An investigation identified national security risks posed by a crypto facility in Wyoming. It is near an Air Force base and a data center doing work for the Pentagon.
Prosecutors put Guo Wengui on trial in New York for defrauding investors of $1 billion. His lawyers told jurors he was building an anti-Communist movement.
Guo Wengui fled China and allied with the American right in a quixotic quest to end Communist rule. U.S. prosecutors say he stole over $1 billion from his followers.
A federal jury found that Guo Wengui defrauded investors, many his own fervent supporters, of hundreds of millions of dollars. He could face decades in prison.
Confidential documents show that Xiao Jianhua, a corrupt investor tied to China’s political elite, backed Ma, the country’s most successful and revered entrepreneur.