In
Miles Guo Case
Before
Sentencing
April 13
Special Master
Info Due
February 10
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 21 – 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 22, Inner
City Press live tweeted jury
selection, here.
Many
were excused from the jury
pool.
More detail /
some analysis on X for
Subscribers here
& Substack here
At the end of May
23, Judge Torres told the
remaining jurors that the
trial would start Friday. Thread.
Guo was
convicted. And on September 10
Judge Torres granted a defense
letter motion and moved Guo's
sentencing.
Letter and
endorsement (order) on Patreon
here
Jump cut to
February 25, 2025 when DOJ
wrote in on Wang asking for
"remission" - victims to apply
for funds, filing on Patreon here.
On March 3 Inner
City Press live tweeted the
Guo proceeding, here
Judge: I am
sealing the courtroom. [Must
leave]
Update: All the
judge said when door opened
again was that defense
lawyers' motion to withdraw
remains pending
Docketed on March
20, a motion to intervene from
Beijing, on Patreon here
On April 8, Guo
was appointed three new
lawyers. Inner City Press was
there and live tweeted, thread
On July 25 Guo's
new lawyers asked for an delay
in sentencing to Decmeber
while noting that the US
Attorney's Office opposes any
90 day delay and will file in
the future.
On July 30 they
did - opposing any further
delay, insisting on
September 8.
On July 28 the US
Attorney's Office wrote in
asking for a judgment of $1.3
billion including Guo's
interest in the G entities.
On August 11
Judge Torres signed the order
for $1.3 billion, on Patreon here.
On July 31, Judge
Torres moved sentencing "to
January 20, 2026."
But on December
3, Guo's lawyers wrote in, letter
on Patreon here
On December 22,
"the Court orders that the
sentencing currently scheduled
for January 20, 2026 at 10:00
a.m. is ADJOURNED to April 13,
2026, at 10:00 a.m."
Docketed (after a
hearing without call-in line)
on January 21: By February 10,
2026, the parties shall confer
and jointly file a letter
recommending candidates to
serve as a special master
under Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 53(b)(1), and making
a recommendation as to the
scope of the special master's
appointment and the terms of
the special master's
compensation.
The case is USA
v. Guo, et al., 1:23-cr-118
(Torres)
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