{"id":"court_sdny_597_1","court":"SDNY","case_no":"23-cr-00118","doc_number":597,"sub_number":1,"doc_type":"INDICTMENT","filed_date":"2025-04-04","title":"| Amount/Item","summary_zh":"政府信函及扣押资产清单——美国诉 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵 / Guo Wengui / Miles Guo）案，SDNY 1:23-cr-00118 ECF #597（2025-04-04 提交）。检方助理联邦检察官（Fergenson、Finkel、Horton、Murray 等署名）致函法院，就被告在陪审团裁决后申请更换辩护律师一事表态，敦促法院尽快就该动议作出裁定并确定判决日期，以便启动向受害人返还没收资产的程序；文件另附一份从 Silvergate Bank、Mercantile Bank International 等机构扣押的多个账户/资金清单。","summary_en":"Government letter and schedule of seized assets — United States v. Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo / Guo Wengui), SDNY 1:23-cr-00118, ECF #597 (filed 2025-04-04). Assistant U.S. Attorneys (Fergenson, Finkel, Horton, Murray) write to the court addressing the defendant's post-verdict motion to substitute counsel, urging a prompt ruling and a set sentencing date so the forfeiture-remission process to victims can begin; the filing also includes a schedule of funds seized from accounts at Silvergate Bank, Mercantile Bank International, and other institutions.","body_en":"| Amount/Item                                                                                                               | Location                                                                                                                          | Holder                                         | Seizure Date                           | Source                                                                                  |\n|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| \\$64,826.87                                                                                                               | Account Number 5090037713<br>at Silvergate Bank                                                                                   | Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC                  | 9/18/2022                              | Indictment                                                                              |\n| \\$75,000,000.00                                                                                                           | Account Number 5090037705<br>at Silvergate Bank                                                                                   | Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC                  | 9/18/2022                              | Indictment                                                                              |\n| \\$467,343.00                                                                                                              | Account Number 5090037754<br>at Silvergate Bank                                                                                   | Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC                  | 9/18/2022                              | Indictment                                                                              |\n| \\$89,992,861.75                                                                                                           | Account Number 5090042770<br>at Silvergate Bank                                                                                   | Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC                  | 9/18/2022                              | Indictment                                                                              |\n| \\$1,683,077.40                                                                                                            | Account Number 5090042762<br>at Silvergate Bank                                                                                   | Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC                  | 9/18/2022                              | Indictment                                                                              |\n| \\$85,899,889.20                                                                                                           | Account Number 5090042853<br>at Silvergate Bank                                                                                   | Hamilton Opportunity Funds SPC                 | 9/18/2022                              | Indictment                                                                              |\n| \\$1,800,000.00                                                                                                            | Account Number 5090037739<br>at Silvergate Bank                                                                                   | Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC                  | 9/18/2022                              | Indictment                                                                              |\n| \\$85,899,889.20                                                                                                           | Account Number 5090042853<br>at Silvergate Bank                                                                                   | Hamilton Opportunity Funds SPC                 | 9/18/2022                              | Indictment                                                                              |\n| \\$48,230,709.62                                                                                                           | Account Number 5090030288<br>at Silvergate Bank                                                                                   | Hamilton Investment Management<br>Ltd.         | 9/18/2022                              | Indictment                                                                              |\n| \\$1,187,278.87                                                                                                            | Account Number MBI10171-<br>0000 at Mercantile Bank<br>International                                                              | Hamilton Investment Management<br>Ltd.         | October 16, 2022<br>and March 10, 2023 | Indictment                                                                              |\n| \\$3,090,856.54                                                                                                            | Account Number MBI10137-<br>0000 at Mercantile Bank<br>International                                                              | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd.                  | October 16, 2022<br>and March 10, 2023 | Indictment                                                                              |\n| \\$4,643,744.70                                                                                                            | Account Number 7801000590<br>at FV Bank                                                                                           | Himalaya International Reserves,<br>Ltd.       | 9/20/2022                              | Indictment                                                                              |\n| \\$272,350,313.76                                                                                                          | Account Number MBI10138-<br>0000 at Mercantile Bank<br>International                                                              | Himalaya International Reserves,<br>Ltd.       | October 16, 2022<br>and March 10, 2023 | Indictment                                                                              |\n| \\$14,599,257.25                                                                                                           | Account Number 7801000254<br>at FV Bank                                                                                           | Himalaya International Clearing,<br>Ltd.       | 9/20/2022                              | Indictment                                                                              |\n| \\$10,008,284.04                                                                                                           | Account Number MBI10133-<br>0000 at Mercantile Bank<br>International                                                              | Himalaya International Clearing,<br>Ltd.       | October 16, 2022<br>and March 10, 2023 | Indictment                                                                              |\n| \\$310,594.31                                                                                                              | Account Number MBI10139-<br>0000 at Mercantile Bank<br>International                                                              | Himalaya International Financial<br>Group Ltd. | October 16, 2022<br>and March 10, 2023 | Indictment                                                                              |\n| \\$161,809.47                                                                                                              | Account Number MBI10183-<br>0000 at Mercantile Bank<br>International                                                              | Himalaya Currency Clearing Pty<br>Ltd.         | 10/16/2022                             | Indictment                                                                              |\n| \\$11,538,579.87                                                                                                           | Account Number MBI10103-<br>0000 at Mercantile Bank<br>International                                                              | G Club International Ltd.                      | 10/16/2022                             | Indictment                                                                              |\n| All monies, funds,<br>and assets held in<br>account, including<br>accrued interest, and<br>all funds traceable<br>thereto | TD Bank, N.A. official check<br>account that were previously<br>held in TD Bank, N.A.<br>accounts 440- 5491468 and<br>440-5492044 | G Club Operations LLC                          | 5/12/2023                              | Seizure Warrant 23 MAG 3908<br>Looks to include the 2 checks totaling<br>\\$7,173,427.25 |\n| Amount/Item                                                                                                               | Location                                                                                                                          | Holder                                         | Seizure Date                           | Source                                                                                  |\n| PROPERTY                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                   |                                                |                                        |                                                                                         |\n| 675 Ramapo Valley<br>Road, Mahwah, New<br>Jersey 07430,<br>Township:<br>MAHWAH TWP                                        |                                                                                                                                   |                                                |                                        | Indictment                                                                              |\n| Bugatti Chiron Super<br>Sport, bearing VIN<br>VF9SW3V3XNM79<br>5047                                                       |                                                                                                                                   |                                                | 5/11/2023                              | Indictment                                                                              |\n| Lamborghini<br>Aventador SVJ<br>Roads, bearing VIN<br>ZHWUN6ZD2MLA<br>10393                                               |                                                                                                                                   |                                                | 3/15/2023                              | Indictment                                                                              |\n\n#### **EXHIBIT 1 - Seized G Club Assets**\n\n#### **EXHIBIT 1 - Seized G Club Assets**\n\n### **UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK COURT CASE NUMBER: S4 23 CR. 118 (AT); NOTICE OF FORFEITURE**\n\nNotice is hereby given that on January 07, 2025, in the case of U.S. v. Yvette Wang, a/k/a \"Yanping\", a/k/a \"Y\", Court Case Number S4 23 CR. 118 (AT), the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York entered an Order condemning and forfeiting the following property to the United States of America:\n\n\\$7,715.00 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number 7801000589 at FV Bank, held in the name of \"Himalaya International Financial Group, Ltd.\" and seized by the Government on or about September 20, 2022 (23-FBI-000011)\n\n\\$9,899,659.19 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number 157525208185 at US Bank, held in the name of \"G Fashion\" and seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022 (23-FBI-000046)\n\n\\$4,643,744.70 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number 7801000590 at FV Bank, held in the name of \"Himalaya International Reserves, Ltd.\" and seized by the Government on or about September 20, 2022 (23-FBI-000050)\n\n\\$14,599,257.25 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number 7801000254 at FV Bank, held in the name of \"Himalaya International Clearing, Ltd.\" and seized by the Government on or about September 20, 2022 (23-FBI-000051)\n\n\\$2,745,377.75 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number 9878904409 at Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., held in the name of \"GETTR USA, Inc.\" and seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022 (23-FBI-000067)\n\n\\$85,899,889.20 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number 5090042853 at Silvergate Bank, held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Funds SPC\" and seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022 (23-FBI-000069)\n\n\\$48,230,709.62 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number 5090030288 at Silvergate Bank, held in the name of \"Hamilton Investment Management, Ltd.\" and seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022 (23-FBI-000072)\n\n\\$1,683,077.40 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account Number 5090042762 at Silvergate Bank, held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC\" and seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022 (23-FBI-000073)\n\n\\$89,992,861.75 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number 5090042770 at Silvergate Bank, held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Fund\n\nSPC\" and seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022 (23-FBI-000074)\n\n\\$64,826.87 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number 5090037713 at Silvergate Bank, held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC\" and seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022 (23-FBI-000075)\n\n\\$467,343.00 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number 5090037754 at Silvergate Bank, held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC\" and seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022 (23-FBI-000077)\n\n\\$75,000,000.00 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number 5090037705 at Silvergate Bank, held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC\" and seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022 (23-FBI-000078)\n\n\\$1,800,000.00 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number 5090037739 at Silvergate Bank, held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC\" and seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022 (23-FBI-000079)\n\n\\$310,594.31 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number MBI10139-0000 at Mercantile Bank International, held in the name of \"Himalaya International Financial Group Ltd.\" and seized by the Government between on or about October 16, 2022, and on or about March 10, 2023 (23-FBI-000182)\n\n\\$176,983.37 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number MBI10183-0000 at Mercantile Bank International, held in the name of \"Himalaya Currency Clearing Pty Ltd.\" and seized by the Government on or about October 16, 2022 (23-FBI-000183)\n\n\\$1,187,278.87 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number MBI10171-0000 at Mercantile Bank International, held in the name of \"Hamilton Investment Management Ltd.