{"id":"court_sdny_433_0","court":"SDNY","case_no":"","doc_number":433,"sub_number":null,"doc_type":"DOC","filed_date":"2024-07-23","title":"SDNY ECF 433","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"O6K1GUO1\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 20, 2024\n9:00 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: MICAH F. FERGENSON\nRYAN B. FINKEL\n16 JUSTIN HORTON\nJULIANA N. MURRAY\n17 Assistant United States Attorneys\n18 SABRINA P. SHROFF\nAttorney for Defendant\n19\nPRYOR CASHMAN LLP\n20 Attorneys for Defendant\nBY: SIDHARDHA KAMARAJU\n21 MATTHEW BARKAN\n22 ALSTON & BIRD LLP\nAttorneys for Defendant\n23 BY: E. SCOTT SCHIRICK\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1\n1 ALSO PRESENT:\nIsabel Loftus, Paralegal Specialist, USAO\n2 Robert Stout, Special Agent, FBI\nRuben Montilla, Defense Paralegal\n3 Tuo Huang, Interpreter (Mandarin)\nShi Feng, Interpreter (Mandarin)\n4 Yu Mark Tang, Interpreter (Mandarin)\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\nO6K1GUO1\n1 (Trial resumed; jury not present)\n2 THE COURT: Good morning.\n3 ALL COUNSEL: Good morning, your Honor.\n4 THE COURT: Would you make your appearance, please.\n5 MS. MURRAY: Good morning, your Honor. Juliana Murray\n6 and Micah Fergenson on behalf of the United States. We're\n7 joined by paralegal specialist Isabel Loftus.\n8 MS. SHROFF: Good morning, your Honor. On behalf of\n9 Mr. Kwok, Sabrina Shroff, Sid Kamaraju, and Scott Schirick, and\n10 Jorge Salazar.\n11 THE COURT: Please be seated.\n12 Very early this morning I received a letter from Bess\n13 Fung, and she claims that her father, Henry Fung, was \"victim\n14 of the GTV scam,\" and asking to testify on his behalf and, if\n15 that's not possible, having the father testify. So I am going\n16 to have that letter uploaded to the docket.\n17 Is there anything you'd like to tell me about?\n18 MR. FERGENSON: Yes, your Honor. One matter from the\n19 government. The government expects that a Morgan Stanley\n20 employee will testify today. Her name is Elizabeth Berstler.\n21 She was an account associate for the G|CLUBS account at Morgan\n22 Stanley. The thrust of her testimony concerns wire transfer\n23 requests that G|CLUBS made. Specifically, they requested a\n24 10 million GBP——British pound——transfer to Fiesta Properties\n25 Development Ltd. in the UK. That was pursuant to what was\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1\n1 represented to be a loan agreement for that amount between\n2 G|CLUBS and Fiesta. Morgan Stanley made I think ultimately\n3 four wire transfers pursuant to that request to transfer the\n4 balance of the 10 million to Fiesta.\n5 In connection with those requests, Morgan Stanley's\n6 fraud operations department flagged the initial wire and\n7 requested that Ms. Berstler obtain the purpose of the wire from\n8 the client. She did so. The purpose was represented to be a\n9 loan agreement so that Fiesta could make a real estate property\n10 purchase. That wasn't true. The Fiesta money was used to buy\n11 a $4½ million Ferrari for Mr. Guo's son, Mileson Guo, or Qiang\n12 Guo. And I flagged this for your Honor because we would like\n13 to ask, in order to prove materiality of the bank fraud object\n14 of our 1349 count, ask the witness, you know, if she had known\n15 that the purpose provided to her was not how the funds would\n16 actually be used, would she have processed the wire transfer.\n17 And I wanted to raise that in advance for your Honor, given our\n18 prior discussions on it. That was the subject of our motion in\n19 limine, where we asked to be able to ask such questions to\n20 victims and banks in order to prove materiality, banks in\n21 particular, for the 1349 object of bank fraud.\n22 MR. SCHIRICK: Your Honor, I won't go through the\n23 defense's, you know, factual disputes with Mr. Fergenson's\n24 characterization of that transaction. Suffice it to say we\n25 don't agree that that's correct.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1\n1 Having said that, I think with respect to the\n2 materiality question, the defense's position is twofold. One,\n3 it's unclear to us, at least, that this witness had any\n4 authority whatsoever to either approve or disprove or decline\n5 to give approval for this particular transaction. Our\n6 understanding is that that approval authority rested with other\n7 parts of the bank and that this witness cannot testify to that.\n8 So that's a foundational issue number one.\n9 And number two, to the extent that the Court does\n10 permit this testimony, we would just ask that we have\n11 reciprocal ability to ask similar hypothetical questions.\n12 THE COURT: So do you know whether she had\n13 decision-making authority? Because if she did not, then the\n14 question would be: Had you known this, would you have reported\n15 this to your superiors?\n16 MR. FERGENSON: Yes, your Honor, and I think your\n17 Honor hit the nail on the head with the follow-up question. As\n18 would happen at a large bank, she's one link in the chain of\n19 approving a wire transfer. So she receives the misrep and then\n20 she conveys it to fraud operations, which then approves the\n21 wire transfer. So, you know, I think that suffices. That's\n22 enough.\n23 THE COURT: So I will permit first a question as to\n24 her decision-making authority, her role, and a question in\n25 which you ask had she known that the purpose was the purchase\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1\n1 of the car, would she have given that information to whomever\n2 it is that she would have given it to.\n3 MR. FERGENSON: Understood.\n4 I'm not sure what the other hypothetical questions may\n5 be, your Honor. I guess we can see; we can address them as\n6 they come up from the defense.\n7 THE COURT: Okay.\n8 MR. SCHIRICK: Nothing further if the Court is fine\n9 with that, leaving the hypothetical issue there. We can take\n10 it up in realtime.\n11 MS. SHROFF: May I, your Honor?\n12 THE COURT: Yes, you may. Go ahead.\n13 MS. SHROFF: As to Ms. Fung, the defense has no\n14 position, just to close that loop. Thank you.\n15 I did have one additional matter to raise regarding\n16 the first witness, through whom the government seeks to\n17 introduce various photographs, and they're not seeking to admit\n18 the underlying seizure of the material, simply the photographs.\n19 So part of the photographs that they seek to introduce\n20 at trial are several boxes of scarves and personal items that\n21 were found in Ms. Wang's apartment, another group of\n22 photographs of Ms. Wang's apartment itself, and then the third\n23 group of photographs seem to concern cash that was seized/found\n24 in her apartment. I understand that this is a conspiracy case.\n25 Nevertheless, it is the defense's position that seeking to\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1\n1 introduce photographs of the material seized would be (1)\n2 improper based on relevance, (2) photographs themselves are\n3 simply evidence of the photograph, not the underlying seizure,\n4 but (3) on the matter especially of the credit cards and the\n5 cash, the government wants to introduce them without providing\n6 the defense with a witness that could be crossed. So the 3500\n7 material for the witness itself says she had no role to play in\n8 any of the seizure. She simply took the photograph. So if the\n9 Court were to allow into evidence, over my objection, for\n10 example, the cash, I would not be able to cross-examine because\n11 the witness would simply say, I don't know. I would not be\n12 able to elicit from the witness the fact that the cash is dated\n13 as far back as 2013, a fact that the government is aware of,\n14 because it was flagged for them during Ms. Wang's bail\n15 application and there was an affidavit introduced by Ms. Wang's\n16 lawyer saying that he had gone to their offices, examined the\n17 cash, the denominations of the notes itself go as far back as\n18 2013. So normally, I would understand that the Court would\n19 say, well, they're admissible, Ms. Shroff, you can cross on\n20 weight. But I don't have a witness whom I can cross because\n21 she's the one who just took the photographs.\n22 THE COURT: So you understand that the prosecution\n23 wishes to use these photographs as fruits of the alleged fraud.\n24 MS. SHROFF: Sure. But——\n25 THE COURT: And so you have not challenged the\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1\n1 legality of the seizure.\n2 MS. SHROFF: I can't. I don't have standing. It's\n3 not my client's home; it's Ms. Wang's home.\n4 THE COURT: And Ms. Wang has pleaded guilty.\n5 MS. SHROFF: Right.\n6 THE COURT: I'll hear from the prosecution.\n7 MS. MURRAY: Yes, your Honor.\n8 We believe that all of those categories of photographs\n9 reflecting the evidence from the search warrant should come in.\n10 As to the first category, well, initial matter, there\n11 is a stipulation between the parties as to the\n12 photographs——both that the photographs from the search are true\n13 and accurate photographs that were taken on that day pursuant\n14 to a lawful premises search, and then as to the photographs of\n15 the items that were seized, that those were photographs of\n16 items that were lawfully seized, and those photos were taken\n17 either on the day of the search or later by someone who\n18 participated in the lawful seizure of those items. It's for\n19 efficiency that the government seeks to introduce these\n20 photographs through one witness in order to bring in the search\n21 instead of calling multiple witnesses who can speak to the\n22 actual items seized, parading in boxes of the items that were\n23 actually seized. And there's no question as to the\n24 authenticity of any of these photographs or what they\n25 represent. The parties have stipulated to that.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1\n1 With respect to the photographs of boxes of Hermès\n2 scarves and bags, the government argues that those are fruits\n3 of the fraud that's charged. Those are very expensive items.\n4 They're something that has been litigated in Ms. Wang's bail as\n5 items that she purchased that were during the charged\n6 conspiracy that were high-value items. There's no reason to\n7 prohibit the government from bringing those in.\n8 I'm not sure the basis, if any, for excluding\n9 photographs of the apartment. That's just establishing the\n10 area that was actually searched pursuant to the warrant.\n11 And then with respect to the cash, it was\n12 approximately $138,000 in bulk cash that was seized from the\n13 safe. Ms. Shroff is correct; there was argument with respect\n14 to Ms. Wang. Her counsel came to the FBI's offices, inspected\n15 every bill of the cash. The fact that some of the money was\n16 brought into circulation in 2013, it's the government's\n17 contention, has absolutely no bearing on when it was actually\n18 obtained by Ms. Wang. I don't have a dollar bill on me right\n19 now, but I suspect that if I looked at cash that I had in hand,\n20 it would not all be dated 2024. Which is to say that money is\n21 in circulation and it is fungible and it comes in and out, and\n22 the fact of the issuance of those bills has no bearing on the\n23 government's contention; and specifically, the government's\n24 contention is that a large amount of bulk cash was taken from a\n25 safe pursuant to a lawful seizure warrant, so we don't see any\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1\n1 basis to exclude our introducing that.\n2 THE COURT: And the witness, what relationship does\n3 she have to the seizure?\n4 MS. MURRAY: The witness was the photographer, so she\n5 was present. It's like one of the other witnesses that we had\n6 for a prior lawful premises search. She was present and took\n7 the photos during the search.\n8 And again, your Honor, we do have a stipulation as to\n9 the photos, both the photos from the search and the photos of\n10 the items seized.\n11 THE COURT: I'm going to admit the photos.\n12 MS. SHROFF: Your Honor, may I just——I just want to\n13 make sure that I put on the record the following: I did not\n14 argue authenticity of any of the material or the photographs.\n15 My argument was simply to relevance.\n16 And just to go back to what Ms. Murray is saying to\n17 the Court, yes, I too have a dollar bill in my pocket; it could\n18 be from 2013, or it could be from 2023. The point is, that's\n19 an equipoise. I would not be able to argue anything because I\n20 do not have a witness that I can cross. That's the point. Of\n21 course the bill could be in circulation; it could have been in\n22 circulation since 2019 or 2001 or 1984. That's not the point.\n23 The point is, I am unable to argue that, (1) because I don't\n24 have the correct witness, and (2) because I do not have the\n25 underlying notes. I do not have the dollar bills.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1\n1 I also just want to make sure that the Court is aware\n2 that this matter was part of the docket. It is docket entry\n3 81-18. The government has known about this argument since the\n4 filing of that particular docket number. And there are 16\n5 separate stacks of cash. The review of the stacks of cash show\n6 that they range from 2013 to 2017. I would not be able to\n7 cross-examine on any of this.\n8 I also just note, in terms of the number of\n9 photographs the government seeks to introduce, it's 122\n10 photographs. We have no objection to the photographs of the\n11 physical layout of the home. They believe that to be relevant.\n12 I don't see how. That's the Court's ruling; I understand that.\n13 But to argue that everything in that apartment is a proceed of\n14 a fraud without providing to the defense a witness that can be\n15 crossed on that issue would not be fair to Mr. Guo.\n16 And finally, just one point. Expediency for the\n17 government does not trump Mr. Kwok's rights to due process and\n18 the proper witness.\n19 So for those reasons, we continue to object. Thank\n20 you, your Honor.\n21 MS. MURRAY: And just briefly on that, your Honor, I\n22 would note that Mr. Guo does not have standing to challenge\n23 this search, nor has he challenged legality of the search.\n24 I would also note that we are aware that there will be\n25 a defense case——we're aware of that from recent conversations\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 with the defense——so to the extent that they want to call a\n2 witness to challenge any of these issues, they may do so in\n3 their case.\n4 THE COURT: Okay. I've heard enough on the issue.\n5 I've heard enough argument on this issue. I am admitting the\n6 photographs.\n7 Is there anything else?\n8 MS. SHROFF: No, your Honor. I just think burden\n9 shifting would be against the law and the Constitution.\n10 THE COURT: Nothing further before we start at 9:30?\n11 MR. KAMARAJU: Not from the defense.\n12 MS. MURRAY: Not from the government.\n13 THE COURT: All right. So if you'll have your next\n14 witness on the stand, or standing at least next to the stand by\n15 9:29, please.\n16 MS. MURRAY: Will do.\n17 (Recess)\n18 THE COURT: Please have the jurors brought in.\n19 (Continued on next page)\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 (Jury present)\n2 THE COURT: Please be seated.\n3 Good morning, jurors, after a glorious day off.\n4 THE JURORS: Good morning.\n5 THE COURT: We're going to start fresh with a new\n6 witness.\n7 Would the prosecution call its witness, please.\n8 MR. HORTON: Your Honor, the government calls\n9 Alexandra Gale.\n10 (Witness sworn)\n11 THE COURT: Would you state your name and spell it,\n12 please.\n13 THE WITNESS: Alexandra Gale. A-L-E-X-A-N-D-R-A, and\n14 the last name is G-A-L-E.\n15 THE COURT: Ms. Gale, I'm going to need you to get\n16 very, very close to the microphone so that we can all hear you.\n17 THE WITNESS: Okay. Is that better?\n18 THE COURT: That is better, but you can get even\n19 closer.\n20 THE WITNESS: Okay.\n21 THE COURT: And Mr. Horton, I want you also to get\n22 close to the microphone so that we can hear.\n23 MR. HORTON: Yes, your Honor.\n24 THE COURT: You may inquire.\n25 MR. HORTON: Thank you, your Honor.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 ALEXANDRA GALE,\n2 called as a witness by the Government,\n3 having been duly sworn, testified as follows:\n4 DIRECT EXAMINATION\n5 BY MR. HORTON:\n6 Q. Good morning, Ms. Gale.\n7 A. Good morning.\n8 Q. Where do you work?\n9 A. The FBI in New York.\n10 Q. And what is your title at the FBI?\n11 A. I'm a staff operations specialist.\n12 Q. What office are you assigned to?\n13 A. The New York field office.\n14 Q. And Ms. Gale, how long have you been with the FBI?\n15 A. Approximately five years full time.\n16 Q. What are your various duties as a staff operations\n17 specialist at the FBI?\n18 A. I'm more of a tactical analyst, so we do analysis of social\n19 media, telephones, open-source research kind of stuff.\n20 Q. And when, if ever, does your job require you to take\n21 pictures?\n22 A. I am a collateral duty photographer.\n23 Q. And what does that mean, a collateral duty photographer?\n24 A. So I'm a backup. If they need an extra person, if one of\n25 them is out of the office or if they have multiple locations on\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 a search, then they'll ask me to do it.\n2 Q. And as a photographer for the FBI, what do you take\n3 photographs of?\n4 A. Typically search warrant executions.\n5 Q. And what is a search warrant execution?\n6 A. We will——if a squad gets a search warrant for a location,\n7 then they're allowed to go in and search legally.\n8 Q. And what sort of training, if any, do you have to be an FBI\n9 photographer?\n10 A. I learned from the FBI photographers that are full-time\n11 photographers, and they taught me by taking me out with them\n12 and doing their photo log so I would see the way that they did\n13 photography in a search warrant, and then they would have me do\n14 it myself while they were there to make sure I was doing it\n15 correctly.\n16 Q. You said you learned in part by doing a photo log. What's\n17 a photo log?\n18 A. It's a log that somebody on the search team will keep with\n19 the photographer, so every time the photographer takes a photo,\n20 the logger will write the number of the photo and what was\n21 taken in the photo.\n22 Q. Ms. Gale, I want to direct your attention to March 15,\n23 2023. What, if anything, did you do at work that day?\n24 A. I photographed a search.\n25 Q. And where was the location of the search that you\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 photographed that day?\n2 A. It was somewhere in Manhattan.\n3 Q. Do you remember what street it was on?\n4 A. I think it was East 64th.\n5 Q. Did the FBI have a search warrant that day?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. And what did the search warrant allow the FBI to do?\n8 A. Search the apartment that we had searched.\n9 MR. HORTON: Your Honor, at this time the government\n10 offers a stipulation that has been marked as GX Stip 4.\n11 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n12 (Government's Exhibit Stip 4 received in evidence)\n13 MR. HORTON: Could we publish it, please, Ms. Loftus.\n14 The document is entitled Stipulation Regarding Wang\n15 Apartment Search, and it says that the parties agree that if\n16 called as a witness at trial, a special agent of the Federal\n17 Bureau of Investigation (\"the FBI\") would testify as follows:\n18 On March 15, 2023, Special Agents and other FBI\n19 employees executed a lawful search of 188 East 64th Street,\n20 Apartment 1601, New York, New York. During the course of that\n21 search, FBI personnel took photographs of interior space of 188\n22 East 64th Street, Apartment 1601, New York, New York, and also\n23 lawfully seized items, documents, and electronic devices.\n24 At the time of the search, Yvette (Yanping) Wang was\n25 the sole resident of 188 East 64th Street, Apartment 1601, New\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 York, New York.\n2 GX WA1 - 135 are fair and accurate photographs of\n3 interior spaces of 188 East 64th Street that were lawfully\n4 captured by an FBI photographer on March 15, 2023, when\n5 conducting the search.\n6 GX WA601 - 656 are fair and accurate images of\n7 documents and items that were located at 188 East 64th Street,\n8 Apartment 1601, New York, New York, on March 15, 2023, during\n9 the search.\n10 It says, it is further stipulated and agreed that this\n11 stipulation may be received into evidence.\n12 GX WA1 - 12, 14 through 79——I apologize. Let me\n13 correct that. 14 - 68, 69 - 79, 83 - 85, 89 - 92, 95 - 115,\n14 123, 124, and 126 - 135, all of which are covered in the\n15 stipulation.\n16 THE COURT: They are admitted.\n17 (Government's Exhibits WA1-WA12, WA14-WA68, WA69-WA79,\n18 WA83-WA85, WA89-WA92, WA95-WA115, WA123, WA124, and WA126-WA135\n19 received in evidence)\n20 MR. HORTON: Thank you, Ms. Loftus. You can take that\n21 down.\n22 BY MR. HORTON:\n23 Q. Ms. Gale, what was the first thing you did when you arrived\n24 at this apartment on March 15, 2023?\n25 A. I spoke to the search team leader.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 Q. And what did you speak to her about?\n2 A. We did a walk-through of the apartment before I started\n3 taking photos to decide what to label each room.\n4 Q. And what happens before you do a walk-through?\n5 A. The agents on the search warrant will clear the apartment\n6 to make sure it's safe.\n7 Q. And what does it mean for agents to clear an apartment?\n8 A. They'll go in and check if anyone is in there.\n9 Q. You said you did a walk-through. Can you explain to the\n10 jury what a walk-through is.\n11 A. So basically we'll walk through the apartment and label\n12 each room, typically in the order that they walk through it.\n13 So, for example, if the kitchen is the first room, we'll label\n14 that A. So we walked through to see what the layout was, and\n15 then came back out of the apartment.\n16 Q. And after your walk-through that morning, Ms. Gale, what\n17 did you do next?\n18 A. We started entry photos.\n19 Q. And what do you mean by entry photos?\n20 A. So before any searching happens, I take photographs of the\n21 entire apartment as is before we start touching anything.\n22 Q. During the walk-through and during the entry photos, what,\n23 if anything, do you do, or what, if anything, did you do to\n24 items that you see in the apartment?\n25 A. Nothing.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 Q. And what happened next after you took entry photos?\n2 A. Then I tell the search team later that they're good to\n3 start searching.\n4 Q. And what do you do when the search is happening?\n5 A. I will wait for somebody searching to ask me to take a\n6 photo of any evidence or important items that they might have\n7 found.\n8 Q. Are you ever able to take photos on your own? Let me\n9 withdraw that.\n10 Who decides what photos you take?\n11 A. The searching agents or FBI staff.\n12 Q. And how does an agent ask you to take a photo?\n13 A. They will just call my name and say, hey, can you come take\n14 a photo of this.\n15 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, can you pull up what's in\n16 evidence as GX WA2.\n17 Q. While that's coming up, Ms. Gale, were you the only person\n18 taking photos for the FBI that morning?\n19 A. Correct.\n20 MR. HORTON: Okay. Can we please publish this,\n21 Ms. Loftus.\n22 Q. Did you take this photo, Ms. Gale?\n23 A. I did.\n24 Q. What are we looking at here?\n25 A. This is a picture of——I was standing in the hallway taking\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 a photo with the door open of the first thing you see when you\n2 walk into the apartment.\n3 Q. And where in relation to this photo is the kitchen?\n4 A. Just to the left.\n5 MR. HORTON: Okay. Can we put up WA9, please,\n6 Ms. Loftus.\n7 THE COURT: Are you saying that the door on the right\n8 is the front door?\n9 THE WITNESS: That's correct.\n10 Q. What room in the apartment was this photo taken in,\n11 Ms. Gale?\n12 A. This is the kitchen.\n13 Q. And what does it show?\n14 A. Looks like a number of phones charging, water bottle,\n15 fruit.\n16 Q. Are those the only phones you took photos of that morning?\n17 A. I don't think so.\n18 MR. HORTON: Could we pull up WA107.\n19 Q. Did you take this photo, Ms. Gale?\n20 A. I did.\n21 Q. What does it show?\n22 A. An Apple iPhone.\n23 Q. Is this one of the phones that was charging in the kitchen?\n24 A. I don't know if it's the same one.\n25 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could pull up WA15.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 Q. What room in the apartment is this, Ms. Gale?\n2 A. This is the bedroom.\n3 Q. And is this how it appeared when you entered that morning?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, could you zoom in to the sort\n6 of center of the image.\n7 And if you could zoom in to the item in the middle of\n8 the screen.\n9 Q. Was this item there when you came into the bedroom that\n10 morning, Ms. Gale?\n11 A. Yes, it was.\n12 Q. And what is it?\n13 A. Looks like a photo of a person.\n14 Q. Do you know who's in that photo?\n15 A. I don't.\n16 Q. And what does it say, if anything, at the top of the photo?\n17 A. \"The Hero.\"\n18 MR. HORTON: Okay. You can take that down, please,\n19 Ms. Loftus.\n20 Ms. Loftus, if you could put up at the same time\n21 WA62-64, please.\n22 Q. Looking at the top left of your screen, WA62, Ms. Gale,\n23 what are we looking at there? What's the frame around the\n24 outside?\n25 A. This is a photo of the——an open safe, and you're looking at\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 the contents of the safe.\n2 Q. And so where was the bag on the right found?\n3 A. In that safe, on the left.\n4 Q. What's depicted in the image at the bottom here, WA64?\n5 A. Cash.\n6 Q. And where was that cash found?\n7 A. In the bag that was found in the safe.\n8 Q. What room in the apartment was the safe found in?\n9 A. I believe it was the bedroom.\n10 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could take these down,\n11 please, and put up WA41.\n12 Q. Ms. Gale, what are we looking at here?\n13 A. This is a clear organizer with paper clips, whiteout, pens,\n14 and thumb drives.\n15 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, could you zoom in to the left\n16 side of the drawer, please.\n17 Q. And what is shown on the flash drives, Ms. Gale?\n18 A. Two of them have labels.\n19 Q. Do you know what MK is?\n20 A. I don't.\n21 MR. HORTON: You can take that down, please,\n22 Ms. Loftus.\n23 Q. Ms. Gale, did you take pictures of hard-copy documents at\n24 this apartment?\n25 A. Yes, I did.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 Q. And how did you decide which photos to take?\n2 A. Whatever the searching agents and FBI professional staff\n3 asked me to take.\n4 Q. And where in the apartment were the hard-copy documents\n5 that you took photos of?\n6 A. I know there were some in the living room. I don't\n7 remember if there were others as well.\n8 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, can you pull up WA20, please.\n9 If you could zoom in to the top of the document on the\n10 left side, please, and highlight the To line and the Date line,\n11 please.\n12 Q. Ms. Gale, what kind of document is this?\n13 A. It looks like a printed email.\n14 Q. And what are the names next to the email addresses in the\n15 to line?\n16 A. Do you want me to read the email itself or just the name?\n17 Q. I'm sorry. Could you just read what's written next to the\n18 email addresses in the To line, please.\n19 A. Ladym space g and Max Krasner.\n20 Q. Do you know what ladym g means?\n21 A. I don't.\n22 Q. And do you know who Max Krasner is?\n23 A. I don't.\n24 Q. What's the date of this document?\n25 A. Tuesday, March 14th, 2023.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could zoom out and\n2 then capture the part from \"Dear Miss Guo\" to the third\n3 photograph.\n4 If you could highlight the first sentence in that\n5 third paragraph, please.\n6 Q. And then Ms. Gale, if you could read that, aloud.\n7 A. It says, \"I have copied Mr. Max Krasner, whom I was\n8 regularly I contact with for Whitecroft, on this reply.\"\n9 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, can you replace that with\n10 WA109, please.\n11 And Ms. Loftus, if you could zoom in to what's written\n12 on the item on the left, please.\n13 Q. What does this image show, Ms. Gale?\n14 A. It's a photo of a notepad with handwritten notes on it.\n15 Q. And what, if anything, is written at the top of the notepad\n16 on the left side?\n17 A. The word Max.\n18 Q. Under that, there are lines that start with what look like\n19 hyphens. Could you just read the first word or acronym for\n20 each of those items from top to bottom under Max.\n21 A. Yeah, it's GSNY, and then in parentheses (Citi).\n22 The next one is Genever, G-E-N-E-V-E-R.\n23 The third one said Leading.\n24 The fourth one says Greenwich LLC.\n25 And then the next one is S-A-R-A-C-A.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 And then ROLS and then Hudson.\n2 Q. Do you know what any of those mean?\n3 A. I don't.\n4 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, could you replace this one\n5 with WA68, please.\n6 And then please zoom in to the text of the document\n7 and highlight what's written at the top.\n8 Q. Did you take this photo, Ms. Gale?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. Can you please read what's written at the top of this\n11 document.\n12 A. HCN Allocation at USD 0.1.\n13 Q. Do you know what HCN allocation means?\n14 A. I do not.\n15 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could highlight just\n16 below the middle of this list, the line that starts Andrew Law\n17 and Roger Smee, those two lines, and extend to the end of the\n18 row, please.\n19 Q. Ms. Gale, can you please read these two line items.\n20 A. \"Andrew Law: Mileson's friend.\"\n21 And, \"Roger Smee: Mileson's friend.\"\n22 Q. And what is on the same line of those words?\n23 A. A dollar amount.\n24 Q. And what's the dollar amount for each of those lines?\n25 A. I believe the one in line with Andrew Law is either 980,000\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 or 300,000, and then Roger Smee looks like 250,000, or the line\n2 above.\n3 Q. And Ms. Gale, can you read what's at the top of the column\n4 where those figures are.\n5 A. It says Total HCN.\n6 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could highlight the\n7 line that's three above Andrew Law, please.\n8 Q. And can you read that line item for us, Ms. Gale.\n9 A. Yeah, the name is spelled Y-A-N-P-I-N-G space W-A-N-G, and\n10 it looks like the dollar amount is probably the 6,999,800, but\n11 it could also be the 20 million.\n12 Q. Do you have any idea what this list represents?\n13 A. I don't.\n14 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could please replace\n15 this with WA26.\n16 And if you could zoom in around the content of the\n17 document, please.\n18 Sorry, Ms. Loftus. If you could get the word that's\n19 at the top of the document. Thank you.\n20 Q. Ms. Gale, was this document in the apartment that day?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. And what does it say at the top?\n23 A. Inventory.\n24 Q. What kinds of things are shown on this document?\n25 A. It looks like motor vehicles.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 Q. Looking at the second column from the left, it says\n2 Year/Make.\n3 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, can you zoom in on the third\n4 from the bottom, starting with 2021 in the Year/Make column,\n5 that whole line.\n6 Q. What's written in the Year/Make column here second from the\n7 left, Ms. Gale?\n8 A. 2021 Lamborghini Aventador.\n9 Q. The column to the——and then there's a picture of a car to\n10 its right. The column to the right at the top says State in\n11 that. What's in that box?\n12 A. CT.\n13 Q. What, if anything, do you understand CT to mean?\n14 A. Connecticut.\n15 Q. Moving to the right side of this line, the box second from\n16 the left is in a column entitled Owner. Can you please read\n17 what's in the Owner column for the 2021 Lamborghini Aventador.\n18 A. Yes. The last name is spelled D-E-F-E-N-G, looks like the\n19 given name is C-A-O, with an address, 373 Taconic,\n20 T-A-C-O-N-I-C, Road in Greenwich, Connecticut.\n21 Q. And the box to the right of that is in a column entitled\n22 Notes. Can you please read what's in the notes column for the\n23 2021 Lamborghini Aventador.\n24 A. It says \"G Club International Ltd?\"\n25 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could zoom out and\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 then zoom in on the line four above that, starting with 2021\n2 Ducati in the Year/Make column. Do you know what a Ducati is,\n3 Ms. Gale?\n4 A. I don't.\n5 Q. Okay. What's shown in the photo box for this line item for\n6 the 2021 Ducati?\n7 A. It looks like a motorcycle.\n8 Q. And going back to the Owner box, second from the right\n9 here, can you please read the name and address that's in that\n10 box.\n11 A. It looks like the same name, D-E-F-E-N-G, C-A-O, at 88\n12 R-E-G-E-N-T Street in Jersey City, New Jersey.\n13 Q. Was that the same address you read for the Lamborghini?\n14 MS. SHROFF: Objection.\n15 THE COURT: Overruled. You may answer.\n16 A. No.\n17 Q. And in the Notes column to the right of the name and Jersey\n18 City address, can you read what's in the notes column for the\n19 Ducati.\n20 A. It says, \"DMV backed up 6-8 weeks, NY reg, then will need\n21 to be transferred, the last name D-E-F-E-N-G, from Scott.\"\n22 MR. HORTON: You can zoom out of that, Ms. Loftus.\n23 If you can zoom in to the bottom two line items on\n24 this document, please.\n25 Q. What's written in the top box under Year/Make?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 A. Camper Van.\n2 Q. Do you know what a camper van is?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. What is a camper van?\n5 A. It's a, like, bigger motor vehicle that you can also sleep\n6 in.\n7 Q. And what, if anything, is written in the Notes column at\n8 the end of the camper van line item?\n9 A. \"G Club International Ltd importing issue. Still in\n10 Germany. Nina working on it.\"\n11 Q. What's written on the line item below the camper van,\n12 Ms. Gale?\n13 A. Bugatti.\n14 Q. What's Bugatti?\n15 A. I'm pretty sure it's a type of car.\n16 Q. And what, if anything, is in the boxes to the right of the\n17 Bugatti line item?\n18 A. Almost all of them say TBD, and the last one is a question\n19 mark.\n20 Q. And in what column is the question mark?\n21 A. The Notes column.\n22 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could put up WA30,\n23 please.\n24 And actually, Ms. Loftus, I'll ask you to put 30-33\n25 side by side.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 Q. Did you take pictures of documents that day, Ms. Gale, that\n2 had multiple pages?\n3 A. Yes, I did.\n4 Q. And would you always take pictures of every page?\n5 A. Not necessarily.\n6 Q. Okay. Did you sometimes do that?\n7 A. Absolutely.\n8 Q. The images here at WA30-33, is this a single document?\n9 A. Yes, I believe so.\n10 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could zoom in on WA30\n11 on the top left, please.\n12 Q. Ms. Gale, what does it say on the top left of this\n13 document?\n14 A. \"Summary 2019-2023, all donations, ROLF and ROLS.\"\n15 Q. Do you know what ROLF is?\n16 A. I don't.\n17 Q. What about ROLS?\n18 A. I don't.\n19 Q. In the top line for ROLF, can you read the figures that are\n20 reported for 2019 and 2020.\n21 A. Yes. 2019 is $4,210,315. 2020 is $8,916,019.\n22 Q. And the figures in 2019 and 2020 for ROLS below that,\n23 please.\n24 A. 2019 is $2,255,391, and 2020 is $4,028,774 [sic].\n25 Q. The line item says Total Both Entities below that. Can you\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 read the value at the very end of that total line, please.\n2 A. Yes. For——oh, I'm sorry. Under the YTD column or for\n3 2019?\n4 Q. The line item that says Total Both Entities, sort of the\n5 bottom third of the page, if you could read the value that's at\n6 the end of that line on the far right.\n7 A. Okay. 36,840——I'm sorry. $36,841,050.29.\n8 Q. Ms. Gale, is that figure more or less than $100 million?\n9 A. Less.\n10 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, can you put up WA34 and 35\n11 together, please.\n12 Q. WA34, on the left side of the screen, Ms. Gale, what's the\n13 title? What's written at the top of this document?\n14 A. G Club Operations LLC Profit and Loss January - December\n15 2022.\n16 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, could you zoom in on the line\n17 that says Income and the line under that, the five or so lines\n18 under Income.\n19 Q. Ms. Gale, what is the value reported next to Total\n20 Membership Income on this document?\n21 A. $4,862,954.82.\n22 Q. And what's the bottom value under this income chart?\n23 A. $90,462,483.16.\n24 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could zoom out and\n25 then zoom in on line item that says Total 64002 Events. It's\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 about five up from the bottom of this page.\n2 Q. Ms. Gale, what's the value on the line that says Total\n3 54000 Legal and Professional Services?\n4 A. $2,752,228.62.\n5 Q. And what's the value on the line that says Total 64002\n6 Events?\n7 A. $2,550,815.84.\n8 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could go back to the\n9 top of that first page on WA34.\n10 Q. Ms. Gale, what is the date range on this document?\n11 A. January to December of 2022.\n12 MR. HORTON: And Ms. Loftus, if you could go now to 35\n13 on the right side of the screen.\n14 And blow up the text on this.\n15 Q. Ms. Gale, what is the line item? What's the figure\n16 reported on the bottom line item for net income for G|CLUBS?\n17 A. $78,361,488.61.\n18 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could put up WA39,\n19 please.\n20 Q. Ms. Gale, what is the word that appears on the top left\n21 column on this document?\n22 A. Invoice Number.\n23 Q. And could you read the words that are on the right of that\n24 line from left to right, after Month.\n25 A. Month. G|CLUBS. G Fashion. G Music. HCHK Tech. FMV.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 G News. Gettr. GEDU. Service Fees. And Total.\n2 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could pull up W85,\n3 please. 85. And if you could just zoom in on the text,\n4 please.\n5 Q. Ms. Gale, what is shown, generally, on this document?\n6 A. It looks like login information.\n7 Q. And can you read the line items under Login Info from Chase\n8 Genever to the bottom.\n9 A. Yes. (Genever) is the first one. Chase (S-A-R-A-C-A) is\n10 the second one. Chase GVT——GTV, I'm sorry——HSBC (Leading).\n11 Investors (Leading). BOA ROLF. The next line is PayPal ROLF.\n12 Next line is Stripe ROLF. And then BOA ROLS. And PayPal ROLS.\n13 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, on the line under Investors\n14 (Leading), the first word is Fist. Could you zoom in on the\n15 end of that line, it says \"oldest niece.\"\n16 Q. Ms. Gale, what is written next to \"oldest niece\"?\n17 A. It says - Gladys, G-L-A-D-Y-S.\n18 Q. Do you know who Gladys is?\n19 A. No.\n20 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could put up 89 and 90\n21 side by side.\n22 And if you could zoom in on the top half of 89 on the\n23 left, please, Ms. Loftus.\n24 Q. Under the name of the bank at the top, Ms. Gale, what's the\n25 title of this document?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 A. Corporate Banking Questionnaire for New Accounts.\n2 Q. And what does it say next to Company Name a few lines below\n3 that?\n4 A. Holy City HK Ventures.