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'HFODUDWRU\\-XGJPHQWDQG,QMXQFWLYH5HOLHYHDVVHWIRUWKDERYH | | | | |\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 2 of 33\n\nCase 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 2 of 33\n\n**B1040 (FORM 1040) (12/15)**\n\n| BANKRUPTCY CASE IN WHICH THIS ADVERSARY PROCEEDING ARISES | | | | |\n|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------|---------------------------------------|----------------|--|\n| NAME OF DEBTOR | | BANKRUPTCY CASE NO. | | |\n| +R:DQ.ZRN | | -\\$0 | | |\n| DISTRICT IN WHICH CASE IS PENDING | | DIVISION OFFICE | NAME OF JUDGE | |\n| &RQQHFWLFXW | | %ULGJHSRUW'LYLVLRQ | -XOLH\\$0DQQLQJ | |\n| RELATED ADVERSARY PROCEEDING (IF ANY) | | | | |\n| PLAINTIFF | DEFENDANT | | ADVERSARY | |\n| | | | PROCEEDING NO. | |\n| | | | | |\n| DISTRICT IN WHICH ADVERSARY IS PENDING | | DIVISION OFFICE | NAME OF JUDGE | |\n| | | | | |\n| SIGNATURE OF ATTORNEY (OR PLAINTIFF) | | | | |\n| | | | | |\n| | | | | |\n| | | | | |\n| | | | | |\n| DATE | | PRINT NAME OF ATTORNEY (OR PLAINTIFF) | | |\n| | | | | |\n| -XO\\ | | | | |\n| | | 'RXJODVV%DUURQ | | |\n| | | | | |\n\n#### **INSTRUCTIONS**\n\nThe filing of a bankruptcy case creates an \"estate\" under the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court which consists of all of the property of the debtor, wherever that property is located. Because the bankruptcy estate is so extensive and the jurisdiction of the court so broad, there may be lawsuits over the property or property rights of the estate. There also may be lawsuits concerning the debtor's discharge. If such a lawsuit is filed in a bankruptcy court, it is called an adversary proceeding.\n\nA party filing an adversary proceeding must also must complete and file Form 1040, the Adversary Proceeding Cover Sheet, unless the party files the adversary proceeding electronically through the court's Case Management/Electronic Case Filing system (CM/ECF). (CM/ECF captures the information on Form 1040 as part of the filing process.) When completed, the cover sheet summarizes basic information on the adversary proceeding. The clerk of court needs the information to process the adversary proceeding and prepare required statistical reports on court activity.\n\nThe cover sheet and the information contained on it do not replace or supplement the filing and service of pleadings or other papers as required by law, the Bankruptcy Rules, or the local rules of court. The cover sheet, which is largely selfexplanatory, must be completed by the plaintiff's attorney (or by the plaintiff if the plaintiff is not represented by an attorney). A separate cover sheet must be submitted to the clerk for each complaint filed.\n\n**Plaintiffs** and **Defendants.** Give the names of the plaintiffs and defendants exactly as they appear on the complaint.\n\n**Attorneys.** Give the names and addresses of the attorneys, if known.\n\n**Party**. Check the most appropriate box in the first column for the plaintiffs and the second column for the defendants.\n\n**Demand.** Enter the dollar amount being demanded in the complaint.\n\n**Signature.** This cover sheet must be signed by the attorney of record in the box on the second page of the form. If the plaintiff is represented by a law firm, a member of the firm must sign. If the plaintiff is pro se, that is, not represented by an attorney, the plaintiff must sign.\n\n#### **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| -------------------------------------------------------- | x |\n|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|\n| In re: | :
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x |\n\n### **COMPLAINT OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE FOR ESTATE OF HO WAN KWOK SEEKING, PURSUANT TO BANKRUPTCY CODE SECTIONS 541, 542, AND 544, (I) DECLARATORY JUDGMENT THAT DEBTOR IS EQUITABLE OWNER OF MAHWAH MANSION AND THAT SUCH PROPERTY IS PROPERTY OF ESTATE AND (II) RELATED RELIEF**\n\nLuc A. Despins, in his capacity as the chapter 11 trustee (the \"Trustee\") appointed in the\n\nchapter 11 case (the \"Chapter 11 Case\") of Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Debtor\" or \"Kwok\"), files this\n\n1 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 and the Genever 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\n2 The trustees of Taurus Fund named as defendants will be served with the Complaint.\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 4 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 4 of 33\n\nadversary complaint (the \"Complaint\") against defendants Taurus Fund LLC (\"Taurus Fund\"), Scott Barnett, as trustee of Taurus Fund, and Taurus Management LLC, as trustee of Taurus Fund (\"Taurus Management\" and, collectively with Taurus Fund and Scott Barnett, the \"Defendants\") and states as follows:\n\n#### **NATURE OF ACTION**\n\n1. The Trustee brings this Complaint to recover yet another multi-million-dollar asset the Debtor has hidden from his creditors with the aid of his seemingly endless web of shell companies. The asset in question is one of the largest mansions in the United States, a 21 bedroom, 50,000 square foot, castle-styled private residence with 12.5-acre grounds located at 675 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430 (the \"Mahwah Mansion\"). This extremely valuable property is owned by the Debtor but held by or in the name of a shell company, Taurus Fund. For the reasons set forth herein, the Mahwah Mansion and the fixtures and personal property located in the Mahwah Mansion should be turned over to the Trustee and incorporated into the chapter 11 estate for the benefit of the Debtor's creditors.\n\n2. The Mahwah Mansion was purchased in December 2021 for \\$26.5 million and has since been used by the Debtor personally. Taurus Fund, the property's nominal owner, is, according to its Articles of Organization, a manager-managed LLC managed by (i) the Debtor's chauffeur and/or bodyguard, Scott Barnett, and (ii) another shell company, Taurus Management.