\" and seized by the Government between on or about October 16, 2022, and on or about March 10, 2023 (23-FBI-000184)\n\n\\$47,888.50 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number MBI10172-0000 at Mercantile Bank International, held in the name of \"G Fashion International Limited\" and seized by the Government on or about October 16, 2022 (23-FBI-000185)\n\n\\$12,620,625.39 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number MBI10103-0000 at Mercantile Bank International, held in the name of \"G Club International Ltd.\" and seized by the Government on or about October 16, 2022 (23-FBI-000287)\n\n\\$3,090,856.54 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number MBI10137-0000 at Mercantile Bank International, held in the name of \"Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd.\" and seized by the Government\n\nbetween on or about October 16, 2022, and on or about March 10, 2023 (23-FBI-000288)\n\n\\$10,008,284.04 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number MBI10133-0000 at Mercantile Bank International, held in the name of \"Himalaya International Clearing Ltd.\" and seized by the Government between on or about October 16, 2022, and on or about March 10, 2023 (23-FBI-000289)\n\n\\$272,350,429.22 in United States currency formerly on deposit in account number MBI10138-0000 at Mercantile Bank International, held in the name of \"Himalaya International Reserves Ltd.\" and seized by the Government between on or about October 16, 2022, and on or about March 10, 2023 (23-FBI-000290)\n\nA Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Roads, bearing Vehicle Identification Number ZHWUN6ZD2MLA10393, seized by the Government on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-002741)\n\nAll that lot or parcel of land, together with its buildings, appurtenances, improvements, fixtures, attachments, and easements, located at 675 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430, Parcel No. 3300021-03-00001-02 and described as Lot Number: 1.02; Block: 21.03; District: 33; City, Municipality, Township: MAHWAH TWP (the \"Subject Property\") (23-FBI-002795)\n\n5,000 euros seized by the Government from the Subject Property on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-002824)\n\n188,050 Hong Kong dollars seized by the Government from the Subject Property on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-002825)\n\n250 Chinese yuan seized by the Government from the Subject Property on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-002826)\n\nYellow coins seized by the Government from the Subject Property on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-002827)\n\n\\$406,235.00 in United States currency seized by the Government from the Subject Property on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-002828)\n\nA ring with box and a bracelet with box seized by the Government from the Subject Property on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-002829)\n\n600 Chinese yuan seized from the Defendant's apartment by the Government on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-002830)\n\n1,180 Hong Kong dollars seized from the Defendant's apartment by the Government on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-002831)\n\n3,005 in pounds sterling currency seized from the Defendant's apartment by the Government on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-002832)\n\n\\$138,440.00 in United States currency seized from the Defendant's apartment by\n\nthe Government on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-002833)\n\n\\$2,815,502.30 in United States currency, formerly held in TD Bank, N.A., account 440-5491468 (23-FBI-003000)\n\n\\$4,357,924.95 in United States currency, formerly held in TD Bank, N.A., account 440-5492044 (23-FBI-003001)\n\nMiscellaneous paintings seized by the Government from the Subject Property on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-003002), including the following items: Philip and Kelvin LaVerne Still Life Musicale 1960s bronze wall plaque with colored enamel;\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne Venus Contemplating 1960s bronze wall plaque with colored enamel; and\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne Chinoi Plaque #14 limited edition 1960s bronze and pewter plaque\n\nBaroque Style Carved Gilt Wood Frame, late 19th Century 44.75\" X 38.5\", seized by the Government from the Subject Property on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-003003)\n\nA Samsung Q900 Series QN98Q900RBF 98\" QLED Smart TV - 8K seized by the Government from the Subject Property on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-003010)\n\nA Rolls Royce Phantom EWB, bearing Vehicle Identification Number SCATT8C08MU206445, seized by the Government on or about March 20, 2023 (23-FBI-003011)\n\nMiscellaneous antique furniture, formerly on 1st floor of the Subject Property, seized by the Government from the Subject Property on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-003012), including the following items:\n\nPair of ormolu-mounted display cabinets in the style of Francois Linke;\n\nOrmolu mounted single door vitrine with curved glass sides and front, resting on hoof feet;\n\nOrnate wrought iron table with inlaid marble top. Book matched center cartouche, black outline;\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne Special Eternal Forest Game Table labeled on underside bronze and pewter;\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne Marriage Whirl oriental motif boomerang shaped bronze, pewter, and enamel;\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne Eternal Forest Cocktail Table bronze and pewter with colored enamel;\n\nA \"K'ang Hsi\" extension table in etched and patinated pewter and bronze with hand-painted enamel colors by Philip & Kelvin La Verne;\n\nPair of Sevres-style porcelain jardiniere/vases having white ground with gold accents, ormolu mounts;\n\nA Sevres-style porcelain jardiniere/vase having a dark blue ground with gold accents, ormolu mounts;\n\nPair of Louis XVI style giltwood console tables with white marble tops. H-37.5\" x\n\nW-6;\n\nPair of octagonal marble pedestals, white with gray veins. H-32\" x Diameter-23\"; A \"Punto '83\" table in stainless steel with mesh tabletop with adjustable height and adjustable petals by Gabriella Crespi, Italy 1982;\n\nLouis XV style French table desk, ormolu mounted marquetry, with leather top; Philip and Kelvin LaVerne Festival Console with waterfall ends, signed on the top 1960s;\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne Special Festival Console with waterfall ends, signed on the top 1960s;\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne Kuan Su Coffee Table bronze and pewter/silver-tone metal top with floral;\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne Chan round bronze, pewter, and enamel table with Chinese motif;\n\nRegency style cerule x-base footstools with paw feet, red velvet upholstery, and fringe;\n\nEarlier 20th c. Bar Cabinet with sterling silver mounted vertical stiles, cartouches, and ball;\n\n1960s Maison Jansen style French brass, black patina, and smoked glass coffee table;\n\nFrench ormolu mounted marquetry inlaid table desk with single frieze drawer. Finished front and back;\n\nPair of French Empire style gilt and patinated bronze ormolu mounted tables with black marble tops;\n\nEmpire-style center table with book-matched flamed veneer top;\n\nJansen Style Two-tier Bouillotte Table on fluted tripod pedestal with ormolu mounts, marble top; and\n\nBoulle-style Bureau Plat silver and gold metal scrolling design table desk inlaid with tortoiseshell\n\nMiscellaneous rugs seized by the Government from the Subject Property on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-003013), including the following items:\n\nTabriz, from Iran, modern production. 