{"id":"court_sdny_716_6","court":"SDNY","case_no":"","doc_number":716,"sub_number":null,"doc_type":"DOC","filed_date":"2025-07-28","title":"SDNY ECF 716","summary_zh":"附件（FBI特工宣誓扣押令申请书暨拟没收财产清单，文件内编为“附件F”）—— 美国诉 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵 / Guo Wengui / Miles Guo）案，SDNY 1:23-cr-00118 ECF #716（2025年7月28日提交）。前段为 FBI 特工 Zachary Effting 就 G Club Operations LLC 名下 TD Bank 账户申请扣押令的宣誓书，主张相关资金系欺诈及洗钱收益；后段附起诉书洗钱罪名项下拟没收的具体个人财产清单（含多件奢侈品及艺术品），由检方签署。","summary_en":"Exhibit (FBI special agent's sworn seizure-warrant affidavit plus a forfeiture property list, labeled \"Exhibit F\" in the filing) — United States v. Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo / Guo Wengui / Miles Kwok), SDNY 1:23-cr-00118, ECF #716 (filed July 28, 2025). The earlier portion is FBI Special Agent Zachary Effting's affidavit seeking a seizure warrant for TD Bank accounts held by G Club Operations LLC, alleging the funds are fraud and money-laundering proceeds; the later portion sets out the Indictment's forfeiture allegations, listing specific items of personal property (including luxury goods and artwork) sought for forfeiture under the money-laundering counts, signed by the U.S. Attorney's Office.","body_en":"Exhibit F\n\nUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 23 MAG 3908\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nTO BE FILED UNDER SEAL\n-v.-\nAffidavit in Support of Seizure\nAll monies, funds, and assets contained in the Warrant\nTD Bank, N.A. official check account that were\npreviously held in TD Bank, N.A. accounts 440- Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 981 and 984\n5491468 and 440-5492044, held by G CLUB\nOPERATIONS LLC (the “Target Account”),\nand all funds traceable thereto, including\naccrued interest (the “Target Property”);\nDefendant-in-rem.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK) ss.:\nZachary Effting, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, being duly sworn,\ndeposes and says:\nI. Introduction\n1. I am a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI” or\n“Investigating Agency”). I have been a Special Agent with the FBI since in or about February\n2020. Since in or about October 2020, I have been assigned to the FBI’s Complex Financial\nCrimes squad. During my time with the FBI, I have participated in investigations of securities and\nwire fraud schemes, bank fraud, and money laundering, and have, among other things, conducted\nor participated in debriefings of witnesses, reviews of financial records, and the execution of search\nwarrants. In particular, I have participated in the execution of search warrants involving physical\npremises, property used in connection with crime, electronic devices, and other electronic\nevidence.\n2. This affidavit is submitted in support of the United States of America’s Application\nfor the issuance of a seizure warrant, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 981 and 984, to seize the following\n\nproperty: all monies, funds, and assets contained in the TD Bank, N.A. official check account that\nwere previously held in TD Bank, N.A. accounts 440-5491468 and 440-5492044, held by G CLUB\nOPERATIONS LLC (the “Target Property”).\n3. The Target Property constitutes the proceeds of violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343\n(wire fraud); 1344 (bank fraud); and 1956 (money laundering and conspiracy to commit money\nlaundering) (together, the “Target Offenses”), as described below.\n4. This affidavit is based on, among other sources of information: (i) my review of\ndocuments and other evidence; (ii) my conversations with other law enforcement personnel and\nreview of law enforcement reports, including reports of surveillance; (iii) my review of publicly\navailable information, including digital videos posted on the Internet and other open source\nresearch conducted on the Internet relating to, among other ventures, “G|CLUBS”; (iv) my\nparticipation and the participation of other law enforcement officers in various witness interviews;\n(v)my review of evidence obtained pursuant to subpoenas, orders issued pursuant to 18 U.S.C.\n§2703(d) for non-content information, and judicially authorized search warrants, including\nemails, cellphone location data, and cellphone toll records; (vi) my review and analysis of various\nbank account records; and (vii) my training and experience concerning the commission of financial\ncrimes. Because this affidavit is being submitted for the limited purpose of establishing probable\ncause, it does not include all the facts that I have learned during the course of my investigation.\nWhere dates, figures, and calculations are set forth herein, they are approximate. Where the\ncontents of documents and the actions, statements, and conversations of others are reported herein,\nthey are reported in substance and in part, except where otherwise indicated.\n5. As set forth below, there is probable cause to believe that the Target Property is\nsubject to seizure and forfeiture pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(A) and (C) and 18 U.S.C.\n§981(b) as property involved in violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1956 and § 1957, and/or the proceeds\n2\n\nof violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 , or property traceable thereto. In summary, the evidence reveals\na fraudulent scheme (the “Fraud”) that pertains to several interrelated companies and their\naffiliated entities, including GTV Media Group Inc., G Fashion (“G Fashion”), the Himalaya Farm\nAlliance (the “Farms”), Himalaya International Clearing Ltd. (“Himalaya International Clearing”),\nG Club Operations LLC (“G Club”), Hamilton Investment Management Ltd. (“Hamilton”), ACA\nCapital Group Ltd. (“ACA Capital”), and Crane Advisory Group LLC (“Crane”). As set forth in\nmore detail below, the leaders of the Fraud are Miles Guo, a/k/a “Guo Wengui,” a/k/a “Miles\nKwok” (“GUO”) and William Je, a/k/a Je Kin Ming (“JE”).\n6. Forensic accountants and analysts at the FBI and SEC and I have traced the flow of\ncertain fraud proceeds from victims of the fraud scheme to the purchase of the Target Property.\nII. Statutory Basis for Forfeiture\n7. The statutory provisions pursuant to which the Target Property is subject to civil\nseizure and forfeiture are as follows:\nMoney Laundering Offenses\n8. Title 18, United States Code, Section 981(a)(1)(A), subjects to civil forfeiture:\nAny property, real or personal, involved in a transaction or attempted transaction in\nviolation of section 1956, 1957 or 1960 of this title, or any property traceable to such\nproperty.\n9. 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(2)(A) provides that any person who:\ntransports, transmits, or transfers, or attempts to transport, transmit,\nor transfer a monetary instrument or funds from a place in the\nUnited States to or through a place outside the United States or to a\nplace in the United States from or through a place outside the\nUnited States—\n(A) with the intent to promote the carrying on or specified\nunlawful activity—\n[shall be guilty of a crime.]\n3\n\n10. 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(2)(B)(i) provides that any person who:\ntransports, transmits, or transfers, or attempts to transport, transmit,\nor transfer a monetary instrument or funds from a place in the\nUnited States to or through a place outside the United States or to a\nplace in the United States from or through a place outside the\nUnited States—\n(B) knowing that the monetary instrument or funds involved in\nthe transportation, transmission, or transfer represent\nthe proceeds of some form of unlawful activity and knowing that\nsuch transportation, transmission, or transfer is designed in whole or\nin part—\n(i) to conceal or disguise the nature, the location, the source,\nthe ownership, or the control of the proceeds of specified\nunlawful activity [shall be guilty of a crime.]\n11. 18 U.S.C. § 1957 provides that any person who knowingly engages or attempts to\nengage in a monetary transaction in criminally derived property of a value greater than $10,000\nand is derived from specified unlawful activity [shall be guilty of a crime.]\n12. 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h) further provides that “[a]ny person who conspires to commit\nany offense defined in [Sections 1956 and 1957] shall be subject to the same penalties as those\nprescribed for the offense the commission of which was the object of the conspiracy.”\nWire Fraud Offenses\n13. For purposes of Section 1956, “specified unlawful activity,” defined in 18 U.S.C.\n§ 1956(c)(7), includes, among other things, violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, as well as conspiracy\nto commit violations thereof. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(c)(7) and 1961(1).\n14. Title 18, United States Code, Section 981(a)(1)(C), subjects to civil forfeiture any\nproperty, real or personal, which constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to a violation\nof . . . any offense constituting ‘specified unlawful activity’ (as defined in section 1956(c)(7) of\nthis title), or a conspiracy to commit such offense.”\n4\n\nSeizure Warrants\n15. The Court is empowered by 18 U.S.C. § 981(b) to issue a seizure warrant for any\nproperty subject to forfeiture pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(A) & (C). Section 981(b)(2)\nprovides that such a seizure may be made “pursuant to a warrant obtained in the same manner as\nprovided for a search warrant under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.” In addition, Section\n981(b)(3) provides that, notwithstanding the provisions of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure\n41(a), a seizure warrant may be issued pursuant to Section 981(b) by a judicial officer in any\ndistrict in which a forfeiture action against the property may be filed under Title 28, United States\nCode, Section 1355(b). Under Section 1355(b)(1)(A), a forfeiture action or proceeding may be\nbrought in the district in which any of the acts or omissions giving rise to the forfeiture occurred.\nAs set forth below, the offenses underlying the requested seizure warrant included acts or\nomissions occurring in the Southern District of New York.\nIII. Probable Cause\nA. Background\nIndictments\n16. On March 30, 2023, the Government filed a 12-count superseding Indictment,\ncaptioned United States v. Ho Wan Kwok, Kin Ming Je, and Yanping Wang, S1 23 Cr. 118 (the\n“Indictment”), charging Ho Wan Kwok, a/k/a “Miles Guo,” a/k/a “Miles Kwok,” a/k/a “Guo\nWengui,” a/k/a “Brother Seven,” a/k/a “The Principal” (“KWOK”), Kin Ming Je, a/k/a “William\nJe” (“JE”), and Yanping Wang, a/k/a “Yvette” (“WANG”) with violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371\n(conspiracy to commit wire, bank and securities fraud and money laundering), 1343 (wire fraud),\n1957 (unlawful monetary transactions), and 2 (aiding and abetting). The Indictment also charged\nKWOK and JE with violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(a)(2)(A) (international concealment money\nlaundering) and 1956(a)(2)(B)(i) (international promotional money laundering); and 15 U.S.C.\n5\n\n§§ 78j(b) & 78ff and 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5 (securities fraud). In addition, the Indictment charged\nJE with a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2) (obstruction of justice). The Indictment is attached\nhereto as Exhibit 1 and is incorporated by reference herein.\nOverview of the Investigation\n17. Since in or around May 2020, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern\nDistrict of New York (“SDNY”) and the FBI, among other law enforcement agencies, have been\ninvestigating a fraud (the “Fraud”) that pertains to several companies that are owned or operated\nby, or otherwise affiliated with, KWOK, JE, WANG, and other Target Subjects. To date, the\ninvestigation has revealed that the Fraud involved the solicitation of more than $1 billion and the\nsubsequent money laundering and/or misappropriation of hundreds of millions of dollars. KWOK\nis the leader of, and directed, the Fraud. JE is the financial architect and key money launderer for\nthe Fraud. WANG operated as KWOK’s “chief of staff” and managed the day-to-day operations\nof the entities used to perpetrate the Fraud.\n18. KWOK, JE, and WANG have conducted the Fraud, which occurred between at\nleast in or about 2018 through in or about March 2023, through various interrelated offerings, all\nof which exhibit features that are consistent with fraud. For example, as described further below\nand in the Indictment, investors were promised unrealistic, outsized returns on their investments;\ninvestors were induced to invest on the basis of numerous misrepresentations; a large portion of\nthe investment money was misappropriated; and with respect to the sale of digital asset securities,\nthose currencies have never been tradable on a public exchange, despite representations that they\nwould be.\n19. Based on my conversations with other law enforcement officers who have\nparticipated in this investigation and my review of the Indictment, I have learned that the Fraud\nincludes, among other means and methods, the following:\n6\n\na. Starting at least in or about June 2020, KWOK began promoting G|CLUBS,\na purported high-end membership club. G|CLUBS, which launched in or about October 2020,\nclaimed to provide “Membership Concierge services with exclusive offers and discounts for luxury\nhotels and retailers for High Net Worth individuals from the Asian market” through the sale of\npurported memberships. In soliciting G|CLUBS membership funds, KWOK and others\nrepresented that G|CLUBS membership would be a mechanism to obtain stock in KWOK-\naffiliated companies, including GTV and a company called G|FASHION. G|CLUBS raised at\nleast approximately $250 million in purported membership fees, which funds were commingled\nwith other fraud proceeds and used to promote the Fraud and/or misappropriated. See Ex. 1 at\n¶¶ 14-15.\n20. Based on my training and experience and my conversations with other law\nenforcement officers who have participated in this investigation, I am aware that each of these\nmeans and methods of the Fraud described more fully in the Indictment bear the hallmarks of\nfraud. For example, the investors were promised unrealistic outsized returns on their investments;\ninvestors were induced to invest on the basis of numerous misrepresentations; and more than\napproximately $300 million in fraud proceeds has been misappropriated, including an\napproximately $100 million investment in a high-risk hedge fund for the benefit of KWOK’s son,\nthe purchase of a mansion in Mahwah, New Jersey for approximately $26.5 million in or about\nDecember 2021 through an entity owned and controlled by JE on behalf of KWOK, and the\ntransfer of approximately $13 million in fraud proceeds to an escrow account, which funds were\nsubsequently used to pay for extravagant renovations to, and furnishings for, the Mahwah\nMansion. See Ex. 1 at ¶¶ 12(h), 13(f), 15.\n7\n\nFinancial Investigation of Fraud Proceeds\n21. Based on my conversations with other law enforcement officers and my training\nand experience, I am aware that financial tracing analysis conducted by the United States\nAttorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (USAO-SDNY), the FBI, and the SEC\n(which is engaged in a parallel investigation) uncovered extensive layering of Fraud funds through\nmore than 500 accounts at financial institutions, held in the names of more than 80 individuals or\nentities, including various of the KWOK-controlled entities and dozens of other affiliated entities\nthat KWOK, JE, WANG, and other Target Subjects appear to have established as money\nlaundering vehicles. As the examples described in part in paragraphs 22-24, infra, show, financial\ntracing identified large transfers of Fraud proceeds to, through, and among domestic and\ninternational bank accounts, including accounts that JE controlled in the UAE and the Bahamas,\nconsistent with a large-scale layering of proceeds of crime for purposes of concealing their source,\norigin, location, and/or nature. See, e.g. Ex. 1 at ¶¶ 3, 4, 32, 32(g).\nTracing of Fraud Scheme Proceeds\n22. Based on my participation in this investigation, training, experience, review and\nanalysis of various bank account records and financial analyses performed by me and financial\nanalysts at the FBI and SEC, open-source research that I have conducted on the Internet, my review\nof evidence obtained pursuant to subpoenas and judicially authorized search warrants, and my\nconversations with others, I have learned the following, among other things:\na. Investors participated in the Fraud by either wiring money directly to a bank\naccount controlled or used by entities affiliated with KWOK, JE, and others (including the Farms,\nG|CLUBS, or the Himalaya Exchange), or by wiring or otherwise transferring money to other\nentities at the direction of the Target Subjects (including, for example, a company called Crane\nAdvisory Group (“Crane”), which funds are then transmitted to bank accounts ultimately\n8\n\ncontrolled by KWOK, JE, and their associates). I am aware of accounts located in the UAE, the\nUnited Kingdom, the United States, the Bahamas, and the British Virgin Islands, which KWOK,\nJE, and other Target Subjects have used for the purpose of receiving investment funds from\ninvestors in the Fraud, including G|CLUBS investors.\nb. For example, between in or about May 2021 and June 2021, approximately\n$100 million in Fraud funds were transferred from G|CLUBS bank accounts into a Bahamas bank\naccount held in the name of Hamilton Capital Management Ltd. (the “Hamilton Bahamas\nAccount”), which is a JE-controlled company. Before the approximately $100 million of Fraud\nfunds was combined in the Hamilton Bahamas Account, they were layered through a series of\nentities at various different banks in a manner that, based on my training and experience, is\nindicative of money laundering. Specifically:\ni. Certain prospective investors were instructed to send funds intended\nas an investment in GTV (for example) to bank accounts in the name of Crane. Approximately\n$78.2 million of Fraud funds was sent from individual or institutional investors in China and\nelsewhere to two Crane bank accounts (the “Crane Citibank Accounts”) between in or about\nNovember 2020 and April 2021.