USA v. GUO

  1. January 04, 2024

    Kwok Trustee, Feds Get OK To Divvy Up $26M Mansion

    A Connecticut bankruptcy judge has approved a roadmap for prosecutors and the trustee overseeing the personal bankruptcy of Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok to share the proceeds from the potential sale of a 21-bedroom mansion, with the parties saying the settlement looks out for creditors and alleged fraud victims.

  2. December 21, 2023

    Judge Keeps Kwok Ch. 11 Alive After Constitutional Challenge

    A judge in the Southern District of New York on Thursday refused to shut down Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok's voluntary Chapter 11 proceeding, dismissing fears that bankruptcy exams to probe the debtor's assets would violate the accused fraudster's Fifth Amendment rights.

  3. December 15, 2023

    Bannon Ally Wants 'Fatally Deficient' Fraud Charges Tossed

    Ho Wan Kwok, an exiled Chinese billionaire and business partner of former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, urged a Manhattan federal judge this week to throw out his entire investor fraud indictment, asserting that the U.S. government's allegations against him are untrue and "fatally deficient."

  4. December 14, 2023

    Kwok Ch. 11 Trustee Wants To Expand Assets Probe

    The court-appointed trustee of Ho Wan Kwok's Chapter 11 estate Thursday sought to expand his probe of the exiled Chinese billionaire's assets, while Kwok protested the trustee's request to waive privilege in an attempt to seize the proceeds from the sale of a private jet.

  5. December 07, 2023

    Kwok Investors Want Feds To Release $302M In Seized Crypto

    Holders of cryptocurrency issued by bankrupt Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok's Himalaya Exchange have asked a New York federal judge to order the federal government to return more than $302 million in assets seized from the digital token trading platform, which they asserted was "properly run."

  6. November 28, 2023

    Kwok Trustee IDs $2.6B In Cash Moves As Cutoff Date Looms

    The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing the estate of Ho Wan Kwok told a bankruptcy judge on Tuesday to brace for more than 100 individual clawback actions that seek to recoup some of the $2.6 billion that flowed through more than 275 accounts connected to the Chinese exile.

  7. November 28, 2023

    Bannon Ally Says He Won't Flee If Released In $1B Fraud Case

    Accused fraudster Ho Wan Kwok, who faces charges over an alleged $1 billion fraud, said his status as a political refugee means he is not a flight risk and that he needs to be let out of a Brooklyn federal prison for the sake of his health.

  8. November 09, 2023

    Kwok Can't Use 5th Amendment As Ch. 11 Shield, Judge Says

    A Connecticut federal judge has trounced an attempt by Chinese exile and alleged criminal fraudster Ho Wan Kwok to use the U.S. Constitution to avoid documenting his assets for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy trustee, ruling that since no final punishment has been ordered, the issue is not ripe for review.

  9. November 06, 2023

    Kwok Wants Gov't Communications With Ch. 11. Trustee, SEC

    Accused fraudster Ho Wan Kwok has asked the Department of Justice for copies of criminal investigators' communications with both the Chapter 11 trustee overseeing his bankruptcy estate and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, arguing that those communications could prove the government tried to seize exculpatory evidence.

  10. October 24, 2023

    Judge Orders Kwok Mansion Inventoried After Items 'Looted'

    The judge overseeing Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok's bankruptcy on Tuesday ordered an attorney representing the corporate owner of a New Jersey mansion to swiftly plan to catalog the building's assets after a Chapter 11 trustee alleged that many items, including Lamborghini and BMW motorcycles, had vanished or been moved.