In re: Kwok

  1. August 19, 2024

    Chinese Exile's Daughter Wants Ch. 11 Sanctions Overturned

    The daughter of bankrupt Chinese exile Miles Guo and her New Jersey-based attorney are asking the Second Circuit to overturn a bankruptcy judge's $83,370 discovery sanction, calling the discovery requests in question unclear and the sanction excessive.

  2. April 08, 2024

    District Judge Upholds Kwok Daughter, Law Firm Sanctions

    A Connecticut federal judge has upheld a bankruptcy judge's $83,370 sanction against the daughter of bankrupt Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok, saying the record is "abundantly clear" that she, her company and her lawyers stalled and tried to avoid subpoenas from Kwok's bankruptcy trustee.

  3. August 22, 2023

    Kwok's Daughter Is Subject Of Fed. Criminal Probe, Atty Says

    Mei Guo, the daughter of exiled Chinese billionaire Ho Wan Kwok, repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment during questioning Tuesday in her father's Connecticut Chapter 11 case after her attorney revealed that Guo is the subject of a federal criminal investigation herself.

  4. July 21, 2023

    Kwok Daughter, Law Firm Appeal Sanctions In Ch. 11 Case

    Arguing that U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Julie A. Manning committed an "abuse of discretion," the daughter of Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok and the New Jersey-based law firm that represents her have pushed back against a sanctions order over discovery violations in Kwok's Connecticut Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

  5. March 28, 2023

    Law Firm, Parties Appeal Sanctions Order In Kwok Bankruptcy

    A New Jersey law firm and several parties, including a debtor's daughter and a company she purports to solely own, have appealed a Connecticut bankruptcy judge's sanctions order in the case of Ho Wan Kwok, the Chinese businessman recently arrested and charged with perpetrating a $1 billion fraud scheme.