USA v. GUO
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1:23-cr-00118
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September 05, 2023
Kwok Trustee Trashes 'Extraordinarily Prejudicial' Bid For Stay
In a move that was swiftly rebutted, the Chapter 11 trustee overseeing exiled Chinese billionaire Ho Wan Kwok's Connecticut bankruptcy case has filed an emergency motion to swat down a request to stay the proceeding pending the outcome of a criminal fraud prosecution in the Southern District of New York.
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August 31, 2023
Kwok Asks NY Criminal Judge To Shut Down Conn. Chapter 11
Exiled Chinese billionaire and alleged fraudster Ho Wan Kwok has asked a federal judge in the Southern District of New York to stay his voluntary Connecticut bankruptcy, claiming the parallel case violates his right against self-incrimination and impacts his ability to mount a criminal defense.
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August 08, 2023
Atty Fights DQ Bid In Bannon Ally's $1B Fraud Case
Counsel for a Chinese national embroiled in a fraud case involving a media company co-founded by Steve Bannon has asked a New York federal judge to reject the government's efforts to disqualify him, arguing his prior work as an assistant U.S. attorney is unrelated to the charges facing his client and others.
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August 07, 2023
Feds Move For Atty DQ In Bannon Ally's $1B Fraud Case
A week after the government indicated it would move to disqualify counsel representing Yanping "Yvette" Wang, a Chinese national accused of working with Steve Bannon ally Ho Wan Kwok to perpetuate a $1 billion fraud, federal prosecutors have filed a memo supporting the motion to disqualify on the grounds the attorney had previously investigated Kwok.
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July 28, 2023
Feds Seek Atty DQ In $1B Fraud Case Involving Bannon Ally
A Manhattan federal judge said Friday she will consider a bid to disqualify an attorney representing a jailed Chinese national accused of helping businessman and Steve Bannon ally Ho Wan Kwok perpetrate a $1 billion fraud, after prosecutors said the lawyer once investigated Kwok.
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July 14, 2023
Brown Rudnick Exits Kwok Ch. 11 After Leaving Criminal Case
Just days after being replaced in a criminal fraud case in the Southern District of New York, Brown Rudnick LLP moved to withdraw as counsel to Ho Wan Kwok, a business partner to former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon, in Kwok's Chapter 11 case.
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July 12, 2023
Pryor Cashman Takes Over Fraud Case Of Bannon Ally Kwok
Exiled Chinese businessman Ho Wan Kwok has replaced the Brown Rudnick LLP attorneys representing him in a criminal case over his alleged role in a multifaceted $1 billion fraud scheme with lawyers from Pryor Cashman LLP, according to a Tuesday letter in federal court in Manhattan.
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June 14, 2023
Bannon Ally Ho Wan Kwok Loses Bid For Bail At 2nd Circ.
The Second Circuit on Wednesday declined to grant bail to exiled Chinese businessman Ho Wan Kwok, who's accused of a multifaceted $1 billion fraud scheme that conned investors in a media company he founded with former Donald Trump adviser Steven Bannon.
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June 06, 2023
Bannon Ally Guo Wengui Headed For 2024 $1B Fraud Trial
A New York federal judge on Tuesday set a spring 2024 trial date for exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, who's accused of a multifaceted $1 billion fraud scheme that conned investors in a media company he founded with former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon.
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April 20, 2023
Paul Hastings Gets Subpoena As DOJ Probes Exile's Ch. 11
The U.S. Department of Justice has served a subpoena to a Chapter 11 trustee's law firm, Paul Hastings LLP, as part of a probe into whether Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok committed bankruptcy fraud, the debtor's attorneys told a judge in Connecticut during a Thursday hearing.