\n\n3. As further discussed below, Taurus Fund is in administrative default under Nevada law. Its charter was revoked and right to transact business forfeited. As a result, as of January 1, 2023, Taurus Fund's managers, Scott Barnett and Taurus Management, have held all property and assets of Taurus Fund—including the Mahwah Mansion—in trust.\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 5 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 5 of 33\n\n4. Despite holding nominal title to the Mahwah Mansion, Taurus Fund is, in reality, the owner in name only. The Debtor's control of the Mahwah Mansion is transparent, with the property's actual control and ownership disguised by only the smallest of fig leaves. Until his arrest and detention, the Debtor used the Mahwah Mansion as his residence, filling it with his own personal belongings and funding millions of dollars of renovations to the property through Taurus Fund. Meanwhile, the \"management\" of this historic mansion worth tens of millions of dollars is allegedly entrusted to the Debtor's driver and/or bodyguard, Mr. Barnett.\n\n5. These and the other facts described herein show that the Debtor was (and remains) the equitable owner of the property at all relevant times. Because the Mahwah Mansion is equitably owned by the Debtor, it is property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate.\n\n6. Based on these facts, the Trustee seeks a ruling pursuant to sections 541, 542, and 544 of the Bankruptcy Code (i) declaring that the Debtor is the equitable owner of the Mahwah Mansion and that the Mahwah Mansion is property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate to be administered by the Trustee, and (ii) ordering the turnover of the Mahwah Mansion and the fixtures and personal property located in the Mahwah Mansion to the Trustee.\n\n7. The Trustee separately asserts that (i) the Debtor equitably owns Taurus Fund itself or, alternatively, (ii) Taurus Fund is the Debtor's alter ego. In either case, Taurus Fund or its assets (or their value) should be brought into the Debtor's chapter 11 estate.\n\n#### **JURISDICTION AND VENUE**\n\n8. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this adversary proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b). This adversary proceeding has been referred to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §157(a). Venue is appropriate in this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and 1409.\n\n#### **PARTIES**\n\n9. The Trustee is the chapter 11 trustee in the Chapter 11 Case pursuant to the Court's order entered on July 8, 2022 [Main Case Docket No. 523].\n\n10. Taurus Fund is a limited liability company formed in the State of Nevada and is the purported nominal owner of the Mahwah Mansion.\n\n11. Scott Barnett is one of the two managers of Taurus Fund, and upon information and belief, a trustee of Taurus Fund. Barnett is also the Debtor's chauffeur and/or bodyguard.\n\n12. Taurus Management is a limited liability company formed in the State of New Mexico. Taurus Management is the other manager of Taurus Fund, and upon information and belief, a trustee of Taurus Fund.\n\n#### **FACTS**\n\n#### **I. Debtor's Prolific Use of Shell Companies**\n\n13. As the Court is well aware, the Debtor uses a seemingly inexhaustible stream of shell companies, purportedly owned by family members or business subordinates, to shield his assets and activities from creditors. The Debtor's \"shell game\" has allowed him to continue to deny ownership of his assets and refuse to pay his debts.\n\n14. For example, this Court has found, in its order holding the Debtor in contempt for violating the Court's corporate governance order, that the Debtor was the beneficial owner of Ace Decade Limited (and, through it, Dawn State Limited), and that the Debtor controlled and employed Ace Decade Limited's nominee owner, Yvette Wang.3\n\n3 *Order Granting Motion to Hold Debtor in Contempt of Corporate Governance Order*, ¶¶ 1, 4 (Jan. 24, 2023, Docket No. 1372) (\"Corp. Governance Contempt Order\").\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 7 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 7 of 33\n\n15. Similarly, immediately prior to the filing of the Debtor's chapter 11 case in February 2022, in the Debtor's pre-petition litigation against PAX in New York state court, Justice Ostrager found that it was the Debtor's practice to use shell companies to shield his assets from creditors.4 Justice Ostrager also found that the Lady May yacht was beneficially owned and controlled by the Debtor, despite title to the yacht being nominally held by HK USA, purportedly owned by Mei Guo.\n\n16. Previously, Judge Liman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York found, in a 2021 decision, that Eastern Profit Corporation Limited, an entity originally owned by another of the Debtor's chauffeurs and then transferred to the Debtor's daughter, was \"in essence, a shell corporation\" for the Debtor.5 Eastern Profit Corporation Limited was one of numerous purportedly independent entities whose financial accounts were identified by a 2018 Hong Kong court order to be \"subject to the effective control\" of the Debtor.6\n\n17. Relatedly, a confidential witness declaration filed by the Trustee under seal at Docket No. 1327 (the \"Confidential Witness Declaration\") and incorporated by reference as an exhibit in support of this Complaint, establishes, among other things that:\n\n4 Ex. 1, Decision & Order, at 1, *PAX v. Kwok*, Index No. 652077/2017 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Feb. 9, 2022) [Docket No. 1181] (the \"Final Contempt Decision\").\n\n5 *Eastern Profit Corp. Ltd. v. Strategic Vision US LLC*, No. 18-CV-2185 (LJL), 2021 WL 2554631, at \\*1 (S.D.N.Y. June 22, 2021).\n\n6 Ex. 2, Hong Kong Restraint Order, at 7-18.\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 8 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 8 of 33\n\n18. Particularly relevant to this Complaint, this Court has found that the New Federal State of China (the \"NFSC\") and the GSeries Entities such as Gettr, GClubs, GNews, GFashion, GMusic, and GEdu (the \"GSeries Entities\")7 are \"led by the Debtor,\"8 \"serve the purposes of the Debtor, serve as business vehicles for the Debtor, and their members are personally loyal to the Debtor.