In re: Kwok

  1. August 23, 2024

    Fed. Judge Affirms $37M Escrow, Yacht Rulings In Guo Ch. 11

    A Connecticut federal judge on Friday upheld bankruptcy rulings placing a $37 million escrow account and a $23 million yacht under the control of Chinese exile and convicted fraudster Miles Guo's Chapter 11 trustee, agreeing that a holding company was Guo's alter ego and approving the trustee's veil piercing maneuver.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. August 15, 2023

    Trustee To Depose Alleged Creditors About $27M Kwok Ties

    Four alleged creditors will be deposed about their relationship with Ho Wan Kwok and their motive for seeking $27 million as part of a Chapter 11 trustee's probe into several entities that could be included in the Chinese exile's estate, attorneys revealed during a Tuesday bankruptcy court hearing.

  5. August 03, 2023

    Kwok Daughter Appeals Yacht Ownership Ruling

    The daughter of Chinese exile Ho Won Kwok asked a Connecticut federal judge to overturn a bankruptcy court ruling that her father is the owner of the yacht that has frequently been at the center of Kwok's sprawling Chapter 11 case.

  6. June 21, 2023

    Kwok Daughter Sues Bankruptcy Judge To Vacate $68M Order

    Mei Guo, the daughter of bankrupt Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok, is suing U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Julie A. Manning in U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, asking another federal judge for relief from multimillion-dollar orders against Guo and her company in connection with the sprawling Chapter 11 matter.

  7. April 13, 2023

    District Judge To Hear Exiled Billionaire's Free Speech Appeal

    A federal district court judge has granted leave to an exiled Chinese debtor to appeal a bankruptcy judge's injunction against an alleged social media and protest campaign, but in related orders the judge refused to allow the since-arrested Ho Wan Kwok's legal woes to leapfrog from bankruptcy court to the Second Circuit.