\nii. Approximately $60 million of those Fraud funds were then\ntransferred from the Crane Citibank Accounts to approximately five different bank accounts at\nMorgan Stanley Smith Barney (“MSSB”) held in the name of Crane (together, the “Crane MSSB\nAccounts”).\niii. The approximately $60 million in Fraud funds from the Crane\nMSSB Accounts was combined with approximately $49 million in other Fraud funds that had been\ntransferred into the Crane MSSB Accounts from two Crane accounts at a different bank, Capital\n9\n\nOne (together, the “Crane Capital One Accounts”), raising the total combined balance in the Crane\nMSSB Accounts to approximately $109 million.\niv. Approximately $79 million of those approximately $109 million in\nFraud funds in the Crane MSSB Accounts were then transferred to accounts at the same bank (i.e.,\nMSSB), but in the name of G|CLUBS (i.e., the G|CLUBS MSSB Accounts). The approximately\n$79 million was combined with approximately $79.7 million in other Fraud funds that had been\ntransferred into the G|CLUBS MSSB Accounts from individual G|CLUBS investors and from\nG|CLUBS bank accounts at Signature Bank, First Bank of Puerto Rico, and City National Bank,\nraising the total combined balance of Fraud funds in the G|CLUBS MSSB Accounts to more than\napproximately $158 million.\nv. Between in and about October 2021 and in or about April 2022,\napproximately $85 million of Fraud funds was transferred from the G|CLUBS MSSB Accounts to\nthe Hamilton Bahamas Account, and combined with approximately $15 million in other Fraud\nfunds (relating to G|CLUBS and the Himalaya Exchange). Thus, the $100 million of Fraud funds\nin the Hamilton Bahamas Account consisted exclusively of funds transferred from the G|CLUBS\nMSSB Accounts and other accounts containing Fraud funds.\n23. Between in or about September 2022 and March 2023, law enforcement served\njudicially authorized seizure warrants on several U.S. banks for the funds located in approximately\n21 additional bank accounts, into which I and forensic accountants and analysts at the FBI and\nSEC traced proceeds of the Fraud. The bank accounts subject to seizure were held in the names\nof various entities associated with KWOK and JE, or entities under JE’s control, including\nG|CLUBS, G|Fashion, and the Hamilton entities that control the Himalaya Exchange. Between in\nor about September 2022 and March 2023, the Government seized approximately $630 million in\nfraud proceeds pursuant to the seizure warrants, including approximately $11,538,579.87 from a\n10\n\nG|CLUBS account at Mercantile Bank (the “G|CLUBS Mercantile Account”), which represented\nthe balance in the account at the time of seizure. See Ex. 1 at ¶¶ 23-24.\n24. Based on my participation in this investigation, training, experience, review and\nanalysis of various bank account records and financial analyses performed by me and forensic\naccountants and analysts at the FBI and SEC, my review of court filings and evidence obtained\npursuant to subpoenas and judicially authorized search warrants, and my conversations with\nothers, I have learned the following, among other things:\na. On or about May 5, 2021, a business bank account application was\nsubmitted to Mercantile Bank for the G|CLUBS Mercantile Account. The application for the\nG|CLUBS Mercantile Account described G|CLUBS’s business as, in substance and in part,\n“holding the securities of (or other equity interests in) companies and enterprises.”\nb. Alex Hadjicharalambous, the Financial Controller for G|CLUBS, was an\nauthorized signer on the G|CLUBS Mercantile Account.\nc. Proceeds of the Fraud were traced into G|CLUBS Mercantile Account. For\nexample:\ni. The initial deposit of funds into G|CLUBS Mercantile Account,\nwhich occurred on or about July 2, 2021, consisted of an approximately $4 million transfer of\ntraceable Fraud proceeds from a G|CLUBS account held at Medici Bank.\nii. Between on or about August 23, 2021 and November 19, 2021,\napproximately $74 million of Fraud proceeds was transferred from the G|CLUBS MSSB Accounts\ninto the G|CLUBS Mercantile Account.\niii. On or about December 24, 2021, approximately $10 million of\nFraud proceeds was transferred from a Silvergate Bank account ending in -7739, held in the name\n11\n\nof Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC (which account was seized pursuant to one of the\nGovernment’s prior seizure warrants) to the G|CLUBS Mercantile Account.\nThe Target Property\n25. Based on my review of documents, subpoena and search warrant returns, law\nenforcement reports, my conversations with witnesses and other law enforcement officers, and my\ntraining and experience, I am aware of the following, among other things:\na. Subpoena returns provided by TD Bank, N.A. reflect that “G Club\nOperations LLC” opened two bank accounts at TD Bank on or about January 13, 2022—\nspecifically, a business premier checking account ending in -1468 (the “1468 Account”) and a\nbusiness simple checking account ending in -2044 (the “2044 Account,” and together with the\n1468 Account, the “TD Accounts”).\nb. In account opening documentation dated on or about January 13, 2022,\nLimarie Reyes Molinaris (“Reyes Molinaris”), the then-CEO for G|CLUBS, is listed as the sole\nauthorized signer for the TD Accounts. On or about February 1, 2022, the signature card for each\nof the TD Accounts was updated to add Alex Hadjicharalambous, the Financial Controller for\nG|CLUBS, as an additional authorized signer. See supra at ¶ 24(b).\nc. On or about January 14, 2022, Reyes Molinaris deposited a “Manager’s\nCheck” from Oriental Bank in Puerto Rico into the 1468 Account; the check was in the amount of\napproximately $2,931,953.17, was dated November 22, 2021, was made payable to G CLUB\nOPERATIONS LLC. Based on my participation in this investigation and my review of\ndocuments, I am aware that the Oriental Bank check represented the balance of a G|CLUBS\naccount that Oriental Bank had closed, which account held funds traceable to the Fraud, that is,\nfunds derived from the fraudulent solicitation of investments. Based on my review of records for\nthe 1468 Account, I am aware that only approximately 21 disbursements were made from the 1468\n12\n\nAccount, and I am further aware that those disbursements consisted primarily of wire / ACH fees\nand check card purchases amounting to less than approximately $128,000 in debits.\nd. On or about January 14, 2022, approximately 13 checks were deposited into\nthe 2044 Account, for a collective deposit of approximately $313,600.00. The 13 checks were\nmade payable to G CLUB OPERATIONS LLC and were dated between on or about July 15, 2021\nand on or about August 3, 2021. Based on my review of documents, including G|CLUBS\nmembership lists and the memo lines of the checks, it appears that the checks were from G|CLUBS\ninvestors who were fraudulently induced to invest money. Between in or about January 2022 and\nJuly 2022, the 2044 Account received approximately $15,707,658.67 in credits (consisting of\ndeposits from G|CLUBS investors who were fraudulently induced to invest money) and\napproximately $9,637,000.17 in debits (including two outgoing wires to a particular bank account\nat Kyrgyz-Swiss Bank in Kyrgyzstan totaling approximately $7,000,000).\ne. TD Bank closed the TD Accounts on or about March 7, 2023.\ni. The 1468 Account statement for the period March 1, 2023 through\nMarch 7, 2023 reflects a closing balance of approximately $2,815,502.30. On or about March 7,\n2023, TD Bank issued a check to G CLUB OPERATIONS LCC (numbered 90519810-6) for the\nclosing balance of the 1468 Account.\nii. The 2044 Account statement for the period March 1, 2023 through\nMarch 7, 2023 reflects a closing balance of approximately $4,357,924.95. On or about March 7,\n2023, TD Bank issued a check to G CLUB OPERATIONS LCC (numbered 90519811-7) for the\nclosing balance of the 2044 Account.\nf. Based on my participation in this investigation, my review of documents,\nand my conversations with others, I am aware that the combined approximately $7,173,427.25 that\nrepresents the closing balances of the TD Accounts is currently being held in the Target Account\n13\n\n(i.e., the TD Bank, N.A. official check account that is holding funds previously held in TD Bank,\nN.A. accounts 440-5491468 and 440-5492044, held by G CLUB OPERATIONS LLC).\nIV. Conclusion\n26. Based on the foregoing, I submit that there is probable cause to believe that the\nfunds held in the Target Property are subject to forfeiture as proceeds of violations of 18 U.S.C.\n§1343 (wire fraud), and/or as property involved in violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(a)(2)(A)(i),\n1956(a)(2)(B)(i), 1957, and 1956(h) (money laundering and conspiracy to commit money\nlaundering).\n27. Accordingly, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(b), I respectfully request that the Court\nissue a warrant authorizing the seizure of the Target Property.\n_Z_a_c_h_a_r_y_ _E_ff_t_in_g_ _(b__y_ V_F__ w__it_h_ p_e__rm__is_s_i_o_n_)__\nZACHARY EFFTING\nSpecial Agent\nFederal Bureau of Investigation\nSworn to me through the transmission of this\nAffidavit by reliable electronic means, pursuant to\nFederal Rules of Criminal Procedure 41(d)(3) and 4.1, this\n_1_2 day of May, 2023\n_____________________________________\nTHE HONORABLE VALERIE FIGUEREDO\nUNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK\n14\n\nEx. 1\n\nCaseC a1s:2e3 1-c:2r-30-0c1r-1080-1A1T8 - A TD o Dcuomcuemnte 7n1t 61-96 F iFleilde d0 30/72/92/82/32 5 P a gPea g1e o 1f 74 0of 56\nUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ORIGINAL 1\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA INDICTMENT\nV. Sl 23 Cr. 118 (AT)\nHO WAN KWOK,\na/k/a \"Miles Guo,\"\na/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\"\na/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\"\na/k/a \"Brother Seven,\"\na/k/a \"The Principal,\"\nKINMINGJE,\na/k/a \"William Je,\" and\nYANPING WANG,\na/k/a \"Yvette,\"\nDefendants.\nCOUNT ONE\n(Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, Securities Fraud, Bank Fraud, and\nMoney Laundering)\nThe Grand Jury charges:\nOverview\n1. From at least in or about 2018 through at least in or about March 2023, HO WAN\nKWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\"\na/k/a \"The Principal,\" KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" and Y ANPING WANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\"\nthe defendants, and others known and unknown, conspired to defraud thousands of victims of more\nthan approximately $1 billion, including victims located in the Southern District of New York.\nKWOK, JE, WANG, and their co-conspirators operated through a series of complex fraudulent\nand fictitious businesses and investment opportunities that connected dozens of interrelated\n\nCaseC a1s:2e3 1-c:2r-30-0c1r-1080-1A1T8 - A TD o Dcuomcuemnte 7n1t 61-96 F iFleilde d0 30/72/92/82/32 5 P a gPea g2e o 1f 84 0of 56\nentities, which allowed the defendants and their co-conspirators to solicit, launder, and\nmisappropriate victim funds.\n2. HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\"\na/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" and YANPING\nWANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\" the defendants, and their co-conspirators, took advantage of KWOK's\nprolific online presence and hundreds of thousands of online followers to solicit investments in\nvarious entities and programs by promising outsized financial returns and other benefits. The\nentities and programs used in the scheme included those known as GTV, GICLUBS, GIMUSIC,\nGIFashion, and the Himalaya Exchange, among others. In truth and in fact, and as KWOK, JE,\nand WANG well knew, the entities were instrumentalities that KWOK, JE, and WANG created\nand used to perpetrate their fraud and exploit KWOK's followers. The scheme allowed KWOK,\nJE, and WANG to enrich themselves, their family members, and their co-conspirators, and to fund\nKWOK's extravagant lifestyle.\n3. As part of the scheme, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\"\na/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William\nJe,\" and YANPING WANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\" the defendants, and their co-conspirators, laundered\nhundreds of millions of dollars of fraud proceeds. To conceal the illegal source of the funds,\nKWOK, JE, and WANG transferred, and directed the transfer of, money into and through more\nthan approximately 500 accounts held in the names of at least 80 different entities or individuals.\nHundreds of millions of dollars of the fraudulent scheme's proceeds were transferred, either\ndirectly or indirectly, to bank accounts in the United States, Bahamas, and United Arab Emirates\n(\"UAE\"), among other places, and held in the name of companies owned or otherwise controlled\nby JE.\n2\n\nCaseC a1s:2e3 1-c:2r-30-0c1r-1080-1A1T8 - A TD o Dcuomcuemnte 7n1t 61-96 F iFleilde d0 30/72/92/82/32 5 P a gPea g3e o 1f 94 0of 56\n'v\n4. HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\"\na/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the\ndefendants, used more than approximately $300 million of the fraudulent scheme's proceeds for\ntheir and their families' benefit. For example, KWOK used fraudulently-obtained victim money\nto purchase, fund, or finance a $26.5 million purchase of an approximately 50,000-square-foot\nmansion in New Jersey for KWOK and his family; luxury vehicles, including an approximately\n$3.5 million Ferrari for one ofKWOK's close family members (\"Relative-I\"); an approximately\n$37 million luxury yacht that was used by KWOK and his family and purchased in the name of\none ofKWOK's close family members (\"Relative-2\"); a piano valued at approximately $140,000;\nan approximately $36,000 mattress; and a $100 million investment in a high-risk hedge fund for\nthe ultimate benefit of Relative-I, among other things. For his part, among other things, JE\ntransferred at least $10 million of the fraud proceeds into his and his spouse's personal bank\naccounts.\n5. HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\"\na/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" and YA NPING\nWANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\" the defendants, and their co-conspirators, operated the scheme for years,\nand continued to do so at least through at least March 2023. They did so, among other things, by\ncontinually adapting the scheme's means and methods to evade the enforcement of investor\nprotection, anti-money laundering, and bankruptcy laws in the United States, and by retaliating\nagainst individual victims who complained or demanded the return of invested funds.\n3\n\nCaseC a1s:2e3 1-c:2r-30-0c1r-1080-1A1T8 - A TD o Dcuomcuemnte 7n1t 61-96 F iFleilde d0 30/72/92/82/32 5 P a gPea g4e o 2f 04 0of 56\nRelevant Persons and Entities\n6. At all relevant times, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\"\na/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" the defendant, was the leader\nof, and directed, the scheme.\na. KWOK is an exiled Chinese businessman who fled to the United States in\nor about 2015 and purchased a penthouse apartment at a New York City hotel for approximately\n$67.5 million. Starting at least in or about 2017, KWOK, who then purported to be a billionaire,\ngarnered a substantial online following. KWOK granted numerous media interviews and posted\non social media, claiming to advance a movement against the Chinese Communist Party.\nb. In or about 2018, KWOK founded two purported nonprofit organizations,\nnamely, the Rule of Law Foundation and the Rule of Law Society. The Rule of Law Society's\nwebsite lists KWOK as its \"founder, a promot[e]r, and a spokesperson.\" Both organizations\nfeature photographs of KWOK on their websites. KWOK used the nonprofit organizations to\namass followers who were aligned with his purported campaign against the Chinese Communist\nParty and who were also inclined to believe KWOK's statements regarding investment and money\nmaking opportunities. In truth and in fact, and as KWOK well knew, he and others provided false\nand materially misleading information to promote these \"opportunities\" and to defraud KWOK's\nfollowers and other victims.\n7. At all relevant times, KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendant, was a dual\ncitizen of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom who principally resided in the United Kingdom,\nwhile traveling to the United States and elsewhere. JE owned and operated numerous companies\nand investment vehicles central to the scheme and served as its financial architect and key money\nlaunderer.\n4\n\nCaseC a1s:2e3 1-c:2r-30-0c1r-1080-1A1T8 - A TD o Dcuomcuemnte 7n1t 61-96 F iFleilde d0 30/72/92/82/32 5 P a gPea g5e o 2f 14 0of 56\n8. At all relevant times, Y ANPING WANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\" the defendant, was a\ncitizen of China who principally resided in New York, New York and has had a close relationship\nwith HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a\n\"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" the defendant. In particular, WANG has worked for\nKWOK and KWOK's family for several years, since at least in or about 2018, and has operated as\na \"chief of staff' for KWOK. In that capacity, WANG has held titles in a variety of entities that\nwere instrumentalities of the fraud described herein. For example, WANG has served as the\nPresident, Treasurer, and Secretary of entities that purportedly managed KWOK's money.