{"id":"court_ctb_1487_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":1487,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":"2023-02-28","title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION | -------------------------------------------","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| -----------------------------------------------------------<br>x |             |                         |  |\n|------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|--|\n| In re:                                                           | :<br>:      | Chapter 11              |  |\n| 1<br>HO WAN KWOK,<br>et al.,                                     | :<br>:<br>: | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |  |\n| Debtors.                                                         | :<br>:      | (Jointly Administered)  |  |\n| -----------------------------------------------------------      | x           |                         |  |\n\n## **CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE'S OBJECTION TO MOTION TO QUASH THIRD-PARTY SUBPOENA TO JIAMING LIU AND CROSS-MOTION TO COMPEL**\n\nLuc A. Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee to the Individual Debtor's estate (the \"Trustee\") in the above-captioned chapter 11 cases (collectively, the \"Chapter 11 Cases\"), by and through his undersigned counsel, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45(d), incorporated herein by Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (the \"Bankruptcy Rules\") 2004 and 9016, hereby objects (the \"Objection\") to the *Notice of Jiaming Liu's Motion to Quash Subpoena* (the \"Motion to Quash\") [ECF No. 1465] filed by Jiaming Liu (\"Jiaming Liu\") and cross-moves to compel Jiaming Liu's compliance with the Trustee's Rule 2004 Subpoena (defined below). In support of this Objection, the Trustee respectfully states the following:\n\n## **RELEVANT PROCEDURE**\n\n1. The Trustee filed the *Third Supplemental Omnibus Motion for Entry of an Order*\n\n*Under Bankruptcy Rule 2004 and Local Bankruptcy Rule 2004-1 Authorizing Discovery with*\n\n<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), Genever Holdings LLC (last four digits of tax identification number: 8202) and Genever Holdings Corporation. The mailing address for the Trustee, Genever Holdings LLC, and the Genever Holdings Corporation 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\n*Respect to Additional Entities and Individuals Affiliated with the Debtor, Relevant Banks and Entities Doing Business with the Debtor and Affiliated Entities* [Docket No. 1259] (the \"Rule 2004 Motion\") on December 21, 2022. Among others, the Rule 2004 Motion sought authority to serve Bankruptcy Rule 2004 subpoenas on Jiaming Liu and on Himalaya Investment LLC (\"Himalaya Investment\"), an entity as to which Jiaming Liu is the manager/member and the agent for service.\n\n2. The Court granted the Rule 2004 Motion by its Order on January 18, 2023 [Docket No. 1339] (the \"Rule 2004 Order\").\n\n3. On January 25, 2023, pursuant to the Court's Rule 2004 Order, the Trustee served Jiaming Liu (individually) at his home in Arizona with a subpoena (the \"Rule 2004 Subpoena\") requesting the production of documents and information. A true and accurate copy of the Rule 2004 Subpoena is attached hereto as **Exhibit A-1** and a true and accurate copy of the process server's affidavit of service with respect thereto is attached hereto as **Exhibit A-2**.\n\n4. At the same time, the Trustee likewise served Jiaming Liu with the subpoena to Himalaya Investment as its agent. A true and accurate copy of the process server's affidavit of service with respect to the subpoena issued to Himalaya Investment is attached hereto as **Exhibit B**. In his affidavit, the process server attests that Jiaming Liu \"informed [him] that he is an agent authorized by appointment to receive service\" for Himalaya Investment.<sup>2</sup>\n\n5. Jiaming Liu's deadline to respond or object (\"R&Os\") to the Rule 2004 Subpoena was February 8, 2023 (the \"Response Deadline\") and his deadline to produce documents was February 24, 2023 (the \"Production Deadline\"). Jiaming Liu has neither served R&Os nor has he produced any documents or information in response to the Rule 2004 Subpoena.\n\n<sup>2</sup> The Motion to Quash does not request relief with respect to the Himalaya Investment Subpoena.\n\n6. On February 15, 2023 (after Jiaming Liu's deadline to serve R&Os had expired), the Trustee's counsel received an email (the \"Feb. 15 Email\") from Attorney Richard Freeth (\"Attorney Freeth\") asserting, among other things, that Attorney Freeth represented Jiaming Liu, that Jiaming Liu has \"no connection to the debtor in your case,\" and that service of the Rule 2004 Subpoena must be \"a case of mistake[n] identity.\" Attorney Freeth also noted that Jiaming Liu is located in Arizona. Attorney Freeth demanded that the Trustee sign a stipulation withdrawing the 2004 Subpoena by the following day. Counsel for the Trustee advised Attorney Freeth that it would review the allegations in his email and substantively respond.\n\n7. On February 20, 2023, Jiaming Liu (represented by Attorney Freeth) filed the Motion to Quash. The Motion to Quash similarly claims that Jiaming Liu does not \"know Ho Wan Kwok … [or] follow the Whistleblower Movement, with which Ho Wan Kwok is associated.\" (Motion to Quash at ¶ 15.) The Motion to Quash asserts (without specific discussion as to any requests for production) that the Rule 2004 Subpoena is \"overbroad and unduly burdensome\" argues that Jiaming Liu should not be required to comply because he is located in Arizona. (*Id.* at ¶¶ 1, 2.) The Motion to Quash asserts that the service of the Rule 2004 Subpoena caused Jiaming Liu such distress that he became \"fearful, anxious and disoriented,\" \"failed to yield from a stop sign\" and crashed his car into \"the vehicle from the opposing direction.\" (*Id.* at ¶ 14.) The Motion to Quash seeks an award of sanctions against the Trustee. (*Id.* at ¶¶ 18-19.) Jiaming Liu did not attach a sworn declaration or provide any evidence in support of his Motion to Quash.\n\n8. On February 24, 2023 (the \"Feb. 24 Email\"), undersigned counsel for the Trustee emailed Attorney Freeth as follows:\n\nWith respect to the subpoena served on Jiaming Liu, the trustee is prepared to either conduct a deposition by remote videoconference or to travel to a location within 100 miles of the witness. Moreover, any dispute over the location of the deposition\n\n(and there shouldn't be one, considering the foregoing) should not prevent the examinee from producing documents.\n\nIn the same email, Trustee's counsel requested to meet and confer by telephone conference concerning the Rule 2004 Subpoena and the Motion to Quash.\n\n9. Attorney Freeth did not respond to the Feb. 24 Email. Trustee's counsel emailed Attorney Freeth again on February 26, 2023, renewing the Trustee's proposal to meet and confer. Again, Trustee's counsel received no response.<sup>3</sup>\n\n## **FURTHER RELEVANT BACKGROUND AND THE MOTION TO QUASH**\n\n10. As discussed by the Trustee in the Rule 2004 Motion, the Trustee believes that Jiaming Liu has relevant documents and information concerning, among other topics, potential assets of the Individual Debtor's estate (the \"Estate\"). Jiaming Liu is the manager/member and agent for service of Himalaya Investment, one of several \"Himalaya\" entities believed to be associated with the Individual Debtor and his financial affairs.\n\n11. The Trustee has received information linking Himalaya Investment to the Individual Debtor, and upon investigation, the Trustee reasonably believes this information to be reliable.