13'8\" x 20'. Quality: 45 raj. Cotton warp and weft;\n\nBidjar, from Iran, first quarter of the 20th c. 14'5\" x 19'7\". Wool weft, cotton warp; and\n\nBidjar, from Iran, late 19th - early 20th c. 12'3\" x 19'. Wool warp and weft, wool face\n\nA Bugatti Chiron Super Sport, bearing Vehicle Identification Number VF9SW3V3XNM795047, seized by the Government on or about May 11, 2023 (23-FBI-003014)\n\nMiscellaneous mirrors, formerly on the 1st floor of the Subject Property, seized by the Government from the Subject Property on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-003015), including the following items:\n\nPair of mid-19th c. Louis XV style paraclose mirrors, floral;\n\nItalian Tuscan antique giltwood mirror with plume-topped urn finial;\n\nTwo (2) Regency style giltwood mirrors with urn and floral finial;\n\nGiltwood Louis XV style overmantel double mirror;\n\nTwo (2) Italian Neoclassical giltwood pier mirrors;\n\nPair of Italian Florentine style giltwood mirrors each with a plume; Italian giltwood mirror with rococo crest with cross-hatched panels; Pair of French Regence style giltwood mirrors, the crest with a plume; and Pair of giltwood mirrors each with a plumed mask crest\n\nMiscellaneous collectible and decorative accessories, formerly on the 1st Floor of the Subject Property, seized by the Government from the Subject Property on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-003016), including the following items: Pair of Empire 19th c. gilt bronze floor torcheres embellished with lion masks\n\ndraped; Pair of 18-light Baccarat Torcheres. H-95\" x W-26\". Dimensions are approximate;\n\n19th c. Silver and tortoiseshell mounted table cabinet, with enamel inset;\n\nPair of small figural patinated black and gilt bronze candlesticks;\n\nPair of gilt bronze chenet with obelisk, lion mask, and dolphin;\n\nPair of marble pedestals having a square top, round column; and\n\nPair of Regency style bronze patinated torcheres, attributed to English lamp manufacturer\n\nMiscellaneous antique furniture formerly on the 2nd floor of the Subject Property, seized by the Government from the Subject Property on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-003019), including the following items:\n\nLate Georgian Chippendale style hexagonal center table with cabriole legs and hairy paw and ball;\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne Chan elongated hexagonal table, mottled bronze on the top, bronze;\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne Chan hexagonal pedestal, bronze on the top, bronze and pewter Chinese;\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne Les Chine Cocktail Table square mottled bronze top supported; and\n\nA Louis XV Style French Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Commode by Joseph Emmanuel Zweiner\n\nPersian Silk Tabriz Rug, 7'7\" x 11'2\", formerly located on the 2nd floor of the Subject Property, seized by the Government from the Subject Property on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-003020)\n\nMiscellaneous mirrors, formerly on the 2nd floor of the Subject Property, seized by the Government from the Subject Property on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-003022), including the following items:\n\nLouis XV style giltwood pier mirror;\n\nPair of Louis XV style giltwood mirrors;\n\nItalian Tuscan giltwood mirror;\n\nFrench giltwood paraclose mirror with Louis XVI style floral wreath;\n\nChinese Chippendale Giltwood double parclose mirror; and\n\nLouis XV style giltwood paraclose mirror (double frame) with shell and wave crest\n\nMiscellaneous collectible and decorative accessories, formerly on the 2nd floor of the Subject Property, seized by the Government from the Subject Property on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-003023), including the following items:\n\nFrench Brass Three Panel Firescreen with Empire style swags and wreaths; Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892) French Three-Piece Clock Garniture; Pair of Victorian urn and swag chenet, H-18\" x W-16\" x D-6\"; Pair of Louis XV style gilt bronze and brass andirons depicting cherubs; Louis XV style gilt bronze 'log cradle'; and Pair of gilt bronze Louis XV style chenets\n\nFrench Tapestry, size 6'8\" x 9'5\", formerly located on the 3rd floor of the Subject Property, seized by the Government from the Subject Property on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-003027)\n\nAntique Chinese-export cast brass pair of foo dogs seized by the Government from the Subject Property on or about March 15, 2023 (23-FBI-003030)\n\nThe United States hereby gives notice of its intent to dispose of the forfeited property in such manner as the United States Attorney General may direct. Any person, other than the defendant(s) in this case, claiming interest in the forfeited property must file an ancillary petition within 60 days of the first date of publication (February 06, 2025) of this Notice on this official government internet web site, pursuant to Rule 32.2 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and 21 U.S.C. § 853(n)(1). The ancillary petition must be filed with the Clerk of the Court, United States District Court, 500 Pearl Street, Room 120, New York, NY 10007, and a copy served upon Assistant United States Attorney Ryan Finkel, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278. The ancillary petition shall be signed by the petitioner under penalty of perjury and shall set forth the nature and extent of the petitioner's right, title or interest in the forfeited property, the time and circumstances of the petitioner's acquisition of the right, title and interest in the forfeited property and any additional facts supporting the petitioner's claim and the relief sought, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 853(n).\n\nFollowing the Court's disposition of all ancillary petitions filed, or if no such petitions are filed, following the expiration of the period specified above for the filing of such ancillary petitions, the United States shall have clear title to the property and may warrant good title to any subsequent purchaser or transferee.\n\nThe government may also consider granting petitions for remission or mitigation, which pardon all or part of the property from the forfeiture. A petition must include a description of your interest in the property supported by documentation; include any facts you believe justify the return of the property; and be signed under oath, subject to the penalty of perjury, or meet the requirements of an unsworn statement under penalty of perjury. *See* 28 U.S.C. Section 1746. For the regulations pertaining to remission or mitigation of the forfeiture, see 28 C.F.R. Sections 9.1 - 9.9. The criteria for remission of the forfeiture are found at 28 C.F.R. Section 9.5(a). The criteria for mitigation of the forfeiture are found at 28 C.F.R. Section 9.5(b). The petition for remission need not be made in any particular form and may be filed online or in writing. You should file a petition for remission not later than 11:59 PM EST 30 days after the date of final publication of this notice. *See* 28 C.F.R. Section 9.3(a). The http website provides access to a standard petition for remission form that may be mailed and the link to file a petition\n\nfor remission online. If you cannot find the desired assets online, you must file your petition for remission in writing by sending it to Assistant United States Attorney Ryan Finkel, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278. This website provides answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about filing a petition for remission. You may file both an ancillary petition with the court and a petition for remission or mitigation.\n\n![](_page_13_Picture_1.jpeg)\n\n![](_page_13_Picture_2.jpeg)\n\n## Andrew Childe\n\nCayman Islands M +1 345 916 1813 E andrew.childe@ffp.ky\n\nAndrew Childe is an independent director specialising in providing independent board level governance and dispute resolution advice to companies, partnerships, foundations, trusts and other financial structures. Andrew also takes liquidation appointments over both solvent and insolvent entities and is qualified to act as a Court appointed liquidator in the Cayman Islands.\n\nWith over 20 years' experience in the financial services sector Andrew held Senior Management positions within the Restructuring and Corporate Finance Department at Big Four accounting firms prior to FFP Cayman.\n\nAndrew has significant experience in dealing with a wide range of assets and with managing complex cross border litigation. He has in depth knowledge of litigation claims, secondary markets, performing and nonperforming loans, traded and non-traded equities, asset backed lending, real estate sale and management, derivatives and debt instruments, private equity investments, structured finance products together with a number of other esoteric assets. This experience makes him ideally placed to advise on a wide range of investment strategies and has allowed him to build an extensive network of trusted advisors and legal counsel in multiple jurisdictions.