\"9\n\n19. Finally, and also particularly relevant to this Complaint, the Debtor has—until his\n\nrecent arrest by the FBI—used this shell game to fund his extravagant lifestyle and luxury\n\nresidences. For example:\n\n- x Lamp Capital LLC and Golden Spring (New York) Ltd. (shell companies purportedly owned by the Debtor's son) have paid the Debtor's living expenses and legal fees;\n- x Bravo Luck Limited (another shell company purportedly owned by the Debtor's son and in which the Debtor had a direct ownership interest) has claimed beneficial ownership of the Debtor's \\$70 million luxury apartment at the Sherry Netherland Hotel;10\n- x Hong Kong International Investments (USA) Limited (\"HK USA\") (a shell company purportedly owned by the Debtor's daughter, Mei Guo, and recently\n\n7 The Court also found that: \"The G in GSeries stands for Guo.\" *Corrected Memorandum of Decision Granting in Part Motion for Preliminary Injunction* ¶¶ 2, 3 (Adv. Proc. No. 22-05032, Jan. 13, 2023) [Docket No. 133] (the \"PI Decision\") (\"The GSeries includes the following entities: Himalaya Exchange, Gettr, GFashion, GMusic, GClubs, GNews, and GEdu.\").\n\n8 PI Decision, ¶ 7 (\"The Debtor is the leader of The Whistleblower Movement, NFSC, ROLF, and Himalaya.\").\n\n9 *Id.* (\"The Whistleblower Movement, NFSC, ROLF, GSeries, and Himalaya serve the purposes of the Debtor, serve as business vehicles for the Debtor, and their members are personally loyal to the Debtor.\").\n\n10 The Trustee has challenged Bravo Luck Limited's asserted interest in the Sherry Netherland apartment. See Amended Adversary Complaint Against Bravo Luck and Qiang Guo Seeking (I) Invalidation of Purported Trust Agreement in Favor of Bravo Luck and, (II) in Alternative, Ruling that Debtor Effectuated Fraudulent Transfer in Favor of Bravo Luck and Qiang Guo Pursuant to Section 276 of New York Debtor and Creditor Law, Made Applicable by Section 544 of Bankruptcy Code (Adv. Proc. No. 22-05027, Feb. 28, 2023) [Docket No. 40].\n\nruled by this Court to be the Debtor's alter ego11) has held title to the Debtor's yacht, the *Lady May*—which the Court ruled was property of the estate despite HK USA's nominal ownership;\n\n- x Greenwich Land LLC (a shell company purportedly owned by the Debtor's wife) holds nominal title to the Debtor's Connecticut residence;12\n- x Anton Development Limited (a shell company originally owned by one of the Debtor's chauffeurs and then transferred to the Debtor's daughter) held title to a Bombardier Global XRS private jet; and\n- x HCHK Technologies, Inc. (another shell company purportedly owned by the Debtor's employees) has paid fees associated with the management of the Lady May and of the Debtor's Bombardier aircraft, and has paid nearly \\$2.8 million to purchase a new private plane for the Debtor.13\n- 20. In sum, while this Complaint focuses on the Mahwah Mansion and Taurus Fund,\n\nthe Trustee believes that context regarding the Debtor's wide-ranging strategy of using shell companies to shield assets from creditors will assist the Court in understanding the Trustee's position. The Trustee also expressly reserves all rights to pursue actions asserting claims against other entities at the appropriate time.\n\n13 The Trustee has sought an alter ego judgment against HCHK Technologies, Inc., HCHK Property Management, Inc., and Lexington Property and Staffing, In. in adversary proceeding 23-05013, in connection with which the Court entered a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against this entity. *See Order Granting in Part Emergency Ex Parte Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction* (Adv. Proc. No. 23-05013, June 12, 2023, Docket No. 18) (the \"HCHK TR & PI Order\"). *See also Complaint of Chapter 11 Trustee for Estate of Ho Wan Kwok Pursuant to Sections 105, 362, 363, 541, 542, 544 and 549 of the Bankruptcy Code Seeking (i) Declaratory Judgment that HCHK Technologies, Inc., HCHK Property Management, Inc., and Lexington Property And Staffing, Inc., Are (A) Alter Egos of Debtor; or, (B) in the Alternative, An Order that Debtor Equitably Owns Such Entities and/or Their Property; and (II) Injunctive Relief* (Adv. Proc. No. 23-05013, June 8, 2023) [Docket No. 1].\n\n11 *See Memorandum of Decision and Order Granting Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Second Counterclaim*, at 36 (Adv. Proc. No. 22-05003, May 18, 2023) [Docket No. 221].\n\n12 The Trustee has sought an alter ego judgment against this entity in adversary proceeding 23-05005, in connection with which the Court entered a prejudgment remedy and temporary restraining orders against Greenwich Land LLC and the Debtor's wife. *See Order Granting in Part Ex Parte Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction* (Adv. Proc. No. 23-05005, Mar. 28, 2023, Docket No. 14) (the \"Greenwich TR &PI Order\"); *Order Granting Chapter 11 Trustee's Amended Application for Ex Parte Prejudgment Remedy* (Adv. Proc. No. 23-05005, Mar. 28, 2023) [Docket No. 15] (the \"Greenwich PR Order\").\n\n#### **II. Nominal Ownership by Taurus Fund, Shell Company of Debtor**\n\n21. On December 16, 2021 (the \"Purchase Date\"), Taurus Fund purchased the Mahwah Mansion from Crocker Mansion Estate LLC for approximately \\$26.5 million.14 The deed was recorded on the same date at Bergen County, New Jersey.15\n\n22. Taurus Fund was formed in Nevada on December 16, 2021, the same date as the Purchase Date.16\n\n23. Besides the Mahwah Mansion, Taurus Fund also holds title to a Bösendorfer grand piano designed by F.A. Porsche (the \"Porsche Piano\"), which is believed to be valued at over \\$250,000. The Porsche Piano was previously located at the Debtor's GSeries offices at 3 Columbus Circle. Upon information and belief, the Debtor's employees or agents have removed the piano and taken it to an unknown location.17 As of the time of this Complaint, while the Trustee's investigation is ongoing, other than the Mahwah Mansion and the Porsche Piano, the Trustee is not aware of any other assets held by Taurus Fund.18\n\n24. While its members remain unknown, Taurus Fund is managed by (i) the Debtor's chauffeur and/or bodyguard Scott Barnett and (ii) Taurus Management.19\n\n25. Scott Barnett is the Debtor's chauffeur and/or bodyguard, and as of the date of this Complaint, Barnett continues to be employed by and actively work for the Debtor. In fact,\n\n14 *See* Ex. 3, Deed of Mahwah Mansion.