\n\n12. The Himalaya entities have been linked to, among other things, the \"Himalaya Farm\" organizations, made up of the Individual Debtor's followers, which, upon information and belief, are controlled by the Individual Debtor and used by the Individual Debtor to raise money for certain ventures, including the \"Himalaya Exchange\" cryptocurrency business, which sells purported cryptocurrency, including \"Himalaya Coin\" or \"H-Coin\" that the Individual Debtor has aggressively marketed online and in social and other media.\n\n<sup>3</sup> Undersigned counsel declares upon penalty of perjury that the facts set forth in these paragraphs 8 and 9 are true and correct.\n\n## **ARGUMENT**\n\n13. The Motion to Quash claims that the Rule 2004 Subpoena is overbroad and unduly burdensome, because Jiaming Liu purportedly does not \"know\" the Individual Debtor and is further based on Jiaming Liu's location in Arizona. These arguments fail both on the facts and on the law – and the Court should thus deny the Motion to Quash and compel Jiaming Liu to comply with the Rule 2004 Subpoena forthwith.\n\n14. The Motion to Quash utterly ignores the broad scope of discovery applicable to subpoenas issued under Bankruptcy Rule 2004: \"The purpose of a Rule 2004 examination is to assist a party in interest in determining the nature and extent of the bankruptcy estate, revealing assets, examining transactions and assessing whether wrongdoing has occurred.\" *In re Transmar Commodity Grp. Ltd.*, Case No. 16-13625-JLG, 2018 WL 4006324, at \\*4 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. Aug. 17, 2018) (internal quotation and citation omitted).\n\n15. This includes revealing the nature and extent of the estate and in discovering assets of the debtor that may have been intentionally or unintentionally concealed. *In re Bennett Funding Grp., Inc.*, 203 B.R. 24, 27-28 (Bankr. N.D.N.Y. 1996); *see also In re Millennium Lab Holdings II, LLC*, 562 B.R. 614, 626 (Bankr. D. Del. 2016) (\"Legitimate goals of Rule 2004 examinations include discovering assets, examining transactions, and determining whether wrongdoing has occurred.\") (internal quotation and citation omitted)); *id.* (noting that \"[u]nlike traditional discovery, which narrowly focuses on the issues germane to the dispute, the scope of Rule 2004 is broad and unfettered, and has been likened to a fishing expedition and an inquisition\") (internal citations and punctuation omitted); Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2004(b) (authorizing scope of 2004 examinations \"relat[ing] . . . to . . . property . . . and financial condition of the debtor, or to any matter which may affect the administration of the debtor's estate\") (emphasis added).\n\n16. The unsupported allegation that Jiaming Liu does not \"know\" the Individual Debtor does not excuse compliance with the subpoena. First, it should be noted that this allegation is unsupported by any sworn declaration. Moreover, thus far Jiaming Liu's counsel has ignored requests to participate in a meet-and-confer with Trustee's counsel. In any event, Jiaming Liu's characterization of his relationship with the Individual Debtor is not determinative; what matters is whether Jiaming Liu has discoverable documents and information. The information obtained by the Trustee thus far – including Jiaming Liu's role at Himalaya Investment and a credible report that Himalaya Investment is associated with the Individual Trustee – suggests that he does.\n\n17. Moreover, Jiaming Liu's attempt to portray himself as a victim of mistaken identity is further belied by the appearance of Attorney Freeth as his counsel. Attorney Freeth is also counsel for the plaintiffs in three actions recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York asserting frivolous claims against counsel for and a corporate officer of parties that are adversaries to the Individual Debtor in these Chapter 11 Cases, *i.e.*, *Tao An, et al. v. Luc A. Despins, et al.*, case no. 1:22-cv-10062 (VEC) against the Trustee and his law firm, Paul Hastings LLP; *Tao An, et al. v. Weijian Shan, et al.*, case no. 1:22-cv-10060 (ALC), against the chairman of the parent company of Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. (\"PAX\") and his son; and *Junwu Gong v. Stuart M. Sarnoff, et al.*, case no. 1:23-cv-00343 (LJL) against, among others, one of the lead attorneys representing PAX and his law firm, O'Melveny & Myers LLP (collectively, the \"New York District Court Actions\").\n\n18. The Trustee believes that the New York District Court Actions were brought for the purpose of harassing the Trustee and PAX in connection with these Chapter 11 Cases; in two such actions, the defendants have already filed motions seeking sanctions. [Case No. 1:22-cv-10062-VEC, ECF No. 11; Case No. 1:22-cv-10060 [ALC] at ECF No. 31.] The fact that Jiaming\n\n-6-\n\nLiu, an individual in Arizona, selected Attorney Freeth to represent him in these Chapter 11 Cases further suggests Jiaming Liu's connection to the Individual Debtor and his financial affairs.\n\n19. Finally, the Trustee's offer to either conduct any deposition of Jiaming Liu by remote videoconference or by traveling to a location within 100 miles of Jiaming Liu's location renders argument concerning Jiaming Liu's residence in Arizona irrelevant. Again, the Court should deny the Motion to Quash and compel the witness to comply on this basis.\n\n*[THE REST OF THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY BLANK.]*\n\nWHEREFORE, the Court should enter an order denying the Motion to Quash, compelling Jiaming Liu to produce all documents responsive to the Rule 2004 Subpoena within seven (7) days and to otherwise comply with the Rule 2004 Subpoena, and ordering such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.\n\nDated: February 28, 2023 LUC A. DESPINS,\n\nNew Haven, Connecticut CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE\n\nBy: */s/ Patrick R. Linsey*\n\nDouglas S. Skalka (ct00616) Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 781-2847 dskalka@npmlaw.com plinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n*and*\n\nNicholas A. Bassett (admitted *pro hac vice*) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 2050 M Street NW Washington, D.C., 20036 (202) 551-1902 nicholasbassett@paulhastings.com\n\n*and*\n\nAvram E. Luft (admitted *pro hac vice*) G. Alexander Bongartz (admitted *pro hac vice*) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (212) 318-6079 aviluft@paulhastings.com alexbongartz@paulhastings.com\n\n*Counsel for the Chapter 11 Trustee*\n\n## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| -----------------------------------------------------------<br>x |             |                         |  |\n|------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|--|\n| In re:                                                           | :<br>:      | Chapter 11              |  |\n| 1<br>HO WAN KWOK,<br>et al.,                                     | :<br>:<br>: | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |  |\n| Debtors.                                                         | :<br>:      | (Jointly Administered)  |  |\n| -----------------------------------------------------------      | x           |                         |  |\n\n## **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nThe undersigned hereby certifies that on February 28, 2023 the foregoing Objection was filed electronically. Notice of this filing will be sent by e-mail to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system or by mail to anyone unable to accept electronic filing pursuant to the Notice of Electronic Filing. Parties may access this filing through the Court's system.