\n9. At certain times relevant to this Indictment, Saraca Media Group, Inc. (\"Saraca\")\nwas a corporation based in New York, New York. Relative-I was its ultimate beneficial owner.\n10. At certain times relevant to this Indictment, GTV Media Group, Inc. (\"GTV\") was\na purported news-focused social media platform based in New York, New York. GTV was\nfunctionally owned and controlled by HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\"\na/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" the defendant, although\nKWOK held no formal position or title at GTV. KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendant,\nlikewise held no formal position or title at GTV, but in fact exercised control over its finances.\nSaraca was the parent company of GTV. YANPING WANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\" the defendant, was\nan \"Executive Director\" of GTV.\n11. At certain times relevant to this Indictment, G Club Operations, LLC (\"GICLUBS\")\n_was a purported membership organization based in Puerto Rico and in New York, New York.\nGICLUBS was functionally owned and controlled by HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a\n\"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" the defendant,\nalthough KWOK held no formal position or title at GICLUBS. KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\"\n5\n\nCaseC a1s:2e3 1-c:2r-30-0c1r-1080-1A1T8 - A TD o Dcuomcuemnte 7n1t 61-96 F iFleilde d0 30/72/92/82/32 5 P a gPea g6e o 2f 24 0of 56\nthe defendant, likewise held no formal position or title at GICLUBS, but in fact exercised control\nover its finances. .\n12. At certain times relevant to this Indictment, the \"Himalaya Exchange\" was a\npurported cryptocurrency \"ecosystem\" that KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendant,\nfounded and operated through various entities he owned, which were based abroad. Entities\nfunctionally owned and controlled by HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\"\na/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" the defendant, such as\nGICLUBS and GIFashion, had purported business relationships with the Himalaya Exchange.\nKWOK promoted the Himalaya Exchange and claimed to be the designer of its purported\ncryptocurrency, although KWOK held no formal position or title at the Himalaya Exchange.\nThe Fraud\nThe GTV Private Placement\n13. Between in or about April 2020 and in or about June 2020, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a\n\"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The\nPrincipal,\" KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" and YA NPING WANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\" the\ndefendants, and others known and unknown, fraudulently obtained more than $400 million in\nvictim funds through an illegal private stock offering related to GTV (the \"GTV Private\nPlacement\").\na. On or about April 21, 2020, KWOK posted, and caused to be posted, a video\non social media announcing the unregistered offering of GTV common stock via a private\nplacement. In that video, KWOK described, in substance and in part, the investment terms for the\nGTV Private Placement, and directed people to contact him, via a mobile messaging application,\nwith any questions about the GTV Private Placement. The video and GTV Private Placement\n6\n\nCaseC a1s:2e3 1-c:2r-30-0c1r-1080-1A1T8 - A TD o Dcuomcuemnte 7n1t 61-96 F iFleilde d0 30/72/92/82/32 5 P a gPea g7e o 2f 34 0of 56\nmaterials-including the written \"Confidential Information Memorandum\" (the \"PPM\"),\nSubscription Agreement, and Investment Procedure Guidelines-were transmitted to thousands of\npotential investors, including those in the Southern District of New York, via mobile messaging\napplications, social media, and text messages.\nb. The PPM promoted GTV as the \"first ever platform which will combine the\npower of citizen journalism and social news with state-of-the-'art technology, big data, artificial\nintelligence, block-chain technology and real-time interactive communication.\"\nc. According to the PPM' s metadata, JE was the \"author\" of the PPM. The\nPPM disclosed the terms of the GTV Private Placement and identified KWOK as GTV's \"Sponsor\nand Adviser.\" According to the PPM, among other GTV materials, neither KWOK nor JE held\nany formal management position with GTV. Y ANPING WANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\" the defendant,\nwas identified in the PPM as an \"Executive Director\" of GTV.\nd. The PPM also contained the following representations, in substance and in\npart, among others:\nThe GTV Private Placement was for investors who were \"interested\n1.\nin evaluating an opportunity to invest capital into GTV;\"\nii. GTV planned to use the proceeds raised from the GTV Private\nPlacement \"to expand and strengthen the business;\" and\nThe PPM included a chart itemizing the \"contemplated use of\n111.\nproceeds\" raised from the GTV Private Placement:\n7\n\nCaseC a1s:2e3 1-c:2r-30-0c1r-1080-1A1T8 - A TD o Dcuomcuemnte 7n1t 61-96 F iFleilde d0 30/72/92/82/32 5 P a gPea g8e o 2f 44 0of 56\nAcquisition of companies to strengthen and grow\nGTV\nUpgrade of GTV technology and security Approximate 10%\nMarketing Approximate 8%\nWorking capital Approximate 7%\nOther Approximate 5%\nTotal 100%\ne. Between on or about April 20, 2020 and on or about June 2, 2020,\napproximately $452 million worth ofGTV common stock was purportedly sold to more than 5,500\ninvestors located in the United States, including in the Southern District of New York, and abroad.\nInvestors participated in the GTV Private Placement based, in part, on the belief that their money\nwould be invested into GTV to develop and grow that business, as the PPM promised.\nf. The vast majority of the proceeds derived from investors in the GTV Private\nPlacement were not used to develop and grow the GTV business, but instead were deposited\ndirectly into bank accounts held in the name of Saraca, GTV's parent company, which is\nbeneficially owned by Relative-I.\ng. The GTV Private Placement was not made pursuant to a registration\nstatement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (\"SEC\"). Rather, the offering\nwas purportedly made pursuant to SEC regulations that permit the sale of unregistered securities\nsubject to limitations on the type of investors to whom the securities are offered and the manner in\nwhich their investments may be solicited. To evade these limitations, however, KWOK, and others\n8\n\nCaseC a1s:2e3 1-c:2r-30-0c1r-1080-1A1T8 - A TD o Dcuomcuemnte 7n1t 61-96 F iFleilde d0 30/72/92/82/32 5 P a gPea g9e o 2f 54 0of 56\nunder his control, used at least one intermediary entity to purchase GTV stock on behalf of pools\nof investors who did not qualify to participate in the GTV Private Placement.\nh. In or about early June 2020, and only days after the GTV Private Placement\nclosed, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a\n\"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" and YANPING\nWANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\" the defendants, and their co-conspirators, misappropriated approximately\n$100 million raised from investors in the GTV Private Placement and directed that those funds be\nplaced with a high-risk hedge fund (\"Fund-I\") for the benefit of Saraca and its ultimate beneficial\nowner, Relative-I. This transaction was contrary to the PPM's representations to prospective GTV\ninvestors about how investments in GTV would be used. Indeed, the $100 million investment into\nFund-I was not made for the benefit of GTV, but rather for the benefit of Saraca. The victims\nwho supplied the $100 million invested into Fund-I did not own any shares of Saraca. Ultimately,\nthe investment into Fund-I lost approximately $30 million in value.\ni. After directing $100 million of GTV victim funds into Fund-I, HO WAN\nKWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\"\na/k/a \"The Principal,\" the defendant, continued to promote GTV using false and misleading\nrepresentations.\nThe Farm Loan Program\n14. Beginning in or about June 2020-the same month that HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a\n\"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The\nPrincipal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and their co-conspirators\nmisappropriated money from the GTV Private Placement for the benefit of Saraca and\nRelative-I-KWOK, JE, and their co-conspirators fraudulently obtained more than approximately\n9\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 1g0e o2f6 4 o0f 56\n$150 million in victim funds through the \"Himalaya Farm Alliance.\" The Himalaya Farm\nAlliance, which KWOK organized and promoted, was a collective of informal groups (e ach known\nas a \"Farm\") located in various cities around the world. KWOK, JE, and others working on their\nbehalf and at their direction, obtained these funds by making further misrepresentations to the\ninvestors in the GTV Private Placement and fraudulently soliciting further investments, this time\nin the form of \"loans\" to a Farm, and promising that such loans would be convertible into GTV\ncommon stock at a conversion rate of one share per dollar loaned (the \"Farm Loan Program\").\na. Starting in or about June 2020, domestic banks that held accounts used to\nprocess the funds raised through the GTV Private Placement began to freeze and close GTV\nassociated bank accounts because, among other reasons, the accounts had received dozens of large\nincoming wire transfers, some of which referenced an unregistered stock offering.\nb. These bank account closures frustrated the ability of KWOK, JE, and their\nco-conspirators to collect proceeds from victims seeking to invest in GTV.\nc. On or about July 22, 2020, in a video distributed via social media, KWOK\npromoted the Farm Loan Program. According to KWOK and those working on his behalf,\nindividuals seeking to invest (or reinvest) in GTV could participate in the Farm Loan Program.\nd. After launching the Farm Loan Program, KWOK continued to promote\nGTV and to falsely represent the value of GTV. For example, on or about August 2, 2020, in a\nvideo distributed via social media, KWOK falsely stated, in substance and part, \"How much is\nGTV? .. . a market value of2 billion US dollars.\"1 In truth and in fact, and as KWOK well knew,\nGTV's market value was far less because, among other things, GTV was a new business that\ngenerated no revenue.\n1 All statements attributed herein to KWOK have been translated from Mandarin to English,\nunless otherwise noted.\n10\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 1g1e o2f7 4 o0f 56\ne. Thousands of victims \"loaned\" money to the Farms by sending money to\nbank accounts controlled by the Farms (and not GTV). According to the \"Loan Agreements,\"\nwhich the Farms frequently did not countersign, these funds were to be used for a Farm's \"general\nworking capital purposes.\"\nf. KWOK and JE misappropriated funds that were raised through the Farm\nLoan Program. For example:\ni. Approximately $20 million was transferred to Relative-I,\napproximately $950,000 of which was used to pay for flight crew services on a private jet;\nii. Approximately $5 million was transferred to an entity owned by\nKWOK's spouse;\niii. Approximately $2.3 million was used to cover maintenance\nexpenses associated with an approximately 145-foot luxury yacht worth approximately $37\nmillion, nominally owned by Relative-2 and used by KWOK; and\niv. Approximately $10 million was transferred to personal bank\naccounts in the name of JE and/or JE's spouse.\nGICLUBS\n15. While making misrepresentations regarding the Farm Loan Program, HO WAN\nKWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\"\na/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and others known\nand unknown, fraudulently induced KWOK's followers to transfer additional funds to a purported\nonline membership club called GICLUBS. From at least in or about October 2020 through at least\n11\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 1g2e o2f8 4 o0f 56\nin or about March 2023, KWOK, JE, and others known and unknown, fraudulently obtained more\nthan approximately $250 million in victim funds through GICLUBS.\na. Starting at least on or about June 20, 2020, in a video distributed via social\nmedia, KWOK promoted and encouraged individuals to purchase what KWOK referred to as a\n\"G Club . . . membership card.\"\nb. Formally launched in or about October 2020, GICLUBS claimed, on its\nwebsite, to be \"an exclusive, high-end membership program offering a full spectrum of services\"\nand \"a gateway to carefully curated world-class products, services and experiences.\"\nc. To join GICLUBS, a member was required to make a one-time payment to\npurchase a \"membership,\" in addition to an annual membership fee. The cost of the membership\nvaried based on the membership tier selected by the prospective member: Tier 5 Membership cost\n$50,000; Tier 4 Membership cost $40,000; Tier 3 Membership cost $30,000; Tier 2 Membership\ncost $20,000; and Tier 1 Membership cost $10,000.\nd. On or about July 5, 2021, in a video distributed via social media, KWOK\nstated, in substance and in part, that there were \"25,000 [GICLUBS] member[s] ... $100 million\ndollars, the cash [in] the bank account. Then we have the 111 million ... [who] want to join.\" By\ncontrast, GICLUBS internal documents reflected approximately 5,900 active members as of in or\nabout August 2021.\ne. In truth and in fact, and as KWOK and JE well knew, GICLUBS provided\nnothing close to \"a full spectrum of services\" and \"experiences\" to its members. Despite collecting\nhundreds of millions of dollars in purported membership fees, GICLUBS maintained a relatively\nsmall number of employees and provided its members few to no discemable membership benefits.\nIndeed, GICLUBS did not even make good on prizes it offered members for participating in\n12\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 1g3e o2f9 4 o0f 56\ncontests. On or about February 14, 2021, GICLUBS held a webcast and sweepstakes during which\nmembers were promised luxury prizes. On at least one occasion, instead of providing a BMW to\na member who purportedly won a sweepstakes, GI CLUBS claimed to the member that the member\nhad requested that the value of the BMW be applied toward an upgrade from a Tier 1 GICLUBS\nMembership to a Tier 4 GICLUBS Membership and partially credited toward annual membership\nfees for the next three years. As of on or about March 8, 2021-months after GICLUBS launched\nand began to collect \"membership\" fees-GICLUBS did not have a business plan or a board of\ndirectors.\nf. KWOK and JE also used GICLUBS as a mechanism to continue fraudulent\nprivate placement offerings. KWOK, and others known and unknown, told KWOK's online\nfollowers that their purchase of GICLUBS memberships would entitle them to stock in KWOK\naffiliated entities, such as GTV and GIFashion.\ni. In a conversation regarding GICLUBS membership funds on or\nabout May 4, 2021, JE stated, in substance and in part, that \"first of all, [prospective members] are\nbuying the GICLUBS membership, but they are expecting they would probably receive some\nshares, you know, on, on, on the future GTV, I think this is their expectation.\"\nii. On or about July 30, 2021, KWOK stated in a video distributed via\nsocial media, in substance and in part, \"Some of the comrades in arms asked, ' [w ]ill I still get a\nfree stock offer when I buy a GICLUBS membership?' 100%. Because I said that I have to promise\nthat anyone who buys G-Club membership before September 17 must be allotted shares, which is\nexactly the same. Because we said that anyone can choose whether to use your money to buy G\nClub before September 17, G-Club and the stock shares. You'll get both.\"\n13\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 1g4e o3f0 4 o0f 56\ng. KWOK, JE, and others known and unknown, asked investors to purchase\nmultiple memberships in GICLUBS, enabling KWOK and JE to increase the amount of money\nsolicited. In this regard, the GICLUBS website stated, in substance and in part, that members with\nmultiple memberships would \"receive additional benefits\" when, in truth and in fact, and as\nKWOK and JE well knew, multiple memberships did not provide members with additional\nbenefits.\n16. All told, investors purchased hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of GIC LUBS\nmemberships. However, most of this money did not fund the business of GICLUBS. Rather, HO\nWAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother\nSeven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and others\nknown and unknown, misappropriated a substantial portion of the funds victims had paid\nGICLUBS for \"memberships,\" using, among other things, a complex web of entities and bank\naccounts to do so. For example:\na. GICLUBS funds, which had been funneled through bank accounts in other\nentities' names, were used to pay personal expenses for KWOK and his family, including luxury\npurchases of an approximately $2.6 million yacht and luxury automobiles that together cost more\nthan $5 million.\nb. In or about November 2021, JE directed approximately $26.5 million of\nGICLUBS funds, which ·had been funneled through bank accounts in other entities' names, toward\nthe purchase of KWOK's 50,000 square foot New Jersey mansion.\nc. JE directed the transfer of an additional $13 million of GICLUBS\nmembership payments to an escrow account. The funds were subsequently used to pay for\nextravagant renovations to KWOK's New Jersey mansion, including to a wing for Relative-I and\n14\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 1g5e o3f1 4 o0f 56\nto a wing for Relative-2, and to purchase various furniture and decorative items including, among\nother items, Chinese and Persian rugs worth approximately $978,000, a $62,000 television, and\na $53,000 fireplace log cradle holder.