise，对吗？\n8 答：是的。\n9 问：好的。您可以朗读一下吗。\n10 答：“公司将向 G|CLUBS 提供代码或其他方式，\n11 会员可通过该方式就附件 A 中列出的服务\n12 申请公司的优惠条款。”\n13 问：好的。您记得昨天在直接询问中，Finkel 先生\n14 问了您很多关于 G|CLUBS 会员如何\n15 获取某些福利的问题，对吗？\n16 答：是的。\n17 问：您谈到了他们如何通过访问网站，\n18 对吗？或者某个网站？抱歉。\n19 答：是的。\n20 问：对吗？比如酒店网站？\n21 答：对。\n22 问：对吗？他们会输入一个代码，对吧，以获取\n23 他们的福利？\n24 答：视情况而定，但其中一些是有代码的，是的。\n25 问：好的。就像本段中所指的，\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 对吗？\n2 答：是的。\n3 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。我们来看下一\n4 段。\n5 问：请你读一下那一段。\n6 答：“公司根据本协议提供的所有服务将\n7 由公司直接向会员销售。”\n8 问：好的。所以你的理解是，Luxury Cruise（豪华邮轮公司）\n9 将直接向 G|CLUBS 会员进行营销推广，对吗？\n10 答：服务将由 Luxury Cruise 直接向会员\n11 提供。\n12 问：好的。所以它不会通过 G|CLUBS，对吗？\n13 答：对。\n14 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。请继续向下滚动到\n15 下一页。\n16 好的。请把 3(a) 项放大。\n17 问：你看到了吗？\n18 答：看到了。\n19 问：好的。那么你对该条款的理解是什么？\n20 答：我来读一下。\n21 G|CLUBS 负责向其会员营销推广\n22 邮轮公司所提供的服务。\n23 问：Luxury Cruise 吗？\n24 答：谢谢。是 Luxury Cruise。\n25 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。我们现在可以撤下那个\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 了。\n2 我想调出已标明用于\n3 识别的物证 DX 20234。\n4 好的。能否为 Reyes 女士滚动浏览一下\n5 那个文件。\n6 由 KAMARAJU 先生继续询问：\n7 问：好的。你在我们刚才看的那一页上看到签名了吗？\n8 答：看到了。\n9 问：好的。是谁代表 G|CLUBS 签名的？\n10 答：是我。\n11 问：好的。请回到顶部那一段。你\n12 看到顶部写着 Condado Vanderbilt 吗？\n13 答：看到了。\n14 问：这是与 Condado Vanderbilt Hotel（孔达多范德比尔特酒店）的合作吗？\n15 答：是的。\n16 KAMARAJU 先生：辩方提交物证 DX 20234。\n17 FINKEL 先生：无异议。\n18 法庭：准予采纳。\n19 （被告物证 20234 被采纳为证据）\n20 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。能否向陪审团出示。\n21 好的。放到屏幕上。\n22 问：Condado Vanderbilt 位于 San Juan（圣胡安），对吗？\n23 答：对。\n24 问：它是该市的一家豪华酒店？\n25\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 答：是的。\n2 问：是否可以这样说——或者撤回该问题。\n3 据你了解，San Juan 是否拥有相当\n4 活跃的旅游业？\n5 答：是的。\n6 问：人们会去 Puerto Rico（波多黎各）旅游，对吗？\n7 答：是的，他们会去。\n8 问：特别是在冬季？\n9 答：一年当中的任何时候。\n10 问：好的。而 G|CLUBS，你在 2020 年 12 月\n11 加入 G|CLUBS 时，新冠疫情仍在持续，对吗？\n12 答：是的。\n13 问：这使得为 G|CLUBS 争取出行福利\n14 变得很困难，对吗？\n15 答：是的。\n16 问：好的。因为人们当时不再像以前那样频繁出行了，\n17 对吗？\n18 答：在那段时间里，是的。\n19 问：对。现在根据本协议，如果我们能加粗——你\n20 看到写着“G|CLUBS will be honored”的地方了吗？你看到\n21 那个了吗？\n22 答：看到了。\n23 问：好的。请你读一下第一句话。\n24 答：“G|CLUBS 将享受我们酒店网站上推广的\n25 最优可用价格基础上的 8.5 折优惠，并包含所有\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 企业级便利设施。”\n2 问：好的。请你继续读下一句，\n3 谢谢。\n4 答：该折扣价格将适用于所有\n5 房型。\n6 问：好的。所以你的理解是，无论在 Condado 是哪种房间，\n7 他们都会获得折扣，对吗？\n8 答：对。\n9 问：而且根据本协议，这是专门提供给 G|CLUBS 会员的，对吗？\n10 答：对。\n11 问：你知道 Condado 的一间客房大约多少钱吗？\n12 答：这取决于季节。\n13 问：确实如此。旺季大约是多少？\n14 答：我不太确定，但我见过稍微超过 500 美元的。\n15 KAMARAJU 先生：现在我们可以先把放大特写撤下来了。\n16\n17 现在我们能看一下——向下滚动到签名处。\n18 问：好的。你看到你签署此文件的日期了吗？\n19 答：看到了。\n20 问：2023 年 1 月 16 日，对吗？\n21 答：是的。\n22 问：那是在 G|CLUBS 收到传票数月之后，对吗？\n23 答：是的。\n24 问：而且那是在 G|CLUBS 的账户被扣押\n25 数月之后，对吗？\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 答：是的。\n2 问：所以尽管发生了那些事件，你仍继续努力为 G|CLUBS 会员争取\n3 福利，对吗？\n4 答：是的。\n5 问：事实上，你在公司任职期间一直都在努力为 G|CLUBS 会员\n6 争取福利，对吗？\n7 答：是的。\n8 问：那是你的工作，对吗？\n9 答：是我工作的一部分，是的。\n10 问：好的。你还记得 Finkel 先生在直接询问中问了你很多\n11 关于 G|CLUBS 网站的问题吗？你还记得\n12 吗？\n13 答：记得。\n14 问：他带你浏览了该网站，并且问，\n15 G|CLUBS 是否提供该项服务，对吗？你还记得吗？\n16 答：记得。\n17 问：你回答说当时没有，对吗？\n18 答：是的。\n19 问：在其中一次你回答说，我们正在推进但尚未推出，对吗？\n20\n21 答：是的。\n22 问：因为 G|CLUBS 当时是一家处于发展中的公司，对吗？\n23 答：是的。\n24 问：你们当时正在建设中，对吗？\n25\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 答：对。\n2 问：而且你是在疫情期间开始的，对吧，至少\n3 在你加入时是这样？\n4 答：是的。\n5 问：而且你对人们坦诚了这一点，对吗？\n6 答：你说的坦诚是什么意思？\n7 问：嗯，你并没有对供应商说我们是一家完全成型的\n8 公司、所有福利都已齐备，对吗？\n9 答：没有。\n10 问：你也没有对潜在会员那样说，对吗？\n11 答：我不认为我对潜在会员说过——\n12 法庭：好的。\n13 答：——任何话。\n14 法庭：我需要你靠得离那个麦克风\n15 非常近，因为听起来像在耳语。\n16 证人：抱歉。\n17 答：能请您重复一遍吗？\n18 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。如果法庭速记员不介意的话，\n19 我要麻烦她把刚才的内容读回来。\n20 法庭：请继续。\n21 （速记记录宣读）\n22 问：任何话，对吗？那就是回答？\n23 答：关于那个——关于新冠。\n24 问：噢，是的。抱歉。我并不是特指新冠。\n25 我是说：你并没有对潜在会员说所有\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 G|CLUBS 的福利一开始就全盘可用，\n2 对吗？那并不是 G|CLUBS 营销推广的一部分，对吗？\n3 FINKEL 先生：反对。复合问题，形式不当。\n4 法庭：我准许提问。\n5 答：当时有正在逐步落实的福利。\n6 问：对。后续还会增加更多的福利，\n7 对吗？\n8 答：随着时间的推移，是的。\n9 问：好的。所以一开始有一些福利，对吗？\n10 答：对。\n11 问：而当你加入时，其中包括 G Fashion 的折扣，\n12 对吗？\n13 FINKEL 先生：已问且已答。\n14 法庭：你可以回答。\n15 答：是的，那个已经就位了。\n16 问：好的。然后你在担任 CEO 期间增加了\n17 额外福利，对吗？\n18 答：对。\n19 问：然后你当时还在寻求更多的福利，对吗？\n20 答：对。\n21 问：因为那是你的工作。\n22 答：那是我工作的一部分，是的。\n23 问：在你在为潜在 G Club 会员寻求的各项福利中，\n24 你当时在寻找移民服务，\n25 对吗？\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 答：我不记得寻找过那个。\n2 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。只是向证人出示——我想\n3 看看能否帮到你——我们能否为她调出 DX 34063。\n4 抱歉。其实，我们能调出 DX 34064 吗。非常\n5 抱歉。这仅供证人、各方当事人以及\n6 法庭查看。\n7 由 KAMARAJU 先生继续询问：\n8 问：好的。你能看一下那份文件吗。\n9 好的。准备好了就告诉我。\n10 答：我读过了。\n11 问：好的。那么不要把文件上的任何内容大声读出来。\n12 我的问题仅仅是：看这份文件是否唤起了\n13 你的记忆，即 G|CLUBS 是否曾为其会员寻求\n14 潜在的移民服务？\n15 答：我对这份文件没有印象。\n16 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。那我们可以把它撤下来了。\n17 问：你是否记得曾通过一家名为 Internova 的机构寻找\n18 定制高端奢华旅游服务？\n19 答：不，我对那个名字没有印象。\n20 问：好的。那通过一家名为 Bold Luxury 的公司寻找\n21 礼宾管家服务呢？\n22 答：我确实记得礼宾管家服务。我不太清楚具体\n23 名称，但我确实记得那件事。\n24 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。我们能否向证人、\n25 法庭及各方当事人出示 DX 31571。\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 问：请你亲自看一下那个文件。\n2 答：好的。\n3 KAMARAJU 先生：能否为 Reyes 女士\n4 滚动浏览一下该文件。\n5 答：你介意滚动到底部吗？\n6 问：当然可以。我们继续往下。\n7 答：好的。\n8 问：好的。这是否唤起了你的记忆，那家公司\n9 是否叫作 Bold Luxury？\n10 答：Bold Luxury 是一家提供出行与交通运输\n11 服务的公司。\n12 问：好的。那是 G|CLUBS 当时寻求\n13 合作的一家公司，对吗？\n14 答：对。\n15 问：好的。那么作为你担任 CEO 职责的一部分，你\n16 是否准备过要发送给银行的商业计划书？\n17 答：据我记忆没有。\n18 问：好的。你是否修改过将要发送给\n19 银行的商业计划书？\n20 答：据我记忆没有。\n21 问：你是否记得曾出于任何目的修改过 G|CLUBS 的\n22 商业计划书？\n23 答：是的，我认为有。\n24 问：好的。所以你记得做过这件事？\n25 答：据我最好的回忆，当时制定了一份商业计划书，\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 是的。\n2 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。请为证人、\n3 各方当事人及法庭调出 DX 60604。\n4 问：你认得这个吗？\n5 答：你能滚动一下吗。\n6 问：当然。请。不用着急。\n7 你认得这份文件吗，Reyes 女士？\n8 答：是的，我记得它。