{"id":"court_ctb_102_4","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":102,"sub_number":4,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":"2022-03-19","title":"SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK NEW YORK COUNTY | PRESENT:                                     | HON. BARRY R. OS","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## **SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK NEW YORK COUNTY**\n\n| PRESENT:                                     | HON. BARRY R. OSTRAGER                                                             |                            | PART                           | IAS MOTION 61EFM |  |\n|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------|--|\n|                                              |                                                                                    | Justice                    |                                |                  |  |\n|                                              | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------X |                            |                                |                  |  |\n| PACIFIC ALLIANCE ASIA OPPORTUNITY FUND L.P., |                                                                                    | INDEX NO.                  | 652077/2017                    |                  |  |\n|                                              | Plaintiff,                                                                         |                            |                                |                  |  |\n|                                              | -<br>v -                                                                           |                            | MOTION DATE<br>MOTION SEQ. NO. | 012              |  |\n| KWOK<br>HO WAN, a/k/a KWOK HO, et al.,       |                                                                                    | DECISION + ORDER ON MOTION |                                |                  |  |\n|                                              | Defendants.                                                                        |                            |                                |                  |  |\n|                                              | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------X |                            |                                |                  |  |\n\n## HON. BARRY R. OSTRAGER\n\nBefore the Court is Motion 012 by Plaintiff Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.\n\n(\"PAX\") to hold Defendant Kwok Ho Wan (\"Kwok\") in contempt. This Court previously issued\n\nthree orders restraining Kwok's interest in the yacht called the \"Lady May.\" On September 30,\n\n2020, this Court entered a Temporary Restraining Order (the \"TRO\") preventing Kwok from,\n\namong other things, \"interference with any property in which he has an interest.\" NYSCEF Doc.\n\nNo. 591. In issuing the TRO, the Court noted that \"[a]ny violation . . . shall be considered\n\ncriminal contempt.\" *Id.* On October 15, 2020, the Court issued the Order, which granted PAX's\n\nmotion under CPLR 5229 and expressly restrained the Lady May:\n\nMr. Kwok is restrained from making or causing any sale, assignment, transfer, or interference with any property in which he has an interest, whether directly or indirectly, and from paying over or otherwise disposing of any debt now due or thereafter coming due to him subject to the exceptions set forth in CPLR 5222, in accordance with the proceedings on the record of October 15, 2020. Specifically, Mr. Kwok and/or the registered owners of (1) the Residence at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel and (2) the yacht, \"the Lady May\" are restrained from making or causing any sale, assignment, transfer, or interference with those assets.\n\n## **FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 03/17/2021 09:09 AM** INDEX NO. 652077/2017 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 728 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 03/16/2021 Case 22-50073 Doc 102-4 Filed 03/19/22 Entered 03/19/22 13:56:36 Page 2 of 3\n\nNYSCEF Doc. No. 630. Counsel for Kwok specifically asked the Court whether Kwok could move the yacht from the jurisdiction for licensing purposes. The Court denied this request at the time and directed counsel to make a motion if necessary.