Guo Wengui: How a Chinese tycoon built a pro-Trump money machine - BBC News

Guo Wengui has been convicted of running a billion dollar scam in the US. His followers tell their stories.

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An exiled Chinese billionaire has now been found guilty of multiple charges, including fraud and money laundering. Here's a look into how Guo Wengui, who built up a real estate empire in China, went on to run a billion dollar scam in the US.

In early June 2020, at the tail end of the city's first Covid lockdown, a fleet of small planes baffled New Yorkers.

They circled overhead towing banners that read: "Congratulations to the New Federal State of China" and flew an unfamiliar-looking blue flag.

Was it a prank? A stunt? Weird propaganda?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65019134

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