\n5 Q. Do you know what that is?\n6 A. No.\n7 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, looking at 90 on the right\n8 now, if you could highlight the two names that are under\n9 Director 1 and Director 2 and zoom in, please.\n10 Q. And Ms. Gale, what name is under Director 1 for Holy City\n11 HK Ventures on this document?\n12 A. Aaron A. Mitchell.\n13 Q. Do you know who Aaron Mitchell is?\n14 A. I don't know.\n15 Q. What's the name written under Director 2 for Holy City HK\n16 Ventures on this document?\n17 A. Victor X. Cerda.\n18 Q. Do you know who Victor Cerda is?\n19 A. I don't.\n20 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could put up 91 and 92\n21 side by side, please.\n22 Q. Looking at the document on left, Ms. Gale, 91, what is\n23 written in the large font at the top?\n24 A. Holy City Hong Kong Ventures Ltd.\n25 Q. And it says under that, \"The undersigned, being the sole\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 member of the directors of Holy City Hong Kong Ventures Ltd.\"\n2 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could go down to the\n3 middle of the page, please, to Directors.\n4 Q. And Ms. Gale, what does it say under 3, Directors?\n5 A. \"Note the appointment of Yanping Wang as first director of\n6 the company by the first registered agent of the company with\n7 effect from 13th day of May, 2021.\"\n8 MR. HORTON: And Ms. Loftus, if you could just zoom in\n9 on the last line on this page on 91.\n10 Q. What's written on the bottom of this Holy City Hong Kong\n11 Ventures Ltd. document?\n12 A. New Federal State Corporation.\n13 Q. Do you know what the New Federal State Corporation is?\n14 A. No.\n15 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could please replace\n16 these with WA96.\n17 And if you could——yes, thank you.\n18 Q. What's the subject line——well, first of all, Ms. Gale, what\n19 kind of document is this?\n20 A. It looks like a printed email.\n21 Q. And what does the subject line say?\n22 A. Himalaya Exchange-Username Changed.\n23 Q. And could you read the first name and the first letter of\n24 the last name on the To line.\n25 A. Alex H.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 Q. Can you read the first three lines of the body of the email\n2 below.\n3 And before you do that, what's between the To, From\n4 and the body of the email?\n5 A. There's a, like, what I assume is a company logo.\n6 Q. And what does it say next to——\n7 MS. SHROFF: Objection to what she assumes.\n8 THE COURT: Sustained.\n9 Q. What, if anything, do you see in the middle of this page?\n10 MR. HORTON: And Ms. Loftus, if you could zoom in\n11 around it, please.\n12 A. There's a——it says Himalaya Exchange with a little insignia\n13 next to it.\n14 Q. Do you know what Himalaya Exchange is?\n15 A. I don't.\n16 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could blow up the\n17 first three lines of the email, including the greeting.\n18 Q. Could you read the greeting and the first sentence, please,\n19 Ms. Gale.\n20 A. \"Hi Freedom Media Ventures Limited\" comma.\n21 Q. Could you read the first line of the email under that,\n22 please.\n23 A. Yup. \"Your user name & contact email has been changed from\n24 alexh@hchktech.com to fmvlimited@proton.me by an\n25 administrator.\"\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could pull up 110,\n2 please. 110.\n3 And if you can zoom in on the top right of this\n4 document, Ms. Loftus.\n5 Q. What does it say on the top right of this document,\n6 Ms. Gale?\n7 A. ACA.\n8 Q. Do you know what ACA is?\n9 A. No.\n10 MR. HORTON: If you could go back to the full\n11 document, please, Ms. Loftus.\n12 If you could zoom in on under \"To Whom it May\n13 Concern,\" towards the bottom.\n14 Q. Could you read the line that starts, \"This is to certify.\"\n15 A. \"This is to certify the employment details of WANG YAN\n16 PING, holder of VANUATU passport No. RV058876, are as follows:\"\n17 Q. And under that it says, \"Yours faithfully, ACA Capital\n18 Group Limited.\" What appears under \"ACA Capital Group\n19 Limited\"?\n20 A. A signature.\n21 Q. And what appears under the signature?\n22 A. The name William Je, Chief Executive.\n23 MR. HORTON: If you could please pull up WA69 and 72\n24 side by side, Ms. Loftus, as well as 114, those three.\n25 Q. What's shown in the item in WA69?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Direct\n1 A. The——that's the one on the left?\n2 Q. Yes. That's the item on the left.\n3 A. Yeah. It's the little green zip pouch from the safe that\n4 we saw earlier.\n5 Q. What was inside this green zip pouch in the safe?\n6 A. Travel documents.\n7 Q. Are those two of them on the right?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. The top one, WA72, what is that?\n10 A. A passport.\n11 Q. And whose name is on the passport?\n12 A. Given name is Y-A-N-P-I-N-G, surname is Wang, W-A-N-G.\n13 Q. And looking now at the passport below that, 114.\n14 A. The given name is H-O space W-A-N, surname K-W-O-K.\n15 Q. And was this passport found in the apartment where you were\n16 on March 15, 2023?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 MR. HORTON: If you could take these down, Ms. Loftus,\n19 and put up 76-79.\n20 Q. So as these go up, Ms. Gale, could you tell us what we're\n21 looking at.\n22 A. Yes. The 76 is a picture of Hermès boxes and receipts.\n23 The next one is Hermès scarves and I believe a couple of\n24 wallets; not sure what brand. The other photos are the same.\n25 Q. And what's Hermès?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Cross\n1 A. A very expensive brand, I think.\n2 MR. HORTON: Zooming in on the image on the bottom\n3 right, Ms. Loftus.\n4 Q. At the top of that, what are all of those, Ms. Gale?\n5 A. More boxes of Hermès.\n6 Q. And were all of these in the apartment that morning?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 MR. HORTON: If I could just have a moment, your\n9 Honor.\n10 THE COURT: Go ahead.\n11 MR. HORTON: Thank you, your Honor.\n12 You can take this down, Ms. Loftus, please.\n13 Q. Ms. Gale, approximately how many photographs did you take\n14 on March 15, 2023, in this apartment?\n15 A. I don't remember.\n16 Q. Have we looked at all the photos that you took?\n17 A. No.\n18 Q. And the photos that were admitted into evidence before and\n19 the photos that I showed you today, did you have any role in\n20 selecting those?\n21 A. No.\n22 Q. And about how many times did you meet with the government,\n23 if at all, before you testified today?\n24 A. A few.\n25 Q. And aside from your testimony today and the photographs you\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Cross\n1 took on March 15, 2023, did you have any other involvement in\n2 this case?\n3 A. I did not.\n4 MR. HORTON: No further questions, your Honor.\n5 THE COURT: Cross-examination.\n6 MS. SHROFF: Thank you, your Honor.\n7 CROSS EXAMINATION\n8 BY MS. SHROFF:\n9 Q. Good morning, Ms. Gale.\n10 A. Good morning.\n11 Q. Ms. Gale, you testified on direct that you've worked for\n12 the FBI for five years; is that right?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 THE COURT: Ms. Shroff, if you would speak into the\n15 mic, please.\n16 MS. SHROFF: Sure.\n17 Q. And before working for the FBI, who did you work for?\n18 A. I was an intern with the FBI while I was in college.\n19 Q. So is it fair to say, ma'am, that you've only worked for\n20 the FBI?\n21 A. I had other internships and part-time jobs.\n22 Q. I'm talking about like a full-time job, employment.\n23 A. Yes.\n24 Q. You've only worked for the FBI, correct?\n25 A. Correct.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO1 Gale - Cross\n1 Q. And you just testified, when asked how many times you met\n2 with the government, you testified a few. Correct?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. So as an FBI agent, is it fair to say that you would want\n5 to keep notes of information that would be the subject of your\n6 testimony?\n7 A. No.\n8 Q. You would not want to have notes so that you can be\n9 accurate and full in your testimony?\n10 MR. HORTON: Objection. Asked and answered.\n11 THE COURT: Sustained. So if you'll just ask the\n12 question once, Ms. Shroff, and don't repeat it.\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\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 BY MS. SHROFF:\n2 Q. Ms. Gale, did you keep a list of the times that you met\n3 with Mr. Horton?\n4 A. I did not.\n5 Q. Did you keep a list of the length of each meeting with\n6 Mr. Horton?\n7 A. I did not.\n8 Q. Did you keep a list of what you did with Mr. Horton during\n9 the meetings?\n10 A. I did not.\n11 Q. So let me start, if I may, by showing you what is marked as\n12 Defense Exhibit 7005, and I'm just going to ask you to look at\n13 it, please. Thank you.\n14 Do you recognize this photograph?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. And what is it, please?\n17 A. It's a photo of notebooks with handwritten notes on them.\n18 MS. SHROFF: Your Honor, I move to enter DX7005 into\n19 evidence, please.\n20 MR. HORTON: Your Honor, may we briefly approach?\n21 (Continued on next page)\n22\n23\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 (At the sidebar)\n2 MR. HORTON: Thank you, your Honor. What we're\n3 anticipating is a comparison of the document that's Defense\n4 Exhibit 7005 to a cropped version that we showed. I don't\n5 remember the exact exhibit number. We showed a cropped version\n6 on this document. There's background on this that's relevant\n7 which is that, we had a productive back and fourth with defense\n8 counsel about the fact that some of the documents which photos\n9 were taken with respect to the apartment had some Mandarin on\n10 them. So we had a back and forth with them about, we could\n11 redact them. We could otherwise make it so that we don't have\n12 an issue a foreign language coming into evidence. We had a\n13 back and fourth about how to do that. We could produce\n14 versions of those documents that were altered on agreement to\n15 take the Mandarin out, so that's why we showed the document\n16 that was cropped that way.\n17 THE COURT: When you say cropped, you mean portions\n18 deleted?\n19 MR. HORTON: Yes. So the three notebook image that's\n20 on right now as a defense exhibit, we showed the same image,\n21 took out the notebooks that had Mandarin in them. So we showed\n22 only a notebook that had English only.\n23 THE COURT: By cropped you mean literally you cropped\n24 the photograph?\n25 MR. HORTON: That's right. To exclude the Mandarin to\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 avoid the issue, and we understood that was at the request of\n2 defense counsel or under agreement with defense counsel.\n3 MS. SHROFF: Defense counsel asked and very clearly\n4 noted the word \"redacted\" not cropped, redacted. The word was\n5 redacted. What they did is --\n6 THE COURT: So can you give me the whole sentence with\n7 the word \"redacted?\"\n8 MS. SHROFF: Sure. They sent us the document I believe\n9 yesterday at some point. I can't remember the time. And it\n10 had Chinese language on it. I have the document. You see\n11 Chinese language here, here, here, up here. They sent us a\n12 copy with the translation. We sent it out to have it\n13 translated along with other documents to get translated. We\n14 haven't had a full response back from the interpreter. We\n15 emailed back to the government and said, they gave us an\n16 option. Either we use their translation or we use the redacted\n17 version. We said no we cannot agree to a translation without\n18 having our translator signing off, so we would agree to a\n19 redacted version, not a cropped version, redacted.\n20 So you take a piece of paper, redact the Chinese\n21 Mandarin language and you present the evidence. Apparently at\n22 1:00 last time, they sent us a new version which they\n23 introduced as evidence. I have not seen the new version. And\n24 I can show you my email. I only got that version from an\n25 associate today while I was in the direct. I emailed the\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 associate back, said please redact the Chinese language and\n2 send me the document. What they did in cropping it out is they\n3 cropped out CCP. Now CCP I got to say anybody here would know\n4 would be relevant, that she wrote it down. And there is no --\n5 I have to say that I would be shocked if somebody said the\n6 defense wouldn't want the CCP. The tradition of redacted\n7 means, you redact. You don't crop. So I am entitled to put\n8 this in. I never agreed to a cropped version. I never agreed\n9 to something excised out. Redacted means redacted. And we've\n10 all been lawyers for a long time. I don't think there's any\n11 agreement if they ask me for a cropped version, I would not\n12 have agreed. Cropped is very different. And you know what\n13 lawyers do for a living, we use our words, and we use them\n14 precisely. So I think this is fair cross, your Honor.\n15 MR. FINKEL: Ms. Shroff did not suggest nor did any\n16 member of the defense team suggest, including the associate who\n17 is an attorney who was sent the email last night to meet their\n18 request about not having foreign language in the evidence, to\n19 change it, we would have done so.\n20 THE COURT: I'm not understanding what you're saying.\n21 Including the attorney on the email, is that what you're\n22 saying?\n23 MR. FINKEL: Yes, your Honor. If I may, we had a good\n24 faith negotiation and discussion about these images back and\n25 forth.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 MS. SHROFF: No.\n2 MR. FINKEL: Yes, Ms. Shroff.\n3 THE COURT: Please, I need for him to speak, not the\n4 two of you.\n5 MR. FINKEL: We said to the defense, if you want the\n6 Mandarin language in, we'll put it in. If you don't want the\n7 Mandarin language in, we'll redact it, and we won't put it in.\n8 It's up to you, or we can do translations. They said they\n9 didn't want the Mandarin language in. So we modified, crop\n10 this document, redacted on it so the Mandarin language wasn't\n11 come in. We did that at their request. Now they're going to\n12 take what we did to meet their request and suggest to the jury\n13 that we hid information from them. That is entirely\n14 inappropriate.\n15 THE COURT: Let's go backwards. You concede that they\n16 ask for a redacted document?\n17 MS. SHROFF: Here's the email --\n18 THE COURT: Wait a minute, Ms. Shroff. Do not speak\n19 over me.\n20 MR. FINKEL: Your Honor, yes. We use the word\n21 \"redacted.\" That's exactly correct. However, and I think this\n22 is important, we had a good faith negotiation with the defense\n23 about this issue. And to meet what they requested, we removed\n24 the Mandarin. It was easier for this image to do a crop than a\n25 redaction.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 THE COURT: That is very, very different. This is a\n2 problem. They're entitled to know, the jury is entitled to\n3 know that there are words missing.\n4 MR. FINKEL: But, your Honor, we did that at their\n5 request now.\n6 THE COURT: Wait a minute. They requested a\n7 redaction, not a cropping out. It's a very different result.\n8 MS. SHROFF: Your Honor, may I just add one thing?\n9 THE COURT: No, not yet. Mr. Finkel, do you have\n10 anything to add?\n11 MR. FINKEL: Your Honor, candidly, I'm disappointed in\n12 this because we had a discussion with them. And had they said,\n13 can you use the redacted version instead, we would have done\n14 that. We weren't trying any gamesmanship here. We weren't\n15 trying to cut out CCP or anything like that. We tried to meet\n16 their request. I understand your Honor's point.\n17 THE COURT: Are there any other documents that were\n18 cropped?\n19 MR. HORTON: I don't believe so, no.\n20 THE COURT: Everything else was redacted?\n21 MR. HORTON: Correct.\n22 THE COURT: You're going to have to live with this\n23 cross-examination.\n24 MS. SHROFF: Your Honor, also CCP is in English.\n25 MR. FINKEL: Your Honor, certainly they're not going\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 to be able to argue -- because the reason we cropped it was to\n2 meet their request. They shouldn't be able to argue that we\n3 did this to hide anything from the jury, cause that's not why\n4 we did it. That would be unfair and improper.\n5 THE COURT: That would be completely unfair. You can\n6 say that they left out a portion of the document, but to imply\n7 that there was bad faith is improper.\n8 MS. SHROFF: Your Honor, may I just be heard on that?\n9 THE COURT: Yes.\n10 MS. SHROFF: Again, here's an email --\n11 MR. FINKEL: You left it out.\n12 MS. SHROFF: Please let me finish.\n13 THE COURT: Please let her talk.\n14 MS. SHROFF: CCP is in English. The alphabet is\n15 English. It is not Mandarin. They can crop out the -- we\n16 agreed even if you want -- here's the email. \"Just in light of\n17 the timing of this witness, we will ask that you simply redact\n18 the Mandarin visible in the GXW exhibits you plan to introduce\n19 tomorrow, which we understand to be GW, and then we recite them\n20 out.\" CCP is in English.\n21 THE COURT: Ms. Shroff, I do not need for you to speak\n22 over me. This is rude.\n23 MS. SHROFF: I'm not speaking over you.\n24 THE COURT: Yes, you were speaking over me.\n25 MS. SHROFF: I don't mean to, your Honor. I do think\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 CCP is in English.\n2 THE COURT: So now be quiet. This is a problem. She\n3 can cross on this, but you cannot imply that they were looking\n4 to hide something, because that would be the impression of bad\n5 faith. This is an error on their part to have done it this\n6 way. It is an error on their part.\n7 MS. SHROFF: Your Honor, CCP is in English. It's not\n8 an error.\n9 THE COURT: What I am saying is that you may cross,\n10 you may say, a portion of the document was not shown. And you\n11 may bring up the fact that it has this English language and the\n12 Mandarin character. That is fine. But to go further and argue\n13 that in summation that this was purposely in bad faith, no, you\n14 will not be able to do that. We're done. We're done.\n15 (Continued on next page)\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 (In open court)\n2 THE COURT: Overruled. Rather, the objection is\n3 sustained. Sorry. Go ahead.\n4 MS. SHROFF: Your Honor, I move to admit DX7005 into\n5 evidence.\n6 MR. HORTON: Objection.\n7 THE COURT: I am sorry. Let me clarify. Based upon\n8 the sidebar, the prosecution's objection to the admission of\n9 this document is overruled. Go ahead.\n10 (Defendant's Exhibit 7005 received in evidence)\n11 MS. SHROFF: May I publish it to the jury now?\n12 THE COURT: You may. Go ahead. You may.\n13 BY MS. SHROFF:\n14 Q. Ms. Gale, do you recognize this photograph?\n15 A. I recognize the photo, not the black parts covering it.\n16 Q. You don't recognize the black covering?\n17 A. Correct.\n18 Q. The redaction?\n19 A. Correct.\n20 Q. That's fine. And if I could show you what is marked as\n21 Government Exhibit I believe it was 68.\n22 MR. HORTON: Your Honor, we're going to object to this\n23 as contrary to our understanding of the ruling at sidebar, the\n24 purpose of showing.\n25 THE COURT: I'm sorry. I did not hear what you said,\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 Ms. Shroff.\n2 MS. SHROFF: I'll move on, your Honor.\n3 THE COURT: Go ahead.\n4 Q. So let me start with the legal pad that says Max, correct?\n5 A. Yes, it looks like the one on the bottom.\n6 Q. And did you arrange these three legal pads this way?\n7 A. I don't remember.\n8 Q. You were taking photographs to present as evidence to a\n9 jury at a trial, correct?\n10 A. I was taking photographs of whatever the agents gave me\n11 that day on the search.\n12 Q. For what purpose?\n13 A. To have them documented.\n14 Q. For what purpose?\n15 MR. HORTON: Objection, asked and answered.\n16 THE COURT: Sustained.\n17 Q. The FBI gathers evidence, correct?\n18 A. Correct.\n19 Q. And the FBI gathers evidence because it's going to be used\n20 against another person in court one day, correct?\n21 A. Potentially.\n22 Q. And you want the evidence to be accurate, correct?\n23 A. What do you mean by accurate?\n24 Q. I mean accurate. You want your logs to be accurate,\n25 correct?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 A. The photo log?\n2 Q. Yes.\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. And you want your photos to be accurate, correct?\n5 A. The photos are just of whatever is there.\n6 Q. And complete, correct?\n7 A. I'm not sure what you mean by complete.\n8 Q. Well, is the photograph of the first legal pad that starts\n9 with the word \"Max\" complete? Can you see the whole page?\n10 A. No, you can't see the whole page.\n11 Q. Can you see the whole page of the second legal pad? I\n12 don't know. It's not legal, but whatever, office size pad?\n13 A. You cannot.\n14 Q. And how about the third one?\n15 A. Yes, the third one you can.\n16 Q. And is it fair to say, Ms. Gale, that the time that you\n17 were taking the photographs there was an FBI agent in the\n18 apartment?\n19 A. Correct.\n20 Q. And there was FBI agents in the apartment who carried out\n21 the search, correct?\n22 A. Yes, there were multiple.\n23 Q. And there were multiple agents who put these things out for\n24 you to photograph; is that fair?\n25 A. Yes, they probably said you can take a picture of these.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 Q. And you could interact with them because you're all part of\n2 the same team, correct?\n3 A. Correct.\n4 Q. There were no defense lawyers present, correct?\n5 A. There were not.\n6 Q. It was possible to say, let's just take a photograph of\n7 each legal pad separately, correct?\n8 THE COURT: Don't ask her what was possible. I don't\n9 want you asking questions that call for speculation.\n10 Q. So you didn't take a photograph of the legal pad in such a\n11 way that we could see the entirety of page one of the document\n12 that starts with Max, correct?\n13 A. I don't remember if I took a separate photo of it other\n14 than this.\n15 Q. How about the second one that says, Thank you, do you\n16 recall if you took photos of that?\n17 A. I don't remember if I took a separate photo.\n18 Q. And let's look at the third document, third legal pad,\n19 correct, you see that?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. And you see there's a lot of handwriting on there, right?\n22 A. Correct.\n23 Q. And in the corner box you see that little box over there,\n24 if I could have it made larger for you, and also the jury maybe\n25 that will help you.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 A. On the right side of the page?\n2 Q. Yes, ma'am.\n3 A. Yes, I see that.\n4 Q. What does it say over there, could you read that for me?\n5 A. Civil, civil rights.\n6 Q. How about below that?\n7 A. It says SEC, but the rest is redacted.\n8 Q. And how about below that?\n9 A. In the box?\n10 Q. Yes.\n11 A. It either says CCP or COP and then it's redacted.\n12 Q. So it says -- what is right next to the word CCP, what's\n13 next to that?\n14 A. A redaction and then --\n15 Q. And then a tick mark, correct?\n16 A. I think it says IA, and then the pound sign and could be a\n17 check mark.\n18 Q. Let's go back to the top part of the page.\n19 You see the date up there 10/17 Saturday, right?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. And you don't know what year, correct?\n22 A. I don't know if that's a month and a day or a month and a\n23 year, 10/17 could be either.\n24 Q. It could be October 2017 or it could be October 17, that's\n25 your testimony?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 A. Correct.\n2 Q. And also the same for the other one, right, October 19,\n3 right?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. Could be 2019, right?\n6 A. Yeah.\n7 Q. More logically it would be October 17, which is a Saturday?\n8 MR. HORTON: Objection to the commentary.\n9 MS. SHROFF: It's a question.\n10 THE COURT: Sustained.\n11 Q. Okay. October 17 is a Saturday, so what would October 18\n12 be?\n13 A. Sunday.\n14 Q. And what would October 19 be?\n15 A. Monday.\n16 Q. So let's move down. Just please stay on that same page,\n17 the third one, third legal pad or pad, whatever it's called.\n18 And if you could read for me, you see where it says G/Club EIN?\n19 A. I do.\n20 Q. Do you know what that means?\n21 A. I do not.\n22 Q. And how about G Fashion, and then there's a phone number,\n23 correct? Am I reading that correctly? Is it a phone number?\n24 A. It looks like a phone number, yes.\n25 Q. Do you know what that means?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 A. I don't.\n2 Q. And then it says G/Club, and it looks like, I don't know\n3 what that word is, Square, Paypal and wire, right?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. Now could I zoom out of that full page where it says CCP on\n6 the corner.\n7 Did you by any chance flip that page and take a photo\n8 of the next one?\n9 A. I don't remember.\n10 Q. Now, when you reviewed this photograph with Mr. Horton, was\n11 it one amongst many that you reviewed with him?\n12 A. I don't remember if I reviewed this one with him. Are you\n13 talking about on direct?\n14 Q. No, no. I mean on the times you met with him in your\n15 office or his office. I don't know where?\n16 A. I don't know if we reviewed this one.\n17 Q. Let's look at the one that had -- let's look at number 68,\n18 okay. You see this one? Do you remember if you reviewed this\n19 one with him in his office?\n20 A. I don't remember.\n21 Q. And he asked you on direct, right --\n22 A. Yes, we did review this on direct.\n23 Q. So look at the right-hand column for me if you don't mind.\n24 A. Yes, the total HCN column.\n25 Q. And you testified on direct that these are dollar amounts,\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 correct?\n2 A. I did.\n3 Q. You have no knowledge that they are in fact dollar amounts,\n4 correct?\n5 A. At the top it says USD which typically stands for U.S.\n6 dollar.\n7 Q. But look at the column on the right under which these\n8 numbers appear, does it say over there USDO?\n9 A. No.\n10 Q. What does it say?\n11 A. Total HCN.\n12 Q. And what does HCN mean to you?\n13 A. I don't know.\n14 Q. So are these numbers, right? They're under a column that\n15 says total HCN, right?\n16 A. Correct.\n17 Q. And this is a number of HCN, not dollars, right?\n18 A. I guess.\n19 Q. There's no need to guess. There's no dollar sign before\n20 250,000 or whatever that number is, right?\n21 A. There is no dollar sign.\n22 MR. HORTON: Objection, your Honor.\n23 THE COURT: Don't testify.\n24 Q. Is there a dollar sign before this column?\n25 MR. HORTON: Asked and answered.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 THE COURT: Sustained.\n2 Q. Is there a pound sign?\n3 A. No.\n4 Q. Is there a sterling sign?\n5 A. No.\n6 Q. Is there a Yen sign?\n7 MR. HORTON: Objection.\n8 THE COURT: Sustained.\n9 Q. So the dollar amount on this column is at 10 cents each,\n10 right?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. So you can take that down. And if we could just show\n13 Ms. Gale the photos of the cash that the government showed her.\n14 You remember testifying about the cash that was found in the\n15 apartment?\n16 A. I do.\n17 Q. By any chance do you know whose apartment it was?\n18 A. I don't remember.\n19 Q. During the times that you met with Mr. Horton, did you\n20 discuss whose apartment it was?\n21 A. We did not.\n22 Q. Did you discuss how many people lived there?\n23 A. We did not.\n24 Q. Did you discuss how you came to take the photographs of the\n25 cash?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 A. Somebody probably found it in the search and ask me to take\n2 pictures of it.\n3 Q. When you say probably, does that mean you really don't\n4 remember?\n5 A. No, I do remember that somebody ask me to take photos of\n6 the cash when they found it in the safe.\n7 Q. When you took this photograph, did you make a note as to\n8 where you were when you took the photograph?\n9 A. In the photo log it should say what room this was in.\n10 Q. My question was did you take a note?\n11 MR. HORTON: Objection.\n12 THE COURT: Overruled. You may answer.\n13 A. I was not doing the photo log, no, so I didn't take a note\n14 personally.\n15 Q. And do you know how that pouch was in the safe when it was\n16 first opened?\n17 A. It looked like it does in the photo when we --\n18 Q. Well, were you there when they opened the safe?\n19 A. I don't remember if I was in the room, but I was in the\n20 apartment.\n21 Q. So you don't know if it looked like this cause you weren't\n22 there, correct?\n23 A. They had me photograph it before they move anything.\n24 Q. Ma'am, please, could you listen to my question.\n25 MR. HORTON: Objection, asked and answered.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 MS. SHROFF: I move to strike actually. It's\n2 non-responsive.\n3 MR. HORTON: It was responsive. We object.\n4 THE COURT: Overruled. You may answer.\n5 Q. Let me try it this way. Was the safe locked?\n6 A. I don't remember.\n7 Q. How was the safe opened?\n8 A. I don't remember.\n9 Q. Do you mean you don't remember or do you mean you don't\n10 know?\n11 MR. HORTON: Objection.\n12 THE COURT: Overruled. You may answer.\n13 A. I don't remember.\n14 Q. So you were there when it was opened, but you no longer\n15 remember how it was opened?\n16 A. I don't remember if I was in the room at the time that it\n17 was opened and found, or if I was in a different room and they\n18 called me when they found it and opened it.\n19 Q. So I just want to understand the process.\n20 If you were taking a photograph in a different room\n21 and they opened the safe, would they just simply ask you to\n22 abandon that task and run to the safe?\n23 THE COURT: So you cannot ask, Would they. It is a\n24 question of, Did they.\n25 Q. Did they?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 A. I don't remember if I was in the room or not. If I wasn't,\n2 they would have held the safe and not touched it until I finish\n3 whatever task I was doing and then come and take the picture\n4 the way it looked before they pulled stuff out of it.\n5 Q. Let's try this. You said they would not have touched it,\n6 correct, that's what you just said, right?\n7 A. I don't remember.\n8 Q. So it's possible they could have touched it, correct?\n9 MR. HORTON: Objection.\n10 THE COURT: So don't ask for speculation.\n11 Q. You see the photograph right next to the one on the left?\n12 A. With the pouch opened, yes.\n13 Q. So the pouch was moved, correct?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. It was opened, correct?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. And then the photo was taken of the open pouch, correct?\n18 A. Correct.\n19 Q. And sitting here today, you cannot tell the jury if any\n20 denominations were taken out, correct, before you took the\n21 photograph cause you weren't there?\n22 A. I might have been. I just don't remember.\n23 Q. How many denominations are in this particular photograph?\n24 A. I don't know.\n25 Q. Do you know what year those notes are?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 A. I don't.\n2 Q. Do you know if they're from 2003?\n3 A. I don't.\n4 Q. What about the red envelopes, do you see those?\n5 A. I see them.\n6 Q. Do you know what they signify in the Chinese culture?\n7 A. I do not.\n8 Q. Do you know what the design was on each one of the\n9 envelopes?\n10 A. I don't.\n11 Q. Let's look at the next photograph of the money. You see\n12 how it's all fanned out, now?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. Who fanned it out?\n15 A. The agents who found it probably did.\n16 Q. If you don't know, you can just say I don't know. Probably\n17 is not a good answer.\n18 MR. HORTON: Objection.\n19 THE COURT: Don't speculate, don't guess, don't say\n20 what might have been. If you know the answer, say it. If you\n21 don't know, you could say that or you don't remember.\n22 THE WITNESS: Okay.\n23 THE COURT: Go ahead.\n24 Q. You don't know, correct?\n25 A. Correct.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 Q. And there are denominations in 20s, correct?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. Denominations in 50s, correct?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. Denominations in 100s, correct?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. And on the corner over there you can see it's a foreign\n8 currency, correct?\n9 A. Correct.\n10 Q. And there is a document on the right side which is in\n11 Mandarin, correct?\n12 A. Yes.\n13 Q. You have no idea what it says, correct?\n14 A. Correct.\n15 Q. And obviously the money wasn't found on the bed, right?\n16 A. It came from the pouch in the safe, correct.\n17 Q. Do you know who put it on the bed?\n18 A. I don't.\n19 Q. Now, you were shown a document or two about passports. Do\n20 you remember that?\n21 A. I do.\n22 Q. And I'm assuming -- you can take this one down. Thank you.\n23 And you testified that you did not know any of the\n24 people that were depicted in the passports, correct?\n25 A. Correct.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 Q. And you simply took the photos because some agent told you\n2 to; is that right?\n3 A. Right.\n4 Q. And you remember spelling out for Mr. Horton, Vanuatu,\n5 V-A-N-U-A-T-U, correct?\n6 A. I think so.\n7 Q. And do you know what that is?\n8 A. I don't.\n9 Q. Do you know if it's a country?\n10 A. I have no idea.\n11 Q. When you read it, did you then look it up?\n12 A. I didn't.\n13 Q. If I could go to 76, please. You testified about this\n14 photograph, correct?\n15 A. I did.\n16 Q. And when you testified about this photograph, you said it\n17 is Hermes, a very expensive brand I think, correct?\n18 A. I did say that.\n19 Q. Now, what are the things below each box here?\n20 A. Tags or receipts.\n21 Q. Do you know if they are in fact tags or they're receipts or\n22 are you guessing?\n23 A. I don't know for sure.\n24 Q. Do these appear to be gift boxes to you?\n25 A. I don't know for sure.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 Q. Let's look at the next photograph. You see this photograph\n2 here. I can't see the number. I think it's 77. Did you\n3 unpack each box?\n4 A. I don't think all of them were unpacked.\n5 Q. Move to strike. Let me ask you again, please.\n6 THE COURT: So the answer is stricken. Go ahead and\n7 answer what she's asking. Listen to the question and respond\n8 to the specific question that's being asked.\n9 Q. Did you unpack each box?\n10 A. I remember helping unpacking some of them, yes.\n11 Q. Were they all tied with a bow on top?\n12 A. I believe some of them were.\n13 Q. So let's show you 78. I think the next photo of the\n14 scarfs. You see right there in this photograph right below the\n15 bag, do you see that?\n16 A. The bows?\n17 Q. Right.\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. Those were the bows that were used to tie the boxes, right?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. And that says Hermes on it?\n22 A. I can't see, but -- yeah, I think so.\n23 Q. So let's just look at this photograph. Let's look at the\n24 one that's brown, shall we. Is it your recollection that this\n25 is how the scarf was in the box?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. So I just want to make sure. You have a recollection that\n3 the label was up top?\n4 MR. HORTON: Objection, asked and answered.\n5 THE COURT: Sustained.\n6 Q. Was the label up top?\n7 MR. HORTON: Objection, asked and answered.\n8 THE COURT: Sustained.\n9 Q. Let's look at the orange one.\n10 What does the card say?\n11 A. I'm sorry. I can't read that.\n12 Q. Did you take a photograph of what the card itself said?\n13 A. I don't remember if I did. The bottom, the last word under\n14 before the signature says holidays.\n15 Q. Let's just scroll down. Let's look at the one -- you see\n16 the one that's gray with those pretty little flowers over\n17 there?\n18 A. In the middle?\n19 Q. Yes.\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. Is it your recollection that the label was showing when you\n22 opened the box?\n23 A. I don't remember specifically, but I don't remember moving\n24 any of the scarfs within the box.\n25 Q. You didn't open each box you just testified on cross,\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 correct?\n2 A. I helped with some of them, correct?\n3 Q. And you don't know which ones you helped with, correct?\n4 A. Correct, I don't remember.\n5 Q. Can you just scroll down. You see the wallets that are\n6 placed near the box?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 Q. Did you place them there?\n9 A. I don't remember.\n10 Q. Do you know if they are in fact Hermes wallets?\n11 A. I don't know.\n12 Q. I just want the full photograph again one last time. You\n13 see on the top right corner in the left corner are both showing\n14 the same brown tape, correct?\n15 A. I'm sorry. The top corners of the photo?\n16 Q. The top corner right above the brown scarf, and on the\n17 right-hand side near that rainbow colored scarf?\n18 A. Oh, the ribbons.\n19 Q. That's a much better word. The gift ribbons are the box\n20 ribbons, did you collect each ribbon for each box?\n21 A. I don't remember.\n22 Q. Did they have you take a photo of all the ribbons on all\n23 the boxes that were found in this apartment?\n24 A. I don't remember.\n25 Q. Did you take a photograph of each card that you found in\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 the apartment or you only -- I'll stop there.\n2 Did you take a photograph of each card that you found?\n3 A. I don't remember.\n4 Q. You can take that down. Thank you. May I go to 41,\n5 please. You testified about this photograph as well, right?\n6 A. I did.\n7 Q. And they asked you, Mr. Horton did over there, what does\n8 \"MK\" stand for, right?\n9 THE COURT: One moment, please.\n10 JUROR: Are we supposed to be seeing this?\n11 THE COURT: These are up for the jurors?\n12 JUROR: We don't see anything.\n13 THE COURT: So we'll put that up.\n14 MS. SHROFF: Your Honor, may I just go back if the\n15 jury didn't see it. I'm not going to relive the testimony, but\n16 may I publish each of the photographs to them?\n17 THE COURT: Yes.\n18 MS. SHROFF: If I could just go back. Can the jurors\n19 see?\n20 JUROR: Yes.\n21 MS. SHROFF: If I may, your Honor. May I just point\n22 out that's the card --\n23 THE COURT: Let's just identify the exhibit if you\n24 would.\n25 MS. SHROFF: Thank you. This is exhibit 78 that\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 depicts the scarfs, the labels and the ribbons and the wallets.\n2 If I could just have the jurors see 77. These depict the\n3 scarfs and the wallets that are on top. And this is 76 that\n4 the testimony that it was unclear to the witness --\n5 MR. HORTON: Objection to Ms. Shroff testifying.\n6 THE COURT: Ms. Shroff, if you'll speak up.\n7 MS. SHROFF: I don't want to repeat testimony, this\n8 was covered --\n9 MR. HORTON: Objection, she's summarizing the\n10 testimony. That's improper.\n11 THE COURT: Do you have a question, Ms. Shroff?\n12 BY MS. SHROFF:\n13 Q. Are you a special agent? Should I call you a special\n14 agent?\n15 A. No, the title is SOS.\n16 Q. So this is the bottom of the boxes reflect either a tag or\n17 a receipt and you don't know which one of the two, correct?\n18 A. Yes, that's what I said before.\n19 Q. I'll just continue, your Honor. Thank you for allowing me\n20 this opportunity. If I could just go to, I believe I was at\n21 the kitchen with the USBs. There we go. Thank you.\n22 When you took this photograph, did you have any\n23 knowledge of how old these USBs were?\n24 A. No, I did not.\n25 Q. And you see the label over there on the right, copy\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 Jessica's files, correct?