\n\nPlaintiff brings this motion because, despite these orders, the Lady May has been moved outside of the United States.\n\nThe Court has reviewed the extensive submissions of the parties in connection with PAX's motion to hold Kwok in contempt. Passing the issue of whether any of Mr. Kwok's attorneys have violated the Code of Professional Conduct, it is clear that there has been an intolerable amount of gamesmanship, dissembling. and deceit in proceedings before this Court relating to the whereabouts and ownership of the yacht \"Lady May.\"\n\nThe defendant claims that the yacht was removed from the jurisdiction of this Court for \"ordinary course\" \"winter maintenance\" notwithstanding restraints imposed on the movement of the yacht by the Court. Rather than catalogue the many \"shell games\" defendant Kwok has engaged in with the assistance of counsel who should know better, the Court grants the motion for contempt to the following extent: For every day that the yacht is outside the jurisdiction of this Court after May 15, 2021, defendant Kwok will be fined \\$500,000. The other restraints relating to the ownership and control of the yacht remain in place.\n\n2\n\n![](_page_2_Picture_0.jpeg)\n\nA status conference remains scheduled for May 4, 2021 at 10:00 am.\n\nDated: March 16, 2021\n\n| CHECK ONE:            |   | CASE DISPOSED              |  | X      | NON-FINAL DISPOSITION |                 |       |\n|-----------------------|---|----------------------------|--|--------|-----------------------|-----------------|-------|\n|                       | X | GRANTED                    |  | DENIED |                       | GRANTED IN PART | OTHER |\n| APPLICATION:          |   | SETTLE ORDER               |  |        | SUBMIT ORDER          |                 |       |\n| CHECK IF APPROPRIATE: |   | INCLUDES TRANSFER/REASSIGN |  |        | FIDUCIARY APPOINTMENT | REFERENCE       |       |","body_zh":"Supreme Court of the State of New York（纽约州最高法院） New York County（纽约县）\n\n出席法官：Hon. Barry R. Ostrager（巴里·R·奥斯特拉格法官） 审判庭：IAS Motion 61EFM\n法官\n\nPacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.（太盟亚洲机会基金有限合伙）， 索引号：652077/2017\n原告，\n\n诉 动议日期\n动议序号：012\nKwok Ho Wan, a/k/a Kwok Ho（郭浩云，又名郭浩/郭文贵）等， 动议裁定 + 命令\n被告。\n\nHon. Barry R. Ostrager（巴里·R·奥斯特拉格法官）\n\n本法院现审理原告 Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.（「PAX」）提出的第 012 号动议，该动议申请裁定被告 Kwok Ho Wan（「Kwok」）藐视法庭。本法院此前曾发出三项命令，限制郭对名为「Lady May（梅夫人号）」游艇的财产权益。2020年9月30日，本法院作出一项临时限制令（「TRO」），阻止郭（其中包括）「干预其享有财产权益的任何财产」。NYSCEF Doc. No. 591。在发出 TRO 时，法院指出「任何违反……均应被视为刑事藐视法庭」。同上。2020年10月15日，法院发出裁定，根据 CPLR 5229 批准了 PAX 的动议，并明确限制了梅夫人号：\n\n根据2020年10月15日的庭审记录，受限于 CPLR 5222 所列例外情况，郭先生不得直接或间接进行或导致进行任何出售、让与、转让或干预其享有财产权益的任何财产，且不得向其支付或以其他方式处置现已到期或此后到期应付给他的任何债务。具体而言，郭先生和/或 (1) 位于 Sherry-Netherland Hotel（雪莉荷兰酒店）的住宅及 (2) 游艇「梅夫人号」的登记所有人，均不得进行或导致进行对该等资产的任何出售、让与、转让或干预。\n\n归档：NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 03/17/2021 09:09 AM INDEX NO. 652077/2017 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 728 接收于 NYSCEF: 03/16/2021 Case 22-50073 Doc 102-4 Filed 03/19/22 Entered 03/19/22 13:56:36 Page 2 of 3\n\nNYSCEF Doc. No. 630。郭的代理律师曾明确询问法院，郭是否可以出于牌照目的将该游艇移出管辖区域。法院当时驳回了该请求，并指示律师如有必要应提出动议。\n\n原告提起本动议是因为尽管有这些命令，梅夫人号已被移至美国境外。\n\n法院已审阅各方就 PAX 申请裁定郭藐视法庭的动议所提交的大量材料。暂且不论郭先生的代理律师中是否有人违反了《职业行为守则》，显而易见的是，在本法院审理关于游艇「梅夫人号」的下落和所有权的程序中，存在着令人无法容忍的手腕操控、掩饰和欺骗。\n\n被告辩称，尽管法院对游艇的移动施加了限制，但该游艇被移出本法院管辖范围是属于「常规业务」的「冬季维护」。被告郭在应当明事理的律师协助下进行了诸多「障眼欺诈」，法院不在此一一列举，现将藐视法庭动议批准至以下程度：在2021年5月15日之后，该游艇处于本法院管辖范围之外的每一天，被告郭都将被处以 $500,000 的罚款。与该游艇的所有权和控制权相关的其他限制措施继续有效。\n\n案件进展会议仍定于2021年5月4日上午10:00举行。\n\n日期：2021年3月16日\n\n勾选一项： 案件审结 X 非终局处置\n\nX 批准 驳回 部分批准 其他\n申请： 议定命令 提交命令\n如适用请勾选： 包含移送/重新指派 信托人指定 提交报告人","key_entities":["Kwok","Je"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":682,"status":"published","published_at":"2022-03-19 00:00:00","created_at":"2022-03-19","updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:37:46"}