March 15, 2023: arrest and indictment unsealed
On March 15, 2023, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced the arrest of Ho Wan Kwok (also known as Miles Guo and Guo Wengui) and the unsealing of a twelve-count indictment. DOJ expressly stated that the indictment contained allegations and that defendants were presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. The same DOJ release is preserved in this archive.
Event boundary: this page records the public announcement, arrest and charging process; it does not turn 2023 allegations into convictions or infer the eventual sentence from the release.
What the announcement confirms
Government release · date and procedural facts
The DOJ release is dated March 15, 2023 and announces the unsealing of the indictment and Guo’s arrest in New York. It also lists the charged offenses and projects as described by prosecutors. The date, issuing office and procedural actions are verifiable facts; descriptions of conduct remain attributed to the charging government.
What the indictment means
Grand-jury charging document · not a judicial finding
Third superseding indictment #307 is a later charging document in the case record that outlines the government’s account of the G Enterprise and related projects. It can be used to check the counts, case number and prosecution position; whether charges were proved must be checked against the verdict and judgment.
Source register
Archive links open the stored body. External links open the issuing agency or the publication’s own text. Read the source note before treating a statement as a finding.
The DOJ release expressly identifies the indictment’s contents as allegations and preserves the presumption of innocence.
Locate: Headline, opening paragraphs and footnote 1
The archived body is a U.S. Attorney’s Office release; its description of the case reports allegations.
Locate: Headline, opening paragraphs and presumption-of-innocence note
An indictment is a charging document; its statements are not findings by the court.
Locate: Overview, paragraphs 1–3, and the counts