\n9 问：这是什么？\n10 答：商业计划书。\n11 问：好的。你参与了这份商业计划书的\n12 修改吗？\n13 答：我和其他人一起，是的。\n14 问：当然。不仅是你；你是提出修改意见的人\n15 之一，对吗？\n16 答：参与审阅，是的。\n17 问：好的。这是一份草案？\n18 答：看起来像草案，是的。\n19 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。辩方拟提交\n20 DX 60604。\n21 FINKEL 先生：我可以进行审查询问吗。\n22 法庭：可以。\n23 预先审查询问\n24 由 FINKEL 先生进行：\n25 问：Reyes 女士，你知道这份草案、这个版本\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 交叉询问\n1 是否发送出去了吗？\n2 答：我不确定。\n3 FINKEL 先生：反对。传闻证据。以及相关性问题。\n4 法庭：你提交它是为了证明存在\n5 一份草案吗？\n6 KAMARAJU 先生：是的，仅为了证明他们内部\n7 讨论过它；仅此而已。\n8 法庭：你认得这份文件吗？\n9 证人：我认得这份文件，认得它的\n10 格式。\n11 FINKEL 先生：出于证明内部讨论这一目的，我们也提出反对。\n12\n13 法庭：反对无效。你可以提问了。\n14 KAMARAJU 先生：谢谢法官阁下。我可以向\n15 陪审团出示吗？\n16 法庭：可以。\n17 （被告物证 60604 被采纳为证据）\n18 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。谢谢。请向\n19 陪审团出示。\n20 由 KAMARAJU 先生继续询问：\n21 问：好的。那么，Reyes 女士，你作证说有多位\n22 不同的人对此提出过意见，对吗？\n23 答：审阅这份文件的并不只有我。\n24 问：当然。你还记得公司内部还有谁审阅了\n25 它吗？\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 答：法务部门。\n2 问：好的。我不会问你关于与法务部门讨论的任何\n3 内容。你还记得除了法务部门之外，是否还有其他人\n4 审阅过它吗？\n5 答：当时的情况我记不清了。\n6 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。请把页面往下滚一下好吗。\n7 继续往下。\n8 继续往下。\n9 问：好的。你看到“拟议的未来权益”（Proposed Future Benefits）下方的\n10 B 小节了吗？\n11 答：看到了。\n12 问：你能看一下第 1 项吗。\n13 答：好的。\n14 问：好的。第 1 项是什么？\n15 答：多重会员资格（Multi membership）。\n16 问：好的。你能把那段读一下吗。\n17 答：“我们预见到会员会因获取多重权益和传承之考量而购买多份会员资格。\n18 针对多重会员的专属权益可包括：\n19 能多次参与诸如峰会与会谈等活动，\n20 以及在该等活动中获享推广优惠的能力。”\n21 问：当时制定这份商业计划书的目的是什么？\n22 答：当时的情况我不太确定，但我确实记得这份商业计划书\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区速记公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 是税收优惠法令所要求的一部分。\n2 问：好的。你能向陪审团解释一下你说的是什么税收优惠\n3 法令吗。\n4 答：是第 60 号法案（Act 60）税收优惠。\n5 问：好的。不用谈太多的细节，那是某种\n6 Puerto Rico（波多黎各）的法律，对吗？\n7 答：是波多黎各的一项税收优惠。\n8 问：它为波多黎各境内的某些类型的企业\n9 设立了某些类型的税收优惠？\n10 答：我不太确定它具体是如何纳入这项税收\n11 优惠的。\n12 问：但 G|CLUBS 获益于该项优惠，对吧？\n13 答：是的。\n14 问：好的。你能向我们解释一下这份文件是如何\n15 与 G|CLUBS 获得税收优惠关联起来的吗。\n16 撤回。\n17 让我从这份文件切入。\n18 G|CLUBS 为何要就税收优惠制定一份\n19 商业计划书？\n20 答：据我所能回想起来的，这是一项要求。\n21 问：好的。\n22 法庭：你是说这是为了符合享受该权益的资格\n23 而规定的一项要求吗？\n24 证人：是为了提交——没错，是为了申请\n25 Act 60（第 60 号法案）的权益。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 问：好的。据你所知，G|CLUBS 有没有提交申请以获取该项\n2 权益？\n3 答：有的。\n4 问：好的。那你是否向波多黎各的某个政府机构提交了申请\n5 以获得该项权益？我不是指你个人，是指 G|CLUBS。\n6 答：是波多黎各的一个机构，没错。\n7 问：好的。你知道由谁接收该申请吗？\n8 答：我可以用西班牙语说出那个机构的名称吗？\n9 问：由法官阁下决定。我不知道那样是否——\n10 法庭：你可以说。请讲。\n11 答：Departamento de Desarollo Economico y Comercio（经济发展与商务部）。也就是\n12 经济发展部——\n13 问：只要是你记得的就行。那是波多黎各政府的某种部门？\n14 答：是的。\n15 问：好的。我们现在能翻到同一个“拟议的未来权益”部分的\n16 第 5 项吗。\n17 好的。你看到这个了吗？\n18 答：看到了。\n19 问：好的。所以这又是关于实体俱乐部的讨论，\n20 对吗？\n21 答：是的。\n22 问：这就是当时在 G|CLUBS 内部讨论的内容，对吧？\n23 答：是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 问：好的。你看到上面写着：“我们的会员将能够\n2 享用俱乐部的权益与设施，包括”，\n3 然后列举了若干事项，接着写道：“使他们能够\n4 与其他志同道合的人士在奢华环境中安全相聚。”你看到了吗？\n5 答：看到了。\n6 问：你对“使他们能够与其他志同道合的人士在奢华环境中\n7 安全相聚”这句话是如何理解的？\n8 答：让他们在奢华的、比如高档的环境中，与其他\n9 志同道合的人会面。\n10 问：那么关于“安全”这个词呢？\n11 答：不太确定。安全。\n12 问：抱歉。我没听清你说什么。\n13 答：我不太确定它具体是指什么意思。是一处——比如安全的地方？\n14 问：好的。那么你明白这是要提交给某种政府部门的，\n15 对吧？\n16 答：是的。\n17 问：而且是为了享受某种权益，对吧？\n18 答：是的。\n19 问：这份文件的准确性是很重要的，对吧？\n20 答：是的。\n21 问：好的。刚才你作证说——\n22 KAMARAJU 先生：我们可以撤下那份文件了。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 你作证提到了你去过英国 London（伦敦）的一次行程。\n2 你还记得吗？\n3 答：记得。\n4 问：去伦敦是去了两次还是一次？\n5 答：就一次。\n6 问：好的。你在伦敦期间，参观了英格兰乡村的一座城堡，\n7 对吧？\n8 答：是两家酒店。\n9 问：好的。两家酒店。好的。你是以\n10 G|CLUBS 首席执行官的身份去参观的，对吧？\n11 答：是的。\n12 问：好的。这并不是去游览观光的个人旅行，\n13 对吧？\n14 答：不是。\n15 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。我们能否向证人和各方出示\n16 被告物证 60595（DX 60595）。\n17 问：这是你参观过的其中一家酒店的照片吗？\n18 答：是的。\n19 问：这是对其中一家酒店真实且准确的反映吗？\n20 答：什么？\n21 问：这是对那家酒店真实且准确的反映吗？它看起来\n22 跟你参观的那家酒店一样吗？\n23 答：是的。\n24 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。辩方出示 DX 60595 作为证据。\n25 FINKEL 先生：无异议。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 法庭：予以采纳。\n2 （被告物证 60595 被采纳为证据）\n3 KAMARAJU 先生：请向法庭展示该物证。\n4 问：好的。那你还记得这个地方叫什么名字\n5 吗？\n6 答：我不太确定。如果我没记错的话，是 Glutenten [音译] 之类的名字。\n7 问：好的。但它是一家豪华酒店，对吧？\n8 答：是的。\n9 问：其设想是可以将其租下来供 G|CLUBS 会员使用，\n10 对吧？\n11 答：可以作为一项权益提供给会员。\n12 问：而且是专门提供给 G|CLUBS 会员的，对吧？\n13 答：是的。\n14 问：有很多 G|CLUBS 会员居住在欧洲，\n15 对吧？\n16 答：是的。\n17 问：好的。所以这对他们来说可能很方便，对吧？\n18 答：对他们而言会是一项权益。\n19 问：当然。刚才你说你看过两处物业，\n20 对吧？\n21 答：是的。\n22 问：好的。那么，在我们看另一处之前，你实际\n23 参观过这家酒店吗？\n24 答：参观过。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 问：相当奢华吗？\n2 答：挺不错的，是的。\n3 问：相当大吗？\n4 答：是的。\n5 问：你还记得那家酒店一间客房要多少钱吗？\n6 答：不记得了。具体我不记得了。\n7 问：好的。你还记得它是否比 Condado（康达多酒店）在旺季的\n8 收费还要贵吗？\n9 答：我想是的。\n10 问：好的。贵很多吗？\n11 答：我不太确定。\n12 问：好的。现在我们看第二处物业。你说\n13 还有第二家你也参观过了，对吧？\n14 答：是的。\n15 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。能否向 Reyes 女士出示已被标记为\n16 DX 60597 的物证。\n17 问：好的。这是你到访过的另一家酒店的照片吗？\n18 噢，抱歉。\n19 答：看起来是的。\n20 问：好的。这张照片反映的就是那家酒店；是这样吗？\n21 答：是的。\n22 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。辩方出示 DX 60597 作为证据。\n23 FINKEL 先生：无异议。\n24 法庭：予以采纳。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6I1GUO4 Reyes - 盘问\n1 （被告物证 60597 被采纳为证据）\n2 KAMARAJU 先生：好的。请向法庭展示该物证。\n3 问：好的。所以再说一遍，你实际参观过这家酒店？\n4 答：是的。\n5 问：好的。相当奢华；这么说恰当吗？\n6 答：是的。\n7 问：相当昂贵，对吧？\n8 答：是的。\n9 问：为酒店宾客提供很多服务？\n10 答：他们提供各种不同的服务，是的。\n11 （接下页）\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 盘问\n1 KAMARAJU 先生继续发问：\n2 问：有水疗中心吗？\n3 答：有。\n4 问：有会议室吗？\n5 答：我不记得了。\n6 问：有供宾客会面的场所吗？\n7 答：有。\n8 问：可能还有酒吧？\n9 答：是的。\n10 问：好的。那么，Guo 先生（郭先生）从未要求你去参观任何其他\n11 地方，对吧？\n12 答：没有。\n13 问：他根本从来没有跟你谈论过这些地方，对吧？\n14 答：据我回想没有。\n15 问：你从来没告诉过他你要去看那些地方？\n16 答：没有。\n17 问：你从来没告诉过他你在寻找的那个岛屿的事，\n18 对吧？\n19 答：据我回想没有。\n20 问：你没有把这些事情中的任何一件与 G/Clubs 的发言人沟通，\n21 对吧？\n22 答：你能重复一下吗。\n23 问：当然。没关系。你没有就这些具体的物业与 Guo 先生进行任何沟通，\n24 对吗？\n25 答：据我回想没有。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 盘问\n1 问：你从来没有跟他讨论过这件事，对吧？\n2 FINKEL 先生：该问题已问过并已作答。\n3 法庭：异议成立。\n4 问：那么，你是乘商业航班飞往伦敦的吗？不。撤回。\n5 你在直接询问中作证说你乘的是私人飞机，\n6 对吗？