\nd. On or about August 5, 2021, JE directed the transfer of approximately $1.1\nmillion consisting of GICLUBS membership payments into a bank account that JE controlled.\ne. GICLUBS used membership fees to purchase luxury automobiles, including\na custom-built Bugatti sports car for approximately $4.4 million. While the car's signed purchase\nagreement listed GICLUBS as the customer, the initial specifications documentation for the\ncustom-built car named Relative-I as the customer. Relative-I had no official position with\nGICLUBS.\nThe Himalaya Exchange\n17. From at least in or about April 2021 through at least in or about March 2023, HO\nWAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother\nSeven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and others\nknown and unknown, fraudulently obtained more than approximately $262 million in victim funds\nthrough the Himalaya Exchange, a purported cryptocurrency \"ecosystem\" accessible on the\ninternet. The Himalaya Exchange included a purported stablecoin called the Himalaya Dollar\n(\"HDO\" or \"H Dollar\") and a trading coin called Himalaya Coin (\"HCN\" or \"H Coin\"). The\nHimalaya Exchange claimed that the \"stablecoin\" was a digital asset with a fixed l-to-$1 value\nbacked by reserves, and that the \"trading coin\" was a cryptocurrency with valuation based on\nsupply and demand. JE was the founder and Chairman of the Himalaya Exchange.\n18. In videos distributed via social media, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a\n\"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" the defendant,\n15\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 1g6e o3f2 4 o0f 56\ntrumpeted the prospects and valuation of the Himalaya Exchange and both HCN and HDO, which\nhe publicly described as cryptocurrencies. For example, in a video posted on the Internet on or\nabout October 20, 2021, KWOK falsely stated the following, among other things, and in substance\nand in part:\na. \"I am talking about your H Coins, 'Brother Seven' [i.e., KWOK] designed\nit ....[ I]t has the attribute of currency, why? It has 20% gold. Awesome[.] [I]t was born as\ncurrency on the first day, so it has value and it is linked to gold ... clear gold directly. No matter\nhow much it raises, 20% will turn into gold.\"\nb. \"If the H Coin is worthless, [the issuer of H coin] can sell all 20% of the\ngold, exchange it to you, and become your money. Or take all the value of 20% gold and ask\neveryone to unify it and make it yours.\"\nc. \"If anyone loses money, I can say that I will compensate 100%. I give you\n100%. Whoever loses money, I will bear it.\"\nd. \"I can sell the H Coin in the market in one minute and get it back to my\nH Dollar, and back to your fiat money unit. ... [A]nd you can buy anything immediately.\"\n19. The initial coin offering ofHCN and HDO occurred on or about November 1, 2021.\nHCN began trading at 10 cents and, within approximately two weeks, the Himalaya Exchange\nwebsite claimed that each HCN purportedly was worth approximately 27 HDO (i.e., $27), which\nrepresented a 26,900% increase in value. That is, approximately two weeks after the initial coin\noffering, the Himalaya Exchange website indicated that HCN purportedly had an approximately\n$27 billion valuation.\n20. At the time of the Himalaya Exchange launch, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles\nGuo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" the\n16\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 1g7e o3f3 4 o0f 56\ndefendant, marketed HCN to his online followers and others. For example, on or about November\n1, 2021-the day of the initial coin offering-KWOK released an official music video for an\noriginal song called \"HCoin To the Moon\" via social media. The phrase \"to the moon\" is popularly\nassociated with cryptocurrencies and implies a sharp increase in value. The music video depicted\nKWOK in various luxurious locations and depicted imagery of gold and wealth.\n21. At times, including following the Himalaya Exchange launch, KIN MING JE, a/k/a\n\"William Je,\" the defendant, misleadingly marketed the Himalaya Exchange. For example, in or\nabout June 2022, JE attempted to create the impression that a 3€ ,561,127 purchase of a Ferrari (the\n\"Ferrari\") from a particular auction house was completed with HDO. JE stated, in substance and\nin part, that he was \"extremely pleased that [a] buyer decided to purchase [a] world-class car using\nHDO.\" Contrary to JE' s claim, the Ferrari was not purchased using HDO. In truth and in fact,\nand as JE well knew, a Himalaya Exchange employee sent the auction house an international bank\nwire to cover the cost of the Ferrari, while also processing a corresponding \"transaction\" on the\nHimalaya Exchange to create the false appearance that the purchase had taken place using HDO.\nJE's statement was also misleading in that, among other things, the unidentified \"buyer\" of the\nFerrari was, in fact, Relative-I.\n22. Contrary to representations of HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles\nKwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE,\na/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, and others known and unknown, HCN and HDO could not be\ntraded anywhere other than (purportedly) on the Himalaya Exchange. Moreover, unlike\ncryptocurrencies, HCN could not be traded for, or converted into, other currencies. HCN\npurportedly could be traded for only HDO ( and only on the Himalaya Exchange), and HDO\npurportedly only could be converted to or from fiat currency ( and only on the Himalaya Exchange).\n17\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 1g8e o3f4 4 o0f 56\na. Indeed, the HDO and HCN Whitepapers, available on the Himalaya\nExchange website, provided in fine print that, contrary to KWOK's representations, HCN and\nHDO were not cryptocurrencies. Rather, according to the HCN Whitepaper, the \"operation of the\nHimalaya Exchange and associated applications and infrastructure will be facilitated through the\nuse of 'Credits.\"' Those credits (i) could \"only be used on the Himalaya Exchange or within the\nHimalaya Ecosystem,\" and (ii) did \"not carry any right to require their exchange for fiat currency\nor crypto-assets.\" Moreover, while Himalaya Exchange members could request to exchange their\n\"HDO\" credits for an equivalent payment in U.S. dollars, the HDO Whitepaper stated that the\nHimalaya Exchange had the \"discretion\" to deny any such request.\n23. In or about April 2022, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\"\na/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING JE, a/k/a\n\"William Je,\" the defendants, arranged for the transfer of approximately $37 million in Himalaya\nExchange funds from a Himalaya Exchange bank account to a particular escrow account. The $3 7\nmillion was structured as a purported \"loan\" to cover the cost of a luxury yacht that KWOK had\npreviously purchased and used, which yacht was then-owned by an entity held in the name of\nRelative-2.\nGovernment Seizure ofF raud Proceeds\n24. On or about September 20, 2022 and September 21, 2022, U.S. authorities served\njudicially-authorized seizure warrants on several domestic banks, and subsequently seized\napproximately $335 million of proceeds from bank accounts held in the names of Himalaya\nExchange entities and other entities associated with HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a\n\"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING\nJE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants. Following the September 2022 judicially authorized\n18\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 1g9e o3f5 4 o0f 56\nseizures, JE attempted to transfer approximately $46 million from domestic bank accounts\nassociated with the Himalaya Exchange, which had not yet been seized by the United States, to a\nbank account in the UAE that JE controlled.\na. Within approximately two days of the first judicially authorized seizures of\nHimalaya Exchange-related funds, on or about September 22, 2022, JE contacted the management\nof a domestic bank that held Himalaya Exchange bank accounts. JE sought to implement a wire\ntransfer, which he and a Himalaya Exchange executive claimed to the domestic bank was needed\nto effectuate a \"redemption\" from HDO to U.S. dollars for an unnamed \"VIP\" (i.e., very important\nclient of the Himalaya Exchange).\nb. In subsequent communications with the domestic bank, JE revealed that the\nVIP was, in fact, JE himself. JE provided the domestic bank with documents reflecting two\npurported HCN sales by JE on or about September 22, 2022-totaling 46 million HDO, which JE\nwas attempting to \"convert\" into $46 million. JE twice emphasized to the domestic bank's\nmanagement, in substance and in part, that the $46 million transfer needed to happen \"today or it\nis meaningless.\"\n25. On or about October 16, 2022, pursuant to a judicially authorized warrant, U.S.\nauthorities seized an additional approximately $274 million of proceeds from several Himalaya\nExchange and GICLUBS accounts at the domestic bank from which JE requested the $46 million\ntransfer.\na. As a result of the judicially-authorized seizures, U.S. authorities seized\nmore than approximately $634 million of fraud proceeds, including approximately $278 million\nfrom bank accounts held in the names of the Himalaya Exchange entities, including accounts that\npurported to hold its HDO cash reserves.\n19\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 2g0e o3f6 4 o0f 56\nb. Following the seizures, the Himalaya Exchange website continued to\nrepresent that HDO was backed by a \"Reserve consisting of USD and cash-equivalent assets\"\nwhen, in truth and in fact, it was not.\nc. Despite the seizure of the Himalaya Exchange' s cash reserves, the\npurported price ofHCN had not suddenly and sharply declined through the date ofthis Indictment.\nSTATUTORY ALLEGATIONS\n26. From at least in or about 2018 up to and including at least in or about March 2023,\nin the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a\n\"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" KIN MING\nJE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" and Y ANPING WANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\" the defendants, and others known\nand unknown, willfully and knowingly combined, conspired, confederated, and agreed together\nand with each other to commit offenses against the United States, to wit, ( 1) wire fraud, in violation\nof Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343; (2) securities fraud, in violation of Title 15, United\nStates Code, Sections 78j(b) & 78ff, and Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.1 0b-\n5; (3) bank fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344; (4) international\npromotional money laundering, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section\n1956(a)(2)(A); and (5) international concealment money laundering, in violation of Title 18,\nUnited States Code Section 1956(a)(2)(B)(i).\n27. It was a part and an object of the conspiracy that HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles\nGuo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\"\nKIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" and Y ANPING WANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\" the defendants, and\nothers known and unknown, knowingly having devised and intending to devise a scheme and\nartifice to defraud, and for obtaining money and property by means of false and fraudulent\n20\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 2g1e o3f7 4 o0f 56\npretenses, representations, and promises, would and did transmit and cause to be transmitted by\nmeans of wire, radio, and television communication in interstate and foreign commerce, writings,\nsigns, signals, pictures, and sounds for the purpose of executing such scheme and artifice, in\nviolation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, to wit, KWOK, JE, and WANG agreed to\nobtain victims' money by causing materially false information and misrepresentations to be\ntransmitted over interstate wires, in connection with the GTV Private Placement, the Farm Loan\nProgram, GICLUBS, and the Himalaya Exchange.\n28. It was further a part and an object of the conspiracy that HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a\n\"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The\nPrincipal,\" KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" and YANPING WANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\" the\ndefendants, and others known and unknown, willfully and knowingly, directly and indirectly, by\nuse of a means and instrumentality of interstate commerce and of the mails, and of a facility of a\nnational securities exchange, used and employed, in connection with the purchase and sale of a\nsecurity registered on a national securities exchange and any security not so registered, a\nmanipulative and deceptive device and contrivance, in violation of Title 17, Code of Federal\nRegulations, Section 240.l0b-5, by (a) employing a device, scheme and artifice to defraud; (b)\nmaking an untrue statement of material fact and omitting to state a material fact necessary in order\nto make the statement made, in light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading;\nand (c ) engaging in an act, practice and course of business which operated and would operate as a\nfraud and deceit upon a person, to wit, KWOK, JE, and WANG agreed to fraudulently induce\ninvestors to participate in the GTV Private Placement, the Farm Loan Program, and GICLUBS by\nproviding materially false and misleading information and representations in connection with\npurported shares of GTV common stock and purported companies affiliated with GTV.\n21\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 2g2e o3f8 4 o0f 56\n2 9. It was further a part and an object of the conspiracy that HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a\n\"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The\nPrincipal,\" KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" and YANPING WANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\" the\ndefendants, and others known and unknown, knowingly would and did execute and attempt to\nexecute a scheme and artifice to defraud a financial institution, as defined in Title 18, United States\nCode, Section 20, and to obtain moneys, funds, credits, assets, securities, and other property owned\nby, and under the custody and control of, such a financial institution, by means of false and\nfraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, in violation of Title 18, United States Code,\nSection 1344, to wit, KWOK, JE,,and WANG agreed to participate in a scheme to mislead U.S.\nfinancial institutions through false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and documents, in\nconnection with the GTV Private Placement, the Farm Loan Program, GICLUBS, and the\nHimalaya Exchange, in order to obtain money of, or under the custody and control of, at least one\nfinancial institution.\n30. It was further a part and an object of the conspiracy that HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a\n\"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The\nPrincipal,\" KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" and Y ANPING WANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\" the\ndefendants, and others known and unknown, would and did transport, transmit, and transfer, and\nattempt to transport, transmit, and transfer, a monetary instrument and funds from a place in the\nUnited States to and through a place outside the United States, and to a place in the United States\nfrom and through a place outside the United States, with the intent to promote the carrying on\nspecified unlawful activity, to wit, the offenses alleged in Counts Two through Eight of this\nIndictment in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section l 956(a)(2)(A)(i).\n22\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 2g3e o3f9 4 o0f 56\n31. It was further a part and an object of the conspiracy that HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a\n\"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The\nPrincipal,\" KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" and YA NPING WANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\" the\ndefendants, and others known and unknown, would and did transport, transmit, and transfer, and\nattempted to transport, transmit, and transfer, a monetary instrument and funds from a place in the\nUnited States to and through a place outside the United States, and to a place in the United States\nfrom and through a place outside the United States, knowing that the monetary instrument and\nfunds involved in the transportation, transmission, and transfer represent the proceeds of some\nform of unlawful activity, and knowing that such transportation, transmission, and transfer is\ndesigned in whole and in part to conceal and disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, and\ncontrol of the proceeds of specified unlawful activity, to wit, the offenses alleged in Counts Two\nthrough Eight of this Indictment, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section\n1956(a)(2)(B)(i).\nOvert Acts\n32. In furtherance of the conspiracy and to effect its illegal objects, HO WAN KWOK,\na/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The\nPrincipal,\" KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" and YA NPING WANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\" the\ndefendants, and others known and unknown, committed the following overt acts, among others, in\nthe Southern District of New York and elsewhere:\na. On or about April 21, 2020, KWOK posted, and caused to be posted, a video\non social media announcing the unregistered offering of GTV stock via the GTV Private\nPlacement.\n23\n\n..