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據《蘋果日報》報道，債務纏身、先後遭多名債主入稟法院追債的《成報》主席谷卓恒，年前被指拖欠財務公司連本帶利1.1億元，遭對方入稟高等法院呈請破產。案件於8月5日再訊，沒律師代表的谷卓恒未有現身，缺席聆訊下被正式頒令破產(案件編號：HCB 2697/2019)。但其實谷卓恒早年已上演過多次詐騙戲碼，是個名副其實的“江湖大老千”。
 
偽裝巴西富商，“夫妻檔”合作詐騙逾5億
 
谷卓恒原名谷建紅，曾使用羅至欣等化名，籍貫山東淮坊，父母早年離異。2004年，谷成立所謂國際投資公司，因曾與其遼寧籍妻子沈威婚後到巴西發展，谷便以巴西富有僑商身份洽購“北京綠頓乳業”，並將“綠頓”改名為“利亞（中國）飲品”。掌控“利亞”後，谷隨即與內蒙古赤峰市政府合作，宣稱會在當地投資十億元人民幣發展咖啡項目。但卻被“綠頓”原有股東發現交易有問題，向工商局取回公司控制權。在此期間，公司土地卻被用作抵押，為壹間名叫“國利鋼筋鋼網”的公司向農業銀行貸款逾億人民幣，而“國利”法人正是谷建紅。
 
2010年，谷與沈威賊心不死，轉移詐騙地點並將詐騙目標擴大至全國各地。為免“綠頓”事件影響，谷先是借妻子沈威之名成立公司，以培養童星為噱頭騙取高價學費逾百萬人民幣。後再以沈威名義收購“深圳九木電子公司”，經過兩度更名變為“深圳市鼎和投資擔保有限公司”，為谷在2012年成立的網上放貸平臺“美貸網”保駕護航，以高息誘引公眾在該平臺存款及投資。嘗到利益甜頭後，谷又分別在天津及杭州成立“信達財富”和“中融資本”，在全國各地非法集資，騙取金額高達4.7億。
 
 
涉案多人入獄，兩度潛逃逍遙法外
 
2016年，“美貸網”爆雷，涉案多人包括其妻沈威獲刑。
 
但谷狡兔三窟，利用騙來的錢接手陷入財困的老牌報章《成報》，並壹直藏身香港以逃避法律責任。與此同時，其他受害者亦陸續向他追債及打官司，谷卓恒見勢不妙，透過在香港結識的新歡高夢嬌轉移巨額資產並攜高壹同逃往美國。在國際刑警發出紅色通緝令後，谷為自保開始瘋狂表演，聲稱遭受“政治迫害”，竭力化裝為“政治犯”，以此換取美國不遣返。逃往美國期間，谷多次在Facebook上炫耀在美國的奢侈生活，更在情人節當天向高夢嬌高調示愛。
 
事實上，不管谷卓恒如何將自己打扮成“反腐鬥士”、“高層權力鬥爭的犧牲品”，也無法改變他是詐騙逃犯的身份。這次法庭判決其破產的宣告，不過是又壹次借法律之手剝下他的偽裝罷了。

 

 
HK “Sing Pao” Chairman  Gu ZhuoHeng  ordered bankruptcy  
 
 
Gu Zhuoheng, the chairman of Sing Pao Daily was ordered bankrupt by the Hong Kong High Court on August 5, 2020.
 
According to Apple Daily, Gu Zhuoheng, the chairman of Sing Pao Daily,  a disgraced and heavily indebted person, was filed by several creditors to collect debts from the court, accusing him  owing 110 million RMB ,including principle and interest. This case was heard again on August 5, in the  High Court.  Gu Zhuoheng, who was not represented by a lawyer, did not show up and was formally ordered bankrupt in his absence (case number: HCB 2697/2019). In fact, Gu Zhuoheng has staged many fraud scenes in his early years, and is called a veritable "big gang".
 
Pretending to be a wealthy Brazilian businessman, "husband and wife" cooperated to defraud more than 500 million
 
Gu Zhuoheng was born in HuaiFang, ShanDong province, his original name was Gu Jianhong, he also used pseudonyms such as Luo Zhixin.  His parents divorced in his early age.  In 2004, Gu and his wife Shen Wei established a so-called international investment company and started doing business in Brazil . There, Gu presented as a wealthy overseas Chinese businessman, negotiated to purchase the "Beijing Ludun Dairy" Brazil and changed the name of "Ludun" to " Leah (China) Drinks". After taking control of Leah, Gu immediately cooperated with the Chifeng Municipal Government of Inner Mongolia and announced that he would invest one billion RMB in the local coffee project. However, the original shareholders of "Ludun" discovered the problems with the transaction,they took back control of the company from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. During this period, the company’s land was used as collateral to lend more than 100 million RMB  to the Agricultural Bank for a company named "Guoli Steel Mesh". In this case, the legal person of "Guoli" was actually Gu Jianhong.
 
In 2010, Gu and Shen Wei expanded the fraud target to all parts of the country. In order to avoid the impact of the "Ludun" incident, Gu setted up a company in the name of his wife, Shen Wei, and defrauded more than one million RMB in high tuition fees using the gimmick of cultivating child stars. Later, he acquired "Shenzhen Jiumu Electronics Company" in the name of Shen Wei, later on, he changed name twice to "Shenzhen Dinghe Investment Guarantee Co., Ltd."  Gu used this company as escort to the online lending platform "Meidai.com" which established by Gu in 2012 to induce the public to deposit and invest in the platform with high interest rates. After experiencing the sweetness of interest, Gu established "Cinda Wealth" and "China Capital Fund" in Tianjin and Hangzhou respectively, and illegally raised funds across the country, defrauding as much as 470 million.
 
 
Abandoning his wife and absconding twice with impunity 
 
In 2016, "Meddai.com" scandal exploded and was prosecuted, many people involved and sentenced, including his wife Shen Wei. However, Gu ZhuoHeng used the swindled money to take over the old newspaper "Sing Pao", which was in financial distress, and has been hiding in Hong Kong to avoid legal responsibility. At the same time, other victims also pursued debts and litigation from him. Seeing that the situation was a rick to him, Gu Zhuoheng transferred huge assets through Gao Mengjiao, a new loveer he met in Hong Kong, and fled to the United States with Gao. After Interpol issued a red arrest warrant, Gu began to perform frantically in self-preservation, claiming to be "political persecution" and trying his best to disguise as a "political prisoner" in exchange for non-repatriation by the United States. During his escape to the United States, Gu repeatedly showed off his luxury life in the United States on Facebook, and even showed high-profile love to Gao Mengjiao on Valentine's Day.
 
In fact, no matter how Gu Zhuoheng disguised himself as an "anti-corruption fighter" or a "victim of high-level power struggle", he could not change his status as a fraud fugitive. The announcement of the court’s bankruptcy  ruling  was just another use of the law to strip off his disguise. 

 


 




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