\n2 A. I do see that.\n3 Q. Do you know who Jessica is?\n4 A. I do not.\n5 Q. And on the very right corner there is another USB with red\n6 handwriting on it, correct? Do you see that in the corner?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 Q. Do you know what that says?\n9 A. I do not.\n10 Q. And if you could just look at the left-hand side of the\n11 photograph. Those are food items, correct, or you tell me what\n12 it is?\n13 What is that, do you know?\n14 A. I don't know.\n15 Q. And if you could just zoom back out. If I could just look\n16 at the photograph right after. You see how all of these USBs\n17 are placed in a line?\n18 A. I do see that.\n19 Q. What is the one on the right-hand corner, the right most\n20 with the green writing?\n21 A. The biggest part of it says NYC.\n22 Q. Do you know what was on there?\n23 A. I don't.\n24 Q. And, obviously, you had no role to play in downloading\n25 these USBs or anything like that, correct?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 A. Correct, I did not.\n2 Q. Now, if I could look at number 26. You testified about\n3 this document, correct?\n4 A. I did.\n5 Q. Is it fair to say that you reviewed this document with\n6 Mr. Horton in his office?\n7 A. I have seen it before.\n8 Q. How many times?\n9 A. Once.\n10 Q. And did you go through what he would have you read in court\n11 today?\n12 A. No.\n13 Q. So he would just in court highlight something, and you\n14 would read it out loud for the jury?\n15 MR. HORTON: Objection.\n16 THE COURT: Sustained.\n17 Q. You remember your direct examination?\n18 A. I do.\n19 Q. So if you could just highlight any one line, just pick one.\n20 So your role was to read out loud the row that he highlighted,\n21 right?\n22 A. That's what I did earlier, yes.\n23 Q. And you have no understanding of any of the data on these\n24 documents, correct?\n25 A. I do not.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 Q. We can take that down. Now, if I could just have document\n2 number 30. You see that number on the corner up top?\n3 A. The handwritten number?\n4 Q. Yes, please.\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. What does that stand for?\n7 A. It says 2/10.\n8 Q. What is your understanding of 2/10?\n9 A. I don't know.\n10 Q. You have no idea what it means?\n11 A. There's multiple options of what it could be.\n12 Q. Okay. That's fair enough. Thank you. You can take that\n13 down.\n14 You were shown documents number 91 and 92, correct,\n15 and if I could have those pulled up.\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. Is it fair to say that you don't know what this document\n18 means, right?\n19 A. Correct.\n20 Q. Somebody told you to take a photograph. You took a\n21 photograph?\n22 A. Correct.\n23 Q. And then you came here and read it out loud?\n24 A. Correct.\n25 Q. Okay. You can take that down. Thank you.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 Now, Mr. Horton asked you during his direct testimony\n2 that there were photos that you took that were not introduced\n3 into evidence, correct?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. You didn't choose which photos to show at trial, correct?\n6 A. I did not.\n7 Q. And you did not exclude any yourself, correct?\n8 A. Correct.\n9 Q. And you stated that you took these photographs on March 15,\n10 2023, correct?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. You have no idea what happened on March 15, 2023, correct?\n13 A. Other than what I was doing that day?\n14 Q. Yes.\n15 A. I don't.\n16 MS. SHROFF: Could I just have one moment, your Honor?\n17 THE COURT: Yes.\n18 Q. Ms. Gale, you recall seeing some photographs of wallets\n19 that were shown to you?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. Did you open the wallets at all?\n22 A. I don't remember.\n23 Q. Do you know what was in the wallets?\n24 A. I don't remember.\n25 Q. When was the last time you met with Mr. Horton prior to\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Cross\n1 your testimony today?\n2 A. Last week.\n3 Q. How about this morning?\n4 A. We didn't meet this morning.\n5 Q. How about yesterday?\n6 A. No.\n7 Q. Did you speak to him yesterday?\n8 A. I did see him, yes.\n9 Q. I didn't hear that.\n10 A. I did see him, but we didn't have a meeting.\n11 Q. You saw him?\n12 A. Yes.\n13 Q. But you didn't speak?\n14 A. Correct, we didn't have a meeting. I was waiting to see if\n15 I would get called up here.\n16 Q. And before that, when was the last time you prepared for\n17 your testimony with Mr. Horton?\n18 A. I believe it was last week.\n19 Q. And did you prepare with anybody other than Mr. Horton?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. Who else?\n22 A. There was another attorney that came in to ask a couple of\n23 questions.\n24 Q. Do you see the attorney in court today?\n25 A. She's not at the table.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Redirect\n1 Q. So it was an attorney that is not at this table now? I\n2 just want to make sure I understood.\n3 A. Correct.\n4 Q. And was there an FBI agent present?\n5 A. Yes, there was.\n6 Q. Which FBI agent?\n7 A. I don't see him sitting in court right now.\n8 Q. Do you know his name?\n9 A. Nick. I don't remember his last name.\n10 Q. For how long did you meet?\n11 A. It depends. I think it was around half an hour.\n12 Q. And is it fair to say that you did not review any of the\n13 photographs with anyone at the defense table, right?\n14 A. Correct.\n15 MS. SHROFF: I have nothing further, your Honor.\n16 THE COURT: Redirect.\n17 REDIRECT EXAMINATION\n18 BY MR. HORTON:\n19 Q. Ms. Gale, about how many people were involved in the search\n20 of the apartment that morning?\n21 A. I don't remember the exact number.\n22 Q. About how many was it?\n23 A. More than five, less than 20.\n24 Q. Did those different people have different roles during the\n25 search?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Redirect\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. Ms. Loftus, can you pull up GX Stip 4, please.\n3 GX Stip 4, which is in evidence says that on March 15,\n4 2023, special agents and other FBI employees executed a lawful\n5 search of 188 East 64th Street in apartment 1601, New York, New\n6 York. And it says that during the course of that search, FBI\n7 personnel took photographs of interior spaces of 188 64th\n8 Street, Apartment 1601, New York, New York, and also lawfully\n9 seized items, documents and electronic devices. GXWA-1 through\n10 -- and it should say WA135 --\n11 MS. SHROFF: Objection, your Honor, may we have a\n12 sidebar because this is clearly beyond the scope.\n13 THE COURT: Overruled. You may continue.\n14 MR. HORTON: The stipulation the parties agreed to\n15 continues, GXWA-1 through GX -- and it should say, WA-135 are\n16 fair and accurate photographs of interior spaces of 188 64th\n17 Street, apartment 1601, that were lawfully captured by an FBI\n18 photographer on March 15, 2023 when conducting a search.\n19 Q. Is that FBI photographer you, Ms. Gale?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. Ms. Loftus, can you put up WA-30 through 33, and zoom in on\n22 WA-30, please.\n23 Ms. Gale looking at WA-30 on the top left. It says\n24 summary 2019 to 2023, all donations ROLF and ROLS. Is that a\n25 pull page document right there?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Recross\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. And WA30 through 33, are those four pages stapled together\n3 in a single document?\n4 A. They are.\n5 Q. Ms. Gale, the red Lamborghini you testified about on the\n6 document before, do you know where the FBI found that\n7 Lamborghini?\n8 A. I don't.\n9 MS. SHROFF: Objection.\n10 THE COURT: Overruled.\n11 MR. HORTON: No further questions.\n12 THE COURT: Recross.\n13 RECROSS EXAMINATION\n14 BY MS. SHROFF:\n15 Q. Let's put that stipulation back up, please. Had you read\n16 this before today?\n17 A. The search warrant?\n18 Q. That's not a search warrant, ma'am. I'm asking you about\n19 the document that is before you as GX Stip-4?\n20 A. No, I hadn't.\n21 Q. You hadn't read it, correct?\n22 A. Correct.\n23 Q. So when Mr. Horton highlighted and read it out loud to you,\n24 he was just reading you a document, right?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Recross\n1 Q. You have no understanding on your own of what this document\n2 is about, correct?\n3 A. I've never seen it before.\n4 Q. In fact, you just called it a search warrant, correct?\n5 A. Yeah.\n6 Q. Let's look at the last page. Do you see that?\n7 A. I see it.\n8 Q. Do you know who Sidhardha Kamaraju is?\n9 A. No.\n10 Q. You can take it down. Let's go through 30 to 33.\n11 Mr. Horton asked you questions about this document,\n12 correct?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. This document was laid out for you this way, correct?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. On the left-hand side, right?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. Sitting here today, do you recall who move page one over,\n19 who flipped it over?\n20 A. I do not.\n21 Q. How about page two, do you recall if anybody flipped it\n22 over?\n23 A. I don't remember.\n24 Q. Do you know if there's anything at the very end of the\n25 document at the back side that is written on there?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Gale - Recross\n1 A. I don't know.\n2 Q. Do you know if there are any handwritten notes at the very\n3 end of that document?\n4 A. I don't know.\n5 Q. You don't know anything about any of this other than what\n6 he showed you, correct?\n7 MR. HORTON: Objection, asked and answered.\n8 THE COURT: Sustained.\n9 Q. Do you see 2/10 on the corner on the front page?\n10 A. I do see it.\n11 Q. Is there any such designation on any of the remaining\n12 pages?\n13 A. Based on the photographs, it doesn't look like there is.\n14 Q. You recall on cross-examination being shown a document that\n15 said 10/17 and 1/19, correct?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 MR. HORTON: Objection to the scope.\n18 THE COURT: Overruled. You may go ahead.\n19 Q. And you recall testifying you couldn't even say if that was\n20 October 17 or October of 2017, correct?\n21 A. It could have been either without looking at the bottom\n22 one.\n23 MS. SHROFF: I have nothing further.\n24 MR. HORTON: Just briefly, your Honor.\n25 REDIRECT EXAMINATION\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Recross - Gale\n1 BY MR. HORTON:\n2 Q. Ms. Loftus, can you put up GXWA-30 please and zoom in on\n3 the top right.\n4 This document is summary 2019 through 2023 all\n5 donation. Ms. Loftus, can you zoom in on the top right.\n6 Ms. Gale, what was the date, the month and the year.\n7 MS. SHROFF: Objection. She never testified it's a\n8 date.\n9 MR. HORTON: It's in evidence, your Honor.\n10 THE COURT: I haven't heard the question.\n11 Q. What was the date of the search you performed, the month\n12 and the date?\n13 A. It was March 15.\n14 Q. And what does this say on this document?\n15 A. 2-10.\n16 MR. HORTON: No further questions.\n17 THE COURT: Well, you're asking her what those red,\n18 the red numbers and slash say. Is that your question?\n19 MR. HORTON: That's correct. What it says on the\n20 document.\n21 MS. SHROFF: Could I just see the first page again.\n22 RECROSS EXAMINATION\n23 BY MS. SHROFF:\n24 Q. It's stapled, correct?\n25 A. Correct.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Recross - Gale\n1 Q. Do you recall sitting here today if there was another\n2 stapled packaged that said one of ten.\n3 A. I don't recall.\n4 Q. Do you recall if there was one that said three of ten?\n5 A. I don't recall.\n6 MR. HORTON: Objection.\n7 THE COURT: Overruled.\n8 Q. How about four of ten?\n9 A. I don't remember.\n10 Q. Five of ten, six of ten, seven of ten and 10 of 10, do\n11 remember any of that?\n12 A. No.\n13 MS. SHROFF: Thank you. Nothing further.\n14 MR. HORTON: Nothing further.\n15 THE COURT: You may step out of the courtroom. Thank\n16 you, and the prosecution may call its next witness.\n17 MR. FERGENSON: The government calls Elizabeth\n18 Berstler.\n19 ELIZABETH BERSTLER,\n20 called as a witness by the Government,\n21 having been duly sworn, testified as follows:\n22 THE COURT: Please state your name and spell it and\n23 speak right into the microphone.\n24 THE WITNESS: Elizabeth Berstler, E-L-I-Z-A-B-E-T-H,\n25 B-E-R-S-T-L-E-R.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Berstler- Direct\n1 THE COURT: You may inquire.\n2 DIRECT EXAMINATION\n3 BY MR. FERGENSON:\n4 Q. Good morning, Ms. Berstler.\n5 A. Hi.\n6 Q. Where do you work?\n7 A. Morgan Stanley.\n8 Q. What's your position at Morgan Stanley?\n9 A. Client service associate.\n10 Q. How long have you worked at Morgan Stanley?\n11 A. Sixteen years.\n12 Q. What are some of your duties and responsibilities as a\n13 client service associate at Morgan Stanley?\n14 A. One of the administrative assistants on a team of financial\n15 advises. I help clients with their day-to-day transactional\n16 request, checks, journals, wires, bill pay, new account\n17 opening.\n18 Q. And for a given account do -- who is your boss for giving\n19 client account?\n20 A. The head financial advisor on our team Christina Schatz.\n21 Q. And you said administrative work, what sorts of things do\n22 you do in your day-to-day?\n23 A. I process transactions which are usually journals, internal\n24 transfers, checks, wire transfers, new account opening, helping\n25 clients with anything that they need help with.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Berstler- Direct\n1 Q. Are bank deposits at Morgan Stanley FDIC insured?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 THE COURT: If you'll speak into the microphone\n4 please.\n5 Q. If a client with a brokerage account holds cash, what\n6 happens to that cash?\n7 A. It's swept into the bank deposit program.\n8 Q. Ms. Berstler, are you familiar with a company called Crane\n9 Advisory Services?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. How are you familiar with it?\n12 A. They had an account with us.\n13 Q. And who did you interact with at Crane?\n14 A. Haitham Khaled.\n15 Q. What was his role at Crane if you know?\n16 A. I don't know.\n17 Q. And what was Crane to your understanding?\n18 A. Some type of consulting firm.\n19 Q. Do you know what kind of consulting?\n20 A. No.\n21 Q. And what did you do for Crane when they were your client?\n22 A. Help with the wire transfers in and out.\n23 Q. Are you familiar with a company called G/Clubs?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. And how are you familiar with it?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Berstler- Direct\n1 A. They had an account with us.\n2 Q. And who did you interact with at G/Clubs?\n3 A. Alex Hadjicharalambous.\n4 Q. And what was his role at G/Clubs to your understanding?\n5 A. Financial controller.\n6 Q. And what did you do for G/Clubs when they were your client?\n7 A. I helped process transactions, checks, journals, wire\n8 transfers.\n9 Q. Ms. Loftus, if we could publish Government Exhibit Stip-14\n10 which is in evidence. We'll go to page six.\n11 Ms. Berstler, you see at the top it says Morgan\n12 Stanley Smith Barney at the top?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. Pursuant to the stipulation, the government offers\n15 Government exhibits 112 through 125.\n16 MR. SCHIRICK: No objection.\n17 THE COURT: They're admitted.\n18 (Government's Exhibits 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117,\n19 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124 and 125 received in evidence)\n20 BY MR. FERGENSON:\n21 Q. We can take that down, Ms. Loftus.\n22 Ms. Berstler, do you recall approximately when G/Clubs\n23 became a client?\n24 A. December of 2020 or January 2021.\n25 Q. And approximately what amount was the account funded with?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Berstler- Direct\n1 A. About 50 million.\n2 Q. What sorts of things was G/Clubs paying for with their\n3 account at the start?\n4 A. Business operational expenses, rent, payroll, event\n5 expenses.\n6 Q. Ms. Loftus, if we could please publish Government Exhibit\n7 MSS-112. If we can go to page two. Thank you, Ms. Loftus. If\n8 we could actually scroll down. If we could blow up that bottom\n9 email.\n10 Now, Ms. Berstler, who is this email from?\n11 A. Alex H.\n12 Q. And what's the domain in his email address?\n13 A. G/Club.com.\n14 Q. Who is this email to?\n15 A. To Christina Schatz.\n16 Q. Remind us what her role was?\n17 A. She's the financial advisor.\n18 Q. Are you also a recipient on this email?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. Who's copied?\n21 A. Haitham Khaled.\n22 Q. I can go ahead and read the body. It says, Hi, Christina,\n23 please find the information below in regards to the transfer we\n24 would like to schedule for tomorrow 1.19.21 from our account\n25 ending 8564 ADP and expenses. Just to pause.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Berstler- Direct\n1 Ms. Berstler, do you recall the account ending 8564\n2 was?\n3 A. It was the account that they paid bills out of.\n4 Q. I'll continue reading. It says I have attached the\n5 beneficiaries account information for you as a reference.\n6 Please be aware that this account only accepts GBP. Again to\n7 pause.\n8 Ms. Berstler, what is GBP?\n9 A. Great British Pounds.\n10 Q. And to read the stars. It says amount, 1 million U.S.D.\n11 beneficiary account name is Fiesta Property Developments, LTD.\n12 And then there's more information.\n13 Ms. Berstler at the time you received this email, did\n14 you know what Fiesta Property Developments LTD was?\n15 A. No.\n16 Q. And if we could scroll up to page two, please. We can\n17 actually keep scrolling up. We'll go to page one. I'll focus\n18 you, Ms. Loftus, if we could blow up the middle email.\n19 Ms. Berstler, what did you reply on January 20 at 9:02\n20 a.m.?\n21 A. Can you give a brief explanation purpose of this wire.\n22 Q. And do you recall why you asked for a brief\n23 explanation/purpose of the wire?\n24 A. The outgoing wire had been flagged by our fraud operations\n25 department for some further explanation that the wire\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Berstler- Direct\n1 instructions had been verified.\n2 Q. We'll turn to that in a moment. Just if we could,\n3 Ms. Loftus, zoom on the top email. Is this a response from\n4 Alex H?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. I'll go ahead and read the body. It says, This transfer\n7 was initiated from G/Club Operations, LLC to Fiesta Property\n8 Developments, LTD, a real estate holding company owned by\n9 Mr. He in the UK. Same owner of G/Clubs Operations, LLC, for a\n10 possible down payment on a property they plan to purchase for a\n11 total of $10 million. It says the transaction is recorded with\n12 an internal loan agreement from the lender G/Club Operation,\n13 LLC, to the borrower Fiesta Property, LLC, for the amount of\n14 $10 million with a repayment plan.\n15 Ms. Berstler, so this email says that Fiesta Property\n16 Developments is a real estate holding company. Did you ever\n17 receive further information about Fiesta's business?\n18 A. No.\n19 Q. It says the purpose is a possible down payment on a\n20 property they plan to purchase. Did you ever receive further\n21 information on the property being purchased?\n22 A. No.\n23 Q. And then it references an internal loan agreement. Do you\n24 ever recall receiving the loan agreement?\n25 A. No.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Berstler- Direct\n1 Q. Do you know why Alex H specified the loan agreement had a\n2 repayment plan?\n3 A. No.\n4 Q. Ms. Loftus, if we could now go to Government Exhibit\n5 MSS-125. If we could blow up the header. First, what's the\n6 date of this email?\n7 A. January 20, 2021.\n8 Q. Same date as the chain we were just looking at?\n9 A. Yes, I think.\n10 Q. And who is it from?\n11 A. Deidra Harrell.\n12 Q. Where does Deidra Harrell work at Morgan Stanley?\n13 A. Fraud operations.\n14 Q. And who is this email to?\n15 A. This email was to me.\n16 Q. And could you read the subject line of the email, please?\n17 A. Urgent action required outgoing wire review MS number\n18 552068564.\n19 Q. And 8564, do you recognize those numbers?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. What are they?\n22 A. G/Clubs account number.\n23 Q. If we could zoom out Ms. Loftus, and if we could zoom in on\n24 the bottom half with the body.\n25 Now, the email says, Hello, I'm contacting you from\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Berstler- Direct\n1 fraud operations regarding the below wire. In light of\n2 increase events where fraudulent parties directly target\n3 clients, the following information is needed to verify the\n4 legitimacy of the wire request and the legitimacy of\n5 instructions the client has received. Fraud operations is\n6 requiring the response to the below questions in order to have\n7 the wire processed in a timely fashion. We appreciate your\n8 continued partnership to continue to protect our clients.\n9 And then, Ms. Berstler, do you see under client\n10 account name, can you read the entity listed there?\n11 A. G/Club Operations LLC.\n12 Q. And the from account, can you read the last four?\n13 A. 8564.\n14 Q. And the amount listed there, what is the amount?\n15 A. 734,000.\n16 Q. And had this wire been in GBP?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. If we could scroll down to the next page, Ms. Loftus. Now\n19 looking at these boxes, let's first zoom on the first set of\n20 boxes, Ms. Loftus.\n21 Ms. Berstler, directing you to the, I guess the second\n22 from bottom row, could you read what is the text there in the\n23 left column?\n24 A. The second from the bottom?\n25 Q. Yes, start with Purpose.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Berstler- Direct\n1 A. Purpose of the wire manually input.\n2 Q. And there's nothing inputted there, yet, correct?\n3 A. Correct.\n4 Q. If we can zoom out. If we could zoom on the second box,\n5 please. Ms. Berstler, could you read the text in the top box?\n6 A. How did the client connect with Fiesta Property\n7 Developments, LTD.\n8 Q. If we could zoom out, please, and if we could scroll down.\n9 Here if we can zoom on the very top.\n10 Did Ms. Schatz forward this email to you on January\n11 20, 2021?\n12 A. Yes.\n13 Q. If we could zoom out and scroll down, and if we could keep\n14 scrolling down. If we could zoom on the top email, please.\n15 Ms. Berstler, how did you respond to the email from\n16 fraud alert escalations?\n17 A. See answers below. Thanks.\n18 Q. If we could scroll down. We could go boxes. We'll zoom on\n19 the first box. Can you read the text, the answer to the text\n20 purpose of the wire?\n21 A. This is a wire to an affiliated business for real estate\n22 investment.\n23 Q. Where did that information come from?\n24 A. Alex's email.\n25 Q. If we could zoom out. If we could zoom on the bottom box.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Berstler- Direct\n1 Could you read the answer to the top row, how did the client\n2 connect with Fiesta Property LTD?\n3 A. Fiesta Property Developments, LTD is another company owned\n4 by the UBO Haoran He.\n5 Q. Where did that information come from?\n6 A. Alex's email.\n7 Q. And, Ms. Berstler, after you supplied this information, did\n8 the wire go out?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. Ms. Berstler, if you had known that the purpose of the wire\n11 given to you was not how the funds would actually be used,\n12 would you have processed this wire transfer?\n13 MR. SCHIRICK: Objection.\n14 A. No.\n15 Q. Ms. Berstler, are you the final decision maker on wire\n16 transfers at Morgan Stanley?\n17 A. No.\n18 Q. Now you responded to fraud operations email, correct?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. And you supplied the information given to you about the\n21 purpose of the wire?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. If you had known that the purpose of the wire given to you\n24 was not how it would actually be used, would you have passed on\n25 that information to fraud operations?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Berstler- Direct\n1 MR. SCHIRICK: Objection, your Honor.\n2 THE COURT: Overruled. You may answer.\n3 A. Can you ask the question again.\n4 Q. If you had known that the purpose of the wire given to you\n5 was not how the funds would actually be used, would you have\n6 passed on that information to fraud operations?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 Q. You would have if you knew it was how it would not be used?\n9 MR. SCHIRICK: Asked and answered, your Honor.\n10 MR. FERGENSON: I think it was just confusion, your\n11 Honor, with the question.\n12 THE INTERPRETER: your Honor, can you ask all parties\n13 to speak into the mic. I cannot hear.\n14 THE COURT: You can read back the question.\n15 (Record was read)\n16 MR. FERGENSON: If I could rephrase.\n17 Q. If you had known the purpose of the wire given to you was\n18 not how they would actually be used, would you have passed onto\n19 fraud operations the purpose of the wire given to you as the\n20 real purpose?\n21 MR. SCHIRICK: Objection.\n22 MR. FERGENSON: I can rephrase.\n23 THE COURT: The question assumes that she knows the\n24 real purpose. So, yes, you can have another shot.\n25 BY MR. FERGENSON:\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Berstler- Direct\n1 Q. Ms. Berstler, if you had known that the purpose given to\n2 you was not true, would you have conveyed that purpose to fraud\n3 operations?\n4 MR. SCHIRICK: Objection.\n5 THE COURT: You may answer.\n6 A. We would have halted the wire and not have allowed it to go\n7 out.\n8 MR. SCHIRICK: Objection, your Honor.\n9 THE COURT: Sustained. Your answer is not responsive.\n10 If you knew that the purpose of the wire was not what was\n11 stated, it was a different purpose, would you have let your\n12 fraud department know that?\n13 THE WITNESS: Yes.\n14 Q. Do you rely on a client to provide you accurate information\n15 about the purpose of a wire?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. And if you knew that a client was lying to you about it, do\n18 you rely on that information if you knew it was a lie?\n19 MR. SCHIRICK: Objection.\n20 THE COURT: Overruled. You may answer.\n21 A. Could you ask it again.\n22 Q. If you knew that a client was lying to you about the\n23 purpose of a wire, would you rely on that information and pass\n24 it on. The question is hypothetically.\n25 MR. SCHIRICK: Objection.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Berstler- Direct\n1 MR. FERGENSON: I'll just move on, your Honor.\n2 THE COURT: Go ahead.\n3 Q. Let's go to page 10.\n4 Ms. Berstler, if you could read Deidra Harrell's\n5 response?\n6 A. Thank you for confirming. The transaction has been\n7 released from review.\n8 Q. Ms. Loftus, if we could go to Government Exhibit MSS-113.\n9 If we could go to pages three to four.\n10 Now, who is this email from?\n11 A. The email is from Alex H.\n12 Q. And what's the date?\n13 A. January 25, 2021.\n14 Q. So five days after the initial wire request?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. And it's to you and Christina Schatz, right?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. Who's copied?\n19 A. Haitham Khaled.\n20 Q. And again, what is the amount of this wire request?\n21 A. Five million U.S. dollars.\n22 Q. And where is it going?\n23 A. Fiesta Property Developments LTD.\n24 Q. And I won't ask you to reread it. Is the same purpose\n25 given beneath the wire details?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Berstler- Direct\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. And if we could just go up to page one. Did this second\n3 wire go out?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. Let's go to MSS-114, Ms. Loftus. We can scroll down\n6 slightly. If we could zoom in on Alex H's email, the bottom\n7 one. Another email from Alex H, right?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. And this is about a week later February 2?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. And again to you and Christina Schatz, right?\n12 A. Yes.\n13 Q. And what was the amount of this wire?\n14 A. Four million U.S. dollar.\n15 Q. And who is the beneficiary?\n16 A. Fiesta Properties Developments, LTD.\n17 Q. And I won't ask you to reread it, but is the same purpose\n18 given beneath the wire info?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. And if we can go back up to page one.\n21 Do you see you responded or can you read your\n22 response, the middle email?\n23 A. Alex, we bought 2,932,000 British Pounds today. I'll call\n24 you tomorrow morning to confirm the wire.\n25 Q. And did this wire ultimately go out, Ms. Berstler?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Berstler- Direct\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. Ms. Loftus, let's now go to Government Exhibit MSS-116.\n3 Let's go to page three, please. If we could zoom on this\n4 email. What's the date of this email from Alex H?\n5 A. May 6, 2021.\n6 Q. I can go ahead and read the body. It says, Good afternoon,\n7 Liz, please find the information below in regards to the one\n8 wire transfer we would like to schedule from our accounts. He\n9 says I attached the beneficiary's account information for you\n10 as reference. And then there's wire information.\n11 What is the amount of this wire?\n12 A. 20 million U.S. dollars.\n13 Q. What's the account name?\n14 A. Deltec Bank and Trust Limited.\n15 Q. What country is the vendor address listed?\n16 A. The Bahamas.\n17 Q. Now, beneath that, a few rows beneath that it says bank's\n18 name Citibank. What do you understand that to mean?\n19 A. That's the clearing bank.\n20 Q. And what's a clearing bank?\n21 A. It's the bank we wire the money to for the beneficiary.\n22 Q. And can you explain to the jury what you mean by that, how\n23 that works?\n24 A. The money is wired to Citibank. Deltec Bank in Trust\n25 Limited have an account at Citibank.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Berstler- Direct\n1 Q. And then beneath the bank name do you see it says\n2 reference/memo?\n3 A. Yep.\n4 Q. And can you read what it says to the right of\n5 reference/memo?\n6 A. 100179601 Hamilton Digital Assets FD SP.\n7 Q. What's your understanding of what a reference/memo line is?\n8 A. It's usually used for further credit to a further\n9 beneficiary.\n10 Q. And what do you mean by that?\n11 A. So it would be the further credit to Hamilton Digital Asset\n12 account at Deltec Bank and Trust.\n13 THE COURT: What is your understanding of the role of\n14 Citibank in this transaction?\n15 THE WITNESS: They're the bank that receives the money\n16 on behalf of another bank.\n17 Q. Ms. Berstler, do you know what Hamilton Digital Assets is?\n18 A. No.\n19 Q. Do you know what the numbers, the 1001796 refer to?\n20 A. No.\n21 Q. Focusing on the last line there, Ms. Loftus, the internal\n22 reference info.\n23 Ms. Berstler, what's your understanding of internal\n24 reference info means?\n25 A. That would be what G/Clubs would put in their books for\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Berstler- Direct\n1 their records as to what the wire was for.\n2 Q. And what does it say in that row?\n3 A. Cash dividend distribution.\n4 Q. And if we could zoom out and go to the top, just top of\n5 page one.\n6 Did this wire go out, Ms. Berstler?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 Q. Let's go now, Ms. Loftus, to Government Exhibit MSS-118.\n9 If we could just scroll down one to two so you can see the\n10 email. If we could zoom on Alex H's email.\n11 What's the date of this email?\n12 A. May 11, 2021.\n13 THE COURT: One moment. It's 11:30. Time for our\n14 half hour break. Remember that you're not permitted to discuss\n15 the case amongst yourselves. Don't permit anyone to discuss\n16 the case in your presence. Don't read, watch or listen to\n17 anything from any source that touches on the subject matter of\n18 this case. We'll resume at noon.\n19 THE LAW CLERK: Jury exiting.\n20 THE COURT: You may step out of the courtroom,\n21 Ms. Berstler. Don't discuss your testimony.\n22 (Witness temporarily excused)\n23 (Jury not present)\n24 THE COURT: Please be seated. Is there anything\n25 before we resume at noon?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO2 Berstler- Direct\n1 MR. SCHIRICK: Nothing from the defense.\n2 MR. FERGENSON: Nor from the government.\n3 (Recess)\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\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Direct\n1 THE COURT: Please have the jurors brought in.\n2 (Jury present)\n3 THE COURT: Please be seated.\n4 Remember that you're still under oath.\n5 THE WITNESS: Yes.\n6 THE COURT: You may continue the inquiry.\n7 MR. FERGENSON: Thank you, your Honor.\n8 BY MR. FERGENSON:\n9 Q. Ms. Berstler, would you take steps to process a customer's\n10 wire if you knew the purpose provided by the customer was\n11 false?\n12 MR. SCHIRICK: Objection, your Honor.\n13 THE COURT: You may answer.\n14 A. No.\n15 MR. FERGENSON: Ms. Loftus, if we could go back to\n16 Government Exhibit MSS118.\n17 And if we could scroll down slightly and just zoom on\n18 Alex H's email.\n19 Q. All right. Now, Ms. Berstler, we were looking at this\n20 before the break. Can you remind us what the date is?\n21 A. May 11, 2021.\n22 Q. All right. And what's the amount being requested here?\n23 A. $15 million.\n24 Q. And where is it going to?\n25 A. Deltec Bank and Trust Limited.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Direct\n1 MR. FERGENSON: Ms. Loftus, is it published?\n2 Q. Okay. Now the amount is $15 million, right, Ms. Berstler?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. And what's the account name it's going to?\n5 A. Deltec Bank and Trust Limited.\n6 Q. And the vendor address, is that the same address in the\n7 Bahamas?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. All right. And the Reference/Memo, is that the same\n10 Reference/Memo?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. And then what is the Internal Reference Info provided here?\n13 A. Loan.\n14 Q. And do you recall what the last one to Deltec Bank said?\n15 A. Dividend distribution.\n16 Q. Do you have any independent knowledge of whether this was\n17 in fact a loan?\n18 A. No.\n19 Q. Did you just rely on the information provided?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 MR. FERGENSON: All right. If we could zoom out and\n22 go to page 1.\n23 Q. Did this wire go out?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 MR. FERGENSON: All right. Ms. Loftus, let's go to\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Direct\n1 Government Exhibit MSS119.\n2 All right. And if we could zoom in on Alex H's email.\n3 Q. What's the date of this email from Alex H, Ms. Berstler?\n4 A. June 21, 2021.\n5 Q. And what's the amount of this wire request?\n6 A. 35 million.\n7 Q. And same destination as the last two?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. And same Reference/Memo as the last two?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. What's the Internal Reference Info here?\n12 A. Loan.\n13 Q. All right. And I'll read just the body up top, which says,\n14 \"Please find the information below in regards to the first of\n15 the one wire transfer we would like to schedule from our\n16 accounts today 06.21.21 for 35mm. As discussed I will send you\n17 another wire request this Wednesday 06.23.21 for the remaining\n18 15mm.\"\n19 Ms. Berstler, do you recall why the transfer was\n20 broken into two different wires?\n21 A. No, I don't remember.\n22 Q. All right. Let's go to MSS——and did this wire go out?\n23 A. Yes.\n24 MR. FERGENSON: Let's go to MSS120.\n25 And if we could scroll down slightly.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Direct\n1 Q. All right. What's the date of this email, from Alex H?\n2 A. June 23, 2021.\n3 Q. And what's the amount of this transfer?\n4 A. 15 million U.S. Dollars.\n5 Q. Same recipient info?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. What's the Internal Reference Info on this?\n8 A. Loan.\n9 Q. All right. And Ms. Berstler, do you recall, looking at\n10 these wire transfers, what the total amount was sent to\n11 Hamilton Digital Assets at Deltec Bank?\n12 A. 85 million.\n13 Q. And this is June 23rd. The first we looked at was May 6th.\n14 And approximately what time period was that sent?\n15 A. About a month and a half.\n16 MR. FERGENSON: Ms. Loftus, let's go to MSS122.\n17 All right. And if we could just zoom on the top\n18 email, Ms. Loftus.\n19 Q. All right. Who is this email from?\n20 A. Alex H.\n21 Q. To whom?\n22 A. Sorry?\n23 Q. Who is it to?\n24 A. Christina Schatz.\n25 Q. And are you copied?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Direct\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. What's the date of this email?\n3 A. July 15, 2021.\n4 Q. And what's the subject?\n5 A. Statement of Account.\n6 Q. All right. And Alex H says, \"Good afternoon Christina,\n7 Please find attached statement of account as requested for G\n8 Club International Limited.\" What was G Club International\n9 Limited?\n10 A. I don't know.\n11 Q. And Ms. Berstler, do you recall why this was requested?\n12 A. Nope.\n13 MR. FERGENSON: All right. Let's zoom out.\n14 And if we could scroll.\n15 Q. Let's first read the bottom email, Alex H's email.\n16 All right. Ms. Berstler, do you see this is an email\n17 from Alex H to David Fallon?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. And what's the date of the email?\n20 A. July 14, 2021.\n21 Q. All right. And what's the subject?\n22 A. Statement of Account.\n23 Q. All right. And Alex H says——actually, let me ask you, do\n24 you know who David Fallon is, Ms. Berstler?\n25 A. No.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Direct\n1 Q. Did you ever speak to David Fallon?\n2 A. No.\n3 Q. He says, \"Hi David, Based on the phone call we just had——\"\n4 Alex says this. \"Based on the phone call we just had can you\n5 please provide me a summary receipt (statement of account) that\n6 we have with Hamilton Digital Assets containing all\n7 information.\"\n8 MR. FERGENSON: And if we could zoom out, please.\n9 And just zoom on the middle email.\n10 Q. What was David's reply, Ms. Berstler?\n11 A. \"Hi Alex, Please find attached the statement of account for\n12 G Club International.\"\n13 MR. FERGENSON: All right. And if we could zoom out.\n14 And actually, we'll keep going down. We'll go to\n15 page 3.\n16 All right. Now, yeah, if we could zoom——just pull up\n17 the text so it's larger. Thank you, Ms. Loftus.\n18 Q. All right. Ms. Berstler, do you see in the top right it\n19 says, \"NAV Fund Services (Cayman) Ltd.\"?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. Do you know what NAV Fund Services is?\n22 A. No.\n23 Q. And then just focusing you, the large bold text towards the\n24 middle that says Hamilton Digital Assets Fund SP a Segregated\n25 Portfolio of Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC, do you know what a\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Direct\n1 segregated portfolio is?\n2 A. No.\n3 Q. Do you know what Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC is?\n4 A. No.\n5 Q. Okay. And then beneath that——oh, and what's the Issued\n6 Date in the top left here?\n7 A. June 3, 2021.\n8 Q. All right. And so focusing you in the box beneath, what's\n9 the name listed there?\n10 A. G Club International Limited.\n11 Q. And what was the name of the G Club entity that was a\n12 Morgan Stanley client?\n13 A. G Club Operations.\n14 Q. All right. So the focusing on the next row, what's the\n15 transaction?\n16 A. Subscription (by cash amount).\n17 Q. And what's the amount?\n18 A. $15 million.