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Yanping Wang
Close associate of Guo Wengui (known as 'Yvette'). For her role in the >$1B fraud she was sentenced to 120 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $1.4 billion.
Also known as: Yvette Wang, Yanping Wang
Bio
Yanping "Yvette" Wang was a close associate of Guo Wengui, charged in the superseding indictment over the same >$1 billion fraud scheme spanning GTV, G|CLUBS, and the Himalaya Exchange. [1]
Legal outcome
Wang was sentenced to 120 months (10 years) in prison and ordered to forfeit $1.4 billion. [1]
Bracketed numbers refer to the numbered sources listed below.
Linked scams & cases
Sources (1)
- United States v. Ho Wan Kwok et al. (Yanping Wang sentencing) — U.S. DOJ (SDNY)
See also
- Blockchain Terminal (BCT)TokensA 2017–2018 ICO (BCT tokens, ~$30M) for a 'Blockchain Terminal' — a Bloomberg-style crypto trading terminal. The SEC and DOJ said convicted ex-hedge-funder Boaz Manor secretly ran it under a fake identity ('Shaun MacDonald'), using associate Edith Pardo as a front, and lied about the product's adoption.
- Dropil (DROP)TokensAn ICO for the DROP token built around a fake 'Dex' trading bot. The SEC said it raised ~$1.9M while claiming $54M from 34,000 investors, and that the founders falsified evidence during the probe. Founders Jeremy McAlpine and Zachary Matar pleaded guilty to securities fraud (36 and 30 months).
- CluCoin (CLU)Tokens
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