\n\n15 *Id*.\n\n16 *See* Ex. 4, Article of Organization of Taurus Fund LLC.\n\n17 The Trustee has been advised by counsel for GNews, one of the GSeries entities controlled by the Debtor, that the Porsche Piano should be placed back in the Debtor's GSeries offices at 3 Columbus Circle, but the Trustee is not aware that this has been done.\n\n18 To the extent that Taurus Fund has any other assets, they should also be incorporated into the Debtor's chapter 11 estate.\n\n19 *See* Ex. 4, Article of Organization of Taurus Fund LLC.\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 11 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 11 of 33\n\non June 20, 2023, in an email to the Trustee, Aaron A. Romney, the Debtor's counsel, notified the Trustee that \"*Scott Barnett, who worked security for Mr. Kwok at the Sherry [Netherland], will be picking up [certain] boxes*\" from the Sherry Netherland containing the Debtor's and his family members' clothes and personal effects.20 Barnett is also listed as a covered driver under an insurance policy issued by AIG to Golden Spring (New York) Ltd.,21 one of the Debtor's many shell companies.22 Barnett has also been paid by at least two other shell companies, Greenwich Land, LLC,23 (which is purportedly owned by the Debtor's wife and which holds title to the Debtor's residence in Greenwich, Connecticut),24 and Lexington Property and Staffing, Inc. (\"Lexington Property\")25 (Lexington Property is 99.999% owned by Holy City Hong Kong Ventures, Ltd., an entity itself 100% owned by the Debtor's assistant, Yvette Wang).26\n\n26. Taurus Fund's other listed manager, Taurus Management, was formed on December 15, 2021, one day before the Purchase Date, as a limited liability company in the State of New Mexico.27\n\n20 *See* Ex. 5, Email from Aaron A. Romney to the Trustee, Stephen Kindseth and Eric Henzy (June 20, 2023 at 1:01 PM).\n\n21 *See* Ex. 6, New York Automobile Declarations Page, by and between AIG Property Casualty Company and Golden Spring (New York) Ltd., for the policy period between Apr. 1, 2022 and Apr. 1, 2023).\n\n22 As noted above, the Debtor has previously used his chauffeur and/or bodyguard to hold his shell companies.\n\n23 *See* Ex. 7, Check to Scott Barnett from Greenwich Land, LLC, on February 2, 2021, for an amount of \\$619.99.\n\n24 The Trustee has sought an alter ego judgment against this entity in adversary proceeding 23-05005, in connection with which the Court entered a prejudgment remedy and temporary restraining orders against Greenwich Land LLC and the Debtor's wife. *See* Greenwich TR &PI Order; Greenwich PR Order.\n\n25 *See* Ex. 8, Lexington Property Expenses by Vendor Summary, January – December 2021, Scott Barnett was paid \\$115.08 by Lexington Property.\n\n26 The Trustee has sought an alter ego judgment against Lexington Property, HCHK Technologies, Inc., and HCHK Property Management, Inc. in adversary proceeding 23-05013, in connection with which the Court entered a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction. *See* HCHK TR & PI Order.\n\n27 *See* Ex. 9, Articles of Organization of Taurus Management LLC.\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 12 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 12 of 33\n\n27. The publicly available formation documents for Taurus Management indicate that Taurus Management is a manager-managed LLC. However, the documents do not identify a manager or member.28\n\n28. Despite being a New Mexico entity, Taurus Management shares the same address as Taurus Fund in Nevada at 6628 Sky Pointe Drive, Suite 129-1071, Las Vegas, NV 89131.29\n\n29. Taurus Fund has ignored its obligations under Nevada law to file with the Secretary of State an annual list containing information such as names, titles and addresses of all of its managers, as well as a signature of the manager or authorized representative. It is, accordingly, marked as \"in default\" on the website maintained by the Nevada Secretary of State.30\n\n30. Taurus Fund has also failed to comply with New Jersey law. Under New Jersey law, Taurus Fund's ownership of property in New Jersey requires it to register as a foreign business entity with the New Jersey Secretary of State. However, a review of public records indicates that no such filing has been made.\n\n#### **III. Scott Barnett and Taurus Management Became Trustees of Taurus Fund**\n\n31. Under Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 86.263(2), Taurus Fund's annual list of information was due on December 31, 2022. Because it failed to timely file the list, Taurus Fund is deemed in default under Nevada law.\n\n28 *Id*.\n\n29 *Id*.\n\n30 *See* Ex. 10, Taurus Fund LLC, Secretary of State of Nevada, Entity Search, http nv.gov/EntitySearch/BusinessInformation.\n\n32. On January 1, 2023, pursuant to Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 86.274(2), Taurus Fund's company charter was revoked by the Nevada Secretary of State, and its right to transact business forfeited.\n\n33. Upon revocation of Taurus Fund's charter and forfeiture of its right to transact business, under Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 86.274(5), all of the property and assets of Taurus Fund, including the Mahwah Mansion, are required to be held in trust by its managers—namely Scott Barnett and Taurus Management—and the same proceedings may be had with respect to its property and assets as those apply to the dissolution of a limited liability company pursuant to Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 86.505 and 86.521.