USA v. GUO
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1:23-cr-00118
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."