\n\nDated: February 28, 2023 LUC A. DESPINS, New Haven, Connecticut CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE By: */s/ Patrick R. Linsey*\n\n Douglas S. Skalka (ct00616) Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 781-2847 dskalka@npmlaw.com plinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n<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), Genever Holdings LLC (last four digits of tax identification number: 8202) and Genever Holdings Corporation. The mailing address for the Trustee, Genever Holdings LLC, and the Genever Holdings Corporation 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\n# **EXHIBIT A-1**\n\n#### B2540 (Form 2540 – Subpoena for Rule 2004 Examination) (12/15) Case 22-50073 Doc 1487 Filed 02/28/23 Entered 02/28/23 15:59:43 Page 11 of 32\n\nUNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT\n\n**District of Connecticut**\n\nIn re HO WAN KWOK, *et al*.,\n\n<sup>1</sup> Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)\n\nDebtor Chapter 11\n\n(Jointly Administered)\n\n## **SUBPOENA FOR RULE 2004 EXAMINATION**\n\nTo: **Jiaming Liu**\n\n(*Name of person to whom the subpoena is directed*)\n\n*Testimony:* **YOU ARE COMMANDED** to appear at the time, date, and place set forth below to testify at an examination under Rule 2004, Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. A copy of the court order authorizing the examination is attached.\n\n| PLACE                    | DATE AND TIME |\n|--------------------------|---------------|\n| Paul Hastings LLP        |               |\n| 200 Park Avenue          | [TBD]         |\n| New York, New York 10166 |               |\n|                          |               |\n\nThe examination will be recorded by this method: **Court reporter/stenographer**\n\n*Production:* You, or your representatives, must also bring with you to the examination the following documents, electronically stored information, or objects, and must permit inspection, copying, testing, or sampling of the material:\n\n## **See Requests for Production of Documents, attached hereto.**\n\nThe following provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 45, made applicable in bankruptcy cases by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9016, are attached – Rule 45(c), relating to the place of compliance; Rule 45(d), relating to your protection as a person subject to a subpoena; and Rule 45(e) and 45(g), relating to your duty to respond to this subpoena and the potential consequences of not doing so.\n\nDate: **December , 2022** January 24, 2023\n\nCLERK OF COURT\n\nOR\n\n*Signature of Clerk or Deputy Clerk Attorney's signature*\n\nThe name, address, email address, and telephone number of the attorney representing Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee, who issues or requests this subpoena, are:\n\n**Douglas S. Skalka, Esq.; Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C.; 195 Church Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06510 dskalka@npmlaw.com; (203) 821-2000** Patrick R. Linsey, Esq.,; Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C.; 195 Church Street, 13th Floor, New Haven, CT 06510; plinsey@npmlaw.com.; (203) 781-2847\n\n## **Notice to the person who issues or requests this subpoena**\n\nIf this subpoena commands the production of documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things, or the inspection of premises before trial, a notice and a copy of this subpoena must be served on each party before it is served on the person to whom it is directed. Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(a)(4).\n\nSoftware Copyright (c) 1996-2022 Best Case, LLC - www.bestcase.com Best Case Bankruptcy 1 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), Genever Holdings LLC (last four digits of tax identification number: 8202) and Genever Holdings Corporation. The mailing address for the Trustee, Genever Holdings LLC, and the Genever Holdings Corporation 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\n| Case 22-50073<br>Doc 1487<br>Filed 02/28/23<br>B2540 (Form 2540 – Subpoena for Rule 2004 Examination) (12/15) (Page 2) | Entered 02/28/23 15:59:43 | Page 12 of 32 |\n|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------|\n|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------|\n\n| PROOF OF SERVICE<br>(This section should not be filed with the court unless required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 45.) |                                                                                                                          |                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                   |\n|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| on (date)                                                                                                    | I received this subpoena for (name of individual and title, if any):                                                     |                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                   |\n|                                                                                                              | I served the subpoena by delivering a copy to the named person as follows:                                               |                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                   |\n|                                                                                                              | on                                                                                                                       | (date)                                                                        | ; or                                                                                                                                              |\n|                                                                                                              | I returned the subpoena unexecuted because:<br>one day's attendance, and the mileage allowed by law, in the amount of \\$ |                                                                               | Unless the subpoena was issued on behalf of the United States, or one of its officers or agents, I have also tendered to the witness the fees for |\n| My fees are \\$                                                                                               | for travel and \\$                                                                                                        | for services, for a total of \\$                                               |                                                                                                                                                   |\n|                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                          | I declare under penalty of perjury that this information is true and correct. |                                                                                                                                                   |\n| Date:                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                          |                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                   |\n|                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                          |                                                                               | Server's signature                                                                                                                                |\n|                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                          |                                                                               | Printed name and title                                                                                                                            |\n\n*Server's address*\n\nAdditional information concerning attempted service, etc.:\n\n## **Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45(c), (d), (e), and (g) (Effective 12/1/13) (made applicable in bankruptcy cases by Rule 9016, Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure)**\n\n### **(c) Place of compliance.**\n\n*(1) For a Trial, Hearing, or Deposition.