\n19 Q. And then what's the effective date there?\n20 A. August 1, 2021.\n21 MR. FERGENSON: All right. Now let's go to the next\n22 page, Ms. Loftus, please.\n23 And if we could zoom on the text just to make it\n24 larger.\n25 Q. Okay. Now what's the Issued Date here, Ms. Berstler?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Direct\n1 A. July 14, 2021.\n2 Q. That's the same date as Alex H's email?\n3 MR. FERGENSON: We can zoom out and scroll up.\n4 A. I don't know.\n5 MR. FERGENSON: Can you scroll up to Alex H's email.\n6 And if you want to zoom on the date.\n7 Q. Or can you read the date, Ms. Berstler?\n8 A. Yeah, July 14, 2021.\n9 Q. Same date?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 MR. FERGENSON: All right. Let's scroll back down,\n12 please.\n13 We can zoom on that text.\n14 Q. All right. Now what's the name listed on this one?\n15 A. G Club Operations LLC.\n16 Q. And is that the name of the entity that was a Morgan\n17 Stanley client?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. All right. And what's the amount listed there?\n20 A. $85 million.\n21 Q. And what's the effective date?\n22 A. August 1, 2021.\n23 Q. And 85 million, is that the same amount that Morgan Stanley\n24 transferred to Hamilton at Deltec?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Direct\n1 Q. Okay. Now, Ms. Berstler, do you know what these dates, the\n2 Effective Date or the Order——I'll start with Effective Date.\n3 Do you know what that means?\n4 A. No.\n5 Q. Do you know what Order Received Date means?\n6 A. No.\n7 MR. FERGENSON: All right. Ms. Loftus, let's go to\n8 MSS121, please.\n9 And if we could go down to the first email, page 4.\n10 All right. And if we could zoom on Alex H's email.\n11 Q. All right. Now, Ms. Berstler, what's the date of this\n12 email from Alex H?\n13 A. July 12, 2021.\n14 Q. And I'll go ahead and just read the third paragraph in his\n15 email, which says, \"This is in regards to the 10mm USD we sent\n16 back in January to Fiesta Property Developments Ltd. The\n17 agreement was for 10mm GBP not 10mm USD—–this was myself and my\n18 teams error.\" He says, \"Based on our transaction history we\n19 transferred over 8,060,000 worth of GBP. We need to wire the\n20 remaining 1,940,000 worth of Great Britain pounds.\" And then\n21 he says, \"Please use this email as authorization.\"\n22 And in the beneficiary account name beneath that,\n23 what's the beneficiary account?\n24 A. Fiesta Property Developments Ltd.\n25 MR. FERGENSON: All right. And if we could scroll up,\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Direct\n1 Ms. Loftus.\n2 And if we can zoom on the response.\n3 Q. And Ms. Berstler, how did you respond?\n4 A. I wrote, \"Total sent to Fiesta so far is 7,326,000 GBP. On\n5 January 21, 2021, 734,000 GBP; January 27, 2021, 3,660,000 GBP;\n6 February 4, 2021, 2,932,000 GBP. If you needed 10mm GBP total\n7 sent to Fiesta, we would need to send 2,674,000 GBP.\"\n8 MR. FERGENSON: All right. And if we could scroll up,\n9 please.\n10 And then, yeah, we can zoom on Alex's email.\n11 Q. All right. And then Ms. Berstler, just focusing you on the\n12 address line, could you read the address line. In Alex's\n13 email.\n14 A. \"Transferwise, 56 shore ditch high street, London, E1 6JJ,\n15 United Kingdom.\"\n16 Q. Do you know what's at that address?\n17 A. No.\n18 Q. Do you know what Transferwise is?\n19 A. No.\n20 MR. FERGENSON: All right. You can zoom out.\n21 And we can scroll up.\n22 And we can keep scrolling up. You can keep going.\n23 Q. All right. And Ms. Berstler, did this wire go out?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 MR. FERGENSON: All right. Let's go to MSS124,\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Direct\n1 please.\n2 All right. And if we could, let's start at page 2,\n3 the first email. Let's zoom on that, please.\n4 Q. Okay. So this is from Alex H, right?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. And what's the date?\n7 A. July 29, 2021.\n8 Q. And who is it to?\n9 A. It is to Christina Schatz.\n10 Q. And who is copied?\n11 A. Me.\n12 Q. And what's the subject?\n13 A. Returned Wire.\n14 Q. And could you read Alex H's email.\n15 A. \"Good afternoon Christina, Attached you'll find the wire\n16 that was returned to us. It was the funds we sent to Fiesta in\n17 British pounds. Can you let us know if you see any activity on\n18 the back end——I don't see the return in our account. Thank\n19 you.\"\n20 Q. And this is about two weeks after that last Fiesta wire?\n21 A. I think.\n22 MR. FERGENSON: If you could scroll up, please.\n23 All right. And if we could zoom on——thank you.\n24 Q. Is this July 29th again?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Direct\n1 Q. And this is from you?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. Could you read your response, please.\n4 A. \"Alex: I checked with our back office on this. Funds were\n5 not sent to Morgan Stanley following the correct GBP wire\n6 instructions, therefore MS never received this wire. Please\n7 have the sending bank trace the wire from their end. In\n8 addition, we would not have been able to accept this wire, even\n9 if it was sent correctly, since the account is only allowed\n10 outgoing same-name wires to G Club. All incoming third party\n11 wires would be returned. Fiesta should wire funds to another G\n12 Club account. Sorry for the inconvenience.\"\n13 Q. Ms. Berstler, when you wrote, \"we would not have been able\n14 to accept this wire even if it was sent correctly since the\n15 account is only allowed outgoing same-name wires to G Club,\"\n16 what did you mean by that?\n17 A. At this point the G Club account had a——was blocked from\n18 any——any third-party transactions by another department at\n19 Morgan Stanley.\n20 Q. And——\n21 THE COURT: What do you mean by third-party\n22 transaction?\n23 THE WITNESS: To any account that is not in the name\n24 of G Club Operations.\n25 Q. And Ms. Berstler, based on your time at Morgan Stanley, why\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Direct\n1 are some accounts only allowed same-name transfers?\n2 A. If our——if another Morgan Stanley department is monitoring\n3 the activity and investigating an account, they might only\n4 allow you to do same-name transfers.\n5 Q. And what departments do that?\n6 A. I guess fraud operations, our AML department, and our\n7 global financial crimes department.\n8 Q. And what's AML?\n9 A. Anti-money laundering.\n10 MR. FERGENSON: All right. And if we could zoom out.\n11 And scroll up. Yeah, let's zoom on the top one.\n12 Q. Could you read the last response here. I'm sorry.\n13 Withdrawn.\n14 What's the date of this email?\n15 A. August 5, 2021.\n16 Q. And could you read your further reply to Alex H.\n17 A. \"Unfortunately I was not given approval to enter the recall\n18 request for this wire and was reminded that the account is\n19 allowed outgoing same-name wires only and a returned wire would\n20 not be accepted. Sorry.\"\n21 Q. And \"the account is allowed outgoing same-name wires only,\"\n22 what were you referring to there?\n23 A. That the account was blocked, and only outgoing wires to\n24 another G Club account were——was allowed.\n25 MR. FERGENSON: Ms. Loftus, we can take that down.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 Q. Ms. Berstler, what ultimately happened with the G Club\n2 account?\n3 A. They were forced to transfer out.\n4 Q. And what do you mean by that?\n5 A. Morgan Stanley closed the account and——and told them to\n6 transfer the money to another G Club account.\n7 Q. And do you know where the money was transferred?\n8 A. I do not.\n9 Q. Do you know who Bo Collins is?\n10 A. Sorry. What was the name?\n11 Q. Bo Collins?\n12 A. No.\n13 MR. FERGENSON: May I have a moment, your Honor.\n14 THE COURT: You may.\n15 MR. FERGENSON: Nothing further, your Honor.\n16 THE COURT: Cross-examination.\n17 MR. SCHIRICK: Thank you, your Honor.\n18 CROSS EXAMINATION\n19 BY MR. SCHIRICK:\n20 Q. Hi. Good afternoon, Ms. Berstler. Just a couple of\n21 questions about your preparation for testimony today.\n22 Did you meet with the government lawyers here before\n23 giving testimony here today?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. Okay. And when I say meet, I mean, you know, sort of by\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 phone or videoconference or in person.\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. Okay. And how many times did you meet with them?\n4 A. Three.\n5 Q. Okay. And were those three times all by videoconference?\n6 A. One videoconference and two in-person.\n7 Q. Okay. And if you can just tell me, who was there when you\n8 met with them, to the best of your recollection?\n9 A. My first two meetings were with Micah, and my third meeting\n10 was with Ryan.\n11 Q. And was there anyone else there besides Micah on the first\n12 two occasions and Mr. Fergenson [sic] on the third?\n13 A. Yes, but I don't know the names.\n14 Q. Okay. Fair enough.\n15 Was there anyone else from Morgan Stanley there with\n16 you?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. Okay. And who was that?\n19 A. Jeremy Winer.\n20 Q. And is Mr. Winer an attorney for Morgan Stanley?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. All right. Thank you.\n23 THE COURT: Mr. Schirick, please speak into the\n24 microphone.\n25 MR. SCHIRICK: Yes. Apologies, your Honor.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 Q. Now you testified that you worked as an administrative\n2 assistant to a number of Morgan Stanley financial advisors,\n3 right?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. And approximately how many do you cover at any given time?\n6 A bunch, I'm guessing.\n7 A. Five.\n8 Q. Okay. And that includes Ms. Schatz.\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. All right. And Ms. Schatz was the primary point of contact\n11 for G|CLUBS——\n12 A. Yes.\n13 Q. ——on the G|CLUBS account for Morgan Stanley.\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. Okay. And you testified that——withdrawn.\n16 Do you recall that G|CLUBS' business was as a\n17 membership services company?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. Okay. And that it offered perks or services to its\n20 members?\n21 A. I don't know what they offered.\n22 Q. Okay. But it was a membership services company, to your\n23 understanding.\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. All right. And were you working with Ms. Schatz when\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 G|CLUBS first became a client of Morgan Stanley?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. Okay. And do you recall whether, at the time that G|CLUBS\n4 became a client, Ms. Schatz met in person with anyone from\n5 G|CLUBS?\n6 A. I don't know.\n7 Q. Okay. Do you know if she ever met with anyone in person\n8 from G|CLUBS?\n9 MR. FERGENSON: Objection.\n10 It's fine, your Honor.\n11 THE COURT: You may answer. You may answer.\n12 A. I don't know.\n13 Q. Okay. And you mentioned someone named Alex——I'm going to\n14 give it a shot here——Hadjicharalambous, if that's the correct\n15 pronunciation. You recall mentioning him during your\n16 testimony?\n17 A. Yes, yes.\n18 Q. And he was a representative of G|CLUBS, I think you\n19 testified on direct, right?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. Okay. Did you ever meet——we'll just call him Alex H?\n22 A. No.\n23 Q. And you don't know whether Ms. Schatz ever met Alex H.\n24 A. No.\n25 Q. Or Yvette Wang, for that matter.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 A. Who?\n2 Q. Yvette Wang.\n3 A. No, I don't know.\n4 Q. And do you know whether Ms. Schatz ever went to the G|CLUBS\n5 office on East 64th Street here in town?\n6 A. I don't know.\n7 Q. Okay. Now I believe you testified that G|CLUBS accounts\n8 were first opened at Morgan Stanley in December of 2020, or\n9 thereabouts?\n10 A. Mm-hmm.\n11 Q. Does that sound right?\n12 A. Yes.\n13 Q. And do you know when they were closed, approximately? Just\n14 the best of your recollection.\n15 A. Late summer 2021.\n16 Q. Okay. So August, September 2021, something in that\n17 neighborhood?\n18 A. Yeah.\n19 Q. Okay. And during the time that its account was open at\n20 Morgan Stanley, I believe you testified on direct that G|CLUBS\n21 used the account to pay for all kinds of, you know, ordinary\n22 business expenses; is that fair?\n23 A. Yes.\n24 Q. Okay. So they used it to pay vendors, for example?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 Q. You're aware of this? And they used it to pay taxes, for\n2 example?\n3 A. I don't know if taxes were paid.\n4 Q. Okay. And you knew this because your role was to sort of\n5 handle these kinds of client requests for payment, right?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. And I believe you testified on direct you would handle like\n8 client requests for wires, right?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. And sort of other operational kind of tasks——\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. ——that clients would request of Morgan Stanley?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. Fair? Okay. All right. Now you also testified on direct\n15 I think that you had some interactions with people in the\n16 bank's compliance department; is that fair?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. Okay. And those interactions that you described when you\n19 were speaking with Mr. Fergenson were related to G|CLUBS,\n20 right?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. Okay. And now since you started at Morgan Stanley in——I\n23 believe you said it was 2008?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. Okay. So you've been there for 16 years, approximately?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. Okay. Now since you started at Morgan Stanley in 2008,\n3 have you had multiple occasions to interact with the compliance\n4 department at Morgan Stanley?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. Okay. And you've had a number of occasions to——withdrawn.\n7 And as part of that interaction, it's been because of\n8 various issues that have come up in other client accounts,\n9 right?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. Okay. And so I think included in compliance department,\n12 just to make sure we're talking about the same thing, I believe\n13 you testified about like a fraud department earlier? Would you\n14 include that in compliance?\n15 A. Fraud operations, yes.\n16 Q. Fraud, right, fair enough. Fraud operations? Okay. And\n17 then you also testified I think about an AML group. Would you\n18 consider that also to be in the compliance group within Morgan\n19 Stanley?\n20 A. Yes, it is a compliance group.\n21 Q. Okay. All right. And now when it comes to the compliance\n22 function——I think you testified to this on direct, but just to\n23 be clear——you don't have any decision-making authority when it\n24 came to compliance-related issues, right?\n25 A. I do not have any authority.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 Q. Okay. And so for example, you don't have decision-making\n2 authority when it comes to whether the bank approves a\n3 particular wire transfer request, as we were talking about, or\n4 as you were talking about a few moments ago.\n5 A. Correct.\n6 Q. Okay. And Ms. Schatz didn't even have that authority,\n7 right?\n8 A. Correct.\n9 Q. Okay. That's purely the compliance group.\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. Okay. All right. Now you also testified I believe on\n12 direct a bit about an entity called Crane; is that right?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. Okay. And Crane had something to do——withdrawn.\n15 Fair to say that Crane was some kind of consulting\n16 firm, in your understanding?\n17 A. I don't know exactly what their role was.\n18 Q. Sure. Fair enough. But do you have an understanding,\n19 generally, about what Crane was?\n20 A. No.\n21 Q. Okay. And so you didn't have any impression as to how\n22 Crane related to G|CLUBS in any way?\n23 A. No.\n24 Q. Okay. But you've heard the name Haitham Khaled, I think\n25 you testified, right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. And you knew he was a representative of Crane?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. And are you aware that there was a lawsuit in which G|CLUBS\n5 sued Crane?\n6 A. No.\n7 Q. Okay. And are you aware that at some point G|CLUBS severed\n8 its relationship with Crane?\n9 A. No.\n10 MR. SCHIRICK: Okay. Now I'd like to pull up, if we\n11 can, Government Exhibit MSS112. And if we could just——well,\n12 before we go there:\n13 Q. Do you remember being asked some questions on direct about\n14 Government Exhibit MSS112?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 MR. SCHIRICK: Okay. If we can just scroll down,\n17 please, to page 3.\n18 Q. And I believe you talked to Mr. Fergenson on direct about\n19 this request for a million-dollar transfer?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. Okay. And actually, I want to correct myself. It was\n22 actually a transfer for a million pounds Sterling, right, GBP?\n23 I know you saw a lot of these. This is the first one. 112 is\n24 the first transfer.\n25 THE COURT: Did you want to call her attention to a\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 particular exhibit?\n2 MR. SCHIRICK: Sure. Happy to, your Honor.\n3 Q. So what's being displayed in front of you, the email dated\n4 January 18, 2021, do you see that?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. Okay. And does this look like the email that you talked to\n7 Mr. Fergenson about on direct, about the million-dollar GBP\n8 transfer? Do you recognize it?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 MR. SCHIRICK: Okay. And then if we can just please\n11 scroll up to the top of this. And all the way to the top, if\n12 we can, please.\n13 Okay. And if we can just zoom in on the top portion,\n14 where it begins, \"Good morning Liz.\"\n15 Q. Okay. And again, you recall that you reviewed this on\n16 direct, right?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. Okay. And I believe you testified that this email from\n19 Alex H that we're looking at right now——you see at the bottom\n20 there where he signs it, Alex H?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. ——was a response to——withdrawn——was in response to your\n23 request that G|CLUBS provide a purpose for the wire that was\n24 requested? Do I have that right?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 Q. Okay. And that request that you made to Alex H originated\n2 with the compliance folks at Morgan Stanley, right?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. And you were just passing it along. Passing the request\n5 along.\n6 A. I was asking the question that I didn't know the answer to\n7 in their email.\n8 Q. Right. Fair enough. So is the distinction you're drawing\n9 that they asked you, you didn't know, so you then asked Alex H?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 MR. FERGENSON: Objection to form.\n12 THE COURT: That's very compound.\n13 MR. SCHIRICK: Fair enough, your Honor. I'll\n14 rephrase.\n15 THE COURT: Okay.\n16 Q. So just to be clear, the process, or the sequence, was that\n17 the compliance department asked you if you knew what the\n18 purpose of the wire was, and you didn't know, right?\n19 A. Correct.\n20 Q. So you took that request and then you just passed it on to\n21 Alex H, right?\n22 MR. FERGENSON: Objection. Asked and answered.\n23 MR. SCHIRICK: Or clarifying, I think.\n24 THE COURT: I'll allow the answer.\n25 MR. SCHIRICK: Thank you.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 A. I——I asked Alex for the reason of the wire because it was\n2 the question in fraud operations email that I didn't know the\n3 answer to.\n4 Q. Okay. Fair enough. That's all I was asking.\n5 And his explanation here——and I'll just read it\n6 briefly——\"that this transfer was initiated from G Club\n7 Operations LLC to Fiesta Property Developments, a real estate\n8 holding company.\" Do you see that?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. Let's just pause there for a moment. And is it okay with\n11 you if we call G Club Operations just Operations, or Ops, just\n12 for short?\n13 A. Okay.\n14 Q. Okay. And Fiesta Property, we'll just call Fiesta, okay?\n15 A. Okay.\n16 Q. And Fiesta is described here as a \"real estate holding\n17 company,\" right?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. All right. And then as we continue on reading, it says,\n20 Owned by Mr. He in the UK, same owner of G Club Operations LLC.\n21 We'll stop there. And do you know who Mr. He is?\n22 A. He was the——he was listed as the ultimate beneficial owner\n23 of G Club.\n24 Q. Okay. And Alex H is telling you here that Mr. He is also\n25 the owner of Fiesta, right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. Okay. And that he's located in the UK, right?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. All right. And then Alex continues, as we read, for a\n5 possible down payment on a property they plan to purchase for a\n6 total of $10 million.\n7 Do you see that?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. Did I read that correctly?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. And as you sit here today, does that language sound\n12 definitive to you?\n13 A. I don't know.\n14 Q. Well, let's look at it. It says that the transfer was for\n15 a \"possible down payment on a property they plan to purchase.\"\n16 Did I read that correctly?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. Okay. It doesn't say \"we signed a contract to buy property\n19 and the payment is due next week,\" right?\n20 MR. FERGENSON: Objection. The document speaks for\n21 itself, your Honor.\n22 MR. SCHIRICK: Well, I'm just trying to clarify the\n23 witness's understanding.\n24 THE COURT: You can answer the question.\n25 A. Can you repeat the question.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 MR. SCHIRICK: Sure. Could we have the court reporter\n2 read back the question. I'm sorry.\n3 THE COURT: Just take it in pieces, please.\n4 MR. SCHIRICK: Sure.\n5 Q. So this doesn't say, for example, we signed a contract to\n6 buy property, right?\n7 A. Correct.\n8 Q. And it doesn't say the down payment is due next week,\n9 right?\n10 A. Correct.\n11 Q. It says that there was a plan, words in the document, for a\n12 possible——\n13 MR. FERGENSON: Objection to mischaracterizing the\n14 document.\n15 THE COURT: Are you claiming that he's not reading the\n16 words accurately?\n17 MR. FERGENSON: I'll withdraw it, your Honor.\n18 THE COURT: Okay. Go ahead.\n19 BY MR. SCHIRICK:\n20 Q. So it says that there is a plan, right?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. Prospective, right?\n23 A. Yes.\n24 Q. Not definitive, right?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 Q. Tentative sounding, right?\n2 MR. FERGENSON: Objection, your Honor.\n3 THE COURT: Overruled. You may answer.\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. For a possible down payment, not definite, right?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. Okay. Now you were asked on direct by Mr. Fergenson\n8 whether you reviewed additional information about the loan\n9 that's referenced between Ops and Fiesta. Do you remember him\n10 asking you that?\n11 A. No.\n12 Q. Did you receive any additional information about the loan\n13 from Ops and Fiesta?\n14 A. No.\n15 Q. Okay. Did you ask for any additional information about the\n16 loan from Ops to Fiesta?\n17 A. No.\n18 Q. Right. You didn't, right? And did you receive a copy of\n19 the loan agreement?\n20 A. No.\n21 Q. No. But you didn't ask for a copy of the loan agreement,\n22 right?\n23 A. No.\n24 Q. Okay. And did you receive a copy of the real estate\n25 purchase contract?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 A. No.\n2 Q. That's because Morgan Stanley didn't ask for a copy of the\n3 real estate purchase contract, right?\n4 MR. FERGENSON: Objection, your Honor.\n5 THE COURT: You may answer.\n6 A. No.\n7 Q. Just to clarify, Morgan Stanley did not ask for that,\n8 right?\n9 A. Correct.\n10 MR. SCHIRICK: Okay. Now if we can please go to\n11 what's in evidence MSS125.\n12 And just take a second to look at this.\n13 Q. Do you see the date at the top of this email, January 20,\n14 2021?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. Okay. And do you remember talking to Mr. Fergenson about\n17 this a few minutes ago, before the lunch break?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. Okay. And this is the email that came from fraud\n20 operations asking for the information about the purpose of the\n21 wire, right?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. Okay. And Deirdra Harrell is the one who sends this,\n24 correct? I'm sorry. Withdrawn.\n25 MR. SCHIRICK: Let's, if we could, go to——just for\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 clarity, if you can go to——I'm sorry. Just give me a moment.\n2 Just go to page 11 of this document. Jorge, the Bates\n3 number on the bottom.\n4 Yeah, perfect. Great. Thank you.\n5 Q. And I believe you reviewed this with Mr. Fergenson and the\n6 question that was asked by the compliance was as relevant here,\n7 the purpose of the wire, which is in the box two up from the\n8 bottom on the left. Do you see that?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. Okay. And that's the question to which you were\n11 responding, right?\n12 A. Yes.\n13 Q. Okay. And ultimately that——\n14 MR. SCHIRICK: If we can go page 8, please.\n15 Q. And we can see here again in the box that is on the left\n16 labeled \"Purpose of the wire (manually input),\" do you see\n17 that?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. Okay. And what's reflected in the box to the right there\n20 is what you manually input; is that right?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. And it reads, this is a wire to an affiliated business for\n23 real estate investment. Right?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. Now that description doesn't have any of the tentative\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 quality to it that Mr. —— or that Alex H's answer had; is that\n2 a fair statement?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. Okay. And ultimately this information is what's forwarded\n5 to the fraud department, right?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. And they make their decision based on this information.\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. The fraud department never receives Alex H's email, right?\n10 A. Correct.\n11 Q. They never receive the tentative sounding email, right?\n12 A. Correct.\n13 Q. Okay. So they didn't have the benefit of that, fair?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 MR. SCHIRICK: Okay. Now if we can please go to\n16 MSS113.\n17 Q. And do you recall this document, the January 27, 2021,\n18 email which you discussed with Mr. Fergenson on direct?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. And this relates to a different wire than the set of\n21 documents that we just reviewed, right?\n22 A. I believe so.\n23 Q. Okay. It was a second wire in a series of wires that you\n24 went through on direct, right?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 Q. Okay. And this second wire was authorized based on the\n2 same information that you manually input for the benefit of the\n3 compliance department, right?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 MR. SCHIRICK: Okay. And if we could go to MSS114.\n6 Q. Now again, you reviewed this with Mr. Fergenson on direct,\n7 and this——withdrawn.\n8 Do you recall discussing this document with\n9 Mr. Fergenson on direct?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. February 3, 2021 email chain?\n12 A. Yes.\n13 Q. And this relates to yet another wire, correct?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. And this one too was authorized based on the information\n16 that you manually input, correct?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. Which lacked the tentative quality that we agreed upon\n19 earlier, right?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. You agreed with me that Alex H's email had a tentative\n22 quality to it, right; his explanation had a timely quality.\n23 A. Yes.\n24 Q. And that is not included here, right?\n25 A. No.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 MR. SCHIRICK: Okay. Now let's please go to MSS119.\n2 Q. And this is a June 21, 2021 email chain. Do you recall\n3 reviewing this with Mr. Fergenson earlier?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 MR. SCHIRICK: And if we scroll down in the document a\n6 bit.\n7 Right there. If we blow up that bottom page, please,\n8 Jorge, bottom of the page.\n9 Q. And this relates to a $35 million wire transfer request; is\n10 that right?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. And the request is that the wire be sent to Hamilton\n13 Digital Assets FD SP, right?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. Okay. And do you know——withdrawn. I believe you testified\n16 on direct that you don't know what Hamilton is, right?\n17 A. Correct.\n18 Q. Okay. And you don't know what agreements, if any, are in\n19 place between Hamilton and G|CLUBS, right?\n20 A. Correct.\n21 Q. You just don't have that information?\n22 A. Correct.\n23 Q. In a way you could, right?\n24 MR. FERGENSON: Objection, your Honor.\n25 THE COURT: You may answer the question.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 Is the question could she have asked? Is that what\n2 you were saying? You wouldn't ask her to speculate, though.\n3 MR. SCHIRICK: No. Could have asked for that\n4 information, right?\n5 THE COURT: Well, that is speculation. Are you saying\n6 was she able to ask? Is that the question?\n7 MR. SCHIRICK: Yes. That's fair, your Honor.\n8 THE COURT: Okay. Go ahead.\n9 BY MR. SCHIRICK:\n10 Q. Could Morgan Stanley have asked for that?\n11 MR. FERGENSON: Objection.\n12 THE COURT: I just want to stay away from the \"could\n13 have\" piece.\n14 MR. SCHIRICK: Fair enough.\n15 THE COURT: Did Morgan Stanley have the ability to\n16 ask?\n17 THE WITNESS: Yes.\n18 THE COURT: Go ahead.\n19 BY MR. SCHIRICK:\n20 Q. Okay. But Morgan Stanley didn't ask, right?\n21 MR. FERGENSON: Asked and answered, your Honor.\n22 THE COURT: Sustained. Okay. Move on.\n23 MR. SCHIRICK: Okay. If we can please go to MSS120.\n24 And sort of home in on the bottom of this one as well, please.\n25 Q. And Ms. Berstler, this email relates to yet another request\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 for a wire transfer, right?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. And this one's for 15 million to Hamilton Digital Assets FD\n4 SP, right?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. And again, Morgan Stanley did not ask for the agreement\n7 that was in place between Hamilton and G Club that relates to\n8 this wire, right?\n9 A. Correct.\n10 MR. SCHIRICK: Okay. Now let's please go to MSS124.\n11 Q. Okay. And this is an August 5, 2021 email chain, correct?\n12 A. Yes.\n13 Q. This email chain relates to a returned wire that you talked\n14 to Mr. Fergenson about a few minutes ago, right?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. Okay. And this is about two weeks or so after the Fiesta\n17 wire for 2.6——withdrawn.\n18 This email is about two weeks after a failed wire\n19 transfer that was initiated by Morgan Stanley; is that right?\n20 A. I don't know if it was failed.\n21 MR. SCHIRICK: Okay. Well, if we just scroll down in\n22 the document a little bit.\n23 And we can blow up there.\n24 Q. Alex H's email, July 29, 2021. Do you see that?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 Q. Importance is high, do you see that?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. Okay. And it says, \"Good afternoon, Christina. Attached\n4 you'll find the wire that was returned to us.\" Right?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. Okay. So does that refresh your recollection that this was\n7 a failed wire transfer?\n8 A. I——I don't know.\n9 Q. Okay. Well, I believe you testified on direct that at this\n10 point the account was blocked from any third-party\n11 transactions, correct?\n12 A. Yes.\n13 Q. And based on your experience at Morgan Stanley, sometimes\n14 accounts are blocked from third-party transactions by\n15 compliance, right?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. Okay. And this was in August of 2021, right?\n18 A. This was in July.\n19 Q. Fair enough.\n20 If we zoom out and scroll up, you'll see that the top\n21 email is August 5, 2021.\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. Okay. And to the best of your recollection, is this when\n24 the accounts for G|CLUBS first became blocked at Morgan\n25 Stanley?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 A. I don't remember the timing.\n2 Q. Okay. Well, do you recall any blocked wire transfers\n3 before this?\n4 A. I don't remember.\n5 Q. Okay. So you don't remember one way or another?\n6 MR. FERGENSON: Objection. Asked and answered.\n7 THE COURT: Sustained.\n8 Q. Do you believe you would remember had it been blocked\n9 earlier?\n10 MR. FERGENSON: Objection.\n11 THE COURT: All right. So the speculation and asking\n12 these hypotheticals, please don't do that.\n13 MR. SCHIRICK: Thank you, your Honor.\n14 Q. Okay. Now you testified earlier that you had experience\n15 with the bank's compliance department over your 16-year career\n16 at Morgan Stanley, right?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. And would you agree with me that Morgan Stanley is, you\n19 know, one of the biggest banks in the world?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. Okay. And it has a global reputation?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. And to sort of be blunt about it, Morgan Stanley is a big\n24 deal in the banking world, right?\n25 MR. FERGENSON: Objection to relevance.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 THE COURT: I want to know if she has the opinion that\n2 her employer is a big deal. You may answer.\n3 MR. SCHIRICK: In the banking world.\n4 A. Morgan Stanley is a large bank.\n5 Q. Okay. Fair enough.\n6 Has it been your experience that the bank is sensitive\n7 to its reputation?\n8 A. I don't know.\n9 Q. Is it sensitive to risks to its reputation?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. Okay. Yeah. I mean, that's fair enough. And do you have\n12 a general understanding of how the bank reacts when it receives\n13 a subpoena from the government inquiring about a bank customer?\n14 A. No.\n15 Q. Okay. Have you had the experience in your 16-year working\n16 career at Morgan Stanley where a bank customer that you were\n17 involved with, that Morgan Stanley received a subpoena related\n18 to that customer?\n19 MR. FERGENSON: Objection to form.\n20 THE COURT: Are you asking whether in the past she's\n21 aware that a Morgan Stanley customer received a subpoena? Is\n22 that the question?\n23 MR. SCHIRICK: The question is whether she's aware of,\n24 in the past, Morgan Stanley has received a subpoena related to\n25 a customer, a Morgan Stanley customer that she's worked with.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 THE COURT: You may answer.\n2 A. I don't know.\n3 Q. Okay. In your experience with the compliance department,\n4 would it be a red flag for the compliance department to receive\n5 a subpoena about a bank customer?\n6 A. I don't know.\n7 Q. Okay. Do you know whether Morgan Stanley received a\n8 subpoena from the government related to G|CLUBS?\n9 A. No, I don't know.\n10 Q. Okay. Did you ever ask compliance whether that happened?\n11 A. No.\n12 Q. And did they ever tell you whether that happened?\n13 A. No.\n14 Q. Okay. So you don't know whether the bank receiving a\n15 subpoena is——\n16 MR. FERGENSON: Objection, your Honor.\n17 THE COURT: Sustained. You can't ask that question.\n18 Q. All right. So the G|CLUBS funds at Morgan Stanley's\n19 account, those funds belong to G|CLUBS, right? Fair to say?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. Okay. And from the bank's point of view, G|CLUBS owns\n22 those funds, right?\n23 A. Yes.\n24 Q. And it can do what it wants with those funds.\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 Q. And G|CLUBS doesn't have to ask Morgan Stanley's position\n2 to use its funds, right?\n3 A. They need to put in a request to withdraw funds.\n4 Q. Sure. But it doesn't have to ask Morgan Stanley for\n5 permission about how to use the funds is the question?\n6 MR. FERGENSON: Asked and answered.\n7 MR. SCHIRICK: I think it's a different——the witness\n8 answered a different question.\n9 THE COURT: You may answer.\n10 A. Can you ask the question again.\n11 Q. Sure. G|CLUBS doesn't have to ask Morgan Stanley for\n12 permission as to how to use its farms, right?\n13 A. Correct.\n14 Q. So when the compliance department asks what the purpose of\n15 a wire is, it's just looking for information, right?\n16 MR. FERGENSON: Objection.\n17 THE COURT: Overruled. If you know, you may answer.\n18 A. What was the question?\n19 Q. Let's try it this way: Is it your understanding that one\n20 of the purposes of Morgan Stanley's compliance department,\n21 including the fraud department, is to protect customers?\n22 A. It's to protect the client and the firm.\n23 Q. Sure, both. That's right. To protect both, right?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. Okay.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 MR. FERGENSON: Objection to commentary.\n2 THE COURT: Overruled. Let's go.\n3 Q. Now as long as——withdrawn.\n4 Based on your experience, as long as the purpose for a\n5 wire was a business purpose, you would have passed that\n6 information along to the fraud department, right?\n7 A. Yeah, I guess so.\n8 Q. Okay. So for example, G|CLUBS could have said that the\n9 purpose——\n10 THE COURT: All right. Here we go with the\n11 hypotheticals again. No hypotheticals.\n12 MR. SCHIRICK: Your Honor, may we have a brief\n13 sidebar.\n14 THE COURT: Yes.\n15 (Continued on next page)\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 (At the sidebar)\n2 MR. SCHIRICK: So your Honor, during direct, the\n3 government was allowed to ask questions about what the witness\n4 would or would not have passed along in terms of the\n5 information she was provided, and the government asked a number\n6 of hypothetical questions about that, and I raised this issue\n7 this morning at 9:00 about the hypothetical questions, and I\n8 think really all the defense is trying to do is be able to ask\n9 hypothetical questions on the other side of this issue.\n10 THE COURT: We know that's what you're trying to do.\n11 MR. FERGENSON: I think just the key point is, if he\n12 wants to ask, if a client gave you false information, would you\n13 take steps to process that wire, that's okay, but I don't know\n14 what the other——\n15 MR. SCHIRICK: That's the question you want to ask,\n16 not the question I want to ask.\n17 THE COURT: It's just that the hypotheticals are\n18 permitted in order to elicit evidence concerning the fraud.\n19 You're not asking about fraud.\n20 MR. SCHIRICK: Well, your Honor——\n21 THE COURT: Your hypothetical does not bear on fraud.\n22 MR. SCHIRICK: Well, your Honor, I think it does. I\n23 think the hypothetical is to suss out whether the witness would\n24 have passed along the information had she been provided with\n25 information, with different information to show that she would\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 have, she would have passed that information along all the\n2 same. She's testified it's not her job to make these\n3 decisions.