{"id":"court_sdny_671_0","court":"SDNY","case_no":"23-cr-00118","doc_number":671,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":"2025-04-07","title":" U.S. Department of Justice** Case 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 671 Filed 04/07/25 Page 1 of 3","summary_zh":"政府声明函 —— 美国诉 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）案及诉 Yvette Wang 案，SDNY 1:23-cr-00118 及 S4 23 Cr. 118（AT），ECF #671（2025年4月7日）。美国政府陈述已收到约 102 份第三方资产权益申请。郭文贵已于 2024 年 7 月经陪审团裁定有罪（金融诈骗等项），待判刑；政府要求推迟这些申请的审理，等待对郭文贵出具初步没收令后一并处理。","summary_en":"Government Status Letter —— United States v. Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo) and United States v. Yvette Wang, SDNY 1:23-cr-00118 and S4 23 Cr. 118 (AT), ECF #671 (April 7, 2025). The Government reports receiving approximately 102 third-party petitions asserting interests in forfeited property. Miles Guo was found guilty by jury trial in July 2024 of conspiracy and fraud-related charges and is awaiting sentencing; the Government requests a stay of the third-party petition proceedings pending entry of a preliminary forfeiture order against Guo.","body_en":"Case 1:23-cr-00118-AT\n\n\n\n*United States Attorney Southern District of New York*\n\n*Jacob K. Javits Federal Building 26 Federal Plaza New York, NY 10278*\n\nApril 7, 2025\n\n**BY ECF** The Honorable Analisa Torres United States District Judge Southern District of New York 500 Pearl St. New York, NY 10007-1312 New York, New York 10007\n\n## **Re:** *United States v. Guo, et al.***, S3 23 Cr. 118 (AT)** *United States v. Wang***, S4 23 Cr. 118 (AT)**\n\nDear Judge Torres:\n\nThe Government writes in connection with various third-party petitions filed with respect to the Consent Preliminary Order of Forfeiture as to Specific Property/Money Judgment entered by this Court on May 3, 2024 against Yvette Wang (Dkt. 329 (\"Wang Forfeiture Order\") as part of her sentence. As explained below, the Government requests that the resolution of the petitions be stayed until a preliminary forfeiture order is entered against Wang's co-defendant, Miles Guo, at which time all petitions pertaining to disputed assets can be adjudicated and resolved expeditiously in a single ancillary proceeding.\n\nAs set forth in the Wang Forfeiture Order, the Government is obligated to provide notice of the Government's intention to seek forfeiture of the various assets (the \"Specific Property\") contained in the Wang Forfeiture Order by publishing notice on the Government's website, www.forfeiture.gov for 30 days. Third parties receiving notice as result of the Government's internet publication, have until today, April 7, 2025, to file a petition in the ancillary proceeding asserting an interest in the Specific Property.\n\nAs of today, at least approximately 102 petitions (the \"Petitions\") have been filed by third-parties asserting an interest in most of the assets contained in the Specific Property (the \"Subject Properties\"). A preliminary review of the Petitions reveal that the following assets have no asserted claims of interest against it:\n\n- (i) £3,005 in pounds sterling currency seized from Wang's apartment by the Government on or about March 15, 2023;\n- (ii) \\$1,180 Hong Kong Dollars seized from Wang's apartment by the Government on or about March 15, 2023;\n- (iii) ¥600 Chinese Yuan seized from Wang's apartment by the Government on or about March 15, 2023;\n- (iv) \\$138,440.00 in United States currency seized from Wang's apartment by the Government on or about March 15, 2023.