| Miles Guo
Was Denied August 2023 Trial Now Asks
Again for Bail Citing Pain in Face &
CCP
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 27 – After a circus-like
civil case involving Guo
Wengui in the U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York, which
Inner City Press closely
covered, here,
March 15, 2023 saw the
unsealing of a twelve-count
Indictment charging
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,”
and KIN MING JE, a/k/a
“William Je,” with various
wire fraud, securities fraud,
bank fraud, and money
laundering charges. JE,
who is KWOK’s financier, is
also charged with obstruction
of justice.
The
prosecutors said that "KWOK
was arrested this morning in
New York, New York, and will
be presented this
afternoon. JE is
currently at large."
Not mentioned was
another, related arrest on
March 15, of Guo's chief of
staff Yangping Wang, aka
Yvette Wang. Inner City Press,
lone media in the Magistrates
Court, live tweeted her
presentment when the
prosecutors, seemingly hoping
to flip her as a cooperator,
offered release on $5 million
bond, but only with two
co-signers they approve.
Minutes
later, in a larger courtroom,
Guo / Kwok was presented -
with a Federal Defender for
the day - and detained on
consent. Inner City Press live
tweeted, thread here
On June 14, Miles
Guo's appeal of his detention
was denied - full order on
Patreon here
On June 6, 2023,
Judge Analisa Torres set the
trial date: " Trial shall
begin April 8, 2024.
Defendants' motion for access
to a Government-provided,
internet-disabled computer for
the limited purpose of
reviewing discovery is
GRANTED."
But on June 27
Guo's counsel wrote "the
Court’s Order dated June 26,
2023 (the “Order”). The Order
provides the Court’s bases for
overruling the defendants’
request for a speedy trial and
for setting a trial date in
this matter of April 8, 2024.
- full June 27 letter on
Patreon here
On June 29, Judge
Torres granted Guo's motion to
amend - but DENIED him any
moving up of the trial, ruling
it will remain in April 2024."
Order on Patreon here
On November 27,
Guo filed again for bail,
citing "sharp needle-like
pains in the left side of his
face" and criticizing the
Government's decision, in
August 2023 to publicly reveal
that [REDACTED.] Notice of motion
here
Watch this site.
The case is US v.
Kwok, et al., 23-cr-118
(Torres)
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