Ho Wan Kwok
Case Number:
5:22-bk-50073
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Firms
- Parrett Porto
- K&L Gates
- Tarter Krinsky
- Gray Reed
- O'Sullivan McCormack
- Cohn Birnbaum
- Houser LLP
- Hinckley Allen
- Arnold & Porter
- Pillsbury Winthrop
- Shipman Shaiken
- Law Office of Bonnie C. Mangan
- Marino Zabel
- Akerman LLP
- Neubert Pepe
- Gibson Dunn
- Lawall & Mitchell
- Wilson Elser
- Saxe Doernberger
- ArentFox Schiff
- Clyde & Co
- Cole Schotz
- Womble Bond
- Faegre Drinker
- Barclay Damon
- DLA Piper
- Fox Rothschild
- Becker LLC
- Chiesa Shahinian
- Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP
- Martocchio & Oliveira
- Norris McLaughlin
- Zeisler & Zeisler
- The Quinlan Law Firm LLC
- Sidley Austin
- Weinberg Gross
- Brown Rudnick
- Lax & Neville
- Crowell & Moring
- Green & Sklarz
- Goldberg Weprin
- Ivey Barnum
- Baker & Hostetler
- Barton Gilman
- Randazza Legal Group
- Golenbock Eiseman
- McManimon Scotland
- Murphy & King
- Reid & Riege
- Stroock & Stroock
- Hogan Lovells
- Pashman Stein
- Troy Law PLLC
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Williams & Connolly
- Cowdery Murphy
- Paul Hastings
- Kelley Drye
- Gilbride Tusa
- Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC
- Togut Segal
- Pullman & Comley
- Lazare Potter
- Troutman
- Charmoy & Charmoy
- Sheppard Mullin
- Arnall Golden
- Updike Kelly
- Meister Seelig & Fein
- Finn Dixon
- Shipman & Goodwin
- McElroy Deutsch
- Olshan Frome
- HSF Kramer
- Law Offices of Jeffrey Hellman
Companies
- Verdolino & Lowey P.C.
- Corporate Creations
- Meta Platforms Inc.
- B&H Foto & Electronics Corp.
- Cirrus Aircraft Corp.
- Marcum LLP
- Douglas Elliman Realty LLC
- Microsoft Corp.
- Nardello & Co. LLC
- Apple Inc.
- Mercantile Bank Corporation
- Fox News Network LLC
- Stretto Inc.
- Dundon Advisers LLC
- American Express Co.
- 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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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.
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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.
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January 10, 2024
Kwok Daughter Should Cover Discovery Fee, Trustee Says
The court-appointed trustee of exiled Chinese billionaire Ho Wan Kwok's Chapter 11 estate has asked a Connecticut bankruptcy court to require Kwok's daughter to reimburse $58,343 in attorney fees for discovery and deposition after providing "substantially incomplete" documents regarding the shell companies Kwok allegedly used to hide his assets.
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January 09, 2024
Kwok Pleads 'Absolutely Not Guilty' To Racketeering Charges
Now-bankrupt and jailed Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok denied a slate of new charges at a Manhattan federal arraignment Tuesday, cheerily greeting attorneys on all sides before sternly rejecting the racketeering conspiracy and money laundering charges in the fraud case.
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January 05, 2024
Kwok Renews Ch. 11 Halt Bid After New Racketeering Charge
Developments in the criminal case against Ho Wan Kwok mean a New York federal judge should rethink not pausing the exiled Chinese businessman's bankruptcy case in Connecticut, Kwok said this week, adding that the tandem proceedings could compromise his right to a fair trial.
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January 04, 2024
Prosecutors Add Racketeering Charges To Ho Wan Kwok Case
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has filed a second superseding indictment charging bankrupt Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok and two co-defendants with racketeering conspiracy in connection with an alleged multimillion-dollar money laundering scheme.
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January 04, 2024
Kwok Trustee, Feds Get OK To Divvy Up $26M Mansion
A Connecticut bankruptcy judge has approved a roadmap for prosecutors and the trustee overseeing the personal bankruptcy of Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok to share the proceeds from the potential sale of a 21-bedroom mansion, with the parties saying the settlement looks out for creditors and alleged fraud victims.