\n\n34. Upon information and belief, as of the date of this Complaint, Taurus Fund has not applied to reinstate its charter, and remains in default.\n\n35. Upon information and belief, as of the date of this Complaint, Scott Barnett and Taurus Management remain as trustees of Taurus Fund and hold the Mahwah Mansion and all other assets of Taurus Fund in trust under Nevada law.\n\n#### **IV. Debtor Equitably Owns Mahwah Mansion**\n\n36. Although Taurus Fund held nominal title to the Mahwah Mansion, the Debtor had full beneficial ownership and control over the property until his arrest on March 15, 2023. As of the date of this Complaint, the Debtor has been denied bail and remains in federal custody.\n\n37. The Debtor's residence at, and his equitable ownership of, the Mahwah Mansion was revealed in the criminal indictment against him containing multiple charges of securities\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 14 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 14 of 33\n\nfraud, wire fraud, and money laundering (the \"Criminal Indictment\").31 The Criminal Indictment identified the Mahwah Mansion as one of the Debtor's luxury residences in the United States, along with his apartment at the Sherry-Netherland and his residence in Greenwich, Connecticut.\n\n38. *In fact, a \"public records\" search under the Debtor's name lists the Mahwah Mansion as the Debtor's personal address*. 32\n\n#### **A. Debtor Made Decision to Purchase Mahwah Mansion**\n\n39. Constructed in 1907, the castle-styled Mahwah Mansion, located within 25 miles of New York City, is described as one of the world's most magnificent and rare estates. The mansion has 21 bedrooms, more than 19 bathrooms, a great hall, library, tea room, formal dining room, restaurant-style kitchen, movie theater, billiard room, indoor lap pool with spa, massage room, wine room, game room, gym, outdoor pool with cabana, majestic gardens with two fountains, tennis court, 8-car garage, and rare wood, stone work and craftsmanship throughout the castle.33 Additionally, the Mahwah Mansion has its own Wikipedia page and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.34\n\n40. The grandeur and lavishness of the Mahwah Mansion is consistent with the Debtor's preference for extravagant residences, just like the \\$70 million Sherry Netherland apartment and the Debtor's multi-million dollar residence in Connecticut.\n\n31 *See* Criminal Indictment of Ho Wan Kwok and Kin Ming Je, *United States v. Kwok et al.*, 23 Cr. 118, filed Mar. 6, 2023 [ECF No. 2]. A copy of the Criminal Indictment is attached as **Exhibit 11** hereto.\n\n32 *See* Ex. 25, Lexis Public Record Comprehensive Person Report (listing Mahwah Mansion as the Debtor's address).\n\n33 *See* 675 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430, United States, CHRISTIE'S INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE GROUP, http (last visited July 6, 2023) (describing grandeur and lavish amenities of the Mahwah Mansion).\n\n34 *See* Crocker-McMillin Mansion, WIKIPEDIA, http (last visited July 6, 2023).\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 15 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 15 of 33\n\n41. On April 12, 2023, the NFSC, which, as this Court has found, is controlled by the Debtor and serves the purposes of the Debtor,35 released a video on Gettr featuring a tour of the Mahwah Mansion hosted by Pamela Tsai, a/k/a Nicole (\"Tsai\")36 and Qidong Xia, a/k/a Changdao Brother, or David Xia (\"Xia\") (the \"First Video Tour\").37 Xia is currently the Secretary General of the NFSC and Chairman of the Rule of Law Society and a person with whom the Debtor remains in contact.38 For example, on April 17, 2023, during a Gettr live stream by Tsai, Roy Guo,39 and Xia, the Debtor allegedly made a fifteen-minute phone call to\n\n35 PI Decision ¶7 (\"The Whistleblower Movement, NFSC, ROLF, GSeries, and Himalaya serve the purposes of the Debtor, serve as business vehicles for the Debtor, and their members are personally loyal to the Debtor.\").\n\n36 This Court has found that Tsai is an associate of the Debtor and is associated with The Whistleblower Movement, NFSC, GSeries, Himalaya and/or ROLF. *See* PI Decision ¶¶ 11-15. The Court also found that Tsai actively participated in the protest campaign against the Trustee both outside of the Trustee's residence and at the entrance of Paul Hastings' office at Grand Central Terminal in New York, which were enjoined by this Court pursuant to the Court's *Order Granting In Part Motion for Preliminary Injunction* (Adv. Pro. No. 22- 05032, Jan. 11, 2023) [Docket No. 129] (the \"PAX PI Order\"). Tsai also appeared in videos reposted by the Debtor on November 16 and 18, 2022, which were designed to threaten and harass the Trustee and his family members by identifying their names and employers and making baseless and outrageous attacks and comments. *See Motion for An Order (I) Preliminarily Enjoining the Debtor from Publishing Personal Information About Certain Parties and Their Relatives Online, (II) Directing the Debtor to Remove Any Such Existing Posts, (III) Granting A Temporary Restraining Order in the Event that the Court Orders a Hearing on This Motion; and (IV) Referring the Debtor's Conduct to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut* ¶¶ 27-28 (Adv. Pro. No. 22-05032, Nov. 22, 2022) [Docket No. 3] (the \"PAX TRO Motion\").\n\n37 *See* NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), *Nicole Looks at Brother Seven*, GETTR (Apr. 12, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023). Contemporaneously with the filing of this Complaint, counsel for the Trustee has provided the Court with a flash-drive containing copies of each of the videos quoted in this Complaint (the \"Video Flash-Drive\"), with a translation prepared by counsel of the relevant segment of such videos. The translated copy of the video referenced in this footnote is included in the Video Flash-Drive and is incorporated as **Exhibit 12** hereto.\n\n38 *See, e.g.*, NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), GETTR (June 5, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023), identifying David Xia as the Secretary General of NFSC and Chairman of the Rule of Law Society.