\n7 答：是的。\n8 问：那是 G/Clubs 的飞机吗？\n9 答：据我所知不是。\n10 问：你知道 G/Clubs 是否包租了那架飞机吗？\n11 答：我认为没有。\n12 问：你知道谁拥有那架飞机吗？\n13 答：我不确定。\n14 问：我们可以撤下那张照片了。\n15 G/Clubs 运营公司（G/Clubs Operation），其总部设在波多黎各，\n16 对吧？\n17 答：是的。\n18 问：它有一家母公司，我想你之前称其为\n19 国际公司（International），对吧，或者叫 BVI（英属维尔京群岛公司）？\n20 答：是的。\n21 问：BVI 拥有运营公司百分之百的股权，对吧？\n22 答：你能重复一下吗。\n23 问：当然。BVI 拥有运营公司百分之百的股权，对吧？\n24 答：我不太确定。BVI 是 G/Clubs 运营公司的上级。\n25 问：让我换这种方式来问。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 盘问\n1 你把 He 先生称作所有人，对吧？\n2 答：是的。\n3 问：他是 G/Club BVI 的所有人？\n4 答：按我的理解，是的。\n5 问：而且通过那家公司，他是运营公司的所有人，对吧？\n6 答：是的。\n7 问：而且你曾跟他有过电子邮件交流，你在信中说\n8 我不是想当所有人——我是在意译其意——对吧，\n9 因为他才是所有人，对吧？\n10 答：是的。\n11 问：而且你知道 G/Clubs 当时正试图向国际拓展，\n12 对吗？\n13 答：向国际拓展是什么意思？\n14 问：当时有一项在中东拓展业务的努力，\n15 对吧？\n16 答：我没有参与那件事。\n17 问：但你知晓此事，对吧？\n18 答：曾经有人跟我提过。\n19 问：你知道 Alex Hadjicharalambous，你知道他是\n20 G/Clubs 运营公司的财务主管，对吧？\n21 答：是的。\n22 问：而且作为该项努力的一部分，他去了中东，\n23 对吧？\n24 FINKEL 先生：反对。她已作证表明她是根据他人转告\n25 得知此事的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 盘问\n1 法庭：你知道他是否去了中东吗？\n2 证人：是的，他去了中东。\n3 问：还是先谈一下 Alex，作为财务主管，他的职责是\n4 管理银行账户；是这样吗？\n5 答：是的。\n6 问：管理公司的现金流，对吧，对其进行跟踪记录？\n7 答：管理账户的现金流？\n8 问：对，当然。\n9 答：是的。\n10 问：跟踪资金的流出与流入，对吧？\n11 答：他有操作权限。\n12 问：那不是你的工作，对吧？\n13 答：不是。\n14 问：你有其他的职责？\n15 答：是的。\n16 问：当 Finkel 先生就贷款是否已偿还向你提出所有那些问题时，\n17 你并没有去查看银行账户来看这是否已经发生，\n18 对吧？\n19 法庭：我听不清你的声音。\n20 答：没有，我没看。\n21 法庭：大声点。\n22 答：你能重复一下吗。\n23 问：所以当 Finkel 先生向你问起那些关于贷款是否已偿还\n24 的问题时，你知道我指的是哪些贷款吗\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 到？\n2 答：是的。\n3 问：当他向您询问有关那些问题时，去查看银行对账单以了解贷款是否\n4 已经偿还并不是您的\n5 工作，对吗？\n6 答：我没有看银行对账单。\n7 问：那不是您的职责？\n8 答：我不认为那是我的职责。\n9 问：公司里有其他人负责\n10 那个，对吧？\n11 答：是的。\n12 问：因为在一家公司里可以有分工，\n13 对吧？\n14 答：是的。\n15 问：CEO（首席执行官）不一定负责所有事情，\n16 对吧？\n17 答：我不这样认为。\n18 问：您有几个部门向您汇报，对吧？\n19 答：是的。\n20 问：而且您依赖他们的建议，对吧？\n21 答：是的。\n22 问：现在，您作证说在欧洲境外的游艇上\n23 见过 He 先生（Mr. He）和 Mileson Guo（郭美），对吗？\n24 答：是的。\n25 问：您记得大概是哪一年吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 答：2021年。\n2 问：您记得是不是在夏天，大概\n3 是什么时候？\n4 答：9月。\n5 问：那么您认为您今天能认出 Mileson 吗？\n6 答：我不太确定。\n7 问：请调出 GXHN-82，它已经在证据中了，\n8 并将其公开展示。\n9 您看到了吗？\n10 答：看到了。\n11 问：您认得那个人吗？\n12 答：我不太确定，不认得。\n13 问：我们可以撤下来了。在主询问中您确实认出了 He 先生，\n14 对吧？\n15 答：是的。\n16 问：He 先生拥有 BVI（英属维尔京群岛公司）100% 的股份，对吧？\n17 FINKEL 先生（MR. FINKEL）：已问并已答。\n18 法庭：异议成立。\n19 问：所以 He 先生控制了公司所有的资产，\n20 对吧？\n21 答：您说的控制资产是什么意思？\n22 问：我的意思是他决定某些资金的\n23 去向，对吧？\n24 答：是的。\n25 问：所以他要求您发放某些贷款，对吧？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 答：是的。\n2 问：您照办了，对吧？\n3 答：发放了贷款，是的。\n4 问：有时他向您索要贷款用于进行投资，\n5 对吧？\n6 答：贷款有不同的目的。\n7 问：所以，例如有一次他要求贷款去\n8 投资一个名为 Yield Esta 的项目，对吧？\n9 答：我记得 Yield Esta。\n10 问：He 先生要求您把钱投入那家公司，对吧？\n11 答：那不是一家——据我的理解那不是一家公司。\n12 问：据您的理解它是什么？\n13 答：那是银行的一款产品，类似于一个银行账户。\n14 问：它是某种投资产品？\n15 答：我不太确定。它相当于银行里的账户。\n16 您必须拥有 Yield Esta，那些资金。\n17 问：G/Clubs 在与 Mercantile Bank（商业银行）建立关系的初期向 Yield Esta 转账了 300万美元；\n18 不是这样吗？\n19 答：没错。\n20 问：据您当时的理解，这 300万美元将用于\n21 做什么？\n22 答：那是存入该账户以维持我们账户的资金。\n23 问：所以这笔钱就只是放在那里？\n24 答：我的理解是它将在那里存放一段时间。\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 问：然后接下来会发生什么？\n2 答：我不确定。\n3 问：您参与了向 Yield Esta 转账 300万美元\n4 的过程吗？\n5 答：由我来转账？\n6 问：您以任何方式参与了那次转账吗，不是说仅仅是按一下按钮，而是以任何方式参与？\n7\n8 答：我不记得具体细节了。我记得 Yield Esta。\n9 问：那么您是怎么知道这件事的？\n10 答：关于谁，关于 Yield Esta？\n11 问：G/Clubs 存入 Yield Esta 的 300万美元，您是怎么\n12 知道的？\n13 答：那是 Mercantile bank 提供的产品。\n14 KAMARAJU 先生（MR. KAMARAJU）：动议删除该回答。\n15 法庭：他问的是您是怎么知道\n16 Yield Esta 的。\n17 答：通过 Mercantile Bank。\n18 问：Mercantile 告诉您的？\n19 答：那是他们的产品。\n20 问：您是怎么知道 G/Clubs 向 Yield Esta\n21 投资了 300万美元的？\n22 答：我认为那是一项要求。要在他们那里开户，\n23 您必须照做。您必须在 Yield Esta 账户中有那么多金额。\n24\n25 问：所以 Mercantile——您的理解是 Mercantile 告诉\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 您必须投资这笔钱？\n2 答：没错。\n3 问：那么您又是怎么知道 G/Clubs 确实投资了\n4 那么多金额的款项的？\n5 答：我是怎么知道的？\n6 问：是的，女士。\n7 答：我不太确定。\n8 问：您回答完了吗？\n9 答：我不记得了。\n10 问：现在，He 先生还决定投资一个叫\n11 Hamilton 的项目，对吧？\n12 答：有一笔贷款，没错。\n13 问：He 先生是指示应该发放这笔贷款\n14 的人，对吧？\n15 答：我不太确定。指示要么来自 Yvette，要么来自 He 先生。\n16 问：您明白即使是来自 Yvette，那也是来自\n17 He 先生，对吧？\n18 答：是的。\n19 问：He 先生签署批准将那些贷款收益流向\n20 Hamilton，对吧？\n21 答：他会在文件、贷款文件上签署批准，\n22 是的。\n23 问：而且您知晓那些贷款收益是要流向\n24 Hamilton 的，对吧？\n25 答：我不太确定。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 问：让我们调出我认为已作为证据 GXGC-175 提交的文件。\n2 您看到了吗？\n3 答：看到了。\n4 问：这是您发给 He 先生的一封电子邮件，对吧？\n5 答：是的。\n6 问：这是关于一笔 5000万美元的投资。您看到\n7 了吗？\n8 答：看到了。\n9 问：那么当您写道“我写信是关于\n10 G/Club International BVI 向 Hamilton Digital Assets（汉密尔顿数字资产）投资 5000万美元之事”时，您是什么意思？\n11\n12 答：贷款文件的结尾就是这么写的。决议案中会\n13 这样指称。\n14 问：要写下这句话，您必须知道 BVI 将对 Hamilton Digital\n15 Assets 进行一笔 5000万美元的投资，\n16 对吧？\n17 FINKEL 先生：反对，歪曲事实。\n18 法庭：异议成立。\n19 问：那么再说一遍，您是什么意思？\n20 FINKEL 先生：已问并已答。\n21 问：关于“向 Hamilton Digital Assets”具体是什么意思？\n22\n23 FINKEL 先生：已问并已答。\n24 法庭：异议成立。\n25 问：您为什么发送这封电子邮件？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 答：每次发生贷款往来，我都会把不同的贷款文件\n2 和决议案发送给 He 先生供其签署批准。\n3 问：这涉及哪一笔贷款请求？\n4 答：一笔向 Hamilton Digital Assets 提供的 5000万美元贷款。\n5 问：您记得在主询问中与\n6 Finkel 先生就这件证物作证的事吗？\n7 答：不，我不记得。\n8 问：所以今天早些时候讨论过\n9 这件证物，您完全没有印象了？\n10 答：我不记得具体细节。\n11 问：这 5000万美元一旦到达 Hamilton，\n12 据您的理解将会如何处理？\n13 答：我不知道。\n14 问：您问过任何人去查明吗？\n15 答：我不记得了。\n16 问：您不记得是否问过任何人？\n17 答：我不记得我是否问过任何人。\n18 问：作为公司的 CEO，您认为了解这笔钱\n19 的去向是您的职责之一吗？\n20 答：不认为。\n21 问：那不是您的工作，对吧？\n22 答：我不认为需要我去过问。\n23 问：那是 He 先生的决定，对吧？\n24 答：那是来自 He 先生的指示。\n25 问：而且该由他来做决定，对吧？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 答：是的。\n2 问：这就是为什么您没有就此向他提任何问题，\n3 对吧？\n4 答：我不认为需要提问，是的。\n5 问：抱歉。\n6 答：我不认为需要提问，是的。那是他的\n7 指示。\n8 问：而且该由他发出指示，对吧？\n9 FINKEL 先生：已问并已答。\n10 法庭：异议成立。\n11 问：现在，您记得在主询问中被问及有关\n12 He 先生使用 proton 电子邮件账户的一些问题，对吧？\n13 答：是的。\n14 问：您在这里看到他正在使用 proton 电子邮件账户，对吧？\n15 答：是的。\n16 问：但您知道那就是 He 先生，对吧？\n17 答：那是 He 先生的电子邮件吗？\n18 问：那是您用来与他沟通的电子邮件，对吧？\n19 答：是的。\n20 问：他没有对您隐瞒这一点，对吧？\n21 答：没有，我能看到。\n22 问：现在，在主询问中 Finkel 先生问您是否知道他为什么\n23 使用 proton 电子邮件账户，而您拥有 G/Club 账户，\n24 记得吗？