\n\nAndrew is a board member on a variety of investment companies in Cayman and British Virgin Islands, as well as the US, Europe, Africa and the UAE and is a qualified Court appointed liquidator in the Cayman Islands and a Certified Director. He is also a member of the Cayman Islands Directors Association, the Cayman Islands Compliance Association, registered with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority as an Approved Director, approved by the BVI Financial Services Commission as a Director and registered as an insolvency practitioner with the DIFC Registrar of Companies allowing him to be appointed and serve as a Nominee, Administrator, Receiver, an Administrative Receiver, a Liquidator or provisional Liquidator of an entity registered in the DIFC.\n\nAndrew is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, CIPPA, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and is the former Secretary of the Restructuring and Insolvency Specialists Association in the Cayman Islands.\n\n![](_page_13_Picture_10.jpeg)\n\n![](_page_15_Picture_1.jpeg)\n\nw\n\n### **U.S. Department of Justice**\n\n*United States Attorney Southern District of New York*\n\n*The Jacob K. Javits Federal Building 26 Federal Plaza, 37th Floor New York, New York 10278*\n\nMarch 18, 2025\n\n**BY ECF**\n\nHonorable Analisa Torres United States District Judge Southern District of New York 500 Pearl Street New York, NY\n\n### **Re:** *United States v. Miles Guo***, S3 23 Cr. 188 (AT)**\n\nDear Judge Torres:\n\nOn December 20, 2024, the Court adjourned sentencing in this matter *sine die*, following the defense's filing of an *ex parte* letter and an *ex parte* conference that day relating to the defense's pending request for substitution of counsel.The parties have since submitted multiple letters to the Court by email, and following the Court's March 3, 2025, proceeding, the Government has filed its letters publicly on the docket. (Dkts. 500-502.)\n\nThe Government respectfully writes to request that the Court: (i) authorize defense counsel to publicly file their *ex parte* materials regarding the defendant's motion for substitution of counsel as specified below; (ii) unseal the *ex parte* transcripts from the December 20, 2024 and March 3, 2025 conferences, to the extent appropriate; and (iii) if necessary, appoint new counsel to the defendant so that a sentencing date can be promptly scheduled. The defendant was convicted in July 2024 following an eight-week jury trial. Promptly proceeding to sentencing is necessary to serve the interests of justice and specifically to vindicate the rights of victims.\n\n#### 1. The Court Should Order Defense Counsel to Make Certain Filings Public\n\nOn March 3, 2025, the Court directed the parties to advise as to whether *ex parte* and sealed materials relating to the defendant's substitution of counsel motion may be publicly filed. On March 10, 2025, defense counsel filed a letter stating that the defendant has no objection to the public filing of his \"(i) CJA financial affidavit; (ii) two documents filed by Mr. Kwok in connection with his bankruptcy which describe the debt he owes others; (iii) letters from defense counsel dated December 10, 2024 and January 28, 2025.\" (Dkt. 499.) Based on discussions between the parties, the Government understands that defense counsel is awaiting Court authorization to publicly file these documents. Accordingly, the Government, without defense objection, requests that the Court order the defense to publicly file those *ex parte* and sealed materials relating to the defendant's substitution of counsel motions, which were identified in the defendant's March 10, 2025 letter.\n\n#### 2. Non-Privileged Sections of the December 20, 2024, and March 3, 2025 Transcripts Should be Made Public\n\nFollowing the defense's December 10, 2024 letter to the Court, the Court held two conferences on December 20, 2024 and March 3, 2025—portions of which were *ex parte* and remain sealed. Only the portions of those *ex parte* conferences that are subject to a valid privilege should remain sealed.\n\nIn the context of substitution of counsel proceedings, the right to public access predominates, and generally, \"[a]ll motions to withdraw should be served upon the client and (unless excused by the court) upon all other parties.\" S.D.N.Y. Local Civ. R. 1.4(b) (applicable in criminal cases pursuant to S.D.N.Y. Local Crim. R. 1.1(b)). A court may \"permit[] the reasons for withdrawal to be stated in camera and under seal,\" but only in \"an appropriate case.\" *Id.* Pre-2024 Cmte. Note. Public access \"ensure[s] that 'the public may see [a defendant] is fairly dealt with and not unjustly' denied an important substantive right. *United States v. Avenatti*, 550 F. Supp. 3d 36, 47 (S.D.N.Y. 2021) (quoting *Waller v. Georgia*, 467 U.S. 39, 46 (1984))). To be sure, the Second Circuit has recognized various privileges as reason to restrict access to otherwise public materials. *See United States v. Amodeo*, 44 F.3d 141, 147 (2d Cir. 1995). Thus, any statements in the sealed transcripts reflecting attorney-client communications or work product may remain sealed absent a showing otherwise. However, those protections apply to only a narrow set of information. \"The attorney-client privilege protects communications (1) between a client and his or her attorney (2) that are intended to be, and in fact were, kept confidential (3) for the purpose of obtaining or providing legal advice.\" *United States v. Mejia*, 655 F.3d 126, 132 (2d Cir. 2011). Attorney workproduct protects only \"materials *containing* mental impressions, conclusions, opinions, or legal theories of an attorney or other representative that were prepared in anticipation of litigation.\" *United States v. Petit*, 438 F. Supp. 3d 212, 214 (S.D.N.Y. 2020) (quotation omitted). Accordingly, the Court should review the sealed transcripts and limit any continued sealing solely to those portions that may be \"necessary to preserve the confidentiality of the attorney-client relationship.\" *Team Obsolete Ltd. V. A.H.R.M.A. Ltd*, 464 F.Supp.2d 164, 165 (E.D.N.Y. 2006); *see also Ceglia v. Zuckerberg*, No. 10 Cv. 569 (RJA) (LGF), 2013 WL 12234139, at \\*4-5 (W.D.N.Y. Mar. 20, 2013) (recognizing that \"disclosure [of withdrawal motion] would be useful to [the opposing party] primarily to oppose withdrawal,\" but finding that disclosure request \"to be moot\" after ruling the \"motion should be denied\").\n\nAlthough the Government was not party to the *ex parte* portions of the December 20, 2024 and March 3, 2025 conferences, scrutiny is appropriate to determine what information from those conferences should remain shielded from the Government and the public. The Government is not, at this time, asserting that any privileged attorney-client communications or attorney work-product information that the Court required to be shared during the *ex parte* portions of those proceedings should be subject to public view. However, given that the defendant has made known to third parties (including the Government) his desire to substitute his attorneys due to \"conflict . . . . lack of trust in his current counsel based on issues at trial and the resulting breakdown of communication between counsel and Mr. Guo,\"<sup>1</sup> it is plausible that much of what was discussed during the *ex parte* portions of those conferences is not confidential, and thus not privileged. *See*\n\n<sup>1</sup> Jan. 28, 2025 Ltr. from S. Kamaraju to the Court, copying Government counsel.\n\n*Mejia*, 655 F.3d at 134 (absence of confidentiality defeats claim of privilege). Accordingly, the defendant's statements regarding displeasure (if any) with his current counsel at the conferences are not subject to protection. Nor would the defendant's statements to the Court regarding his impressions of counsel's conduct (if any), as such an opinion is not an attorney-client communication. At this time, all that may be withheld are a recounting, at the Court's direction, of confidential statements between the defendant and his counsel \"for the purpose of obtaining or providing legal advice.