\n\n39 This Court has found that Roy Guo is an associate of the Debtor and is associated with The Whistleblower Movement, NFSC, GSeries, Himalaya and/or ROLF. *See* PI Decision ¶¶ 11-15. The Court also found that Roy Guo actively participated in the protest campaign against the Trustee both outside of the Trustee's residence and at the entrance of Paul Hastings' office at Grand Central Terminal in New York, which were enjoined by this Court pursuant to the Court's PAX PI Order.\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 16 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 16 of 33\n\nXia while in federal custody.40 Pursuant to the phone call, the Debtor urged his followers to follow the lead of Xia.41\n\n42. During the First Video Tour, Xia and Tsai stated that the Debtor had the idea of buying a property in around 2020 and 2021; that the Debtor visited various properties in 2021; that the Debtor picked the Mahwah Mansion himself; that the Debtor decided to buy the Mahwah Mansion at the end of 2021; and that the Debtor instructed that everything related to the Mahwah Mansion be done in secrecy.42\n\n43. In sum, the Debtor decided to purchase the Mahwah Mansion on December 16,\n\n2021, two months prior to the Debtor's voluntary filing of chapter 11 petition on February 15, 2022. He also decided to hide his purchase and equitable ownership of the Mahwah Mansion (which, unsurprisingly, is not listed on the Debtor's schedules of assets and liabilities), which would have remained hidden if not for the Criminal Indictment by the U.S. government on March 15, 2023.43\n\n40 *See* NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), *Nicole Looks at Brother Seven*, GETTR (Apr. 17, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023) at 45:48-46:05 (video containing the Debtor's alleged phone call to his business associates where the Debtor asked his followers to \"follow the arrangement of Changdao Brother\") (Changdao Brother is Xia's nickname). The translated copy of the video referenced in this footnote is included in the Video Flash-Drive and is incorporated as **Exhibit 13** hereto.\n\n41 *Id*.\n\n42 *See* Ex. 12, First Video Tour, http (last visited July 6, 2023) [video showing Xia and Tsai touring the Mahwah Mansion ], *e.g.*, at 2:10-2:20, 3:40-3:50, 6:25-6:30, 10:00-10:25, 14:20-14:25, 26:30-26:45, 28:55-29:40, 31:30-31:50, 32:41-33:48.\n\n43 The Trustee and the Department of Justice are working on a stipulation to resolve their potential competing claims to the proceeds of an eventual sale of the Mahwah Mansion (*i.e.*, whether the proceeds should be distributed to victims/creditors through the chapter 11 process or pursuant to the forfeiture process in connection with the criminal charges against the Debtor). The Trustee expects to present a stipulation to the Court in the near future.\n\n#### **B. Debtor Financed Purchase of and Renovation to Mahwah Mansion**\n\n44. Despite Taurus Fund's nominal title to the Mahwah Mansion, the Debtor directed and was personally involved in the purchase of and renovations to the mansion, using money that was under his control. Specifically, according to the Criminal Indictment, the Debtor \"used fraudulently-obtained victim money to purchase, fund, or finance a \\$26.5 million purchase of [the Mahwah Mansion] for [the Debtor] and his family.\"44\n\n45. The Criminal Indictment also explained that the funds used to purchase the Mahwah Mansion were funneled through other shell companies. Specifically, in or around November 2022, shortly before the Debtor's voluntary chapter 11 filing, the Debtor, acting through his co-defendant and alleged co-conspirator, William Je (\"Je\"),45 directed the funneling of funds from G Club Operations, LLC (\"G-Club\") through bank accounts in other entities' names toward the purchase of the Mahwah Mansion46 for the use and benefit of the Debtor, his wife (Hing Chi Ngok), his daughter (Mei Guo), and his son (Qiang Guo).47\n\n46. Based on the Trustee's investigation, Je, referred to by Mei Guo as \"uncle William,\" and who is currently on the run from law enforcement, is a trusted family friend and\n\n44 *See* Ex. 11, Criminal Indictment ¶ 4; *see also* Ex. 14, Order Denying Kwok's Motion for Release Pending Trial, at 3, *United States v. Kwok*, 23 Cr. 118-1 (AT) (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 20, 2023) [Docket No. No. 51] (noting that \"[t]he majority of funds raised through the membership organization were used to pay [the Debtor's] and his family's personal expenses, and purchase high-priced goods and real property, such as [the Debtor's] mansion in New Jersey.\"\n\n45 The Government believes that William Je remains at large and is believed to be in the UAE. *See Memorandum of Law of the United States of America in Opposition to Defendant Yanping Wang's Motion for Pretrial Release* (the \"USAO Memorandum\"), at 4, attached as Exhibit B in the *Reply of Chapter 11 Trustee to G Club Operations LLC's Supplemental Objection to Trustee's Motion to Compel and Request for Related Relief* (the \"G-Club Reply\") (June 23, 2023) [Main Case Docket No. 1934].\n\n46 Ex. 11, Criminal Indictment ¶ 15b.\n\n47 *See* Ex. 15, Complaint ¶ 104(b), *S.E.C. v. Kwok*, 23 Civ. 2200 (PGG) (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 15, 2023) [Docket No.1] (\"SEC Complaint\").\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 18 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 18 of 33\n\nfinancial advisor of the Debtor. Je has been closely involved with the Debtor's real estate purchases, previously having been involved in the consideration of multiple potential property purchases by the Debtor. Je also arranged, under the Debtor's instructions, a transfer of \\$37 million to be held in escrow as a purported \"loan\" to cover the cost of the Lady May. As this Court has already found, both the Lady May and the \\$37 million escrow funds constituted and constitute, as applicable, property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate [Adv. P. No. 22-05003, ECF No. 221].