A prominent legal group that presents itself as the conservative “answer to the ACLU” is predominantly spending its money not on legal services, but on ads.
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon promoted a cryptocurrency and other properties created by his longtime associate and Chinese businessman Ho Wan Kwok, also known as Miles Guo who is now under federal indictment for charges related to a digital coin scheme as well as other allegations of fraud an.
Property empires in China rely on government connections and the free flow of cash, gifts and favors, and Guo’s links reached into the upper ranks of the country’s power structure, including Ma Jian, a senior intelligence official.
He cultivated powerful allies and built an empire in China. Then, fleeing charges, he turned his charms on America. Now the law has caught up with him.