{"id":"court_sdny_612_4","court":"SDNY","case_no":"23-cr-00118","doc_number":612,"sub_number":4,"doc_type":"PETITION","filed_date":null,"title":"Urgent Confirmation of Legal Representation and Asset Eligibility @gmail.com lo Mon, 31 Mar 2025 3:07:26 AM -0400 To \"br","summary_zh":"投资者代理确认及资产索赔申请 —— 美国诉 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵 / Guo Wengui / Miles Guo）案，SDNY 1:23-cr-00118 ECF #612。多位喜马拉雅交易所投资者向代理律师 Bradford L. Geyer 提交邮件和申请，内容涉及法律代理资格确认、没收程序中的参与资格、账户冻结影响评估、部分资金未列入政府没收清单的异议，以及账户识别号丢失恢复等事项。","summary_en":"Investor Representation Confirmation and Asset Reclaim Requests — United States v. Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo), SDNY 1:23-cr-00118 ECF #612. Multiple Himalaya Exchange investors submit correspondence to counsel Bradford L. Geyer regarding verification of legal representation, participation eligibility in forfeiture proceedings, impact assessment of account suspension, disputes over funds not listed in government seizure, and account identifier recovery requests.","body_en":"## Urgent Confirmation of Legal Representation and Asset Eligibility\n\n@gmail.com lo Mon, 31 Mar 2025 3:07:26 AM -0400 To \"brad\"\n\nDear Mr Geyer,\n\nI am a user of HEX with the HID Z M. Due to my trust in and support for the Whistleblower Movement, I transferred approximately USD 1.3 million to HEX over time. These funds represent the lifetime savings of my entire family, and I am writing with deep concern about my ability to recover them through the ongoing forfeiture process.\n\nI urgently seek your assistance in confirming the following:\n\n### 1. Legal Representation:\n\nAs the Himalaya Restoration process took place some time ago, I no longer clearly recall whether I submitted my HID through the platform and completed the authorization for you to act as my legal representative. Could you please verify whether I am currently included under your representation in this case?\n\n#### 2. Account Suspension & Its Impact:\n\nIn July 2024, I received a notice from HEX stating that my account had been suspended. I am deeply worried that this may negatively affect my eligibility to claim my assets in the forfeiture proceedings. Could you please clarify whether this account status has any impact on my rights or your ability to represent me?\n\nGiven the upcoming ancillary petition deadline and the significance of these funds to my family, I respectfully ask for your prompt verification of my representation status and the asset details associated with my HID. If there are any issues or additional steps I need to take to ensure full participation in the claims process, please let me know as soon as possible.\n\nIf you require any further information or documentation from my side, I will be more than willing to provide it.\n\nSincerey,\n\n![](_page_0_Figure_13.jpeg)\n\n# Could you please help me mail the petition letter to the Ministry of Justice on April 7?\n\nfa\n\nThu, 03 Apr 2025 6:50:00 PM -0400\n\nTo \"Brad\" <Brad@formerfedsgroup.com>\n\nHello, respected lawyer!