{"id":9837,"date":"2021-09-13T22:05:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T21:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=9837"},"modified":"2021-09-13T22:05:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T21:05:50","slug":"sec-charges-media-firms-assoiated-with-billionaire-guo-wengui-539m-over-g-coins-ico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/sec-charges-media-firms-assoiated-with-billionaire-guo-wengui-539m-over-g-coins-ico\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC charges media firms assoiated with billionaire Guo Wengui $539M over G-Coins ICO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued<a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/initium-media-a-singapore-based-online-press-now-accepts-crypto-membership-subscriptions.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"8599\"> three media firms<\/a> backed by billionaire Chinese exile Guo Wengui for allegedly raising half a billion dollars through two unregistered securities offerings.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SEC-charges-media-firms-assoiated-with-billionaire-Guo-Wengui-539M-over-GCoins-ICO.jpg\" alt=\"SEC charges media firms assoiated with billionaire Guo Wengui $539M over G-coins ICO\" class=\"wp-image-9838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SEC-charges-media-firms-assoiated-with-billionaire-Guo-Wengui-539M-over-GCoins-ICO.jpg 976w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SEC-charges-media-firms-assoiated-with-billionaire-Guo-Wengui-539M-over-GCoins-ICO-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SEC-charges-media-firms-assoiated-with-billionaire-Guo-Wengui-539M-over-GCoins-ICO-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SEC-charges-media-firms-assoiated-with-billionaire-Guo-Wengui-539M-over-GCoins-ICO-355x200.jpg 355w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>GTV Media Group, Saraca Media Group, and Voice of Guo Media all sold stock from April to June 2020, according to an SEC order filed today, while the first two businesses also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=SEC+charges+media+firms+assoiated+with+billionaire+Guo+Wengui+%24539M+Over+G-Coins+ICO&rlz=1C1SQJL_enNG889NG889&oq=SEC+charges+media+firms+assoiated+with+billionaire+Guo+Wengui+%24539M+Over+G-Coins+ICO&aqs=chrome..69i57.1310j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=SEC+charges+media+firms+assoiated+with+billionaire+Guo+Wengui+%24539M+Over+G-Coins+ICO&rlz=1C1SQJL_enNG889NG889&oq=SEC+charges+media+firms+assoiated+with+billionaire+Guo+Wengui+%24539M+Over+G-Coins+ICO&aqs=chrome..69i57.1310j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offered a digital token known as G-Coins and G-Dollars<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the SEC's lawsuit, they obtained $487 million from over 5,000 investors, some of whom were headquartered in the United States; the token sale accounted for $34 million of that total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neither securities offering was registered with the SEC, despite the fact that both were portrayed as investments, according to the SEC. The firms have agreed to pay $539 million to resolve the complaint without admitting any wrongdoing. The court order makes no mention of Guo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It's possible that you haven't read or watched GTV or its related items because they're in Chinese and aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/chinese-communist-party-has-issues-warning-about-the-nft-hype-bubble.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"9688\">conspiracy theorists<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The media options to the right of Fox News are right at home with One America Network News as havens for QAnon content and assertions concerning the &#8220;true&#8221; and malicious origins of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guo, a former real estate developer sought in China for loan fraud, now lives in New York and is close to Steve Bannon, the former Breitbart executive chairman who helped create Donald Trump's &#8220;America First&#8221; strategy as a White House adviser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guo Media, which is owned by Saraca, hired Bannon as a media consultant for $1 million in 2018, and Guo has claimed Bannon as a member of the GTV board of directors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bannon was also a member of<a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/sec-releases-new-warning-alert-against-crypto-investment-scams.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"9324\"> Guo's Rule of Law Society's board of director<\/a>s, which claims to &#8220;defend those speaking out against corruption and criminal acts in China.&#8221; Bannon has since resigned from the board of directors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>G-Coins were advertised by Guo's media firms as a way to acquire news products and could be swapped for gold online, though details were scarce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;The whistleblowers movement can allow our brothers and sisters to legally make money on G coins and make huge wealth on this platform (GTV), for example when you open a shop at G-Mall in G-Fashion or write news at G-News,&#8221; according to a G News article titled &#8220;Miles Guo's definition of G coins and his visions.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Guo, like Bannon, is hell-bent on deposing China's Communist Party. His disinformation tactics, on the other hand, have succeeded in <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/mastercard-purchases-blockchain-intelligence-startup-ciphertrace.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"9591\">sowing confusion<\/a>, whether by accident or deliberately. Guo, for example, has recently declared several anti-CCP dissidents\u2014once allies\u2014as China's foes and spies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On one of his websites, you can learn everything there is to know about it. You won't even have to spend any G-Dollars to do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued three media firms backed by billionaire Chinese exile Guo Wengui for allegedly raising half a billion dollars through two unregistered securities offerings. GTV Media Group, Saraca Media Group, and Voice of Guo Media all sold stock from April to June 2020, according to an SEC order filed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":9838,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[4394,4393,143],"class_list":["post-9837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-g-coins-ico","tag-guo-wengui","tag-sec"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SEC-charges-media-firms-assoiated-with-billionaire-Guo-Wengui-539M-over-GCoins-ICO.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}