Penthouse linked to Chinese expat Guo Wengui cuts price to $32.5 million

A Manhattan penthouse linked to a bankrupt Mar-a-Lago member and alleged Chinese spy has been reduced in price and is now up for sale for $32.5 million.

While beneficial ownership of the property is currently in dispute, self-avoidant Guo Wengui, aka Miles Kwok, received an enthusiastic personal letter of recommendation from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair while Guo was in talks to buy a home in Sherry Netherlands . , 781 Fifth Avenue, for $67.5 million in 2015.

Later that year, Guo tried to sell it for $86 million, StreetEasy reveals.

In 2015, Blair reportedly wrote: “Miles is reliable, sincere and extremely responsible as a person; behaves with dignity and intelligence … Miles is honest, straightforward and has impeccable taste. I highly recommend it to your building.”

But since then, Guo’s repeated claims on social media that COVID-19 vaccines are “fake” have embarrassed Blair, according to the Daily Mail.

The 15-room apartment, which costs more than $70,000 a month in maintenance fees, has been reduced in price since that amount was listed for sale in 2015, StreetEasy reports also show.

The extravagant residence with stunning views of Central Park, as well as three green terraces and a library with a drink bar, was previously listed for sale in 2012 for $95 million.

The seller at the time was Gilbert Haroche, co-founder of Liberty Travel. Harosh died in 2015, the year of the Guo purchase.

Guo built a real estate empire in China before landing on U.S. shores in 2014 amid allegations of corruption after a mutually beneficial relationship with a Chinese intelligence officer baffled him.

From that location, according to Mansion Global, Guo also broadcast live on corruption and other so-called top secrets in China, including a post that reportedly claimed that the Chinese military was spreading COVID-19.

Guo partnered with Steve Bannon. In June 2020, Guo and Bannon founded the New Federal State of China, a political movement and lobbying group aimed at overthrowing the Chinese government. In August 2020, Bannon was arrested on Goh’s yacht on charges of donor fraud in an attempt to raise money to build a border wall between the US and Mexico. By February 2022, Guo filed for personal bankruptcy protection in Connecticut after accumulating over $500 million in debt.

Guo claims that his children own the penthouse and that the proceeds from the sale of the penthouse cannot be used to pay creditors.

“The co-op doesn’t care who owns it, as they have money from Guo to pay for maintenance until it’s sold,” a Sherry-Netherland source told Gimme Shelter.

One of Guo’s lawyers declined to comment. Others did not return calls during the press.

Listing broker Serena Boardman of Sotheby’s International Realty declined to comment.