Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — criminal case · MEMORANDUM · ECF #186

## UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Case No. **23 Cr. 118 (AT)**

v.

**MOTION FOR RETURN OF PROPERTY**

**HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a "Miles Guo," a/k/a "Miles Kwok," a/k/a "Guo Wengui," a/k/a "Brother Seven," a/k/a "The Principal," KIN MING JE, a/k/a “William Je,” and YANPING WANG, a/k/a "Yvette," Defendants.**,

Undersigned counsel represents 3,345 customers of the Himalaya Exchange ("the Exchange"), who hold Himalaya Dollar (HDO) and Himalaya Coin (HCN) cryptocurrency ("petitioners"). Pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41(g), petitioners move for return of their property seized by the United States in *United States v. Kwok et al,* 23 CR 118 (SDNY). The petitioners have a distinct, identifiable third-party interest in the forfeited property. Petitioners file the attached Memorandum in Support of this Motion.

Dated: December 6, 2023

Myer and Scher LLP By: /s/Jamie Scher NY 2488435 377B South Oyster Bay Road Plainview, NY 118013 Jamie@myerandscher.com (516) 713-0655

FormerFedsGroup.Com LLC By: /s/ Brad Geyer Bradford L. Geyer, PHV pending NJ 022751991 Suite 141 Route 130 S., Suite 303 Cinnaminson, NJ 08077 Brad@FormerFedsGroup.Com (856) 607-5708

## **CERTIFICATION OF CONFERENCE AND NOTICE**

I, Bradford Geyer, certify that counsel I have conferred with counsel for the Government in an effort in good faith to resolve by agreement the issues raised by the motion without the intervention of the Court, and have been unable to reach agreement. I also hereby certify that on on December 6, 2023, a true and accurate copy of the forgoing was electronically filed and served through the ECF system of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

> FormerFedsGroup.Com LLC By: /s/ Brad Geyer Bradford L. Geyer, *PHV pending* NJ 022751991 Suite 141 Route 130 S., Suite 303 Cinnaminson, NJ 08077 Brad@FormerFedsGroup.Com (856) 607-5708