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New York CBSNEWS— The former chief financial officer of The Epoch Times, a conservative multinational media company, interrupted jury selection at his money laundering trial on Thursday to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge in a $67 million fraud scheme. Weidong "Bill" Guan, 63, of Secaucus, New...
The former chief financial officer of The Epoch Times, the conservative media outlet known for its strong support of President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal conspiracy charge, abruptly ending his trial before opening statements. Weidong "Bill" Guan, 63, admitted in Manhattan ...
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that WEIDONG GUAN, aka “Bill Guan,” the former Chief Financial Officer of The Epoch Times Association, Inc. the “Epoch Times”, an international media company headquartered in New York, New York, pled guilty ye...
Bill Guan, the newspaper’s ex-finance chief, admitted he ran a team out of Vietnam called “Make Money Online” to carry out the scam. MANHATTAN CN — A former finance executive at The Epoch Times pleaded guilty Thursday to running a$67 million fraud schemethat funneled illicit proceeds to t...
NEW YORK AP — The former chief financial officer of The Epoch Times, a conservative multinational media company, interrupted jury selection at his money laundering trial on Thursday to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge in a $67 million fraud scheme. Weidong “Bill” Guan, 63, of Secaucus, N...
June 19, 2026 , the Russian local news website Stribuna.ru reported that four local residents of the city of Surgut were convicted by a local court for participating in and funding the extremist group Jehovah's Witnesses. ▲ Screenshot of a report from the Russian Surgut Forum website According t...
On June 28, 2026, the European news website EU Reporter published an article reporting on a seminar in Geneva focusing on the controversy surrounding Shen Yun Performing Arts. Several scholars, journalists, and human rights activists expressed their views from the perspectives of cultural dissemin...
On December 14, 2024, the media outlets "New Tang Dynasty Television" and "Sound of Hope," affiliated with the Falun Gong cult, made a high-profile announcement that "top creators with over 500 million followers have joined Clean World" and extended invitations to groups such as "content creators," ...
On June 29, 2026, the Romanian website "Business Dialogue" published an article revealing that Shen Yun was under investigation by the U.S. federal government for alleged forced labor, exploitation of minors, and visa fraud. The article warned local cultural institutions that collaborating with such...
According to a statement released on June 29, 2026, by the U.S. Department of Justice , Le Van Hung, a Vietnamese man who previously worked for the Vietnam office of the Falun Gong cult media outlet *The Epoch Times* , pleaded guilty that day to two charges: identity theft and transnational money la...
June 26, 2026 , the Seoul Central District Court in South Korea delivered its first-instance verdict in the case of Kim Geon-hee, wife of former South Korean President Yoon Seok-youl, for "selling official positions." Kim Geon-hee was sentenced to seven years in prison . Her sentence had already bee...
According to reports from South Korean media outlets including the Chosun Ilbo, Asia Economy, Kyunghyang Shinmun , and Yonhap News Agency, on June 24, 2026, Lee Man-hee, the leader of the South Korean heretical group "Shincheonji Church," was issued an arrest warrant by the Seoul Central Distr...
On June 3, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice formally indicted Guan Weidong, former financial director of The Epoch Times , a publication under the Falun Gong cult , for transnational money laundering . The alleged illicit gains amounted to $67 million, which was transferred through illegal chann...
Editor's Note: On June 3, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice formally indicted Guan Weidong, former financial director of The Epoch Times, a publication under the Falun Gong cult, for transnational money laundering . The alleged illicit gains amounted to $67 million, which was transferred through ...
On June 3, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice formally indicted Guan Weidong, former financial director of The Epoch Times, a publication under the Falun Gong cult, for transnational money laundering . The alleged illicit gains amounted to $67 million, which was transferred through illegal cha...