\n4 THE COURT: Wasn't your question whether she would\n5 pass along information concerning a business purpose use of\n6 funds?\n7 MR. SCHIRICK: Well, well, the original question,\n8 which I think was already asked and answered, was whether if\n9 there was any business purpose, if she would have passed that\n10 along. I think she already answered that question. We can\n11 look at the record. My understanding is——\n12 THE COURT: One moment. Let's go back to business\n13 purpose.\n14 (Record read)\n15 MR. SCHIRICK: So she's already answered the answer to\n16 this question. So I'm just trying to ask questions for\n17 illustrative purposes further to that question.\n18 THE COURT: What is it you wanted to ask?\n19 MR. SCHIRICK: Right. So the witness has agreed that\n20 as long as the purpose was a business purpose, that she would\n21 have passed the information along.\n22 THE COURT: Okay.\n23 MR. SCHIRICK: So the idea is, we should be able to\n24 ask two additional questions about examples of these business\n25 purposes to show that there was no reason for G|CLUBS to\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Cross\n1 conceal what its prior use of that funds was, because it\n2 wouldn't——\n3 THE COURT: So there's no objection after the business\n4 purpose question; am I correct?\n5 THE REPORTER: Yes.\n6 MR. FERGENSON: So that's——\n7 THE COURT: You let that one in.\n8 MR. FERGENSON: Yeah, I let them do that. I don't\n9 think you get to go and speculate about further illustrative\n10 examples. That's just calling for speculation.\n11 THE COURT: What's your example?\n12 MR. SCHIRICK: That they said that they planned to\n13 purchase a high-end sports car for use for members, that that\n14 would have been passed along all the same.\n15 MR. FERGENSON: But they didn't. I mean, that's the\n16 whole point.\n17 THE COURT: So I would have sustained the objection\n18 had one been made and so I don't think two wrongs will make a\n19 right, so I'm not going to permit the question.\n20 MR. SCHIRICK: Okay, your Honor. Thank you.\n21 (Continued on next page)\n22\n23\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Redirect\n1 (In open court)\n2 MR. SCHIRICK: Thank you.\n3 BY MR. SCHIRICK:\n4 Q. Ms. Berstler, just a couple more questions.\n5 Now Alex H expressed a tentative plan for Fiesta\n6 to——withdrawn.\n7 MR. FERGENSON: Objection.\n8 Q. Alex H expressed——\n9 MR. SCHIRICK: Are you objecting to me withdrawing?\n10 No. Okay.\n11 Q. Ms. Berstler, Alex H expressed that Fiesta had a tentative\n12 plan for a possible purchase of real estate. We talked about\n13 that earlier, right?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. Okay. And the tentative element of his explanation didn't\n16 get passed along to fraud operations, right?\n17 A. Correct.\n18 Q. So we have no idea what fraud operations would have said\n19 had that information been passed along, right?\n20 MR. FERGENSON: Objection. Calls for speculation.\n21 THE COURT: Sustained. Don't ask her to speculate.\n22 MR. SCHIRICK: I tried, your Honor.\n23 No further questions, Ms. Berstler.\n24 THE COURT: Redirect.\n25 MR. FERGENSON: Thank you, your Honor.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Redirect\n1 Ms. Loftus, could we please publish MSS112.\n2 REDIRECT EXAMINATION\n3 BY MR. FERGENSON:\n4 Q. Ms. Berstler, you were asked questions about the emails\n5 from Alex H regarding the Fiesta transfers. Do you recall\n6 that?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 MR. FERGENSON: Sorry. Just a moment.\n9 Thank you.\n10 Q. And Ms. Berstler, you were asked questions about this\n11 initial wire request to Fiesta from Alex H. Do you recall that\n12 on cross?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 MR. FERGENSON: And Ms. Loftus, if we can zoom on the\n15 top email.\n16 Q. Now before we turn to this exact email, Ms. Berstler, do\n17 you know why the $10 million request was broken into three\n18 different requests?\n19 A. No.\n20 MR. SCHIRICK: Objection, scope.\n21 THE COURT: Overruled. You may answer.\n22 Q. Do you know why the $10 million request was broken into\n23 three different wire transfers?\n24 A. No.\n25 Q. Do you know why Alex H specified that there was a repayment\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 Berstler - Redirect\n1 plan for this loan?\n2 MR. SCHIRICK: Same objection.\n3 THE COURT: Overruled. You may answer.\n4 A. No.\n5 Q. Do you know if this loan was ever actually repaid at all?\n6 A. No.\n7 Q. Ms. Berstler, does this email say anything about Mileson\n8 Guo?\n9 A. No.\n10 MR. SCHIRICK: Objection. Document speaks for itself.\n11 THE COURT: Overruled. You may answer.\n12 Q. Does it say anything about someone named Qiang Guo?\n13 A. No.\n14 Q. Does it say anything about how Mileson Guo is the settler\n15 of the foundation that owns G|CLUBS?\n16 MR. SCHIRICK: Objection.\n17 THE COURT: Overruled.\n18 Q. Does it say anything about how Mileson Guo is the settler\n19 of the foundation that owns G|CLUBS?\n20 A. No.\n21 Q. Does it say anything about a Ferrari?\n22 MR. SCHIRICK: Objection.\n23 A. No.\n24 THE COURT: Overruled.\n25 A. No.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. Does it say anything about FXXK EVO Ferrari?\n2 A. No.\n3 Q. Does it say anything about the Stichting Still We Rise?\n4 A. No.\n5 MR. FERGENSON: Nothing further, your Honor.\n6 THE COURT: Recross.\n7 RECROSS EXAMINATION\n8 BY MR. SCHIRICK:\n9 Q. At the risk of asking you further things that we all know\n10 you don't know the answer to, do you know that this loan had a\n11 10-year term?\n12 A. No.\n13 MR. SCHIRICK: Thank you. No further questions.\n14 THE COURT: Any re-re?\n15 MR. FERGENSON: No, your Honor.\n16 THE COURT: All righty. You may step out of the\n17 courtroom.\n18 THE WITNESS: Thank you.\n19 THE COURT: Thank you.\n20 (Witness excused)\n21 THE COURT: And the prosecution may call its next\n22 witness.\n23 MS. MURRAY: Yes, your Honor. The government calls\n24 Jocelyn Reyes.\n25 (Witness sworn)\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 THE COURT: Please be seated.\n2 State your name and spell it.\n3 THE WITNESS: Jocelyn Reyes. J-O-C-E-L-Y-N,\n4 R-E-Y-E-S.\n5 THE COURT: You may inquire.\n6 MS. MURRAY: Thank you, your Honor.\n7 JOCELYN REYES,\n8 called as a witness by the Government,\n9 having been duly sworn, testified as follows:\n10 DIRECT EXAMINATION\n11 BY MS. MURRAY:\n12 Q. Good afternoon, Ms. Reyes.\n13 A. Good afternoon.\n14 Q. Where do you work?\n15 A. The FBI.\n16 Q. What is your position at the FBI?\n17 A. Forensic accountant.\n18 Q. What are your duties and responsibilities as a forensic\n19 accountant at the FBI?\n20 A. As a forensic accountant, I use a combination of\n21 accounting, audit, and investigative skills to analyze\n22 financial information.\n23 Q. How long have you been a forensic accountant at the FBI?\n24 A. For two years and four months.\n25 Q. Besides your testimony today and preparation for that\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 testimony, have you had any involvement in this case?\n2 A. No.\n3 Q. When were you first contacted by the government and asked\n4 to testify in this case?\n5 A. Less than a week ago.\n6 Q. In advance of your testimony, were you asked to review\n7 certain government exhibits that were provided to you?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. Were you asked to verify the information in a government\n10 exhibit that summarized those exhibits?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. Did you review a government exhibit for accuracy?\n13 A. I did, yes.\n14 Q. Is the information in that government exhibit, the summary\n15 exhibit, based on voluminous records?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. What type or types of exhibits is the summary chart based\n18 on?\n19 A. The exhibits that I reviewed.\n20 Q. Yes. What type of documents were those?\n21 A. A combination of bank statements, signature cards, purchase\n22 agreements, and some emails.\n23 Q. Ms. Reyes, who decided which exhibits you reviewed?\n24 A. The prosecutors and the case agent.\n25 Q. And who decided what information to include in a summary\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 chart that you reviewed for accuracy?\n2 A. The prosecutor and the case agent.\n3 Q. Were you provided the opportunity to note corrections to\n4 the chart to make sure that it was accurate?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. Did you provide suggested corrections to the chart?\n7 A. I did provide minor suggestions to some of the charts.\n8 Q. And after the charts were revised, are they all now\n9 accurate?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. And Ms. Reyes, just to be clear, did you review all of the\n12 evidence gathered in this case or just the charts and the\n13 exhibits that those charts are based on?\n14 A. Just the charts and the exhibits that those charts were\n15 based on.\n16 MS. MURRAY: Ms. Loftus, if we could please publish\n17 what's in evidence as Government Exhibit Stip 14. This is a\n18 stipulation regarding bank records, and it's in evidence.\n19 Your Honor, pursuant to this stipulation, the\n20 government observes Government Exhibits MSS87, MSS88, FAN1,\n21 FAN2, MET19, and MET27.\n22 THE COURT: No objection?\n23 MR. SCHIRICK: Could we just have a moment, your\n24 Honor.\n25 (Counsel conferring)\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 MR. SCHIRICK: No objection, your Honor.\n2 THE COURT: They're admitted.\n3 (Government's Exhibits MSS87, MSS88, FAN1, FAN2,\n4 MET19, and MET27 received in evidence)\n5 MS. MURRAY: And Ms. Loftus, if you could now please\n6 publish Government Exhibit Stip 8, which is in evidence. This\n7 is a stipulation regarding documents, and pursuant to this\n8 stipulation, the government offers Government Exhibit BR445.\n9 MR. SCHIRICK: No objection, your Honor.\n10 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n11 (Government's Exhibit BR445 received in evidence)\n12 MS. MURRAY: Thank you, Ms. Loftus.\n13 If we could please show just the witness what's been\n14 marked as Government Exhibit GX Z14.\n15 And we can flip through a few of the pages.\n16 BY MS. MURRAY:\n17 Q. Ms. Reyes, what is Government Exhibit Z14?\n18 A. This is an exhibit of the——a summary of the exhibits that I\n19 reviewed.\n20 Q. And did you review the exhibits that support these summary\n21 charts in preparation for your testimony today?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. Are the charts contained within Government Exhibit Z14\n24 accurate?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 MS. MURRAY: Your Honor, the government offers\n2 Government Exhibit Z14.\n3 MR. SCHIRICK: No objection, your Honor.\n4 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n5 (Government's Exhibit Z14 received in evidence)\n6 MS. MURRAY: Ms. Loftus, if we could please go to the\n7 first page and then publish.\n8 BY MS. MURRAY:\n9 Q. Ms. Reyes, at a high level, what type of information is\n10 shown or contained within Government Exhibit Z14?\n11 A. The exhibits that I reviewed.\n12 Q. And what information, if any, do those exhibits relate to?\n13 A. To the main source documents where I——with this\n14 information, where this information was obtained.\n15 Q. All right. Let's start with this. This is slide 1. Can\n16 you read the title of this slide.\n17 A. G Club Operations LLC — Morgan Stanley Account ending in\n18 8564.\n19 Q. And Ms. Reyes, the x8564, can you explain to the jury what\n20 information that reflects.\n21 A. The 8564 are the last four digits of the account number.\n22 Q. And there's a GX number cited on the right side of this\n23 slide. Do you see that?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. Is that a reference to the underlying government exhibit\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 that contains the information summarized herein?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. Ms. Reyes, do you know what G Club Operations LLC is?\n4 A. No.\n5 MS. MURRAY: Let's go the next slide, please.\n6 Q. Ms. Reyes, what's the title of this slide?\n7 A. Account Profile for Morgan Stanley Account ending in 8564.\n8 Q. And that 8564 account, is that the same G Club Operations\n9 LLC account that was referenced on the prior slide?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. Looking at the screenshot on this slide, Ms. Reyes, is this\n12 a screenshot from an underlying bank record that you reviewed\n13 in connection with your testimony?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. For this account, the Morgan Stanley 8564, what entities or\n16 individuals are named as client contacts in the bank records?\n17 A. G Club Operations LLC, Alex Hadjicharalambous, Limarie\n18 Reyes Molinaris, and Haoran He.\n19 Q. And in the bank record, how, if at all, is G Club\n20 Operations LLC described?\n21 A. As the entity.\n22 Q. And how, if at all, is Alex Hadjicharalambous described?\n23 A. As the authorized individual person.\n24 Q. What about Limarie Reyes Molinaris?\n25 A. As the authorized individual person and key controller.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO3 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. What's the description for Haoran He?\n2 A. UBO.\n3 Q. Do you know what UBO means, Ms. Reyes?\n4 A. It stands for ultimate beneficial owner.\n5 Q. Looking down the screenshot, there's a section entitled\n6 Account Instruction and then Sort Name. What information is\n7 listed under that field?\n8 A. G Club——ADP & Expenses.\n9 Q. Ms. Reyes, do you understand what the reference to ADP &\n10 Expenses relates to?\n11 A. No.\n12 Q. And then at the bottom of this screenshot there's an\n13 account mailing and plating address. First of all, what is a\n14 plating address?\n15 A. It's an address where documents are——are sent, if needed.\n16 (Continued on next page)\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 BY MS. MURRAY:\n2 Q. And what is the information that is in this bank record for\n3 the Morgan Stanley 8564 account for the mailing and plating\n4 address?\n5 A. It notes G/Club Operations, LLC, Alex Hadjicharalambous,\n6 162 East 64th Street, New York, New York 10065, United States.\n7 Q. Ms. Reyes, had you ever been to 162 East 64th Street?\n8 A. No.\n9 Q. Let's go to the next slide, please, Ms. Loftus.\n10 What is the title of this slide?\n11 A. Fiesta Property Developments LTD Santander Bank Account\n12 ending in 6389.\n13 Q. And looking down at the middle of the page, Ms. Reyes,\n14 there's a box. What information is to the right of that box?\n15 A. Balance as of December 28, 2020, 30 pounds and 39 pence.\n16 Q. So GBP, Ms. Reyes, what is that relate to?\n17 What is that reference?\n18 A. That stands for Great British Pounds.\n19 Q. And is it correct from this slide that that is the balance\n20 in the Santander 6389 account?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. Let's go to the next slide, please.\n23 What information is reflected on this slide,\n24 Ms. Reyes?\n25 A. Company information for Santander bank account ending in\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 6389.\n2 Q. And that's the Fiesta Property Developments Limited account\n3 we just saw in the prior slide?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. The screenshot on this slide, is that a screenshot taken\n6 from the bank records cited on the right of this slide?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 Q. Looking at the information in that screenshot for, company\n9 appointments, what is the name listed?\n10 A. Haoran He.\n11 Q. And over to the right of Haoran He, this is down in the\n12 bottom left, what is the title listed for Haoran He?\n13 A. Director.\n14 Q. Below director, if you go through those three fields, what\n15 is the date that's listed for the appointment of director?\n16 A. August 5, 2019.\n17 Q. And, Ms. Reyes, can you explain to the jury why you read\n18 that as day, month, year?\n19 A. Based on the address, the address notes it's in the United\n20 Kingdom, so they switch the month and the day.\n21 Q. And what is the nationality listed for Haoran He in this\n22 bank record?\n23 A. Chinese.\n24 Q. Looking to the left side of that same portion of the\n25 screenshot, can you please list the address listed for Haoran\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 He?\n2 A. 79 East Works Drive, Cofton Hackett, Birmingham, United\n3 Kingdom B45AGR.\n4 Q. Ms. Reyes, looking higher up on the screenshot under\n5 registered number there is a field for name, what is the name\n6 of the company for this bank record?\n7 A. Fiesta Property Developments, LTD.\n8 Q. Ms. Reyes, do you know what Fiesta Properties Developments\n9 LTD is?\n10 A. No.\n11 Q. Do you know who Haoran He is?\n12 A. No.\n13 Q. Ms. Loftus, we can go to the next slide, please.\n14 Ms. Reyes, what's the title of this slide?\n15 A. Disbursements to Fiesta Property Developments LTD.\n16 Santander bank account ending in 6389.\n17 Q. Looking at the arrow that is depicted on this slide,\n18 Ms. Reyes, what timeframe or time range does the arrow reflects\n19 transactions for?\n20 A. January 21, 2021 through February 4, 2021.\n21 Q. And from what bank account to what bank account?\n22 A. From G/Club Operations LLC Morgan Stanley account ending in\n23 8564 to Fiesta Property Developments LTD Santander bank account\n24 ending in 6389.\n25 Q. Ms. Reyes, what is the total amount of transactions from\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 the G/Club Morgan Stanley account to the Fiesta Santander\n2 account during that time period?\n3 A. 10,026,220.20 or 7,326,000 pounds.\n4 Q. Ms. Loftus, if we could go out of this exhibit and please\n5 pull up what's in evidence as Government Exhibit GXGC-544.\n6 Ms. Reyes, can you read the words on the front page of\n7 this exhibit which is GXGC-544?\n8 A. Facility agreement between G/Club Operations LLC and Jovial\n9 Century International Limited and Fiesta Property Developments\n10 LTD.\n11 Q. Ms. Loftus, can we go to the next page, please. You can\n12 zoom in on the top. What is the date of this agreement\n13 Ms. Reyes?\n14 A. January 15, 2021.\n15 Q. Looking at the parties listed here under number one, what\n16 is the company name of the lender?\n17 A. G/Club Operations LLC.\n18 Q. And looking under item three, what is the company name of\n19 the fund receiver?\n20 A. Fiesta Property Developments LTD.\n21 Q. Later in that same paragraph what is the address associated\n22 with Fiesta Properties Developments limited?\n23 A. 79 East Works drive, Cofton Hackett, Birmingham B45AGR,\n24 United Kingdom.\n25 Q. Ms. Loftus, if we could scroll down a bit, please, and\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 focus on item one under agreed terms.\n2 Ms. Reyes, can you please read item one facility?\n3 A. The lender hereby agrees to lend to the borrower an amount\n4 not exceeding 10 million pounds.\n5 Q. And if we could go to the next page, please, Ms. Loftus.\n6 Item two at the top, Ms. Reyes, can you please read\n7 that, use of funds?\n8 A. The borrower intends to use the loans to increase its\n9 investment into the fund receiver which is a property\n10 development company.\n11 Q. And the fund receiver that's referenced in item two, if we\n12 could go back up, Ms. Loftus, to the prior page.\n13 Looking at parties, item three, which company is\n14 listed as the fund receiver in this contract?\n15 A. Fiesta Property Developments LTD.\n16 Q. Let's keep going down, please, Ms. Loftus. If you can\n17 scroll through. We're going to go to the signature page,\n18 please. Starting here, this is page 14 of GXGC-544.\n19 Ms. Reyes, do you see a signature for G/Club\n20 Operations LLC?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. What is the name of the individual who signed this facility\n23 agreement for G/Club?\n24 A. Ziyang Liu.\n25 Q. How is that individual described in this document?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 A. As the manager.\n2 Q. Do you know Ziyang Liu?\n3 A. No.\n4 Q. Ms. Loftus, let's go to the next page, please.\n5 Ms. Reyes, on this signature page there are signatures\n6 on behalf of Jovial Century International Limited and Fiesta\n7 Properties Development Limited. What is the printed name for\n8 the signature for each of those entities?\n9 A. Haoran He.\n10 Q. And how is Haoran He described below the signature for\n11 Jovial Century International Limited?\n12 A. Director.\n13 Q. And how is Haoran He described below the signature for\n14 Fiesta Properties Development Limited?\n15 A. Director.\n16 Q. Ms. Loftus, we can take that down and please go back to\n17 Government Exhibit Z14 at slide six. Actually, let's go back\n18 to slide five for a moment, please.\n19 Ms. Reyes, what is the date range of the transactions\n20 that are summarized on this slide?\n21 A. January 21, 2021 through February 4, 2021.\n22 Q. We can go to the next slide, please.\n23 What information is shown on this slide, Ms. Reyes?\n24 A. This slide shows foreign currency transfers from G/Club\n25 Morgan Stanley account ending in 8564.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. And that's the same Morgan Stanley account that we've been\n2 discussing during your testimony so far, correct?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. Looking at the top screenshot, what time period is this a\n5 screenshot of a client statement?\n6 A. January 1 through January 31, 2021.\n7 Q. And looking right to the information that's within a red\n8 box there, can you explain what information is on that portion\n9 of the screenshot?\n10 A. The active asset account number 552068564-454, next to it\n11 is G/Club Operations LLC, Ziyang Liu.\n12 Q. And that spelling of Ziyang Liu is the same spelling on the\n13 facility agreement we just looked at in GXGC-544, correct?\n14 A. Can I look at the previous exhibit?\n15 Q. Sure. We can pull that up, GXGC-544.\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. Let's go back to GXZ-14, please. Again focusing on the top\n18 screenshot, Ms. Reyes, what information is contained in this\n19 portion of the bank record?\n20 A. This first portion shows foreign currency wires sent on\n21 January 21 in the amount of $1,700,268.20, as well as a second\n22 foreign currency wire transfer dated January 27 in the amount\n23 of $5,942,000.\n24 Q. Ms. Reyes, taking that first transfer, the January 1\n25 transfer, the second column states activity type, can you state\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 what is listed under activity type for that wire?\n2 A. Transfer out of account.\n3 Q. And this is an account statement for the G/Club Morgan\n4 Stanley 8564 account, correct?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. Now, in the next column their security or symbol, what is\n7 reflected there?\n8 A. GBP savings deposit.\n9 Q. And in the comments it indicates foreign currency wire\n10 sent. To the right of that is quantity, what quantity is\n11 listed for the GBP for this outgoing wire?\n12 A. 734,000.\n13 Q. Same question for the next wire, Ms. Reyes, the January 27\n14 wire, what quantity in GBP was that outgoing wire from the\n15 G/Club Morgan Stanley account?\n16 A. 3,660,000.\n17 Q. And so on the farthest right column, the dollar amount that\n18 you read previously, based on this bank record, are those\n19 converted total amounts from GBP to U.S. dollars?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. Looking now at the bottom screenshot, Ms. Reyes, what time\n22 period does that portion of the client statement cover?\n23 A. February 1 through February 28, 2021.\n24 Q. And that's for the same G/Club Morgan Stanley account\n25 ending in 8564, correct?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. What foreign currency transfer is reflected on this portion\n3 of the bank statement?\n4 A. The foreign currency transfer sent on February 4 in the\n5 amount of $4,900,510.\n6 Q. And again looking for a moment at the quantity of GBP or\n7 Great British Pound, what was the quantity of this outgoing\n8 wire in pounds?\n9 A. 2,932,000.\n10 Q. And, Ms. Reyes, again focusing on the top screenshot, what\n11 was the total amount of those two wires in U.S. dollars?\n12 A. $6,016,710.20.\n13 Q. And the total amount of the wire out on February 4?\n14 A. $4,009,510.\n15 Q. Let's go to the next slide, please, Ms. Loftus.\n16 Looking again at the dollar amount and the GBP\n17 reflected on the right side of this slide, Ms. Reyes, can you\n18 explain to the jury how the information reflected on this slide\n19 was derived from the bank records that we just looked at?\n20 A. Yes. The 10,026,220.20 is the sum of the three wire\n21 transfers that we just looked at as well as the 7,326,000\n22 pounds is the sum of the three wire transfers that we also just\n23 looked at.\n24 Q. And what is the title of this slide, Ms. Reyes?\n25 A. Fiesta Property Developments LTD Metro Bank account ending\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 in 7427.\n2 Q. Looking at the bottom of this slide under the second box\n3 with yellow around it, what information is reflected to the\n4 right of that for the Fiesta Metro Bank account ending in 747?\n5 A. Balance as of April 21, 2021, 101,000 pounds.\n6 Q. Let's go to the next slide, please.\n7 Ms. Reyes, what's the title of this slide?\n8 A. Signature card for Metro Bank account ending in 747.\n9 Q. What is a signature card?\n10 A. A signature card is a document listing the authorized\n11 signers of an account.\n12 Q. Focusing on the top screenshot here which indicates\n13 business account mandate. First of all, the account number\n14 listed here, is that the Metro Bank account ending in 7427?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. And individual one here who is listed. First, let's focus\n17 on the very bottom of this screenshot, relationship type.\n18 What box is checked for relationship type for this\n19 individual?\n20 A. Authorize signatory.\n21 Q. And what is the individual's name as reflected in this bank\n22 record?\n23 A. Mr. Haoran He.\n24 Q. And the position in business listed for Haoran He?\n25 A. Director.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. Looking at the second screenshot at the bottom half of this\n2 slide, do you see a printed name on this signature card?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. And what name is that?\n5 A. Haoran He.\n6 Q. And is this signature card in fact signed?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 Q. Let's go to the next slide, please.\n9 What's the title of this slide, Ms. Reyes?\n10 A. Disbursements to Fiesta Property Developments LTD, Metro\n11 Bank account ending in 7427.\n12 Q. Looking at the second green arrow, what information is\n13 reflected there from Santander 6389 to Metro Bank 7427?\n14 A. A 7,176,372 pounds and 62 pence transferred on April 23,\n15 2021.\n16 Q. Let's go to the next slide, please. What's the title of\n17 this slide, Ms. Reyes?\n18 A. Fiesta Property Developments LTD flow of funds.\n19 Q. And looking at the left side in the bottom, what\n20 information is contained within those boxes.\n21 A. Fiesta Property Developments LTD's Wells Fargo, as well as\n22 Passione Rossa, LLC, Ferrari Beverly Hills.\n23 Q. Ms. Reyes, do you know what Passione Rossa, LLC is?\n24 A. No.\n25 Q. Have you ever been to a Ferrari location in Beverly Hills?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 A. No.\n2 Q. Can we go to the next slide, please.\n3 Looking here now, Ms. Reyes, on the left side at the\n4 bottom, what is shown in the arrow from the Fiesta Wells Fargo\n5 box to the Passione Rossa, LLC box?\n6 A. $500,000 transfer sent on May 26, 2021 between Fiesta\n7 Property Developments LTD to Passione Rossa, LLC.\n8 Q. And let's go to the next slide, please.\n9 Ms. Reyes, in connection with these charts, did you\n10 also review business records that the government provided to\n11 you?\n12 A. Yes.\n13 Q. Did that include an exhibit listed on the right here\n14 GXBR-440?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. Does this slide show screenshots from that Government\n17 Exhibit?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. Focusing on the top screenshot, what is that?\n20 A. It's an email.\n21 Q. What's the date of that email?\n22 A. May 28, 2021.\n23 Q. What's the subject line of the email?\n24 A. ACH inquiry Passione Rossa, LLC.\n25 Q. Ms. Reyes, what does ACH mean?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 A. ACH stands for automated clearing house.\n2 Q. Is that another reference to a wire transfer?\n3 A. It's a type. It's another type of electronic transfer.\n4 Q. Looking at the body of the email, can you just read that\n5 for us starting with I just?\n6 A. I just wanted to reach out regarding our earlier\n7 conversation pertaining to the ACH credit for Passione Rossa.\n8 The only information we are able to obtain is that the funds\n9 came from Wells Fargo in addition to the transaction details\n10 shown below.\n11 Q. And then focusing on the second screenshot, Ms. Reyes, top\n12 left says Passione Rossa, LLC. On the bottom of this portion\n13 there's a date and a debit, can you read what that reflects?\n14 A. May 26, 2021, the debit amount is $500,000.\n15 Q. Let's go to the next slide, please. The arrow here,\n16 Ms. Reyes, from Metro Bank 7427, the Fiesta Property\n17 Developments account to Passione Rossa, what dollar amount and\n18 pounds amount is shown there?\n19 A. $3,500,000 and 2,556,000 and 50 pounds and 54 pence.\n20 Q. And what was the date of that either 3.5 million U.S.\n21 dollar or 2.5 and change million pounds transaction?\n22 A. June 16, 2021.\n23 Q. Let's go to the next slide, please.\n24 What's the title of this slide, Ms. Reyes?\n25 A. Passione Rossa, LLC business records.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 Q. And the screenshot on the top just, I'm going to read and\n2 let me know if I read it correctly.\n3 The letter from Passione Rossa, LLC, Ferrari Beverly\n4 Hills, which is defined as the seller to Stichting\n5 Administratiekantoor Still we Rise Incorporated and registered\n6 in the Netherlands which is described as the purchaser. Did I\n7 read that correctly.\n8 Q. The second screenshot item one, could you please read that?\n9 A. This is to confirm our agreement pursuant to which we agree\n10 to sell you and you agree to purchase our vehicle Ferrari FXX-K\n11 EVO car, chassis number 240860 (the car or FXX-K as described\n12 on schedule C.)\n13 Q. Looking at item two here, is it correct that the agreed\n14 purchase price is listed as 4 million U.S. dollars?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. And then further down there's an indication the agreed\n17 price shall be paid as follows.\n18 Focusing on the first paragraph, the non-refundable\n19 deposit, what is the dollar amount of that deposit for this\n20 purchase of the car?\n21 A. $500,000.\n22 Q. And then the last sentence here, the balance, what is the\n23 balance that will be due on the car?\n24 A. $3,500,000.\n25 Q. And the bottom screenshot, Ms. Reyes, there's a name and a\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 surname, what does that say?\n2 A. Qiang Guo.\n3 Q. Do you know who Qiang Guo is?\n4 A. No.\n5 Q. What date was this signed by Qiang Guo?\n6 A. May 17, 2021.\n7 Q. Let's go to the next slide, please.\n8 Ms. Reyes, what's the title of this slide?\n9 A. Passione Rossa, LLC business records bill of sale.\n10 Q. And looking at this on the top right, what is the text that\n11 we see on the top right of the screenshot here?\n12 A. Official Ferrari dealer, Ferrari Beverly Hills.\n13 Q. At the very bottom screenshot in the middle, what\n14 information is written there?\n15 A. Mattioli Automotive Group.\n16 Q. Looking at this document, it's titled bill of sale, what's\n17 the date of this bill of sale?\n18 A. June 18, 2021.\n19 Q. And the make and model of the item that's reflected in this\n20 bill of sale?\n21 A. Ferrari FXX-K Evo.\n22 Q. Ms. Loftus, if we can zoom in on the ID number. Looking at\n23 the bottom here ID number starting with the 24, what are the\n24 last six numbers listed for the ID number or the Chassis\n25 number?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Direct\n1 A. 240860.\n2 Q. Zoom out of that, please. I'm going down to cash price\n3 listed on this bill of sale for this FXX-K Evo?\n4 A. $4 million.\n5 Q. The company listed for the seller?\n6 A. Ferrari of Beverly hills.\n7 Q. And then the company listed for the buyer of this Ferrari?\n8 A. Fiesta Property Developments LTD.\n9 Q. Let's go to the next slide, please.\n10 Ms. Reyes, the title of this slide?\n11 A. Flow of funds G/Club Operations LLC to Passione Rossa, LLC.\n12 Q. Ms. Reyes, does this contain the transactions that we have\n13 just walked through on the prior slides?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. And looking at the bottom for the combined transfer from\n16 Fiesta Property Developments to Passione Rossa, what is the\n17 combined amount that was transferred between the Wells Fargo\n18 and the Metro Bank accounts?\n19 A. $4 million.\n20 Q. And let's go to the last slide, please.\n21 Ms. Reyes, can you read the title of this slide?\n22 A. Passione Rossa, LLC business records, FXX-K, Evo, Chassis\n23 number 240860.\n24 Q. And, Ms. Reyes, the photo that's on this slide, is that a\n25 photo of the car that was discussed in the bill of sale that we\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Cross\n1 just looked at?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. With a purchase price of $4 million?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. Purchased by Fiesta Property Development?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. Is this a photo from a business record that you reviewed\n8 which is cited on this slide?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 MS. MURRAY: May I have a moment, your Honor?\n11 THE COURT: You may.\n12 MS. MURRAY: Nothing further. Thank you.\n13 THE COURT: Cross-examination.\n14 CROSS-EXAMINATION\n15 BY MR. SCHIRICK:\n16 Q. Just briefly, Ms. Reyes. I believe you testified on direct\n17 that the government lawyers first asked you to testify here\n18 less than a week ago. Is that right?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. And you didn't know anything about this case before the\n21 prosecutors asked you to get up on the stand and testify today,\n22 right?\n23 A. Correct.\n24 Q. And you weren't part of the FBI's investigative team in\n25 this matter?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Cross\n1 A. No.\n2 Q. And you weren't part of the prosecution team?\n3 A. No.\n4 Q. And you didn't actually investigate any of the money\n5 transfers that you just covered in the Government Exhibit Z-14,\n6 right?\n7 A. Correct.\n8 Q. So really the only things that you know about this case are\n9 what the government has given you or put in front of you,\n10 right?\n11 A. The only thing I know are the exhibits that were presented\n12 and the source documents to those exhibits.\n13 Q. Right. And all of those things were given to you by the\n14 government lawyers?\n15 A. They were given to me by the prosecutors and the case\n16 agent.\n17 Q. So by the government lawyers and the FBI case agent?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. That's accurate?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. Now, how many times did you meet with the prosecutors in\n22 the last six days or so?\n23 A. I would say three or four times.\n24 Q. And do you remember who attended those meetings?\n25 A. The prosecutor and the case agent.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Now, let's turn to the chart, Government Exhibit Z-14, if\n2 we could just have that displayed.\n3 You can see that on your screen?\n4 A. Yes.\n5 Q. And the jury just to confirm. Okay.\n6 Who created the first draft of this chart?\n7 A. The prosecutor and the case agent.\n8 Q. And after that first draft, you and the government lawyers\n9 and the case agent talked about the chart, right?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. And I believe you said on direct that you made some\n12 suggested revisions, right?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. And those were only suggestions, right?\n15 A. What I suggested was to correct a minor typo.\n16 Q. But you understood that you were making suggestions, right?\n17 MS. MURRAY: Objection, your Honor, asked and\n18 answered.\n19 THE COURT: Sustained.\n20 Q. You understood that the prosecutors ultimately decided what\n21 would go in the exhibit, right?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. And how many versions of this chart were created?\n24 A. Five.\n25 Q. And is it fair to say that the government lawyers and the\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Cross\n1 case agent mainly created this chart and you offered some\n2 comments to it?\n3 A. No.\n4 Q. That's not the case?\n5 A. No.\n6 Q. You created the chart?\n7 A. I did not.\n8 Q. I'm just trying to understand your testimony.\n9 MS. MURRAY: Objection, your Honor.\n10 THE COURT: Please read back the question.\n11 (Record was read)\n12 THE COURT: You may answer.\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. Let's just take a quick look at the chart. Just generally\n15 speaking, this chart is about funds that were used to purchase\n16 a Ferrari, right?\n17 A. This chart?\n18 Q. Is that fair? I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt.\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. That's a fair statement?\n21 MS. MURRAY: Asked and answered.\n22 MR. SCHIRICK: I spoke over the witness. I was just\n23 looking to clarify.\n24 Q. If we can please go to page 13 of this chart. I'm sorry.\n25 I apologize. Let's start with page five. Just to be clear in\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Cross\n1 the flow of funds here that's displayed with a green arrow --\n2 withdrawn.\n3 The flow of funds is displayed here by a green arrow;\n4 is that fair?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. Just to be clear, the $10 million, approximate $10 million\n7 USD. number on the top is the equivalent of USD of what is\n8 displayed below in pound sterling, right?\n9 A. According to the statement, yes.\n10 Q. That's right fair enough. According to the bank statements\n11 that's you reviewed?\n12 A. Yes.\n13 Q. So just to be clear, these are not two different transfers\n14 of two different amounts. They're the equivalent, one in U.S.\n15 dollars, one in pound sterling?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. And now if we can please go to -- before we move on in the\n18 chart, if we could just please pull up Government Exhibit\n19 GXGC-544.\n20 Now, this is the facility agreement that you reviewed\n21 just a few moments ago on direct, right?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. And let's -- I'm sorry. Withdrawn.\n24 This facility agreement is between G/Club Operations\n25 Jovial Century International Limited and Fiesta Property\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Cross\n1 Developments, right?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. Now, when you reviewed this agreement on direct, did the\n4 government lawyers ask you about what the term of the facility\n5 agreement was if you recall?\n6 A. No.\n7 Q. They didn't, right. Let's go on page 17, please.\n8 Now, can you see this page 17 that at the top says\n9 basic amortization schedule?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. You see that. Do you know what an amortization schedule\n12 is?\n13 A. Not exactly.\n14 Q. Is it fair to say in your understanding that an\n15 amortization schedule reflects the repayment schedule?\n16 MS. MURRAY: Objection to the testifying, your Honor.\n17 MR. SCHIRICK: I'm asking if that is a fair --\n18 THE COURT: He's asking a leading question. Go ahead.\n19 Q. Is it fair to say that this reflects the repayment terms of\n20 the loan?