{"id":"court_ctb_1081_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":1081,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION | In Re:                | :<br>:<br>Chapter 1","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| In Re:                | :<br>:<br>Chapter 11              |\n|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|\n| HO WAN KWOK, et al.,1 | :<br>:<br>Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n| Debtors.              | :<br>(Jointly Administered)<br>:  |\n| In Re:                | :<br>:<br>:<br>Chapter 11         |\n| GENEVER HOLDINGS LLC, | :<br>:<br>Case No. 22-5092 (JAM)  |\n| Debtor.               | :<br>:<br>:                       |\n\n## **CREDITOR LOGAN CHENG'S RESPONSE TO SUPPLEMENTAL MOTION OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE, GENEVER HOLDINGS CORPORATION, AND GENEVER HOLDINGS LLC FOR OF AN ORDER (I) SETTING BAR DATES FOR FILING PROOFS OF CLAIM; (II) APPROVING FORM OF NOTICE OF BAR DATES; AND (III) GRANTING RELATED RELIEF**\n\nLogan Cheng, Creditor of Ho Wan Kwok (\"Individual Debtor\") responds to the cross-filed *Supplemental Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee, Genever Holdings Corporation, and Genever Holdings LLC for an Order (I) Setting Bar Dates for Filing Proofs of Claim; (II) Approving Form of Notice of Bar Dates; and (III) Granting Related Relief* (ECF No. 1072 in the Kwok matter; ECF No. 231 in the Genever Holdings matter). Mr. Cheng is a creditor of Kwok who filed his Proof of Claim against Kwok on May 20, 2022 (Proof of Claim 4-1 in the Kwok matter), but had not received notice of the Genever Holdings matter to have filed a proof of claim therein.\n\n<span id=\"page-0-0\"></span><sup>1</sup> The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (also known as Guo Wengui, Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok, as well as numerous other aliases) (last four digits of tax identification number: 9595) and Genever Holdings Corporation. The mailing address for the Trustee and the Genever (BVI) Debtor is Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok (solely for purposes of notices and communications).\n\nAs a creditor of Kwok, Mr. Cheng is in the class of persons for whom the Trustee's motion is intended. However, the motion and proposed order do not clearly address what the seventeen creditors who filed the fifteen proofs of claim against Kwok must do to ensure that their claims are deemed to assert alter-ego claims against Genever (BVI) and Genever (US).\n\nParagraph 29(e) of the motion would exempt from the requirement of filing additional proofs of claims:\n\nany person that already has filed a Proof of Claim against the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases (including a Proof of Claim against Genever (US) while its case was pending in the New York Bankruptcy Court) in a form that is substantially similar to the Official Form\n\nSimilarly, Paragraph 3(e)(v) of the Proposed Order exempts:\n\nany person that already has filed a Proof of Claim against the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases in a form that is substantially similar to the Official Form\n\nThis language is ambiguous. It can be read to mean a) that a creditor is exempted from filing additional proofs of claims if they have already filed against one of the debtors or b) that a creditor is only so exempted if they have already filed against all three debtors.\n\nPresumably, the intent of the exemption is to ease the burden on Kwok's creditors. After all, if the two Genever entities are found to be his alter egos in one proceeding, the debtors would be estopped from arguing to the contrary in any other proceeding. Thus, a creditor of Kwok would automatically be deemed to be a creditor of the Genever entities.