\" *Mejia*, 655 F.3d at 132. Similarly, the Government does not presently dispute that counsel's statements in response to Court questions during the *ex parte* portions of those conferences about attorney work-product are protected. But particularly because trial has concluded, and the defense has already provided the Government with its objections to the PSR, counsel's strategies and mental impressions related to sentencing (to the extent they were discussed during the *ex parte* portions of the conferences) may have been disclosed already and thus would not be subject to protection.\n\nAccordingly, the Government requests that the defense provide the Court with proposed redactions to the *ex parte* transcripts by March 24, 2025, and that the unredacted portions be made available on that date, with the redacted portions subject to the Court's review. The defense does not consent to this request.\n\n#### 3. This Matter Should Proceed to Sentencing as Soon as Practicable\n\nAs set forth in its prior letters, the Government maintains that the defendant's December 10, 2024 motion for substitution of counsel should be denied. (*See* Dkts. 500-502.)<sup>2</sup>\n\nNonetheless, under the Crime Victims' Rights Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3771(a), the victims in this case have a statutory right to restitution and to \"proceedings free from unreasonable delay.\" 18 U.S.C. § 3771(a). As it did with respect to Yanping Wang, the Government intends to seek an order authorizing the United States to compensate the thousands of the defendant's victims with finally forfeited assets through a remission process, as restitution would be impracticable in this case. *See* 18 U.S.C. § 3663A(c)(3); Dkt. 495. However, any remission process cannot commence until a final order of forfeiture is entered as to the defendant, which cannot happen until sentencing\n\n<sup>2</sup> The Court has discretion to deny the motion unless it finds the conflict \"so great that it resulted in a total lack of communication preventing an adequate defense.\" *United States v. John Doe No. 1*, 272 F.3d 116, 122 (2d Cir. 2001). That condition is not satisfied. The Government previously noted that one of the lawyers seeking to withdraw met with the defendant on December 25, 2024 that is, after the filing and hearing on the *ex parte* substitution motion. *See* Dkt. 500 at 4. More recently, at the parties' last conference with the Court, three of the lawyers seeking to withdraw met privately with the defendant in the Marshals Service's holding area next to the courtroom. The defendant's *ex parte* statements may have asserted \"certain disagreements\" with counsel, or even an \"intense rift\"—but neither condition is tantamount to the \"total lack of communication\" that is required to deprive the Court of discretion to deny a dilatory motion to substitute counsel after several sentencing adjournments and more than eight months after the jury's verdict. *John Doe No. 1*, 272 F.3d at 124; *United States v. Muhammad*, No. 12 Cr. 337 (ADS) (GRB), 2012 WL 6021458, at \\*3 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 19, 2012).\n\nis completed.<sup>3</sup> The Government has already received dozens of inquiries from victims seeking just compensation, and the Government also has been contacted by counsel purporting to represent a group comprised of thousands of victims. As the Court knows, many victims lost hundreds of thousands of dollars (or more). Others lost their retirement funds or substantial amounts of their life savings. Victims are waiting for closure, accountability, and commencement of the remission process, without visibility into when the defendant will be sentenced. The Government would like to return the hundreds of millions of dollars it seeks to forfeit to *victims* as soon as reasonably possible and attempt to repair the damage that Guo and his co-conspirators caused. The Government cannot do so until the defendant is sentenced. The interests of the victims in this case weigh heavily in favor of scheduling a date certain for the defendant's sentencing.\n\nThe need for swift resolution of this matter is therefore acute. The Government appreciates that the Court is weighing the merits of the defendant's motion to substitute counsel. The Government respectfully requests that, to the extent the Court intends to grant (or deny) the defendant's substitution request, it do so promptly, and set a sentencing date in short order. The only remaining work for the defendant's counsel (current or substitute) is to prepare a sentencing submission in consultation with their client, and advocate for their client during a sentencing hearing. These last remaining activities should happen as soon as possible given the right of victims, and the public, to a timely resolution of this case. To the extent that the Court grants the defendant's motion, the Government believes that the Federal Defenders—who represented the defendant at his presentment and initial arraignment, and are not conflicted from this matter could be promptly appointed as substitute counsel with the defendant's current counsel appointed under the Criminal Justice Act as a supplement to new counsel. *See Morris v. Slappy*, 461 U.S. 1, 13 (1983) (declaring the decision to grant or deny a motion to change counsel \"is within the discretion of the trial court\").\n\nThe Government is available to address any questions the Court may have.\n\nRespectfully submitted,\n\n MATTHEW PODOLSKY Acting United States Attorney\n\nby: /s/\n\n Micah F. Fergenson Ryan B. Finkel Justin Horton Juliana N. Murray Assistant United States Attorneys (212) 637-2190 / 6612 / 2276 / 2314\n\ncc: Counsel of Record (by ECF)\n\n<sup>3</sup> The defendant has not offered to consent to a final order of forfeiture.","body_zh":"金额/物品　存放地点　持有人　扣押日期　来源\n\n$64,826.87　Silvergate Bank（银门银行）账号 5090037713　Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC（汉密尔顿机会基金独立投资组合公司）　9/18/2022　起诉书\n\n$75,000,000.00　Silvergate Bank 账号 5090037705　Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC　9/18/2022　起诉书\n\n$467,343.00　Silvergate Bank 账号 5090037754　Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC　9/18/2022　起诉书\n\n$89,992,861.75　Silvergate Bank 账号 5090042770　Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC　9/18/2022　起诉书\n\n$1,683,077.40　Silvergate Bank 账号 5090042762　Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC　9/18/2022　起诉书\n\n$85,899,889.20　Silvergate Bank 账号 5090042853　Hamilton Opportunity Funds SPC　9/18/2022　起诉书\n\n$1,800,000.00　Silvergate Bank 账号 5090037739　Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC　9/18/2022　起诉书\n\n$85,899,889.20　Silvergate Bank 账号 5090042853　Hamilton Opportunity Funds SPC　9/18/2022　起诉书\n\n$48,230,709.62　Silvergate Bank 账号 5090030288　Hamilton Investment Management Ltd.（汉密尔顿投资管理有限公司）　9/18/2022　起诉书\n\n$1,187,278.87　Mercantile Bank International（美商国际商业银行）账号 MBI10171-0000　Hamilton Investment Management Ltd.　October 16, 2022 and March 10, 2023　起诉书\n\n$3,090,856.54　Mercantile Bank International 账号 MBI10137-0000　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd.（汉密尔顿资本控股有限公司）　October 16, 2022 and March 10, 2023　起诉书\n\n$4,643,744.70　FV Bank 账号 7801000590　Himalaya International Reserves, Ltd.（喜马拉雅国际储备有限公司）　9/20/2022　起诉书\n\n$272,350,313.76　Mercantile Bank International 账号 MBI10138-0000　Himalaya International Reserves, Ltd.　October 16, 2022 and March 10, 2023　起诉书\n\n$14,599,257.25　FV Bank 账号 7801000254　Himalaya International Clearing, Ltd.（喜马拉雅国际清算有限公司）　9/20/2022　起诉书\n\n$10,008,284.04　Mercantile Bank International 账号 MBI10133-0000　Himalaya International Clearing, Ltd.　October 16, 2022 and March 10, 2023　起诉书\n\n$310,594.31　Mercantile Bank International 账号 MBI10139-0000　Himalaya International Financial Group Ltd.（喜马拉雅国际金融集团有限公司）　October 16, 2022 and March 10, 2023　起诉书\n\n$161,809.47　Mercantile Bank International 账号 MBI10183-0000　Himalaya Currency Clearing Pty Ltd.（喜马拉雅货币清算私人有限公司）　10/16/2022　起诉书\n\n$11,538,579.87　Mercantile Bank International 账号 MBI10103-0000　G Club International Ltd.（G系列俱乐部国际有限公司）　10/16/2022　起诉书\n\n账户中持有的所有金钱、资金和资产，包括应计利息，以及所有可追溯至此的资金　TD Bank, N.A.（道明银行）官方支票账户，此前存放于 TD Bank, N.A. 