{"id":"court_sdny_93_0","court":"SDNY","case_no":"23-cr-00118","doc_number":93,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"TRANSCRIPT","filed_date":null,"title":"UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,","summary_zh":"法庭命令（美国诉 Ho Wan Kwok/郭文贵等案，SDNY 1:23-cr-00118 ECF 93，2023年6月26日立案）—— 法官 Analisa Torres 的裁定，排除快速审判法下的时间计算以允许案件准备。案件涉及12项指控，包括长期诈骗计划，影响众多受害人。法庭设定试验日期为2024年4月8日。","summary_en":"Court Order (United States v. Ho Wan Kwok / Miles Guo et al., SDNY 1:23-cr-00118, ECF 93, filed June 26, 2023) — Order by Judge Analisa Torres excluding time under Speedy Trial Act to permit litigation preparation. Case involves 12 counts including prolonged fraudulent schemes affecting numerous victims. Court sets trial date for April 8, 2024.","body_en":"UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,\n\n-against-\n\nHO WAN KWOK and YANPING WANG,\n\nDefendants.\n\n## ANALISA TORRES, District Judge:\n\nOn June 6, 2023, the Court held a status conference in this matter. Dkt. Entry 6/6/2023. Among other things, the Court set a trial date of April 8, 2024, and excluded time between June 6, 2023, and April 8, 2024, under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161. June 6, 2023 Tr. 4:18, 8:12- 18, ECF No. 88.\n\nThe Speedy Trial Act states that time may be excluded if the Court finds \"that the ends of justice served . . . outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.\" 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A). The Court must \"set[] forth, in the record of the case, either orally or in writing, its reasons for finding that the ends of justice served . . . outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.\" *Id.* The Court must consider, *inter alia*, whether the complexity of the case makes it \"unreasonable to expect adequate preparation for pretrial proceedings or for the trial itself within the time limits established\" by the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii), and whether a failure to exclude time \"would deny counsel for the defendant or the attorney for the Government the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation,\" 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv).\n\nAt the June 6, 2023 conference, the Government moved to exclude time because the parties need time to finish producing and review discovery, prepare and file motions, prepare for trial, and discuss potential pre-trial resolution. June 6, 2023 Tr. 7:20-24. Defendants opposed the exclusion of time. *Id.* 8:10-11. The Court considered all relevant factors and stated on the record that \"the ends of justice served by excluding [the time between June 6, 2023, and April 8, 2024,] outweigh the interests of the public and the defendants in a speedy trial because this will allow time for the prosecution to finish producing discovery, for the defense to consider it, to file motions, and for the parties to discuss a possible disposition.\" *Id.* 8:12-18.\n\nThe Court finds that the complexity of this case makes it \"unreasonable to expect adequate preparation for pretrial proceedings or for the trial itself within the time limits established\" by the Speedy Trial Act. 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii). Additionally, exclusion is warranted under 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv) because a failure to exclude time would deny the parties \"the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation.\"\n\nThis case involves twelve counts against three defendants, one of whom remains at large. *See* Superseding Indictment, ECF No. 19. The indictment alleges multiple interrelated fraudulent schemes over the course of approximately five years, involving the use of approximately 500 bank\n\nUSDC SDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ DATE FILED: \\_6/26/2023\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\n## 23 Cr. 118 (AT)\n\n## **ORDER**\n\naccounts and at least eighty entities or individuals in several countries. *Id.* ¶¶ 1–3. This case involves thousands of victims. *See* ECF No. 10 at 4. The parties have indicated that trial will take up to seven weeks. June 6, 2023 Tr. 4:8-20. Discovery is extensive and involves classified information. *See* ECF No. 30 at 2 n.2. The Government has exercised due diligence in producing discovery, and, as of June 6, 2023, has produced approximately ten terabytes of data, or approximately two million pages of documents, and \"extracted\" and produced thirty-seven electronic devices. June 6, 2023 Tr. 2:24–3:3. The Government is still in the process of \"extracting\" and producing electronic devices, which will take approximately eight weeks. *Id.* 3:3-11. The Government's investigation is ongoing, and it is producing additional materials on a rolling basis. *Id.