\n\n47. The Debtor not only funded the purchase of the Mahwah Mansion, he also funded significant improvements to the property. Between December 2021 and March 2022, he arranged for an additional \\$13 million to be transferred to an escrow account to pay for extravagant furnishings for, and renovations to, the Mahwah Mansion. These extensive expenditures include a wing for his son and daughter each, as well as various furniture and decorative items, such as Chinese and Persian rugs worth approximately \\$978,000, a \\$62,000 television, a \\$53,000 fireplace log cradle holder, a \\$59,000 watch storage box, and a \\$35,000 mattress.48\n\n48. In the First Video Tour, while touring the dining room of the Mahwah Mansion, Tsai commented on the various delicate pieces of Chinese calligraphy and paintings, which were \"selected by Mr. Kwok himself.\"49 Xia particularly emphasized that there are many pieces of important antiques in the Mahwah Mansion, which were purportedly \"donated by [the Debtor's]\n\n48 *See* Ex. 15, SEC Complaint ¶ 104(c). *See also* Ex. 11, Criminal Indictment ¶ 15(c).\n\n49 *See* Ex. 12, First Video Tour, at 26:00-26:20.\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 19 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 19 of 33\n\nfamily fund,\"50 that these antiques are \"worth way more than the house itself,\"51 and that only the Debtor knows and is able to tell the story behind each antique.52 Upon information and belief, any funds from the Debtor's family fund are the Debtor's funds.\n\n49. These statements were repeated in another video tour of the Mahwah Mansion, given by Xia and Tsai on April 15, 2023 (the \"Second Video Tour,\" and together with the First Video Tour, the \"Video Tours\").53\n\n#### **C. Debtor Resides at Mahwah Mansion**\n\n50. Together with his apartment at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel and his residence in Greenwich, Connecticut, the Mahwah Mansion is one of at least three luxury residences owned by the Debtor in the United States.54\n\n51. During the search of the Mahwah Mansion, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (the \"FBI\") found a number of the Debtor's personal effects, including (i) prescription medication in his name,55 (ii) an international driving permit and New York's learner's permit, both issued to the Debtor,56 (iii) family pictures,57 (iv) a certificate of authenticity for a Ferrari\n\n50 *Id.*, at 33:08-33:25.\n\n51 *Id*., at 33:25-33:29, 33:48-33:56.\n\n52 *Id.*, at 33:29-33:33.\n\n53 *See* NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), *Nicole Looks at Brother Seven*, GETTR (Apr. 15, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023), *e.g*., at 21:55-22:20, 33:05-33:30, 35:20- 35:35, 40:00-40:23. The translated copy of the video referenced in this footnote is included in the Video Flash-Drive and is incorporated as **Exhibit 16** hereto.\n\n54 *See* Ex. 17, USA Response in Opposition as to Wang's Motion for Bond, at 3, *United States v. Yanping Wang,* 23 Mag. 2007 (UA) (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 29, 2023 [Docket No. 10].\n\n55 A picture taken by law enforcement of the medication (with personally identifiable information redacted) is attached as **Exhibit 18** hereto.\n\n56 A picture taken by law enforcement of the driver's license (with personally identifiable information redacted) is attached as **Exhibit 19** hereto.\n\n57 A picture taken by law enforcement of these family pictures is attached as **Exhibit 20** hereto.\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 20 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 20 of 33\n\nautomobile, addressed to the Debtor,58 and (iv) in what appears to be the Debtor's personal dressing room, \"approximately 30 Brioni custom-made suits, each of which bore the handstitched words 'Brioni for Miles Kwok' inside the jackets,\" 59\n\n52. Besides personal items and luxury furniture and goods, the FBI also found inside the mansion a safe, located in a closet that was attached to what appears to be the Debtor's personal dressing room, containing \"approximately \\$394,000, €5000, HK\\$188,050, and [RMB] 250 in cash, and approximately 156 gold coins (alongside a receipt, which indicated that the coins were valued at approximately \\$109,555).\"60\n\n53. The FBI also recovered from the Mahwah Mansion evidence of the Debtor's foreign travel documents, including a copy of the Debtor's expired United Arab Emirates passport, as well as 10 computers or laptops, 16 external media storage devices (USB and hard drives), nine cellphones and a cell scrambler,61 which the Debtor uses.62\n\n54. Prior to the Debtor's arrest on March 15, 2023, the Debtor had frequently conducted live streaming on social media platforms, including Gettr, from the Mahwah Mansion. Between January 11, 2023 and February 19, 2023, the Debtor held at least 11 live broadcast\n\n58 A picture taken by law enforcement of the certificate is attached as **Exhibit 21** hereto.\n\n59 *See* Ex. 22, USA Letter in Opposition to Brief in Support of Pretrial Release by Kwok, at 3, *United States v. Kwok*, S1 23 Cr. 118 (AT) (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 3, 2023) [Docket No. 26]. A picture taken by law enforcement of these custom suits is attached as **Exhibit 23** hereto.\n\n60 Ex. 17, *id.*\n\n61 Ex. 17, *id*. (noting in footnote 2 that a cellphone scrambler is an external device that attaches to a cellphone and is designed to defeat government wiretaps and other eavesdropping technologies by converting voice into noninterpretable analog noises for transmission over the phone network).\n\n62 Ex. 17, *id.*, at 14 (\"The defendant uses dozens of different cellphones and cellphone scramblers\").