账户 440-5491468 及 440-5492044　G Club Operations LLC（G系列俱乐部运营有限责任公司）　5/12/2023　扣押令 23 MAG 3908 看来包含总额为 $7,173,427.25 的 2 张支票\n\n金额/物品　存放地点　持有人　扣押日期　来源\n\n财产\n\n675 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430，镇区：MAHWAH TWP　起诉书\n\n布加迪 Chiron Super Sport，车辆识别代号（VIN）为 VF9SW3V3XNM795047　5/11/2023　起诉书\n\n兰博基尼 Aventador SVJ Roadster，车辆识别代号（VIN）为 ZHWUN6ZD2MLA10393　3/15/2023　起诉书\n\n证物 1 - 被扣押的 G Club 资产\n\n证物 1 - 被扣押的 G Club 资产\n\n美国纽约南区联邦地区法院（UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK）\n案件编号：S4 23 CR. 118 (AT)；没收通知\n\n特此通知，于 2025年1月7日，在 U.S. v. Yvette Wang（美国诉王雁平），又名“Yanping”，又名“Y”，案件编号 S4 23 CR. 118 (AT) 一案中，美国纽约南区联邦地区法院作出一项命令，依法判处将下列财产没收归美利坚合众国所有：\n\n原存放在 FV Bank 账号 7801000589 内、以“Himalaya International Financial Group, Ltd.”名义持有、由政府于 2022年9月20日或前后扣押的 7,715.00 美元法定货币 (23-FBI-000011)\n\n原存放在 US Bank（美国合众银行）账号 157525208185 内、以“G Fashion”名义持有、由政府于 2022年9月18日或前后扣押的 9,899,659.19 美元法定货币 (23-FBI-000046)\n\n原存放在 FV Bank 账号 7801000590 内、以“Himalaya International Reserves, Ltd.”名义持有、由政府于 2022年9月20日或前后扣押的 4,643,744.70 美元法定货币 (23-FBI-000050)\n\n原存放在 FV Bank 账号 7801000254 内、以“Himalaya International Clearing, Ltd.”名义持有、由政府于 2022年9月20日或前后扣押的 14,599,257.25 美元法定货币 (23-FBI-000051)\n\n原存放在 Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.（制造商与贸易商信托公司）账号 9878904409 内、以“GETTR USA, Inc.”名义持有、由政府于 2022年9月18日或前后扣押的 2,745,377.75 美元法定货币 (23-FBI-000067)\n\n原存放在 Silvergate Bank 账号 5090042853 内、以“Hamilton Opportunity Funds SPC”名义持有、由政府于 2022年9月18日或前后扣押的 85,899,889.20 美元法定货币 (23-FBI-000069)\n\n原存放在 Silvergate Bank 账号 5090030288 内、以“Hamilton Investment Management, Ltd.”名义持有、由政府于 2022年9月18日或前后扣押的 48,230,709.62 美元法定货币 (23-FBI-000072)\n\n原存放在 Silvergate Bank 账号 5090042762 内、以“Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC”名义持有、由政府于 2022年9月18日或前后扣押的 1,683,077.40 美元法定货币 (23-FBI-000073)\n\n原存放在 Silvergate Bank 账号 5090042770 内、以“Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC”名义持有、由政府于 2022年9月18日或前后扣押的 89,992,861.75 美元法定货币 (23-FBI-000074)\n\n原存放在 Silvergate Bank 账号 5090037713 内、以“Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC”名义持有、由政府于 2022年9月18日或前后扣押的 64,826.87 美元法定货币 (23-FBI-000075)\n\n原存放在 Silvergate Bank 账号 5090037754 内、以“Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC”名义持有、由政府于 2022年9月18日或前后扣押的 467,343.00 美元法定货币 (23-FBI-000077)\n\n原存放在 Silvergate Bank 账号 5090037705 内、以“Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC”名义持有、由政府于 2022年9月18日或前后扣押的 75,000,000.00 美元法定货币 (23-FBI-000078)\n\n原存放在 Silvergate Bank 账号 5090037739 内、以“Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC”名义持有、由政府于 2022年9月18日或前后扣押的 1,800,000.00 美元法定货币 (23-FBI-000079)\n\n原存放在 Mercantile Bank International 账号 MBI10139-0000 内、以“Himalaya International Financial Group Ltd.”名义持有、由政府于 2022年10月16日或前后至 2023年3月10日或前后期间扣押的 310,594.31 美元法定货币 (23-FBI-000182)\n\n原存放在 Mercantile Bank International 账号 MBI10183-0000 内、以“Himalaya Currency Clearing Pty Ltd.”名义持有、由政府于 2022年10月16日或前后扣押的 176,983.37 美元法定货币 (23-FBI-000183)\n\n1,187,278.87美元的美国货币，原存入Mercantile Bank International（美商国际银行）账号为MBI10171-0000的账户，以“Hamilton Investment Management Ltd.（汉密尔顿投资管理有限公司）”的名义持有，并由政府于2022年10月16日左右至2023年3月10日左右扣押（23-FBI-000184）\n\n47,888.50美元的美国货币，原存入Mercantile Bank International账号为MBI10172-0000的账户，以“G Fashion International Limited（G时尚国际有限公司）”的名义持有，并由政府于2022年10月16日左右扣押（23-FBI-000185）\n\n12,620,625.39美元的美国货币，原存入Mercantile Bank International账号为MBI10103-0000的账户，以“G Club International Ltd.（G俱乐部国际有限公司）”的名义持有，并由政府于2022年10月16日左右扣押（23-FBI-000287）\n\n3,090,856.54美元的美国货币，原存入Mercantile Bank International账号为MBI10137-0000的账户，以“Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd.（汉密尔顿资本控股有限公司）”的名义持有，并由政府于2022年10月16日左右至2023年3月10日左右扣押（23-FBI-000288）\n\n10,008,284.04美元的美国货币，原存入Mercantile Bank International账号为MBI10133-0000的账户，以“Himalaya International Clearing Ltd.（喜马拉雅国际清算有限公司）”的名义持有，并由政府于2022年10月16日左右至2023年3月10日左右扣押（23-FBI-000289）\n\n272,350,429.22美元的美国货币，原存入Mercantile Bank International账号为MBI10138-0000的账户，以“Himalaya International Reserves Ltd.（喜马拉雅国际储备有限公司）”的名义持有，并由政府于2022年10月16日左右至2023年3月10日左右扣押（23-FBI-000290）\n\n一辆Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Roadster（兰博基尼Aventador SVJ敞篷跑车），车辆识别代号为ZHWUN6ZD2MLA10393，由政府于2023年3月15日左右扣押（23-FBI-002741）\n\n位于675 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430（新泽西州马赫瓦拉马波山谷路675号）的所有地块或土地，连同其建筑物、附属设施、地上改良物、固定附着物、附加物及地役权，地块编号为3300021-03-00001-02，描述为宗地号：1.02；街区：21.03；区域：33；市、自治市镇、镇区：MAHWAH TWP（马赫瓦镇区）（即“涉案房产”）（23-FBI-002795）\n\n由政府于2023年3月15日左右从涉案房产扣押的5,000欧元（23-FBI-002824）\n\n由政府于2023年3月15日左右从涉案房产扣押的188,050港元（23-FBI-002825）\n\n由政府于2023年3月15日左右从涉案房产扣押的250元人民币（23-FBI-002826）\n\n由政府于2023年3月15日左右从涉案房产扣押的黄色硬币（23-FBI-002827）\n\n由政府于2023年3月15日左右从涉案房产扣押的406,235.00美元的美国货币（23-FBI-002828）\n\n由政府于2023年3月15日左右从涉案房产扣押的一枚带盒戒指和一条带盒手镯（23-FBI-002829）\n\n由政府于2023年3月15日左右从被告公寓扣押的600元人民币（23-FBI-002830）\n\n由政府于2023年3月15日左右从被告公寓扣押的1,180港元（23-FBI-002831）\n\n由政府于2023年3月15日左右从被告公寓扣押的3,005英镑货币（23-FBI-002832）\n\n由政府于2023年3月15日左右从被告公寓扣押的138,440.00美元的美国货币（23-FBI-002833）\n\n2,815,502.30美元的美国货币，原存放在TD Bank, N.A.（道明银行）账号为440-5491468的账户中（23-FBI-003000）\n\n4,357,924.95美元的美国货币，原存放在TD Bank, N.A.账号为440-5492044的账户中（23-FBI-003001）\n\n由政府于2023年3月15日左右从涉案房产扣押的各类画作（23-FBI-003002），包括以下物品：Philip and Kelvin LaVerne（菲利普与开尔文·拉弗恩）创作的《音乐静物》（Still Life Musicale），20世纪60年代彩色珐琅青铜壁匾；\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne创作的《维纳斯的沉思》（Venus Contemplating），20世纪60年代彩色珐琅青铜壁匾；以及\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne创作的《中国风壁匾第14号》（Chinoi Plaque #14），限量版20世纪60年代青铜与白镴壁匾\n\n巴洛克风格雕花镀金木框，19世纪晚期，44.75英寸×38.5英寸，由政府于2023年3月15日左右从涉案房产扣押（23-FBI-003003）\n\n一台Samsung（三星）Q900系列QN98Q900RBF 98英寸QLED智能电视（8K），由政府于2023年3月15日左右从涉案房产扣押（23-FBI-003010）\n\n一辆Rolls Royce Phantom EWB（劳斯莱斯幻影长轴距版），车辆识别代号为SCATT8C08MU206445，由政府于2023年3月20日左右扣押（23-FBI-003011）\n\n由政府于2023年3月15日左右从涉案房产扣押的原位于涉案房产一楼的各类古董家具（23-FBI-003012），包括以下物品：\n\n一对Francois Linke（弗朗索瓦·林克）风格的鎏金铜饰陈列柜；\n\n单门鎏金铜饰玻璃展示柜，弧形玻璃侧面及正面，蹄形底足；\n\n华丽锻铁桌配大理石嵌面，对称拼花中心饰纹，黑色轮廓；\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne创作的“永恒森林”（Eternal Forest）特别款游戏桌，底部标有青铜和白镴；\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne创作的“婚姻旋涡”（Marriage Whirl）东方图案回旋镖形青铜、白镴及珐琅桌；\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne创作的“永恒森林”鸡尾酒桌，青铜与白镴配彩色珐琅；\n\n一张由Philip & Kelvin La Verne创作的“康熙”（K'ang Hsi）伸缩桌，蚀刻仿古铜白镴及手绘珐琅彩；\n\n一对塞夫尔（Sevres）风格瓷质花器/花瓶，白底金饰，配鎏金铜饰；\n\n一件塞夫尔风格瓷质花器/花瓶，深蓝底金饰，配鎏金铜饰；\n\n一对路易十六风格镀金木质壁台桌，配白色大理石台面。高37.5英寸×宽6英寸；\n\n一对八角形大理石底座，白底灰纹。高32英寸×直径23英寸；\n一张“Punto '83”不锈钢网格台面桌，高度可调，花瓣可调，由Gabriella Crespi（加布里埃拉·克雷斯皮）设计，意大利1982年；\n\n路易十五风格法式书桌台，镶嵌细工配鎏金铜饰，皮质桌面；\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne创作的“节日”（Festival）瀑布边壁台桌，顶部有签名，20世纪60年代；\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne创作的“节日特别款”瀑布边壁台桌，顶部有签名，20世纪60年代；\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne创作的“关羽/关素”（Kuan Su）咖啡桌，青铜及白镴/银色金属花卉台面；\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne创作的“禅”（Chan）圆形青铜、白镴及珐琅桌，饰中国图案；\n\n摄政风格古希腊弯腿十字底座脚凳，配爪足、红色天鹅绒软包及流苏；\n\n20世纪早期的酒吧柜，配纯银镶嵌垂直框挺、饰纹及圆球；\n\n20世纪60年代Maison Jansen（詹森行）风格法式黄铜、黑锈斑及烟熏玻璃咖啡桌；\n\n法式鎏金铜饰细工镶嵌书桌台，带单层腰梁抽屉，正反面均有装饰面；\n\n一对法式帝国风格镀金及仿古青铜鎏金铜饰桌，配黑色大理石台面；\n\n帝国风格中心桌，配对称拼花火焰纹贴面木台面；\n\nJansen风格双层烛台圆桌（Bouillotte Table），置于凹槽三脚底座上，配鎏金铜饰、大理石台面；以及\n\n布尔（Boulle）风格平顶写字台（Bureau Plat），金银双色金属卷草纹设计，嵌玳瑁\n\n由政府于2023年3月15日左右从涉案房产扣押的各类地毯（23-FBI-003013），包括以下物品：\n\n大不里士（Tabriz）地毯，产自伊朗，现代制品。13英尺8英寸×20英尺。品质：45拉杰（raj）。棉质经纬线；\n\n比贾尔（Bidjar）地毯，产自伊朗，20世纪一季度。14英尺5英寸×19英尺7英寸。羊毛纬线，棉质经线；以及\n\n比贾尔地毯，产自伊朗，19世纪晚期至20世纪早期。12英尺3英寸×19英尺。羊毛经纬线，羊毛绒面\n\n一辆Bugatti Chiron Super Sport（布加迪Chiron Super Sport），车辆识别代号为VF9SW3V3XNM795047，由政府于2023年5月11日左右扣押（23-FBI-003014）\n\n由政府于2023年3月15日左右从涉案房产扣押的原位于涉案房产一楼的各类镜子（23-FBI-003015），包括以下物品：\n\n一对19世纪中期的路易十五风格带副框镜（paraclose mirrors），花卉图案；\n\n意大利托斯卡纳古董镀金木镜，顶端为羽毛饰瓮形顶饰；\n\n两（2）面摄政风格镀金木镜，饰瓮形及花卉顶饰；\n\n路易十五风格镀金木壁炉上方双联镜；\n\n两（2）面意大利新古典主义风格镀金木码头镜（pier mirrors）；\n\n一对意大利佛罗伦萨风格镀金木镜，各饰羽毛；\n意大利镀金木镜，配洛可可式镜顶及网格嵌板；\n一对法式摄政风格镀金木镜，镜顶饰羽毛；以及\n一对镀金木镜，各饰羽毛面具镜顶\n\n由政府于2023年3月15日左右从涉案房产扣押的原位于涉案房产一楼的各类收藏品及装饰配件（23-FBI-003016），包括以下物品：\n一对19世纪帝国风格镀金青铜落地火炬台，饰有狮面垂褶；\n一对18灯Baccarat（巴卡拉）落地火炬台。高95英寸×宽26英寸。尺寸为近似值；\n\n19世纪银与玳瑁镶嵌台式柜，嵌珐琅；\n\n一对小型具象仿古黑金青铜烛台；\n\n一对带方尖碑、狮面及海豚图案的鎏金青铜壁炉火挡柴架（chenet）；\n\n一对大理石底座，方顶圆柱；以及\n\n一对摄政风格青铜仿古火炬台，归属于某英国灯具制造商\n\n由政府于2023年3月15日左右从涉案房产扣押的原位于涉案房产二楼的各类古董家具（23-FBI-003019），包括以下物品：\n\n乔治王时代晚期奇彭代尔（Chippendale）风格六边形中心桌，配弯腿及带毛爪抓球足；\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne创作的“禅”（Chan）加长六边形桌，顶部为斑驳青铜，青铜材质；\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne创作的“禅”六边形基座，顶部为青铜，青铜及白镴中式风格；\n\nPhilip and Kelvin LaVerne创作的“中国”（Les Chine）鸡尾酒桌，方形斑驳青铜台面支撑；以及\n\n一件由Joseph Emmanuel Zweiner（约瑟夫·埃马纽埃尔·茨维纳）制作的路易十五风格法式鎏金铜饰桃花心木五斗柜\n\n波斯丝绸大不里士地毯，7英尺7英寸×11英尺2英寸，原位于涉案房产二楼，由政府于2023年3月15日左右从涉案房产扣押（23-FBI-003020）\n\n由政府于2023年3月15日左右从涉案房产扣押的原位于涉案房产二楼的各类镜子（23-FBI-003022），包括以下物品：\n\n路易十五风格镀金木码头镜；\n\n一对路易十五风格镀金木镜；\n\n意大利托斯卡纳镀金木镜；\n\n法式镀金木带副框镜，饰路易十六风格花环；\n\n中式奇彭代尔风格镀金木双副框镜；以及\n\n路易十五风格镀金木带副框镜（双框），配贝壳与波浪镜顶\n\n由政府于2023年3月15日左右从涉案房产扣押的原位于涉案房产二楼的各类收藏品及装饰配件（23-FBI-003023），包括以下物品：\n\n法式黄铜三折壁炉屏风，饰帝国风格花垂与花环；\nFerdinand Barbedienne（费迪南·巴尔贝迪耶纳，1810-1892）法式三件套座钟套件；\n一对维多利亚时代瓮与花垂火挡柴架，高18英寸×宽16英寸×深6英寸；\n一对路易十五风格镀金青铜及黄铜柴架，绘有小天使形象；\n路易十五风格镀金青铜“柴木架”；以及\n一对镀金青铜路易十五风格火挡柴架\n\n法式挂毯，尺寸6英尺8英寸×9英尺5英寸，原位于涉案房产三楼，由政府于2023年3月15日左右从涉案房产扣押（23-FBI-003027）\n\n一对古董中国外销铸黄铜福犬（石狮），由政府于2023年3月15日左右从涉案房产扣押（23-FBI-003030）\n\nThe United States（美国）特此发出通知，表明其有意以United States Attorney General（美国司法部长）可能指示的方式处置被没收的财产。