Ho Wan Kwok

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Case Number:

5:22-bk-50073

Court:

Connecticut

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  1. 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.

  2. December 19, 2023

    Kwok Trustee Urges Court To Freeze Jet Sale Proceeds

    The court-appointed trustee of Ho Wan Kwok's Chapter 11 estate asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to prevent Kwok's daughter from transferring or disposing of up to $25 million, alleging she is likely to make it so the estate can't collect the value of a private jet that was improperly sold.

  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. December 01, 2023

    Kwok Ch. 11 Trustee Seeks To Sell Yacht For $375K

    The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing the bankruptcy case of Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok has asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge for permission to complete a private sale of a yacht, the Lady May II, that the trustee has long argued is connected to Kwok.

  7. 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.

  8. November 22, 2023

    Tax Adviser Conflicted In Kwok Ch. 11, US Trustee Says

    Eisner Advisory Group LLC should be disqualified as tax adviser for Ho Wan Kwok's Chapter 11 trustee, because the company has a conflict of interest stemming from previous work done for the exiled Chinese billionaire, the U.S. Trustee's Office told the Connecticut bankruptcy court.

  9. November 20, 2023

    Judge Nixes Swift Stay Bid In Kwok Ch. 11 Document Row

    A Connecticut federal judge denied an emergency stay request from G-Club Operations LLC, an alleged alter ego of bankrupt Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok, to block a bankruptcy judge's order for G-Club to hand over documents to the debtor's Chapter 11 trustee, saying the request merely repeated old arguments.

  10. November 15, 2023

    Kwok Ch. 11 Judge Says Cloud Documents Aren't Privileged

    A Connecticut judge has ordered G-Club Operations LLC, an alleged alter ego of bankrupt Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok, to fork over documents to the debtor's Chapter 11 trustee, ruling that the company waived any purported privilege by sharing material hosted on a cloud-based server with another Kwok-connected company.

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