\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 2g4e o4f0 4 o0f 56\nb. On or about June 5, 2020, WANG, while located in the Southern District of\nNew York, authorized a wire transfer of $100 million from Saraca to Fund-1.\nc. On or about July 22, 2020, in a video distributed via social media, KWOK\npromoted the Farm Loan Program.\nd. On or about August 2, 2020, in a video distributed via social media, KWOK\nstated, in substance and part, \"How much is GTV? ... a market value of 2 billion US dollars.\"\ne. On or about May 28, 2021, JE transferred approximately $13 million from\na bank account in the UAE that JE controlled to a bank account held by an entity (owned by\nRelative-2) at a particular bank in New York, New York.\nf. On or about July 30, 2021, in a video distributed via social media, KWOK\nstated, in substance and in part, \"Some of the comrades in arms asked, ' [w ]ill I still get a free stock\noffer when I buy a G-Clubs membership?' 100%. Because I said that I have to promise that [to]\nanyone who buys G-Clubs membership before September 17 [they] must be allotted shares, which\nis exactly the same. Because we said that anyone can choose whether to use your money to buy\nG-Clubs before September 17, G-Clubs and the stock shares. You'll get both.\"\ng. On or about August 5, 2021, JE directed the transfer of approximately $1.1\nmillion consisting of funds victims had sent to GICLUBS in exchange for \"memberships\" to a\nbank account that JE controlled.\nh. On or about October 20, 2021, in a video distributed via social media,\nKWOK stated, in substance and in part, that KWOK \"designed\" HCN, that \"[n]o matter how much\nit raises, 20% will tum into gold,\" and that \"[i]f anyone loses money\" on HCN, \"I can say that I\nwill compensate 100%.\"\n24\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 2g5e o4f1 4 o0f 56\nOn or about September 22, 2022, JE texted a U.S. bank's management, in\n1.\nsubstance and in part, that a $46 million transfer to a JE-controlled bank account in the UAE\nneeded to happen \"today or it is meaningless.\"\n(Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.)\nCOUNT TWO\n(Wire Fraud - GTV Private Placement)\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n33. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 25 of this Indictment are\nrepeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n34. From at least in or about April 2020 up to and including at least in or about March\n2021, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\"\na/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" KIN\nMING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" and Y ANPING WANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\" the defendants, knowingly\nhaving devised and intending to devise a scheme and artifice to defraud, and for obtaining money\nand property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, transmitted\nand caused to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, and television communication in interstate\nand foreign commerce, writings, signs, signals, pictures, and sounds, for the purpose of executing\nsuch scheme and artifice, to wit, KWOK, JE, and WANG conducted the GTV Private Placement\nto sell GTV stock and fraudulently obtain money from victims through false statements and\nmisrepresentations, which scheme was furthered through electronic communications and monetary\ntransfers to and from the Southern District of New York and elsewhere.\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343 and 2.)\n25\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 2g6e o4f2 4 o0f 56\nCOUNT THREE\n(Securities Fraud - GTV Private Placement)\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n35. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 25 of this Indictment are\nrepeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n36. From at least in or about April 2020 up to and including at least in or about March\n2021, in the Southern District ofNew York, and elsewhere, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\"\na/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" KIN\nMING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" and Y ANPING WANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\" the defendants, willfully\nand knowingly, directly and indirectly, by use of a means and instrumentality of interstate\ncommerce and of the mails, and of a facility of a national securities exchange, used and employed,\nin connection with the purchase and sale of a security registered on a national securities exchange\nand any security not so registered, a manipulative and deceptive device and contrivance, in\nviolation of Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.lOb-5, by (a) employing a device,\nscheme and artifice to defraud; (b) making an untrue statement of material fact and omitting to\nstate a material fact necessary in order to make the statement made, in light of the circumstances\nunder which it was made, not misleading; and ( c) engaging in an act, practice and course of\nbusiness which operated and would operate as a fraud and deceit upon a person, to wit, KWOK,\nJE, and WANG conducted the GTV Private Placement to sell GTV stock and obtain money from\nvictims through false statements and misrepresentations, which scheme was furthered through\nelectronic communications and monetary transfers to and from the Southern District of New York\nand elsewhere.\n(Title 15, United States Code, Sections 78j(b) & 78ff; Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations,\nSection 240.1 0b-5; and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2.)\n26\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 2g7e o4f3 4 o0f 56\nCOUNT FOUR\n(Wire Fraud - Farm Loan Program)\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n3 7. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 25 of this Indictment are\nrepeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n38. From at least in or about June 2020 up to and including at least in or about March\n2023, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, HOWA N KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\"\na/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN\nMING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, knowingly having devised and intending to devise\na scheme and artifice to defraud, and for obtaining money and property by means of false and\nfraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, transmitted and caused to be transmitted by\nmeans of wire, radio, and television communication in interstate and foreign commerce, writings,\nsigns, signals, pictures, and sounds, for the purpose of executing such scheme and artifice, to wit,\nKWOK and JE conducted the Farm Loan Program to fraudulently obtain money from victims\nthrough false statements and misrepresentations, which scheme was furthered through electronic\ncommunications and monetary transfers to and from the Southern District of New York and\nelsewhere.\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343 and 2.)\nCOUNT FIVE\n(Securities Fraud-Farm Loan Program)\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n39. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 25 of this Indictment are\nrepeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n27\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 2g8e o4f4 4 o0f 56\n40. From at least in or about June 2020 up to and including at least in or about March\n2023, in the Southern District of New York, and elsewhere, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\"\na/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN\nMING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, willfully and knowingly, directly and indirectly, by\nuse of a means and instrumentality of interstate commerce and of the mails, and of a facility of a\nnational securities exchange, used and employed, in connection with the purchase and sale of a\nsecurity registered on a national securities exchange and any security not so registered, a\nmanipulative and deceptive device and contrivance, in violation of Title 17, Code of Federal\nRegulations, Section 240. lOb-5, by (a) employing a device, scheme and artifice to defraud;\n(b) making an untrue statement of material fact and omitting to state a material fact necessary in\norder to make the statement made, in light of the circumstances under which it was made, not\nmisleading; and ( c) engaging in an act, practice and course of business which operated and would\noperate as a fraud and deceit upon a person, to wit, KWOK and JE conducted the Farm Loan\nProgram to obtain money from victims through false statements and misrepresentations, including\nregarding, among other things, the value of GTV, which scheme was furthered through electronic\ncommunications and monetary transfers to and from the Southern District of New York and\nelsewhere.\n(Title 15, United States Code, Sections 78j(b) & 78ff; Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations,\nSection 240.1 0b-5; and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2.)\nCOUNT SIX\n(Wire Fraud - GICLUBS)\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n41. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 25 of this Indictment are\nrepeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n28\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 2g9e o4f5 4 o0f 56\n42. From at least in or about June 2020 up to and including at least in or about March\n2023, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, HOWA N KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\"\na/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN\nMING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, knowingly having devised and intending to devise\na scheme and artifice to defraud, and for obtaining money and property by means of false and\nfraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, transmitted and caused to be transmitted by\nmeans of wire, radio, and television communication in interstate and foreign commerce, writings,\nsigns, signals, pictures, and sounds, for the purpose of executing such scheme and artifice, to wit,\nKWOK and JE promoted and marketed GICLUBS to fraudulently obtain money from victims\nthrough false statements and misrepresentations, which scheme was furthered through electronic\ncommunications and monetary transfers to and from the Southern District of New York and\nelsewhere.\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343 and 2.)\nCOUNT SEVEN\n(Securities Fraud-GICLUBS)\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n43. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 25 of this Indictment are\nrepeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n44. From at least in or about June 2020 up to and including at least in or about March\n2021, in the Southern District of New York, and elsewhere, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\"\na/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN\nMING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, willfully and knowingly, directly and indirectly, by\nuse of a means and instrumentality of interstate commerce and of the mails, and of a facility of a\nnational securities exchange, used and employed, in connection with the purchase and sale of a\n29\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 3g0e o4f6 4 o0f 56\nsecurity registered on a national securities exchange and any security not so registered, a\nmanipulative and deceptive device and contrivance, in violation of Title 17, Code of Federal\nRegulations, Section 240.l0b-5, by (a) employing a device, scheme and artifice to defraud;\n(b) making an untrue statement of material fact and omitting to state a material fact necessary in\norder to make the statement made, in light of the circumstances under which it was made, not\nmisleading; and ( c) engaging in an act, practice and course of business which operated and would\noperate as a fraud and deceit upon a person, to wit, KWOK and JE promoted and marketed\nG\\CLUBS to obtain money from victims through false statements and misrepresentations,\nincluding regarding, among other things, the value of GTV, which scheme was furthered through\nelectronic communications and monetary transfers to and from the Southern District of New York\nand elsewhere.\n(Title 15, United States Code, Sections 78j(b) & 78ff; Title 17, Code of Federal\nRegulations, Section 240.10 b-5; and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2.)\nCOUNT EIGHT\n(Wire Fraud-The Himalaya Exchange)\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n45. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 25 of this Indictment are\nrepeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n46. From at least in or about April 2021 up to and including at least in or about March\n2023, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, HOWA N KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\"\na/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN\nMING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, knowingly having devised and intending to devise\na scheme and artifice to defraud, and for obtaining money and property by means of false and\nfraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, transmitted and caused to be transmitted by\nmeans of wire, radio, and television communication in interstate and foreign commerce, writings,\n30\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 3g1e o4f7 4 o0f 56\nsigns, signals, pictures, and sounds, for the purpose of executing such scheme and artifice, to wit,\nKWOK and JE operated the Himalaya Exchange to fraudulently obtain money from victims\nthrough false statements and misrepresentations, which scheme was furthered through electronic\ncommunications and monetary transfers to and from the Southern District of New York and\nelsewhere.\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343 and 2.)\nCOUNT NINE\n(International Promotional Money Laundering)\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n4 7. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 25 of this Indictment are\nrepeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n48. From at least in or about 2018 up to and including at least in or about March 2023,\nin the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a\n\"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING\nJE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, did transport, transmit, and transfer, and attempt to\ntransport, transmit, and transfer, a monetary instrument and funds from a place in the United States\nto and through a place outside the United States, and to a place in the United States from and\nthrough a place outside the United States, with the intent to promote the carrying on specified\nunlawful activity, to wit, KWOK and JE directed and made international transfers of funds into,\nout of, and through the United States, with the intent to promote the fraud offenses in Counts Two\nthrough Eight of the Indictment.\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1956(a)(2)(A) and 2.)\n31\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 3g2e o4f8 4 o0f 56\nCOUNT TEN\n(International Concealment Money Laundering)\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n49. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 25 of this Indictment are\nrepeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n50. From at least in or about 2018 up to and including at least in or about March 2023,\nin the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a\n\"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" and KIN MING\nJE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" the defendants, did transport, transmit, and transfer, and attempt to\ntransport, transmit, and transfer, a monetary instrument and funds from a place in the United States\nto and through a place outside the United States, and to a place in the United States from and\nthrough a place outside the United States, knowing that the monetary instrument and funds\ninvolved in the transportation, transmission, and transfer represented the proceeds of some form\nof unlawful activity, and knowing that such transportation, transmission, and transfer was designed\nin whole and in part to conceal and disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, and control\nof the proceeds of specified unlawful activity, namely, the fraud offenses alleged in Counts Two\nthrough Eight of this Indictment, to wit, KWOK and JE conducted international financial\ntransactions into, and out of, and through the United States involving fraud proceeds, including,\namong other transactions, transactions involving bank accounts held in the names of entities\nnominally owned by other individuals and by entities not overtly associated with the defendants,\nin order to conceal the ownership, control, and/or receipt of the proceeds of the fraud and the illegal\nnature and source of such proceeds.\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1956(a)(2)(B)(i) and 2.)\n32\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 3g3e o4f9 4 o0f 56\n\\\nCOUNT ELEVEN\n(Unlawful Monetary Transactions)\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n51. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 25 of this Indictment are\nrepeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n52. On or about June 5, 2020, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, HO\nWAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother\nSeven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" and YA NPING WANG, a/k/a\n\"Yvette,\" the defendants, within the United States, knowingly engaged and attempted to engage\nin a monetary transaction, as defined in Title 18, United States Code, Section 1957(£)(1), in\ncriminally derived property of a value greater than $10,000 that was derived from specified\nunlawful activity, to wit, KWOK, JE, and WANG made, and directed others to make, a wire\ntransfer of approximately $100 million derived from the offenses charged in Counts Two and\nThree to Fund-1.