\n25 答：是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 问：您是一名员工，或者在当时——撤回。\n2 当时您是 G/Clubs\n3 运营部门的一名员工，对吗？\n4 答：是的。\n5 问：您的电子邮件账户是从 G/Clubs 运营部门\n6 获得的，对吗？\n7 答：是的。\n8 问：He 先生不是 G/Clubs 运营部门的员工，对吗？\n9 答：不是。\n10 问：他是所有人，对吧？\n11 答：是的。\n12 问：您在主询问中还谈到了 He 先生如何跟您说\n13 波多黎各人动作慢。您记得吗？\n14 答：是的。\n15 问：而且他会抱怨您的工作节奏，对吧？\n16 答：是的。\n17 问：现在，您说您经常与 Guo 先生（郭先生）交谈。您\n18 记得吗？\n19 FINKEL 先生：歪曲事实。\n20 法庭：异议成立。\n21 问：您多久与 Guo 先生交谈一次？\n22 答：我去纽约时，如果他在办公室的话。\n23 问：从未在波多黎各与他交谈过？\n24 答：没有。\n25 问：现在，Guo 先生对您一直很友善，对吧？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 答：是的。\n2 问：他很有礼貌，对吧？\n3 答：是的。\n4 问：他没有发表过任何关于波多黎各人动作慢的言论，\n5 对吧？\n6 答：没有。\n7 问：他完全没有做过任何那种事，对吧？\n8 答：没有。\n9 问：甚至在您与他共进的晚餐上，也就是\n10 Finkel 先生向您询问的那次晚餐，对吧，您记得那次晚餐吗？\n11 答：是的。\n12 问：那是在 G/Club 收到传票之后发生的，\n13 对吧？\n14 答：是的。\n15 问：Finkel 先生向您询问了有关 Guo 先生关于忠诚的言论\n16 的问题，对吧？\n17 答：是的。\n18 问：他没有告诉您必须忠诚，对吧？\n19 答：据我回忆没有，是的。\n20 问：他谈到了他哥哥对某种信念所展现\n21 的忠诚，对吧？\n22 答：是的。\n23 问：而且据 Guo 先生在那次晚餐上所说，那种忠诚\n24 导致了他哥哥的丧生，对吧？\n25 答：是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 问：关于忠诚，他就是这么对您谈的，对吧？\n2 答：是的。\n3 问：现在，您在主询问中谈到了您没有与 Wang 女士（王女士）讨论过\n4 您作证提到的那些贷款的结构。\n5 您记得吗？\n6 FINKEL 先生：歪曲事实。\n7 法庭：异议成立。\n8 问：您是否与 G/Clubs 的任何人讨论过从运营部门\n9 向 BVI 贷款的结构？\n10 答：据我最好的回忆，与法务部讨论过。\n11 问：我不是问法务部。但基于您的\n12 对话，关于为什么要那样做，您的\n13 理解是什么？\n14 答：我不记得了。它就是那样构建的。\n15 问：现在，您在主询问中还作证说有一笔\n16 公司内部律师告诉您不要做的贷款请求，对吧？\n17 FINKEL 先生：歪曲事实。\n18 法庭：异议成立。你说的是那笔 500\n19 万美元吗？\n20 KAMARAJU 先生：她作证说有律师告诉她\n21 不要去做。\n22 法庭：她没有将其定性为贷款。\n23 问：抱歉。我撤回该问题。那笔 500万美元的\n24 交易，好吧，您知道我说的是哪一笔吗？\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 答：是的。\n2 问：G/Clubs 的一名法务告知你不要那么做？\n3 答：不要执行那笔操作。\n4 问：那是什么时候发生的？\n5 答：2022年底。我不清楚具体是哪个月。我记不得\n6 具体是几月份了。\n7 问：所以是在你收到传票之后？\n8 答：据我所能回忆起的，是的，没错。\n9 问：你当时并没有辞职，对吗？\n10 答：什么时候？\n11 问：在执行那笔 500 万美元款项的时候，你没有\n12 辞职，对吗？\n13 答：没有，我没辞职。\n14 问：而且你当时也不认为自己正在犯罪，对吗？\n15 答：不，我并不这么认为。\n16 问：即使你当时违背了该\n17 律师的建议，也是如此，对吗？\n18 答：没错。\n19 问：我想谈一谈关于退款的事。还记得在\n20 主询问中有人问过你这个问题吗？\n21 答：记得。\n22 问：那么，G/Club 确实允许人们取消其会员资格，\n23 对吗？\n24 答：是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法庭书记官事务所）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 问：而且这并不完全是取消，而是 G/Club 会员\n2 可以让他们的会员资格自然失效，对吗？\n3 答：你说的“自然失效”是什么意思？\n4 问：如果有一笔年费，他们必须支付，对吗？\n5 答：是的。\n6 问：而那是在他们所支付的任何初始费用\n7 之外的费用，对吗？\n8 答：没错。\n9 问：举例来说，他们可能支付了 50,000 美元的\n10 初始费用，之后还会产生一些持续滚动的\n11 年费，对吗？\n12 答：他们有初始费用和年费，没错。\n13 问：如果他们停止支付年费，那么我想\n14 你说过他们的账户就会被停用，对吗？\n15 答：是的，对此有一个专门术语。\n16 问：不好意思。\n17 答：它被停用有一个具体的术语。\n18 问：然后他们就不能再使用这些服务了？\n19 答：他们不能再享受这些福利了，没错。\n20 问：但是 G/Club 确实允许你们，或者说直接允许会员，\n21 直接注销他们的会员资格，对吗？\n22 答：有一个取消期。\n23 问：存在一个可以在此期间进行操作的时限，\n24 对吗？\n25 答：是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 问：那么，郭先生并没有设定那个时限，对吗？\n2 答：据我回忆没有。\n3 问：当它从三天变更为——我想你说过\n4 变成了 12 天或 14 天，对吗？\n5 答：是的。\n6 问：关于那次变更，你也没有咨询过郭先生，对吗？\n7 答：据我回忆没有，是的。\n8 问：那是 G/Clubs 的公司政策，对吗？\n9 答：那是 G/Club 的政策，是的。\n10 问：该政策规定，如果有人在——我们就用\n11 14 天窗口期为例——之外申请退款，他们有权\n12 获得退款，是吗？\n13 答：如果超过了 14 天，他们无权\n14 获得退款。\n15 问：G/Clubs 是否有处理退款的流程？\n16 答：有的。\n17 问：你能向陪审团描述一下吗？\n18 答：是超过期限的那些，还是那些——哪种类型的——\n19 三天的还是 14 天的？\n20 问：假设有一笔是在两天之内提交的，接下来会发生什么？\n21 答：会员会给我们发一封电子邮件。该邮件会被发送\n22 给法务部门。法务会审核我们所谓的工单，然后他们\n23 会批准或拒绝取消请求。\n24 问：你是否参与了该流程？\n25 答：没有参与批准或拒绝取消的流程。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 问：据你所知，郭先生是否参与了该流程？\n2 答：没有。\n3 问：如果一名会员提交了——我们现在先以三天\n4 期限为例。好的。\n5 答：好的。\n6 问：假设一名会员在超出退款期限六天后提交，\n7 是否有不同的流程？\n8 答：流程是一样的。评估方式不同。\n9 问：评估方式有何不同？\n10 答：因为超出了期限，所以不会被\n11 取消。\n12 问：所以如果有人在期限之外提交，他们就得不到\n13 退款，对吗？\n14 答：在某些时候他们确实得不到，是的。\n15 问：你在主询问中作证说知道农场（farms）\n16 是什么。你还记得吗？\n17 答：你能重复一下吗。\n18 问：你知道农场是什么，对吧？\n19 答：我不太确定它们是如何运作的。\n20 问：我只是问你是否对它们是什么有一个大致的了解？\n21 FINKEL 先生：已经问过并回答过了，歪曲事实。\n22 法庭：异议成立。\n23 问：你是否有大致的了解？\n24 FINKEL 先生：已经问过并回答过了。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 法庭：异议成立。\n2 问：农场是否参与了 G/Clubs 的退款流程？\n3 答：据我回忆没有。\n4 问：你在 G/Clubs 任职期间，是否记得有多少起\n5 退款请求？\n6 答：不记得。\n7 问：大概数字呢？\n8 答：我不确定。\n9 问：超过一百起？\n10 答：我认为是的。\n11 问：超过一千起？\n12 答：我不确定，可能有。我不确定。\n13 问：你也作证谈到了抽奖活动，对吧？\n14 答：是的。\n15 问：那么，抽奖活动的一些中奖者住在\n16 中国？\n17 答：是的。\n18 问：G/Clubs 能否把奖品运送到中国？\n19 答：是说运送的能力，还是说是否收到了？\n20 问：嗯，按你的理解，G/Clubs 能把像一辆兰博基尼\n21 运送到中国吗？\n22 答：不能，我们无法运送汽车。\n23 问：而且你并不知道郭先生是否曾告诉过你不要\n24 给抽奖中奖者发放奖品，对吧？\n25 答：据我回忆没有。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 问：我们先继续讨论一下车的事。\n2 你在一艘游艇上见到了郭先生，Mileson Guo（郭强），他\n3 谈到过他喜欢开赛车，对吧？\n4 答：是的。\n5 问：你的印象是他在那个圈子里人脉很广，对吧？\n6 答：据我理解，是的。\n7 问：事实上，是他帮 G/Clubs 联系了布加迪经销商，\n8 对吧？\n9 答：别人是这么告诉我的。\n10 问：请出示政府第 227 号物证（Government Exhibit 227）。我们可以\n11 向陪审团展示这份文件。\n12 你看到了吗？\n13 答：看到了。\n14 问：这是你收到的一封来自 Lonny Soza 的电子邮件，对吧？\n15 答：是的。\n16 问：你可以看到他是 Post Oak Motor\n17 Cars 的总裁，对吧？\n18 答：是的。\n19 问：这是关于 G/Clubs 购买的那辆布加迪，\n20 对吧？\n21 答：关于布加迪，是的。\n22 问：你看得到发送日期是 2021年11月1日，\n23 对吧？\n24 答：是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 问：请翻到第三页。\n2 你看到那里的客户姓名了吗？\n3 答：看到了。\n4 问：上面列的是谁？\n5 答：Mileson Guo。\n6 问：我们能否同时调出也已作为证据的\n7 GX-230。你看到右边的文件了吗？\n8 答：看到了。\n9 问：那是 Soza 先生发给你的另一封电子邮件，对吧？\n10 答：是的。\n11 问：日期是 2021年11月12日，对吧？\n12 答：是的。\n13 问：内容是关于购买同一辆布加迪的事？\n14 答：是的。\n15 问：请翻到第四页。你看到这个了吗？\n16 答：看到了。\n17 问：你看到客户姓名了吗？\n18 答：看到了。\n19 问：那里列出的客户姓名是谁？\n20 答：G/Club International Limited。\n21 问：是你让 Soza 先生做出那项更改的吗？\n22 答：我不记得了。\n23 问：你知道是否有其他 G/Club 员工就\n24 这次购买与 Soza 先生进行沟通？\n25 答：据我所知没有。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 问：你知道为什么要做出这项更改吗？\n2 答：贷款是给 G/Club International Limited 的。\n3 问：不是给 Mileson Guo 的，对吗？\n4 答：没错。\n5 问：Mileson Guo 并没有买这辆车，对吧？\n6 答：据我理解没有。\n7 问：即使左边的客户规格单上有他的名字，\n8 对吧？\n9 答：是的。\n10 问：有人问过你布加迪是否曾提供给\n11 G/Club 会员使用，对吧？\n12 答：不确定是布加迪还是——我不确定是\n13 布加迪还是兰博基尼，不确定。\n14 问：你知道——撤回。\n15 你知道布加迪是否曾离开过停车场吗？\n16 答：车行吗？\n17 问：对。\n18 答：据我理解，没有。\n19 问：所以你无法知道它是否可能曾被\n20 提供给 G/Club 会员使用，对吧？\n21 FINKEL 先生：要求进行推测。\n22 法庭：你可以回答你是否知道它是否\n23 被提供使用。\n24 答：据我理解，它没有被提供使用。