Ho Wan Kwok

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Case Number:

5:22-bk-50073

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Connecticut

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  1. November 06, 2023

    Kwok Wants Gov't Communications With Ch. 11. Trustee, SEC

    Accused fraudster Ho Wan Kwok has asked the Department of Justice for copies of criminal investigators' communications with both the Chapter 11 trustee overseeing his bankruptcy estate and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, arguing that those communications could prove the government tried to seize exculpatory evidence.

  2. October 24, 2023

    Judge Orders Kwok Mansion Inventoried After Items 'Looted'

    The judge overseeing Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok's bankruptcy on Tuesday ordered an attorney representing the corporate owner of a New Jersey mansion to swiftly plan to catalog the building's assets after a Chapter 11 trustee alleged that many items, including Lamborghini and BMW motorcycles, had vanished or been moved.

  3. October 17, 2023

    Paul Hastings Seeks $3.9M In Kwok Ch. 11 Fees And Costs

    Attorneys with Paul Hastings LLP have sought additional fees and costs of nearly $3.9 million for overseeing the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Ho Wan Kwok during July and August, continuing to make good on their promise that a previous $12 million fee request was "only the beginning."

  4. October 10, 2023

    Kwok Ch. 11 Trustee Asks To Probe Accounts At 6 New Banks

    The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing the Connecticut bankruptcy of accused fraudster Ho Wan Kwok on Tuesday filed a bid to examine accounts at six new banks, including at least one used to pay legal bills, that are said to be connected to Kwok, his children, his associates or affiliated companies.

  5. September 26, 2023

    Trustee Slams Kwok's 'Cynical' Appeal Of Protest Injunction

    A Connecticut bankruptcy judge was right to impose a narrow injunction limiting exiled Chinese debtor Ho Wan Kwok's protest actions against his legal adversaries, one of his creditors and the Chapter 11 trustee in the case argued in urging a federal court to deny the billionaire's appeal.

  6. September 22, 2023

    Kwok Operatives 'Materially Altering' NJ Mansion, Feds Claim

    Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York say the Chapter 11 trustee handling the Connecticut bankruptcy of Ho Wan Kwok has discovered evidence that the debtor's associates and operatives are tampering with a New Jersey mansion to benefit the Chinese exile's case.

  7. September 13, 2023

    Kwok Ch. 11 Judge Says Criminal Court Should Rule On Stay

    Declining to expedite a trustee's emergency motion to center the dispute in Connecticut, a bankruptcy judge overseeing the case of Ho Wan Kwok will allow a federal district court judge in the Southern District of New York to decide whether to stay the Chinese exile's Connecticut-based Chapter 11 proceeding.

  8. September 08, 2023

    Kwok Judge Hands Trustee $37M Escrow After Contract Feud

    A Connecticut bankruptcy court judge has cast aside attempts to keep Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok's Chapter 11 trustee from accessing a $37 million escrow fund formerly held by U.S. Bank, saying that while the trustee's arguments were not entirely persuasive, the trustee should be able to access the money regardless as a matter of law.

  9. September 07, 2023

    Kwok Trustee Defends Yacht Sale In District Court Appeal

    The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing the Connecticut bankruptcy of Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok is defending his sale of a $23 million "superyacht" to benefit Kwok's creditors, telling a federal district court judge the sale was necessary because Kwok lived "an extraordinarily luxurious lifestyle" while claiming virtually no assets.

  10. 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.