Ho Wan Kwok
Case Number:
5:22-bk-50073
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Firms
- K&L Gates
- Sidley Austin
- Chiesa Shahinian
- Gray Reed
- O'Sullivan McCormack
- Cohn Birnbaum
- Houser LLP
- Shipman Shaiken
- Law Office of Bonnie C. Mangan
- Marino Zabel
- Parrett Porto
- Zeisler & Zeisler
- Paul Hastings
- Neubert Pepe
- Lawall & Mitchell
- Cole Schotz
- Randazza Legal Group
- Hogan Lovells
- Becker LLC
- Brown Rudnick
- Martocchio & Oliveira
- Norris McLaughlin
- ArentFox Schiff
- Weinberg Gross
- Golenbock Eiseman
- Lax & Neville
- Green & Sklarz
- Saxe Doernberger
- Goldberg Weprin
- Ivey Barnum
- Barton Gilman
- McManimon Scotland
- Akerman LLP
- Murphy & King
- Williams & Connolly
- Reid & Riege
- Stroock & Stroock
- Faegre Drinker
- Barclay Damon
- Womble Bond
- Clyde & Co
- Pashman Stein
- Troy Law PLLC
- DLA Piper
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Cowdery Murphy
- Gilbride Tusa
- Hinckley Allen
- Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC
- Togut Segal
- Gibson Dunn
- Pullman & Comley
- Kelley Drye
- Lazare Potter
- Tarter Krinsky
- Charmoy & Charmoy
- Sheppard Mullin
- Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP
- Baker & Hostetler
- Crowell & Moring
- Arnall Golden
- Updike Kelly
- Meister Seelig & Fein
- Troutman
- Pillsbury Winthrop
- Wilson Elser
- Fox Rothschild
- Finn Dixon
- Shipman & Goodwin
- McElroy Deutsch
- Olshan Frome
- Arnold & Porter
- HSF Kramer
- Law Offices of Jeffrey Hellman
Companies
- Verdolino & Lowey P.C.
- Corporate Creations
- Apple Inc.
- Meta Platforms Inc.
- B&H Foto & Electronics Corp.
- Nardello & Co. LLC
- Cirrus Aircraft Corp.
- Marcum LLP
- Douglas Elliman Realty LLC
- Mercantile Bank Corporation
- Fox News Network LLC
- Stretto Inc.
- Dundon Advisers LLC
- American Express Co.
- Microsoft Corp.
- Sotheby's
- RV Retailer LLC
- Zeta Interactive Corp.
- Compass Minerals International, Inc.
- DBS Group Holdings
- Amazon.com Inc.
- UBS Group AG
Sectors & Industries:
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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 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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.