\n25 问：Finkel 先生问过你在挑选\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 兰博基尼中的角色。你还记得吗？\n2 答：记得。\n3 问：在你担任 G/Club 首席执行官之前，你以前买过\n4 兰博基尼吗？\n5 答：没有。\n6 问：你曾就兰博基尼的买卖进行过谈判吗？\n7 答：没有。\n8 问：参观过兰博基尼的设施吗？\n9 答：没有。\n10 问：你造访过兰博基尼的经销店吗？\n11 答：没有。\n12 问：你曾梦想过购买一辆兰博基尼吗？\n13 答：梦想过？\n14 问：对。\n15 答：没有。\n16 问：说你对购买兰博基尼没有太多经验\n17 是恰当的吧？\n18 答：是的，没有经验。\n19 问：他还问过你关于 G/Club 购买的露营车。\n20 你记得吗？\n21 答：记得。\n22 问：你见过郭先生露营的视频吗？\n23 答：没有。\n24 问：你见过郭先生在视频中宣传露营车吗？\n25 答：没有。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 问：你听说过有人说郭先生去露营了吗？\n2 FINKEL 先生：反对。\n3 法庭：反对无效。你可以回答。\n4 答：没有，我从没听说过。\n5 问：所以作为 G/Club 的首席执行官，你知道当时正在\n6 购买布加迪，对吧？\n7 答：是的。\n8 问：而且你知道当时正在购买\n9 兰博基尼，对吧？\n10 答：是的。\n11 问：并且你知道两辆车本应被交付到\n12 康涅狄格州，对吧？\n13 答：关于具体交付地点我不记得了。\n14 问：你不记得 Finkel 先生问过 CT\n15 是什么意思吗？\n16 答：我知道 CT 是什么意思。我不记得自己当时知道它\n17 要被送到那里。\n18 问：你作证说在纽约有许多 G/Club 会员，\n19 对吧？\n20 答：纽约有 G/Clubs 会员，是的。\n21 问：按你的理解，在这些车辆中的任何一辆能够投入使用之前，\n22 必须取得专门的保险，对吧？必须取得保险，对吧？\n23 答：是的。\n24 问：而 G/Club 在取得该保险方面遇到了困难，\n25 对吧？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 答：他们当时正在处理此事。\n2 问：他们当时正在处理此事，对吧？\n3 FINKEL 先生：已经问过并回答过了。\n4 问：撤回。我想你在主询问中作证说你\n5 曾接洽过某种公司来处理该租赁\n6 事宜；这样说恰当吗？\n7 答：那是一家为会员未来的租赁福利开展合作的\n8 公司，是的。\n9 问：那是在 2022年，对吧？\n10 答：据我所能回忆起的，是的。\n11 问：G/Clubs 给那家公司付钱了吗？\n12 答：我认为付了。\n13 问：所以那家公司当时正在处理此事，对吧？\n14 答：是的。\n15 问：你作证说你在一段视频中看到郭先生驾驶\n16 兰博基尼，对吧？\n17 答：不是驾驶。\n18 问：请讲。\n19 答：是一辆像是在视频中被展示出来的兰博基尼。\n20 问：明白了。所以他在视频中展示了它，对吧？\n21 答：是的。\n22 问：而你感到担忧，因为这辆兰博基尼尚未准备好\n23 供 G/Clubs 会员使用，对吧？\n24 答：G/Club 尚未落实或提供那种\n25 服务。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反问\n1 服务。\n2 问：它当时仍在做提供该项服务所需要的任何准备工作，对吗？\n3 答：对。\n4 问：而且事实上你从未听说Guo先生（郭先生）实际开过那辆Lamborghini（兰博基尼），对吗？\n5 Finkel先生：反对，传闻证据。\n6 法庭：你可以就你所了解的情况作证。\n7 答：抱歉。\n8 法庭：你知道他是否开过那辆兰博基尼吗？\n9 证人：我没见过他开。它就是停在那里。\n10 问：而且你从未听说过涉及他和Bugatti（布加迪）的视频有类似的情况，对吗？\n11 Finkel先生：同上反对。她听说的内容属于传闻证据。\n12 法庭：讲你所知道的，而不是你听说的。\n13 答：我不知道他开布加迪的事。\n14 问：那么，在某人成为G/Club（G俱乐部）会员之前，有一道审核程序，对吗？\n15 答：审核程序是什么意思？\n16 问：从提交申请到G/Clubs接受申请之间，大约有30天的期限，对吗？\n17 答：我不记得了。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反问\n1 问：那是即时的吗？\n2 答：批准吗？\n3 问：嗯。\n4 答：会员会填写申请表。一旦收到申请并且收到款项，他们就会获得批准。\n5 问：曾经有过任何被称为KYC（了解你的客户）的要求吗？\n6 答：有的，曾经有一段时间有。\n7 问：那是何时？\n8 答：据我所能记起的，要么是2022年12月下旬，要么是2023年年初。\n9 问：你是否记得Alex H必须参与某项对账项目，将入账款项与会员协议进行匹配？\n10 答：会员付款需要进行对账。\n11 问：为了确保我们说的是同一件事，你说需要对账是什么意思？\n12 答：当收到会员付款时，当我们收到会员付款时，必须与系统上的申请相匹配。\n13 问：Alex H在G俱乐部方面负责处理这件事吗？\n14 答：在财务部门下。\n15 问：鉴于进账的金额，这对公司来说有点难以应付，对吗？\n16 Finkel先生：反对。\n17 法庭：反对无效。如果你认为难以应付，你可以回答。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反问\n1 答：有大量的会员付款。\n2 问：那就是为什么你们引进了Crane，对吗？\n3 答：我没有引进Crane。\n4 问：撤回。那就是为什么G/Clubs引进了Crane，对吗？\n5 答：我不太确定原因。\n6 问：记得在主询问时向你出示过一张Haitham Khaled的照片吗？\n7 答：记得。\n8 问：你对他是否诚实的品性有意见或看法吗？\n9 Finkel先生：反对。\n10 法庭：请两位律师上前。\n11 （下接下页）\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反问\n1 （在法官席前边会）\n2 法庭：如果你要询问品性问题，你需要奠定证据基础。\n3 Kamaraju先生：为了记录清晰，我依据的是《联邦证据规则》第608条(a)款。如果有关于证人诚实或不诚实品性声誉的证言支持，证人的可信性可以受到攻击。\n4 Finkel先生：他的品性什么时候受到过攻击？\n5 Kamaraju先生：法条写的是可以受到攻击。\n6 Finkel先生：看最后一句话。只有在证人诚实的品性受到攻击之后，关于其品性诚实的证据方可采信。\n7 Kamaraju先生：Shroff女士对他的品性进行了广泛的攻击。\n8 Shroff女士：我攻击了他的品性。\n9 法庭：你必须证明她是如何知道他的声誉的。\n10 Kamaraju先生：明白了。\n11 （下接下页）\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反问\n1 （在公开法庭；陪审团在场）\n2 由Kamaraju先生提问：\n3 问：我要撤回上一个问题，问你这个。你在G俱乐部期间与Khaled先生有过接触吗？\n4 答：有的。\n5 问：那是些什么样的接触？\n6 答：他在最开始寻找商务办公场地，并且主管银行事务。\n7 问：他参与了G俱乐部与Crane的纠纷吗？\n8 答：参与了，是的。\n9 问：由于你与Khaled先生的接触，你是否对他诚实的品性形成了某种看法？\n10 法庭：关于声誉方面，你需要奠定证据基础，而声誉是通过与他人交谈而了解形成的。\n11 问：你是否曾经与他人谈论过Khaled先生诚实方面的声誉？\n12 答：我是否跟其他人谈过Khaled先生是否诚实？\n13 问：是的。\n14 答：我不记得了。\n15 问：这是你的回答。你不记得了。好的。\n16 你的理解是Crane扣留了G俱乐部希望处理的款项，对吗？\n17 答：Crane持有G俱乐部的钱。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反问\n1 问：Crane持有G俱乐部的钱，对吗？\n2 答：对。\n3 问：而且G俱乐部想要要回那笔钱，对吗？\n4 答：我们想要那笔钱，对。\n5 问：在Crane扣留那笔钱的时候，G/Clubs可以使用其他资金，对吗？\n6 答：你能重复一下吗。\n7 问：当然。在Crane扣留那笔钱的时候，G/Clubs可以使用其他资金，对吗？\n8 答：取决于具体时间，因为有些时候我们存在银行业务问题。\n9 问：在与Crane发生纠纷期间，你的薪水出现过未发放的情况吗？\n10 答：没有。\n11 问：你是否知道此时有任何员工的薪水未发放？\n12 答：不知道。\n13 问：在Crane纠纷期间，你是否继续工作以获取福利？\n14 答：是的。\n15 问：所以在Crane纠纷期间，G/Clubs的运作一直在继续，对吗？\n16 答：是的。\n17 问：而且它是用不受Crane控制的资金来资助这些运作的，对吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反问\n1 答：是的。\n2 问：现在，你在主询问中作证说你在那次仲裁中给出了一些不实的回答，对吗？\n3 答：是的。\n4 问：你最初是什么时候意识到你在仲裁中给出了不准确的回答的？\n5 答：在我阅读了笔录之后。\n6 问：那是何时？\n7 答：我和我的律师在一起的时候。\n8 问：我只是想确认一下。是你的个人律师？\n9 答：是的。\n10 问：同样，我不想让你透露任何保密内容，但我认为你在主询问中作证说你的个人律师是在Guo先生被捕后聘请的，对吗？\n11 答：是的。\n12 问：那么你最初是什么时候意识到你在仲裁中作了不准确的陈述的，是在你第一次与检察官会面之前还是之后？\n13 答：之前。\n14 问：请再说一遍。\n15 答：问题是我是否——\n16 问：让我试着换个说法。看看我是否能将其拆解开来。\n17 你第一次与本案的检察官、也就是这张桌子旁的人会面是在2023年8月，对吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反问\n1 答：我不记得日期了。\n2 问：是在被捕几个月后吗？\n3 答：是在之后，是的。\n4 问：不是几周后，对吗？\n5 答：不是。\n6 问：是几个月后，对吗？\n7 答：是的。\n8 问：在Guo先生被捕与你第一次会见检察官之间的那段时间里，你是否意识到自己在仲裁中给出了不准确的回答？\n9 答：是的，在我与我的律师一起审阅时。\n10 问：好的。那么，在你第一次与检察官会面期间，你并没有告诉他们你在仲裁中给出了不准确的回答，是吗？\n11 答：你能重复一下吗。\n12 问：在你第一次与检察官会面时，你并没有告诉他们你在仲裁期间给出了不准确或误导性的回答？\n13 答：我不记得我在那次初次会面中说了什么。\n14 问：事实上，关于你在仲裁中给出误导性回答的问题，是在你第一次与检察官会面后由检察官首先提出来的，对吗？\n15 答：我不记得了。\n16 问：你的律师就该问题与检察官举行了多次会面，对吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反问\n1 答：我不确定我的律师在那些会面中说了什么。\n2 问：你的律师就在房间里，对吗？\n3 答：是的。\n4 问：你的律师有擅自行动的习惯吗？\n5 Finkel先生：反对。\n6 法庭：反对成立。\n7 问：那么你最早是什么时候告诉检察官这件事的？\n8 答：我不记得具体是什么时候。\n9 问：你与检察官会面了多少次？\n10 答：我不知道具体多少次。正如我所说的，超过十次。\n11 问：超过十次？\n12 答：是的。\n13 问：那么如果我们把十次对半平分，是在前五次期间还是后五次期间？\n14 Finkel先生：已经问过并回答过了。\n15 法庭：反对无效。你可以回答。\n16 答：我不太确定，可能是前五次。\n17 问：但你不具体记得是哪一次？\n18 Finkel先生：已经问过并回答过了。\n19 法庭：反对成立。\n20 问：你之前作证——撤回。\n21 在你获得不起诉协议之前，进行过多次会面，对吗？\n22 答：在此之前有几次会面，是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反问\n1 问：超过十次吗？\n2 答：不，我认为没有。\n3 问：但是在获得不起诉协议之前，你就你在仲裁中被指误导性的回答与检察官交谈过，对吗？\n4 答：我认为是的，对。\n5 问：事实上，你与检察官开过一次会，会上你的律师要求你离开房间，对吗？\n6 答：具体是什么时候？\n7 问：我只是问你是否记得有这样的会面？\n8 答：我被要求离开房间？\n9 问：是的。\n10 答：是的。