Guo “preyed” on people who hoped for a democratic China but “dedicated himself to increasing his own wealth”, Judge Analisa Torres said at the sentencing hearing.

Guo said he came to the U.S. to destroy the Chinese Communist Party. But the judge said he instead diverted investor money to live lavishly.

Self-exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui, who fostered ties to American right, gets 30 years in U.S. prison for fraud