Guo Wengui, an exiled Chinese billionaire with business ties to Steve Bannon, has been arrested on federal charges out of New York.
Firefighters were called just after noon for a fire on the 18th floor, according to the FDNY. There was significant damage to Guo's 15-room penthouse, sources said.Guo, a critic of the Chinese government, fled China in 2014 and is viewed as a fugitive by the PRC. He appeared on Forbes' Billionaires List in 2015, worth an estimated $1.1 billion, but declared bankruptcy in February 2022.
Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, right greets fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui before introducing him at a news conference, Nov. 20, 2018, in New York.Bannon is currently being prosecuted by the Manhattan district attorney for defrauding donors to the We Build the Wall online fundraising campaign.
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