\n11 问：这样的会面不止一次吗？\n12 答：我认为是的。\n13 问：你对为什么要求你离开房间的理解是什么？\n14 答：我的律师要与政府方面交谈。\n15 问：对于他们将与政府方面讨论什么，你的理解是什么？\n16 答：我不记得当时具体的主题是什么了。\n17 问：所以女士，你的证言是，你今天坐在这里并不记得你的律师当时要和检察官谈什么，对吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反问\n1 Finkel先生：已经问过并回答过了。\n2 法庭：反对成立。\n3 问：你记得你是什么时候签署不起诉协议的吗？\n4 答：几个月前。\n5 问：请再说一遍。\n6 答：几个月前。\n7 问：所以是今年？\n8 答：是的。\n9 问：你是否记得去年你是否就告诉过他们你在仲裁中所作的误导性陈述？\n10 Finkel先生：我认为这个问题已经问过并回答过了。\n11 法庭：我准许提问该问题。\n12 问：你记得吗？\n13 答：据我所能记起的，记得。\n14 问：所以你去年就告诉他们了，对吗？\n15 Finkel先生：已经问过并回答过了。我们一直在这个问题上打转。\n16 法庭：反对成立。\n17 问：我想向你出示——能否请我们仅向证人、法庭和各方调出3533-010。能否为证人放大那一部分，即从8月1日开始的那一段。\n18 答：好的。\n19 问：你花时间看过了吗？\n20 答：是的。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 问：看这个能唤起你关于\n2 第一次与检察官会面的日期的记忆吗？\n3 答：我不太确定。\n4 问：与 United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York（纽约南区联邦检察官办公室）会面是一件相当令人难忘的事，对吧？\n5\n6 答：是的。\n7 问：在与坐在这张桌子旁的这些人会面之前，你以前\n8 见过检察官吗？\n9 答：没有。\n10 问：当你和他们坐在一起时，你感到相当害怕，对吧？\n11 答：相当紧张。\n12 问：因为你担心他们可能会认为你做了\n13 错事，对吧？\n14 答：我很担心。\n15 问：好的。担心什么？\n16 答：关于他们的看法。\n17 问：他们关于什么的看法？\n18 答：我在 G/Clubs（G俱乐部）的经历。\n19 问：你当时——撤回。\n20 你当时担心关于你在 G/Clubs 的经历\n21 可能会发生什么？\n22 答：你能重复一遍吗。\n23 问：让我换个方式问。为什么你会在意\n24 坐在这张桌子旁的人对你在 G/Club 的工作的看法？\n25 答：我可能会被指控犯罪。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 问：你对此感到担心，对吧？\n2 FINKEL 先生：问过且已回答。\n3 法庭：异议成立。\n4 问：这就是你和他们坐下来谈的原因，对吧，因为你\n5 担心被指控？你去和检察官\n6 谈了？\n7 FINKEL 先生：问过且已回答。\n8 法庭：异议成立。\n9 问：当你和他们交谈时，你有律师，对吧？\n10 答：是的。\n11 问：在几次会面的过程中，你向\n12 他们解释了你在 G/Clubs 的经历，对吧？\n13 答：是的。\n14 问：你在主询问中作证说你认为你在 G/Clubs 期间\n15 没有犯下任何罪行，对吧？\n16 答：正确。\n17 问：但你仍然担心他们可能会指控你\n18 犯罪，对吧？\n19 答：是的。\n20 问：所以你试图寻找摆脱困境的出路，对吧？\n21 答：没有。\n22 问：嗯，这就是你和他们会面以避免被起诉的原因，\n23 对吧？\n24 FINKEL 先生：问过且已回答。\n25 法庭：异议成立。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 问：那么当你和他们会面时，你告诉他们你\n2 害怕被指控了吗？\n3 答：我不记得了。\n4 问：他们有没有告诉你，你可能会面临被\n5 起诉的前景？\n6 答：你能重复一遍吗。\n7 问：坐在这张桌子旁的这些人中，有没有人在你与他们进行的\n8 十多次会面中的任何一次里，告诉过你\n9 你可能因在 G/Clubs 的经历\n10 而面临刑事指控？\n11 答：我不太确定。我相信我可能会面临\n12 刑事指控。\n13 问：你能把前半部分再说一遍吗。\n14 答：我不记得有这样的谈话，但我意识到我可能会被\n15 起诉。\n16 问：从联邦检察官口中听到你可能会被指控犯罪，\n17 那会相当吓人，对吧？\n18 FINKEL 先生：反对。\n19 法庭：问过且已回答。\n20 问：那么最终你获得了一份 non-prosecution agreement（暂缓起诉协议/不起诉协议），\n21 对吗？\n22 答：我收到了一份不起诉协议。\n23 问：而且你签署了它，对吧？\n24 答：是的。\n25 问：你的律师也签署了它？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 答：是的。\n2 问：坐在这张桌子旁的一个人也签署了它？\n3 答：是的。\n4 问：我们来看看它吧。我们能调出我想\n5 标记为 GX3533-50 的文件吗。你认得这份文件吗？\n6 答：认得。\n7 问：请翻到最后一页好吗。那是你的\n8 签名吗？\n9 答：是的。\n10 问：那是你律师的签名吗？\n11 答：是的。\n12 问：你就在几个月前签署了它，对吧？\n13 答：是的。\n14 KAMARAJU 先生：辩方提交 GX-3533-50。\n15 FINKEL 先生：无异议。我不认为它有 GX 前缀。\n16 它就是 3533-50。\n17 法庭：予以采纳。\n18 KAMARAJU 先生：我们可以在当天结束时\n19 给它一个辩方编号。\n20 （政府方证据 3533-50 被采纳为证据）\n21 由 KAMARAJU 先生继续询问：\n22 问：我们能公示这份文件吗，麻烦了。我们向下滚动到\n23 第一段。你能读一下第一段吗？\n24 答：基于以下载明的谅解，纽约南区联邦检察官办公室\n25 将不对 Limarie Reyes Molinaris（利玛丽·雷耶斯·莫利纳里斯）\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 就任何罪行提起刑事起诉，但刑事税务违法行为（如有）除外，就此\n2 而言，本办公室不能也不会就其在约 2020 年 12 月起\n3 至约 2023 年 3 月 23 日止期间受雇于\n4 G/Clubs 及其关联实体所采取的任何及所有行动达成任何协议，\n5 条件是截至本协议签订之日，\n6 Reyes 已向本办公室披露该等行为。\n7\n8\n9 问：就你目前享有的免受刑事起诉的保护范围而言，\n10 你的理解是什么？\n11 答：只要我说实话，我就不会被起诉。\n12 问：我们先把它撤下来一会儿，不用整份文件，\n13 只要缩放回大视野即可。我们来看下一段。\n14\n15 你看到该段以“此外”开头。你能读一下\n16 第一句话吗？\n17 答：此外，如果 Reyes 完全遵守本协议中\n18 载明的谅解，则其提供的任何证词或其他信息，\n19 或由此直接或间接衍生的任何其他信息，\n20 均不得在任何刑事税务起诉中用作不利于她的证据。\n21 除上述规定外，本协议不对任何罪行的起诉\n22 提供任何保护。\n23 问：你在主询问中作证说，根据本协议，\n24 你有如实作证的义务，对吗？\n25 答：正确。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 问：如果你不如实作证，那么本协议\n2 就可能无效，对吧？\n3 答：是的。\n4 问：是由政府来决定你是否如实作证，\n5 对吧？\n6 答：不是。\n7 问：谁决定？\n8 答：我决定。\n9 问：你决定？\n10 答：是的。\n11 问：那么如果你认定你如实作证了，而\n12 政府不同意，你的协议会怎么样？\n13 答：它会被作废。\n14 问：抱歉。\n15 答：它会被取消。\n16 问：所以是他们决定，对吧？\n17 答：我决定说实话。\n18 问：当然。而他们决定那到底是不是实话？\n19 答：他们决定我是不是在说实话。\n20 问：那么，在你与他们的会面中，曾有几次\n21 他们因为你没说实话而斥责过你，\n22 对吗？\n23 FINKEL 先生：反对。\n24 法庭：反对无效。你可以回答。\n25 答：你能重复一下问题吗。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 问：在你与他们的会面中，曾有几次\n2 他们因为你没说实话而斥责过你，对吧？\n3 答：斥责是什么意思？\n4 法庭：他们训斥你了吗。\n5 证人：你能解释一下训斥吗？\n6 问：好吧。在与检察官的会面中，\n7 Finkel 先生告诉你说他认为你没有在说\n8 实话，并提醒了你根据你的 proffer agreement（虚谈协议/口供协议）所承担的义务，\n9 对吗？\n10 答：你能重复一遍吗。\n11 问：我请法庭速记员读一遍，麻烦了。\n12 （速记记录已被宣读）\n13 答：不，我不记得了。\n14 问：而且你知道，不是吗，Horton 先生告诉你的\n15 律师，他们认为你在仲裁证词上没有说实话，\n16 对吧，就是坐在这里留胡须的那位先生？\n17\n18 答：我不记得了。\n19 问：我们能只给证人调出 3533-0303 吗。如果你\n20 能在心里默读一下，麻烦了。\n21 FINKEL 先生：有提问吗？\n22 KAMARAJU 先生：她正在审阅文件。\n23 答：好的。\n24 问：看这份文件能唤起你的记忆吗，关于\n25 Horton 先生是否曾告诉你的律师他们认为\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 你在仲裁证词上没有说实话？\n2 FINKEL 先生：反对这份文件。\n3 法庭：问题是这份文件是否\n4 唤起了她的记忆。这就是问题。你可以\n5 回答。\n6 答：我不记得 Horton 先生了。\n7 问：好的。我们可以撤下去了。\n8 现在，你作证说 G/Clubs 聘请了一位\n9 名叫 Aaron Mitchell（亚伦·米切尔）的律师，对吗？\n10 答：是的。\n11 问：那与 Crane（克莱恩）的情况有关？\n12 答：是的。\n13 问：现在，在主询问中你作证说用于\n14 购买 Bugatti（布加迪）的钱，抱歉，用于购买布加迪的钱来自\n15 G/Clubs 会员的付款，对吧？\n16 答：G/Clubs 的款项来自会员付款。\n17 问：但你特别作证说布加迪的付款\n18 来自那里，对吧？\n19 答：款项来自会员付款。\n20 问：难道你不记得刚才就此作证了吗？\n21\n22 FINKEL 先生：问过且已回答。\n23 法庭：异议成立。\n24 问：好的。你记得作证说 Lamborghini（兰博基尼）\n25 是用来自 G/Clubs 会员付款的钱购买的吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 答：款项是收自会员付款。\n2 问：露营车呢，你记得刚才\n3 作证说那是使用来自\n4 G/Clubs 会员付款的钱购买的吗？\n5 答：款项是收自会员付款。\n6 问：你作证说你在 G/Clubs 领取薪水，对吧？\n7 答：是的。\n8 问：那是使用来自 G/Clubs 会员付款的钱支付的吗？\n9 答：那是发给工资单。\n10 问：抱歉。\n11 答：那是通过工资单发放的，款项来自会员\n12 付款。\n13 问：现在，你还作证说你获得了酌情奖金，\n14 对吧？\n15 答：你说的酌情奖金是指什么，年终奖金吗？\n16 问：我不是指波多黎各圣诞奖金，而是\n17 另一笔？\n18 答：是的。\n19 问：那笔奖金的资金来自出售\n20 G/Clubs 会员资格的收益，对吧？\n21 答：我不知道那些资金来自哪里。\n22 问：G/Clubs 还通过什么方式赚钱？\n23 答：会员付款。\n24 问：如果不是来自那里，那它来自哪里？\n25 答：我不知道。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 问：你在 G Talks（G访谈）上花的钱呢，那是来自\n2 出售 G/Club 会员资格的收益吗？\n3 答：你能重复一遍吗。\n4 问：你在主询问中作证说你在 G Talks 上花了钱，\n5 对吧？\n6 答：是的。\n7 问：你在 G Talks 上花的那笔钱，是来自\n8 出售 G/Club 会员资格的收益吗？\n9 答：款项是来自会员付款，对。\n10 问：现在，你在主询问中作证说这些付款——这些会员\n11 付款，用你的说法，并没有赋予 G/Club\n12 会员获得公司任何股份的权利，对吧？\n13 答：正确。