除本案被告外，任何声称对被没收财产享有权益的人，根据Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure（《联邦刑事诉讼规则》）第32.2条及21 U.S.C. § 853(n)(1)的规定，必须在本通知于此政府官方互联网站点首次发布之日（2025年2月6日）起60日内提出附带申请。该附带申请必须提交至United States District Court（美国联邦地区法院）书记官处（地址：500 Pearl Street, Room 120, New York, NY 10007），并将副本送达至Assistant United States Attorney（美国联邦助理检察官）Ryan Finkel（地址：Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278）。根据21 U.S.C. § 853(n)的规定，附带申请应由申请人在接受伪证处罚的前提下签署，并应阐明申请人对被没收财产所享有权利、所有权或权益的性质和范围、申请人取得该被没收财产的权利、所有权和权益的时间与情况，以及支持申请人主张和所请求救济的任何其他事实。\n\n在法院对所有已提交的附带申请作出处置之后，或者如果没有提交此类申请，在上述指定的提交此类附带申请的期限届满之后，美国应对该财产拥有完全所有权，并可向任何后续买受人或受让人保证拥有良好所有权。\n\n政府亦可考虑准予免除或减轻没收的申请，该等申请可免除全部或部分财产的被没收状态。申请书必须包括对您在财产中所享权益的描述，并附有证明文件；包括您认为足以证明应予返还财产的任何事实；并在宣誓下签署且承担伪证处罚，或符合伪证处罚下非宣誓声明的要求。参见 28 U.S.C. Section 1746。有关免除或减轻没收的法规，参见 28 C.F.R. Sections 9.1 - 9.9。免除没收的标准载于 28 C.F.R. Section 9.5(a)。减轻没收的标准载于 28 C.F.R. Section 9.5(b)。免除申请无需采用任何特定格式，可通过网络或以书面形式提交。您应在本通知最终发布之日起30日后的美国东部时间晚上11:59之前提交免除申请。参见 28 C.F.R. Section 9.3(a)。该 http 网站提供了可邮寄的标准免除申请表格以及用于在线提交免除申请的链接。\n\n如果您无法在网上找到所需的资产，您必须通过书面形式提交您的免除申请，邮寄至Assistant United States Attorney Ryan Finkel，地址：Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278。该网站提供了关于提交免除申请的常见问题解答（FAQ）。您可以同时向法院提交附带申请以及提交免除或减轻没收的申请。\n\nAndrew Childe\n\nCayman Islands（开曼群岛） 电话：+1 345 916 1813 电子邮箱：andrew.childe@ffp.ky\n\nAndrew Childe 是一名独立董事，专门为公司、合伙企业、基金会、信托及其他金融架构提供独立的董事会层面治理及争议解决咨询服务。Andrew 还接受对具备偿债能力及无力偿债实体的清算人任命，并具备担任开曼群岛法院指定清算人的资格。\n\nAndrew 在金融服务领域拥有超过20年的经验，在加入 FFP Cayman 之前，曾于四大跨国会计师事务所的重组与企业融资部门担任高级管理职务。\n\nAndrew 在处理各类资产和管理复杂跨境诉讼方面拥有丰富经验。他深谙诉讼主张、二级市场、正常履约与不良贷款、挂牌及非挂牌股票、资产支持借贷、房地产销售与管理、衍生品及债务工具、私募股权投资、结构性融资产品以及若干其他另类资产。这些经验使他能够极佳地就广泛的投资策略提供咨询建议，并使他在多个司法管辖区建立了由值得信赖的顾问和法律顾问组成的广泛网络。\n\nAndrew 是开曼群岛和British Virgin Islands（英属维尔京群岛，BVI）以及美国、欧洲、非洲和UAE（阿联酋）多家投资公司的董事会成员，是开曼群岛合资格的法院指定清算人和认证董事。他还是开曼群岛董事协会、开曼群岛合规协会的成员，在Cayman Islands Monetary Authority（开曼群岛金融管理局）注册为认可董事，经BVI Financial Services Commission（BVI金融服务委员会）批准为董事，并在DIFC Registrar of Companies（迪拜国际金融中心公司注册处）注册为破产从业人员，获准被任命并担任在 DIFC 注册实体的指定人、管理人、接管人、行政接管人、清算人或临时清算人。\n\nAndrew 是Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales（英格兰及威尔士特许会计师协会）、CIPPA、American Bankruptcy Institute（美国破产学会）的成员，并且是开曼群岛重组与破产专家协会的前任秘书。\n\nU.S. Department of Justice（美国司法部）\nUnited States Attorney Southern District of New York（纽约南区联邦检察官）\nThe Jacob K. Javits Federal Building 26 Federal Plaza, 37th Floor New York, New York 10278\n\n2025年3月18日\n\n通过 ECF 提交\n\nHonorable Analisa Torres（尊敬的阿纳丽莎·托雷斯法官）\nUnited States District Judge（美国联邦地区法官）\nSouthern District of New York\n500 Pearl Street New York, NY\n\n关于：United States v. Miles Guo（美国 诉 郭文贵案），案号：S3 23 Cr. 188 (AT)\n\n尊敬的托雷斯法官：\n\n在辩方提交了一份单方信函以及当天举行了与辩方待决的更换辩护律师请求相关的单方法庭会议之后，法院于2024年12月20日无限期休会本案的量刑程序。此后，双方通过电子邮件向法院提交了多封信函，并且在法院于2025年3月3日进行诉讼程序后，政府已在案卷中公开提交了其信函。（案卷编号 500-502。）\n\n政府谨此致信请求法院：(i) 授权辩护律师按如下规定公开提交其关于被告更换辩护律师动议的单方材料；(ii) 在适当的范围内解封2024年12月20日和2025年3月3日会议的单方笔录；以及 (iii) 在必要时为被告指定新的辩护律师，以便迅速安排量刑日期。经过为期八周的陪审团审理，被告于2024年7月被定罪。迅速推进至量刑程序是符合司法利益所必需的，特别是为了维护受害者的权利。\n\n1. 法院应命令辩护律师公开某些归档文件\n\n2025年3月3日，法院指示各方就与被告更换辩护律师动议相关的单方及密封材料是否可以公开提交提供意见。2025年3月10日，辩护律师提交了一封信函，声明被告不反对公开提交其“(i) CJA 财务宣誓书；(ii) Kwok 先生（郭先生）就其破产事宜提交的两份描述其对他人所欠债务的文件；(iii) 辩护律师日期为2024年12月10日和2025年1月28日的信函。”（案卷编号 499。）基于双方之间的讨论，政府了解到辩护律师正在等待法院的授权以公开提交这些文件。因此，在辩方无异议的情况下，政府请求法院命令辩方公开提交被告2025年3月10日信函中指明的与被告更换辩护律师动议相关的那些单方及密封材料。\n\n2. 2024年12月20日和2025年3月3日笔录中的非保密特权部分应予公开\n\n在辩方向法院发出2024年12月10日的信函之后，法院于2024年12月20日和2025年3月3日举行了两次会议——其中的部分内容为单方进行且仍处于密封状态。在这些单方会议中，只有受有效保密特权约束的部分才应保持密封。\n\n在更换辩护律师程序的语境下，公众查阅权占主导地位，并且通常情况下，“所有撤案动议均应送达委托人并（除非法院豁免）送达所有其他当事人。”S.D.N.Y. Local Civ. R. 1.4(b)（根据 S.D.N.Y. Local Crim. R. 1.1(b) 适用于刑事案件）。法院可以“准许在不公开审理及密封状态下陈述撤案理由”，但仅限于“适当的案件”。同上，2024年之前委员会说明。公众查阅“确保‘公众能够看到[被告]受到公正对待，而不是被不公正地’剥夺重要实体权利。United States v. Avenatti（美国 诉 阿弗纳蒂案），550 F. Supp. 3d 36, 47 (S.D.N.Y. 2021)（引用 Waller v. Georgia（沃勒 诉 乔治亚州案），467 U.S. 39, 46 (1984)）。诚然，第二巡回法院已承认各种保密特权可作为限制查阅原本公开材料的理由。参见 United States v. Amodeo（美国 诉 阿莫代奥案），44 F.3d 141, 147 (2d Cir. 1995)。因此，在没有相反证明的情况下，密封笔录中反映律师与委托人交流或工作成果的任何陈述均可保持密封。然而，这些保护仅适用于狭窄范围的信息。“律师-委托人保密特权保护的是 (1) 委托人与其律师之间的 (2) 意图保密且事实上已予以保密的 (3) 出于获取或提供法律建议目的的交流。”United States v. Mejia（美国 诉 梅希亚案），655 F.3d 126, 132 (2d Cir. 2011)。律师工作成果仅保护“在预期诉讼中准备的、包含律师或其他代表的精神印象、结论、意见或法律理论的材料”。United States v. Petit（美国 诉 佩蒂特案），438 F. Supp. 3d 212, 214 (S.D.N.Y. 2020)（引文省略）。因此，法院应当审查密封笔录，并将任何持续密封严格限制在“为维护律师-委托人关系的保密性所必需”的部分。Team Obsolete Ltd. v. A.H.R.M.A. Ltd（过时车队有限公司 诉 美国历史性赛车手摩托车协会有限公司案），464 F. Supp. 2d 164, 165 (E.D.N.Y. 2006)；另见 Ceglia v. Zuckerberg（塞格利亚 诉 扎克伯格案），No. 10 Cv. 569 (RJA) (LGF), 2013 WL 12234139, at *4-5 (W.D.N.Y. Mar. 20, 2013)（承认“披露[撤案动议]对[相对方]有用，主要在于反对撤案”，但在裁定“动议应予驳回”后认定披露请求“已无实际意义”）。\n\n尽管政府并非2024年12月20日和2025年3月3日会议单方部分的当事方，但进行审查以确定这些会议中的哪些信息应继续对政府和公众屏蔽是恰当的。目前，政府并不主张在这些诉讼程序的单方部分中法院要求共享的任何享有特权的律师-委托人交流或律师工作成果信息应当公开。然而，鉴于被告已向第三方（包括政府）表明其由于“冲突……基于审判中的问题对现任律师缺乏信任，并导致律师与郭先生之间沟通破裂”1 而希望更换其律师，在这些会议单方部分中讨论的许多内容很可能并不属于机密，因而也不享有保密特权。参见\n\n1 2025年1月28日 S. Kamaraju 致法院并抄送政府律师的信函。\n\n见 Mejia 案，655 F.3d at 134（缺乏保密性将导致特权主张不成立）。因此，被告在会议上表达的对其现任律师的不满（如有），不受特权保护。被告向法庭陈述其对律师行为的印象（如有）同样不受保护，因为此类意见并非律师-当事人之间的沟通交流。目前，唯一可以不予公开的，是按照法庭指示，对被告与其律师之间“为了获得或提供法律咨询”而进行的保密陈述的复述。Mejia 案，655 F.3d at 132。同样，政府目前对律师在上述会议单方（ex parte）进行部分中回答法庭有关律师工作成果（attorney work-product）的提问时所作的陈述受保护一事不持异议。但特别是由于审判已经结束，且辩方已经向政府提交了对判决前调查报告（PSR）的异议，与量刑相关的律师策略和心智印象（只要在会议单方进行部分中讨论过）可能已经披露，因此将不再受保护。\n\n因此，政府请求法庭命令辩方于 2025年3月24日 之前向法庭提交对单方会议记录的拟议涂黑隐去方案，并于该日将未涂黑部分公开，涂黑部分由法庭进行审查。辩方不同意本请求。\n\n3. 本案应在切实可行的情况下尽快进行量刑\n\n正如在先前的信函中所述，政府坚持认为应当驳回被告于 2024年12月10日 提出的更换律师动议。（见 Dkts. 500-502。）2\n\n尽管如此，根据《犯罪受害者权利法案》（Crime Victims' Rights Act），18 U.S.C. § 3771(a)，本案受害者依法享有获得赔偿以及“不受不合理拖延的程序”的法定权利。18 U.S.C. § 3771(a)。正如针对 Yanping Wang（王雁平）所做的那样，政府打算请求法庭出具一项命令，授权美国政府通过免除/减免（remission）程序，使用最终没收的资产来补偿被告的数千名受害者，因为在本案中直接判令赔偿是不切实际的。见 18 U.S.C. § 3663A(c)(3)；Dkt. 495。然而，在针对被告作出最终没收命令之前，任何减免程序都无法启动，而这必须在量刑\n\n2 法庭有权酌情驳回该动议，除非法庭认定该冲突“严重到导致完全缺乏沟通，从而阻碍了充分的辩护”。United States v. John Doe No. 1，272 F.3d 116, 122 (2d Cir. 2001)。该条件并不满足。政府此前指出，申请退出的其中一名律师曾于 2024年12月25日 会见过被告——即在提交单方更换律师动议并举行听证会之后。见 Dkt. 500 at 4。最近，在各方与法庭的最后一次会议上，申请退出的三名律师在法庭旁的法警署（Marshals Service）羁押区私下会见了被告。被告在单方陈述中可能声称与律师存在“某些分歧”，甚至是“严重裂痕”——但这两种情况都不能等同于在多次量刑延期以及陪审团作出裁决八个多月后剥夺法庭驳回拖延性更换律师动议裁量权所需的“完全缺乏沟通”。John Doe No. 1，272 F.3d at 124；United States v. Muhammad，No. 12 Cr. 337 (ADS) (GRB), 2012 WL 6021458, at *3 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 19, 2012)。\n\n程序完成后才能发生。3 政府已经收到了数十名寻求公正补偿的受害者的问询，且政府也已接到自称代表由数千名受害者组成的群体的律师的联系。正如法庭所知，许多受害者损失了数十万美元（或更多）。其他受害者失去了他们的退休金或大部分毕生积蓄。受害者们正在等待案件的了结、问责以及减免程序的启动，却无法知晓被告将于何时被量刑。政府希望在合理可行的情况下尽快将拟没收的数亿美元归还给受害者，并试图弥补 Guo（郭文贵）及其同谋造成的损害。在被告被量刑之前，政府无法这样做。本案受害者的利益强烈支持为被告的量刑确定一个确切的日期。\n\n因此，迅速解决本案的需求十分迫切。政府理解法庭正在权衡被告更换律师动议的实质理由。政府谨请求，只要法庭意图准许（或驳回）被告的更换律师请求，即请迅速作出裁定，并在短期内确定量刑日期。被告的律师（现任或替补）唯一剩下的工作就是在与其当事人协商后准备量刑意见书，并在量刑听证会期间为其当事人进行辩护。鉴于受害者和公众对及时解决本案的权利，这最后剩下的工作应当尽快进行。在法庭准许被告动议的情况下，政府认为 Federal Defenders（联邦公设辩护人办公室）——其曾在此前的初次过堂（presentment）和首次提讯（initial arraignment）中代表被告，且在本案中不存在利益冲突——可被迅速指定为替补律师，同时根据《刑事司法法案》（Criminal Justice Act）指定被告的现任律师作为新律师的补充。见 Morris v. Slappy，461 U.S. 1, 13 (1983)（宣布准许或驳回更换律师动议的决定“属于初审法院的自由裁量权范围”）。\n\n政府随时准备回答法庭可能提出的任何问题。\n\n谨此提交，\n\nMATTHEW PODOLSKY\n代理美国联邦检察官\n\n签署人：/s/\n\nMicah F. Fergenson\nRyan B. Finkel\nJustin Horton\nJuliana N. Murray\n助理美国联邦检察官\n(212) 637-2190 / 6612 / 2276 / 2314\n\n抄送：在案记录律师（通过 ECF）\n\n3 被告并未表示同意作出最终没收命令。","key_entities":["Je","Himalaya","forfeiture","Guo","Finkel","Torres","853(n)","CIPA","Kwok","Miles Guo","Yanping Wang","Analisa Torres","Kamaraju","Horton","Fergenson","Murray","GETTR","Crime Victim","Rule 32.2"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":495,"court":"SDNY"},{"doc_number":499,"court":"SDNY"},{"doc_number":500,"court":"SDNY"}],"word_count":5720,"status":"published","published_at":"2025-04-04 00:00:00","created_at":"2025-04-04","updated_at":"2026-08-23 08:06:29"}