Ho Wan Kwok

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Case Number:

5:22-bk-50073

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Connecticut

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  1. October 02, 2025

    Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed

    A Connecticut judge threw out a challenge that an entity accused of acting as an alter ego for securities fraudster Miles Guo had brought to a bankruptcy court's orders, an angel investor with ties to FTX asked a bankruptcy judge to sanction the crypto empire's trust for opposing a donation he's seeking to make, and a software company announced a plan to cut most of its debt and net $50 million in capital.

  2. September 26, 2025

    $33M NJ Mansion Wasn't Chinese Exile's, Holding Co. Says

    A holding company that nominally owns a $33 million New Jersey mansion has asked a Connecticut federal judge to flip a bankruptcy finding that the company was equitably owned by Chinese exile Miles Guo and functioned as his alter ego, arguing the property was actually paid for by Guo's fraud victims.

  3. September 22, 2025

    Feds Oppose Chinese Exile Guo's Bid To Take Ch. 11 Assets

    Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York have opposed convicted securities fraudster and bankrupt Chinese exile Miles Guo's bid to force the government to take control of assets from his own Connecticut-based Chapter 11 trustee to satisfy a $1.3 billion criminal forfeiture order.

  4. September 16, 2025

    Guo Ch. 11 Trustee Reveals $70K Deal With NY Law Firm

    The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing Chinese exile Miles Guo's Connecticut bankruptcy estate settled a $115,600 clawback action against a New York immigration firm for $70,000, new court records show.

  5. September 12, 2025

    Exile's Wife Loses Appeal Over $6.9M Connecticut Mansion

    The wife of Chinese exile and convicted security fraud defendant Miles Guo lost her bid to shield a $6.9 million Greenwich mansion from her husband's creditors when a Connecticut federal judge ruled Friday that the property ultimately belongs to his Chapter 11 estate. 

  6. September 10, 2025

    Guo Trustee, Law Firms Get OK For Deals On $4.4M Disputes

    A Connecticut bankruptcy judge has approved deals between Chinese exile Miles Guo's Chapter 11 trustee and the law firm McDermott Will & Schulte, four other law firms and one consulting firm, ending $4.4 million in potential clawback claims without formal litigation.

  7. August 12, 2025

    Guo Ch. 11 Trustee Seeks Additional Time Chasing Relatives

    The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing Miles Guo's estate on Tuesday asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge for six additional months to file potential clawback claims against six of the Chinese exile's relatives and business associates, saying he's examining money transfers from Australia and China and "bags of cash" for Guo's daughter.

  8. August 11, 2025

    Miles Guo Ordered To Forfeit $1.3B In Fraud Case

    Bankrupt Chinese exile Miles Guo must forfeit $1.3 billion in cash, luxury goods and real estate, including his 21-bedroom New Jersey mansion, a New York federal judge said Monday, more than a year after the purported billionaire was found guilty of wide-ranging fraud.

  9. August 11, 2025

    McDermott, Other Firms Sign Deal To End $4.4M Guo Claims

    McDermott Will & Schulte, four other law firms and one consulting firm have agreed to settle, for an undisclosed amount and without formal litigation, clawback claims totaling $4.4 million by the Chapter 11 estate of bankrupt Chinese exile and convicted criminal Miles Guo.

  10. July 24, 2025

    Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed

    The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing Chinese exile Miles Guo's bankruptcy won a $33 million mansion for the estate. An insolvent real estate investment firm in New Jersey launched an adversary action seeking to block a $21 million secured claim. And members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced their version of legislation preventing treatment of DNA as an ordinary bankruptcy asset.