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The convicted Chinese tycoon who built a pro-Trump money machine
Guo Wengui has been convicted of running a billion dollar scam in the US. His followers tell their stories.
Guo Wengui, also known under the Cantonese name Ho Wan Kwok (郭浩云), Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok, is a self-exiled Chinese billionaire businessman and later political activist, who controls Beijing Zenith Holdings and other assets. At the height of his career, he was the 73rd richest person in China. Guo was accused of corruption and other misdeeds by the Chinese authorities and fled to the United States in late 2014, after learning he was going to be arrested under allegations of bribery, kidnapping, money laundering, fraud and rape. Guo says the charges are politically motivated and are a product of a campaign of political retribution carried out against him by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Guo is an associate of Steve Bannon and a member of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
Guo Wengui has been convicted of running a billion dollar scam in the US. His followers tell their stories.
The self-exiled tycoon was convicted of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from supporters.