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  1. January 22, 2024

    Kwok Trustee Questions Timing Of Newest Stay Bid

    Citing a looming Feb. 15 deadline for clawback actions and accusing the debtor of "ulterior motives," the trustee administering the Chapter 11 estate of accused fraudster Ho Wan Kwok has questioned the timing of the Chinese exile's latest bid in the Southern District of New York to stay his parallel bankruptcy case in Connecticut.

  2. 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.

  3. January 18, 2024

    Kwok Trustee Says 'Shell Game' Is Foiling Clawback Timeline

    The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok on Thursday asked a Connecticut judge for more time to file clawback actions to recoup some of the $3.2 billion he says slid through accounts tied to the debtor, saying a "shell game" is prolonging the process.

  4. January 09, 2024

    Kwok Pleads 'Absolutely Not Guilty' To Racketeering Charges

    Now-bankrupt and jailed Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok denied a slate of new charges at a Manhattan federal arraignment Tuesday, cheerily greeting attorneys on all sides before sternly rejecting the racketeering conspiracy and money laundering charges in the fraud case.

  5. January 05, 2024

    Kwok Renews Ch. 11 Halt Bid After New Racketeering Charge

    Developments in the criminal case against Ho Wan Kwok mean a New York federal judge should rethink not pausing the exiled Chinese businessman's bankruptcy case in Connecticut, Kwok said this week, adding that the tandem proceedings could compromise his right to a fair trial.

  6. January 04, 2024

    Prosecutors Add Racketeering Charges To Ho Wan Kwok Case

    The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has filed a second superseding indictment charging bankrupt Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok and two co-defendants with racketeering conspiracy in connection with an alleged multimillion-dollar money laundering scheme.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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."

  10. 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.

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