\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1957 and 2.)\nCOUNT TWELVE\n(Obstruction of Justice)\nThe Grand Jury further charges:\n53. The allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 25 of this Indictment are\nrepeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein.\n54. From at least on or about September 20, 2022 through the date of the filing of this\nIndictment, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William\nJe,\" the defendant, corruptly obstructed, influenced, and impeded an official proceeding and\nattempted so to do, to wit, JE attempted to transfer money to the UAE, beyond the jurisdiction of\n33\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 3g4e o5f0 4 o0f 56\nthe United States, to impede and interfere with a federal grand jury investigation in the Southern\nDistrict of New York of the offenses alleged in Counts One through Eleven of this Indictment, and\nproceedings before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York\nconcerning the seizure and forfeiture of criminally derived proceeds.\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1512(c)(2) and 2.)\nFORFEITURE ALLEGATIONS\n55. As a result of committing the offenses alleged in Counts One through Eight of this\nIndictment, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles Kwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\"\na/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" KIN MING JE, a/k/a \"William Je,\" and Y ANPING\nWANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\" the defendants, shall forfeit to the United States, pursuant to Title 18,\nUnited States Code, Section 981(a)(l)(C) and Title 28 United States Code, Section 2461(c), any\nand all property, real and personal, that constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to the\ncommission of said offenses, including but not limited to a sum of money in United States currency\nrepresenting the amount of proceeds traceable to the commission of said offenses and, and the\nfollowing specific property:\na. $64,826.87 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber 5090037713 at Silvergate Bank held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC,\"\nseized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\nb. $75,000,000.00 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber 5090037705 at Silvergate Bank held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC,\"\nseized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\n34\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 3g5e o5f1 4 o0f 56\nl\nc. $467,343.00 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber 5090037754 at Silvergate Bank held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC,\"\nseized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\nd. $89,992,861.75 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber 5090042770 at Silvergate Bank held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC,\"\nseized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\ne. $1,683,077.40 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber 5090042762 at Silvergate Bank held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC,\"\nseized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\nf. $85,899,889.20 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber 5090042853 at Silvergate Bank held in the name of\"Hamilton Opportunity Funds SPC,\"\nseized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\ng. $48,230,709.62 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber 5090030288 at Silvergate Bank held in the name of\"Hamilton Investment Management\"\nLtd., seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\nh. $1,800,000.00 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber 5090037739 at Silvergate Bank held in the name of \"Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC,\"\nseized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\ni. $85,899,889.20 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber 5090042853 at Silvergate Bank held in the name of\"Hamilton Opportunity Funds SPC,\"\nseized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\n35\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 3g6e o5f2 4 o0f 56\nj. $4,643,744.70 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber 7801000590 at FV Bank held in the name of \"Himalaya International Reserves, Ltd.,\"\nseized by the Government on or about September 20, 2022;\nk. $14,599,257.25 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber 7801000254 at FV Bank held in the name of \"Himalaya International Clearing, Ltd.,\"\nseized by the Government on or about September 20, 2022;\n1. $11,538,579.87 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber MBI10103-0000 at Mercantile Bank International held in the name of \"G Club\nInternational Ltd.,\" seized by the Government on or about October 16, 2022;\nm. $10,008,284.04 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber MBil 0133-0000 at Mercantile Bank International held in the name of \"Himalaya\nInternational Clearing Ltd.,\" seized by the Government between on or about October 16, 2022 and\non or about March 10, 2023;\nn. $3,090,856.54 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber MBI10137-0000 at Mercantile Bank International held in the name of \"Hamilton Capital\nHolding Ltd.,\" seized by the Government between on or about October 16, 2022 and on or about\nMarch 10, 2023;\no. $272,350,313.76 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber MBI10138-0000 at Mercantile Bank International held in the name of \"Himalaya\nInternational Reserves Ltd.,\" seized by the Government between on or about October 16, 2022 and\non or about March 10, 2023;\np. $310,594.31 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber MBI10139-0000 at Mercantile Bank International held in the name of \"Himalaya\n36\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 3g7e o5f3 4 o0f 56\nInternational Financial Group Ltd.,\" seized by the Government between on or about October 16,\n2022 and on or about March 10, 2023;\nq. $1,187,278.87 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber MBI10171-0000 at Mercantile Bank International held in the name of \"Hamilton\nInvestment Management Ltd.,\" seized by the Government between on or about October 16, 2022\nand on or about March 10, 2023;\nr. $43,782.71 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber MBI10172-0000 at Mercantile Bank International held in the name of \"G Fashion\nInternational Limited,\" seized by the Government on or about October 16, 2022;\ns. $161,809.47 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber MBI10183-0000 at Mercantile Bank International held in the name of \"Himalaya\nCurrency Clearing Pty Ltd.,\" seized by the Government on or about October 16, 2022;\nt. $2,745,377.75 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber 9878904409 at Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. held in the name of \"GETTR USA,\nInc.,\" seized by the Government on or about September 18, 2022;\nu. $9,899,659.19 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Account\nNumber 157525208185 at US Bank held in the name of \"G Fashion,\" seized by the Government\non or about September 18, 2022;\nv. All that lot or parcel of land, together with its buildings, appurtenances,\nimprovements, fixtures, attachments, and easements, located at 675 Ramapo Valley Road,\nMahwah, New Jersey 07430, Parcel No. 3300021-03-00001-02 and described as Lot Number: 1.02\nBlock: 21.03 District: 33 City, Municipality, Township: MAHWAH TWP\n37\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 3g8e o5f4 4 o0f 56\n♦\nf •\nw. A Bugatti Chiron Super Sport, bearing Vehicle Identification Number\nVF9SW3V3XNM795047;\nx. A Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Roads, bearing Vehicle Identification\nNumber ZHWUN6ZD2MLA10393;\ny. A Rolls Royce Phantom EWB, bearing Vehicle Identification Number\nSCAT T8C08MU206445;\nz. A 46m 2014 Feadship superyacht \"Lady May\" (ex Como), bearing IMO\nNumber 112359, MMSI Number 319059500, and Callsign ZGDQ9;\naa. A Bosendorfer 185VC Porsche #49539 piano with custom bench, purchased\nfor approximately $140,938.69;\nbb. A Railis Design Iceland Contemporary Poseidon Bed with Nightstands,\nEbony Veneer, Brass, Velvet, purchased for approximately $31,413.71;\ncc. A Hastens 2000T md mattress, purchased for approximately $36,590.00;\ndd. A Hastens 2000T sf mattress, purchased for approximately $36,210.00;\nee. A Wembe watch storage box, purchased for approximately $59,392.91;\nff. A Samsung Q900 Series QN98Q900RBF 98\" QLED Smart TV - 8K,\npurchased for approximately $62,787.54;\ngg. A Louis XV Style French Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Commode by\nJoseph Emmanuel Zweiner;\nhh. A \"K'ang Hsi\" extension table in etched and patinated pewter and bronze\nwith hand-painted enamel colors by Philip & Kelvin LaV erne, purchased for approximately\n$180,000.00; and\n38\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 3g9e o5f5 4 o0f 56\nii. A \"Punto '83\" table in stainless steel with mesh tabletop with adjustable\nheight and adjustable petals by Gabriella Crespi, Italy 1982, purchased for approximately\n$180,000.00.\n(a) through (ii), collectively, the \"Specific Property.\"\n56. As a result of committing the money laundering offenses alleged in Counts One,\nNine, Ten and Eleven of this Indictment, HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a \"Miles Guo,\" a/k/a \"Miles\nKwok,\" a/k/a \"Guo Wengui,\" a/k/a \"Brother Seven,\" a/k/a \"The Principal,\" KIN MING JE, a/k/a\n\"William Je,\" and YA NPING WANG, a/k/a \"Yvette,\" the defendants, shall forfeit to the United\nStates, pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 982(a)(l), any and all property, real and\npersonal, involved in said offense, or any property traceable to such property, including but not\nlimited to a sum of money in United States currency representing the amount of property involved\nin said offense and the Specific Property.\nSubstitute Assets Provision\n57. If any of the above-described forfeitable property, as a result of any act or omission\nof the defendants:\na. cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence;\nb. has been transferred or sold to, or deposited with, a third person;\nc. has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the Court;\nd. has been substantially diminished in value; or\ne. has been commingled with other property which cannot be subdivided\nwithout difficulty;\n39\n\nCasCea 1s:e2 31-:c2r3-0-c0r1-01081-A18T- A T D o Dcoucmuemnet n7t1 169-6 F i lFeidle 0d3 0/279/2/283/2 5 P a g Pea 4g0e o5f6 4 o0f 56\n\\\nit is the intent of the United States, pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(p) and\nTitle 28, United States Code, Section 2461 ( c ), to seek forfeiture of any other property of the\ndefendants up to the value of the above forfeitable property.\n(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 981 and 982;\nTitle 21, United States Code, Section 853; and\nTitle 28, United States Code, Section 2461.)\n-\nJ:k--;_~\nDAMIAN WILLIAMS\nUnited States Attorney\ns\\,)''f eQ. ¼~ )~(,...\n~' L\\.. ..)_ND\"! CT°M <c:.N1\n1 !50\n40","body_zh":"证物 F\n\nUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT（美国联邦地区法院） 23 MAG 3908\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK（纽约南区）\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA（美利坚合众国）\n密件归档\n-诉-\n支持扣押令的宣誓书\n包含在 TD Bank, N.A.（道明银行）官方支票账户中、此前存放于由 G CLUB OPERATIONS LLC 持有的 TD Bank, N.A. 账户 440-5491468 及 440-5492044 中的所有金钱、资金和资产（“目标账户”），以及所有可追溯至此的资金，包括应计利息（“目标财产”）；\n对物诉讼被告。\n依据 18 U.S.C. §§ 981 及 984\n\n纽约南区) ss.:\n\nFederal Bureau of Investigation（联邦调查局）特别探员 Zachary Effting 经依法宣誓，作证并陈述如下：\n\nI. 导言\n\n1. 我是 Federal Bureau of Investigation（联邦调查局，简称“FBI”或“调查机构”）的一名特别探员。我自 2020年2月 前后起担任 FBI 特别探员。自 2020年10月 前后起，我被分配到 FBI 的复杂金融犯罪分队。在 FBI 任职期间，我参与了针对证券与电汇欺诈计划、银行欺诈和洗钱的调查，除其他事项外，还开展或参与了证人询问、财务记录审查以及搜查令的执行。特别是，我参与了涉及实体场所、与犯罪相关的财产、电子设备及其他电子证据的搜查令执行。\n\n2. 本宣誓书旨在支持美利坚合众国依据 18 U.S.C. §§ 981 及 984 申请签发扣押令，以扣押以下内容\n\n财产：TD Bank, N.A.（道明银行）官方支票账户中包含的所有款项、资金和资产，该等款项此前存放于由 G CLUB OPERATIONS LLC（G俱乐部运营有限责任公司）持有的 TD Bank, N.A. 440-5491468 号和 440-5492044 号账户中（下称“目标财产”）。3. 如下文所述，目标财产构成违反 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343（电信欺诈）；1344（银行欺诈）；以及 1956（洗钱及共谋洗钱）（合称“目标犯罪”）的收益。4. 本宣誓书基于以下信息来源（除其他来源外）：(i) 我对文件及其他证据的审查；(ii) 我与其他执法人员的交谈以及对执法报告（包括监控报告）的审查；(iii) 我对公开可用信息的审查，包括发布在互联网上的数字视频以及在互联网上进行的与“G|CLUBS”等项目相关的其他开源调查；(iv) 我及其他执法人员参与的各项证人询问；(v) 我对依据传票、依据 18 U.S.C. § 2703(d) 就非内容信息签发的命令以及司法授权的搜查令所获取证据的审查，包括电子邮件、手机定位数据和手机通话详单记录；(vi) 我对各类银行账户记录的审查与分析；以及 (vii) 我在金融犯罪实施方面的培训与经验。由于提交本宣誓书的有限目的仅为确立合理根据，因此其并未包含我在调查过程中获悉的全部事实。凡本宣誓书载明的日期、数字和计算，均系近似值。凡本宣誓书报告的文件内容以及他人的行为、陈述和谈话，除另有说明外，均系实质性且部分报告。5. 如下文所述，有合理根据认为，目标财产应依据 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(A) 及 (C) 和 18 U.S.C. § 981(b) 予以扣押和没收，因其系涉及违反 18 U.S.C. § 1956 和 § 1957 的财产，且/或系违反 18 U.S.C. § 1343 的收益或可追溯至该等收益的财产。总括而言，证据揭示了一项涉及多家相互关联公司及其关联实体的欺诈计划（下称“欺诈”），包括 GTV Media Group Inc.（GTV传媒集团有限公司）、G Fashion（“G Fashion”）、Himalaya Farm Alliance（喜马拉雅农场联盟，下称“农场”）、Himalaya International Clearing Ltd.（喜马拉雅国际清算有限公司，下称“喜马拉雅国际清算”）、G Club Operations LLC（“G Club”）、Hamilton Investment Management Ltd.（汉密尔顿投资管理有限公司，下称“Hamilton”）、ACA Capital Group Ltd.（ACA资本集团有限公司，下称“ACA Capital”）以及 Crane Advisory Group LLC（鹤类咨询集团有限责任公司，下称“Crane”）。如下文详述，该欺诈的头目为 Miles Guo（郭文贵），又名“Guo Wengui”，又名“Miles Kwok”（下称“GUO”），以及 William Je（余建明），又名 Je Kin Ming（下称“JE”）。6. FBI（联邦调查局）和 SEC（美国证券交易委员会）的法务会计师、分析师与我一同追踪了若干欺诈收益从欺诈计划受害者流向购买目标财产的资金走向。\n\nII. 没收的法定依据\n7. 目标财产应予民事扣押和没收的法定条款如下：\n\n洗钱犯罪\n8. 《美国法典》第 18 编第 981(a)(1)(A) 条规定，下列财产应予民事没收：\n涉及违反本编第 1956、1957 或 1960 条的交易或未遂交易的任何不动产或动产，或任何可追溯至该等财产的财产。\n\n9. 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(2)(A) 规定，任何人凡：\n将货币工具或资金自美国境内某地运输、传送或转移，或企图运输、传送或转移至美国境外某地或途经该地，或者自美国境外某地或途经该地运输、传送或转移至美国境内某地——\n(A) 意图促进特定非法活动的进行——\n[即构成犯罪。]\n\n10. 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(2)(B)(i) 规定，任何人凡：\n将货币工具或资金自美国境内某地运输、传送或转移，或企图运输、传送或转移至美国境外某地或途经该地，或者自美国境外某地或途经该地运输、传送或转移至美国境内某地——\n(B) 明知该运输、传送或转移所涉及的货币工具或资金代表某种形式的非法活动的收益，且明知该运输、传送或转移全部或部分旨在——\n(i) 隐瞒或掩饰特定非法活动收益的性质、所在地、来源、所有权或控制权 [即构成犯罪。]\n\n11. 18 U.S.C. § 1957 规定，任何人明知而从事或企图从事价值大于 10,000 美元且来源于特定非法活动的犯罪所得财产的货币交易 [即构成犯罪。]\n\n12. 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h) 进一步规定，“任何人共谋实施[第 1956 和 1957 条]所定义的任何犯罪，应处以与作为共谋目标的犯罪所规定的同等刑罚。”\n\n电信欺诈犯罪\n13. 就第 1956 条而言，18 U.S.C. § 1956(c)(7) 中定义的“特定非法活动”除其他事项外，包括违反 18 U.S.C. § 1343 的行为以及共谋实施违反该条的行为。参见 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(c)(7) 及 1961(1)。\n\n14. 《美国法典》第 18 编第 981(a)(1)(C) 条规定，任何构成或来源于可追溯至违反……构成“特定非法活动”（定义见本编第 1956(c)(7) 条）的任何犯罪或共谋实施该等犯罪的收益的不动产或动产，均应予以民事没收。”\n\n扣押令\n15. 法院依据 18 U.S.C. § 981(b) 获权对依据 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(A) 及 (C) 应予没收的任何财产签发扣押令。第 981(b)(2) 条规定，该等扣押可“依据按照《联邦刑事诉讼规则》中搜查令相同方式获取的令状”进行。此外，第 981(b)(3) 条规定，尽管有《联邦刑事诉讼规则》第 41(a) 条之规定，司法官员仍可依据第 981(b) 条，在可依据《美国法典》第 28 编第 1355(b) 条对该财产提起没收诉讼的任何管辖区签发扣押令。根据第 1355(b)(1)(A) 条，没收诉讼或程序可在引起没收的任何作为或不作为发生所在的管辖区提起。如下文所述，作为所请求签发扣押令之基础的犯罪，包含了发生在 Southern District of New York（纽约南区）的作为或不作为。\n\nIII. 合理根据\nA. 背景\n起诉书\n16. 2023年3月30日，政府提交了一份包含 12 项罪名项的替代起诉书，案由为 United States v. Ho Wan Kwok, Kin Ming Je, and Yanping Wang（美国诉郭文贵、余建明及王雁平案），案号 S1 23 Cr. 118（下称“起诉书”），指控 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”，又名“Miles Kwok”，又名“Guo Wengui”，又名“七哥”，又名“校长”（下称“KWOK”），Kin Ming Je（余建明），又名“William Je”（下称“JE”），以及 Yanping Wang（王雁平），又名“Yvette”（下称“WANG”）违反 18 U.S.C. §§ 371（共谋实施电信、银行和证券欺诈以及洗钱）、1343（电信欺诈）、1957（非法货币交易）以及 2（协助与教唆）。起诉书还指控 KWOK 和 JE 违反 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(a)(2)(A)（国际隐瞒性洗钱）和 1956(a)(2)(B)(i)（国际促进性洗钱）；以及 15 U.S.C. §§ 78j(b) 与 78ff 和 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5（证券欺诈）。此外，起诉书指控 JE 违反 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2)（妨害司法）。起诉书作为附件 1 附于本宣誓书后，并援引纳入于此。\n\n调查概述\n17. 自约 2020年5月 起，United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York（纽约南区联邦检察官办公室，下称“SDNY”）和 FBI 以及其他执法机构，一直在对涉及由 KWOK、JE、WANG 及其他目标对象拥有、运营或以其他方式关联的多家公司的欺诈（下称“欺诈”）进行调查。迄今为止，调查显示该欺诈涉及募集超过 10 亿美元，以及随后对数亿美元的洗钱和/或侵吞挪用。KWOK 是该欺诈的头目并对欺诈进行指挥。JE 是该欺诈的财务操盘手和关键洗钱者。WANG 担任 KWOK 的“幕僚长”，并管理用于实施欺诈的实体的日常运作。\n\n18. KWOK、JE 和 WANG 实施了该欺诈，该欺诈发生于至少在或约 2018年 起至在或约 2023年3月 期间，通过各种相互关联的发行项目进行，所有这些项目均表现出与欺诈相符的特征。例如，如下文及起诉书中进一步所述，投资者被许以不切实际的巨额投资回报；投资者因多项虚假陈述而被诱导投资；投资款项的很大一部分被侵吞挪用；而在数字资产证券的销售方面，尽管曾陈述该等代币可在公开交易所交易，但它们从未能够在公开交易所进行交易。\n\n19. 基于我与参与本案调查的其他执法人员的交谈以及我对起诉书的审查，我获悉该欺诈包括以下手段和方法（除其他外）：\na. 至少自约 2020年6月 起，KWOK 开始推广 G|CLUBS，一个所谓的顶级会员制俱乐部。于约 2020年10月 推出的 G|CLUBS 声称通过销售所谓的会员资格，为“来自亚洲市场的高净值人群提供专属优惠与折扣的奢华酒店及零售商会员礼宾服务”。在招揽 G|CLUBS 会员资金时，KWOK 等人表示，G|CLUBS 会员资格将是获取 KWOK 关联公司（包括 GTV 及一家名为 G|FASHION 的公司）股票的一种机制。G|CLUBS 筹集了至少约 2.5 亿美元的所谓会员费，这些资金与其他欺诈收益相混同，并被用于促进该欺诈和/或被侵吞挪用。参见附件 1 第 14-15 段。\n\n20. 基于我的培训与经验以及我与参与本案调查的其他执法人员的交谈，我知悉起诉书中更完整描述的该欺诈的每一种手段和方法均具有欺诈的特征。例如，投资者被许以不切实际的巨额投资回报；投资者因多项虚假陈述而被诱导投资；且超过约 3 亿美元的欺诈收益被侵吞挪用，包括为了 KWOK 之子的利益而向某高风险对冲基金投资约 1 亿美元、在或约 2021年12月 通过 JE 代表 KWOK 拥有并控制的一家实体斥资约 2650 万美元购买位于新泽西州马瓦（Mahwah）的一处豪宅，以及将约 1300 万美元欺诈收益转移至某托管账户，该笔资金随后被用于支付该马瓦豪宅的奢华装修与家具摆设费用。参见附件 1 第 12(h)、13(f)、15 段。\n\n欺诈收益的财务调查\n21.\n\n根据我与其他执法人员的交谈以及我的专业培训和经验，我获悉由United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York（美国纽约南区联邦检察官办公室，简称 USAO-SDNY）、FBI（联邦调查局）和 SEC（美国证券交易委员会，正在进行平行调查）开展的资金追踪分析，揭露了欺诈资金在金融机构的500多个账户之间进行了广泛的分层转移。这些账户以80多个个人或实体的名义开设，包括郭（KWOK）控制的各类实体，以及郭、JE、王（WANG）和其他目标主体（Target Subjects）似乎作为洗钱工具设立的数十个其他关联实体。如下文第22至24段部分描述的示例所示，资金追踪发现大量欺诈收益被转入、流经和往来于国内及国际银行账户之间，包括JE在阿联酋和巴哈马控制的账户，这与为了隐瞒犯罪收益的来源、出处、存放地点和/或性质而进行的大规模分层转移相吻合。参见例如证物 1 第 3、4、32、32(g) 段。欺诈计划收益追踪\n\n22. 根据我对此项调查的参与、培训、经验，对我及 FBI 和 SEC 的金融分析师执行的各项银行账户记录和财务分析的审查与分析，我在互联网上进行的开源研究，我对依据传票和司法授权搜查令所获证据的审查，以及我与他人的交谈，除其他事项外，我获悉如下内容：\n\na. 投资者参与该欺诈计划的方式，要么是直接将资金电汇至由郭、JE 等人的关联实体（包括农场、G|CLUBS 或喜马拉雅交易所）控制或使用的银行账户，要么是按目标主体的指示将资金电汇或以其他方式转账至其他实体（例如一家名为 Crane Advisory Group，简称“Crane”的公司，随后该等资金被转入最终由郭、JE 及其同伙控制的银行账户）。我获悉，郭、JE 和其他目标主体曾利用位于阿联酋、英国、美国、巴哈马和英属维尔京群岛的账户接收来自该欺诈计划投资者（包括 G|CLUBS 投资者）的投资资金。\n\nb. 例如，在约2021年5月至2021年6月期间，约1亿美元的欺诈资金从 G|CLUBS 银行账户转入以 Hamilton Capital Management Ltd.