* A subpoena may command a person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition only as follows:\n\n(A) within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or regularly transacts business in person; or\n\n(B) within the state where the person resides, is employed, or regularly transacts business in person, if the person\n\n(i) is a party or a party's officer; or\n\n(ii) is commanded to attend a trial and would not incur substantial expense.\n\n*(2) For Other Discovery.* A subpoena may command:\n\n(A) production of documents, or electronically stored information, or things at a place within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or regularly transacts business in person; and\n\n(B) inspection of premises, at the premises to be inspected.\n\n### **(d) Protecting a Person Subject to a Subpoena; Enforcement.**\n\n*(1) Avoiding Undue Burden or Expense; Sanctions.* A party or attorney responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena must take reasonable steps to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to the subpoena. The court for the district where compliance is required must enforce this duty and impose an appropriate sanction which may include lost earnings and reasonable attorney's fees — on a party or attorney who fails to comply.\n\n### *(2) Command to Produce Materials or Permit Inspection.*\n\n*(A) Appearance Not Required.* A person commanded to produce documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things, or to permit the inspection of premises, need not appear in person at the place of production or inspection unless also commanded to appear for a deposition, hearing, or trial.\n\n*(B) Objections.* A person commanded to produce documents or tangible things or to permit inspection may serve on the party or attorney designated in the subpoena a written objection to inspecting, copying, testing or sampling any or all of the materials or to inspecting the premises — or to producing electronically stored information in the form or forms requested. The objection must be served before the earlier of the time specified for compliance or 14 days after the subpoena is served. If an objection is made, the following rules apply:\n\n(i) At any time, on notice to the commanded person, the serving party may move the court for the district where compliance is required for an order compelling production or inspection.\n\n(ii) These acts may be required only as directed in the order, and the order must protect a person who is neither a party nor a party's officer from significant expense resulting from compliance.\n\n### *(3) Quashing or Modifying a Subpoena.*\n\n*(A) When Required.* On timely motion, the court for the district where compliance is required must quash or modify a subpoena that:\n\n(i) fails to allow a reasonable time to comply;\n\n(ii) requires a person to comply beyond the geographical limits specified in Rule 45(c);\n\n(iii) requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter, if no exception or waiver applies; or\n\n(iv) subjects a person to undue burden.\n\n*(B) When Permitted.* To protect a person subject to or affected by a subpoena, the court for the district where compliance is required may, on motion, quash or modify the subpoena if it requires:\n\n(i) disclosing a trade secret or other confidential research, development, or commercial information; or\n\n(ii) disclosing an unretained expert's opinion or information that does not describe specific occurrences in dispute and results from the expert's study that was not requested by a party.\n\n(C) *Specifying Conditions as an Alternative.* In the circumstances described in Rule 45(d)(3)(B), the court may, instead of quashing or modifying a subpoena, order appearance or production under specified conditions if the serving party:\n\n(i) shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be otherwise met without undue hardship; and\n\n(ii) ensures that the subpoenaed person will be reasonably compensated.\n\n### **(e) Duties in Responding to a Subpoena.**\n\n*(1) Producing Documents or Electronically Stored Information.* These procedures apply to producing documents or electronically stored information:\n\n*(A) Documents.* A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents must produce them as they are kept in the ordinary course of business or must organize and label them to correspond to the categories in the demand.\n\n*(B) Form for Producing Electronically Stored Information Not Specified.* If a subpoena does not specify a form for producing electronically stored information, the person responding must produce it in a form or forms in which it is ordinarily maintained or in a reasonably usable form or forms.\n\n*(C) Electronically Stored Information Produced in Only One Form.* The person responding need not produce the same electronically stored information in more than one form.\n\n*(D) Inaccessible Electronically Stored Information.* The person responding need not provide discovery of electronically stored information from sources that the person identifies as not reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost. On motion to compel discovery or for a protective order, the person responding must show that the information is not reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost. If that showing is made, the court may nonetheless order discovery from such sources if the requesting party shows good cause, considering the limitations of Rule 26(b)(2)(C). The court may specify conditions for the discovery.\n\n### *(2) Claiming Privilege or Protection.*\n\n*(A) Information Withheld.* A person withholding subpoenaed information under a claim that it is privileged or subject to protection as trial-preparation material must:\n\n(i) expressly make the claim; and\n\n(ii) describe the nature of the withheld documents, communications, or tangible things in a manner that, without revealing information itself privileged or protected, will enable the parties to assess the claim.\n\n*(B) Information Produced.* If information produced in response to a subpoena is subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as trial-preparation material, the person making the claim may notify any party that received the information of the claim and the basis for it. After being notified, a party must promptly return, sequester, or destroy the specified information and any copies it has; must not use or disclose the information until the claim is resolved; must take reasonable steps to retrieve the information if the party disclosed it before being notified; and may promptly present the information under seal to the court for the district where compliance is required for a determination of the claim. The person who produced the information must preserve the information until the claim is resolved.\n\n**(g) Contempt.** The court for the district where compliance is required – and also, after a motion is transferred, the issuing court – may hold in contempt a person who, having been served, fails without adequate excuse to obey the subpoena or an order related to it.\n\nFor access to subpoena materials, see Fed.R.Civ.P.45(a) Committee Note (2013)\n\n…\n\n## **Requests for Production of Documents**\n\n## **I. INSTRUCTIONS**\n\n1. Unless otherwise indicated, the requests for documents set forth below, (the \"Requests,\" and each, a \"Request\"), must be responded to separately and specifically. Each Request shall be answered fully unless it is in good faith objected to, in which event the reason for Your objection shall be stated in detail, as set forth below. If an objection pertains only to a portion of a Request, or a word, phrase or clause contained within it, You are required to state Your objection to that portion only and to respond to the remainder of the Requests.