{"id":"court_sdny_870_0","court":"SDNY","case_no":"23-cr-00118","doc_number":870,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"STIPULATION","filed_date":"2026-08-18","title":"UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK","summary_zh":"联合约定与命令 —— 美国诉 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵 / Guo Wengui / Miles Guo）案，SDNY 1:23-cr-00118-AT ECF #870（2026-08-18立案）。经法院签发的检方与第三方请愿人 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 之间的约定：政府依 18 U.S.C. § 1963(l)(6)(B) 与 21 U.S.C. § 853(n)(6)(B)，认可该律所就 G Club 实体已支付的约 3,304,285.11 美元律师费为善意有偿购买人。作为交换，该律所放弃对已扣押的 G Club International 账户约 11,538,579.87 美元与 G Club Operations 账户约 2,112,510.70 美元的一切主张，仅保留就约 1,142,638.81 美元未付律师费申请赦免返还或向特别裁判官提出请求的权利。","summary_en":"Stipulation and Order — United States v. Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo / Guo Wengui), SDNY 1:23-cr-00118-AT ECF #870 (filed Aug 18, 2026). In a stipulation entered by the Court, the Government recognizes third-party petitioner Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as a bona fide purchaser for value under 18 U.S.C. § 1963(l)(6)(B) and 21 U.S.C. § 853(n)(6)(B) of approximately $3,304,285.11 in legal fees already paid by the G Club entities. In exchange, the firm releases all claims to the seized G Club International funds (approx. $11,538,579.87) and G Club Operations funds (approx. $2,112,510.70), reserving only the right to seek remission or to present a claim before a Special Master for approximately $1,142,638.81 in unpaid fees.","body_en":"UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK\n- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x\n                                                                         :\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA                                                 :\n                                                                         :\n            - v. -                                                       :      S3 23 Cr. 118 (AT)\n                                                                         :\nMILES GUO,                                                               :      STIPULATION AND ORDER\n   a/k/a “Ho Wan Kwok,”                                                  :\n   a/k/a “Miles Kwok,”                                                   :\n   a/k/a “Guo Wengui,”                                                   :\n   a/k/a “Brother Seven,”                                                :\n   a/k/a “The Principal,”                                                :\n   a/k/a “Boss,”                                                         :\n                                                                         :\n                                 Defendant.                              :\n                                                                         :\nPILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP,\n\n                                Petitioner.\n\n- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x\n\n          WHEREAS, on April 24, 2024, defendant Miles Guo a/k/a Ho Wan Kwok (“Guo” or\n\n“Defendant”) 1 was charged in a third superseding indictment, S3 23 Cr. 118 (AT) (the\n\n“Indictment”) (Dkt. No. 307), with conspiring to commit racketeering, in violation of 18 U.S.C.\n\n§ 1962(d) (Count One); conspiring to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C.\n\n§ 1939 (Count Two); conspiring to commit money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h)\n\n(Count Three); conspiring to commit securities fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 (Count Four);\n\nwire fraud in connection with a GTV Private Placement, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 2\n\n(Count Five); securities fraud in connection with a GTV Private Placement, in violation of 15\n\nU.S.C. §§ 78j(b) and 78ff, 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5, and 18 U.S.C.§ 2 (Count Six); wire fraud in\n\n1\n    Also known as: Miles Kwok, Miles Guo, Wengui Guo, Guo Haoyun, Guo Wen Gui, Guo Wengui, Guo Wen-Gui,\n    Gwo Wen Gui, Hao Yung Guo, Haoun Guo, Haoyun Guo, Ho Wankwok, Kwok Ho, Kwok Ho Wan, Wan Gue\n    Haoyun, Wan Gui Haoyun, Wen Gui Gwo.\n\nconnection with a farm loan program, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 2 (Count Seven);\n\nsecurities fraud in connection with a farm loan program, in violation of 15 U.S.C. §§ 78j(b) and\n\n78ff, 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5, and 18 U.S.C.§ 2 (Count Eight); wire fraud in connection with\n\nG|CLUBS, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 2 (Count Nine); securities fraud in connection\n\nwith G|CLUBS, in violation of 15 U.S.C. §§ 78j(b) and 78ff, 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5, and 18\n\nU.S.C.§ 2 (Count Ten); wire fraud in connection with the Himalaya Exchange, in violation of 18\n\nU.S.C. §§ 1343 and 2 (Count Eleven); unlawful monetary transactions, in violation of 18 U.S.C.