| US Indicted
Epoch Times CFO Guan for Money
Laundering now Le Van Hung
Extradited In
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Nov 15 – Amid the US v. Miles
Guo trial, prosecutors from
the Southern District of New
York on June 3 announced they
are charging "WEIDONG GUAN,
a/k/a 'Bill Guan,' the Chief
Financial Officer of a
multinational media company
headquartered in New York City
with participating in a
transnational scheme to
launder at least approximately
$67 million of illegally
obtained funds to benefit
himself and the media
company. GUAN was
arrested yesterday morning and
will be presented this
afternoon before U.S.
Magistrate Judge Stewart D.
Aaron."
The media
company is Epoch Times. And
before Judge Aaron in the SDNY
Magistrates Court, which Inner
City Press closely covers,
unlike in the Guo and Wang
case, a bail deal was reached:
"$3,000,000
personal recognizance bond; To
be secured by $250,000 cash;
To be co-signed by three
financially responsible
persons (Not employees of
media company or related
entities)
Inner City
Press went to cover the
conference on June 21. The
prosecutors told Judge Marrero
they seized 50 devices and are
imaging them. The Federal
Defender said "Mr. Guan may be
retaining counsel." So Judge
Marrero set the next
conference for September 20.
Then the
prosecutors asked for a trial
date, which was put back to
March 2025.
On September 13,
Guan's lawyer wrote in citing
900 GB of discovery, asking to
postpone September 20 to
December 6.
On November 15,
Inner City Press heard of an
extradition in from South
Korea, of Le Van Hung. A
Vietnamese interpreter was
found; Inner City Press was
the only media - the only
civilian - in the courtroom
for the presentation. Thread:
Defendant is
brought out, slight build,
intepretation headphones.
All rise!
Judge Ona T. Wang: Date of
arrest? AUSA Dell: He was
extradicted in frim South
Korea this morning. Judge: How
do you plead? Defendant: Not
guilty. AUSA: We seek
detention; they consent
without prejudice.
Judge: Time
excluded to next conference.
Inner City
Press will stay on it.
The case
is US v. Guan, 24-cr-322
(Marrero / Aaron)
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