\n\n(the \"Excluded Assets\").\n\nWith respect to the Excluded Assets, the Government intends to submit to the Court for entry a proposed Final Order of Forfeiture.\n\nOn or about July 16, 2024, Miles Guo was found guilty, following a jury trial, of racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit money laundering, wire fraud, bank fraud, and securities fraud, as well as several substantive fraud charges. Guo is currently awaiting sentencing[1](#page-1-0) and a forfeiture order has not yet been imposed against him by the Court. However, it is the Government's intention to seek entry of a preliminary order of forfeiture to include the Subject Properties in connection, or prior to, the sentencing of Guo.\n\nAdditionally, on or about February 15, 2022, Guo filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. *See In Re Ho Wan Kwok and Genever Holdings LLC*, 22-50073 (JTD) (Bankr. Conn.) (the \"Bankruptcy Action\"). The bankruptcy court appointed a trustee (the **\"**Trustee\") in connection with the Bankruptcy Action. The Trustee has advised the Government that he claims an interest in the Subject Properties, and has relayed that he intends to file a petition when a preliminary order of forfeiture is entered as to some or all the Subject Properties in connection with Guo.\n\nAccordingly, the Government requests that the resolution of the Petitions be stayed until a preliminary forfeiture order is entered against Guo, at which time all petitions can be adjudicated and resolved in a single proceeding. This would promote judicial efficiency by allowing litigation and resolution of all competing petitions to the Subject Properties to occur within a single ancillary proceeding, that is, the ancillary proceeding that would follow entry of a preliminary forfeiture order against Guo; as such, petitioners would avoid any real or perceived obligation to file petitions to the same assets in two separate ancillary proceedings. This procedure would also avoid the potential of issuing inconsistent rulings or rulings in tension with one another in the context of adjudicating various petitions to the same assets in two separate ancillary proceedings. Finally, if the Court was to proceed in resolving the Petitions in the context of the ancillary proceeding in Wang's case, Guo would need to assert any interest he has in the Subject Properties via filing a petition in connection with Wang's ancillary forfeiture proceeding; he has not done so.\n\nOnce a preliminary order of forfeiture is entered against Guo, then all third-party interests as to the Subject Properties could be resolved in a single proceeding, taking into account a Guo forfeiture order. With respect to the Petitions already filed following entry of the Wang\n\n1 On or about December 10, 2024, Guo moved, *ex parte*, for the substitution of new counsel which is still pending before the Court. A hearing on that motion is scheduled for tomorrow at which time the Government understands the Court intends to substitute counsel.