Michael Forsythe, Exiled Chinese Billionaire Is Convicted of Fraud. New York Times, July 18, 2024, at page B3 (B is Business section).
Note:
(a) "Mr Guo [Wengui], also known as Miles Guo, was accused of using a number of schemes * * * to fleece his followers and maintain a lavish lifestyle.
(i) Miles (given name) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_(given_name)
("or Myles /ˈmaɪlz/ is a Norman French masculine given name of uncertain meaning. * * * In the United States, the name became well-known due to Myles [note spelling with a y] Standish, a soldier who arrived on Plymouth Rock on the Mayflower with the Pilgrims in 1620")
(ii) fleece (n; v) https://www.etymonline.com/word/fleece
(b) "Sidhardha Kamaraju, one of Mr Guo's lawyers"
Sidhardha Kamaraju. a partner in Pryor Cashman (with office in Manhattan) https://www.pryorcashman.com/sidhardha-kamaraju
("worked for more than seven years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, serving principally in the office's Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit"/ Education: Washington University in St Louis JD 2006; Duke University BS, 2002)
(c) "Mr Guo, dressed in a dark double-breasted suit, sat expressionless as he listened over headphones to a translation of the judge reading the verdict."