USA v. GUO

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.