DOJ charges Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, associate of Steve Bannon, in $1 billion fraud

CNBC ^ | March 15, 2015 | Dan Mangan

[Golden Eagle]

Controversial exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui — an associate of former Trump White House advisor Steve Bannon — was arrested Wednesday in New York for allegedly orchestrating a complex $1 billion fraud scheme that duped online followers with promises of outsized investment returns.

Guo allegedly used some of the money raised through his company GTV Media and other entities to buy a 50,000-square foot New Jersey mansion, a $37 million yacht, a $3.5 million Ferrari for his son, a $140,000 Bosendorfer piano and two Hasten 2000T mattresses that cost a whopping $36,000 apiece.

Prosecutors seized more than $650 million in alleged fraud proceeds from 21 different bank accounts and assets that included a Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Roadster automobile as part of the case against Guo and his financial advisor William Je in Manhattan federal court.

Guo, 52, pleaded not guilty Wednesday afternoon in Manhattan. He postponed a bail application until his lawyers return from out of town. A public defender who handled the hearing for Guo had no comment.

A fire broke out as FBI agents searched a Manhattan penthouse apartment owned by Guo on Wednesday, an agency spokesperson said. The agents noticed smoke coming from a light fixture and called 911 around noon ET.

The New York Fire Department extinguished the blaze, the cause of which is under investigation by a bomb squad. Guo was in custody before the fire started.

[piasa]

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Steve Bannon boasted ‘I have Hunter’s hard drive’ two weeks before its secrets were revealed - and allies of billionaire Chinese fugitive who pays Bannon and partied with Rudy Giuliani hinted at ‘sex and money scandal’ late in September too
Daily Mail ^ | 10/16/20 | Geoff Earle
Posted on 10/16/2020, 8:32:18 PM by The Truth Will Make You Free

The post shows a man on the YouTube channel making the cryptic prediction on September 25, the Daily Beast reported - long before the first publication of the material on October 14.

The Chinese-language stream was picked up by a Twitter account called Himalaya Global, which tweeted: ‘Bombshell… 3 hard disk drives of videos and dossier of Hunter Biden’s connections with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have been sent to Nancy Pelosi and DOJ. Big money and sex scandal! may come out soon.’

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...

[CFW]

“https://abc7ny.com/sherry-netherland-hotel-fire-upper-east-side-ues/12957548/

So, the fire broke out at his apartment while the FBI was there? Something smells a bit smokey!

[ronnie raygun]

They are after bannon through GUO. Plain to see.

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