\n\nThus, Mr. Cheng supports the motion if Paragraph 3(e)(v) of the Proposed Order is clarified\n\nto read (additions in italics):\n\nany person that already has filed a Proof of Claim against *at least one of* the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases in a form that is substantially similar to the Official Form*, which person shall be deemed to have filed a timely Proof of Claim against all three Debtors as alter egos*\n\nAnd, conforming parallel revisions to the other proposed documents made exhibits to the motion should be made accordingly.\n\nDated: November 11, 2022 Respectfully submitted,\n\n/s/ Jay M. Wolman\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nJay M. Wolman – ct29129 of Randazza Legal Group, PLLC 100 Pearl Street, 14th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 P: 702-420-2001 F: 305-437-7662 [ecf@randazza.com](mailto:ecf@randazza.com)\n\n*Counsel for Creditor Logan Cheng f/k/a Shui-Yuan Cheng*\n\n## **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nI hereby certify that on November 11, 2022, the foregoing document was served on all parties or their counsel of record through the CM/ECF system, or otherwise via U.S. Mail to anyone unable to accept electronic filing pursuant to the Notice of Electronic Filing.\n\n> /s/ Jay M. Wolman\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ Jay M. Wolman – ct29129","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国康涅狄格区破产法院布里奇波特分部）\n\n关于：\n第 11 章\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等，1\n案号：22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。\n（合并审理）\n关于：\n第 11 章\nGENEVER HOLDINGS LLC（日内瓦控股有限责任公司），\n案号：22-5092 (JAM)\n债务人。\n\n债权人 LOGAN CHENG（郑水元）对第 11 章破产受托人、GENEVER HOLDINGS CORPORATION（日内瓦控股公司）及 GENEVER HOLDINGS LLC 提起的补充动议的回复，该动议请求法院作出裁定：(I) 设定提交债权证明的截止日期；(II) 批准债权证明截止日期通知书的格式；以及 (III) 准予相关救济\n\nHo Wan Kwok（「个人债务人」）的债权人 Logan Cheng（郑水元）对交叉提交的《第 11 章破产受托人、Genever Holdings Corporation 及 Genever Holdings LLC 请求作出以下裁定的补充动议：(I) 设定提交债权证明的截止日期；(II) 批准债权证明截止日期通知书的格式；以及 (III) 准予相关救济》（Kwok 案 ECF 编号 1072；Genever Holdings 案 ECF 编号 231）作出回复。Cheng 先生是 Kwok 的债权人，其于 2022年5月20日 针对 Kwok 提交了债权证明（Kwok 案中的 4-1 号债权证明），但此前并未收到 Genever Holdings 案件的通知以便在其中提交债权证明。\n\n1 这些第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（亦称郭文贵、Miles Guo 以及 Miles Kwok，以及其他众多化名）（纳税人识别号后四位：9595）及 Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人及 Genever (BVI)（英属维尔京群岛日内瓦）债务人的邮寄地址为 Paul Hastings LLP（普衡律师事务所）, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 转交 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财团受托人 Luc A. Despins（仅用于通知和沟通目的）。\n\n作为 Kwok 的债权人，Cheng 先生属于受托人动议所针对的人员类别。然而，该动议及拟议裁定并未明确说明：针对 Kwok 提交了十五份债权证明的十七位债权人应当如何做，以确保其债权被视为针对 Genever (BVI) 和 Genever (US)（美国日内瓦）主张了「人格混同/另一自我」（alter-ego）债权。\n\n动议第 29(e) 段拟豁免以下人员提交额外债权证明的义务：\n\n已在第 11 章案件中针对债务人以与官方格式实质相似的格式提交了债权证明的任何人士（包括在 Genever (US) 案尚在纽约破产法院审理期间针对其提交的债权证明）\n\n同样，拟议裁定第 3(e)(v) 段豁免了：\n\n已在第 11 章案件中针对债务人以与官方格式实质相似的格式提交了债权证明的任何人士\n\n该表述存在歧义。其可以被理解为 a) 如果债权人已针对其中一名债务人提交了债权证明，则该债权人即可免于提交额外的债权证明；或者 b) 只有在该债权人已针对全部三名债务人均提交了债权证明的情况下，方可获得此类豁免。\n\n据推测，该项豁免的意图在于减轻 Kwok 的债权人的负担。毕竟，如果在某一诉讼程序中认定两个 Genever 实体为其人格混同实体，则债务人将在任何其他程序中被禁止作出相反的主张。因此，Kwok 的债权人将自动被视为 Genever 实体的债权人。\n\n因此，若拟议裁定第 3(e)(v) 段得到如下澄清，Cheng 先生支持该动议\n\n修改为如下表述（新增内容以斜体示意）：\n\n已在第 11 章案件中针对至少一名债务人以与官方格式实质相似的格式提交了债权证明的任何人士，该人士应被视为已针对全部三名作为人格混同实体的债务人及时提交了债权证明\n\n并且，作为动议附件的其他拟议文件亦应相应作出一致的平行修订。\n\n日期：2022年11月11日 谨此提交，\n\n/s/ Jay M. Wolman\n\nJay M. Wolman – ct29129，代表 Randazza Legal Group, PLLC（兰达扎法律集团有限责任合伙） 100 Pearl Street, 14th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 电话: 702-420-2001 传真: 305-437-7662 [ecf@randazza.com]\n\n债权人 Logan Cheng（曾用名 Shui-Yuan Cheng）之代理律师\n送达证明\n\n本人特此证明，于 2022年11月11日，前述文件已通过 CM/ECF 系统送达给所有当事人或其记录在案的代理律师；或根据《电子归档通知》，以美国邮政邮件形式送达给无法接受电子归档的任何人。\n\n/s/ Jay M. Wolman Jay M. Wolman – ct29129","key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Guo","Miles Guo","Despins","Paul Hastings"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":231,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":1072,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":762,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:30:40"}