In
Miles Guo Case
Sentencing
Pushed to June
29 As He
Echoes Sean
Combs on
Acquitted
Conduct
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 23 – 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.
On March 11,
sentencing was pushed back.
Order on Patreon here
Over a weekend,
Guo's lawyers put in a 100
page sentencing submission, on
Patreon here,
including
"Mr. Guo Becomes
a Prominent and Vocal Critic
of the CCP from Abroad
F.
Intensification of CCP
Targeting Following Mr. Guo’s
Relocation to the United
States
15 1. INTERPOL
Red Notice, Interference with
VOA Interview, Direct
Intimidation 16 2.
Recruitment of Influential
U.S. Political and Business
Figures to Lobby for Mr. Guo’s
Repatriation to China
....................................................
17 3. The 912 Project – A
Centrally Coordinated
Operation to Discredit Mr. Guo
Online
................................................................................
20 4. Interference with Mr.
Guo’s Social Media Accounts
...........................................
23 5. Hacking Into Computer
Systems of Mr. Guo’s Lawyers
......................................
24 6. Weaponizing the Civil
Legal System with a False Rape
Lawsuit
........................ 24 G.
The CCP’s Targeting of Mr. Guo
Converges with the Conduct in
this Case ...................
25 H. Political Conditions in
the United States Set the
Stage for a New Administration
to Turn Against Mr. Guo
..................................................................
32 I. Affirmative Disavowal of
Victim Status by Investors and
Customers
...............................
34 II. DETERMINING A SENTENCE
THAT IS SUFFICIENT BUT NOT
GREATER THAN NECESSARY TO
ACHIEVE THE PURPOSES OF
SENTENCING
On April 17 Guo's
lawyer submitted a reply,
including an echo of Sean
"Diddy" Combs' recent Second
Circuit argument that "ACQUITTED CONDUCT
MUST BE EXCLUDED" - Guo's 27
page reply on Patreon here
On April 23,
Judge Torres pushed the
sentencing back again: "Due to the
complexity of the outstanding
issues raised in the parties’
voluminous sentencing
submissions, see ECF Nos. 826,
828, 833, Defendant Miles
Guo’s sentencing currently
scheduled for April 27, 2026
is ADJOURNED to June 29,
2026." Order on Patreon here
The case is USA
v. Guo, et al., 1:23-cr-118
(Torres)
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