January 30, 2024
The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing the case of Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok received approval from a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to probe Pick & Zabicki LLP, a law firm paid $37,500 by Kwok's son, and two luxury car dealers in connection with its asset recovery operation.
January 22, 2024
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.
January 19, 2024
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 18, 2024
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.
January 11, 2024
A bankruptcy judge in Connecticut has approved a $1.59 million transfer from an Axos Bank account after agreeing that assets controlled by an alleged shell company used as a personal piggy bank by Ho Wan Kwok must be included in the Chinese exile's Chapter 11 estate.
January 10, 2024
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.
January 09, 2024
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.
January 05, 2024
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.
January 04, 2024
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.
January 04, 2024
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.