（Hamilton Capital Management 有限公司）名义在巴哈马开设的银行账户（即“Hamilton 巴哈马账户”），该公司是由 JE 控制的公司。在这笔约1亿美元的欺诈资金汇总至 Hamilton 巴哈马账户之前，它们通过不同银行的一系列实体进行了分层转移，根据我的培训和经验，这种方式表明存在洗钱行为。具体而言：\n\ni. 某些潜在投资者被指示将拟作为（例如）GTV 投资的款项汇入以 Crane 名义开设的银行账户。在约2020年11月至2021年4月期间，来自中国及其他地方的个人或机构投资者向两个 Crane 银行账户（即“Crane 花旗银行账户”）汇入了约7820万美元的欺诈资金。\n\nii. 随后，这笔欺诈资金中的约6000万美元从 Crane 花旗银行账户转入以 Crane 名义在 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney（摩根士丹利史密斯巴尼，简称“MSSB”）开设的约五个不同银行账户（统称“Crane MSSB 账户”）。\n\niii. 从 Crane MSSB 账户转出的约6000万美元欺诈资金，与从 Crane 在另一家银行 Capital One（第一资本）开设的两个账户（统称“Crane Capital One 账户”）转入 Crane MSSB 账户的约4900万美元其他欺诈资金相汇总，使 Crane MSSB 账户的总余额增至约1.09亿美元。\n\niv. Crane MSSB 账户中这笔约1.09亿美元欺诈资金中的约7900万美元，随后被转入同一家银行（即 MSSB）中但以 G|CLUBS 名义开设的账户（即 G|CLUBS MSSB 账户）。该笔约7900万美元与从个人 G|CLUBS 投资者以及 G|CLUBS 在 Signature Bank（签名银行）、First Bank of Puerto Rico（波多黎各第一银行）和 City National Bank（城市国家银行）的银行账户转入 G|CLUBS MSSB 账户的约7970万美元其他欺诈资金相汇总，使 G|CLUBS MSSB 账户中的欺诈资金总余额增至超过约1.58亿美元。\n\nv. 在约2021年10月至约2022年4月期间，约8500万美元的欺诈资金从 G|CLUBS MSSB 账户转入 Hamilton 巴哈马账户，并与约1500万美元的其他欺诈资金（涉及 G|CLUBS 和喜马拉雅交易所）相汇总。因此，Hamilton 巴哈马账户中的1亿美元欺诈资金完全由从 G|CLUBS MSSB 账户及包含欺诈资金的其他账户转入的款项构成。\n\n23. 在约2022年9月至2023年3月期间，执法人员向多家美国银行就位于约21个额外银行账户中的资金送达了司法授权的扣押令，我和 FBI 及 SEC 的法务会计师和分析师已将欺诈收益追踪至这些账户中。受到扣押的银行账户是以与郭和 JE 相关的各类实体名义开设，或由 JE 控制的实体开设，包括 G|CLUBS、G|Fashion 以及控制喜马拉雅交易所的 Hamilton 旗下实体。在约2022年9月至2023年3月期间，政府根据扣押令扣押了约6.3亿美元的欺诈收益，其中包括从 G|CLUBS 在 Mercantile Bank（商业银行）开设的账户（即“G|CLUBS Mercantile 账户”）中扣押的约11,538,579.87美元，该金额代表扣押时该账户中的余额。参见证物 1 第 23-24 段。\n\n24. 根据我对此项调查的参与、培训、经验，对我及 FBI 和 SEC 的法务会计师和分析师执行的各项银行账户记录和财务分析的审查与分析，我对法院案卷及依据传票和司法授权搜查令所获证据的审查，以及我与他人的交谈，除其他事项外，我获悉如下内容：\n\na. 约于2021年5月5日，向 Mercantile Bank 提交了关于 G|CLUBS Mercantile 账户的企业银行账户申请。关于 G|CLUBS Mercantile 账户的申请将 G|CLUBS 的业务在实质上及部分描述为“持有公司和企业的证券（或其他股权权益）”。\n\nb. G|CLUBS 的财务总监 Alex Hadjicharalambous 是 G|CLUBS Mercantile 账户的授权签字人。\n\nc. 欺诈收益被追踪至 G|CLUBS Mercantile 账户。例如：\n\ni. G|CLUBS Mercantile 账户的初始存入资金（发生于约2021年7月2日）包括从 Medici Bank（梅第奇银行）持有的 G|CLUBS 账户转入的约400万美元可追溯欺诈收益。\n\nii. 在约2021年8月23日至2021年11月19日期间，约7400万美元的欺诈收益从 G|CLUBS MSSB 账户转入 G|CLUBS Mercantile 账户。\n\niii. 约于2021年12月24日，约1000万美元的欺诈收益从以 Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC（Hamilton 机会基金 SPC）名义在 Silvergate Bank（银门银行）开设的尾号为 -7739 的账户（该账户已根据政府先前的扣押令之一被扣押）转入 G|CLUBS Mercantile 账户。\n\n目标财产\n\n25. 根据我对文件、传票和搜查令回复、执法报告的审查，我与证人及其他执法人员的交谈，以及我的培训和经验，除其他事项外，我获悉如下内容：\n\na. TD Bank, N.A.（道明银行）提供的传票回复显示，“G Club Operations LLC”于约2022年1月13日在 TD Bank 开设了两个银行账户——具体而言，为尾号为 -1468 的卓越商业支票账户（即“1468 账户”）以及尾号为 -2044 的简易商业支票账户（即“2044 账户”，与 1468 账户统称为“TD 账户”）。\n\nb. 在日期约为2022年1月13日的开户文件中，G|CLUBS 当时的首席执行官 Limarie Reyes Molinaris（“Reyes Molinaris”）被列为 TD 账户的唯一授权签字人。约于2022年2月1日，各 TD 账户的印鉴卡进行了更新，添加 G|CLUBS 的财务总监 Alex Hadjicharalambous 作为额外的授权签字人。参见上文第 24(b) 段。\n\nc. 约于2022年1月14日，Reyes Molinaris 将一张来自波多黎各 Oriental Bank（东方银行）的“经理支票”存入 1468 账户；该支票金额约为2,931,953.17美元，日期为2021年11月22日，收款人为 G CLUB OPERATIONS LLC。根据我对此项调查的参与以及对文件的审查，我获悉该 Oriental Bank 支票代表了 Oriental Bank 已关闭的一个 G|CLUBS 账户的余额，该账户持有可追溯至该欺诈计划的资金，即源自欺诈性招揽投资的资金。根据我对 1468 账户记录的审查，我获悉该 1468 账户仅进行了约21笔支出，并且我进一步获悉，这些支出主要由电汇/ACH（自动清算所）费用以及支票卡消费构成，借记总额不足约128,000美元。\n\nd. 约于2022年1月14日，约13张支票被存入 2044 账户，总存入金额约为313,600.00美元。这13张支票的收款人为 G CLUB OPERATIONS LLC，日期在约2021年7月15日至约2021年8月3日之间。根据我对文件的审查（包括 G|CLUBS 会员名单及支票的备注栏），这些支票似乎来自被欺诈诱导投资款项的 G|CLUBS 投资者。在约2022年1月至2022年7月期间，2044 账户收到了约15,707,658.67美元的贷记入账（由被欺诈诱导投资款项的 G|CLUBS 投资者的存款构成），并产生了约9,637,000.17美元的借记支出（包括向位于吉尔吉斯斯坦的 Kyrgyz-Swiss Bank（吉尔吉斯-瑞士银行）某一特定银行账户发出的两笔总计约7,000,000美元的出账电汇）。\n\ne. TD Bank 于约2023年3月7日关闭了 TD 账户。\n\ni. 1468 账户自2023年3月1日至2023年3月7日期间的账单显示结户余额约为2,815,502.30美元。约于2023年3月7日，TD Bank 向 G CLUB OPERATIONS LCC 开具了金额为 1468 账户结户余额的支票（支票号为 90519810-6）。\n\nii. 2044 账户自2023年3月1日至2023年3月7日期间的账单显示结户余额约为4,357,924.95美元。约于2023年3月7日，TD Bank 向 G CLUB OPERATIONS LCC 开具了金额为 2044 账户结户余额的支票（支票号为 90519811-7）。\n\nf. 根据我对此项调查的参与、对文件的审查以及与他人的交谈，我获悉代表 TD 账户结户余额的合计约7,173,427.25美元目前正存放于目标账户（即 TD Bank, N.A. 的官方支票账户，该账户代管先前存放于由 G CLUB OPERATIONS LLC 持有的 TD Bank, N.A. 账户 440-5491468 和 440-5492044 中的资金）。\n\nIV. 结论\n\n26. 基于前述事实，我认为有合理根据相信目标财产中持有的资金属于因违反 18 U.S.C. § 1343（电信欺诈）所得的收益而应予没收，和/或属于涉及违反 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(a)(2)(A)(i)、1956(a)(2)(B)(i)、1957 及 1956(h)（洗钱及洗钱共谋）的财产而应予没收。\n\n27. 因此，依据 18 U.S.C.\n\n§ 981(b)，本人谨请求法院签发搜查扣押令，授权扣押目标财产。\n\nZachary Effting（经许可由 VF 代签）\nZACHARY EFFTING（扎卡里·埃夫廷）\n特别探员\nFederal Bureau of Investigation（联邦调查局）\n\n根据《联邦刑事诉讼规则》（Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure）第 41(d)(3) 条和第 4.1 条，通过可靠的电子方式向本人传送本宣誓书并经宣誓确认，时间为 2023 年 5 月 12 日\n\nVALERIE FIGUEREDO 尊敬的法官\nUNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE（美国治安法官）\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK（纽约南区）\nEx. 1\n\nCase 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 716-9 Filed 07/28/23 Page 1 of 40 / Case 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 16 Filed 03/29/25 Page 1 of 56\nUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT（美国联邦地区法院） 原件 1\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK（纽约南区）\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA（美利坚合众国） 起诉书\n诉 S1 23 Cr. 118 (AT)\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），\n又名“Miles Guo”，\n又名“Miles Kwok”，\n又名“Guo Wengui”，\n又名“七哥”（Brother Seven），\n又名“校长”（The Principal），\nKIN MING JE（余建明），\n又名“William Je”，以及\nYANPING WANG（王雁平），\n又名“Yvette”，\n被告人。\n\n第一项罪名\n（共谋实施电汇欺诈、证券欺诈、银行欺诈及洗钱）\n\n大陪审团指控：\n\n概述\n\n1. 至少自2018年左右起至至少2023年3月左右，被告人HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”，又名“Miles Kwok”，又名“Guo Wengui”，又名“七哥”，又名“校长”；KIN MING JE（余建明），又名“William Je”；以及YANPING WANG（王雁平），又名“Yvette”，与其他已知及未知人员共谋，诈骗数千名受害者超过约10亿美元，其中包括位于纽约南区的受害者。郭文贵、余建明、王雁平及其共谋者通过一系列复杂的欺诈性和虚假商业与投资机会进行运作，这些项目将数十个相互关联的\n\nCase 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 716-19 Filed 03/29/23 Page 18 of 56\n\n实体，这使得被告及其共谋者得以招揽、洗钱并挪用受害者的资金。2. 被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”；KIN MING JE（余建明），又名“William Je”；以及 YANPING WANG（王雁平），又名“Yvette”，与其共谋者一道，利用郭文贵广泛的网络影响力及其数十万网络追随者，通过承诺高额财务回报和其他利益，招揽对各类实体和项目的投资。该诈骗计划中使用的实体和项目包括名为 GTV、GICLUBS、GIMUSIC、GIFashion 和 Himalaya Exchange（喜马拉雅交易所）等。事实上，且正如郭文贵、余建明和王雁平所深知的那样，这些实体是郭文贵、余建明和王雁平为实施欺诈和盘剥郭文贵的追随者而创建并使用的工具。该计划使郭文贵、余建明和王雁平得以自肥、使其家庭成员及共谋者获利，并为郭文贵的奢靡生活提供资金。3. 作为该计划的一部分，被告郭文贵（又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”）、余建明（又名“William Je”）和王雁平（又名“Yvette”），与其共谋者一道，清洗了数亿美元的诈骗收益。为隐匿该资金的非法来源，郭文贵、余建明和王雁平将资金转移、并指示将资金转移至以至少 80 个不同实体或个人名义持有的约 500 多个账户中，并通过这些账户进行转账。数亿美元的诈骗收益被直接或间接转移至位于 United States（美国）、Bahamas（巴哈马）和 United Arab Emirates（阿拉伯联合酋长国，简称“UAE”）等地的银行账户，并以余建明所有或以其他方式控制的公司名义持有。\n\nCase 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 716-19 Filed 03/29/23 Page 19 of 56\n\n4. 被告郭文贵（又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”）和余建明（又名“William Je”），将超过约 3 亿美元的诈骗所得收益用于其本人及家人的利益。例如，郭文贵使用通过欺诈手段获取的受害者资金购买、资助或出资完成以下事项，其中包括：以 2650 万美元为郭文贵及其家人在 New Jersey（新泽西州）购买一处占地约 50,000 平方英尺的豪宅；购置豪华车辆，包括为郭文贵的一名近亲（“Relative-1/亲属一”）购买一辆价值约 350 万美元的法拉利；购买一艘价值约 3700 万美元的豪华游艇，该游艇供郭文贵及其家人使用，并以郭文贵的一名近亲（“Relative-2/亲属二”）名义购买；一架价值约 14 万美元的钢琴；一张约 3.6 万美元的床垫；以及向一家高风险对冲基金投资 1 亿美元，该投资最终使 Relative-1 获益。就余建明而言，除其他事项外，他将至少 1000 万美元的诈骗收益转移到了他本人及其配偶的个人银行账户中。5. 被告郭文贵（又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”）、余建明（又名“William Je”）和王雁平（又名“Yvette”），与其共谋者一道，实施该计划多年，并至少持续到至少 2023 年 3 月。他们通过不断调整该计划的手段和方法以规避美国投资者保护、反洗钱和破产法律的执行，并通过对投诉或要求退还投资款的个别受害者进行报复等方式实施了上述行为。\n\nCase 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 716-19 Filed 03/29/23 Page 20 of 56\n\n相关人员与实体\n\n6. 在所有相关时间内，被告郭文贵（又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”）是该计划的领导者并指挥了该计划。a. 郭文贵是一名流亡的中国商人，于 2015 年或前后逃往美国，并以约 6750 万美元的价格购买了 New York City（纽约市）一家酒店的顶层顶楼公寓。至少从 2017 年或前后开始，当时自称是亿万富翁的郭文贵聚集了大量的网络粉丝。郭文贵接受了多次媒体采访并在社交媒体上发帖，声称要推进针对 Chinese Communist Party（中国共产党）的运动。b. 在 2018 年或前后，郭文贵创立了两个所谓的非营利组织，即 Rule of Law Foundation（法治基金）和 Rule of Law Society（法治协会）。法治协会的网站将郭文贵列为其“创始人、推广人和发言人”。这两个组织的网站上都刊登了郭文贵的照片。郭文贵利用这些非营利组织聚集支持其所谓针对中国共产党运动的追随者，而这些追随者也倾向于相信郭文贵关于投资和赚钱机会的言论。事实上，且正如郭文贵所深知的那样，他和其他人提供了虚假且具有重大误导性的信息来推销这些“机会”，并诈骗郭文贵的追随者和其他受害者。\n\n7. 在所有相关时间内，被告余建明（又名“William Je”）拥有 Hong Kong（香港）和 United Kingdom（英国）的双重国籍，主要居住在英国，同时往返于美国和其他地方。余建明拥有并运营着对该计划至关重要的众多公司和投资工具，并担任该计划的财务架构师和关键洗钱人。\n\nCase 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 716-19 Filed 03/29/23 Page 21 of 56\n\n8. 在所有相关时间内，被告王雁平（又名“Yvette”）为中国公民，主要居住在 New York, New York（纽约州纽约市），并与被告郭文贵（又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”）关系密切。特别是，王雁平自至少 2018 年或前后起为郭文贵及郭文贵的家人工作数年，并担任郭文贵的“幕僚长”。在此身份下，王雁平在作为本起诉书所述欺诈工具的各类实体中担任职务。例如，王雁平在据称管理郭文贵资金的实体中担任总裁（President）、财务主管（Treasurer）和秘书（Secretary）。9. 在与本起诉书相关的某些时间内，Saraca Media Group, Inc.（“Saraca”）是一家总部位于纽约州纽约市的公司。Relative-1 是其最终实益拥有人。10. 在与本起诉书相关的某些时间内，GTV Media Group, Inc.（“GTV”）是一个据称以新闻为主的社交媒体平台，总部位于纽约州纽约市。尽管郭文贵在 GTV 并未担任任何正式职位或头衔，但 GTV 实际上由被告郭文贵（又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”）所有并控制。被告余建明（又名“William Je”）同样在 GTV 未担任任何正式职位或头衔，但实际上控制着其财务。Saraca 是 GTV 的母公司。被告王雁平（又名“Yvette”）曾是 GTV 的“执行董事”。11. 在与本起诉书相关的某些时间内，G Club Operations, LLC（“GICLUBS”）是一家据称设在 Puerto Rico（波多黎各）和纽约州纽约市的会员制组织。尽管郭文贵在 GICLUBS 并未担任任何正式职位或头衔，但 GICLUBS 实际上由被告郭文贵（又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”）所有并控制。\n\nCase 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 716-19 Filed 03/29/23 Page 22 of 56\n\n被告余建明（又名“William Je”）同样在 GICLUBS 未担任任何正式职位或头衔，但实际上控制着其财务。12. 在与本起诉书相关的某些时间内，“Himalaya Exchange”（喜马拉雅交易所）是一个据称的加密货币“生态系统”，由被告余建明（又名“William Je”）创立并通过其拥有的设在海外的各个实体进行运营。由被告郭文贵（又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”）实际所有并控制的实体（例如 GICLUBS 和 GIFashion）与喜马拉雅交易所存在据称的业务关系。郭文贵推销喜马拉雅交易所并声称是其所谓加密货币的设计者，尽管郭文贵在喜马拉雅交易所未担任任何正式职位或头衔。\n\n欺诈行为\nGTV 私募配售\n\n13. 在 2020 年 4 月前后至 2020 年 6 月前后期间，被告郭文贵（又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”）、余建明（又名“William Je”）和王雁平（又名“Yvette”），以及其他已知和未知人员，通过与 GTV 相关的非法非公开发行股票（即“GTV 私募配售”），欺诈获取了超过 4 亿美元的受害者资金。a. 在 2020 年 4 月 21 日或前后，郭文贵在社交媒体上发布并促成发布了一段视频，宣布通过私募配售未注册发行 GTV 普通股。在该视频中，郭文贵实质上且部分地描述了 GTV 私募配售的投资条款，并指示人们如有关于 GTV 私募配售的任何疑问，可通过移动即时通讯应用程序与他联系。该视频以及 GTV 私募配售\n\nCase 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 716-19 Filed 03/29/23 Page 23 of 56\n\n资料——包括书面的《机密信息备忘录》（即“PPM”）、《认购协议》和《投资程序指南》——通过移动即时通讯应用程序、社交媒体和短信发送给了数千名潜在投资者，包括位于 Southern District of New York（纽约南区）的投资者。b. PPM 将 GTV 宣传为“有史以来第一个将公民新闻和社交新闻的力量与最先进的技术、大数据、人工智能、区块链技术和实时互动通信相结合的平台”。c. 根据 PPM 的元数据，余建明是 PPM 的“作者”。PPM 披露了 GTV 私募配售的条款，并将郭文贵列为 GTV 的“赞助人及顾问”。根据 PPM 以及其他 GTV 资料，郭文贵和余建明均未在 GTV 担任任何正式管理职务。被告王雁平（又名“Yvette”）在 PPM 中被列为 GTV 的“执行董事”。d. PPM 还实质上且部分地包含以下陈述等：\n\ni. GTV 私募配售面向“有意评估向 GTV 投资资本的机会”的投资者；\nii. GTV 计划将 GTV 私募配售筹集的收益用于“扩大和加强业务”；以及\niii. PPM 包含一份图表，逐项列出了 GTV 私募配售筹集收益的“拟定用途”：\n\nCase 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 716-19 Filed 03/29/23 Page 24 of 56\n\n收购公司以加强和发展 GTV 约 70%\n升级 GTV 技术和安全性 约 10%\n市场营销 约 8%\n营运资金 约 7%\n其他 约 5%\n总计 100%\n\ne. 在 2020 年 4 月 20 日前后至 2020 年 6 月 2 日前后期间，价值约 4.52 亿美元的 GTV 普通股据称出售给了位于美国（包括纽约南区）以及境外的 5,500 多名投资者。\n\n投资者参与 GTV Private Placement（GTV 私募），部分原因是基于相信其资金将如 PPM（私募备忘录）所承诺的那样，投入 GTV 以发展和壮大该业务。\n\nf. 来自 GTV 私募投资者的绝大部分收益并未用于发展和壮大 GTV 业务，而是直接存入了以 GTV 的母公司 Saraca 名义开立的银行账户，该公司的实际受益人为 Relative-1（亲属-1）。\n\ng. GTV 私募并非依据向 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission（美国证券交易委员会，简称「SEC」）提交的注册登记声明进行的。相反，该项发售据称是依据 SEC 允许出售未注册证券的法规进行的，但须受到证券发售对象投资人类型以及招揽其投资方式的限制。然而，为了规避这些限制，KWOK（郭文贵）及其控制下的其他人，利用了至少一家中介实体代表不符合参与 GTV 私募资格的投资者群体购买 GTV 股票。\n\nh. 在大约 2020 年 6 月初，即 GTV 私募结束仅几天后，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名「Miles Guo」、又名「Miles Kwok」、又名「Guo Wengui」、又名「七哥」、又名「校长」，KIN MING JE（余建明），又名「William Je」，以及 YANPING WANG（王雁平），又名「Yvette」，与其共谋者，侵吞了从 GTV 私募投资者处筹集的约 1 亿美元，并将这些资金转入一家高风险对冲基金（「Fund-1」/「基金-1」），以牟取 Saraca 及其最终实际受益人亲属-1 的利益。该交易与 PPM 中就 GTV 投资款将如何使用对潜在 GTV 投资者作出的陈述相违背。事实上，向基金-1 投入的 1 亿美元投资并非为了 GTV 的利益，而是为了 Saraca 的利益。提供投入基金-1 的 1 亿美元的受害者并未持有 Saraca 的任何股份。最终，对基金-1 的投资损失了约 3000 万美元的价值。\n\ni. 在将 GTV 受害者的 1 亿美元资金转入基金-1 后，被告郭文贵继续使用虚假和误导性陈述宣传推广 GTV。\n\n农场贷款项目（The Farm Loan Program）\n\n14. 大约自 2020 年 6 月开始——即被告郭文贵与余建明及其共谋者为 Saraca 和亲属-1 的利益而侵吞 GTV 私募资金的同一个月——郭文贵、余建明及其共谋者通过「Himalaya Farm Alliance（喜马拉雅农场联盟）」以欺诈手段获取了超过约 1.5 亿美元的受害者资金。郭文贵组织并发起的喜马拉雅农场联盟，是由位于世界各个城市的非正式团体（每个被称为一个「Farm（农场）」）组成的集体。郭文贵、余建明以及代表他们并在他们指示下工作的其他人，通过向 GTV 私募投资者作出进一步的虚假陈述，并以向农场提供「贷款」的形式欺诈性地招揽进一步投资，承诺此类贷款可按每贷出 1 美元转换 1 股的转换率转换为 GTV 普通股（即「农场贷款项目」），从而获取了这些资金。\n\na. 大约自 2020 年 6 月开始，持有用于处理通过 GTV 私募所筹集资金之账户的国内银行开始冻结并关闭与 GTV 相关的银行账户，原因除其他外包括，这些账户收到了数十笔大额汇入电汇，其中一些汇款注明了未注册股票发售。\n\nb. 这些银行账户的关闭，阻碍了郭文贵、余建明及其共谋者从试图投资 GTV 的受害者处收取收益的能力。\n\nc. 在大约 2020 年 7 月 22 日，郭文贵在一段通过社交媒体分发的视频中宣传了农场贷款项目。根据郭文贵及代表其工作的人员所述，寻求投资（或再投资）GTV 的个人可以参与农场贷款项目。\n\nd. 在启动农场贷款项目后，郭文贵继续宣传 GTV 并虚假陈述 GTV 的价值。例如，在大约 2020 年 8 月 2 日，郭文贵在一段通过社交媒体分发的视频中虚假声称（大意及部分内容）：「GTV 值多少钱？……市值 20 亿美元。」1 真实情况是，且郭文贵深知，GTV 的市场价值远低于此，除其他原因外，因为 GTV 是一家没有产生任何收入的新业务。\n\n1 除非另有说明，此处归属于郭文贵的所有言论均由中文普通话翻译为英文。\n\ne. 数千名受害者通过将资金汇入由农场（而非 GTV）控制的银行账户向农场「贷款」。根据农场通常未副署的「借款协议」，这些资金将用于农场的「一般营运资金用途」。\n\nf. 郭文贵和余建明侵吞了通过农场贷款项目筹集的资金。例如：\n\ni. 约 2000 万美元被转账给亲属-1，其中约 95 万美元用于支付私人飞机的机组服务费用；\n\nii. 约 500 万美元被转账至郭文贵配偶拥有的一家实体；\n\niii. 约 230 万美元用于支付一艘约 145 英尺长、价值约 3700 万美元的豪华游艇的相关维护费用，该游艇名义上归 Relative-2（亲属-2）所有并由郭文贵使用；以及\n\niv. 约 1000 万美元被转入以余建明和/或余建明配偶名义开立的个人银行账户。\n\nGICLUBS\n\n15. 在对农场贷款项目作出虚假陈述的同时，被告郭文贵与余建明，以及其他已知和未知的人员，欺诈性地诱导郭文贵的追随者向一个名为 GICLUBS（G 俱乐部）的所谓在线会员俱乐部转入额外资金。至少在大约 2020 年 10 月至至少大约 2023 年 3 月期间，郭文贵、余建明以及其他已知和未知的人员，通过 GICLUBS 以欺诈手段获取了超过约 2.5 亿美元的受害者资金。\n\na. 至少在大约 2020 年 6 月 20 日开始，郭文贵在一段通过社交媒体分发的视频中，宣传并鼓励个人购买郭文贵所称的「G Club……会员卡」。\n\nb. GICLUBS 于大约 2020 年 10 月正式推出，在其网站上声称是「一个提供全方位服务的专属高端会员计划」以及「通往精心策划的世界级产品、服务和体验的门户」。\n\nc. 要加入 GICLUBS，会员除了支付年度会员费外，还需一次性付款购买「会员资格」。会员资格的费用因潜在会员选择的会员等级而异：5 级会员费用为 50,000 美元；4 级会员费用为 40,000 美元；3 级会员费用为 30,000 美元；2 级会员费用为 20,000 美元；1 级会员费用为 10,000 美元。\n\nd. 在大约 2021 年 7 月 5 日，郭文贵在一段通过社交媒体分发的视频中声称（大意及部分内容），有「25,000 名 [GICLUBS] 会员……1 亿美元，银行账户里的现金。然后我们有 1.11 亿……[想要] 加入的人」。相比之下，GICLUBS 内部文件显示，截至大约 2021 年 8 月，活跃会员约为 5,900 名。\n\ne. 真实情况是，且郭文贵与余建明深知，GICLUBS 向其会员提供的服务和「体验」根本谈不上「全方位」。尽管收取了数亿美元所谓的会员费，GICLUBS 维持的员工数量相对较少，为其会员提供的可辨识会员福利极少甚至没有。事实上，GICLUBS 甚至没有兑现向参与比赛的会员所承诺提供的奖品。在大约 2021 年 2 月 14 日，GICLUBS 举办了一场网络直播和抽奖活动，期间向会员承诺提供豪华奖品。在至少一次事件中，GICLUBS 未向据称赢得抽奖的会员提供宝马轿车，而是向该会员声称，该会员已要求将该宝马轿车的价值用于从 1 级 GICLUBS 会员升级为 4 级 GICLUBS 会员，并部分折抵未来三年的年度会员费。截至大约 2021 年 3 月 8 日——即 GICLUBS 推出并开始收取「会员」费数月之后——GICLUBS 既没有商业计划书，也没有董事会。\n\nf. 郭文贵和余建明还将 GICLUBS 用作继续进行欺诈性私募发售的机制。郭文贵以及其他已知和未知的人员告诉郭文贵的在线追随者，他们购买 GICLUBS 会员资格将使其有权获得郭文贵关联实体（如 GTV 和 GIFashion）的股票。\n\ni. 在大约 2021 年 5 月 4 日关于 GICLUBS 会员资金的一次对话中，余建明陈述（大意及部分内容）称，「首先，[潜在会员] 正在购买 GICLUBS 会员资格，但他们期望他们可能会获得一些股份，你知道的，在、在、在未来的 GTV 上，我认为这是他们的期望。」\n\nii. 在大约 2021 年 7 月 30 日，郭文贵在一段通过社交媒体分发的视频中陈述（大意及部分内容）称：「有战友问，『我买 GICLUBS 会员还能拿到免费送股吗？』百分之百。因为我说过，我必须保证 9 月 17 号之前买 G-Club 会员的人都必须配股，一模一样。因为我们说过，任何人都可以选择是否在 9 月 17 号之前用你的钱买 G Club，G-Club 和股票。你两个都会拿到。」\n\ng. 郭文贵、余建明以及其他已知和未知的人员，要求投资者购买多份 GICLUBS 会员资格，使郭文贵和余建明能够增加招揽的资金数额。在这方面，GICLUBS 网站声称（大意及部分内容），拥有多份会员资格的会员将「获得额外福利」，而真实情况是，且郭文贵和余建明深知，多份会员资格并未向会员提供额外福利。\n\n16. 总计，投资者购买了价值数亿美元的 GICLUBS 会员资格。然而，这笔资金的大部分并未用于资助 GICLUBS 的业务。相反，被告郭文贵与余建明，以及其他已知和未知的人员，侵吞了受害者向 GICLUBS 支付用于购买「会员资格」的大量资金，除其他手段外，利用了由实体和银行账户组成的复杂网络来实现这一目的。例如：\n\na. 已通过其他实体名义开立的银行账户进行转移的 GICLUBS 资金，被用于支付郭文贵及其家人的个人开支，包括购买一艘价值约 260 万美元的游艇以及总价值超过 500 万美元的豪华汽车等奢侈品。\n\nb.\n\n大约在 2021 年 11 月，JE（余建明）指示将约 2650 万美元的 GICLUBS 资金（该资金此前已通过其他实体名下的银行账户进行转移）用于购买 KWOK（郭文贵）位于新泽西州、占地 50,000 平方英尺的豪宅。c. JE 指示将额外的 1300 万美元 GICLUBS 会员费转入一个托管账户。这些资金随后被用于支付郭文贵新泽西豪宅的奢华装修费用，包括给 Relative-1（亲属-1）的一个侧翼和给 Relative-2（亲属-2）的一个侧翼，并用于购买各种家具和装饰品，其中包括价值约 978,000 美元的中国和波斯地毯、一台价值 62,000 美元的电视机以及一个价值 53,000 美元的壁炉柴架。d. 大约在 2021 年 8 月 5 日，JE 指示将约 110 万美元由 GICLUBS 会员费构成的款项转入由 JE 控制的银行账户中。e. GICLUBS 使用会员费购买豪华汽车，包括一辆价值约 440 万美元的定制布加迪跑车。尽管该车签署的购买协议中将 GICLUBS 列为客户，但该定制车的初始规格文件却将亲属-1 列为客户。亲属-1 在 GICLUBS 并无任何正式职务。喜马拉雅交易所（The Himalaya Exchange）\n\n17. 至少大约在 2021 年 4 月至至少大约在 2023 年 3 月期间，被告 HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“郭文贵”、“七哥”、“校长”，以及被告 KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，与已知和未知的其他人，通过在互联网上可访问的所谓加密货币“生态系统”喜马拉雅交易所，以欺诈手段获取了超过约 2.62 亿美元的受害者资金。喜马拉雅交易所包含一种名为喜马拉雅美元（“HDO”或“喜美元”）的所谓稳定币，以及一种名为喜马拉雅币（“HCN”或“喜币”）的交易币。喜马拉雅交易所声称该“稳定币”是由储备支持的、与美元 1:1 固定价值的数字资产，而该“交易币”是估值基于供求关系的加密货币。JE 是喜马拉雅交易所的创始人兼主席。\n\n18. 在通过社交媒体传播的视频中，被告 HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“郭文贵”、“七哥”、“校长”，大肆宣扬喜马拉雅交易所的前景和估值，以及喜币和喜美元，他公开将二者描述为加密货币。例如，在约于 2021 年 10 月 20 日发布在互联网上的一段视频中，郭文贵虚假地陈述了包括但不限于以下实质及部分内容：\n\na. “我是讲你们的喜币，‘七哥’［即郭文贵］设计的……它具有货币属性，为什么？它有 20% 的黄金。牛吧。它第一天生下来就是货币，所以它有价值，并且它跟黄金挂钩……直接是实物黄金。无论它涨多少，20% 都会变成黄金。”\n\nb. “如果喜币一文不值，［喜币的发行方］可以把全部 20% 的黄金卖掉，兑换给你们，变成你们的钱。或者把全部 20% 黄金的价值拿出来，让大家统一处理，变成你们的。”\n\nc. “如果任何人亏了钱，我可以说是 100% 赔偿。我给你们 100%。谁亏了钱，我来承担。”\n\nd. “我可以在一分钟内在市场上卖掉喜币，换回我的喜美元，再换回你们的法定货币单位。……而且你们可以立即购买任何东西。”\n\n19. 喜币和喜美元的首次代币发行大约发生在 2021 年 11 月 1 日。喜币开始交易的价格为 10 美分，在大约两周之内，喜马拉雅交易所网站宣称每枚喜币据称价值约 27 个喜美元（即 27 美元），这代表了 26,900% 的价值增长。也就是说，在首次代币发行后大约两周，喜马拉雅交易所网站显示喜币据称拥有约 270 亿美元的估值。\n\n20. 在喜马拉雅交易所推出之际，被告 HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“郭文贵”、“七哥”、“校长”，向其网络粉丝及其他人推销喜币。例如，大约在 2021 年 11 月 1 日——即首次代币发行的当天——郭文贵通过社交媒体发布了一首名为《HCoin To the Moon》的原创歌曲的官方音乐视频。“To the moon”（登月）这一短语通常与加密货币相关联，意指价值大幅暴涨。该音乐视频描绘了郭文贵身处各种奢华场所，并展示了黄金和财富的意象。\n\n21. 在某些时候，包括喜马拉雅交易所推出之后，被告 KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，对喜马拉雅交易所进行了误导性营销。例如，大约在 2022 年 6 月，JE 试图制造一种假象，即从某拍卖行以 3,561,127 欧元购买一辆法拉利（“法拉利”）的交易是通过喜美元完成的。JE 陈述其实质和部分内容为：他“非常高兴［某］买家决定使用喜美元购买［一辆］世界级汽车”。与 JE 的声称相反，该法拉利并非使用喜美元购买。真实情况且如 JE 心知肚明的是，喜马拉雅交易所的一名员工向拍卖行进行了国际银行电汇以支付该法拉利的费用，同时在喜马拉雅交易所上处理了一笔相应的“交易”，以制造该笔购买是使用喜美元进行的虚假表象。JE 的言论还具有误导性，其中包括该法拉利的未指名“买家”实际上是亲属-1。\n\n22. 与被告 HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“郭文贵”、“七哥”、“校长”，以及被告 KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，与已知和未知的其他人的陈述相反，喜币和喜美元无法在（据称的）喜马拉雅交易所之外的任何地方进行交易。此外，与加密货币不同，喜币无法交易为或兑换为其他货币。喜币据称只能兑换为喜美元（且只能在喜马拉雅交易所上），而喜美元据称只能与法定货币进行双向兑换（且只能在喜马拉雅交易所上）。\n\na. 事实上，可在喜马拉雅交易所网站上获取的喜美元和喜币白皮书中用细则规定，与郭文贵的陈述相反，喜币和喜美元并非加密货币。相反，根据喜币白皮书，“喜马拉雅交易所及相关应用程序和基础设施的运营将通过使用‘积分’（Credits）来促进。”这些积分 (i)“只能在喜马拉雅交易所或喜马拉雅生态系统内使用”，且 (ii)“不带有任何要求将其兑换为法定货币或加密资产的权利”。此外，尽管喜马拉雅交易所会员可以申请将其“喜美元”积分兑换为等额的美元付款，但喜美元白皮书声明喜马拉雅交易所有权“自行决定”拒绝任何此类申请。\n\n23. 大约在 2022 年 4 月，被告 HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“郭文贵”、“七哥”、“校长”，以及被告 KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，安排将喜马拉雅交易所银行账户中的约 3700 万美元喜马拉雅交易所资金转入一个特定的托管账户。这 3700 万美元被构造成一笔所谓的“贷款”，用以支付郭文贵此前购买并使用的一艘豪华游艇的费用，该游艇当时归属于以亲属-2 名义持有的实体。政府对诈骗收益的没收\n\n24. 