\n\n2. Electronically stored information must be produced in accordance with the\n\nfollowing instructions:\n\n- a. Images. Black and white images must be 300 DPI Group IV single-page TIFF files. Color images must be produced in JPEG format. File names cannot contain embedded spaces or special characters (including the comma). Folder names cannot contain embedded spaces or special characters (including the comma). All TIFF image files must have a unique file name, i.e. Bates number. Images must be endorsed with sequential Bates numbers in the lower right corner of each image. The number of TIFF files per folder should not exceed 1000 files. Excel spreadsheets should have a placeholder image named by the Bates number of the file.\n- b. Image Load File\n\t- a. Concordance® Data File. The data file (.DAT) contains all of the fielded information that will be loaded into the Concordance® database. The first line of the .DAT file must be a header row identifying the field names. The .DAT file must use the following Concordance® default delimiters: Comma ASCII character (020) Quote þ ASCII character (254). Date fields should be provided in the format: mm/dd/yyyy. Date and time fields must be two separate fields. If documents includes imaged emails and attachments, the attachment fields must be included to preserve the parent/child relationship between an email and its attachments. An OCRPATH field must be included to provide the file path and name of the extracted text file on the produced storage media. The text file must be named after the FIRSTBATES. Do not include the text in the .DAT file. For Documents with native files, a LINK field must be included to provide the file path and\n\nname of the native file. The native file must be named after the FIRSTBATES.\n\n- b. Concordance Image® OR Opticon Cross-Reference File. The image crossreference file (.LOG or .OPT) links the images to the database records. It should be a comma-delimited file consisting of seven fields per line with a line in the cross-reference file for every image in the database with the following format: ImageID,VolumeLabel,ImageFilePath,DocumentBreak,FolderBreak,Box Break,PageCoun.\n- c. Document Text. Text must be produced as separate text files, not as fields within the .DAT file. The full path to the text file (OCRPATH) should be included in the .DAT file. It is recommended document level ANSI text files, named per the FIRSTBATES/Image Key. Extracted text files must be in a separate folder, and the number of text files per folder should not exceed 1,000 files. There should be no special characters (including commas in the folder names). Text files must be provided on a document level.\n- d. Native Production for Certain File Types. File types that reasonably require viewing in their native format for a full understanding of their content and meaning must be produced in native format. These include, but are not limited to, spreadsheets, spreadsheet-like files (Microsoft Excel, comma separated values, tab separated values, etc.), Microsoft PowerPoint or other special presentation files, database files, and audio/visual files. Provide an image of a Bates numbered slip sheet indicating the presence of a native file, and include the path to the native as a field in the .dat file. Name the produced native file with the Bates number corresponding to the slip sheet for the file. Group native files within incrementally named \"NATIVE\" directories, separate from images directories.\n- e. De-duplication. Produce a single copy of each electronic document for which exact duplicates exist. For email messages, consolidate duplicates based on MD5 hash generated from the BCC, Body, CC, From, IntMsgID, To, and Attach properties. For email attachments and standalone electronic files, consolidate duplicates based on MD5 hash of the entire file.\n- f. Metadata. Produce extracted metadata for each document in the form of a Concordance compliant load file (.dat). The first line of the .DAT file must be a header row identifying the field names. The .DAT file must use the following Concordance default delimiters: Comma , ASCII character (020) Quote þ ASCII character (254)\n\nDate fields should be provided in the format: mm/dd/yyyy. Date and time fields must be two separate fields. Required metadata listed below:\n\n| Field Name   | Sample Data               | Description                                                 |\n|--------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|\n| FIRSTBATES   | EDC0000001                | First Bates number of native file document/email            |\n| LASTBATES    | EDC0000001                | Last Bates number of native file document/email             |\n|              |                           | **The LASTBATES field should be populated                   |\n|              |                           | for single page                                             |\n| ATTACHRANGE  | EDC0000001<br>-           | Bates number of the first page of the parent                |\n|              | EDC0000015                | document to the Bates number of the last page of            |\n|              |                           | the last attachment \"child\" document                        |\n| BEGATTACH    | EDC0000001                | First Bates number of attachment range                      |\n| ENDATTACH    | EDC0000015                | Last Bates number of attachment range                       |\n| CUSTODIAN    | Smith, John               | Email: Mailbox where the email resided                      |\n|              |                           | Native: Name of the individual or department                |\n|              |                           | from whose files the document<br>originated                 |\n| FROM         | John Smith                | Email: Sender                                               |\n|              |                           | Native: Author(s) of document                               |\n|              |                           | **semi-colon should be used to separate                     |\n|              |                           | multiple entries                                            |\n| TO           | Coffman, Janice; LeeW     | Recipient(s)                                                |\n|              | [mailto:LeeW@MSN.com]     | **semi-colon should be used to separate multiple            |\n|              |                           | entries                                                     |\n| CC           | Frank Thompson [mailto:   | Carbon copy recipient(s)                                    |\n|              | frank_Thompson@cdt.com]   | **semi-colon should be used to separate                     |\n|              |                           | multiple entries                                            |\n| BCC          | John Cain                 | Blind carbon copy recipient(s)                              |\n|              |                           | **semi-colon should be used to separate                     |\n|              |                           | multiple entries                                            |\n| SUBJECT      | Board Meeting Minutes     | Email: Subject line of the email Native: Title              |\n|              |                           | of document (if available)                                  |\n| FILE_NAME    | BoardMeetingMinutes.docx  | Native: Name of the original native file,                   |\n|              |                           | including extension                                         |\n| DATE_SENT    | 10/12/2010                | Email: Date the email was sent                              |\n|              |                           | Native: (empty)                                             |\n| TIME_SENT/   | 07:05 PM GMT              | Email: Time the email was sent/ Time zone in                |\n| TIME_ZONE    |                           | which the emails were standardized                          |\n| TIME_ZONE    | GMT                       | The<br>time<br>zone<br>in<br>which<br>the<br>emails<br>were |\n|              |                           | standardized during conversion.                             |\n| LINK         | >EDC0000001.msg | Hyperlink to the email or native file document              |\n|              |                           | **The linked file must be named per the                     |\n|              |                           | FIRSTBATES number                                           |\n| FILE_EXTEN   | MSG                       | The file type extension                                     |\n|              |                           | representing                                                |\n|              |                           | the Email or                                                |\n| AUTHOR       | John Smith                | Email: (empty)                                              |\n|              |                           | Native: Author of the document                              |\n| DATE_CREATED | 10/10/2010                | Email: (empty)                                              |\n|              |                           | Native: Date the document was created                       |\n\n| TIME_CREATED | 10:25 AM                  | Email: (empty)                                  |\n|--------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|\n|              |                           | Native: Time the document was created           |\n|              |                           | **This data must be a separate field and cannot |\n|              |                           | be combined with the DATE_CREATED field         |\n| DATE_MOD     | 10/12/2010                | Email: (empty)                                  |\n|              |                           | Native: Date the document was last modified     |\n| TIME_MOD     | 07:00 PM                  | Email: (empty)                                  |\n|              |                           | Native: Time the document was last modified     |\n|              |                           | **This data must be a separate field and cannot |\n|              |                           | be combined with the DATE_MOD field             |\n| DATE_ACCESSD | 10/12/2010                | Email: (empty)                                  |\n|              |                           | Native: Date the document was last accessed     |\n| TIME_ACCESSD | 07:00 PM                  | Email: (empty)                                  |\n|              |                           | Native: Time the document was last accessed     |\n|              |                           | **This data must be a separate field and cannot |\n|              |                           | be combined with the DATE_ACCESSD field         |\n| FILE_SIZE    | 5,952                     | Size of native file document/email in KB        |\n| PGCOUNT      | 1                         | Number of pages in native file document/email   |\n| PATH         |   | Email: (empty)                                  |\n|              | Agenda.doc                | Native: Path where native file document was     |\n|              |                           | stored including original file name.            |\n| INTFILEPATH  | Personal Folders\\Deleted  | Email: original location of email including     |\n|              | Items\\Board Meeting       | original file name.                             |\n|              | Minutes.msg               | Native: (empty)                                 |\n| INTMSGID     | <000805c2c71b\\$75977050\\$ | Email: Unique Message ID Native: (empty)        |\n|              | cb8306d1@MSN>             |                                                 |\n| MD5HASH      | d131dd02c5e6eec4693d9a0   | MD5 Hash value of the document.                 |\n|              | 698aff95c                 |                                                 |\n|              | 2fcab58712467eab4004583e  |                                                 |\n|              | b8fb7f89                  |                                                 |\n| OCRPATH      | TEXT/001/EDC0000001.txt   | Path to extracted text of the native file       |\n\n3. Each Request operates and should be construed independently and, unless otherwise indicated, no Request limits the scope of any other Request.\n\n4. All Documents are to be produced as kept in the usual course of business or are to be organized and labeled to correspond with the categories in these Requests.\n\n5. Each Request contained herein extends to all Documents: (a) in Your possession, custody, or control; or (b) in the possession, custody, or control of anyone acting on Your behalf, including Your counsel or other representatives and advisors. Each Document shall be produced in its entirety.\n\n6. If You are requested to produce a Document that is no longer in Your possession, custody, or control, then Your response must (a) describe in detail the nature of the document and its contents; (b) identify the person(s) who prepared or authored the Document (and, if applicable, the Person(s) to whom the Document was sent); (c) identify the date on which the document was prepared or created; (d) state whether such Document (i) is missing or lost, (ii) has been destroyed, (iii) has been transferred, voluntarily or involuntarily, to others, or (iv) was otherwise disposed of; (e) state the reason for, and the facts and circumstances surrounding, such disposition; (f) identify the Persons who authorized such disposition; (g) identify the date or approximate date of such disposition; (h)state when the Document was most recently in Your possession, custody or control; and (i) identify the Person, if any, presently in possession, custody, or control of such Document.\n\n7. If You are requested to produce a Document that has been destroyed, then Your response must state, in addition to the information required by the preceding Instruction: (a) the reason for the Document's destruction; (b) the identity of the Person who destroyed the Document; and (c) the identity of the Person who directed that the Document be destroyed.\n\n8. If You claim that a requested Document is privileged or attorney work-product, then Your response must: (a) state (i) a description of the Document adequate to support Your contention that the Document is privileged, (ii) the title of the Document, (iii) the date of the Document, (iv) the author of the Document, (v) the addressee of the Document, (vi) the identity of each Person who received or saw the original or any draft, copy, or reproduction of the Document, (vii) whether the Document itself, or any information contained or referred to in the Document is in the possession, custody, or control of any other Persons, and if so, the identity of\n\nsuch Persons, as well as a statement addressing how the information came into their possession, (viii) the claim of privilege under which the Document is withheld, and (ix) all of the circumstances upon which You will rely to support such claim of privilege; and (b) produce a privilege log containing all of the information requested in Part (a) of this Instruction for each Document withheld on the basis of a claim of privilege in accordance with D. Conn. L. Civ. R. 26(e).\n\n9. If a portion of an otherwise responsive Document contains information subject to a claim of privilege, only that portion of the Document subject to the claim of privilege shall be deleted or redacted from the Document following the instructions above, and the rest shall be produced.\n\n10. The Requests are continuing in nature. You are hereby instructed to (a) supplement or correct any responses later learned to be incomplete or incorrect immediately upon learning that a prior response was incomplete or incorrect; and (b) produce any additional Documents that are called for under the\n\n11. If a Document is in a language other than English, You should provide that Document. If a Document is in a language other than English, and an English translation exists, You should provide both Documents.