FILE - In this courtroom sketch, Guo Wengui, seated center, and his attorney, Tamara Giwa, left, appear in federal court in New York, March 15, 2023. Wengui, a self-exiled Chinese business tycoon whose criticism of the Communist Party won him legions of online followers and powerful friends in the American conservative movement, was convicted by a U.S. jury Tuesday, July 16, 2024 of engaging in a massive multiyear fraud that ripped off some of his most devoted fans. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams, File) FILE PHOTO
