Ho Wan Kwok

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. February 06, 2024

    Kwok Trustee's Clawback Targets Fight Extension Request

    Several targets of forthcoming clawback actions by the Chapter 11 trustee overseeing Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok's bankruptcy asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to deny the trustee's request to extend the statute of limitations, arguing that Congress provided no such remedy.

  4. 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.

  5. February 02, 2024

    Kwok 'Shell' Co. Held In Contempt For Holding Back Info

    A company that Chinese businessman Ho Wan Kwok allegedly used to hide money from creditors has been held in contempt by a Connecticut bankruptcy court for violating an order to turn over discovery documents to the Chapter 11 trustee.

  6. January 30, 2024

    Kwok Trustee Can Probe Law Firm Pick & Zabicki, Car Dealers

    The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing the case of Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok received approval from a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to probe Pick & Zabicki LLP, a law firm paid $37,500 by Kwok's son, and two luxury car dealers in connection with its asset recovery operation.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. January 11, 2024

    Judge Moves $1.59M From Co. That Funded Kwok's Lifestyle

    A bankruptcy judge in Connecticut has approved a $1.59 million transfer from an Axos Bank account after agreeing that assets controlled by an alleged shell company used as a personal piggy bank by Ho Wan Kwok must be included in the Chinese exile's Chapter 11 estate.