\n\nForfeiture Order, the Government is prepared to deem those filed in connection with a Guo ancillary proceeding, once the Court enters a preliminary order of forfeiture against Guo.\n\n\\* \\* \\*\n\nThe Government is available to address any questions the Court may have.\n\nRespectfully submitted,\n\nMATTHEW PODOLSKY Acting United States Attorney Southern District of New York\n\nBy: /s/ .\n\nMicah F. Fergenson Ryan B. Finkel Justin Horton Juliana N. Murray Assistant United States Attorneys (212) 637-2190 / 6612 / 2276 / 2314","body_zh":"Case 1:23-cr-00118-AT\n\nUnited States Attorney Southern District of New York（纽约南区联邦检察官）\n\nJacob K. Javits Federal Building 26 Federal Plaza New York, NY 10278（纽约州纽约市联邦广场 26 号雅各布·K·贾维茨联邦大楼，邮编 10278）\n\n2025年4月7日\n\n通过 ECF 送达：尊敬的 Analisa Torres（阿娜丽莎·托雷斯）纽约南区联邦地区法院法官，500 Pearl St. New York, NY 10007-1312 New York, New York 10007\n\n事由：United States v. Guo, et al.（美国诉郭案等），S3 23 Cr. 118 (AT)；United States v. Wang（美国诉王案），S4 23 Cr. 118 (AT)\n\n尊敬的托雷斯法官：\n\n本案中，政府特就针对本法院于 2024年5月3日 对 Yvette Wang（王雁平）作出的《关于特定财产/金钱判决的同意初步没收令》（Dkt. 329）（以下简称“《王案没收令》”）作为其判刑一部分而提交的各项第三方请愿书致信。如下文所述，政府请求暂缓对这些请愿书的裁决，直至法院对王雁平的同案被告 Miles Guo（郭文贵）作出初步没收令为止，届时所有涉及争议资产的请愿书均可在单一附随程序中得到迅速审理和裁决。\n\n根据《王案没收令》的规定，政府有义务通过在政府网站 www.forfeiture.gov 上公告 30 天的方式，就政府寻求没收《王案没收令》中所含各项资产（以下简称“特定财产”）的意图发出通知。因政府网络公告而获悉通知的第三方，截止日期为今天（2025年4月7日），可在附随程序中提交请愿书主张对特定财产的权益。\n\n截至今天，第三方已就特定财产中所含的大部分资产（以下简称“标的财产”）提交了至少约 102 份请愿书（以下简称“请愿书”）。对请愿书的初步审查显示，下列资产未被主张任何权益权利：\n\n- (i) 政府于 2023年3月15日 左右从王雁平公寓查扣的 3,005 英镑现金；\n- (ii) 政府于 2023年3月15日 左右从王雁平公寓查扣的 1,180 港元现金；\n- (iii) 政府于 2023年3月15日 左右从王雁平公寓查扣的 600 人民币现金；\n- (iv) 政府于 2023年3月15日 左右从王雁平公寓查扣的 138,440.00 美元现金。\n\n（以下简称“排除资产”）。\n\n针对排除资产，政府拟向法院提交一份拟议的最终没收令以供签署签发。\n\n2024年7月16日 左右，经陪审团审判，郭文贵被裁定犯有敲诈勒索阴谋罪、共谋洗钱罪、电信欺诈罪、银行欺诈罪和证券欺诈罪，以及数项实质性欺诈罪名。郭文贵目前正在等待量刑[1]，且法院尚未对其下达没收令。然而，政府意图在对郭文贵量刑时或量刑之前，寻求作出初步没收令以将标的财产纳入其中。\n\n此外，2022年2月15日 左右，郭文贵申请了第 11 章破产保护。参见 In Re Ho Wan Kwok and Genever Holdings LLC（关于郭浩云与吉尼佛控股有限责任公司案），22-50073 (JTD) (Bankr. Conn.)（以下简称“破产案”）。破产法院就该破产案指定了一名破产受托人（以下简称“受托人”）。受托人已告知政府其主张对标的财产拥有权益，并表示其打算在就郭文贵案涉及的部分或全部标的财产作出初步没收令时提交请愿书。\n\n因此，政府请求暂缓对请愿书的裁决，直至对郭文贵作出初步没收令为止，届时所有请愿书均可在单一程序中得到审理和裁决。这将允许对标的财产的所有具竞争性的请愿书的诉讼和解决均在单一附随程序（即对郭文贵作出初步没收令后将进行的附随程序）中发生，从而促进司法效率；如此一来，请愿人将避免在两个独立的附随程序中就同一资产提交请愿书的任何实际或被认知的义务。该程序还将避免在两个独立的附随程序中对同一资产的多份请愿书进行审理裁决时，作出相互矛盾或彼此冲突的裁定的潜在可能。最后，如果法院要在王雁平案的附随程序中推进对请愿书的裁决，郭文贵将需要通过在王雁平案的附随没收程序中提交请愿书来主张其对标的财产的任何权益；他目前尚未这样做。\n\n一旦对郭文贵作出初步没收令，届时便可在考量郭案没收令的情况下，在单一程序中解决针对标的财产的所有第三方权益。关于在《王案没收令》作出后已提交的请愿书，\n\n[1] 2024年12月10日 左右，郭文贵单方面提出动议申请更换新辩护律师，该动议目前仍在法院待决。该动议的听证会定于明天举行，政府获悉届时法院拟批准更换律师。\n\n一旦法院对郭文贵作出初步没收令，政府准备将这些请愿书视为已就郭案附随程序而提交。\n\n* * *\n\n政府随时准备回答法院可能提出的任何问题。\n\n谨此提交，\n\nMATTHEW PODOLSKY（马修·波多尔斯基）纽约南区代理联邦检察官\n\n签署人：/s/ .\n\nMicah F. Fergenson（米迦·F·弗格森）\nRyan B. Finkel（瑞恩·B·芬克尔）\nJustin Horton（贾斯汀·霍顿）\nJuliana N. Murray（朱莉安娜·N·默里）\n助理联邦检察官\n(212) 637-2190 / 6612 / 2276 / 2314","key_entities":["forfeiture","Guo","Je","Miles Guo","Torres","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Analisa Torres","Horton","Fergenson","Murray","Finkel"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":329,"court":"SDNY"}],"word_count":928,"status":"published","published_at":"2025-04-07 00:00:00","created_at":"2025-04-07","updated_at":"2026-08-23 07:23:48"}