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Former Epoch Times executive pleads guilty to multimillion-dollar fraud scheme that funded newspaper
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.
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What happenedBill Guan, the newspaper’s ex-finance chief, admitted he ran a team out of Vietnam called “Make Money Online” to carry out the scam.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Ex-Epoch Times CFO pleads guilty in $67M multinational money laundering scheme". The center frames it as "Former Epoch Times executive pleads guilty to multimillion-dollar fraud scheme that funde...".
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Left / center-leftEx-Epoch Times CFO pleads guilty in $67M multinational money laundering scheme
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Ex-Epoch Times CFO pleads guilty in $67M multinational money laundering scheme
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The former chief financial officer of The Epoch Times, a conservative multinational media company, interrupted jury selection at his money laundering trial to plead guilty to conspiracy.
