USA v. GUO

  1. 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."

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. October 10, 2023

    Kwok Ch. 11 Trustee Asks To Probe Accounts At 6 New Banks

    The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing the Connecticut bankruptcy of accused fraudster Ho Wan Kwok on Tuesday filed a bid to examine accounts at six new banks, including at least one used to pay legal bills, that are said to be connected to Kwok, his children, his associates or affiliated companies.

  8. September 22, 2023

    Kwok Operatives 'Materially Altering' NJ Mansion, Feds Claim

    Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York say the Chapter 11 trustee handling the Connecticut bankruptcy of Ho Wan Kwok has discovered evidence that the debtor's associates and operatives are tampering with a New Jersey mansion to benefit the Chinese exile's case.

  9. September 13, 2023

    Kwok Ch. 11 Judge Says Criminal Court Should Rule On Stay

    Declining to expedite a trustee's emergency motion to center the dispute in Connecticut, a bankruptcy judge overseeing the case of Ho Wan Kwok will allow a federal district court judge in the Southern District of New York to decide whether to stay the Chinese exile's Connecticut-based Chapter 11 proceeding.

  10. September 05, 2023

    Kwok Trustee Trashes 'Extraordinarily Prejudicial' Bid For Stay

    In a move that was swiftly rebutted, the Chapter 11 trustee overseeing exiled Chinese billionaire Ho Wan Kwok's Connecticut bankruptcy case has filed an emergency motion to swat down a request to stay the proceeding pending the outcome of a criminal fraud prosecution in the Southern District of New York.