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February 05, 2024
Kwok Trustee Makes Case For $13.5M Private Jet Proceeds

Chinese exile and accused fraudster Ho Wan Kwok joked about being "poor" on social media while funding and using a Bombardier private jet that was transferred through shell entities and later sold for $13.5 million, lawyers for a bankruptcy trustee told a judge on Monday.
January 19, 2024
Kwok Daughter Says Trustee Can't Bill Her For Taking The 5th

The daughter of exiled Chinese billionaire Ho Wan Kwok has objected to an attempt by the Chapter 11 trustee overseeing her father's bankruptcy estate to sanction and bill her $58,000 in attorney fees and costs for asserting her Fifth Amendment privileges during a deposition.
January 10, 2024
Kwok Daughter Should Cover Discovery Fee, Trustee Says

The court-appointed trustee of exiled Chinese billionaire Ho Wan Kwok's Chapter 11 estate has asked a Connecticut bankruptcy court to require Kwok's daughter to reimburse $58,343 in attorney fees for discovery and deposition after providing "substantially incomplete" documents regarding the shell companies Kwok allegedly used to hide his assets.
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.