by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE, July 14 – After a circus-like civil case involving Guo Wengui in SDNY, which Inner City Press closely covered, here, March 15, 2023 saw the unsealing of a criminal indictment.
Not mentioned was another, related arrest on March 15, of Guo's chief of staff Yanping Wang, aka Yvette Wang. Inner City Press live tweeted her presentment when the prosecutors offered release on $5 million bond, but only with two co-signers they approve.
On March 22, Inner City Press was again the only media in the SDNY Magistrates Court when Yvette Wang and her two lawyers showed up, complaining that a proposed suretor with a $2.5 million property was rejected. Afterward Inner City Press asked Wang's lawyer Alex Lipman to confirm it is or was Steve Bannon. He said, "We're not going to answer." Inner City Press' vlog, and live tweeted thread here.
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On March 24 after 11 pm Wang's lawyer, trying to get out of representing Jen Shah, proposed eight names - letter on Patreon here.
On Sunday April 2 the prosecutors provided an update, full letter on Patreon here.
On April 21, the date after District Judge Analisa Torres denied bail for Miles Guo Wengui, Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger followed suit and denied bail for Yvette Wang.
On July 14, District Judge Analisa Torres affirm the denial of bail, writing that "she is charged with serving as a “chief of staff” for co-defendant Ho Wan Kwok; holding titles such as “President, Treasurer, and Secretary of entities” involved in the purported fraud scheme; and exercising control over fraud proceeds. Superseding Indictment ¶ 8; see also id. ¶¶ 10, 30–32. In other words, the Superseding Indictment charges Wang with playing a central role in an international, five-year-long scheme of fraud and concealment. Second, the Government has proffered extensive evidence in the form of financial records and recorded communications regarding Wang’s role in the scheme. See, e.g., Gov. Opp. at 16–27. Third, Wang has no significant ties to the United States unconnected to the purported fraud scheme. Her family lives in China, and her social connections revolve around her work with the entities implicated in the charged fraud. Appeal at 19–21.
Wang also has substantial connections abroad, including a co-defendant, Kin Ming Je, who is still at large and believed to be in the United Arab Emirates. Gov. Opp. at 28. The entities involved in the alleged scheme, the finances of which Wang has access to and exercises control over, have accounts and offices in various countries. See id. at 28–30; see generally Superseding Indictment. And, Wang has a large network of supporters who are able and likely to provide assistance to her should she flee. Although Wang argues that this is “entirely speculative,” Appeal at 16, several people involved in “the anti-[Chinese Communist Party] cause to which Wang is devoted” bare minimal personal ties to her and previously offered to serve as co-signers for her bond." Full order on Patreon here.
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