\n14 问：他们并不是在对公司进行投资，对吧？\n15 答：不是。\n16 问：你没有向会员核实过你是否应该\n17 获得奖金，对吧？\n18 答：没有，我没有。\n19 问：因为那不关他们的事，对吧？\n20 答：我认为不是他们的事。\n21 问：G/Clubs 可以决定给你奖金，对吧？\n22 答：奖金是由 Yvette（伊薇特）发放的。\n23 问：抱歉。\n24 答：奖金是由 Yvette 发放的。\n25 问：Yvette 亲自付给你的？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 反询问\n1 答：她批准的。\n2 问：那么钱是从哪里来的？\n3 答：我不确定。\n4 问：你没有向会员确认过你的薪水，对吧？\n5 答：我确认过吗？\n6 问：你没有问过会员领取薪水是否可以，\n7 对吧？\n8 答：没有。\n9 问：即使你的薪水是来自会员\n10 付款，对吧？\n11 答：正确。那是我们的运营。\n12 问：因为会员付款是 G/Club 的收入，对吧？\n13 答：是的。\n14 问：这与你的 Sprinkle（斯普林克尔）公司没什么不同，对吧？让我\n15 给你拆解一下。\n16 你的公司是一家活动策划企业，你\n17 目前的那家？\n18 答：是的。\n19 问：你为人们策划活动，对吧？\n20 答：是的。\n21 问：他们付给你钱来做这件事，对吧？\n22 答：是的。\n23 问：你是这家企业的所有人，对吧？\n24 答：是的。\n25 问：然后你决定如何花那笔钱，对吧？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 再次直接询问\n1 答：是的。\n2 问：Haoran He（何浩然）是 G/Clubs 的所有人，对吗？\n3 答：是的。\n4 问：所以如何花这笔钱是由他决定的，对吗？\n5 答：是的。\n6 问：如果他想买一辆法拉利，这是他的决定，对吗？\n7 FINKEL 先生：反对。\n8 法庭：你可以回答。\n9 答：他提供指示。\n10 问：如果他想买一辆兰博基尼，是他的决定，对吗？\n11 答：他提供指示让我们执行。\n12 问：如果他想在新泽西州买一处豪宅，是他的决定，\n13 对吗？\n14 答：我不知情。\n15 问：如果他想在 Hamilton 进行投资，是他的决定，\n16 对吗？\n17 答：是他的指示。\n18 问：这些都与 G/Clubs 的会员没有任何关系，\n19 对吗？\n20 FINKEL 先生：反对，已问过且已回答。\n21 法庭：反对成立。\n22 KAMARAJU 先生：没有其他问题了。\n23 法庭：再次直接询问。\n24 再次直接询问\n25 由 FINKEL 先生进行：\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.（纽约南区法庭速记公司）\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 再次直接询问\n1 问：Reyes 女士，在 Sprinkle Events，你有向你的\n2 客户承诺他们会收到 Sprinkles 的股票吗？\n3 答：不，我没有。\n4 问：你曾被问及你工作过的其他地方。你还记得\n5 那些问题吗？\n6 答：记得。\n7 问：你工作过的任何其他地方，在资金被美国\n8 政府扣押后，是否曾向吉尔吉斯斯坦汇出 500 万美元？\n9\n10 答：没有。\n11 问：你曾被问及一些关于 G/Clubs 福利的问题，你\n12 是 G/Club 的会员吗？\n13 答：不，我不是。\n14 问：你是否向你的朋友推荐过他们应该成为\n15 G/Club 的会员？\n16 答：不，我没有。\n17 问：你是否向你的家庭成员推荐过让他们\n18 购买你所工作的这家 G/Club 的会员资格？\n19 答：不，我没有。\n20 问：请调出证据 SH-150。\n21 当你去 Sherry-Netherland（雪梨荷兰酒店）时，Miles Guo（郭文贵）\n22 有向你展示过这些笔吗？\n23 答：我不记得见过这个。\n24 问：我们可以撤下这个。退款请求——撤回。\n25 会员投诉，在你在 G/Club 任职的整个期间，\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 再次直接询问\n1 是否有来自会员的投诉？\n2 答：有的。\n3 问：那些投诉的性质是什么？\n4 答：性质各有不同，有退款请求，还有其他各种\n5 不同的原因。\n6 问：会员提出退款请求的原因是什么？\n7 答：他们认为那是投资，福利不够。\n8 问：这是否发生在你任职于 G/Clubs 的整个期间？\n9 答：我记得特定的时间段。\n10 问：在你担任首席执行官期间是否发生过？\n11 答：是的。\n12 问：你何时成为首席执行官的？\n13 答：2021 年夏季。\n14 问：被告律师在反询问中向你展示的你在伦敦见过的那些酒店，\n15 那家酒店公司是否与 G/Club\n16 开展过合作业务？\n17 答：不，他们没有。\n18 问：这是谁的主意——撤回。Alex H 是否告诉过你\n19 这些贷款没有被偿还？\n20 KAMARAJU 先生：反对，传闻证据。\n21 法庭：反对不成立。你可以回答。\n22 FINKEL 先生：撤回。\n23 问：Alex H 是否告诉过你给 BVI（英属维尔京群岛）及其他实体的贷款\n24 正在被偿还？\n25 KAMARAJU 先生：同样理由反对。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 再次直接询问\n1 法庭：你可以回答。\n2 答：它们没有被偿还。\n3 问：它们没有被偿还？\n4 答：正确。\n5 问：那是 Alex 告诉你的？\n6 答：它们尚未被偿还。\n7 问：请调出证据 GC-157。你记得曾被问及\n8 一些关于当会员未付款且其会员资格失效时\n9 会发生什么的问题吗？\n10 答：请你重复一遍好吗。\n11 问：Loftus 女士，你能放大底部吗。\n12 你能读一下 Alex H 于 2021 年 6 月 28 日发给你的\n13 这封电子邮件吗，从“随附您将找到”开始。\n14 答：随附您将找到 James 帮忙为我们整理的电子表格，\n15 其中包含所有已支付和未支付的 Square 交易明细。\n16 我认为我们为会员偿付并保留其会员资格提供了\n17 足够长的宽限期。作为财务主管，我的建议是我们取消\n18 并作废所有未偿付的未结会员资格。\n19 我只是想先与您过一下，以便我们达成一致。\n20 我昨天已与 Yvette（王雁平）讨论过此事。\n21 问：对于 Alex 为何与 Yvette 讨论这个问题，\n22 你的理解是什么？\n23 KAMARAJU 先生：反对。\n24 法庭：反对不成立。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 再次直接询问\n1 答：关于公司的不同议题都会去问她。\n2 问：Yvette 在哪里工作？\n3 答：纽约。\n4 问：请调出证据 GXGC-175。你发给\n5 He 先生的这些包含贷款文件或资产\n6 文件的电子邮件，邮件正文你是如何撰写的？\n7 答：就像是从不同文件里摘录出来的。\n8 法庭：你的意思是节录吗？\n9 证人：就像我提取出来的。\n10 法庭：你是说摘录吗？\n11 证人：我从贷款文件中提取了\n12 文字。\n13 问：你何时见过 Mileson（郭强），哪一年？\n14 答：2021 年。\n15 问：你和他见了多久？\n16 答：就那次晚餐的时间。\n17 问：那次晚餐有多久？\n18 答：几个小时。\n19 问：那是你唯一一次见到他？\n20 答：是的。\n21 问：你在屏幕上看到 HN-28 了吗？\n22 答：看到了。\n23 问：你看到左下角的签发日期了吗？\n24 答：看到了。\n25 问：签发日期是几号？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 再次直接询问\n1 答：2014 年 11 月 3 日。\n2 问：所以在你在船上见到 Mileson 之前七年？\n3 答：是的。\n4 问：可以撤下这个了。请调出证据 GXGC-93。这是\n5 一封由你发给 Yvette 的电子邮件，对吗？\n6 答：是的。\n7 问：你能读一下“亲爱的 Yvette”之后的第一句话吗？\n8 答：随函附上 G/Club 会员实体卡和包装的设计方案，\n9 供您审阅并征求 Guo 先生的\n10 反馈。\n11 问：你为什么要发电子邮件给 Yvette 来征求 Guo 先生的\n12 反馈？\n13 答：我被告知原始设计已经由他审阅过，\n14 并且有意向要制作钛金属实体卡。\n15 问：但你为什么要发给 Yvette 来征求 Guo 先生的\n16 反馈？\n17 KAMARAJU 先生：已问过且已回答。\n18 法庭：反对不成立。你可以回答。\n19 答：我会在不同事务上征求 Yvette 的批准。\n20 问：你说供您审阅并征求 Guo 先生的反馈。这封电子邮件\n21 并不是发给 Guo 先生的。你为什么要发给 Yvette 来征求\n22 Guo 先生的反馈？\n23 KAMARAJU 先生：同样理由反对。\n24 法庭：反对成立。\n25 问：请调出证据 GC-541。你记得你被问过\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 再次直接询问\n1 一些关于 Guo 先生的咨询协议的问题吗？\n2 答：记得。\n3 问：顶部注明的日期是 2020 年 10 月 15 日？\n4 答：是的。\n5 问：请翻到下一页，Loftus 女士。\n6 你看到写着对价的地方了吗？\n7 答：看到了。\n8 问：上面写着五级会员资格吗？\n9 答：是的。\n10 问：上面写着红色兰博基尼 Aventador 吗？\n11 答：没有。\n12 问：上面写着布加迪吗？\n13 答：没有。\n14 问：上面写着给我儿子 1000 万美元吗？\n15 答：没有。\n16 问：上面写着在新泽西州 Mahwah 价值 2600 万美元的\n17 房子吗？\n18 KAMARAJU 先生：对提问形式提出反对。\n19 法庭：反对不成立。你可以回答。\n20 答：没有。\n21 问：请回到第一页，Loftus 女士。这是 2020 年\n22 10 月 15 日，对吗？\n23 答：是的。\n24 问：请调出证据 Z9 并翻到第 57 页。这是 2020 年\n25 10 月 13 日，你看到左角注明的了吗？\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 再次直接询问\n1 答：看到了。\n2 问：你能往下滚动一点吗，Loftus 女士。\n3 你记得在反询问期间被要求朗读此文件中的部分内容吗？\n4\n5 答：记得。\n6 问：往下滚动一点。你读到了 Guo 如何说过\n7 你们不会获得 G/Clubs 的股票。那是你被\n8 要求朗读的片段。你还记得吗？\n9 答：记得。\n10 问：你能读一下第 58 页底部的最后一段吗。\n11 答：坦白说，这全都是废话。我直截了当地跟你们说吧。\n12 这是为了在法律上避免 Me Too（我也是）而必须具备的，\n13 但别以为我们在这里小气。没有别的办法。我们必须有这个。\n14\n15 问：请翻到该文件的第 101 页。\n16 那是谁的照片？\n17 答：Guo 先生。\n18 问：左边的日期是几号？\n19 答：2021 年 6 月 23 日。\n20 问：请往下滚动。你能读一下底部那一段吗？\n21\n22 答：几天前，我们现实中脸非常小、非常漂亮的\n23 G/Club 总裁 Limarie 来纽约开会。\n24 我们的 Limarie 和文潇还就 G/Club 的未来规划\n25 采访了七哥。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 再次直接询问\n1 问：你可以停在那里。你能缩小显示吗，\n2 Loftus 女士，你能往下滚动一点吗。你能放大\n3 写着“一个月前”的那一段吗。你能从写着“然后我提出了”的地方\n4 开始读吗？\n5 答：然后我提出了一个条件，允许我们的 G/Club 会员\n6 以全球最优惠的价格购买他们的汽车。他们表示\n7 他们会再次讨论，我们还得再等一等。\n8 想想现在的 G/Club 会员资格。你们知道当时\n9 是分两个档次购买的。10,000 美元和\n10 50,000 美元。现在对于你们买了 10,000 美元档次的人，\n11 你们有 1,000 股。对于你们买了 50,000 美元档次的人，\n12 你们有 500,000 股，然后你们拥有终身持卡权限。\n13 没有别的我可以说的了。\n14 问：Reyes 女士，当有人在 G/Clubs 购买了 10,000 美元的会员资格时，\n15 他们是否获得了 100,000 股？