\n21 A. I would say yes.\n22 Q. And if you go down about roughly halfway on the left-hand\n23 side there's a line that says amount of loan. Do you see that\n24 it's highlighted there, and if you track that across it says\n25 annually. Do you see that?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Cross\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. And then if you go two lines up from there where it says\n3 origination date, do you understand origination date to be the\n4 date that the loan is started?\n5 A. I would need more information to know that exactly.\n6 Q. But if we go across there you can see that the origination\n7 date is listed as January 1, 2021; is that right?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. And then if we look at the line just below that where it\n10 says first payment date, right. And if we track that across to\n11 the right, there it says January 1, 2023, right?\n12 A. Yes.\n13 Q. So it's fair to say that the first payment on this loan was\n14 due January 1 of 2023, right?\n15 A. According to what is shown here, yes.\n16 Q. And then if we go up to the second line in the left-hand\n17 column which says initial periods and then (number or pound\n18 sign) and then we track that across to the right and it says\n19 ten. You see that?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. Fair to say that this reflects that this is a ten-year\n22 repayment schedule to the best of your understanding based on\n23 the document?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. We can take that down. So if we can now go back to the\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Cross\n1 chart slide 14. I'm sorry, it's 13.\n2 Now, starting at the top, do you know who the owner is\n3 of G/Clubs Operations LLC?\n4 A. No.\n5 Q. Do you know who the owner is of Fiesta Property\n6 Developments LTD?\n7 A. No.\n8 Q. So you don't know if they have the same ownership, right?\n9 A. I would have to reference the source documents and the\n10 exhibits.\n11 Q. Well, did any of those source documents or exhibits tell\n12 you who owns the company?\n13 A. I would have to review them extensively to know that\n14 exactly.\n15 Q. Well, is it fair to say that you reviewed bank records in\n16 this chart?\n17 A. I reviewed the bank records for the bank accounts shown on\n18 this slide.\n19 Q. You didn't review any shareholders agreement as part of\n20 preparing this slide, right?\n21 A. No.\n22 Q. You didn't review any agreements that would reflect the\n23 ownership of the underlying entities, right?\n24 A. I do remember in one of the exhibits it stated one of the\n25 beneficial owners.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. Right. Mr. He, right, H-E?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. But apart from that, you didn't review any underlying\n4 documents that would show who owned G/Clubs Operations LLC or\n5 who owned Fiesta Properties Developments, LTD?\n6 A. No.\n7 Q. Now, if we now flip to page 14, and you recall being shown\n8 this on direct just a few minutes ago?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. And you can see here that -- withdrawn.\n11 This is the contract for the sale of the Ferrari from\n12 the Ferrari dealership, right?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. Do you see that the buyer of the car is listed as Stichting\n15 Administratiekantoor Still We Rise Incorporated?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. For ease of that I will just call that Still We Rise. Is\n18 that okay?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. Do you know who created Still We Rise?\n21 A. No.\n22 Q. And you don't know whether there's common ownership between\n23 Still We Rise and G/Clubs, right?\n24 A. No.\n25 Q. Or whether there's common ownership between Still We Rise\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Cross\n1 and Fiesta Properties Developments, LTD, right?\n2 A. Correct.\n3 Q. And so you don't know if G/Clubs is a subsidiary of Still\n4 We Rise, right?\n5 A. Correct.\n6 Q. And you don't know whether all of the transfers that are\n7 displayed in this GXZ-14 are transfers happening within the\n8 same family of companies, right?\n9 You just don't have that information available to you.\n10 That's all I'm asking you.\n11 A. I don't.\n12 Q. So let's just look. If we could go back to slide 13 at the\n13 timing in this chart for a moment.\n14 Now, if you look at the top, the first transfer from\n15 G/Club Operations to Fiesta, those start in January of 2021,\n16 right?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. And that's shown here in the green box at the top?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. And then if we zoom out and go to the bottom.\n21 The transfers, now the purchase of the Ferrari happens\n22 in June of 2021, right, and that's shown with this orange box\n23 down to the yellow box, right?\n24 A. That's when the $3,500,000 was sent from Fiesta Property\n25 Developments to Passione Rossa, LLC Ferrari Beverly Hills.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Cross\n1 Q. And that's the final payment for the Ferrari, right?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 Q. And that's five months after the January 2021 transfer that\n4 we looked at, at the top of the chart, right?\n5 A. About, yes.\n6 Q. Approximately. Fair enough.\n7 So now when it comes to the purchase of the Ferrari,\n8 you didn't review any records about when that car came up for\n9 sale, correct?\n10 A. Not that I recall, no.\n11 Q. And you don't -- you didn't review -- withdrawn.\n12 You don't know when the Still We Rise, the buyer,\n13 became aware that the car was for sale, right?\n14 MS. MURRAY: Objection.\n15 MR. SCHIRICK: I'm asking her if she knows.\n16 MS. MURRAY: You're asking if somebody is aware of\n17 something.\n18 MR. SCHIRICK: I'll rephrase.\n19 THE COURT: Go ahead.\n20 Q. Do you know when Still We Rise the purchaser of the car\n21 became aware when it was for sale?\n22 A. No.\n23 Q. So you don't know if the first communications about this\n24 potential Ferrari sale were in May of 2021, right, just not\n25 information that's available to you?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Cross\n1 A. No.\n2 Q. Now, if we look just one last time at the top of this chart\n3 in the green box on page 13. Is it fair to say that this chart\n4 focuses exclusively on a $10 million approximate transfer that\n5 leaves G/Club Morgan Stanley account, right, ending 8564?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. That's all this chart shows, right?\n8 A. No. It shows the flow of funds between G/Club Operations\n9 Morgan Stanley account 8564 to Fiesta Property Developments\n10 Santander account 6389 and ultimately to Passione Rossa.\n11 Q. Understood. But that starts with that first transfer out of\n12 the G/Clubs Operations Morgan Stanley account?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. That's all I'm asking. So you don't know what other bank\n15 accounts G/Club has, right?\n16 A. The only account I'm aware of is G/Club Operations, LLC\n17 Morgan Stanley account ending in 8564.\n18 Q. So you don't know even if there are other G/Clubs accounts\n19 at Morgan Stanley, correct?\n20 A. Correct.\n21 Q. And you also don't know whether there are other G/Clubs\n22 accounts at other banks, right?\n23 A. Correct.\n24 Q. And you don't know whether there are other G/Club accounts\n25 with other investment firms, right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Cross\n1 A. Correct.\n2 Q. Now, if we focus on the box, the orange box at the bottom\n3 left Fiesta Property Developments LTD Wells Fargo, do you see\n4 that?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. And there's a $500,000 transfer for the Ferrari purchase\n7 that's reflected here, right?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. And you don't have records for that account, do you?\n10 A. No.\n11 Q. That wasn't included in what was made available to you,\n12 right?\n13 A. From what I remember, the Wells Fargo account was mentioned\n14 in one of the exhibits within an email.\n15 Q. Right. But my question is, do you have access to the\n16 records of that account?\n17 A. No.\n18 Q. So you don't know where that money came from, right?\n19 A. I know that the $500,000 transfer to Passione Rossa, LLC,\n20 came from Fiesta Properties Developments LTD.\n21 Q. And I'm asking you whether you know where that $500,000\n22 came from before it was in that account, and you don't know\n23 because you don't have access to those records?\n24 A. Correct.\n25 MR. SCHIRICK: No further questions.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes\n1 THE COURT: Redirect?\n2 MS. MURRAY: Thank you, your Honor, just briefly.\n3 REDIRECT EXAMINATION\n4 BY MS. MURRAY:\n5 Q. Ms. Reyes, you were asked some questions on cross\n6 examination about your suggestive corrections to Government\n7 Exhibit Z-14. Do you recall those?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. Were all of the corrections that you pointed out or\n10 identified in fact made to the charts?\n11 A. No.\n12 Q. What suggestions or corrections were not made to the charts\n13 that you had proposed?\n14 A. From what I remember, including specific account numbers or\n15 last digits of account number. Off the top of my head, that's\n16 what I remember.\n17 Q. Were those more stylistic suggestions that you made to the\n18 charts?\n19 A. Yes.\n20 Q. You reviewed the underlying documents that support the\n21 information reflected in the charts, correct?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. And the charts are accurate based on the source documents,\n24 correct?\n25 A. Correct.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 J. Reyes - Recross\n1 Q. All of the information contained within Z-14 is accurate?\n2 A. Correct.\n3 Q. And, Ms. Reyes, your involvement in this investigation or\n4 in this case was limited to your testimony today and your\n5 review of that chart and those exhibits; is that right?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. And those are exhibits the government provided to you?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 MR. SCHIRICK: Asked and answered.\n10 THE COURT: Overruled.\n11 Q. Ms. Reyes, do you know what the G in G/Clubs stands for?\n12 A. No.\n13 MR. SCHIRICK: Scope.\n14 THE COURT: Overruled.\n15 MS. MURRAY: Nothing further. Thank you.\n16 THE COURT: Recross.\n17 RECROSS EXAMINATION\n18 BY MR. SCHIRICK:\n19 Q. I believe you made stylistic suggested changes to chart,\n20 right?\n21 A. Can you define stylistic changes?\n22 Q. I'm going to ask you to do that because I think that was\n23 the word you used?\n24 A. From what I remember, I discussed with the prosecutor the\n25 idea of adding the last four digits of an account number to one\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 Hinz- Direct\n1 of the charts.\n2 Q. So no substantive changes were suggested, right?\n3 A. They were minor possible changes.\n4 MR. SCHIRICK: Thank you. No further questions.\n5 THE COURT: All righty. Thank you. You may step out\n6 of the courtroom.\n7 (Witness excused)\n8 THE COURT: The prosecution can call its next witness.\n9 MR. HORTON: Government calls Jacob Hinz.\n10 JACOB HINZ,\n11 called as a witness by the Government,\n12 having been duly sworn, testified as follows:\n13 THE COURT: Please state your name and spell it, and\n14 move the microphone close to you so.\n15 THE WITNESS: Jacob, J-A-C-O-B, Hinz, H-I-N-Z.\n16 THE COURT: You may inquire.\n17 DIRECT EXAMINATION\n18 BY MR. HORTON:\n19 Q. Good afternoon, Mr. Hinz.\n20 A. Good afternoon.\n21 Q. Where do you work?\n22 A. For the Federal Bureau of Investigation.\n23 Q. And what's your title at the FBI?\n24 A. I'm a special agent.\n25 Q. And Special Agent Hinz, could I ask you to pull the\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 Hinz- Direct\n1 microphone as close as possible to your mouth and point it\n2 right where you're speaking. How long have you been a special\n3 agent with the FBI?\n4 A. Since March of this year.\n5 Q. And what were you doing before you joined the FBI?\n6 MS. SHROFF: Your Honor, may we just have a brief\n7 sidebar.\n8 THE COURT: All righty.\n9 (Continued on next page)\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\nO6KBGUO4 Hinz- Direct\n1 (At the sidebar)\n2 MS. SHROFF: Your Honor, I don't believe there's any\n3 relevance to the fact that he served in the army or that he was\n4 a school teacher before that, so I don't think that's in any\n5 way relevant to his testimony.\n6 MR. HORTON: It's a single question, your Honor. He\n7 has only been an agent since March of this year, so I think\n8 it's relevant, particularly he's going to be cross-examine, for\n9 the jury to know what he did before he joined the FBI.\n10 THE COURT: These are basic pedigree questions. It\n11 goes to credibility. The objection is overruled.\n12 MS. SHROFF: Your Honor, it's only because he was in\n13 the army and --\n14 THE COURT: When I overrule the objection, Ms. Shroff,\n15 you need to stop.\n16 (Continued on next page)\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 Hinz- Direct\n1 (In open court; jury present)\n2 THE COURT: You may continue.\n3 BY MR. HORTON:\n4 Q. Special Agent Hinz, you said you joined the FBI in March,\n5 what were you doing before you joined the Bureau?\n6 A. Before I became a special agent, I was an NCO in the U.S.\n7 Army Reserves for six years, and before that I was a teacher,\n8 high school teacher.\n9 Q. Generally speaking, what are your -- let me ask you this.\n10 Do you belong to a particular quad with the FBI?\n11 A. Yes, sir, it's called OS4.\n12 Q. What does OS4 do?\n13 A. General conduct background investigations.\n14 Q. Besides your testimony today and your preparation for that\n15 testimony, Agent Hinz, did you have any involvement in this\n16 case?\n17 A. No, sir, none.\n18 Q. In advance of your testimony, Special Agent Hinz, were you\n19 asked to review certain government exhibits and summarize\n20 information in them?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. Did you prepare or review for accuracy some summary charts?\n23 A. I reviewed, yes.\n24 Q. Are these charts all based on voluminous records?\n25 A. Yes, sir.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 Hinz- Direct\n1 Q. And what type or types of exhibits are these charts based\n2 on?\n3 A. The majority would be email exchanges and some photographs.\n4 Q. Who decided what information you review and what\n5 information would be included on the charts?\n6 A. I do not know.\n7 Q. Was it you?\n8 A. It was not.\n9 Q. Were you given opportunity to make revisions to the chart\n10 to make sure they were accurate?\n11 A. I was.\n12 Q. Did you make revisions to the charts?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. And after you revised the chart, are they all now accurate?\n15 A. Yes.\n16 Q. Agent Hinz, did you review some of these charts for\n17 accuracy earlier today?\n18 A. I did.\n19 Q. And just to be clear, did you review all of the evidence\n20 that's gathered in this case or just the charts and the\n21 exhibits that those charts are based on?\n22 A. Just the charts and the exhibits related to those charts.\n23 MR. HORTON: Your Honor, at this time I'd like to\n24 offer a stipulation between the parties that's been marked as\n25 Stipulation 15, an online account stipulation.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 Hinz- Direct\n1 THE COURT: No objection, correct?\n2 MS. SHROFF: No, your Honor.\n3 THE COURT: It's admitted.\n4 (Government's Exhibit Stipulation 18 received in\n5 evidence)\n6 MR. HORTON: Could we please publish it, Ms. Loftus.\n7 I misspoke. It's been marked as Government Exhibit Stip 1-8,\n8 18, not 15. This document says stipulation regarding online\n9 account.\n10 It says that the parties agree that GXUK-768 contains\n11 a subscriber information for the account\n12 UKistruehome@gmail.com. It says GXUK-1 through GXUK-417 are\n13 emails and their attachments, if any, that were sent or\n14 received by the account UKistruehome@gmail.com on the dates\n15 indicated on the face of the exhibit. GXUK-700 through\n16 GXUK-777 are images and other files that were stored in the\n17 Google drive file storage for the account\n18 UKistruehome@gmail.com. And four says the above listed\n19 exhibits were lawfully obtained by the government.\n20 It concludes, it's further stipulated and agreed that\n21 this stipulation may be received, as well as the exhibits\n22 listed in the stipulation, may be received as government\n23 exhibits at trial subject to objections. It has today's date\n24 on it. Government offers stip 18 for the record.\n25 THE COURT: It is admitted.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 Hinz- Direct\n1 (Government's Exhibit Stip 18 received in evidence)\n2 BY MR. HORTON:\n3 Q. Ms. Loftus, could you please take this down and bring up\n4 what's in evidence as GXBR-1604. If you could please zoom in\n5 to the message at the top of this exhibit.\n6 Agent Hinz, were the documents reviewed only emails or\n7 were there other kinds of documents as well?\n8 A. I believe there was some other types of documents. There\n9 were screenshots of some accounts and like photographs as I\n10 said before.\n11 MR. HORTON: And, your Honor, while the next exhibit\n12 is loading, the government offers with reference to GXStip-18,\n13 GXUK-1 through 417 and GXUK-700 through 777.\n14 THE COURT: No objection, correct?\n15 MS. SHROFF: No, your Honor.\n16 THE COURT: It is admitted or they are admitted.\n17 (Government's Exhibits UK-1 through UK-417, UK-700\n18 through UK-777 received in evidence)\n19 BY MR. HORTON:\n20 Q. On the screen is what's in evidence, and can you publish\n21 it, please, what's in evidence as GXBR-1604.\n22 Special Agent Hinz, what is the name and email address\n23 in the from line in this email?\n24 A. It says Mileson and the email is UKistruehome@gmail.com.\n25 Q. What's the subject line?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 Hinz- Direct\n1 A. It just says reply for FXX-K, Evo Chassis 240860.\n2 Q. Can you please read the two sentences below Dear All?\n3 A. Yes. I don't understand this email. We are trying our\n4 best to be patient and move the deal forward ASAP. We've been\n5 waiting to pay the rest of the invoice for weeks.\n6 Q. Thank you. Ms. Loftus, can you please take this down and\n7 replace it with GXUK-768 which is also in evidence.\n8 Special Agent Hinz, these are Google subscriber\n9 records, what does that mean?\n10 A. They are information provided by the company to us about\n11 the sender and receiver of certain documents over the internet.\n12 Q. And what information does the subscriber information relate\n13 to?\n14 A. The contact email, the address is UKistruehome@gmail.com.\n15 Q. And, Ms. Loftus, if you could zoom in on what's below this\n16 under billing, tax shipping legal default at the top.\n17 Agent Hinz, can you please read the name and address\n18 of the subscriber for UKistruehome@gmail.com?\n19 A. Please excuse my pronunciation, but Qiang Guo, apartment 6,\n20 5 Princess, Princess Gate, London, Great Britain.\n21 Q. And, Ms. Loftus, could you please zoom in on the bottom two\n22 sets of names on the part of this subscriber.\n23 Agent Hinz, what are the two names shown here on\n24 subscriber information?\n25 A. Mei Guo and Qiang Guo.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 Hinz- Direct\n1 Q. What address do these two names have?\n2 A. 373 Taconic Road, Greenwich, Connecticut, United States.\n3 Q. Thank you, Ms. Loftus. You can take this down, and please\n4 show the witness what's marked as GXZ-20. If you could flip\n5 through it and then go back to the first page, please.\n6 Agent Hinz, what is this document?\n7 A. It's one of the summaries that I guess looked through the\n8 validity or accuracy of prior to this.\n9 MS. SHROFF: Your Honor, I'm sorry. I cannot hear the\n10 witness.\n11 THE COURT: If you'll speak up, please.\n12 A. This is one of the documents provided to me that I verified\n13 the accuracy of the corresponding documents in evidence.\n14 Q. And did you review all of the exhibits that this chart is\n15 based on?\n16 A. Yes, every one.\n17 Q. Is the chart accurate?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 MR. HORTON: Government offers GXZ-20.\n20 THE COURT: No objection, it's admitted.\n21 (Government's Exhibit Z-20 received in evidence)\n22 BY MR. HORTON:\n23 Q. If you can publish, Ms. Loftus. Generally speaking, Agent\n24 Hinz, what does this chart show?\n25 A. Some correspondence. It has passport in it and variety of\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 Hinz- Direct\n1 photographs.\n2 Q. In the selected content, did you select that content, Agent\n3 Hinz?\n4 A. No.\n5 Q. Did you have any choice of what was included or excluded\n6 from it?\n7 A. No.\n8 Q. In that selected content column, are the items in it the\n9 full set of text from a corresponding exhibit or a full image\n10 or just an excerpt?\n11 A. General excerpt.\n12 Q. In the column to the right, Agent Hinz, what is GX refer to\n13 in the items in that column?\n14 A. Exhibits.\n15 Q. Looking at the first row in this chart, what's shown in the\n16 first row here under selected content?\n17 A. It's authorization for Qiang Guo to a person to act on\n18 behalf of the company Genever.\n19 Q. Ms. Loftus, if you could highlight the second line of\n20 what's in the first row here.\n21 It says authorize Qiang Guo. And Agent Hinz, if you\n22 could read what's in parenthesis after that, please?\n23 A. Also known as Mileson Kwok.\n24 Q. What kind of document is shown in the selected content in\n25 the second row in this chart?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 Hinz- Direct\n1 A. The to and from information, it's subscriber information\n2 for an email.\n3 Q. Can you read the subject line, please?\n4 A. From Mileson Guo.\n5 Q. And what kind of document is shown down on the third row on\n6 the first page of the chart?\n7 A. A passport from Cypress.\n8 Q. And is there a name on the passport?\n9 A. There is.\n10 Q. What's the name?\n11 A. Qiang Guo.\n12 Q. Can we go to the page three of this chart GXZ-20,\n13 Ms. Loftus. What kind of document is this, Agent Hinz?\n14 A. Photograph.\n15 Q. And generally speaking, what's depicted in the photograph?\n16 A. Some individuals enjoying a meal.\n17 Q. Do you know who any of them are?\n18 A. I do not.\n19 Q. Can we go to the next slide, please, Ms. Loftus.\n20 And what kind of document is this?\n21 A. Another photograph.\n22 Q. And what does it depict?\n23 A. A gentleman standing on what I believe to be a boat.\n24 Q. These excerpts, do they all come from the UK is True Home\n25 Google account?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 Hinz- Direct\n1 A. I don't know.\n2 Q. Can we go to the last page of this chart, Ms. Loftus.\n3 There are excerpts from how many documents in this row?\n4 A. Two.\n5 Q. On the left side, what kind of document is excerpted there?\n6 A. Some subscriber information, address.\n7 Q. And what kind of document is it?\n8 A. I'm not sure. I believe an email.\n9 Q. What does it say on the registered address under Mr. Qiang\n10 Guo?\n11 A. 373 Taconic Road, Greenwich, Connecticut, United States.\n12 Q. And what's shown on the right side of this row?\n13 A. What appears to be a mobile phone, maybe Google maps is\n14 what it seems to be for some directions.\n15 Q. Is there an address shown on this image?\n16 A. There is.\n17 Q. Can you read that address?\n18 A. 373 Taconic Road.\n19 Q. Ms. Loftus, can you show the witness what's been marked as\n20 GXZ-21, please.\n21 Agent Hinz, what is this document?\n22 A. Another one of the summaries that I examined.\n23 Q. Did you review all the exhibits that are referred to in\n24 this chart?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 Hinz- Direct\n1 Q. Is the chart accurate?\n2 A. Yes.\n3 MR. HORTON: The government offers GXZ-21.\n4 MS. SHROFF: No objection, your Honor.\n5 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n6 (Government's Exhibit Z-21 received in evidence)\n7 BY MR. HORTON:\n8 Q. The left most column to, from, subject and date, what does\n9 that refer to, Agent Hinz?\n10 A. The subscriber information for the emails contained.\n11 Q. And the selected content of GX columns, do they have the\n12 same meanings as on chart we just looked at?\n13 A. They do.\n14 Q. Ms. Loftus, if you could zoom in on the first row on this\n15 first page, please.\n16 What is the text in the left most box indicate about\n17 this document, Agent Hinz?\n18 A. That the email is coming from Matteo to UKistrueHome@gmail.\n19 Q. And what's the email domain for the Matteo Gandini address?\n20 A. Matteo.Gandini@Ferrari.com.\n21 Q. Can you read the selected content part of this row.\n22 A. Yes. Dear Mileson, great meeting you and having a chat\n23 together. We have just spoken to Catta about some of your\n24 wishes and we might be lucky. There are potentially 2X, FXX-K\n25 Evo cars available.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 Hinz- Direct\n1 Q. Do you know what an FXX-K Evo car is?\n2 A. I believe it's a Ferrari.\n3 Q. If we can go to the second page of this exhibit, Ms.\n4 Loftus, if you could zoom in.\n5 Agent Hinz, on the left side of this page, what does\n6 that text indicate about this document?\n7 A. The subscriber information for where this photograph came\n8 from.\n9 Q. And what does the sent line indicate?\n10 A. It says FNE, FXX-K Mileson Guo and then a vin number for a\n11 vehicle.\n12 Q. Below that it says sent, what does that line indicate?\n13 A. The time it was sent on the date.\n14 Q. And what date and time was this email sent?\n15 A. 5/12/2021 at 4:03 p.m.\n16 Q. If we could look at the selected content box, Ms. Loftus.\n17 Agent Hinz, what's shown in this box?\n18 A. It's a photograph of a car.\n19 Q. And what's the text say on top of the photograph of the\n20 car?\n21 A. It says FXX-K Evo chassis number 240860.\n22 Q. If we could go to page three of this chart, Ms. Loftus.\n23 I'm sorry, if we could go to page seven.\n24 Looking at the left most column, Agent Hinz, was this\n25 document in the UKistruehome@gmail.com account?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 Hinz- Direct\n1 A. Yes, that was where it was from.\n2 Q. Is there anything in here that indicates that there was an\n3 attachment to this email?\n4 A. Yeah, the pdf that's noted at the bottom.\n5 Q. What's the title of that email?\n6 A. Payment confirmation one.\n7 Q. Ms. Loftus, if you could zoom in on the content in selected\n8 content.\n9 At the top it says, please see attached. If you\n10 could -- first of all, Agent Hinz, what is the document that's\n11 shown on the bulk of this page?\n12 A. Seem some kind of account summary.\n13 Q. Ms. Loftus, if you could zoom in on the text above debit\n14 advice. What is the name of the bank on this page?\n15 A. Metro Bank.\n16 Q. Is there a date reference on this document?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. What's the date?\n19 A. June 16, 2021.\n20 Q. To the right of that date, what does it say?\n21 A. It says Fiesta Property Developments LTD, 79 East Works\n22 Drive, Cofton Hackett, Birmingham, Great Britain.\n23 Q. Do you know what Fiesta Property Developments is?\n24 A. I do not.\n25 Q. Ms. Loftus, if you could zoom out and go down to where it\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 Hinz- Direct\n1 says payment details.\n2 Agent Hinz. What does it say to the right of payment\n3 details?\n4 A. FXX-K Evo 240860 car investment.\n5 Q. And next to transfer amount, what's the U.S. dollar value?\n6 A. I believe that's 3.5 million.\n7 Q. If you could zoom out, Ms. Loftus. Zoom into the\n8 beneficiary line on this document under debit advice.\n9 Agent Hinz, what does it say next to the beneficiary?\n10 A. Passione Rossa, LLT.\n11 Q. Do you know what Passione Rossa is?\n12 A. I do not.\n13 Q. Ms. Loftus, if you could pull up what's in evidence as\n14 GXZ-14 at page 11.\n15 Have you ever seen this document before, Agent Hinz?\n16 A. No.\n17 Q. What does it say at the top of this document?\n18 A. It says flow of funds G/Club Operations LLC to Passione\n19 Rossa, LLC.\n20 Q. And what's the entity listed at the very bottom of the\n21 page?\n22 A. The bottom one is Passione Rossa, LLC, Ferrari Beverly\n23 Hills.\n24 Q. Ms. Loftus, if you could go to the last page of the GXZ-21\n25 chart, please. The row in the middle of this page if you could\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO4 Hinz- Direct\n1 zoom into that, Ms. Loftus. The from line says from Santoro\n2 Federica, Federica.Santoro@ferrari.com to Mileson UKistruehome.\n3 Could you read the selected content of this excerpt, Agent\n4 Hinz.\n5 THE COURT: All righty. It is 2:30 now so we're going\n6 to take our half hour break. Remember, members of the jury,\n7 you're not permitted to discuss this case amongst yourselves.\n8 Don't let anyone discuss the case in your presence. Don't\n9 read, watch or listen to anything from any source that touches\n10 on the subject matter of this case.\n11 Sir, you may step out. Don't discuss your testimony.\n12 (Witness temporarily excused)\n13 THE LAW CLERK: Jury exiting.\n14 (Jury not present)\n15 THE COURT: Please step out. Is there anything else\n16 before we return at 3 p.m.?\n17 MR. HORTON: Not from the government.\n18 MS. SHROFF: No, your Honor. Thank you.\n19 THE COURT: Very well.\n20 (Recess)\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 THE COURT: Could we have the jurors brought in.\n2 (Jury present)\n3 THE COURT: You may be seated.\n4 Remember, sir, you're still under oath.\n5 You may continue the inquiry.\n6 MR. HORTON: Thank you, your Honor.\n7 Ms. Loftus, if you could put up page 8 of GX Z21.\n8 Q. Agent Hinz, what's shown in the——\n9 MR. HORTON: Well, actually, Ms. Loftus, if you could\n10 zoom in to this first row, please.\n11 Q. And what's in the From line, on the left side, Agent Hinz?\n12 A. It's from Matteo Gandini, matteo.gandini@ferrari.com.\n13 Q. And who is it sent to?\n14 A. To Mileson Guo, Guo at ukistruehome@gmail.com.\n15 Q. And what's the subject line of this email?\n16 A. It says, FNE - FXX-KEVO 240860 - call with Mileson Guo.\n17 Q. What's depicted, Agent Hinz, in the Selected Content\n18 column. Can you describe for the jury what that is.\n19 A. Yes. A car with Ferrari symbols, silver and black.\n20 MR. HORTON: If we could go down to the second row,\n21 Ms. Loftus.\n22 Q. And Agent Hinz, who is this email sent from and to?\n23 A. This is from Mileson at ukistruehome@gmail.com, and it's to\n24 Matteo Gandini, matteo.gandini@ferrari.com.\n25 Q. And can you read what's at the top of this email in the\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 Selected Content column, please.\n2 A. \"Yes and I can't wait to see in my colors.\"\n3 MR. HORTON: Could you go to page 9 of this chart,\n4 Ms. Loftus.\n5 If you can blow up the row so we can see the From and\n6 To, please.\n7 Q. Agent Hinz, who sent this email?\n8 A. It was sent from Mileson, ukistruehome@gmail.com.\n9 Q. And what, if anything, is the name of an attachment to it?\n10 A. The attachment is Mileson Guo 2021 Bell Helmet pdf.\n11 MR. HORTON: Can you blow up the Selected Content row,\n12 please, Ms. Loftus.\n13 Q. So that says, \"I don't need the flags for now but we can\n14 put my initial like the others M.Q.G. I've already done my\n15 helmet and it should be finished around the end of this month.\n16 Please see attached.\"\n17 And what's below that in this email, Agent Hinz?\n18 A. It's a helmet with the inscribed name Mileson on the side\n19 and 30 and FXX KEVO on it.\n20 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, could you pull up side by\n21 side for us, GX UK299 in evidence and Stipulation 2, at page\n22 24, also in evidence.\n23 GX UK299 and Stipulation 2.\n24 Q. While that's loading, Agent Hinz, have you seen GX UK299 on\n25 the right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. At the top of GX UK299, can you read the body of that\n3 email, please.\n4 A. \"Dear Mileson. Here below the link with the video which\n5 you can also download. Thank you and look forward to having\n6 you with us again.\"\n7 Q. And Agent Hinz, if I could just ask you to pull the\n8 microphone closer to your mouth again.\n9 A. Yeah.\n10 Q. And what's at the bottom of the email on GX UK299?\n11 A. It's a link; appears to be a video link.\n12 Q. And what website is that link to?\n13 A. Vimeo.com.\n14 Q. And over on page 24 of GX Stip 2——\n15 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you can pull up——yeah.\n16 Blow up the bottom line, GX W1058.\n17 Q. Do you see the link that's in Stip 2 next to GX W1058,\n18 1058, 1058A, and 1058-V, Agent Hinz?\n19 A. I do.\n20 Q. Are those two urls the same?\n21 A. They are.\n22 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could pull up GX ——oh,\n23 sorry, your Honor. The government offers GX W1058, 1058A, and\n24 1058-V.\n25 THE COURT: No objection?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 MS. SHROFF: No, your Honor.\n2 THE COURT: They are admitted.\n3 (Government's Exhibits W1058, W1058A, W1058-V received\n4 in evidence)\n5 MR. HORTON: And Ms. Loftus, if you could pull up\n6 GX W1058-V, please.\n7 BY MR. HORTON:\n8 Q. And Agent Hinz, in preparing this summary chart, did you\n9 review the video with that link?\n10 A. I did, yes.\n11 Q. Is that what's shown on your screen?\n12 A. Yes.\n13 MR. HORTON: Can you publish it for the jury, please.\n14 And we can play it with the sound on, please.\n15 (Video played)\n16 MR. HORTON: Thank you, Ms. Loftus.\n17 Can you please pull up what's marked as GX Z25 for the\n18 witness.\n19 BY MR. HORTON:\n20 Q. Agent Hinz, what is this document?\n21 A. It's another one of the summary exhibits that I reviewed\n22 for this.\n23 Q. And did you review all the exhibits that it references?\n24 A. I did.\n25 Q. And is the chart accurate?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 A. Yes.\n2 MR. HORTON: Government offers GX Z25.\n3 MS. SHROFF: No objection, your Honor.\n4 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n5 (Government's Exhibit Z25 received in evidence)\n6 Q. Agent Hinz, what's shown on the first page of this summary\n7 chart; what kinds of things?\n8 A. Variety of photographs of some cars in what appears to be a\n9 hangar.\n10 Q. And are these photographs from the ukistruehome Google\n11 account?\n12 A. I don't know.\n13 MR. HORTON: Can we go to page 2 of the chart,\n14 Ms. Loftus.\n15 Q. Agent Hinz, what is the email address at the top of this\n16 chart?\n17 A. Ukistruehome@gmail.com.\n18 Q. And could you please read the first sentence under \"Good\n19 afternoon\" in this email from ukistruehome.\n20 A. Yes. \"I am attaching Dimitry, who is my mechanic in the\n21 UK.\"\n22 MR. HORTON: On the next page, Ms. Loftus, next page\n23 of this chart.\n24 Q. Agent Hinz, what is written next to the name Dimitri at the\n25 bottom of this document?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 A. A phone number.\n2 MR. HORTON: And Ms. Loftus, will you please put up\n3 page 3 of this chart.\n4 Sorry. Could I have you put up page 3 and 4 together.\n5 If you could highlight the phone number next to\n6 Dimitri on the left side. It's on the bottom on the left side.\n7 Q. Agent Hinz, what kind of documents are shown in the\n8 Selected Content row in the document on the right?\n9 A. Looks like messaging exchange of some kind.\n10 Q. And is there a phone number depicted on the messaging\n11 exchange on the right?\n12 A. There is.\n13 Q. Is that phone number the same as the one next to Dimitri on\n14 the left?\n15 A. It is.\n16 Q. Looking over to the right side of that messaging exchange\n17 on the right——\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. ——can you read the message under what looks like a picture\n20 of a dog and a play sign, the message and text under that in\n21 white.\n22 A. \"Yes, that's fine. I will come earlier tomorrow and\n23 uncover 911. VW is not back from dealer yet.\"\n24 Q. Do you know what that refers to, \"VW is not back from\n25 dealer yet\"?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 A. I do not.\n2 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could please put up\n3 pages 5 and 6 of this chart together.\n4 If you could just zoom in around the content on each\n5 one as they both load.\n6 Q. Looking over to the left side, Agent Hinz, what's the title\n7 of this document that's in yellow here?\n8 A. Used Car Purchase Invoice.\n9 Q. And looking down below under Vehicle Details, what kind of\n10 car does it refer to, this purchase invoice?\n11 A. Looks like a Bentley Bentayga.\n12 MR. HORTON: Can you highlight the name and address\n13 lines on both the left and right side documents, Ms. Loftus.\n14 Q. Under Purchase From on the left side, Agent Hinz, on this\n15 car invoice, what is the name next to that?\n16 A. The name says ACA Capital Group Ltd.\n17 Q. And what's the address provided for ACA Capital?\n18 A. Apartment 3, 5 Princess Gate, London.\n19 Q. Looking over on the right side, is the Google subscriber\n20 data for ukistruehome?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. And what's the address associated with the account\n23 ukistruehome?\n24 A. Apartment 6, 5 Princes Gate, London.\n25 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could go to page 7 of\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 GX Z25, please.\n2 Q. Agent Hinz, in the top right corner of this document, it\n3 says Annual Form Invoice Form. What does it say on the top\n4 right corner?\n5 A. It says XX Programmes.\n6 Q. Do you know what that means?\n7 A. I do not.\n8 Q. And under Car Registrations/Details, can you read the three\n9 items that are top to bottom under Car Registrations/Details.\n10 A. Yes, FXX, 599XX, and FXXK.\n11 MR. HORTON: Thank you, Ms. Loftus. If you could blow\n12 up the line under that, under Car Ownership, Name and Address.\n13 Q. So it says Name, Stichting Still We Rise. Could you read\n14 the address associated with Stichting Still We Rise, Agent\n15 Hinz.\n16 A. 1053 Great West Road, Brentford.\n17 MR. HORTON: And Ms. Loftus, if you could go to page 8\n18 now of GX Z25.\n19 Q. The first row at the top, is this content from an email,\n20 Agent Hinz?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. Which account sent the email?\n23 A. The ukistruehome@gmail.com.\n24 Q. What's the substance excerpted from this email?\n25 A. \"I propose we meet in my 'man cave' in Brentford.\"\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 Q. And under the row under that, is that excerpted from a\n2 document from the ukistruehome gmail account?\n3 A. I believe so, yes.\n4 Q. Under Cirrus Aircraft Order Form SR22T, what's the\n5 purchaser name?\n6 A. Mileson Guo.\n7 Q. And what's the main address?\n8 A. 1053 Great West Road, Brentford, United Kingdom.\n9 MR. HORTON: If you can go to the——if you could zoom\n10 in now on the bottom email on this page, Ms. Loftus.\n11 Q. Who is this email——which account was this sent from, Agent\n12 Hinz?\n13 A. I'm not certain.\n14 Q. If you look at the top, is there an email address?\n15 A. There is. It says Pippa Mack. Contact@KHStaff.com.\n16 Q. If you could read from \"Further to our conversation.\"\n17 A. \"Further to our conversation early and signed contracts\n18 below, I am writing to confirm that Fee Bencheou was offered\n19 and accepted the permanent PA/manager role working for Mileson\n20 Guo/Rising Sun Capital Ltd., based at your offices, 1053 Great\n21 West Road, Brentford, on an agreed salary of——\"\n22 Q. That's okay. You can stop there. Thanks, Agent Hinz.\n23 A. Yup.\n24 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you can go to page 9 of\n25 the same summary chart, GX Z25.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 Q. What kinds of documents are these excerpted from, Agent\n2 Hinz?