• Exiled Chinese Billionaire Guo Wengui Is Charged With $1 Billion Online Conspiracy

    16 days ago - By Observer

    The U.S. Department of Justice today charged Guo Wengui, a Chinese billionaire who fled to the U.S. in 2014, with orchestrating a massive online conspiracy that defrauded thousands of his social media followers out of $1 billion. Guo's financier, Kin Ming Je, was also charged.
    Guo had hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, according to the indictment. Guo and Je allegedly solicited money from Guo's followers while promising huge returns. He promised followers the money would be transferred to common stock in his companies, be converted to cryptocurrency and pay for private...
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