\n\nI'm bothering you today in my busy schedule because I've run into a very difficult situation! My assets are on the list of assets frozen by the government this time (23-FBI-000051). Today is only two or three days away from the time to submit the materials online and mail them. Starting from April 1st, I have been trying my best to find ways to submit the petition materials as early as possible on my mobile phone. I thought it would be simple and easy, but I didn't expect that after operating it on my mobile phone for a few days, I was either stuck when filling in the name (it didn't fit the format after several hours), or I couldn't get through the tracking code was correct when entering the website. Now I'm on the 5th page of sending the fund materials. I uploaded a picture and sent it successfully, but I couldn't send other pictures when I wanted to send them. And it took me 4 or 5 hours. I thought I might as well go to the next page to fill in the following information (check that the long box next to the sending materials is not filled in, and the others are filled in), but I can't go to page 6. Oh, it really makes me anxious. It's too difficult. I'm 59 years old and have invested more than 40,000 US dollars, which is a little savings that I have accumulated over many years. In mainland China, sending a letter to Xiliansuo is believed to be relatively risky (passing customs inspection). The deadline is only two or three days away. I am really worried that my savings over the years will be confiscated. After all, this is decades of accumulation. What if I lose my future? I am scared just thinking about it! Although we have never met. But I heard that our comrades wrote to you and received your reply, so I want to write you a letter for help to see if you can help me send the petition materials to the US Department of Justice or submit it online? Because I am worried that if I cannot complete the online petition submission on time, the consequences will be disastrous! Here I would like to mention that I am willing to bear all the expenses you need to help me, and I also look forward to your great help. I believe that with your help, things will become simple and smooth! Thank you! I hope to get your reply soon. May God bless and protect you with peace, health and joy! Good work and happiness for your family!\n\n3/4/2025。\n\n|                                                                      | Print     |\n|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|\n|                                                                      | Cancel    |\n| <b>Fwd: General Investor Status Update   <span>[REDACTED]</span></b> | <b>yo</b> |\n| <span>[REDACTED]</span>                                              |           |\n| Mon, 31 Mar 2025 2:20:19 AM -0400                                    | To        |\n| \"Brad\" <span>[REDACTED]</span>                                       |           |\n\nDear Bradford L. Geyer Lawyer,\n\nHello:\n\nI have signed the affidavit regarding the petition for the Himalaya Exchange. Thank you very much for the help you have provided; it is extremely important to us! I would like to inform you and your law firm about some special circumstances regarding my situation, so you are aware! I made two transfers to the Himalaya Exchange(27500 +3805 ), but these funds do not appear in the government's forfeiture list, nor are they reflected in my Himalaya Exchange balance! I hope you can assist in recovering these two transfers to prevent them from being seized by the U.S. government. The remittance documents are attached!\n\nAdditionally, due to the passage of time, I have made multiple deposits to the Himalaya Exchange for which I can no longer locate the remittance documents. Please be aware of this!\n\nAt the same time, since we are in mainland China, we face the constant risk of arrest by the Communist government. Because I provided my real name during the information update, I kindly ask you and your team to take extra care to protect our personal privacy! Thank you.