* 3:12-15. Discovery includes various videos, Excel files, and complex financial records in both Mandarin and English. *See* ECF No. 80 at 1. Further, by December 15, 2023, the Government shall file a motion under the Classified Information Procedures Act, 18 U.S.C. App. 3 § 4, on the basis of which the Court shall determine whether specific classified information may be deleted from documents produced to Defendants. June 6, 2023 Tr. 4:22-25. Therefore, the Court concludes that this case is complex under 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii) and exclusion of time is appropriate to ensure sufficient time for adequate preparation. *See United States v. DiTommaso*, 817 F.2d 201, 210 (2d Cir. 1987) (finding that a multi-defendant, international money laundering case involving extensive discovery in a foreign language and witnesses in various countries was complex under § 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii)).\n\nGiven the complexity of this case, the voluminous discovery involved, and the need for sufficient time to prepare and file pretrial motions, the parties expressed a need for sufficient time to prepare, and defense counsel requested a trial date in early April 2024. June 6, 2023 Tr. 4:11-17, 5:2- 20, 7:2-3; *see also United States v. Bursey*, 801 Fed. App'x 1, 2–3 (2d Cir. 2020) (summary order) (finding that time was properly excluded where the parties needed time to file motions and to review voluminous discovery). Based on these factors, the Court determined that exclusion of time from June 6, 2023, to April 8, 2024, would serve the ends of justice and outweighs the interests of the public and Defendants in a speedy trial.\n\nSO ORDERED.\n\nDated: June 26, 2023 New York, New York\n\nQs","body_zh":"UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK（美国纽约南区联邦地区法院）\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA（美利坚合众国），\n\n-诉-\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）及 YANPING WANG（王雁平），\n\n被告。\n\n23 Cr. 118 (AT)\n\nUSDC SDNY（美国纽约南区联邦地区法院）\n电子归档文件\n文件编号：__________________\n归档日期：_6/26/2023_____\n\n命令\n\nANALISA TORRES（阿纳丽莎·托雷斯），地区法官：\n\n2023年6月6日，本院就本案举行了状况会议。Dkt. Entry 6/6/2023。除其他事项外，本院确定庭审日期为2024年4月8日，并根据 Speedy Trial Act（《快速审判法》）18 U.S.C. § 3161 排除 2023年6月6日 至 2024年4月8日 期间的时间。June 6, 2023 Tr. 4:18, 8:12-18, ECF No. 88。\n\n《快速审判法》规定，如果法院认定“所增进的正义目的……超过了公众和被告在快速审判方面的最大利益”，则可以排除时间。18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A)。法院必须“在案件记录中以口头或书面形式阐明其认定所增进的正义目的……超过公众和被告在快速审判方面的最大利益的理由”。同前。法院必须特别考虑案件的复杂性是否使得“在《快速审判法》规定的时间限制内期望对审前程序或庭审本身做出充分准备是不合理的”，18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii)，以及不排除时间是否“会剥夺被告辩护律师或政府方律师有效准备所必需的合理时间”，18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv)。\n\n在2023年6月6日的会议上，政府提出动议请求排除时间，因为各方需要时间完成证据开示的提供与审查、准备并提交动议、准备庭审以及讨论潜在的审前解决途径。June 6, 2023 Tr. 7:20-24。被告反对排除时间。同前 8:10-11。本院考虑了所有相关因素，并在记录中陈述“排除 [2023年6月6日 至 2024年4月8日 期间的时间] 所增进的正义目的超过了公众和被告在快速审判方面的利益，因为这将允许检方有时间完成证据开示的提供，辩方有时间审阅该证据，提交动议，以及各方讨论可能的案件处置方式”。同前 8:12-18。\n\n本院认定，本案的复杂性使得“在《快速审判法》规定的时间限制内期望对审前程序或庭审本身做出充分准备是不合理的”。18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii)。此外，根据 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv)，排除时间是正当的，因为不排除时间将剥夺各方“有效准备所必需的合理时间”。\n\n本案涉及针对三名被告的十二项罪名项，其中一人目前在逃。参见 Superseding Indictment（替代起诉书），ECF No. 19。起诉书指控在大约五年期间存在多起相互关联的欺诈计划，涉及使用大约500个银行账户以及分布在多个国家的至少八十个实体或个人。同前 ¶¶ 1–3。本案涉及数千名受害者。参见 ECF No. 10 第 4 页。各方已表示庭审将长达七周。June 6, 2023 Tr. 4:8-20。证据开示范围广泛且涉及机密信息。参见 ECF No. 30 第 2 页第 2 条附注。政府在提供证据开示方面已尽职尽责，截至2023年6月6日，已提供了大约10太字节（TB）的数据，即大约200万页的文件，并“提取”和提供了37台电子设备。June 6, 2023 Tr. 2:24–3:3。政府仍在进行电子设备的“提取”和提供工作，这将需要大约八周时间。同前 3:3-11。政府的调查仍在进行中，并正在按批次滚动提供补充材料。同前 3:12-15。证据开示包括各类视频、Excel文件以及普通话和英语两种语言的复杂财务记录。参见 ECF No. 80 第 1 页。此外，在2023年12月15日之前，政府应根据 Classified Information Procedures Act（《机密信息程序法》）18 U.S.C. App. 3 § 4 提交一项动议，本院将据此确定是否可以从向被告提供的文件中删除特定的机密信息。June 6, 2023 Tr. 4:22-25。因此，本院认定根据 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii)，本案属于复杂案件，排除时间以确保有足够的时间进行充分准备是适当的。参见 United States v. DiTommaso, 817 F.2d 201, 210 (2d Cir. 1987)（认定一起涉及多名被告、涉及大量外语证据开示以及涉及多个国家证人的跨国洗钱案件，根据 § 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii) 属于复杂案件）。\n\n鉴于本案的复杂性、涉及的庞大证据开示体量以及准备和提交审前动议所需的充分时间，各方表示需要充足时间进行准备，辩方律师请求将庭审日期定于2024年4月上旬。June 6, 2023 Tr. 4:11-17, 5:2-20, 7:2-3；另见 United States v. Bursey, 801 Fed. App'x 1, 2–3 (2d Cir. 2020)（简要裁定）（认定在各方需要时间提交动议并审查庞大证据开示的情况下，排除时间是正当的）。基于这些因素，本院认定排除 2023年6月6日 至 2024年4月8日 的时间将增进正义目的，并超过公众和被告在快速审判方面的利益。\n\n特此命令。\n\n日期：2023年6月26日\n纽约州纽约市\n\nANALISA TORRES\n美国地区法官","key_entities":["Classified Information","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Yanping Wang","Torres","Analisa Torres"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":10,"court":"SDNY"},{"doc_number":19,"court":"SDNY"},{"doc_number":30,"court":"SDNY"},{"doc_number":80,"court":"SDNY"},{"doc_number":88,"court":"SDNY"}],"word_count":891,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 07:23:39"}