\n\n§§ 1957 and 2 (Count Twelve); and obstruction of justice, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1512(c)(2)\n\nand 2 (Count Thirteen);\n\n       WHEREAS, the Indictment alleges that the racketeering enterprise operated by Guo\n\nincluded G Club International Limited and G Club Operations LLC, among others;\n\n       WHEREAS, the Indictment alleges that the offenses charged in Counts One through\n\nTwelve were committed beginning at least in or about 2018 through at least March 2023;\n\n       WHEREAS, the Indictment contained forfeiture allegations alleging that, (i) as a result of\n\ncommitting the offenses charged in Count One of the Indictment, the defendant shall forfeit (a) any\n\ninterest acquired or maintained in violation of Section 1962; (b) any interest in, security of, claim\n\nagainst, or property or contractual right of any kind affording a source of influence over, any\n\nenterprise the defendant and his co-conspirators established, operated, controlled, conducted, or\n\nparticipated in the conduct of, in violation of Section 1962; and (c) any property constituting, or\n\nderived from, any proceeds obtained, directly or indirectly, from the racketeering activity charged\n\nin Count One of the Indictment, including specifically identified properties (collectively, the\n\n“Racketeering Property”); (ii) as a result of committing the wire fraud and securities fraud offenses\n\nalleged in Counts Two, Four, and Five through Eleven of the Indictment, the defendant shall forfeit\n\n                                                 2\n\nany and all property, real or personal, that constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to the\n\ncommission of said offenses, including but not limited to a sum of money in United States currency\n\nrepresenting the amount of proceeds traceable to the commission of said offenses and the\n\nRacketeering Property; (iii) as a result of committing the money laundering offenses alleged in\n\nCounts Three and Twelve of the Indictment, the defendant shall forfeit any and all property, real\n\nand personal, involved in said offenses, or any property traceable to such property, including but\n\nnot limited to a sum of money in United States currency representing the amount of property\n\ninvolved in said offenses and the Racketeering Property;\n\n          WHEREAS, the Racketeering Property includes property derived from G Club\n\nInternational Limited and G Club Operations LLC, among others, as well as approximately\n\n$11,538,579.87 in United States currency formerly on deposit in a specified account at Mercantile\n\nBank International held in the name of “G Club International Ltd.,” seized by the Government on\n\nor about October 16, 2022 (the “G Club International Funds”);\n\n          WHEREAS, on July 16, 2024, following a jury trial, Guo was found guilty of Counts One,\n\nTwo, Three, Four, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, and Eleven (Dkt. No. 395);\n\n          WHEREAS, on or about May 3, 2024, Guo’s co-defendant Yvette “Yanping” Wang\n\npleaded guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, to a two-count Superseding Information S2 23 Cr.\n\n118 (AT), charging Wang with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money\n\nlaundering, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 371 and on January 7, 2025, the District Court entered a final\n\norder of forfeiture (the “Wang Final Forfeiture Order”) (Dkt. No. 488) vesting all right, title, and\n\ninterest in the property specified therein, including the G Club International Funds, in the United\n\nStates;\n\n                                                 3\n\n       WHEREAS, on or about August 11, 2025, the Court entered a Preliminary Order of\n\nForfeiture as to Specific Property/Money Judgment (the “Guo Preliminary Forfeiture Order”)\n\n(Dkt. No. 720), imposing a money judgment against the Guo in the amount of $1.3 billion,\n\nrepresenting the amount of proceeds traceable to the offenses charged in Counts One, Two, Four,\n\nand Seven through Eleven of the Indictment that the defendant personally obtained and property\n\ninvolved in the offense charged in Count Three of the Indictment, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.\n\n§§ 981(a)(1)(C), 982(a)(1), and 1963; 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c); 21 U.S.C. § 853(g); and Rules\n\n32.2(b)(3) and 32.2(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure; and further ordered the\n\nforfeiture to the United States of specifically identified properties (the “Forfeiture Specific\n\nProperty”), including the G Club International Funds;\n\n       WHEREAS, on or about January 19, 2026, the Government filed an application for a First\n\nSupplemental Preliminary Order of Forfeiture (Dkt. No. 790) ordering the forfeiture of\n\napproximately $2,112,510.70 formerly on deposit in an account held at Banco Popular in the name\n\nof G Club Operations LLC (the “G Club Operations Funds”);\n\n       WHEREAS, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1963(c) and 21 U.S.C. § 853(c), title in forfeitable\n\nproperty vests in the United States at the time of the commission of the offenses giving rise to the\n\nforfeiture, subject to any assertion of an innocent-owner or bona-fide-purchaser for value claim or\n\ndefenses pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1963(l)(6) or 21 U.S.C. § 853(n)(6);\n\n       WHEREAS, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP ( “Pillsbury”) has asserted an interest\n\nin certain proceeds derived from G Club International Ltd. and G Club Operations LLC, namely,\n\napproximately $3,304,285.11 paid by or on behalf of G Club Operations and G Club International\n\nto Pillsbury as payment for legal services provided by Pillsbury prior to September 1, 2023 (the\n\n“Paid Legal Fees”) and (ii) the G Club Operations Funds up to and including the amount of\n\n                                                 4\n\napproximately $1,142,638.81, representing the amount of fees owed by G Club Operations and G\n\nClub International for legal services provided by Pillsbury between September 1, 2023 and May\n\n17, 2024 (the “Unpaid Legal Fees”);\n\n        WHEREAS, with the consent of the Government, Pillsbury’s time to file a petition\n\nasserting an interest in the Paid Legal Fees or the Unpaid Legal Fees has been extended up to and\n\nincluding the date of this Stipulation and Order;\n\n        WHEREAS, Pillsbury has provided a Declaration to the Government setting forth the\n\nfactual and legal basis for its interest in the Paid Legal Fees and Unpaid Legal Fees, including\n\nPillsbury’s status as a bona fide purchaser for value who at the time was reasonably without cause\n\nto believe that the Paid Legal Fees were subject to forfeiture;\n\n       WHEREAS, the Government and Pillsbury have agreed to resolve their respective interests\n\nin the Paid Legal Fees, the Unpaid Legal Fees, the G Club International Funds, and the G Club\n\nOperations Funds on the terms set forth below.