March 06, 2024
The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing the $374 million case of Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok has urged a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to pause a racketeering suit and roughly 270 avoidance actions, saying the stay would lighten the court's administrative burden while also allowing Kwok to face trial in New York.
February 28, 2024
Offering four high-profile bankruptcies as examples, the Chapter 11 trustee overseeing the $374 million case of Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok has suggested that a second Connecticut bankruptcy judge could act as a mediator to help speed a deluge of 278 avoidance actions efficiently toward possible settlements.
February 22, 2024
A New York federal judge ordered the Justice Department to hand over evidence it possessed of the Chinese Communist Party's targeting of bankrupt and jailed Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok, but didn't require the government to hand over other evidence sought by Kwok about Chinese government targeting of his alleged victims.
February 20, 2024
Paul Hastings LLP and six other law firms and professional services organizations have filed applications seeking more than $9.9 million in fees and expenses in the global Chapter 11 saga of Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok, leaving the cost of the two-year-old case at well more than $30 million.
February 16, 2024
Alleging bankruptcy fraud, money laundering and other claims, the Chapter 11 trustee overseeing the $374 million bankruptcy of Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok has filed a civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations complaint against Kwok's relatives, his onetime attorney and others, including two companies connected to Donald Trump aides.
February 13, 2024
The trustee overseeing Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok's Chapter 11 case has filed an adversary complaint against Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP in a Connecticut bankruptcy court, saying Kwok transferred almost $2 million in prepetition funds and more than $80,000 in post-petition funds to the firm through his shell companies.
February 09, 2024
The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok's bankruptcy on Friday filed about two dozen clawback actions against several entities seeking avoidance and recovery of allegedly fraudulent prepetition and post-petition transfers, with high profile targets that include Fox News and Steve Bannon's Bannon Strategic Advisors.
February 06, 2024
Several targets of forthcoming clawback actions by the Chapter 11 trustee overseeing Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok's bankruptcy asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to deny the trustee's request to extend the statute of limitations, arguing that Congress provided no such remedy.
February 05, 2024
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.
February 02, 2024
A company that Chinese businessman Ho Wan Kwok allegedly used to hide money from creditors has been held in contempt by a Connecticut bankruptcy court for violating an order to turn over discovery documents to the Chapter 11 trustee.