\n3 A. Emails.\n4 Q. If we look at the bottom row, can you read——so it's an\n5 email from apeter@gonet.ch. Do you know what that means?\n6 A. I do not.\n7 MR. HORTON: I'm sorry, Ms. Loftus. If you can go to\n8 the top of these two rows first.\n9 Q. Same email address sender and it says——why don't you read\n10 what it says from Peter Albert.\n11 A. Sorry. One more time? What would you like me to read?\n12 Q. The email at the bottom from Peter Albert.\n13 A. Yes. \"Just a quick question from compliance . . . Who is\n14 the CEO of Rising Sun Capital Ltd.?\"\n15 Q. And on top of that, response from Mileson, \"Dear Albert:\n16 The CEO is Mr. Haoran He. I hope this is okay.\"\n17 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, can we go down to the second\n18 row now, same page.\n19 Q. And can you read Mr. Albert's email here.\n20 A. Yeah. \"And sorry, a follow-up question: Who is the owner\n21 of Rising Sun Capital Ltd.?\"\n22 Q. And the response from Mileson, same email chain, \"The owner\n23 is also Mr. Haoran He.\"\n24 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, can we go to page 10 of\n25 GX Z25.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 Q. Agent Hinz, what's the GX number shown here?\n2 A. GX UK717.\n3 Q. And what appears to be depicted in this image?\n4 A. It appears to be a photograph of a debit card.\n5 Q. Is there a bank name on the debit card?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. What is it?\n8 A. Santander.\n9 Q. And above 09/01/28 at the bottom, can you read what's\n10 listed above that, please.\n11 A. Yes, it says \"Mr. H He.\"\n12 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, can you please pull up what's\n13 in evidence as GX SW2061. GX SW2061.\n14 Q. Have you seen this document before, Agent Hinz?\n15 A. Yes, I think so.\n16 Q. In the From line it says at the top From Alex\n17 Hadjicharalambous, alexh@gclubs.com. Who is it sent to,\n18 according to this document?\n19 A. Haitham Khaled.\n20 MR. HORTON: And Ms. Loftus, can you go to page 2 of\n21 SW2061.\n22 Q. At the top it says——well, can you say what it says at the\n23 top of this document?\n24 A. G|CLUBS.\n25 Q. And under that, it says, \"Miles Guo does not have any\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 decisive control over G Club BVI or its parent Jovial or its\n2 parent Stichting Duurzane.\" Do you see that, Agent Hinz?\n3 A. I do.\n4 MR. HORTON: Now could we go back to the summary\n5 chart, please, GX Z25, at page 12, Ms. Loftus.\n6 Q. What's shown on this page of the summary chart, GX UK746\n7 from the ukistruehome account?\n8 A. It looks like a pamphlet that has some writing on it,\n9 Incorporation of Stichting Duurzame.\n10 Q. And what's the date on the document that says Incorporation\n11 of Stichting Duurzame?\n12 A. August 15, 2019.\n13 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, can you pull up for the\n14 witness the chart GX Z22.\n15 Q. And what kind of document is this, Agent Hinz?\n16 A. It's a chart that describes totals for transactions,\n17 financial transactions.\n18 Q. And did you review all of the GX UK documents that are\n19 referenced on it?\n20 A. I did, every one.\n21 Q. And are the figures on here accurate based on that review?\n22 A. They are.\n23 MR. HORTON: Government offers GX Z22.\n24 THE COURT: No objection?\n25 MS. SHROFF: No, your Honor.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n2 (Government's Exhibit Z22 received in evidence)\n3 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could pull up GX UK12\n4 and 223 alongside the chart, please.\n5 BY MR. HORTON:\n6 Q. And while that's coming up, GX UK12 on the right, GX 223 on\n7 the bottom right, are these two exhibits that you reviewed when\n8 you assessed the accuracy of GX Z22?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 MR. HORTON: Going back to just GX Z22, Ms. Loftus.\n11 Q. What does this chart reflect? Looking at the bottom row,\n12 Rising Sun capital, can you explain what that line represents.\n13 A. It shows funds received by the Rising Sun Capital in 2023\n14 to the total amount of 150,000 Great British pounds.\n15 Q. And the emails you reviewed, where it says funds received\n16 from Rising Sun Capital, which account were those emails sent\n17 to?\n18 A. I don't recall.\n19 MR. HORTON: Okay. Let's pull up GX ZK397.\n20 Q. Is this one of the exhibits that's referenced on the line\n21 for Rising Sun Capital, Agent Hinz?\n22 A. Yes.\n23 Q. And which account was the email sent to?\n24 A. It was sent to ukistruehome@gmail.com.\n25 MR. HORTON: Okay. Ms. Loftus, if you could please\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 pull up GX Z24 for the witness.\n2 Q. Agent Hinz, what kind of document is this?\n3 A. It's another one of the summaries that I verified for this.\n4 Q. Did you review all the exhibits that are cited in it?\n5 A. I did.\n6 Q. Is it accurate?\n7 A. It is.\n8 MR. HORTON: Government offers GX Z24.\n9 MS. SHROFF: No objection.\n10 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n11 (Government's Exhibit Z24 received in evidence)\n12 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could pull up what's\n13 in evidence as GX GC415.\n14 BY MR. HORTON:\n15 Q. Agent Hinz, this is an email. Can you read the first\n16 sentence below \"Hi Limarie.\"\n17 Before you do that, can you say what the From line\n18 says.\n19 A. The from line reads HRR.\n20 Q. And the sentence under——\n21 MS. SHROFF: Actually, it reads HHR.\n22 THE WITNESS: Oh, excuse me. HHR. Thank you.\n23 Q. And if you could just read the sentence that follows \"Hi\n24 Limarie.\"\n25 A. \"We have green light from Mr. Guo bank for the loan.\"\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 MR. HORTON: And Ms. Loftus, if you could show what's\n2 in evidence as GX GC418 at page 3.\n3 Q. What's the title of this document, Agent Hinz?\n4 A. Amendment to Loan Agreement.\n5 Q. And if you could just read the first sentence under\n6 Amendment to Loan Agreement. And you don't have to read what's\n7 in parentheses.\n8 A. Okay. \"This Amendment to Loan Agreement dated as of\n9 January 18, 2022, is made by and between G Club International\n10 Limited, registered in British Virgin Islands, and Qiang Guo.\"\n11 Q. And what was the date that you just read?\n12 A. It was January 18, 2022.\n13 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could go back to\n14 GX Z24 on the first page.\n15 If you could zoom into the middle row here.\n16 Q. What's the date sent on this email, Agent Hinz?\n17 A. Monday, January 24, 2022.\n18 Q. And it was sent from the ukistruehome account to whom?\n19 A. To Albert Peter, A Peter@gonet.ch.\n20 Q. And can you please read the Selected Content from that\n21 email.\n22 A. Yes, sir. \"Dear Albert: Can I please request you to\n23 transfer 3 million CHF to the account attached as soon as\n24 possible?\"\n25 MR. HORTON: And if we could just go briefly to page 2\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 of GX Z24, Ms. Loftus.\n2 Q. Is this from an email in the ukistruehome account?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. And the document on the right, what's it titled?\n5 A. Account Statement.\n6 Q. And what does the document appear to be?\n7 A. It appears to be an account statement, a series of\n8 transactions.\n9 MR. HORTON: Ms. Loftus, if you could highlight the\n10 top and bottom line items here, please.\n11 Q. And Agent Hinz, if you could read them, starting with the\n12 Description column and then reading the Credit value.\n13 A. Yes. Bonification from Lamp Capital LLC, and then the\n14 credit was 7 million.\n15 Q. And the one at the bottom.\n16 A. Again, bonification from Lamp Capital LLC, 13 million.\n17 Q. Do you know what Lamp Capital is?\n18 A. I do not.\n19 MR. HORTON: And Ms. Loftus, if you could now show the\n20 witness what's marked as GX Z23.\n21 Q. Agent Hinz, what's this document?\n22 A. It's a summary of the exhibits.\n23 Q. And did you review all the exhibits it references?\n24 A. I did.\n25 Q. Is the chart accurate?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 A. It is.\n2 MR. HORTON: Government offers GX Z23.\n3 MS. SHROFF: No objection.\n4 THE COURT: It is admitted.\n5 (Government's Exhibit Z23 received in evidence)\n6 Q. First, the top row here, Agent Hinz, who does this email\n7 appear to be sent from?\n8 A. It says it's sent from Mileson at ukistruehome@gmail.com.\n9 Q. And what's the date on it?\n10 A. Monday, 5/2/2022.\n11 Q. And the email domain, the three emails it's sent to, what's\n12 their domain?\n13 A. @ferrari.com.\n14 Q. Could you read the top part of the email above the\n15 ellipses.\n16 A. \"Please allow me to thank you all for the amazing two days\n17 that you have allowed me and my friends to discover, learn but\n18 must importantly enjoy with Ferrari. It had been a dream for\n19 me since 2011 when I came with my other friend Antony Liu for a\n20 shakedown to his F1 car. It is truly a realization off a\n21 dream!\"\n22 Q. Below that it says, \"In my culture we say, 'Honour is only\n23 a moment of your heartbeat, but to keep the blood flowing, you\n24 need to work even harder.' So I have already instructed our\n25 Exchange to concentrate on a proposal for Ferrari.\" Do you\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 know what's referred to by \"our Exchange,\" Agent Hinz?\n2 A. I don't.\n3 MR. HORTON: And if you could zoom out, Ms. Loftus,\n4 and zoom in on the image at the bottom here. Sorry, the row at\n5 the bottom.\n6 Q. What email domain sent this email?\n7 A. It's from @ferrari.com.\n8 Q. What's the subject line on this email?\n9 A. Himalaya Exchange-LMH.\n10 Q. What's depicted in the image in the Selected Content row?\n11 A. It's a sports car with Ferrari symbols on it and the words\n12 Himalaya Exchange.\n13 MR. HORTON: Okay. Ms. Loftus, if you could go to the\n14 third page of GX Z23.\n15 I'm sorry. Could you stop at the second page.\n16 And zoom in on the bottom row here. GX UK315.\n17 Q. Who is this email sent from?\n18 A. It comes from Je William, or William Je, @hamilton-ch.com.\n19 Q. Do you know who that is?\n20 A. I do not.\n21 Q. And what's depicted in the——first of all, is there a file\n22 name in the Selected Content from this email?\n23 A. There is.\n24 Q. And what is it?\n25 A. Ferrari underscore share holding chart.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 Q. And the title of this chart is Ultimate Beneficial Owner\n2 (UBO) and Shareholding Structure. The excerpt on the right,\n3 can you please read that, Agent Hinz.\n4 A. \"Note: Mileson is an investor in Hamilton Opportunity Fund\n5 and is also responsible for the Ferrari project for Himalaya\n6 Exchange.\"\n7 MR. HORTON: We could now go to the third page of\n8 GX Z23, Ms. Loftus.\n9 Q. Who is this email from?\n10 A. This is from Je William or williamje@hamilton.ch.com.\n11 Q. And what's the subject line?\n12 A. It's Reply Himalaya Exchange Partnership Next Steps.\n13 Q. And what's the date?\n14 A. It's from 7/13/2022.\n15 Q. If you could show us the Selected Content, Ms. Loftus.\n16 It starts, \"Dear Matteo, Thanks and it was a good\n17 discussion yesterday. Please find below our statement on the\n18 questions raised.\" Do you see that?\n19 A. I do.\n20 Q. Can you read No. 1, please.\n21 A. \"One Himalaya Exchange (HE) is a commercial entity with no\n22 political agenda. HE has never made any announcement on any\n23 political stand especially those related to China;\"\n24 Q. And No. 4 says, \"We noticed that some websites seeking Rule\n25 of Law and financial freedom put HE as one of their supporting\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Direct\n1 organizations. HE wants to emphasize that HE has no\n2 relationship nor any financial dealings with those these\n3 organizations (including the Federal State of China). There is\n4 no official statement from HE suggesting that HE supports any\n5 political believe.\"\n6 Could you read No. 6 please, Agent Hinz.\n7 MS. SHROFF: Is there a question pending after the\n8 reading by the government. There seems to be no questioning.\n9 THE COURT: Is there a question?\n10 MR. HORTON: The document is in evidence, and I was\n11 asking if he'd seen the part that I read and asking him to read\n12 the part that followed.\n13 THE COURT: Okay. Go ahead.\n14 A. \"On the sponsorship, the board of directors requires that\n15 the Himalaya Exchange name be there. We believe that this will\n16 be extremely welcomed by the Chinese people. While we could\n17 not control how the media reports, Ferrari should be confident\n18 that this is a pure commercial cooperation and should not\n19 involve in any political considerations;\"\n20 MR. HORTON: You can take this down, Ms. Loftus.\n21 Q. Agent Hinz, what's an email search warrant?\n22 A. It's a search warrant to get the content of emails.\n23 Q. And what does it allow the government to do?\n24 MS. SHROFF: Objection.\n25 THE COURT: I would like a sidebar.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 MR. HORTON: Your Honor, I'll move on and wrap up the\n2 questioning.\n3 THE COURT: Okay. Go ahead.\n4 MR. HORTON: Just one final question.\n5 BY MR. HORTON:\n6 Q. Agent Hinz, other than reviewing the summary charts and the\n7 exhibits that they reference, do you know anything about this\n8 case?\n9 A. I do not.\n10 MR. HORTON: If I could just have one moment, your\n11 Honor.\n12 THE COURT: Yes.\n13 MR. HORTON: Thank you. No further questions.\n14 THE COURT: Cross-examination?\n15 CROSS EXAMINATION\n16 BY MS. SHROFF:\n17 Q. Good afternoon.\n18 A. Good afternoon, ma'am.\n19 Q. I just want to make sure I pronounce your name correctly.\n20 Is it Heinz?\n21 A. It's Hinz, ma'am.\n22 Q. Hinz?\n23 A. Yes, ma'am.\n24 Q. And should I call you Special Agent Hinz? Is that your\n25 title?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 A. Yes, ma'am.\n2 Q. Okay. So Special Agent Hinz, you testified that you were\n3 an NCO in the U.S. Army. Is that a noncommissioned officer?\n4 A. Yes, ma'am.\n5 Q. And were you in the Reserves?\n6 A. Yes, ma'am.\n7 Q. Okay. And you stated that you've been with the FBI for\n8 five months; did I get that right or wrong?\n9 A. I entered the academy last year in October and graduated in\n10 March of this year and reported to the New York field office in\n11 that same month.\n12 Q. Okay. And do you work in the FBI New York?\n13 A. Yes, ma'am.\n14 Q. Okay. So let me show you what is GX Z25, if I may, okay?\n15 You remember testifying about this document, correct?\n16 A. I do.\n17 Q. Okay. And the first page that you see here, you testified\n18 that these are photographs of some cars, correct?\n19 A. Yes, ma'am.\n20 Q. And if I could just have you see page 2 of this document.\n21 There you go. And Mr. Horton had you read this\n22 document out loud. Remember?\n23 A. Yes.\n24 Q. Okay. And you testified that you believed this to be\n25 accurate because it's based on an exhibit, correct?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 A. Yes, ma'am.\n2 Q. So the exhibit is GX UK283?\n3 A. Yes, ma'am.\n4 Q. What else is in 283; do you know?\n5 A. I do not recall.\n6 Q. Now the document itself says, \"I am attaching Dimitry, who\n7 is my mechanic in the UK.\" Correct?\n8 A. Yes.\n9 Q. You'll agree with me that you can't possibly attach\n10 Dimitry, right? The email means something else?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. Okay. And he says \"he will make sure the head scan guys is\n13 in contact with you asap.\" Right?\n14 A. Yes.\n15 Q. Okay. And then he says \"let him know as he manages my\n16 racing events too.\" Right?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. Do you know what racing events this person is talking\n19 about?\n20 A. I do not.\n21 Q. And going back to the full document, do you know if\n22 GX UK283 said anything more about those racing events?\n23 A. I do not recall.\n24 Q. So when you were reading this for Mr. Horton over here, you\n25 don't know what was left out of GX 283.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 A. No, ma'am.\n2 Q. Okay. No, ma'am, you don't know, right?\n3 A. No, ma'am, I do not recall.\n4 Q. Okay. You don't have to call me ma'am, but you feel free\n5 to if you want to.\n6 MS. SHROFF: Could I just look at the next page if I\n7 could.\n8 Q. There's a + 44 phone number for Dimitri, right?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. Would you agree with me + 44 is the United Kingdom, or do\n11 you think it's some other country?\n12 A. I don't know for sure.\n13 MS. SHROFF: And then if I could just have the next\n14 photograph, or the next page, right?\n15 Q. You testified about this document, right?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. Who is Rav?\n18 A. I don't know.\n19 Q. Did you go back and look at all the documents to see where\n20 else Rav appears?\n21 A. No.\n22 Q. Okay. And it says that \"yes, maybe tonight around the\n23 block,\" right?\n24 A. It does.\n25 Q. Okay. And I'm assuming you have no knowledge of what this\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 person is talking about?\n2 A. No.\n3 Q. And on the right-hand side, who's Martin?\n4 A. I do not know.\n5 Q. Okay. Let's look at two pages after this one, where you\n6 looked at the profile.\n7 Remember this document you testified about, that it's\n8 a Google profile?\n9 A. I do.\n10 Q. Okay. And you see the name over there Qiang Guo?\n11 A. Yes.\n12 Q. It gives a London address, correct?\n13 A. Yes.\n14 Q. Do you know if he actually lived there?\n15 A. I do not know.\n16 Q. Do you know if he had more than one address?\n17 A. I do not.\n18 Q. Is it fair to say as an FBI agent that you would be able to\n19 know that you could have an email address from a certain time\n20 period and the email address would continue with you no matter\n21 where you moved?\n22 A. Could you say that again?\n23 Q. Sure. So if I open an email address in New York and then I\n24 decide to move to Yemen, I could still have the same email\n25 address, right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. Okay. And if I could just have you look at the next page.\n3 You see this thing that you testified about, this\n4 page?\n5 A. Yes.\n6 Q. Okay. And do you know, are these three different cars on\n7 the left-hand side, Car Registrations/Details?\n8 A. I do not know.\n9 Q. What do this N, N, and N30 stand for?\n10 A. I do not know.\n11 Q. \"The undersigned Haoran He,\" do you see that?\n12 A. I do.\n13 Q. Okay. And it says \"Signature of Owner,\" correct?\n14 A. It does.\n15 Q. Did Mr. Horton ask you to find out where Haoran He lived?\n16 A. No.\n17 Q. Did he ask you to find out if he was in fact the true\n18 owner?\n19 A. No.\n20 Q. Did he ask you to find out if that is in fact his\n21 signature?\n22 A. No.\n23 Q. Okay. May I just have you look at the next page, please.\n24 He had you talk about this aircraft order form,\n25 correct?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. And then he also showed you photographs of——\n3 MS. SHROFF: You can take that one down.\n4 Q. And he showed you photographs of people eating food on a\n5 yacht, correct?\n6 A. People eating food somewhere, yes.\n7 Q. Right. And you said that they seemed to be a family\n8 enjoying a dinner, correct?\n9 A. I believe I said they appeared to be individuals enjoying\n10 some food.\n11 Q. And you don't know who those people are, correct?\n12 A. I do not.\n13 Q. And Mr. Horton didn't ask you to know anything about those\n14 people, correct?\n15 A. No.\n16 Q. Now if I could just have you take a look at GX Z20.\n17 Right? He showed you this photograph, right?\n18 A. Yes.\n19 Q. And do you know where that passport was?\n20 A. I do not.\n21 MS. SHROFF: Okay. And if we could just scroll down\n22 on that document, please.\n23 And keep scrolling down.\n24 And down.\n25 And one——there you go. And here. Let's just——no,\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 just could I go back to the map, please.\n2 BY MS. SHROFF:\n3 Q. Okay. You testified about this document as well, correct?\n4 A. I did.\n5 Q. Okay. And you testified that you think that the email is\n6 from somebody called questions@dyson.com, correct?\n7 A. I don't believe I said that.\n8 Q. Okay. Is it from dyson.com?\n9 A. That's what it says, ma'am, yes.\n10 Q. Okay. Sitting here today, do you know what Dyson is?\n11 A. I know they're a manufacturer of appliances——vacuums,\n12 cleaners, home appliances.\n13 Q. Okay. And you see the map on the right-hand side?\n14 A. I do.\n15 Q. Right. And the map, Mr. Horton asked you to read 373\n16 Taconic Road, correct?\n17 A. He did.\n18 Q. Okay. But he didn't ask you to read the line below. Could\n19 you read the line below for me.\n20 A. Yes. The destination, ma'am?\n21 Q. Uh-huh.\n22 A. H Mart Hartsdale.\n23 Q. Do you know what H Mart is?\n24 A. I do.\n25 Q. What is it?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 A. It's a grocery store.\n2 Q. You think the grocery store sells Dyson vacuum cleaners?\n3 A. I——I couldn't say. I don't know.\n4 Q. You don't know, right?\n5 A. I don't know.\n6 Q. Sitting hire today, you don't know if this map has anything\n7 at all to do with this Dyson warranty that is on the left,\n8 right?\n9 A. With the exception of the same address, I don't know.\n10 Q. Well, let's just put those two together, in a more\n11 organized way so I can have them side by side for you, right?\n12 So there is no date match-up to these two documents,\n13 correct?\n14 A. I don't see any.\n15 Q. Okay. In fact, there is not even a year match-up to these\n16 two documents, right?\n17 A. Not that I can see.\n18 Q. Okay. And you don't know if H Mart Hartsdale sells\n19 anything from Dyson, correct?\n20 A. I do not know.\n21 Q. Okay. And let me just ask you this question. On the\n22 left-hand side, is somebody registering a warranty, right?\n23 A. It appears to be, yes.\n24 Q. Right. And it's saying \"your Dyson warranty is now\n25 active,\" correct?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. Okay. And do you know what it takes to activate a\n3 warranty?\n4 A. I do not.\n5 Q. Okay. And sitting here today as an FBI agent, can you tell\n6 the jury if there's any correlation at all between these two\n7 documents?\n8 A. Other than the address, I do not know.\n9 Q. How did they come to be together on the same slide?\n10 A. I do not know.\n11 Q. Well, you testified about these two——this document, right?\n12 This page.\n13 A. Yes, ma'am.\n14 Q. So before you testified, did you ask Mr. Horton, how are\n15 you putting these two things together?\n16 A. No.\n17 Q. Why not?\n18 A. I wasn't asked to ask those questions. I was asked to\n19 verify that this summary matched the documents that they came\n20 from for accuracy.\n21 Q. Well, let's look at where they came from for accuracy,\n22 shall we?\n23 So one comes from GX UK68, right?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. That's the top one, right? So logically that would be the\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 document on the left side because it says below that UK68,\n2 correct?\n3 A. Yes, ma'am.\n4 Q. And then the one on the right says GX UK775, right?\n5 A. Yes, ma'am.\n6 Q. That's a lot of numbers in the middle missing, right?\n7 A. Yes.\n8 Q. You're jumping from 68 to 775.\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. Did you not ask him what's in the middle? Do these things\n11 have anything to do with each other?\n12 A. No.\n13 MS. SHROFF: Okay. Let's look at the page below.\n14 Same exhibit, just one page down.\n15 Or is it one page up? Sorry. I meant the photo of\n16 the bags and the plane.\n17 There we go.\n18 BY MS. SHROFF:\n19 Q. You see this?\n20 A. I do.\n21 Q. Okay. And one is from GX UK740 and then the next one is\n22 741, right?\n23 A. Yes, ma'am.\n24 Q. Do you know where these photos were used?\n25 A. I do not.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 Q. Do you know if they were any part of an advertisement?\n2 A. I do not.\n3 Q. Do you know if they were any part of a brochure?\n4 A. No, I don't know.\n5 Q. Do you know who took them?\n6 A. No.\n7 Q. Do you know if they were taken by a professional or a\n8 nonprofessional?\n9 A. No.\n10 MS. SHROFF: Okay. You can take that down.\n11 Let me show you GX UK127, if I may, okay?\n12 Q. What does that mean, \"Here we go\"?\n13 A. I don't know.\n14 Q. So what did Mr. Horton ask you to check for this particular\n15 creation?\n16 A. The entirety of my involvement has been to verify that the\n17 documents presented in the summary match the documents entered\n18 as exhibits, that they were the same.\n19 Q. Which one did this match?\n20 A. I imagine GX UK127.1.\n21 Q. You imagine?\n22 A. I don't know.\n23 Q. You don't know.\n24 A. I don't know.\n25 Q. Okay. Can I show you please, or may I show you GX 299.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 I can move on. You know what, let's go to the video\n2 that was shown to you, GX W1058.\n3 MS. SHROFF: Could you pull up the video.\n4 Q. Do you recall being shown this video during your direct\n5 testimony?\n6 A. I do.\n7 MS. SHROFF: Okay. And if we could just play it and\n8 fast forward a little bit into where the individuals are just\n9 standing.\n10 (Video played)\n11 Q. Do you see these people on the left-hand side?\n12 A. I do.\n13 Q. Okay. The man in the suit that has his hands in his\n14 pocket?\n15 A. I see him.\n16 Q. Okay. Do you know who he is?\n17 A. I do not.\n18 Q. How about the person next to him?\n19 A. On which side, ma'am?\n20 Q. On his right.\n21 A. No.\n22 Q. With the red shoes.\n23 A. I do not.\n24 Q. How about the person behind him?\n25 A. No.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 Q. And then you see the gentleman all the way in the back,\n2 with the suit again?\n3 A. I see him.\n4 Q. Okay. Do you know who they are?\n5 A. I do not.\n6 Q. Do you know what company they're from?\n7 A. I do not.\n8 Q. Do you know if they're from G Club?\n9 A. I don't know.\n10 Q. Do you know somebody named Ian Livingston?\n11 A. No, ma'am.\n12 Q. Do you know, did the government have you look for anybody\n13 with that name?\n14 A. No.\n15 Q. And the government asked you to take a look at this video\n16 and we played it for the jury already, correct?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. Okay. And I'm not going to replay the whole thing, but do\n19 you recall seeing two people driving in the car?\n20 A. Yes.\n21 Q. If you don't remember, I'm happy to——I'd rather not play it\n22 again, but I'm happy to do that.\n23 THE COURT: He answered yes.\n24 A. I recall two people, yes.\n25 Q. Okay. And do you know who the second person was?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 A. I do not.\n2 Q. Do you know if that person was from Ferrari or from any\n3 other company?\n4 A. I do not know.\n5 Q. Do you know if after this video was made anybody approached\n6 Ferrari for a Monaco Grand Prix event?\n7 A. No, I don't know.\n8 Q. Do you know if you reviewed any documents about a Monaco\n9 Grand Prix event?\n10 A. I don't recall.\n11 Q. Do you recall a document regarding the sponsorship of\n12 Formula Two cars?\n13 A. No, ma'am.\n14 Q. Do you recall a proposal being made to Mr. He?\n15 A. No, ma'am.\n16 Q. Do you recall if Mr. He agreed or disagreed with the\n17 proposal?\n18 A. I do not.\n19 Q. Do you know if the——if Mileson here wanted to reach a\n20 three-year contract with Ferrari?\n21 A. Say that one more time?\n22 Q. Do you know if Mileson Guo was attempting to reach a\n23 three-year contract with Ferrari?\n24 MR. HORTON: Objection. It's cumulative and beyond\n25 the scope of direct.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 THE COURT: Sustained.\n2 Q. Do you know if Mileson Guo was a customer of Ferrari for\n3 more than a decade or less?\n4 MR. HORTON: Objection. Same objection, your Honor.\n5 THE COURT: Sustained.\n6 MS. SHROFF: Let's look at GX Z25. Right? And if I\n7 could go to page 4.\n8 No, could you go one page back, please.\n9 Q. Do you see on the top paragraph on the right side, it says,\n10 \"VW is not back from dealer yet\"? Correct?\n11 A. I see that, yes.\n12 Q. Do you know who the dealer was?\n13 A. No.\n14 Q. How about VW?\n15 A. I don't know.\n16 MS. SHROFF: How about we go to page 6.\n17 And one more page down.\n18 Q. I already asked you about this document before, right?\n19 A. Yes, ma'am.\n20 Q. Okay. I'm going to move from there and go to GX Z25.\n21 MS. SHROFF: GX Z25. Take this down.\n22 Q. Do you remember being asked questions about a man cave?\n23 A. I don't believe I was asked questions about a man cave, no.\n24 Q. Do you recall reading the phrase \"man cave,\" \"we will meet\n25 in my 'man cave' in Brentford\"? Do you recall that?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 A. I do recall.\n2 Q. Do you know what that meant, what the person meant when he\n3 wrote that?\n4 A. No.\n5 Q. Do you know what Brentford is?\n6 A. No.\n7 Q. Do you recall giving testimony about a Cirrus aircraft?\n8 A. I do.\n9 Q. Do you recall there was an email address of a person named\n10 Pippa Mack?\n11 A. I do.\n12 Q. Who's Pippa Mack?\n13 A. I do not know.\n14 MS. SHROFF: Now if I could just go to page 8. Oh,\n15 there you are. And you see——no, just——thank you. Thank you,\n16 Jorge. My bad.\n17 Q. You see that last two lines on the Selected Content\n18 portion?\n19 A. For which Selected Content, ma'am?\n20 Q. The last paragraph on this document.\n21 A. Yes, ma'am.\n22 Q. Okay. And it says that Fee Bencheou was offered and\n23 accepted the permanent PA manager role, right?\n24 A. Yes.\n25 Q. For Mileson Guo, Rising Sun Capital Limited, right?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 A. Yes.\n2 Q. And an agreed salary about 85,000 pounds, right?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. And this email is sent to Rav and Arethusa?\n5 A. That is the name on it, yes.\n6 Q. Who are these people?\n7 A. I do not know.\n8 Q. You don't know, right?\n9 A. I don't know.\n10 Q. And this document, right, all you can say is that portions\n11 of this document appear in another document that Mr. Horton\n12 showed you?\n13 A. Yes, that is one of the exhibits, yes.\n14 Q. Now let me go to GX SW2061, right? Do you recall\n15 testifying about this email exchange?\n16 A. I do.\n17 Q. Okay. And basically is it fair to say that you don't know\n18 any of these individuals?\n19 A. Yes, that's fair.\n20 Q. Okay. And as an FBI agent, Mr. Horton didn't ask you to\n21 verify any of this information, right?\n22 A. Only in comparison to the full exhibits, documents, to the\n23 chart. That was the only verification I did. Nothing beyond\n24 that.\n25 Q. Okay. But this is not part of the chart, is it?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 A. No.\n2 Q. Okay. Just a freestanding document.\n3 A. Yes, ma'am.\n4 Q. So Mr. Horton put it up and asked you to read it and you\n5 read it, right?\n6 A. A portion of it, yes.\n7 MS. SHROFF: Okay. And if I could just go to the next\n8 page.\n9 Q. You see he had you read the first line of this page, right?\n10 A. Yes.\n11 Q. What does \"decisive control\" mean to you?\n12 A. I believe I only read the G|CLUBS portion, but decisive\n13 control, I don't know.\n14 Q. Okay. And you don't even know if that is a legal term or a\n15 term of art, correct?\n16 A. No, ma'am.\n17 Q. And can you read for me from \"public figures\" on.\n18 A. \"Public figures like——\" and excuse my pronunciation. ——Hao\n19 Haidong, Ren, Zhiqiang, and Gordon Guthrie Chang, former soccer\n20 player for Sheffield United, retired real estate tycoon, and\n21 Stanford law professor respectively.\"\n22 Would you like me to continue?\n23 Q. Please.\n24 A. \"Spoke out against the CCP and its regime.\"\n25 Q. Uh-huh.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6K1GUO5 Hinz - Cross\n1 A. \"Public figures such as the ones listed have taken upon\n2 themselves via various social media platforms to be more vocal\n3 and raise awareness among the vast following of the injustices\n4 occurring in mainland China against humanity.\"\n5 Q. Okay. And of course you just wanted to——your task was not\n6 to verify any of this, correct?\n7 A. Correct.\n8 Q. Okay. You can take that down.\n9 If I could just have you take a look at GX Z22.\n10 You were asked questions about this, correct, this\n11 chart?\n12 A. I was, yes.\n13 Q. Okay. And I'm assuming you correct me if I'm wrong about\n14 the process, okay? You were given the documents on the\n15 right-hand column, the rightmost column, right?\n16 A. Yes.\n17 Q. And then you were asked to see if the date range column\n18 matched the funds received from and the funds sent to, correct?\n19 A. The date range, the funds received from and to, and then\n20 the total amounts.\n21 (Continued on next page)\n22\n23\n24\n25\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Hinz - Cross\n1 BY MS. SHROFF:\n2 Q. So you see the one that says transfers wise, transfer wise,\n3 wise?\n4 THE COURT: There's more than one.\n5 Q. The fat one in the middle?\n6 A. I do see it.\n7 Q. It has like a whole bunch of documents on the right side,\n8 right?\n9 A. Yes.\n10 Q. Is it fair to say that's 573,100 U.S. dollars, that amount\n11 is based on the information in the column on the right side?\n12 A. Based on a total of the sums within those documents.\n13 Q. So if there was a mistake on the document on the right\n14 side, right, the number 573 would still remain accurate, right?\n15 All you did was make sure the math was accurate?\n16 MR. HORTON: Objection, compound and calls for\n17 speculation.\n18 THE COURT: I'll allow the question.\n19 A. Could you repeat it one more time, ma'am.\n20 Q. All you did is make sure that the math is correct, right?\n21 A. Yes.\n22 Q. Now, you were shown a lot more documents, special agent,\n23 but would it be fair to say that you were selected as a witness\n24 here because you really know nothing about this case, correct?\n25 THE COURT: Sustained. He cannot testify as to why he\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Hinz - Cross\n1 was selected because that would be in the mind of the\n2 prosecutor or prosecution team.\n3 Q. But you told the prosecution team about your understanding\n4 as to why you were called to testify today, right, you recall\n5 that?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 Q. And what is it you understood why you were chosen?\n8 A. To tell the truth of the accuracy of the documents that\n9 corroborated --\n10 Q. Why?\n11 MR. HORTON: Objection, interrupting the witness's\n12 answer.\n13 MS. SHROFF: I did. I move to strike.\n14 Q. My question to you was, do you recall telling Mr. Horton\n15 why it is that you were selected as a witness?\n16 THE COURT: Are you asking him did he ask Mr. Horton?\n17 MS. SHROFF: I'm asking him if he told Mr. Horton his\n18 understanding of why he was selected.\n19 THE COURT: You can answer that question.\n20 A. I don't know their reasoning for it.\n21 Q. That wasn't my question, sir.\n22 Do you recall meeting with Mr. Horton today?\n23 A. Yes.\n24 Q. And do you recall meeting with him yesterday?\n25 A. Yes.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 Q. And during one of those meetings, did you not tell him that\n2 you were selected as a witness because you know nothing about\n3 the case? Do you recall telling him that?\n4 A. Something along those lines, yes.\n5 Q. You told him that, right?\n6 A. Yes.\n7 MS. SHROFF: I have nothing further.\n8 THE COURT: Redirect.\n9 MR. HORTON: Nothing further. Thank you.\n10 THE COURT: Thank you, sir, you may step out of the\n11 courtroom.\n12 (Witness excused)\n13 THE COURT: The prosecution may call its next witness.\n14 MS. MURRAY: Yes, your Honor. The government calls\n15 Gabriella Luciano.\n16 GABRIELLA LUCIANO,\n17 called as a witness by the Government,\n18 having been duly sworn, testified as follows:\n19 THE COURT: Please state your name and spell it and\n20 speak into the microphone.\n21 THE WITNESS: Gabriella Luciano, G-A-B-R-I-E-L-L-A,\n22 L-U-C-I-A-N-O.\n23 THE COURT: You may inquire.\n24 DIRECT EXAMINATION\n25 BY MS. MURRAY:\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 Q. Good afternoon. Where do you work?\n2 A. I work for the FBI in New York City.\n3 Q. What is your title?\n4 A. I am a special agent.\n5 Q. How long have you been a special agent with the FBI?\n6 A. Since July 7, 2019.\n7 Q. Do you work for a particular squad with the FBI?\n8 A. Yes, ma'am. I work for a white collar squad.\n9 Q. What are your duties and responsibilities as an FBI special\n10 agent?\n11 A. Investigate crime to the best of my ability, not just in my\n12 own violation, but sometimes in others.\n13 Q. Have you participated in the execution of search warrants\n14 during your time at FBI?\n15 A. Yes, ma'am.\n16 Q. What is a search warrant?\n17 A. It's a legal document that provides authorization to look\n18 for and or seize specific items related to the crime.\n19 Q. Special Agent Luciano, I want to direct your attention to\n20 March 15 of 2023. Did you work that day?\n21 A. Yes, ma'am.\n22 Q. At a high level, what did you do that day?\n23 A. I worked as a searcher for a search warrant at a Mahwah\n24 mansion residence.\n25 Q. In what state was that mansion residence located?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 A. New Jersey.\n2 Q. What did the search warrant permit the FBI to do at that\n3 location, if anything?\n4 A. It gave the FBI authorization to enter the premises and\n5 look for specified items and also a broader spectrum of items\n6 pertaining to the crime.\n7 Q. Special Agent Luciano, were you involved in the\n8 investigation of Miles Guo?\n9 A. No, ma'am.\n10 MS. MURRAY: Your Honor, at this time I offer a\n11 stipulation. This is Government Exhibit Stip-5.\n12 THE COURT: It's admitted.\n13 (Government's Exhibit Stip-5 received in evidence)\n14 MS. MURRAY: Can we publish that please, Ms. Loftus.\n15 This is a stipulation between the parties. It reads that the\n16 parties agree that if called as a witness at trail, special\n17 agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, would\n18 testify as follows:\n19 On March 15, 2023, special agents and other FBI\n20 employees executed a lawful search of 675 Ramapo Valley Road,\n21 Mahwah, New Jersey. During the course of that search, FBI\n22 personnel took photographs of exterior and interior spaces of\n23 675 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, New Jersey. Government Exhibit\n24 NJ-1 through Government Exhibit NJ-357 are fair and accurate\n25 photographs of interior and exterior spaces of 675 Ramapo\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 Valley Road Mahwah, New Jersey that were lawfully captured by\n2 an FBI photographer on March 15, 2023. Following the March 15,\n3 2023 search, FBI personnel scanned and photographed items and\n4 documents that were lawfully seized during the search.\n5 Government Exhibit NJ-601 through NJ-839 are fair and accurate\n6 images of documents and items that were lawfully seized by the\n7 FBI on March 15, 2023. And a stipulation indicates that both\n8 the stipulation may be received into evidence.\n9 Your Honor, at this time pursuant to this stipulation,\n10 the government offers the following exhibits: These are all\n11 Government Exhibits NJ numbers. Government Exhibit, NJ-7,\n12 NJ-12, NJ-14, NJ-15, NJ-22 through NJ-26, NJ-32 through NJ-37,\n13 NJ-40 through NJ-42, NJ-44 through NJ-45, NJ-53, NJ-55, NJ-58\n14 through NJ-61, NJ-85, NJ-94, NJ-95 through NJ-106, NJ-111,\n15 NJ-112, NJ-114, NJ-116 through NJ-117, NJ-120, NJ-121, NJ-125,\n16 NJ-127, NJ-135 through NJ-147, NJ-149, NJ-151, NJ-153 through\n17 NJ-157, NJ-160, NJ-172, NJ-175 through NJ-177, NJ-181, NJ-184\n18 through NJ-187, NJ-189, NJ-190, NJ-198 through NJ-199, NJ-201\n19 through NJ-207, NJ-209 through NJ-210, NJ-214 through NJ-215,\n20 NJ-221 through NJ-225, NJ-228, NJ-230, NJ-233, NJ-246, NJ-249\n21 through NJ-250, NJ-254 through NJ-259, NJ-265, NJ-267, NJ-271\n22 through NJ-276, NJ-283 through NJ-286, NJ-289 through NJ-294,\n23 NJ-314, NJ-315, NJ-324, NJ-335, NJ-336, NJ-338, NJ-341 through\n24 NJ-349, NJ-354, NJ-356, NJ-357, NJ-607 through NJ-612, NJ-662,\n25 NJ-669, NJ-745, NJ-798 and NJ-800, NJ-807 and NJ-808.