\n\nI am very sorry that I mistakenly sent my email to your law firm's general email address. Please protect my personal information. Thank you!\n\n---------- Forwarded message --------- Date: 2025 3 23 10:22 Subject: Fwd: General Investor Status Update | To:\n\nDear Bradford L. Geyer Lawyer,\n\nHello:\n\nI have signed the affidavit regarding the petition for the Himalaya Exchange. Thank you very much for the help you have provided; it is extremely important to us! I would like to inform you and your law firm about some special circumstances regarding my situation, so you are aware! I made two transfers to the Himalaya\n\n## A Himalaya Exchange Client Requesting Her Lost HID#\n\n| Mon, 24 |  |\n|---------|--|\n|         |  |\n\nDear Mr. Geyer,\n\nI am a Himalaya Exchange client who signed up for the return of funds lawsuit against the DOJ through your website http in December 2023, and I got my HD# in the process. Now, I want to participate in the forfeiture stage & claim filing process. But I can't, because I have lost my HID#. I wish you could help find my HID#.\n\nHere's the reason why I've lost it.\n\nThe email I used to sign up for the return of HEX funds is the email I'm using to send you this message, which is 6042020@protonmail.com Although I had used this email service for three years prior to that, I knew little about Proton Mail's rather complicated safety features. I just knew that it used strong encryption methods, and I felt safer using it than other well-known service providers, like Gmail.\n\nWell, unbeknownst to me, it's their strong safety features that would get me in trouble one day, as password reset could make my old data unseable. Proton Mail is protected by multiple layers of security when it comes to password resetting, which I find to be a form of over-protection.\n\nNormally, with other email services, you can just reset your password with a recovery email address or a phone number, and you are all set, gaining back full access to all your emails in the account. But, that's not the case with Proton Mail.\n\nWhen you reset your password with a recovery email address or a phone number, it will make all your previous messages unseeable and unreadable as they will remain encrypted with a disabled key. Apparently, they provide you four different methods to recover your data:\n\n- 1. Recovering your data if you remember your password\n- 2. Recovering your data using your recovery phrase\n- 3. Recovering your data using your recovery file or backup encryption key\n- 4. Device data recovery\n\nAbout a year ago, a seemingly hacking incident prompted me to change my password, and as a result, all my old data disappeared. I was pretty worried at the time, but I didn't seek help from Proton Mail's Support until recently. Since the hacking incident, I have reset my password several times.\n\nA few days ago, when I found out I need the HD# to participate in the forfeiture stage & claim filing process, I went over Proton Mail's data recovery methods, and none of them worked. All my old messages in the Inbox still remain invisible.\n\nI contacted their support team. We've had emails back and forth, but the issue is still unresolved. I have no other ways to retrieve my HID#, but to seek help from you. May I ask you to help find it please?\n\nThank you very much.