Miles
Guo Defense Said
CCP Used Hackers
and OFAC Now US
Asks for 30 Years
Prison
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 7 – 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 of Miles Guo
onvarious wire fraud,
securities fraud, bank fraud,
and money laundering charges.
On May 21, the US Attorney's
Office wrote
in seeking to preclude
five
issues from the
trial: 7 page
letter on
Patreon here.
On May 22, Inner
City Press live tweeted jury
selection, here.
More detail /
some analysis on X for
Subscribers here
& Substack here
On May 23 the
defense wrote in including
"There is no evidence to
support the government’s
sensationalist theory that Mr.
Guo started a fire at the
Sherry Netherland residence.
Letter on Patreon
here
At the end of May
23, Judge Torres told the
remaining jurors that the
trial would start Friday. Thread.
More detail and
analysis on X for Subscribers
here and Substack here
Guo was
convicted. Inner City Press
published the book Fox Hunt
Guo here,
audiobook here
Jump cut to late
on April 7, 2026 - the US
Attorney's Office wrote in
asking for at least a 30 year
prison sentencing, arguing
among other things that "The
CCP’s Conduct Is Irrelevant to
Guo’s Convictions" - 84
page memo on Patreon here
The case is US v.
Guo, et al., 23-cr-118
(Torres)
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