\n\n       NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the\n\nUnited States of America, by its attorney Sean S. Buckley, Attorney for the United States Acting\n\nUnder Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, Assistant United States Attorney, Juliana Murray,\n\nof counsel, and Pillsbury, by its counsel, Sharon Cohen Levin, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP that:\n\n        1.     The G Club International Funds, the G Club Operations Funds, and the Paid Legal\n\nFees are subject to forfeiture as a result of the defendant’s and Wang’s commission of the offenses\n\nfor which the defendant was found guilty and to which Wang pleaded guilty, and are subject to\n\nforfeiture pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 1963(a) and (c), 981(a)(1)(C), and 982(a)(1); 28 U.S.C.\n\n§ 2461(c); and 21 U.S.C. § 853(c).\n\n                                                    5\n\n       2.      Based on the sworn information in the Declaration and other information known to\n\nthe Government, the Government recognizes Pillsbury as a bona fide purchaser for value of the\n\nPaid Legal Fees pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1963(l)(6)(B) and 21 U.S.C. § 853(n)(6)(B).\n\n       3.      Pillsbury agrees that it will not assert, nor assist any others in asserting, any claim\n\nfor the G Club International Funds or the G Club Operations Funds, including the Unpaid Legal\n\nFees, nor any claim against the United States of America (“USA”), the United States Marshals\n\nService (“USMS”), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the\n\nSouthern District of New York (“USAO SDNY”), and their officers, agents and employees, in\n\nconnection with or arising out of the seizure, restraint, and/or constructive possession of the G\n\nClub International Funds or the G Club Operations Funds, including, but not limited to, any claim\n\nthat there was no probable cause to seize and/or forfeit the G Club International Funds or the G\n\nClub Operations Funds, that Pillsbury is a prevailing party, or that Pillsbury is entitled to attorney’s\n\nfees or any award of interest.\n\n       4.      Pillsbury reserves the right to file a Petition for Remission or a claim before a\n\nSpecial Master in an amount not to exceed the Unpaid Legal Fees.\n\n       5.      Pillsbury agrees to hold harmless the United States, USMS, FBI, SDNY-USAO,\n\nand any and all employees, officers, and agents of said entities from any and all third-party claims\n\nof ownership of the Paid Legal Fees.\n\n       6.      This Stipulation and Order may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be\n\ndeemed an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall be deemed the complete\n\nStipulation and Order. Signature pages may be by fax, signed digitally, or transmitted\n\nelectronically, and such signatures shall be deemed to be valid originals.\n\n                                                   6\n\n       7.      This Stipulation and Order constitutes the complete agreement between the Parties\n\nas to the Funds and may not be amended except by written consent thereof.\n\n       8.      The Parties hereby waive all rights to appeal or to otherwise challenge or contest\n\nthe validity of this Stipulation and Order.\n\n       9.      Each Party agrees to bear its costs and attorneys’ fees.\n\n       10.     The Court shall retain jurisdiction over this matter to take additional action and\n\nenter further orders as necessary to implement and enforce this Stipulation and Order.\n\nAGREED AND STIPULATED TO:\n\nSEAN S. BUCKLEY\nAttorney for the United States\nActing Under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515\n\nBy:                                                                       7/29/2026\n\n       Juliana Murray                                                DATE\n       Assistant United States Attorney\n\nPILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP\n\nBy:                                                                          7/29/2026\n       Sharon Cohen Levin                                            DATE\n       SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP\n       125 Broad Street\n       New York, NY 10004\n       Tel: (212) 558-4334\n       Email: levinsc@sullcrom.com\n       Attorney for Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP\n\nSO ORDERED:\n\nHONORABLE ANALISA TORRES                                             DATE\nUNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE\n\n                                                 7","body_zh":null,"key_entities":["Guo","forfeiture","Kwok","Miles Guo","Ho Wan Kwok","Murray","GTV","Farm Loan","853(n)","CIPA","Torres","Analisa Torres","Himalaya","Himalaya Exchange"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":307,"court":"SDNY"},{"doc_number":395,"court":"SDNY"},{"doc_number":488,"court":"SDNY"},{"doc_number":720,"court":"SDNY"},{"doc_number":790,"court":"SDNY"}],"word_count":2046,"status":"published","published_at":"2026-08-18 00:00:00","created_at":"2026-08-18","updated_at":"2026-08-28 22:16:50"}