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 THE COURT: They are admitted.\n2 (Government's Exhibits NJ-7, NJ-12, NJ-14, NJ-15,\n3 NJ-22 through NJ-26, NJ-32 through NJ-37, NJ-40 through NJ-42,\n4 NJ-44 through NJ-45, NJ-53, NJ-55, NJ-58 through NJ-61, NJ-85,\n5 NJ-94, NJ-95 through NJ-106, NJ-111, NJ-112, NJ-114, NJ-116\n6 through NJ-117, NJ-120, NJ-121, NJ-125, NJ-127, NJ-135 through\n7 NJ-147, NJ-149, NJ-151, NJ-153 through NJ-157, NJ-160, NJ-172,\n8 NJ-175 through NJ-177, NJ-181, NJ-184 through NJ-187, NJ-189,\n9 NJ-190, NJ-198 through NJ-199, NJ-201 through NJ-207, NJ-209\n10 through NJ-210, NJ-214 through NJ-215, NJ-221 through NJ-225,\n11 NJ-228, NJ-230, NJ-233, NJ-246, NJ-249 through NJ-250, NJ-254\n12 through NJ-259, NJ-265, NJ-267, NJ-271 through NJ-276, NJ-283\n13 through NJ-286, NJ-289 through NJ-294, NJ-314, NJ-315, NJ-324,\n14 NJ-335, NJ-336, NJ-338, NJ-341 through NJ-349, NJ-354, NJ-356,\n15 NJ-357, NJ-607 through NJ-612, NJ-662, NJ-669, NJ-745, NJ-798\n16 and NJ-800, NJ-807 and NJ-808 received in evidence)\n17 BY MS. MURRAY:\n18 Q. Special Agent Luciano, how would you describe the property\n19 that you searched on March 15, 2023?\n20 A. Vast, luxurious, grandiose.\n21 Q. Ms. Loftus, can you please publish what is in evidence as\n22 Government Exhibit 134.\n23 Do you recognize the property that's depicted in\n24 Government Exhibit 134?\n25 A. Yes, ma'am.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 Q. What is it?\n2 A. This is the Mahwah residence.\n3 Q. And is that the residence you searched on March 15, 2023?\n4 A. Yes, ma'am.\n5 Q. We can take that down.\n6 What preparations, if any, did the FBI search team\n7 take in advance of that search?\n8 A. There was a search brief going over the umbrella large\n9 scale plan of how the day would go and to whom we would be\n10 receiving direction from, but a lot of that was covered by the\n11 evidence team and by the investigation team.\n12 Q. And were you on the evidence team that day?\n13 A. I was a searcher. I was not on an evidence team that day.\n14 Q. Were you a member of the investigation team?\n15 A. No, ma'am.\n16 Q. Can you describe what actions you took on March 15, 2023\n17 during the search of the Mahwah property?\n18 A. Sure. I was a searcher, so my plan that I received was to\n19 go through a designated area. Because of the expanse of the\n20 property, it would have been impossible for us to look at every\n21 single room individually myself, so I was given a hallway and I\n22 searched all of the rooms and all of the pieces of that\n23 hallway.\n24 Q. On March 15, 2023, did you walk through areas of the Mahwah\n25 property other than your designated areas?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 A. Yes, ma'am.\n2 Q. Is it fair to say that you didn't walk through every inch\n3 of that property?\n4 A. Could you repeat that, please.\n5 Q. Is it fair to say that you did not walk through every inch\n6 of that property on that day?\n7 A. That's correct.\n8 Q. Ms. Loftus, can we please put up side by side Government\n9 Exhibit NJ215 and 241.\n10 Special Agent Luciano, can you describe what part of\n11 the residence we're looking at here?\n12 A. This is one of the main doors to the residence.\n13 Q. We can take those down and put up 214, 342. Starting with\n14 the top left, what part of the residence is reflected in this\n15 picture?\n16 A. An entrance to the residence.\n17 Q. And then looking on the top right in the lower picture, are\n18 those other angles in other photos?\n19 A. Yes, ma'am.\n20 Q. We can take those down.\n21 Special Agent Luciano, did you go into the garage of\n22 the property on March 15, 2023?\n23 A. Yes, I did.\n24 Q. Ms. Loftus, can we please put up NJ94, 33 and 34.\n25 What did you see in the garage at the Mahwah residence\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 that day?\n2 A. Several vehicles such as depicted here.\n3 Q. From your observation that day, what types of vehicles, if\n4 any, did you observe in that garage?\n5 A. Luxury high-end vehicles. There was a black Range Rover\n6 SUV which you see in this picture closest to where I was\n7 standing, in addition to multiple high-end motor bikes.\n8 Q. Ms. Loftus, we can take those down and let's pull up 36, 37\n9 and 35, please.\n10 Special Agent Luciano, are these other photos from\n11 that garage?\n12 A. Yes, ma'am.\n13 Q. Ms. Loftus, if we could zoom in on the top left photo.\n14 What's shown here?\n15 A. Several bikes.\n16 Q. And did you observe those bikes on March 15, 2023?\n17 A. Yes, ma'am.\n18 Q. We can take that down. We can put up exhibits 111 and 356,\n19 please.\n20 Do you recognize the room depicted in those photos\n21 from your search on March 15, 2023?\n22 A. Yes, ma'am.\n23 Q. Can you describe for the jury where this room was situated\n24 within the house?\n25 A. Sure. It was on a ground floor off of a main entryway that\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 had a large circular table. I believe it was immediately to\n2 the left.\n3 Q. And, Ms. Loftus, on the photo on the right on the wood\n4 paneling, if we could zoom in on what appears to be photographs\n5 that are taped up or tacked up to that wall. Let's take that\n6 down and we can put up 116, 112 and 114.\n7 Starting with this photo on the top left, can you\n8 describe for the jury what view we're looking at in the\n9 residence in this photo?\n10 A. This appears to be a sitting room.\n11 Q. And in the photo on the top right, does that show a\n12 different angle of kind of the archway and hallway into that\n13 sitting room?\n14 A. Yes, ma'am.\n15 Q. And looking at the photo on the bottom, what vantage point\n16 is that relative to the room?\n17 A. It runs parallel down the length of the room.\n18 Q. Ms. Loftus, let's take those down and put up 117 and 121,\n19 please.\n20 By the way, Special Agent Luciano, do you know that\n21 property 675 Ramapo Valley Road goes by any other name?\n22 A. Yes, ma'am.\n23 Q. And what name is that?\n24 A. The Crocker Estate.\n25 Q. Looking at these photos, can you explain for the jury where\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 this room is situated within the residence?\n2 A. Sure. It's on the ground floor, and it was the main area I\n3 would say of the residence. All of the second floor hallways\n4 that I had been in looked into this room.\n5 Q. How big was it?\n6 A. Expansive.\n7 Q. Let's take those down and put up 120 and 125.\n8 Are these other angels of that same room we just\n9 looked at?\n10 A. Yes, ma'am, they are.\n11 Q. Focusing on the photo on the left, can you explain where\n12 the second floor hallway is depicted in that photo?\n13 A. If you look at the chandelier and you look slightly up and\n14 behind it, those are the second floor hallways. In addition\n15 you'll see there's a white archway behind either end of the\n16 rooms, so one is behind the cathedral and one is directly\n17 across from that.\n18 Q. And then in the photo on the right, if we can zoom in on\n19 the back portion, Ms. Loftus, where there appears to be an item\n20 that rises the height of the room. Can you explain what that\n21 was?\n22 A. Sure. I misspoke before. I called it a cathedral, and it\n23 is an organ.\n24 Q. And that was an organ that was on one side of the main\n25 hall; is that correct?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 A. Yes, it is.\n2 MS. SHROFF: Objection to the leading.\n3 MS. MURRAY: I think Ms. Shroff had an objection.\n4 THE COURT: I did not hear an objection.\n5 MS. SHROFF: It's okay. I was objecting to the\n6 leading.\n7 THE COURT: All right. Don't lead.\n8 MS. MURRAY: Yes, your Honor.\n9 Q. Ms. Loftus, we can take those down and can we put up 127,\n10 please. If we could zoom in on the window portion of this,\n11 please.\n12 Special Agent Luciano, what is this looking toward,\n13 this photo?\n14 A. The outside of the residence.\n15 Q. Let's take that down and put up 103 and 104, please.\n16 What type of room is shown here?\n17 A. This is another sitting room.\n18 Q. Ms. Loftus, if we could zoom in on the left photo on kind\n19 of the table and chair area in the center.\n20 Special Agent Luciano, do you see what is against what\n21 appears to be the fireplace in this photo?\n22 A. Yes, ma'am.\n23 Q. The rectangular object?\n24 A. Yes, ma'am.\n25 Q. What does that appear to be?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 A. Some sort of statute.\n2 Q. And above the statute, we can zoom in directly against the\n3 fireplace, please. Let's try it on the right side.\n4 The fireplace the, full white fireplace on the right\n5 side, what is that item that is up in front of the fireplace?\n6 A. A large screen TV.\n7 Q. Take that down and put up exhibits 314, 315 and 324.\n8 Now, Special agent Luciano, do you see that there's\n9 something hanging from each of the items depicted in these\n10 photos?\n11 A. I do.\n12 Q. What is that?\n13 A. They appear to be tags.\n14 Q. If we could take that out and focus in on the item on the\n15 bottom for a moment. Do you know what type of item this is?\n16 A. I do not.\n17 Q. Let's go to 101 and 102, please.\n18 Now, Special Agent Luciano, in the photo on the left\n19 there's a piece of paper on the wall. Do you see that?\n20 A. Yes, ma'am.\n21 Q. What, if anything, does that represent?\n22 A. That's a room number which helps designate where you find\n23 something. So in this picture we see that we have the\n24 sculpture or a statute of a vehicle, and we can clearly see we\n25 saw this in room Q. Helps us to keep organize.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 Q. And in the process of the search warrant who, if anyone,\n2 designates rooms with different identifiers?\n3 A. That would be the evidence response team and the search\n4 team lead.\n5 Q. Focusing on the object in the center, did you see that on\n6 March 15, 2023?\n7 A. Yes, ma'am.\n8 Q. Ms. Loftus, we could take those down and let's put up 153\n9 and 154, please.\n10 Are these additional photos of that same object,\n11 Special Agent Luciano?\n12 A. Yes, ma'am.\n13 Q. If we could zoom in on the item on the left side. Thank\n14 you. What is it appear to be based on your observations?\n15 A. Sports car.\n16 Q. Let's take that down and pull up 153 alongside 800, please.\n17 Special Agent Luciano, Exhibit NJ800, is that a scan\n18 of one of the items that was recovered during the search of the\n19 Mahwah property?\n20 A. Yes, ma'am.\n21 Q. If we could just have you focus on the English language at\n22 the top. Could you please read that in gray?\n23 A. The course management states that Qiang Guo has\n24 successfully attended the Ferrari challenge.\n25 Q. Do you know who Qiang Guo is?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 A. No, ma'am.\n2 Q. Looking at the bottom left, what is the date that's listed\n3 on this document for the Ferrari challenge?\n4 A. The 29th through 31st of January in 2015.\n5 Q. And what date was the search warrant executed where this\n6 document was recovered?\n7 A. On March 15, 2023.\n8 Q. Take those down and put up 149 and 151, please.\n9 What type of room is this, Special Agent Luciano?\n10 A. This is another sitting room.\n11 Q. And on the left, the photo on the left looking through the\n12 doorway, if we could zoom in on that, Ms. Loftus.\n13 What, if anything, do we see through the doorway here?\n14 A. You see the sculpture.\n15 Q. Is that the same sculpture we just looked at in the prior\n16 photo?\n17 A. Yes.\n18 Q. Focusing on the item on the right, if we could zoom in on\n19 the fireplace, please.\n20 What type of item is in front of the fireplace in this\n21 room?\n22 A. This is that large TV.\n23 Q. Let's take these down and put up 189 and 190, please.\n24 What type of room did this appear to be?\n25 A. This is a sitting room.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 Q. Focusing on the photo on the left on the couch and the\n2 chair, if you could zoom in on those.\n3 Do you see the white pillows?\n4 A. Yes, ma'am.\n5 Q. Do you recognize the image that is on those white pillows?\n6 A. I do not.\n7 Q. Do you know what G Fashion is?\n8 A. No, ma'am.\n9 Q. Let's take that down and now go to 99 and 100, please.\n10 Special Agent Luciano, there appears to be some equipment in\n11 this room. Do you see that?\n12 A. I do.\n13 Q. What type of equipment does that appear to be?\n14 A. It appears to be lighting equipment.\n15 Q. Let's take this down and put up 155 and 156, please.\n16 Are these additional photos of the same room, Special\n17 Agent Luciano, that we just looked at?\n18 A. Yes, ma'am.\n19 Q. And now, Ms. Loftus, if we could please pull up on the left\n20 side alongside 156, exhibit 662, and if we could go to page\n21 five.\n22 And Special Agent Luciano, this is another scan of an\n23 item that was recovered from the residence pursuant to the\n24 stipulation between the parties. Looking at page five here,\n25 can you please compare the image on page five of the scanned\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 document with the photo in 662 or in 156?\n2 A. They look to be very similar if not the same.\n3 Q. And, Ms. Loftus, can we zoom in on the text on the left\n4 side of 662. Can you read in the bold text the scripter?\n5 A. A monumental Ormolu mounted mahogany bookcase.\n6 Q. And look at the prices, what appears to be pounds, dollars\n7 and euros, could you read those ranges, please?\n8 A. In dollars it's 19,000 to 31,000.\n9 Q. Ms. Loftus, let's put up 144 and 145.\n10 What type of room was this?\n11 A. This appears to be a dining room.\n12 Q. Let's put up now Exhibits 135, 136, 137 and 138.\n13 What room was this?\n14 A. This is one of the kitchens at the residence.\n15 Q. And looking at the windows taking the top right as an\n16 example, what view, if any, are we looking at through those\n17 windows?\n18 A. It appears to be a view onto the grounds.\n19 Q. Ms. Loftus, can we pull up 140 and 141, please.\n20 By the way, what level was that kitchen on that we\n21 just looked at?\n22 A. I would think that it's on the first floor.\n23 MS. SHROFF: Objection.\n24 A. But I would want to see a full walk-through because there\n25 were so many kitchens.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 THE COURT: Don't guess. If you don't know, just say\n2 you don't mow.\n3 Q. And looking at these exhibits, what room within the\n4 residence is depicted in these?\n5 A. This is another kitchen.\n6 Q. And then we can take those down and put up 142 and 143.\n7 Do you see the structure for lack of a better term\n8 that's in the photo on the left side?\n9 A. Yes, ma'am.\n10 Q. What is that?\n11 A. That's a staircase down to one of the lower floors.\n12 Q. And leading from where to the lower from? Leading from\n13 what room down to the lower floor?\n14 A. One of the kitchens to lower floor.\n15 Q. And let's take that down and put up 85 and 7, please.\n16 Do you recognize what's depicted on the left side\n17 here?\n18 A. This is one of the lower floor hallways.\n19 Q. And, Ms. Loftus, on the right side photo, if we could zoom\n20 in on the black rectangular items that are on the wall.\n21 What does that appear to be an image of?\n22 A. Artwork of a monkey.\n23 Q. We can take that down. And let's go to 14 and 15, please.\n24 Looking first at the left, can you describe what, if anything,\n25 is shown in this photo?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 A. We have four pop art sculptures and more art of a monkey.\n2 Q. And the photo on the right, if we can zoom in on the\n3 picture on the wall, Ms. Loftus.\n4 What is shown there?\n5 A. Artwork of a monkey.\n6 Q. Let's zoom out of that for a moment and leave these up.\n7 What type of equipment, if any, do you see on the photo in the\n8 right?\n9 A. Gym equipment.\n10 Q. And let's go to 22, 23, 24 and 25, please.\n11 What part of the house was this located in?\n12 A. This is on the lower level of the residence.\n13 Q. And what type of rooms were these?\n14 A. They would be comparable to a spa. You have a washing off\n15 room and the enlit pool.\n16 Q. Did you walk through this portion of the house?\n17 A. Yes, ma'am.\n18 Q. On the top left photo if we could focus on the mat,\n19 Ms. Loftus. What is next to the mat in this photo?\n20 A. A pair of shoes.\n21 Q. Take that down and put up 26 and 32, please.\n22 What part of the house were these rooms in?\n23 A. These were also on the lower floor of the house.\n24 Q. Where were they in proximity to photos we just saw of the\n25 pool for lack of a better word?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 A. They were nearby.\n2 Q. Let's go now to 97 and 98, please.\n3 The photo on the right is a bit clearer, what part of\n4 the house are we looking at on the photo of the right?\n5 A. This was a landing between several of the floors.\n6 Q. And we can take this down and go to 210, please.\n7 What type of room was this?\n8 A. This was a sitting room.\n9 Q. Take that down and go to 198 and 201, please. What type of\n10 room was this?\n11 A. This was a bedroom.\n12 Q. Did you go into this room on March 15, 2023?\n13 A. Yes, ma'am.\n14 Q. Looking above the fireplace, what, if anything, is hung on\n15 the wall, the mantel?\n16 A. A TV.\n17 Q. Let's zoom out of that. Special Agent Luciano, looking at\n18 the photo on the right, do you see a piece of furniture under a\n19 mirror?\n20 A. Yes, ma'am.\n21 Q. What, if anything, did you do on March 15, 2023, relative\n22 to that piece of furniture?\n23 A. I was the one who searched it.\n24 Q. Was the FBI authorized under the search warrant to search\n25 closed draws, locked containers and items?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 MS. SHROFF: Objection, your Honor.\n2 THE COURT: You may answer if you know.\n3 A. We had the authority to do so.\n4 Q. Can you describe for the jury how you searched this\n5 dresser?\n6 A. Sure. We opened the drawers and then we went through the\n7 items that were in there.\n8 Q. What, if anything, did you find in this dresser?\n9 A. I found a leather case containing a card of sorts.\n10 Q. Ms. Loftus, if we could take those down and pull up\n11 exhibits 249 and 250.\n12 Do you recognize what's depicted in those photos,\n13 Special Agent Luciano?\n14 A. Yes, ma'am, I do.\n15 Q. What is it?\n16 A. This is the leather case that I found containing the card,\n17 and you can see my name on the item sheet.\n18 Q. So focusing first in the image on the left, and if we could\n19 zoom in, Ms. Loftus.\n20 What type of material was that case made out of on the\n21 left?\n22 A. A pebbled leather.\n23 Q. And what, if anything, did it say on that item?\n24 A. It reads Stefano Ricci club.\n25 Q. And zoom out of that and room on the right side, please,\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 the right photo. What type of view of the box on the left are\n2 we looking at here?\n3 A. These are the contents of that leather case.\n4 Q. And looking at the piece of paper, what, if anything, does\n5 it say for description of item?\n6 A. black Stefano Ricci membership package monogram.\n7 Q. To be clear, who, if anyone, fills out that information on\n8 this type of item sheet?\n9 A. I wrote that because I found the item.\n10 Q. And on collected by, whose name is that?\n11 A. My name.\n12 Q. Now, looking at the item itself, what are we looking at to\n13 the left of the white piece of paper. It's a card sized item?\n14 A. That was the membership card.\n15 Q. What color is that? That's a black with a gold circle?\n16 A. Yes, ma'am.\n17 Q. Ms. Loftus, if we could just zoom in on that portion. So\n18 this is the left half of the zoom that we're in presently.\n19 Did you pick up or feel the card that day, Special\n20 Agent Luciano?\n21 A. I did.\n22 Q. Can you describe for the jury what it felt like?\n23 A. It was a metallic card. It was heavier than a regular\n24 plastic credit card.\n25 Q. What does it read here on the bottom portion?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 A. Ho Wan Kwok.\n2 Q. And the printed words above Ho Wan Kwok?\n3 A. This welcome booklet belongs to.\n4 Q. Do you know who Ho Wan Kwok is?\n5 A. No, ma'am.\n6 Q. We can take that down and go to 199, please.\n7 What are we looking at here? What direction are we\n8 looking?\n9 A. This is the bedroom in which that membership case was just\n10 found, and you'll see that the door on the left opens into a\n11 bathroom and the doorways on the right feed into a series of\n12 three rooms. The first of which was a closet. The second of\n13 which was a large room being used as a closet for linens, and\n14 the third of which is the door that you can see which is closed\n15 was another closet.\n16 Q. So let's go to 202 and 203, please.\n17 Now, this room, where is this room relative to the\n18 view that we were just looking at in 199?\n19 A. This is the first in that series of rooms through the first\n20 set of doorframes.\n21 Q. Looking at the photo on the right, can you explain what\n22 room we're looking into on the right side through the doorway\n23 here?\n24 A. The room through that doorway is another large room being\n25 used as a closet.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 Q. And if we could just zoom in on the clothes that are\n2 hanging in the photo on the right for a moment, Ms. Loftus. We\n3 can take that down and let's go to 204 and 205, please.\n4 Special Agent Luciano, which room is this?\n5 A. This is the middle of the series of rooms. It's the large\n6 room being used as a closet.\n7 Q. Let's go to 283 and 284, please. Are these additional\n8 views of that room?\n9 A. Yes, ma'am.\n10 Q. Ms. Loftus on, the photo on the right, can we please zoom\n11 in on the entirety of the hanging rack that's against the back\n12 wall.\n13 Special Agent Luciano, what is hanging from that rack,\n14 what appears to be hanging from that rack?\n15 A. Clothing.\n16 Q. Do you know whether any clothing was seized on March 15,\n17 2023?\n18 A. I do.\n19 Q. Ms. Loftus, can you pull up alongside this 284 exhibit 221.\n20 Special Agent Luciano, what does this show on the left side\n21 here?\n22 A. This is a tag on a suit.\n23 Q. Is that a suit that was seized on March 15, 2023, from the\n24 Mahwah residence?\n25 A. Yes, ma'am.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 Q. Can you read what that tag says?\n2 A. Brioni for Miles Kwok.\n3 Q. Let's take that down and put up 185 and 186, please. What\n4 type of room was this?\n5 A. This was a bedroom.\n6 Q. And let's put up 187 now, please. Zooming in on the mat\n7 next to the bed. What, if anything, is on that mat?\n8 A. Slippers.\n9 Q. Let's go to 181, please.\n10 What type of room was this?\n11 A. This is a bathroom.\n12 Q. And on the bottom left of this photo what, if anything, are\n13 we looking at there?\n14 A. The towels.\n15 Q. Yes?\n16 A. Towels.\n17 Q. Did you observe towels during your search on March 15,\n18 2023?\n19 A. Yes, ma'am.\n20 Q. Ms. Loftus, if we could pull up alongside exhibit 228,\n21 please. Are these some of the towels that you observed during\n22 your search on March 15,023?\n23 A. Yes, ma'am.\n24 Q. What type were they?\n25 A. Versace.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 Q. Let's go now to 174 and 177. What type of room is this,\n2 Special Agent Luciano?\n3 A. This is a bedroom.\n4 Q. Do you see a pattern on the edge of the mattress in this\n5 bedroom?\n6 A. I do.\n7 Q. How would you describe that pattern?\n8 A. It looks to be checked similar to plaid or Buffalo.\n9 Q. And now let's go to 224 and 254, please.\n10 What are we looking at on the left here?\n11 A. This is a safe.\n12 Q. Where was that safe located?\n13 A. In third of the closets in that series of rooms that we had\n14 looked at previously with the closed door.\n15 Q. Did there come a time on March 15, 2023, when the FBI\n16 accessed the contents of this safe?\n17 A. Yes, ma'am.\n18 Q. What, if anything, was your role when accessing the\n19 consents of this safe?\n20 A. I observed the opening of the safe, and I searched through\n21 the contents of the safe.\n22 Q. What is the photo on the right of the safe?\n23 A. Several of the items in the safe.\n24 Q. If we could now put up exhibits 255 and 265.\n25 What are we looking at in the photo on the left?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 A. The contents of the safe.\n2 Q. And if we could zoom in on the top left portion of that\n3 left photo, Ms. Loftus. The top left here, Special Agent\n4 Luciano, what is that?\n5 A. It was a bag of money.\n6 Q. You can zoom out of that, and we can zoom in on the right\n7 side, please.\n8 And Special Agent Luciano, what is this? What's\n9 depicted in this photo?\n10 A. This is the money seized from that safe.\n11 Q. Did there come a time when you counted that money?\n12 A. Yes, ma'am.\n13 Q. Ms. Loftus, if we could zoom out and zoom in closer on the\n14 white piece of paper.\n15 Approximately how much money was located in that safe?\n16 A. It was approximately $394,040.\n17 Q. What type of currency was that $394,040?\n18 A. U.S. cash.\n19 Q. Let's go to exhibits 275 and 276, please.\n20 What type of room was this?\n21 A. This is a closet.\n22 Q. Let's go now to 273 and 274. What are we looking at here?\n23 A. Mens apparel.\n24 Q. Ms. Loftus, on the right side, if we could zoom in on first\n25 the black item on the top left.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 Do you see words written on this, Special Agent\n2 Luciano?\n3 A. I do.\n4 Q. Do you know what they mean?\n5 A. No, ma'am.\n6 Q. What type of fabric, if any, does that appear to be made\n7 out of?\n8 A. Leather.\n9 Q. Ms. Loftus, if we could pull up alongside 274, Exhibit 256,\n10 please, and let's zoom in on the text portion as much as we\n11 can. There are words on the top right of this, what are they?\n12 A. G Fashion.\n13 Q. And on the top left there's a word, what does that say?\n14 A. Invoice.\n15 Q. What is the order date for this invoice?\n16 A. December 15, 2022.\n17 Q. Let's zoom out. There are a couple of items. I want to\n18 focus your attention on the last one here. If we could zoom in\n19 on that, Ms. Loftus.\n20 First of all, what is the quantity of this item on\n21 this invoice?\n22 A. One.\n23 Q. How is it described?\n24 A. Crocodile hoodie leather jacket.\n25 Q. Above that before the 50, do you see three letters?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 A. Yes, ma'am.\n2 Q. What do they say?\n3 A. BLK.\n4 Q. What is the price that's listed. In the second column,\n5 what is the price that was listed for this jacket?\n6 A. The price was $129,600.\n7 Q. Let's zoom out of that. And, Ms. Loftus, if we could now\n8 please put up 257 and 258.\n9 Focusing now on the left side, if we could just zoom\n10 in on the subtotal shipping discount information. On this\n11 document, what was the subtotal,?\n12 A. $177, 525.\n13 Q. What was the discount?\n14 A. $177,525.\n15 Q. What percentage of discount is that?\n16 A. 100 percent.\n17 Q. So what was the total price for this invoice?\n18 A. Zero dollars.\n19 Q. If we could focus now, Ms. Loftus, on the right side.\n20 Actually, let's take down the one on the right so we can look\n21 at 258 clearly. Thank you.\n22 Can you just read down the description of the five\n23 items that are listed here, please?\n24 A. Biker zip-up dress, leather Rosita pants, leather jumpsuit,\n25 leather jumpsuit, crocodile leather jacket.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 Q. And looking at the quantities list for these items, Special\n2 Agent Luciano, how many of the crocodile leather jackets were\n3 there, for example?\n4 A. There were two.\n5 Q. And what was the price for each of those?\n6 A. The price was $186,000.\n7 Q. So adding up the quantities of items that are listed on\n8 this invoice, how many individual items are reflected on this\n9 invoice?\n10 A. There were ten by my math.\n11 Q. And what was the subtotal for those ten items?\n12 A. $425,065.\n13 Q. And the discount?\n14 A. $425,065.\n15 Q. What percentage discount is that?\n16 A. 100 percent.\n17 Q. Is that more than 50 percent?\n18 A. Yes, ma'am.\n19 Q. Is that more than 10 percent?\n20 MS. SHROFF: Your Honor, we stipulate that a hundred\n21 percent is more than all of those.\n22 THE COURT: Okay.\n23 Q. What was the total for these ten items?\n24 A. Zero dollars.\n25 Q. We can take that down.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 Ms. Loftus, can we now please go to 233. Focus in on\n2 the top portion of this. What information is reflected on this\n3 document?\n4 A. Security personnel.\n5 Q. What is the title listed?\n6 A. Director of security.\n7 Q. And there's a photo there. Do you recognize that person?\n8 A. No, ma'am.\n9 Q. Looking on the right, what is the name listed for that\n10 person?\n11 A. Scott Barnett.\n12 Q. You can take that down now, and put up exhibit 61, please.\n13 What is this in this photograph?\n14 A. This appears to be an envelope.\n15 Q. What is the return address in the top left corner of this\n16 envelope?\n17 A. 162 East 64th Street, New York, New York 10065.\n18 Q. And what address was this sent to?\n19 A. It was sent to 33 Ferncliff Road, Cos Cob, Connecticut\n20 06807.\n21 Q. Under that there's a two and a colon, what does it say\n22 after that?\n23 A. To Ho Wan Kwok, Wen Gui Guo.\n24 Q. Do you know who Wen Gui Guo is?\n25 A. No, ma'am.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 Q. Let's put up now exhibits 55 and 230. Starting on the left\n2 if we could zoom in, Ms. Loftus, on kind of the green portion\n3 through to the card.\n4 What are we looking at here, Special Agent Luciano?\n5 A. This appears to be a New York state ID.\n6 Q. And what is the name of the individual for this ID?\n7 A. Hoe Wan Kwok.\n8 Q. It's a bit hard to read, do you see the address listed\n9 below for Ho Wan Kwok?\n10 A. I do see the address.\n11 Q. Are you able to read it?\n12 A. Not clearly.\n13 Q. What street is that address on if you can tell?\n14 A. The first digit is not clear.\n15 Q. All right. Ms. Loftus, we can zoom out of that, and let's\n16 zoom in on the ID on the right side, what appears to be an ID.\n17 What type of card is this?\n18 A. This looks like an ID card as well.\n19 Q. Can you read on the top the name or the title of this card?\n20 A. Hong Kong permanent identity card.\n21 Q. For whom?\n22 A. Ho Wan Kwok.\n23 Q. And looking at the date of issuance, it's a bit blurry. Can\n24 you read the date of issuance for this?\n25 A. It's 10-12-04.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 Q. We can zoom out of that. Let's go to 267 and 745.\n2 Starting with 267 on the left of the screen, if we could zoom\n3 in on the envelope and the documents on top of it.\n4 What are we looking at here?\n5 A. These appear to be social security cards.\n6 Q. If we can zoom out again, Ms. Loftus, and zoom in just on\n7 the white portion on the social security card on the left side.\n8 Can you read the name of this mail to whom it's addressed?\n9 A. Hing Chi Ngok.\n10 Q. What's the address it was sent to?\n11 A. The address is 781 Fiesta Avenue Apartment, 1801, New York,\n12 New York 10022.\n13 Q. Looking at the right of the social security card on the\n14 bottom right, what's the date of issuance of that card?\n15 A. 10/5/2018.\n16 Q. Do you know who this individual is Hing Chi Ngok?\n17 A. No, ma'am.\n18 Q. Zoom out of that and look on the right side and zoom in.\n19 What type of document is this?\n20 A. This is a passport.\n21 Q. Issued from where?\n22 A. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Peoples republic of\n23 China.\n24 Q. We can take that down. And, Ms. Loftus, let's go now to\n25 347 and 348. First focusing on 347, if we could zoom in on the\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 item. What type of item is this?\n2 A. It appears to be a wallet with pictures and a health\n3 insurance card with a credit card.\n4 Q. And the card on the top on the middle in the right side,\n5 can you read a portion of that name that's printed on that\n6 card?\n7 A. Yes, ma'am.\n8 Q. What does it say?\n9 A. Hing Chi Ngok.\n10 Q. Zoom out of that and look on the right side, please. And\n11 zoom in on those items.\n12 Looking at the photograph of the two individuals,\n13 Special Agent Luciano, is that the photographs that we saw in\n14 the image that we just looked at on the left side?\n15 A. Could we pull up the other picture as well?\n16 Q. Sure.\n17 A. Yes, ma'am.\n18 Q. So the image on the right, are those the items that were\n19 taken from the wallet that's depicted on the left?\n20 A. I couldn't say. I didn't search that wallet.\n21 Q. Let's take that down and go to exhibit 272.\n22 What types of documents are depicted in this photo?\n23 A. Travel and ID documents.\n24 Q. And if we're able to zoom in on the top left, let's zoom in\n25 on that item and see. It may be too fuzzy. Let's do instead\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 798, please.\n2 Do you recognize the individual depicted in these\n3 photographs?\n4 A. No, ma'am.\n5 Q. Let's go to 346 and 246, please. Focusing on the left,\n6 what do these appear to be?\n7 A. Personal photographs.\n8 Q. Do you recognize the individuals depicted in these\n9 photograph?\n10 A. No, ma'am.\n11 Q. And then on the right if we could zoom out and look on the\n12 right again. What do these appear to be?\n13 A. These also appear to be personal photographs.\n14 Q. Let's go to exhibit 808, please.\n15 If we could go to the next page. What is the text on\n16 the top right of this document?\n17 A. Rolls Royce.\n18 Q. Let's zoom in on the top portion through to aircraft serial\n19 number. If you could read starting with the customer on the\n20 first paragraph here?\n21 A. Whitecroft Shore Limited.\n22 Q. And continue reading that sentence here?\n23 A. Hereby authorizes the following company to act as its agent\n24 and receive services on behalf of the customer under that\n25 aircraft enrollment contract.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nO6KBGUO6 Luciano- Direct\n1 Q. And the company name listed here is Acass Canada Limited.\n2 Do you see that?\n3 A. Yes.\n4 Q. Please zoom out and zoom in on the bottom portion.\n5 Agreed by customer, what is listed for the customer.\n6 A. Whitecroft Shore Limited.\n7 Q. And the printed name?\n8 A. Mei Guo.\n9 Q. Title of Mei Guo?\n10 A. Sole director.\n11 Q. Zoom out and go to the next page, please.\n12 THE COURT: All righty. It's 5:00. We're going to\n13 stop our work for today. We'll resume tomorrow. You'll be\n14 here ready to walk into the courtroom at 9:30. Remember,\n15 members of the jury, that you're not permitted to discuss the\n16 case amongst yourselves. Don't permit anyone to discuss it in\n17 your presence. Don't read, watch or listen to anything from\n18 any source that touches on the subject matter of this case.\n19 Have a good evening.\n20 THE LAW CLERK: Jury exiting.\n21 (Jury not present)\n22 THE COURT: You may step out.\n23 (Witness temporarily excused)\n24 THE COURT: Please be seated. Does either side want\n25 to say anything before we break for the evening?\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\n1 MS. MURRAY: Nothing from the government, your Honor.\n2 MS. SHROFF: Your Honor, just one matter. I believe\n3 in the exhibits that were demonstrated to the jury this\n4 afternoon, one of them had a photograph and information about a\n5 gentleman named Scott Barnett. His phone number was made\n6 public, and Mr. Barnett is not -- I just wanted to flag for the\n7 Court that perhaps it might be prudent not to have his phone\n8 number be made public, but I leave that up to the Court.\n9 MS. MURRAY: We're happy to redact that. It appeared\n10 to be a business number. We'll redact that for the exhibits\n11 that we actually put into evidence.\n12 THE COURT: Very well. Have a good evening.\n13 (Adjourned to June 21, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.)\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 ALEXANDRA GALE\n4 Direct By Mr. Horton . . . . . . . . . . . . .3302\n5 Cross By Ms. Shroff . . . . . . . . . . . . .3328\n6 Redirect By Mr. Horton . . . . . . . . . . . .3363\n7 Recross By Ms. Shroff . . . . . . . . . . . .3365\n8 Redirect By Mr. Horton . . . . . . . . . . . .3368\n9 Recross By Ms. Shroff . . . . . . . . . . . .3368\n10 ELIZABETH BERSTLER\n11 Direct By Mr. Fergenson . . . . . . . . . . .3370\n12 Cross By Mr. Schirick . . . . . . . . . . . .3401\n13 Redirect By Mr. Fergenson . . . . . . . . . .3433\n14 Recross By Mr. Schirick . . . . . . . . . . .3435\n15 JOCELYN REYES\n16 Direct By Ms. Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . .3436\n17 Cross By Mr. Schirick . . . . . . . . . . . .3459\n18 Redirect By Ms. Murray . . . . . . . . . . . .3472\n19 Recross By Mr. Schirick . . . . . . . . . . .3473\n20 JACOB HINZ\n21 Direct By Mr. Horton . . . . . . . . . . . . .3474\n22 Cross By Ms. Shroff . . . . . . . . . . . . .3511\n23 GABRIELLA LUCIANO\n24 Direct By Ms. Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . .3533\n25 GOVERNMENT EXHIBITS\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\n1 Exhibit No. Received\n2 WA1-WA12, WA14-WA68, WA69-WA79, . . . . . . .3305\n3 WA83-WA85, WA89-WA92,\n4 WA95-WA115, WA123, WA124, and\n5 WA126-WA135\n6 MSS87, MSS88, FAN1, FAN2, MET19, and . . . .3439\n7 MET27\n8 UK-1 through UK-417, UK-700 through . . . . .3480\n9 UK-777\n10 W1058, W1058A, W1058-V . . . . . . . . . . .3494\n11 NJ-7, NJ-12, NJ-14, NJ-15, NJ-22 . . . . . .3537\n12 through NJ-26, NJ-32 through\n13 NJ-37, NJ-40 through NJ-42,\n14 NJ-44 through NJ-45, NJ-53,\n15 NJ-55, NJ-58 through NJ-61,\n16 NJ-85, NJ-94, NJ-95 through\n17 NJ-106, NJ-111, NJ-112,\n18 NJ-114, NJ-116 through NJ-117,\n19 NJ-120, NJ-121, NJ-125,\n20 NJ-127, NJ-135 through NJ-147,\n21 NJ-149, NJ-151, NJ-153 through\n22 NJ-157, NJ-160, NJ-172, NJ-175\n23 through NJ-177, NJ-181, NJ-184\n24 through NJ-187, NJ-189,\n25 NJ-190, NJ-198 through NJ-199,\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\n1 NJ-201 through NJ-207, NJ-209\n2 through NJ-210, NJ-214 through\n3 NJ-215, NJ-221 through NJ-225,\n4 NJ-228, NJ-230, NJ-233,\n5 NJ-246, NJ-249 through NJ-250,\n6 NJ-254 through NJ-259, NJ-265,\n7 NJ-267, NJ-271 through NJ-276,\n8 NJ-283 through NJ-286, NJ-289\n9 through NJ-294, NJ-314,\n10 NJ-315, NJ-324, NJ-335,\n11 NJ-336, NJ-338, NJ-341 through\n12 NJ-349, NJ-354, NJ-356,\n13 NJ-357, NJ-607 through NJ-612,\n14 NJ-662, NJ-669, NJ-745, NJ-798\n15 and NJ-800, NJ-807 and NJ-808\n16 Stip 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3304\n17 Stip-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3535\n18 Z14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3440\n19 Stipulation 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3479\n20 Stip 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3480\n21 Z-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3482\n22 Z-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3486\n23 Z22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3503\n24 Z23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3507\n25 Z24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3504\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\n1 Z25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3495\n2 BR445 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3439\n3 DEFENDANT EXHIBITS\n4 Exhibit No. Received\n5 7005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3338\n6 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, . 3372,\n7 120, 121, 122, 123, 124 and\n8 125\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":null,"key_entities":[],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":60648,"status":"published","published_at":"2024-07-23 00:00:00","created_at":"2024-07-23","updated_at":"2026-07-06 20:52:30"}