\n\nSincerely,","body_zh":"关于法律代理资格及资产合格性的紧急确认\n\n@gmail.com lo 2025年3月31日 周一 上午3:07:26 -0400 发送至 \"brad\"\n\n尊敬的 Geyer 先生：\n\n我是 HEX（喜马拉雅交易所）的用户，我的 HID 为 Z M。由于我对爆料革命（Whistleblower Movement）的信任与支持，我随着时间推移向 HEX 转账了约 130 万美元。这些资金代表着我们全家一生的积蓄，对于能否通过正在进行的没收（forfeiture）程序追回这些款项，我深感忧虑，特此致信。\n\n我急切请求您协助确认以下事项：\n\n1. 法律代理：\n\n由于喜马拉雅恢复（Himalaya Restoration）程序发生在一段时间之前，我已无法清晰记起当时是否已通过该平台提交了我的 HID，并完成了授权您担任我的法定代理人的手续。能否请您核实，我目前是否已被纳入您在该案中的代理范围之内？\n\n2. 账户冻结及其影响：\n\n2024年7月，我收到来自 HEX 的通知，称我的账户已被冻结。我非常担心这可能会对我在没收程序中主张资产权利的资格产生负面影响。能否请您明确说明，该账户状态是否会对我的权利或您代理我的能力产生任何影响？\n\n鉴于即将截止的附随申诉（ancillary petition）期限，以及这些资金对我家庭的重要性，我谨请求您尽快核实我的代理状态以及与我的 HID 相关的资产详情。如果存在任何问题，或为了确保我能完全参与权利主张程序而需要我采取额外步骤，请尽快告知。\n\n如果您需要我方提供任何进一步的信息或文件，我将十分愿意提供。\n\n此致，\n\n[图片]\n\n能否请您帮我在4月7日向司法部（Ministry of Justice）邮寄请愿书信？\n\nfa\n\n2025年4月3日 周四 下午6:50:00 -0400\n\n发送至 \"Brad\" <Brad@formerfedsgroup.com>\n\n尊敬的律师，您好！\n\n在您百忙之中打扰您，是因为我遇到了非常棘手的困难！我的资产在这次政府冻结的资产清单中（23-FBI-000051）。距离网上提交材料和邮寄的时间只剩两三天了。从4月1日开始，我一直在手机上想方设法尽早提交请愿材料。我本以为这会很简单容易，但没想到在手机上操作了几天后，要么在填写姓名时卡住（几个小时都不符合格式），要么在进入网站时无论追踪码是否正确都无法通过。现在我处于发送资金材料的第 5 页。我上传了一张图片并发送成功了，但想发送其他图片时却怎么也发不出去。这花了我 4、5 个小时。我想不如先跳到下一页去填写后面的信息（检查了发送材料旁边的长框没填，其他都填好了），但却无法进入第 6 页。唉，这真的让我很着急。太难了。我今年 59 岁，投资了 4 万多美元，这是我多年积攒的一点积蓄。在中国大陆，寄信去喜联盟被认为是有比较大风险的（要过海关检查）。离截止日期只剩两三天了。我真的很担心我多年的积蓄会被没收。毕竟这是几十年的积累。如果失去了未来该怎么办？想想我都害怕！虽然我们素未谋面。但我听说我们的战友给您写信并收到了您的回复，所以我想给您写一封求助信，看看您能否帮我把请愿材料寄给美国司法部（U.S. Department of Justice）或在网上提交？因为我担心如果不能按时完成网上请愿提交，后果将不堪设想！在这里我想说明，只要您能帮我，我愿意承担您所需要的一切费用，我也非常期待您的鼎力相助。我相信在您的帮助下，事情会变得简单顺利！谢谢您！希望能尽快得到您的回复。愿上帝保佑并赐予您平安、健康与喜乐！祝您工作顺利，家庭幸福！\n\n2025年3月4日。\n\n打印\n\n取消\n\n转发：一般投资者状态更新 [已隐去] 敬启\n\n[已隐去]\n\n2025年3月31日 周一 上午2:20:19 -0400 发送至\n\n\"Brad\" [已隐去]\n\n尊敬的 Bradford L. Geyer 律师：\n\n您好：\n\n我已经签署了关于喜马拉雅交易所（Himalaya Exchange）请愿书的宣誓书（affidavit）。非常感谢您所提供的帮助；这对我们来说至关重要！我想向您及您的律师事务所告知有关我情况的一些特殊情形，以便您知晓！我曾向喜马拉雅交易所进行了两笔转账（27500 + 3805），但这笔资金并未出现在政府的没收清单中，也未反映在我的喜马拉雅交易所账户余额里！我希望您能协助追回这两笔转账，以防止它们被美国政府扣押。汇款凭证已附于附件中！\n\n此外，由于时间久远，我向喜马拉雅交易所进行的多次入金已无法找到汇款凭证。请您知悉此事！\n\n同时，由于我们身处中国大陆，我们时刻面临着被共产党政府逮捕的风险。由于我在信息更新时提供了真实姓名，恳请您及您的团队格外注意保护我们的个人隐私！谢谢您。\n\n非常抱歉我误将邮件发送到了贵律所的通用邮箱地址。请保护我的个人信息。谢谢！\n\n---------- 转发邮件 --------- 日期：2025年3月23日 10:22 主题：转发：一般投资者状态更新 | 发送至：\n\n尊敬的 Bradford L. Geyer 律师：\n\n您好：\n\n我已经签署了关于喜马拉雅交易所请愿书的宣誓书。非常感谢您所提供的帮助；这对我们来说至关重要！我想向您及您的律师事务所告知有关我情况的一些特殊情形，以便您知晓！我曾向喜马拉雅进行了两笔转账\n\n一位喜马拉雅交易所客户请求找回遗失的 HID#\n\n周一，24日\n\n尊敬的 Geyer 先生：\n\n我是喜马拉雅交易所的一名客户，曾于 2023年12月 通过您的网站 http 报名参加了针对司法部（DOJ）的资金返还诉讼，并在此过程中获得了我的 HID#。现在，我想参与没收阶段和权利主张提交程序。但我无法参与，因为我遗失了我的 HID#。我希望您能帮我找回我的 HID#。\n\n以下是我遗失它的原因。\n\n我用于注册追回 HEX 资金的邮箱，就是我用来向您发送此邮件的邮箱，即 6042020@protonmail.com。尽管在此之前我已经使用该邮箱服务三年了，但我对 Proton Mail 相当复杂的安全功能知之甚少。我只知道它使用了强加密方法，而且我觉得使用它比使用其他知名服务提供商（如 Gmail）更安全。\n\n然而，我万万没想到的是，正是它们强大的安全功能有朝一日让我陷入了困境，因为重置密码可能会导致我旧的数据无法查看。Proton Mail 在密码重置方面设有层层安全保护，我认为这属于一种过度保护。\n\n通常情况下，使用其他邮箱服务，您只需通过恢复邮箱地址或电话号码重置密码即可搞定一切，从而重新获得对账户中所有邮件的完全访问权限。但是，Proton Mail 并非如此。\n\n当您使用恢复邮箱地址或电话号码重置密码时，由于所有以前的邮件仍由已禁用的密钥保持加密状态，您所有之前的邮件都将变为不可见且无法读取。显然，他们为您提供了四种不同的数据恢复方法：\n\n- 1. 如果您记得密码，恢复您的数据\n- 2. 使用您的恢复密语（recovery phrase）恢复您的数据\n- 3. 使用您的恢复文件或备份加密密钥恢复您的数据\n- 4. 设备数据恢复\n\n大约一年前，一起疑似黑客入侵的事件促使我更改了密码，结果，我所有旧的数据都消失了。我当时非常担心，但我直到最近才向 Proton Mail 的客服寻求帮助。自那次黑客事件以来，我已经重置了好几次密码。\n\n几天前，当我发现需要 HID# 才能参与没收阶段和权利主张提交程序时，我仔细研究了 Proton Mail 的数据恢复方法，但没有一种奏效。收件箱中所有以前的邮件仍然处于不可见状态。\n\n我联系了他们的支持团队。我们来回通了几封邮件，但问题仍然没有解决。我别无他法找回我的 HID#，只能向您求助。能否请您帮我找回它？\n\n非常感谢。\n\n此致，","key_entities":["Himalaya","Himalaya Exchange","forfeiture","Geyer","CIPA","Je"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":1580,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 07:26:52"}