\n\n12. All references to Entities includes all affiliates thereof.\n\n13. All references to individual names include all alternative names, aliased, or nicknames.\n\n14. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, the period of time covered by the Document Requests is the period from February 5, 2012 to the date responses to the Document Requests are due.\n\n## **II. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION**\n\n15. The use of (a) any singular noun shall be construed to include the plural, and vice versa, and (b) a verb in any tense shall be construed as the use of the verb in all othertenses.\n\n16. The terms (a) \"and\" and \"or\" shall be construed either conjunctively or disjunctively as necessary to bring within the scope of any request all responses that might otherwise be construed to be outside of its scope, and (b) \"each\" and \"any\" shall be deemed to include and encompass the words \"every\" and \"all.\"\n\n## **III. DEFINITIONS**\n\nThe definitions supplied by D. Conn. L. Civ. R. 26(c) and the rules of construction supplied by D. Conn. L. Civ. R. 26(d), as incorporated by D. Conn. Bankr. L.R. 2004-1(a), shall apply to the Document Requests. In addition, the following terms used in these Document Requests shall have the following meanings:\n\n1. \"You\" or \"Your\" or \"Yourself\" means and refers to Jiaming Liu, together with all of their agents, attorneys, representatives, employees, and/or anyone acting on their behalf.\n\n2. \"Debtor\" means Ho Wan Kwok (a/k/a Miles Kwok, Miles Guo, Guo Wengui, Guo Haoyun, 郭文贵, or any other alias), together with his employees, agents, counsel, advisors, or anyone acting on his behalf.\n\n3. \"Debtor's Son\" means Qiang Guo (a/k/a Mileson Kwok, 郭强, or any other alias), together with his employees, agents, counsel, advisors, or anyone acting on his behalf.\n\n4. \"Debtor's Daughter\" means Mei Guo (a/k/a Mei Gui, 郭美, or any other alias), together with her employees, agents, counsel, advisors, or anyone acting on her behalf.\n\n5. \"Debtor's Purported Wife\" means Hing Chi Ngok (a/k/a Hing Chi Ng, Yue Qingzhi, 岳庆芝, or any other alias), together with her employees, agents, counsel, advisors, or anyone acting on her behalf.\n\n6. \"Debtor's Family\" means, collectively, the Debtor, the Debtor's Son, the Debtor's Daughter, and the Debtor's Purported Wife, and any other familial relation to the Debtor.\n\n7. \"Associated Individuals\" means, individually and collectively, all individuals that (1) hold, control, have custody over, or discretion over assets owned, controlled, or enjoyed by the Debtor or the Debtor's Family; or (2) have been employees, directors, or otherwise are affiliated with one or more Associated Entities, together with the respective employees, agents, counsel, advisors, or anyone acting on behalf of any of the foregoing. Such Associated Individuals shall include, but are not limited to: Daniel Podhaskie, Jason Miller, Steve Bannon, Karin Maistrello, Melissa Francis, William Gertz, Arethusa Forsyth, Glenn Mellor, Jennifer Mercurio, Eduardo Eurnekian, Han Chunguang (a/k/a 韩春光), Qu Guojiao (a/k/a Qu Guo Jiao, 屈国姣), Guo Lijie (a/k/a 郭丽杰), Zhang Wei (a/k/a 张伟\\*), Lihong Wei Lafrenz (a/k/a Sara Wei, 魏丽红), Hao Haidong (a/k/a 郝海东), Ross Heinemeyer, Max Krasner, Kyle Bass, Melissa Mendez, Ya Li (a/k/a 李娅), Dinggang Wang (a/k/a 王定刚), An Hong (a/k/a 安红), Yvette Wang (a/k/a Yanping Wang, Yan Ping Wang, 王雁平), Fiona Yu, Je Kin Ming (a/k/a William Je, Yu Jianming, 余建明 ), Yaz Qingua, and Lao Jiang (a/k/a Jiang Yunfu, Jiang Yunfu Be, 姜云浮).\n\n8. \"Associated Entities\" means, individually and collectively, all organizations or Entities of any type that (1) have been owned, controlled, or invested in by the Debtor or the Debtor's Family; or (2) have an interest, whether directly or indirectly, in any assets owned, controlled, or enjoyed by the Debtor or the Debtor's Family, together with the respective employees, agents, counsel, advisors, or anyone acting on behalf of any of the foregoing. Such Associated Entities shall include, but are not limited to: 7 Nod Hill LLC, AAGV Limited, ACA Investment Management Limited, ACA Capital Group Limited, Ace Decade Holdings Limited, AI Group Holdings Inc., Alfa Global Ventures Limited, Alfonso Global Limited, Allied Capital Global Limited, Alpine Fiduciaries SA, Anton Development Limited, Assets Sino Limited, Auspicious Coast Limited, Beijing Pangu Investment Co., Beijing Pangu Investment Co. Ltd., Beijing Pangu Investment Inc., Beijing Zenith Holdings Company Limited, Bravo Luck Limited, BSA Strategic Fund I, China Golden Spring (Hong Kong) Limited, Chuang Xin Limited, Crane Advisory Group LLC, Creative Apex Investments Limited, Crystal Breeze Investments Limited, Dawn State Limited, Eastern Profit Corporation Limited, Elite Well Global Limited, Empire Growth Holdings, G Club Operations LLC, G Fashion LLC, G News LLC, GETTR USA, Genever Holdings Corporation, Genever Holdings LLC, GFASHION MEDIA GROUP INC., GFNY, Inc., Globalist International Limited, GNews Media Group Inc., Golden Spring (New York) Ltd., Greenwich Land LLC, Guo Media, GTV Media Group, Inc., Hamilton Capital Holdings Inc., Head Win Group Limited, Henan Yuda, Himalaya Embassy, Himalaya Exchange, Himalaya Federal Reserve, Himalaya Supervisory Organization, HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited LLC, Hong Kong International Funds Investments Limited, Infinite Increase Limited, Infinitum Developments Limited, Insight Phoenix Fund, Lamp Capital LLC, Leading Shine Limited, Leading Shine NY Limited, Long Gate Limited, Next Tycoon Investments Limited, New Federal State of China (a/k/a NFSC), Noble Fame Global Limited, Rosy Acme Ventures Limited, Rule of Law Foundation III, Inc., Rule of Law Foundation IV, Inc., Rule of Law Fund, Rule of Law Society, Rule of Law Society IV, Inc., G-Translators PTY LTD, Saraca Media Group, Inc.,\n\nShiny Ace Ltd., Shiny Times Holdings Ltd., Spirit Charter Investment Limited, Stevenson, Wong & Co., Voice of Guo Media, Inc., Well Origin Ltd., World Century Limited, Worldwide Opportunity Holdings Limited, Whitecroft Shore Limited, and ZIBA Limited.\n\n9. \"Including\" or any variant thereof means \"including without limitation.\"\n\n10. \"And\" and \"or\" mean \"and/or,\" and shall be construed both conjunctively as well as disjunctively in order to maximize their scope.\n\n11. \"Any\" and \"all\" and \"each\" mean \"each and every.\"\n\n12. \"Each\" and \"every\" mean \"each and every.\"\n\n13. \"Third Party\" means a Person or Entity other than Yourself.\n\n14. \"Transfer\" shall have the meaning given to it by section 101(54) of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n15. \"Document\" means any information or thing within the scope of Fed. R. Civ. P. 34, and includes, without limitation, each and every written, recorded, or graphic matter of any kind, type, nature, or description that is or has been in Your Possession, Custody or Control, including all printed and electronic copies of electronic mail, computer files maintained in electronic form, electronic communication, text message, social media post, tweet, meta-data, correspondence, memoranda, tapes, stenographic or handwritten notes, written forms of any kind, charts, blueprints, drawings, sketches, graphs, plans, articles, specifications, diaries, letters, telegrams, photographs, minutes, contracts, agreements, surveys, computer printouts, data compilations of any kind, telexes, facsimiles, voice messages, invoices, order forms, checks, drafts, statements, credit memos, reports, position reports, summaries, indices, books, ledgers, notebooks, schedules, transparencies, recordings, catalogs, advertisements, promotional\n\nmaterials, films, video tapes, audio tapes, CDs, computer disks, brochures, pamphlets, punchcards, time-slips, Tweets, social media posts, or any written or recorded materials of any other kind, and all meta-data thereof, however stored (whether in tangible or electronic form), recorded, produced, or reproduced, and also including but not limited to, drafts or copies of any of the foregoing that contain any notes, comments, or markings of any kind not found on the original documents or that are otherwise not identical to the original documents.