\n16 答：据我所知没有。\n17 问：我们可以缩小显示，请翻到第 111 页。你能\n18 往上滚动一点吗，Loftus 女士。\n19 那是谁的照片？\n20 答：Guo 先生。\n21 问：请往下滚动到 114，Loftus 女士。你能\n22 从“我们将让所有投资者”开始读吗。\n23 答：我们将让 G/Club 的所有投资者，目前定在 50,000 的\n24 所有投资者。当支付 50,000 美元购买\n25 会员卡时，你未来将拥有 10,000 股 G Fashion。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - 再次反询问\n1 在首次公开发行（IPO）时，你将拥有 10,000 股\n2 G Fashion，但后来这些天有那么多战友\n3 给我发信息。他们都表达了愿望\n4 称，郭先生，我只有 30,000，我可以买 G/Club 卡吗。\n5 可以。我有 40,000，我可以买 G/Club 卡吗？可以。但我\n6 一直在想，没有花 50,000 的人，能\n7 拿到 10,000 股吗？这就像是免费给他们 10,000 股，\n8 对吧？我的意思是上市的时候，10,000 股你必须每股付\n9 一美元，那就是 10,000 美元。\n10 但想想看，那些付了 40,000 美元或 30,000 美元的人\n11 不会被分配股份，这是不公平的。战友越穷，\n12 我们就越得给予关照，对吧？这不好。\n13 这完全不好。所以我就在想怎么让这些\n14 战友拥有股份，这是唯一的问题。\n15\n16\n17 问：你可以停在那里。\n18 Reyes 女士，你曾将 G/Clubs 会员称为\n19 投资者吗？\n20 答：没有。\n21 FINKEL 先生：没有其他问题了。\n22 KAMARAJU 先生：我两分钟就能结束。\n23 法庭：好的。请继续。\n24 再次反询问\n25 由 KAMARAJU 先生进行：\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n问：你是否记得芬克尔先生（Mr. Finkel）曾问过你，你是否向你的任何朋友推荐过 G/Clubs？\n答：是的。\n问：你的朋友中有任何中国高净值人士吗？\n答：没有。\n问：你的朋友中有任何在中国政治中表现活跃的人吗？\n答：没有。\n问：你的朋友中有任何反中共（anti-CCP）人士吗？\n答：没有。\n卡马拉朱先生（MR. KAMARAJU）：我问完了。谢谢法官阁下。\n再直接询问\n由芬克尔先生主问：\n问：刚才问到你的那些在波多黎各的酒店，那些酒店与中国共产党（Chinese Communist Party）有任何关系吗？\n答：没有。\n芬克尔先生：没有其他问题了。\n法庭：你可以退庭了。\n（证人退庭）\n法庭：陪审团成员们，好消息是，我们今天的庭审已经结束，你们明天休息。你们将在周四返回，并准备好在 9:30 走进法庭。请记住，你们不得在彼此之间或与任何其他人谈论本案。不要允许任何人在你们面前谈论本案。不要阅读、收听或收看来自任何来源的与本案标的事项有关的任何内容。祝你们度过愉快的一天休假。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n法庭书记官：陪审团退庭。\n（陪审团不在场）\n（接下一页）\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n（陪审团不在场）\n法庭：请坐。在我们周四上午恢复庭审之前，还有什么事吗？\n芬克尔先生：法官阁下，简短说一句，这可能会在其他证人身上出现。我之所以就《会员协议》中的免责声明提出异议，是关乎法官阁下的裁定。法官阁下认定，辩方询问受害者关于免责声明是否使被告人的陈述变得不重要（not material），或者试图突出被告人所说内容的重要性（materiality），是适当且公平的。法官阁下对此已有裁定。雷耶斯女士（Ms. Reyes）并没有投资 G/Clubs。她没有投资郭氏的任何投资项目。出于这个原因，我们认为，根据法官阁下的裁定，向陪审团作出暗示是不恰当的——正如法官阁下所言，在适当地询问投资者的成熟度与不当地向陪审团暗示投资者本应查明涉嫌虚假陈述的真相之间，存在一条微妙的界线。也就是说，郭先生在视频中声称他是在发售股票，如果投资者、会员或受害者访问了网站并看到了免责声明，他们就应该知道这没有问题。\n雷耶斯女士被用作到处搬出免责声明的工具，政府认为这是不恰当的，并且违背了法官阁下的裁定。事情已经过去了。但在合适的时间，如果这种情况再次出现，我预计我们会请求某种指示，因为政府担心陪审团对如何看待这些免责声明感到困惑。虽然正如法官阁下已经裁定的那样，让他们将其作为受害者所面临的重要程度问题予以考虑是公平的，但让他们将其视为受害者本不应被骗的理由则是不可取的，这就是我提出异议的原因。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n法庭：但你的意思是只有受害者才能就这些免责声明接受询问吗？你的意思是非受害者不应该就此接受询问吗？\n芬克尔先生：我认为这视情况而定。真正的关键在于细节。向雷耶斯女士提问的方式仅仅是宣读免责声明，然后实际上在说——如果我引述有误请原谅——会员看到了这个、会员知道这个，诸如此类的话。这是我记得的情况。我确实认为这对雷耶斯女士是不恰当的。她无法就成员看到了什么发表意见。我认为这些提问的目的是在陪审团心中植入一种观念，即由于免责声明的存在，它使得——它削弱了政府的举证。正如法官阁下所裁定的，免责声明在考虑呈现在他们面前的事项中具有某种目的，那是一个特定的目的。因此，政府担心陪审团对该目的是什么感到困惑。\n卡马拉朱先生：法官阁下，虽然我确信政府担心证据会削弱其举证，但法律规定，重大性（materiality）是由潜在投资者可获得的全部信息决定的。这就是 TSC 诉 Basic Industries 案（TSC v. Basic Industries）和美国诉利特瓦克案（U.S. v. Litvak）。陪审团应当在决定某一特定陈述就证券法或电信欺诈法规而言是否具有重大性时，考虑全部信息。据我所知，法庭并没有任何裁定说证人不能对其中一份免责声明进行真实性认证，而这正是雷耶斯女士所做的事情。法官阁下作出了限制性指示。法官阁下还将给出关于法律的指示，这将澄清陪审团可能存在的任何困惑，特别是考虑到他们无论如何现在都不应该进行评议。据我所知，现在这是政府第二或第三次提出类似的限制性指示请求了。\n因此我想说，鉴于陪审团有权考虑所有综合信息；并且鉴于我至少认为我没有做任何暗示这属于信赖（reliance）主张的事情，也没有问雷耶斯女士关于 G/Clubs 购买者是否应该能够信赖免责声明的任何问题，我认为不存在问题，而且我认为法官阁下的裁定是正确的。无论证人是受害者还是非受害者，它都应该以同样的方式通过其他证人引入。\n芬克尔先生：法官阁下，首先，辩护律师所说的大部分内容——不是全部，但大部分内容——是正确的，但他回避了政府所抱怨的问题。在政府看来——这是在宣读法官阁下的裁定，这是 ECF 编号 319（docket 319）第 17 页——政府寻求排除某些证据和某些论点，因为“禁止主张受害者存在过失或警惕性不足”。这意味着不应该有任何暗示——这也是法律规定，辩护律师并未作相反陈述——陪审团不应该认为：噢，等等。他们在网站上有免责声明。如果吴明阳（Ming Yang Woo）刚才去看了免责声明并看到了该免责声明，这事就不会发生在她身上，这是她自己的错。而这并不是法律规定。辩护律师对此也没有提出相反意见。\n因此，虽然辩护律师关于综合信息的全部内容可能与重要性（即郭氏陈述的重要性）有关的说法是正确的，但不应将其用于不当目的。因此，政府请求给予指示与辩护律师刚才所说的内容是一致的，即向他们阐明法律，以便他们知道如何消化呈现在他们面前的这些信息，因为他们对此并不知晓。\n法庭：因此，我的理解是卡马拉朱先生仅仅是指向免责声明，而不是在提出信赖抗辩。我将在给陪审团的指引中非常明确地说明法律是什么，我认为这已经足够，而无需在庭审中途作出限制性指示。\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6IBGUO5 Reyes - Redirect\n卡马拉朱先生：谢谢法官阁下。\n芬克尔先生：明白。\n法庭：还有其他事吗？\n卡马拉朱先生：辩方没有其他事了，法官阁下。\n芬克尔先生：政府也没有，法官阁下。周四见。\n（休庭至 2024年6月20日 上午 9:00）\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\n询问索引\n被询问人： 页码\n利玛丽·雷耶斯（LIMARIE REYES）\n直接询问 由芬克尔先生主问 . . . . . . . . . . . . .3044\n交叉询问 问 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3151\n再直接询问 由芬克尔先生主问 . . . . . . . . . . . .3270\n再交叉询问 由卡马拉朱先生主问 . . . . . . . . . . .3279\n再直接询问 由芬克尔先生主问 . . . . . . . . . . . .3280\n政府物证\n物证编号 采纳页码\nGC-519, GC-523, GC-524, GC-529 GC-535, . . .3133\nGC-349, GC-373 and GC-177\nGC-41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3138\n106 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3059\n118 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3059\n119 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3082\nGC-232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3136\nGC-378 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3135\nGC-515 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3135\nGC-544 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3122\nGC-544 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3134\nGC551 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3099\nGC-552 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3136\n3533-50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3262\n被告物证\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\n物证编号 采纳页码\n20121 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3195\n20234 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3204\n20235 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3200\n60595 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3219\n60597 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3221\n60600 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3168\n60604 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3213\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300","key_entities":[],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":50583,"status":"published","published_at":"2024-07-23 00:00:00","created_at":"2024-07-23","updated_at":"2026-08-23 08:46:13"}