USA v. GUO
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1:23-cr-00118
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February 20, 2024
Paul Hastings, Others Seek $9.9M In Kwok Ch. 11 Case Fees
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.
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February 16, 2024
Kwok Trustee Files RICO Claims As Judge Extends Deadlines
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.
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February 13, 2024
Troutman Pepper Faces One Of Kwok Trustee's Clawbacks
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.
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February 09, 2024
Kwok Trustee's Clawback Blitz Targets Fox, Steve Bannon
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.
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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.