大约在 2022 年 9 月 20 日和 2022 年 9 月 21 日，美国当局向数家国内银行送达了经司法授权的没收令，并随后从以喜马拉雅交易所实体以及与被告 HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“郭文贵”、“七哥”、“校长”，及被告 KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”相关的其他实体名下持有的银行账户中没收了约 3.35 亿美元的收益。在 2022 年 9 月经司法授权的没收之后，JE 试图将尚未被美国没收的、与喜马拉雅交易所相关的国内银行账户中的约 4600 万美元，转移到由 JE 控制的阿拉伯联合酋长国（UAE）的一个银行账户中。\n\na. 在针对喜马拉雅交易所相关资金的首次经司法授权的没收发生后约两天内，即大约在 2022 年 9 月 22 日，JE 联系了一家持有喜马拉雅交易所银行账户的国内银行的管理层。JE 试图执行一笔电汇，他和喜马拉雅交易所的一名高管向该国内银行声称，需要该电汇为一名未具名的“VIP”（即喜马拉雅交易所的重要客户）落实从喜美元到美元的“赎回”。\n\nb. 在随后与该国内银行的沟通过程中，JE 透露该 VIP 实际上就是 JE 本人。JE 向该国内银行提供了反映 JE 大约在 2022 年 9 月 22 日进行的两笔所谓喜币销售的文件——总额达 4600 万喜美元，JE 正试图将其“转换”为 4600 万美元。JE 向该国内银行管理层两次强调其实质和部分内容，即 4600 万美元的转移需要“在今天发生，否则就毫无意义”。\n\n25. 大约在 2022 年 10 月 16 日，依据经司法授权的令状，美国当局从 JE 要求转移 4600 万美元的那家国内银行的数个喜马拉雅交易所和 GICLUBS 账户中，额外没收了约 2.74 亿美元的收益。\n\na. 作为经司法授权没收的结果，美国当局没收了超过约 6.34 亿美元的欺诈收益，其中包括从以喜马拉雅交易所实体名义开立的银行账户中没收的约 2.78 亿美元，其中包括据称持有其喜美元现金储备的账户。\n\nb. 在没收之后，喜马拉雅交易所网站继续宣称喜美元由“由美元及现金等价物资产构成的储备”所支持，而真实情况是，事实并非如此。\n\nc. 尽管喜马拉雅交易所的现金储备已被没收，但截至本起诉书之日，喜币的所谓价格并未出现突发性和急剧性的下跌。法定指控\n\n26. 至少自大约 2018 年起直至并包括至少大约 2023 年 3 月，在 Southern District of New York（纽约南区）及其他地区，被告 HO WAN KWOK，又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“郭文贵”、“七哥”、“校长”，KIN MING JE，又名“William Je”，以及 YANPING WANG（王雁平），又名“Yvette”，与已知和未知的其他人，故意且明知地相互联合、共谋、同盟，并彼此达成协议以对美国实施犯罪行为，即：(1) 电信欺诈，违反《美国法典》第 18 编第 1343 条；(2) 证券欺诈，违反《美国法典》第 15 编第 78j(b) 条与第 78ff 条，以及《联邦法规汇编》第 17 编第 240.10b-5 条；(3) 银行欺诈，违反《美国法典》第 18 编第 1344 条；(4) 国际促进型洗钱，违反《美国法典》第 18 编第 1956(a)(2)(A) 条；\n\n以及 (5) 国际隐瞒性洗钱，违反《美国法典》第 18 编第 1956(a)(2)(B)(i) 条。\n\n27. 该共谋的组成部分及目的之一是，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”，KIN MING JE（余建明），又名“William Je”，以及 YANPING WANG（王雁平），又名“Yvette”，与其他已知和未知人员，明知且意图策划一项欺诈计划和手段，并通过虚假和欺诈性的托辞、陈述与承诺获取金钱和财产，在州际和对外贸易中通过有线电、无线电和电视通信传输并促使传输文字、标志、信号、图像和声音，以执行该计划和手段，违反《美国法典》第 18 编第 1343 条，即：郭、余和王同意就 GTV 私募（GTV Private Placement）、农场贷款项目（Farm Loan Program）、G|CLUBS 以及喜马拉雅交易所（Himalaya Exchange），通过在州际电汇中促使传输实质性虚假信息和失实陈述，以获取受害者的金钱。\n\n28. 该共谋的进一步组成部分及目的还在于，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”，KIN MING JE（余建明），又名“William Je”，以及 YANPING WANG（王雁平），又名“Yvette”，与其他已知和未知人员，故意且明知地、直接和间接地利用州际贸易工具与手段、邮政以及全国性证券交易所的设施，就全国性证券交易所注册证券及未如此注册的任何证券的买卖，使用和采用了操纵性和欺骗性的手段和欺诈设计，违反《联邦法规汇编》第 17 编第 240.10b-5 条，具体方式为：(a) 采用欺诈的手段、计划和诡计；(b) 作出对重大事实的不实陈述，并遗漏陈述必要的重大事实，以使所作陈述结合其作出时的具体情况不致产生误导；以及 (c) 从事对任何人构成欺诈和欺骗的作为、惯常做法和业务过程，即：郭、余和王同意就所谓的 GTV 普通股股票以及所谓的 GTV 关联公司提供实质性虚假和误导性信息与陈述，以欺诈手段诱使投资者参与 GTV 私募、农场贷款项目和 G|CLUBS。\n\n29. 该共谋的进一步组成部分及目的还在于，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”，KIN MING JE（余建明），又名“William Je”，以及 YANPING WANG（王雁平），又名“Yvette”，与其他已知和未知人员，明知且企图并实施了一项欺诈《美国法典》第 18 编第 20 条所定义的金融机构的计划和手段，并通过虚假和欺诈性的托辞、陈述和承诺，获取属于此类金融机构所有、并由其保管和控制的金钱、资金、信贷、资产、证券及其他财产，违反《美国法典》第 18 编第 1344 条，即：郭、余和王同意参与一项通过虚假和欺诈性的托辞、陈述和文件误导美国金融机构的计划，涉及 GTV 私募、农场贷款项目、G|CLUBS 和喜马拉雅交易所，以获取至少一家金融机构所有的、或由其保管和控制的金钱。\n\n30. 该共谋的进一步组成部分及目的还在于，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”，KIN MING JE（余建明），又名“William Je”，以及 YANPING WANG（王雁平），又名“Yvette”，与其他已知和未知人员，意图促进开展特定非法活动，即本起诉书罪名项二至罪名项八所指控的罪行，运送、传输和转移，并企图运送、传输和转移货币工具和资金，从美国境内某地至境外某地及途经境外某地，以及从境外某地及途经境外某地至美国境内某地，违反《美国法典》第 18 编第 1956(a)(2)(A)(i) 条。\n\n31. 该共谋的进一步组成部分及目的还在于，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”，KIN MING JE（余建明），又名“William Je”，以及 YANPING WANG（王雁平），又名“Yvette”，与其他已知和未知人员，运送、传输和转移，并企图运送、传输和转移货币工具和资金，从美国境内某地至境外某地及途经境外某地，以及从境外某地及途经境外某地至美国境内某地，明知该运送、传输和转移所涉及的货币工具和资金代表某种形式的非法活动收益，且明知此类运送、传输和转移旨在全部和部分隐瞒和伪装特定非法活动（即本起诉书罪名项二至罪名项八所指控的罪行）收益的性质、所在地、来源、所有权和控制权，违反《美国法典》第 18 编第 1956(a)(2)(B)(i) 条。\n\n公开作为\n\n32. 为推进该共谋并实现其非法目的，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”，KIN MING JE（余建明），又名“William Je”，以及 YANPING WANG（王雁平），又名“Yvette”，与其他已知和未知人员，在纽约南区（Southern District of New York）及其他地方实施了包括下列各项在内的公开作为：\n\na. 约于 2020 年 4 月 21 日，郭在社交媒体上发布并促使发布了一段视频，宣布通过 GTV 私募未注册发行 GTV 股票。\n\nb. 约于 2020 年 6 月 5 日，王在身处纽约南区期间，授权了一笔从 Saraca 向 Fund-1 电汇 1 亿美元的款项。\n\nc. 约于 2020 年 7 月 22 日，在一段通过社交媒体分发的视频中，郭推销了农场贷款项目。\n\nd. 约于 2020 年 8 月 2 日，在一段通过社交媒体分发的视频中，郭实质上并部分陈述称：“GTV 价值多少？……市值 20 亿美元。”\n\ne. 约于 2021 年 5 月 28 日，余将约 1300 万美元从其控制的位于阿联酋的银行账户转移至某实体（由 Relative-2 所有）在纽约州纽约市特定银行持有的银行账户。\n\nf. 约于 2021 年 7 月 30 日，在一段通过社交媒体分发的视频中，郭实质上并部分陈述称：“有战友问，‘我买 G-Clubs 会员还能拿到免费送的股票吗？’100%。因为我说过我必须承诺，9 月 17 号之前任何买 G-Clubs 会员的人，都必须配给股票，这是一模一样的。因为我们说过任何人都可以选择是否在 9 月 17 号之前用你的钱买 G-Clubs，G-Clubs 和股票份额，两样你都能拿到。”\n\ng. 约于 2021 年 8 月 5 日，余指示将受害者为换取“会员资格”而寄给 G|CLUBS 的约 110 万美元资金转移至余控制的银行账户。\n\nh. 约于 2021 年 10 月 20 日，在一段通过社交媒体分发的视频中，郭实质上并部分陈述称：郭“设计了”HCN；“无论募集多少，20% 会变成黄金”；以及在 HCN 上“如果任何人亏了钱”，“我可以说我会 100% 赔偿”。\n\ni. 约于 2022 年 9 月 22 日，余向一家美国银行的管理层发送短信，其实质和部分内容为：向余在阿联酋控制的银行账户转移 4600 万美元一事必须在“今天进行，否则就毫无意义”。\n\n（《美国法典》第 18 编第 371 条）\n\n罪名项二\n（电汇欺诈——GTV 私募）\n\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n33. 本起诉书第 1 段至第 25 段所包含的指控均在此重申并再次指控，如同在此已完整阐述。\n\n34. 至少从约 2020 年 4 月起至至少约 2021 年 3 月止（含首尾两月），在纽约南区及其他地方，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”，KIN MING JE（余建明），又名“William Je”，以及 YANPING WANG（王雁平），又名“Yvette”，明知且意图策划一项欺诈计划和手段，并通过虚假和欺诈性的托辞、陈述与承诺获取金钱和财产，在州际和对外贸易中通过有线电、无线电和电视通信传输并促使传输文字、标志、信号、图像和声音，以执行该计划和手段，即：郭、余和王进行了 GTV 私募以出售 GTV 股票，并通过虚假陈述和失实陈述欺诈性地获取受害者的金钱，该计划通过往返于纽约南区及其他地方的电子通信和资金转移得以推进。\n\n（《美国法典》第 18 编第 1343 条和第 2 条）\n\n罪名项三\n（证券欺诈——GTV 私募）\n\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n35. 本起诉书第 1 段至第 25 段所包含的指控均在此重申并再次指控，如同在此已完整阐述。\n\n36. 至少从约 2020 年 4 月起至至少约 2021 年 3 月止（含首尾两月），在纽约南区及其他地方，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”，KIN MING JE（余建明），又名“William Je”，以及 YANPING WANG（王雁平），又名“Yvette”，故意且明知地、直接和间接地利用州际贸易工具与手段、邮政以及全国性证券交易所的设施，就全国性证券交易所注册证券及未如此注册的任何证券的买卖，使用和采用了操纵性和欺骗性的手段和欺诈设计，违反《联邦法规汇编》第 17 编第 240.10b-5 条，具体方式为：(a) 采用欺诈的手段、计划和诡计；(b) 作出对重大事实的不实陈述，并遗漏陈述必要的重大事实，以使所作陈述结合其作出时的具体情况不致产生误导；\n\n以及（c）从事对他人构成欺诈和诡计的行为、做法和业务流程，即 KWOK（郭文贵）、JE（余建明）和 WANG（王雁平）开展 GTV 私募以出售 GTV 股票，并通过虚假陈述和误导性陈述从受害者处骗取资金，该骗局通过往返于 Southern District of New York（纽约南区）及其他地方的电子通信和资金转账得以推进。（《美国法典》第 15 篇第 78j(b) 条和第 78ff 条；《联邦法规汇编》第 17 篇第 240.10b-5 条；以及《美国法典》第 18 篇第 2 条。）\n\nCase 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 71 Filed 03/29/23 Page 27 of 40 / Case 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 169-6 Filed 07/28/25 Page 43 of 56\n\n罪名项四\n（电信欺诈 - 农场贷款项目）\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n37. 本起诉书第 1 段至第 25 段所载指控在此重申并再次指控，如同在此完整陈述一样。38. 至少自 2020 年 6 月左右起至至少 2023 年 3 月左右止（含上述时间），在纽约南区及其他地方，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”，以及 KIN MING JE（余建明），又名“William Je”，明知而策划并意图策划欺诈方案与诡计，以及通过虚假和欺诈性的借口、陈述和承诺获取金钱和财产，为执行该方案与诡计，在州际和对外贸易中通过电报、无线电和电视通信传输并导致传输文字、符号、信号、图像和声音，即郭文贵和余建明开展农场贷款项目（Farm Loan Program），通过虚假陈述和误导性陈述从受害者处欺诈性地获取资金，该骗局通过往返于纽约南区及其他地方的电子通信和资金转账得以推进。（《美国法典》第 18 篇第 1343 条和第 2 条。）\n\n罪名项五\n（证券欺诈 - 农场贷款项目）\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n39. 本起诉书第 1 段至第 25 段所载指控在此重申并再次指控，如同在此完整陈述一样。Case 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 71 Filed 03/29/23 Page 28 of 40 / Case 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 169-6 Filed 07/28/25 Page 44 of 56\n\n40. 至少自 2020 年 6 月左右起至至少 2023 年 3 月左右止（含上述时间），在纽约南区及其他地方，被告郭文贵，又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”，以及余建明，又名“William Je”，故意且明知地、直接和间接地，通过使用州际贸易和邮政手段与工具，以及全国性证券交易所的设施，在涉及购买和出售在全国性证券交易所注册的证券以及任何未如此注册的证券方面，使用和采用了操纵性和欺骗性手段与发明，违反了《联邦法规汇编》第 17 篇第 240.10b-5 条，通过（a）采用欺诈手段、方案和诡计；（b）对重大事实作出不真实陈述，并遗漏陈述使所作陈述在作出时的具体情况下不致产生误导所必需的重大事实；以及（c）从事对他人构成欺诈和诡计的行为、做法和业务流程，即郭文贵和余建明开展农场贷款项目，通过虚假陈述和误导性陈述获取受害者的资金，包括除其他事项外涉及 GTV 的估值，该骗局通过往返于纽约南区及其他地方的电子通信和资金转账得以推进。（《美国法典》第 15 篇第 78j(b) 条和第 78ff 条；《联邦法规汇编》第 17 篇第 240.10b-5 条；以及《美国法典》第 18 篇第 2 条。）\n\n罪名项六\n（电信欺诈 - G|CLUBS）\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n41. 本起诉书第 1 段至第 25 段所载指控在此重申并再次指控，如同在此完整陈述一样。Case 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 71 Filed 03/29/23 Page 29 of 40 / Case 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 169-6 Filed 07/28/25 Page 45 of 56\n\n42. 至少自 2020 年 6 月左右起至至少 2023 年 3 月左右止（含上述时间），在纽约南区及其他地方，被告郭文贵，又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”，以及余建明，又名“William Je”，明知而策划并意图策划欺诈方案与诡计，以及通过虚假和欺诈性的借口、陈述和承诺获取金钱和财产，为执行该方案与诡计，在州际和对外贸易中通过电报、无线电和电视通信传输并导致传输文字、符号、信号、图像和声音，即郭文贵和余建明推广并推销 G|CLUBS，通过虚假陈述和误导性陈述从受害者处欺诈性地获取资金，该骗局通过往返于纽约南区及其他地方的电子通信和资金转账得以推进。（《美国法典》第 18 篇第 1343 条和第 2 条。）\n\n罪名项七\n（证券欺诈 - G|CLUBS）\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n43. 本起诉书第 1 段至第 25 段所载指控在此重申并再次指控，如同在此完整陈述一样。44. 至少自 2020 年 6 月左右起至至少 2021 年 3 月左右止（含上述时间），在纽约南区及其他地方，被告郭文贵，又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”，以及余建明，又名“William Je”，故意且明知地、直接和间接地，通过使用州际贸易和邮政手段与工具，以及全国性证券交易所的设施，在涉及购买和出售\n\nCase 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 71 Filed 03/29/23 Page 30 of 40 / Case 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 169-6 Filed 07/28/25 Page 46 of 56\n\n在全国性证券交易所注册的证券以及任何未如此注册的证券方面，使用和采用了操纵性和欺骗性手段与发明，违反了《联邦法规汇编》第 17 篇第 240.10b-5 条，通过（a）采用欺诈手段、方案和诡计；（b）对重大事实作出不真实陈述，并遗漏陈述使所作陈述在作出时的具体情况下不致产生误导所必需的重大事实；以及（c）从事对他人构成欺诈和诡计的行为、做法和业务流程，即郭文贵和余建明推广并推销 G|CLUBS，通过虚假陈述和误导性陈述获取受害者的资金，包括除其他事项外涉及 GTV 的估值，该骗局通过往返于纽约南区及其他地方的电子通信和资金转账得以推进。（《美国法典》第 15 篇第 78j(b) 条和第 78ff 条；《联邦法规汇编》第 17 篇第 240.10b-5 条；以及《美国法典》第 18 篇第 2 条。）\n\n罪名项八\n（电信欺诈 - 喜马拉雅交易所）\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n45. 本起诉书第 1 段至第 25 段所载指控在此重申并再次指控，如同在此完整陈述一样。46. 至少自 2021 年 4 月左右起至至少 2023 年 3 月左右止（含上述时间），在纽约南区及其他地方，被告郭文贵，又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”，以及余建明，又名“William Je”，明知而策划并意图策划欺诈方案与诡计，以及通过虚假和欺诈性的借口、陈述和承诺获取金钱和财产，为执行该方案与诡计，在州际和对外贸易中通过电报、无线电和电视通信传输并导致传输文字、\n\nCase 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 71 Filed 03/29/23 Page 31 of 40 / Case 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 169-6 Filed 07/28/25 Page 47 of 56\n\n符号、信号、图像和声音，即郭文贵和余建明运营喜马拉雅交易所（The Himalaya Exchange），通过虚假陈述和误导性陈述从受害者处欺诈性地获取资金，该骗局通过往返于纽约南区及其他地方的电子通信和资金转账得以推进。（《美国法典》第 18 篇第 1343 条和第 2 条。）\n\n罪名项九\n（跨国推进型洗钱）\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n47. 本起诉书第 1 段至第 25 段所载指控在此重申并再次指控，如同在此完整陈述一样。48. 至少自 2018 年左右起至至少 2023 年 3 月左右止（含上述时间），在纽约南区及其他地方，被告郭文贵，又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”，以及余建明，又名“William Je”，运送、传输和转移，并企图运送、传输和转移货币工具和资金，从美国境内某地运往并途经美国境外某地，以及从美国境外某地运往并途经美国境内某地，意图推进特定非法活动的开展，即郭文贵和余建明指示并进行了进出美国及经由美国的跨国资金转移，意图推进本起诉书罪名项二至罪名项八所述的欺诈犯罪。（《美国法典》第 18 篇第 1956(a)(2)(A) 条和第 2 条。）\n\nCase 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 71 Filed 03/29/23 Page 32 of 40 / Case 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 169-6 Filed 07/28/25 Page 48 of 56\n\n罪名项十\n（跨国隐瞒型洗钱）\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n49. 本起诉书第 1 段至第 25 段所载指控在此重申并再次指控，如同在此完整陈述一样。50. 至少自 2018 年左右起至至少 2023 年 3 月左右止（含上述时间），在纽约南区及其他地方，被告郭文贵，又名“Miles Guo”、“Miles Kwok”、“Guo Wengui”、“七哥”、“校长”，以及余建明，又名“William Je”，运送、传输和转移，并企图运送、传输和转移货币工具和资金，从美国境内某地运往并途经美国境外某地，以及从美国境外某地运往并途经美国境内某地，明知该运送、传输和转移所涉及的货币工具和资金代表某种形式的非法活动收益，并明知该运送、传输和转移在整体上及部分上旨在隐瞒和掩饰特定非法活动收益的性质、所在地、来源、所有权和控制权，即本起诉书罪名项二至罪名项八所指控的欺诈犯罪，即郭文贵和余建明进行了涉及欺诈收益的进出美国及经由美国的跨国金融交易，其中包括涉及以名义上由其他个人拥有的实体名义以及未公开与被告关联的实体名义开立的银行账户的交易，以隐瞒欺诈收益的所有权、控制权和/或接收，以及此类收益的非法性质和来源。\n\n（《美国法典》第 18 编第 1956(a)(2)(B)(i) 及 2 条。）\n\n第十一项罪名\n（非法货币交易）\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n51. 本起诉书第 1 至 25 段所载指控在此重申并再次指控，如同在此处完整载明一样。\n\n52. 约在 2020 年 6 月 5 日，在纽约南区及其他地区，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”，又名“Miles Kwok”，又名“Guo Wengui”，又名“七哥”，又名“校长”；KIN MING JE（余建明），又名“William Je”；以及 YANPING WANG（王雁平），又名“Yvette”，在美国境内，明知故犯地从事并企图从事《美国法典》第 18 编第 1957(f)(1) 条所界定的货币交易，该交易涉及源自特定非法活动且价值大于 10,000 美元的来源于犯罪所得的财产，即：郭、余和王将源自第二项和第三项罪名所指控犯罪行为的约 1 亿美元向 Fund-1 进行了电汇，并指示他人进行该等电汇。\n\n（《美国法典》第 18 编第 1957 及 2 条。）\n\n第十二项罪名\n（妨碍司法）\n大陪审团进一步指控：\n\n53. 本起诉书第 1 至 25 段所载指控在此重申并再次指控，如同在此处完整载明一样。\n\n54. 自至少约在 2022 年 9 月 20 日起直至本起诉书提起之日，在纽约南区及其他地区，被告 KIN MING JE（余建明），又名“William Je”，以不正当手段阻碍、影响和妨碍了一项官方程序，并企图如此行事，即：余企图将资金转移至超出美国管辖范围的阿联酋，以妨碍和干扰纽约南区联邦大陪审团对本起诉书第一至第十一项罪名所指控犯罪行为的调查，以及美国纽约南区联邦地区法院关于查封和没收来源于犯罪所得收益的诉讼程序。\n\n（《美国法典》第 18 编第 1512(c)(2) 及 2 条。）\n\n没收指控\n\n55. 由于实施了本起诉书第一至第八项罪名所指控的犯罪行为，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”，又名“Miles Kwok”，又名“Guo Wengui”，又名“七哥”，又名“校长”；KIN MING JE（余建明），又名“William Je”；以及 YANPING WANG（王雁平），又名“Yvette”，应依据《美国法典》第 18 编第 981(a)(1)(C) 条及《美国法典》第 28 编第 2461(c) 条向合众国没收构成或源自可追溯至实施上述犯罪行为之收益的任何及所有不动产和动产，包括但不限于代表可追溯至实施上述犯罪行为之收益金额的以美元计价的一笔款项，以及以下特定财产：\n\na. 原存放在 Silvergate Bank 账户名为“Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC”的第 5090037713 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 9 月 18 日前后扣押的 64,826.87 美元；\n\nb. 原存放在 Silvergate Bank 账户名为“Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC”的第 5090037705 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 9 月 18 日前后扣押的 75,000,000.00 美元；\n\nc. 原存放在 Silvergate Bank 账户名为“Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC”的第 5090037754 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 9 月 18 日前后扣押的 467,343.00 美元；\n\nd. 原存放在 Silvergate Bank 账户名为“Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC”的第 5090042770 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 9 月 18 日前后扣押的 89,992,861.75 美元；\n\ne. 原存放在 Silvergate Bank 账户名为“Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC”的第 5090042762 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 9 月 18 日前后扣押的 1,683,077.40 美元；\n\nf. 原存放在 Silvergate Bank 账户名为“Hamilton Opportunity Funds SPC”的第 5090042853 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 9 月 18 日前后扣押的 85,899,889.20 美元；\n\ng. 原存放在 Silvergate Bank 账户名为“Hamilton Investment Management Ltd.”的第 5090030288 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 9 月 18 日前后扣押的 48,230,709.62 美元；\n\nh. 原存放在 Silvergate Bank 账户名为“Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC”的第 5090037739 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 9 月 18 日前后扣押的 1,800,000.00 美元；\n\ni. 原存放在 Silvergate Bank 账户名为“Hamilton Opportunity Funds SPC”的第 5090042853 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 9 月 18 日前后扣押的 85,899,889.20 美元；\n\nj. 原存放在 FV Bank 账户名为“Himalaya International Reserves, Ltd.”的第 7801000590 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 9 月 20 日前后扣押的 4,643,744.70 美元；\n\nk. 原存放在 FV Bank 账户名为“Himalaya International Clearing, Ltd.”的第 7801000254 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 9 月 20 日前后扣押的 14,599,257.25 美元；\n\nl. 原存放在 Mercantile Bank International 账户名为“G Club International Ltd.”的第 MBI10103-0000 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 10 月 16 日前后扣押的 11,538,579.87 美元；\n\nm. 原存放在 Mercantile Bank International 账户名为“Himalaya International Clearing Ltd.”的第 MBI10133-0000 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 10 月 16 日前后至 2023 年 3 月 10 日前后期间扣押的 10,008,284.04 美元；\n\nn. 原存放在 Mercantile Bank International 账户名为“Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd.”的第 MBI10137-0000 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 10 月 16 日前后至 2023 年 3 月 10 日前后期间扣押的 3,090,856.54 美元；\n\no. 原存放在 Mercantile Bank International 账户名为“Himalaya International Reserves Ltd.”的第 MBI10138-0000 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 10 月 16 日前后至 2023 年 3 月 10 日前后期间扣押的 272,350,313.76 美元；\n\np. 原存放在 Mercantile Bank International 账户名为“Himalaya International Financial Group Ltd.”的第 MBI10139-0000 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 10 月 16 日前后至 2023 年 3 月 10 日前后期间扣押的 310,594.31 美元；\n\nq. 原存放在 Mercantile Bank International 账户名为“Hamilton Investment Management Ltd.”的第 MBI10171-0000 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 10 月 16 日前后至 2023 年 3 月 10 日前后期间扣押的 1,187,278.87 美元；\n\nr. 原存放在 Mercantile Bank International 账户名为“G Fashion International Limited”的第 MBI10172-0000 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 10 月 16 日前后扣押的 43,782.71 美元；\n\ns. 原存放在 Mercantile Bank International 账户名为“Himalaya Currency Clearing Pty Ltd.”的第 MBI10183-0000 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 10 月 16 日前后扣押的 161,809.47 美元；\n\nt. 原存放在 Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 账户名为“GETTR USA, Inc.”的第 9878904409 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 9 月 18 日前后扣押的 2,745,377.75 美元；\n\nu. 原存放在 US Bank 账户名为“G Fashion”的第 157525208185 号账户内、由政府于 2022 年 9 月 18 日前后扣押的 9,899,659.19 美元；\n\nv. 位于 675 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430、地块编号为 3300021-03-00001-02 的所有该等地段或地块及其房屋建筑、附属设施、改良物、固定附着物、附随物和地役权，描述为：地段编号：1.02，街区：21.03，行政区：33，市、自治市、镇区：MAHWAH TWP；\n\nw. 一辆布加迪 Chiron Super Sport 跑车，车辆识别代号（VIN）为 VF9SW3V3XNM795047；\n\nx. 一辆兰博基尼 Aventador SVJ Roadster 跑车，车辆识别代号为 ZHWUN6ZD2MLA10393；\n\ny. 一辆劳斯莱斯幻影加长版（Phantom EWB），车辆识别代号为 SCATT8C08MU206445；\n\nz. 一艘 46 米长 2014 年造斐帝星（Feadship）“Lady May”号（前称 Como）超级游艇，IMO 编号为 112359，MMSI 编号为 319059500，呼号为 ZGDQ9；\n\naa. 一架贝森朵夫（Bosendorfer）185VC 保时捷款 #49539 钢琴配定制琴凳，购买价格约为 140,938.69 美元；\n\nbb. 一套 Railis Design 冰岛当代波塞冬床配床头柜（黑檀木饰面、黄铜、天鹅绒），购买价格约为 31,413.71 美元；\n\ncc. 一张海丝腾（Hastens）2000T md 床垫，购买价格约为 36,590.00 美元；\n\ndd. 一张海丝腾（Hastens）2000T sf 床垫，购买价格约为 36,210.00 美元；\n\nee. 一个 Wempe 手表收纳盒，购买价格约为 59,392.91 美元；\n\nff. 一台三星 Q900 系列 QN98Q900RBF 98 英寸 QLED 智能电视 - 8K，购买价格约为 62,787.54 美元；\n\ngg. 一件由 Joseph Emmanuel Zweiner 制作的路易十五风格法国鎏金饰件红木五斗橱；\n\nhh. 一张由 Philip & Kelvin LaVerne 制作的“康熙”款延伸桌（蚀刻绿锈白镴与青铜配手绘珐琅彩），购买价格约为 180,000.00 美元；以及\n\nii. 一张由 Gabriella Crespi 于 1982 年在意大利制作的“Punto '83”不锈钢网格台面升降可调节花瓣桌，购买价格约为 180,000.00 美元。（a）至（ii）统称为“特定财产”。\n\n56. 由于实施了本起诉书第一、第九、第十和第十一项罪名所指控的洗钱犯罪行为，被告 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），又名“Miles Guo”，又名“Miles Kwok”，又名“Guo Wengui”，又名“七哥”，又名“校长”；KIN MING JE（余建明），又名“William Je”；以及 YANPING WANG（王雁平），又名“Yvette”，应依据《美国法典》第 18 编第 982(a)(1) 条向合众国没收涉及上述犯罪行为的任何及所有不动产和动产，或可追溯至该等财产的任何财产，包括但不限于代表涉及上述犯罪行为之财产金额的以美元计价的一笔款项以及上述特定财产。\n\n替代资产条款\n\n57. 若由于被告的任何作为或不作为，导致上述任何应予没收的财产：\n\na. 经克尽尽职调查后无法找到；\n\nb. 已转让、出售予第三人，或存放在第三人处；\n\nc. 已置于法院管辖范围之外；\n\nd. 价值已大幅贬损；或\n\ne. 已与难以无障碍细分之其他财产相混同；\n\nCase 1:23-cr-00118-AT Document 716-6 Filed 03/29/25 Page 40 of 56\n\n美国意图依据《美国法典》第 21 编第 853(p) 条（Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(p)）以及《美国法典》第 28 编第 2461(c) 条（Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461(c)），寻求没收被告的任何其他财产，其价值最高可达上述应予没收财产的价值。（《美国法典》第 18 编第 981 条和第 982 条（Title 18, United States Code, Sections 981 and 982）；《美国法典》第 21 编第 853 条（Title 21, United States Code, Section 853）；以及《美国法典》第 28 编第 2461 条（Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461）。）\n\n[签名]\nDAMIAN WILLIAMS（达米安·威廉姆斯）\n联邦检察官（United States Attorney）\n\n[签名标记/印记残留]\n150","key_entities":[],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":15961,"status":"published","published_at":"2025-07-28 00:00:00","created_at":"2025-07-28","updated_at":"2026-08-23 08:20:57"}