\n\n16. \"Person(s)\" means an individual, corporation, proprietorship, partnership, association, or any other Entity. \"Person\" also includes any agent, representatives, or expert, including but not limiting to, attorneys or financial advisors.\n\n17. \"Entity\" means any natural Person, corporation, partnership, subsidiary, sole proprietorship, firm, board, joint venture, association, agency, authority, commission or other business entity or juristic Person, as well as any affiliate, agent, parent including but not limited to legal counsel, financial advisors, or any other representative.\n\n18. \"Regarding\" means concerning, describing, comprising, referring to, related to, supporting, favoring, opposing, bolstering, detracting from, located in, considered in connection with, bearing on, evidencing, indicating, reporting on, recording, alluding to, responding to, connected with, commenting on, in respect of, about, in relation to, discussing, showing, describing, reflecting, analyzing constituting, and being.\n\n19. \"Relating to,\" \"relate(s) to\" or \"related to,\" when referring to any given subject matter, means, without limitation, any document that constitutes, comprises, involves, contains, embodies, reflects, identifies, states, refers directly or indirectly to, or is in any way relevant to the particular subject matter identified.\n\n20. \"Communication(s)\" means, in the broadest possible sense, and without limitation, any transmittal of information or knowledge (in the form of facts, ideas, inquiries, or otherwise). Communication(s) further refers to all conversations, agreements, inquiries, or replies, whether in person, by telephone, in writing, or by means of electronic transmittal devices, and includes, but is not limited to, all correspondence, emails, recordings, transmittal slips, memoranda, telephone communications, voice messages, telegrams, telefaxes, telecopies, telexes, instant messages, chats, text messages, telephonic notes, or notes transmitted internally or with third parties.\n\n21. \"Asset(s)\" means any item that can be used to produce positive economic value, including but not limited to any resource with economic value that is owned, controlled or is for the benefit of an entity, that is expected to provide a future benefit, including but not limited to, all real and personal property, intangible property, investments, rights to invest or to future revenue, cash, bank accounts, commodities, securities, claims, total or partial control of an entity, and prospective economic opportunities\n\n22. \"Transfer\" shall have the meaning given to it by section 101(54) of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n## **IV. DOCUMENTS TO BE PRODUCED**\n\n1. All Documents regarding any income or Asset of the Debtor, the Debtor's estate, or an Associated Entity.\n\n2. All Documents related to the Debtor's financial condition and obligations to his creditors, including without limitation all Documents related to any effort to avoid paying such obligations and All Documents related to this or any other actual or potential bankruptcy or similar insolvency proceeding.\n\n3. All Documents regarding any balance sheet, bank statement, account statement, financial statement, statement of account, wire transfer instructions and/or confirmation, proof of funds, certificate of deposit, certificate of holdings, investment portfolio summary, or similar document relating to the Debtor, the Debtor's Estate, the Debtor's Family, an Associated Entity, or an Associated Individual, including without limitation all Documents sufficient to show all Transfers to any of the foregoing.\n\n4. All Documents regarding any investment, business dealing or transactions made by, with, or on behalf of the Debtor.\n\n5. All Communications with the Debtor, and Documents related to Communications with the Debtor, related to the operation, management, or decision-making of any Entity, including without limitation the Associated Entities.\n\n6. All Documents regarding any Transfer, investment, or other transaction or business dealing made to, by, or with the Debtor, the Debtor's Family, or an Associated Entity.\n\n7. All Documents regarding any property ever occupied or used by the Debtor, including without limitation the *Lady May*; the Sherry Netherland Hotel / Condominium; the residential property located in Greenwich, Connecticut at 373 Taconic Rd.; the residential property located in Greenwich, Connecticut at 33 Ferncliff Rd.; and the residential property located in Wilton, Connecticut at 354 Nod Hill Rd.\n\n8. All Documents related to any investments or trading by the Debtor, the Debtor's Family, or an Associated Entity, in or around July 2020, or at any other time, in crude oil futures or any similar commodity, including without limitation Communications with Jiang Yunfu Be regarding any such investments or trading.\n\n9. All Documents related to any aircraft owned, controlled, or used by the Debtor, including without limitation the aircraft bearing tail number T7-GQM and any other aircraft registered in San Marino, including without limitation copies of all registration documents and flight manifests showing flights taken by such aircraft and the individuals onboard such flights.\n\n10. All Documents regarding any gifts, benefits or loans, to, from or on behalf of the Debtor, the Debtor's Estate, the Debtor's Family, or the Associated Entities, including without limitation Documents sufficient to show the amounts of such gifts, benefits, or loans; the purposes for which such gifts, benefits, or loans were used; when the gifts, benefits, or loans were provided; and the terms of any loans, all representations and warranties made in connection with any loans, the interest rate on any loans, and all evidence of payments of any loans.\n\n11. All Documents concerning any trust or similar instrument set up by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of the Debtor, the Debtor's Estate, the Debtor's Family, or an Associated Entity, including without limitation Documents sufficient to show when the trust(s) was created, by whom it was created, for whose benefit it was created, and the corpus of the trust.\n\n12. All Documents related to any obligation, claim, liability, or debt associated with any legal dispute involving the Debtor, including but not limited to those relating to any litigation before any local, state, federal, or international body, whether an administrative body, court, panel, or alternative dispute resolution entity.\n\n13. All Documents and communications between any of your outside counsel or other advisors and the Debtor.\n\n14. All Documents related to any Associated Entity that You hold or have held an interest in.\n\n15. All Communications with the Debtor, and Documents related to Communications with the Debtor, related to the operation, management, or decision-making of any legal entity, including without limitation the Family Related Entities and the Associated Entities.\n\n# **EXHIBIT A-2**\n\n# **EXHIBIT B**\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 1487 Filed 02/28/23 Entered 02/28/23 15:59:43 Page 32 of 32","body_zh":null,"key_entities":["Je","Himalaya","Kwok","Guo","Ho Wan Kwok","Despins","Paul Hastings","Miles Guo","Himalaya Exchange","Yanping Wang","William Je","GTV","Saraca","GETTR","CIPA"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":11,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":31,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":1465,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":8731,"status":"published","published_at":"2023-02-28 00:00:00","created_at":"2023-02-28","updated_at":"2026-07-07 07:52:05"}