FBI Probes Chinese Exile, Including Work With Former Trump Aide Steve Bannon

FBI Probes Chinese Exile, Including Work With Former Trump Aide Steve Bannon

The Wall Street Journal couldn’t determine the source of funds used to pay Mr. Bannon. But Mr. Guo has in the past used what appeared to be a third party to provide funds to a contractor. He said in a court filing that a Hong Kong company, ACA Capital, paid a $1 million deposit on separate work he commissioned from a research firm, Virginia-based Strategic Vision. At the time of the payment in January 2018, ACA Capital was owned by a man named William Je, Hong Kong corporate records show.

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Chinese dissident can sue law firm over hack that exposed information online, judge rules

Boasberg noted that evidence may later reveal no negligence or no misrepresentations by the law firm. But Wengui’s claim over the hacked data should not be dismissed at this stage. Boasberg said.

“Plaintiff has sufficiently pleaded that defendants breached their duties of loyalty and good faith by misrepresenting the manner in which they would protect his confidential information in order to secure his business,” Boasberg wrote.
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