\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 21 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 21 of 33\n\nsessions using his personal account at Gettr, @milesguo, in the Mahwah Mansion on January 11,63 15, 64 22,65 23,66 and 29,67 and on February 1,68 8,69 12,70 15,71 16,72 and 19.73\n\n#### **D. Debtor Made Mahwah Mansion Available to His Associates**\n\n55. Upon information and belief, in April 2023, following the Debtor's arrest and the disclosure of the Mahwah Mansion in the Criminal Indictment, in an effort to continue to shield valuable assets from his creditors, the Debtor directed his associates to claim the Mahwah Mansion as the new base of the NFSC.\n\n56. On April 9, 2023, the NFSC held an event at the Mahwah Mansion, during which allegedly 500 followers went into the mansion and livestreamed their speeches on various internet platforms, including Gettr.74\n\n63 *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Jan. 11, 2023), http\n\n64 *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Jan. 15, 2023), http\n\n65 *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Jan. 22, 2023), http\n\n66 *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Jan. 23, 2023), http\n\n67 *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Jan. 29, 2023), http\n\n68 *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Feb. 1, 2023), http\n\n69 *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Feb. 8, 2023), http\n\n70 *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Feb. 12, 2023), http\n\n71 *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Feb. 15, 2023),http\n\n72 *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Feb. 16, 2023), http\n\n73 *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Feb. 19, 2023), http\n\n74 *See* NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), GETTR (Apr. 9, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023) (full livestreaming video of approximately 3.5 hours showing followers lining up to enter the Mahwah Mansion and making speeches in the mansion).\n\n57. As the Court previously found, NFSC and Gettr \"serve the purposes of the Debtor, serve as business vehicles for the Debtor, and their members are personally loyal to the Debtor.\"75\n\n58. Videos were also posted on the NFSC official homepage, showing followers entering and giving speeches in the Mahwah Mansion.76 In particular, the videos include captions transcribing statements of the NFSC followers after seeing the mansion, including that \"*[the Debtor] has prepared a base for the NFSC members*,\"77 that \"*everything [the Debtor] has prepared for the fellow fighters [at the Mahwah Mansion] is the best*,\"78 and that they wanted to \"*leave their marks in the room where [the Debtor] used to live broadcast.*\"79\n\n59. Since April 9, 2023, Xia and other NFSC members have begun to conduct their\n\naffairs from an office in the Mahwah Mansion.80\n\n75 PI Decision ¶ 7 (\"The Whistleblower Movement, NFSC, ROLF, GSeries, and Himalaya serve the purposes of the Debtor, serve as business vehicles for the Debtor, and their members are personally loyal to the Debtor.\").\n\n76 *See NFSC Fellow Fighter Feels that the Air at the NFSC Base is Sweet,* NEW FEDERAL STATE OF CHINA (Apr. 12, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023) (including livestream videos of followers entering the Mahwah Mansion on April 9, 2023).\n\n77 *Id.*\n\n78 *See Everything Mr. Miles Guo has Prepared for the Fellow Fighters in the NFSC Base is the Best*, NEW FEDERAL STATE OF CHINA (Apr. 19, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023) (video showing followers making speech inside the Mahwah Mansion and title of the video is \"Everything Mr. Miles Guo Has Prepared For the Follow Fighters In the NFSC Base Is The Best\").\n\n79 *See Fellow Fighters are Excited to Leave their Footprints on the Base of the NFSC*, NEW FEDERAL STATE OF CHINA (Apr. 16, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023) (video showing followers making speech in the Mahwah Mansion with the caption stating that followers \"think the mansion is very luxurious.\").\n\n80 *See* Ex. 16, Second Video Tour, at 2:05-2:30 (showing Xia sitting in the Mahwah Mansion office).\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 23 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 23 of 33\n\n60. On April 12, 2023, in the First Video Tour,81 Xia noted that the Mahwah Mansion was also designated by the Debtor to be a premium lounge for G-Club members and place to hold conferences for various Himalaya organizations and the Farms.82\n\n61. As this Court knows, the G-Club and Himalaya are entities that (like the NFSC) \"serve the purposes of the Debtor, serve as business vehicles for the Debtor, and their members are personally loyal to the Debtor.\"83\n\n62. As noted above, on April 17, 2023, in a livestreaming on Gettr by the Debtor's associates, Tsai, Roy Guo, and Xia (currently the Secretary General of the NFSC and Chairman of the Rule of Law Society), the Debtor allegedly made a 15-minute phone call to Xia while in federal custody.84 Pursuant to the phone call, the Debtor urged his followers to follow the lead of Xia.85\n\n63. Upon information and belief, the Debtor directed Xia to take residence at the Mahwah Mansion in an attempt to maintain control of it, while continuing to shield valuable assets from his creditors.\n\n81 *See* Ex. 12, First Video Tour, at 6:35-7:00.\n\n82 The Trustee is aware of no evidence that this was anything more than empty promises, consistent with the other GClub promises the Debtor employed as part of the fraud alleged against him.\n\n83 PI Decision ¶ 7 (\"The Whistleblower Movement, NFSC, ROLF, GSeries, and Himalaya serve the purposes of the Debtor, serve as business vehicles for the Debtor, and their members are personally loyal to the Debtor.\").\n\n84 *See* Ex 13, NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), *Nicole Looks at Brother Seven*, GETTR (Apr. 17, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023) at 45:48-46:05 (video containing the Debtor's alleged phone call to his business associates where the Debtor says \"follow the arrangement of Changdao Brother\") (Changdao Brother is Xia's nickname).\n\n85 *Id*.\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 24 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 24 of 33\n\n64. On May 5, 2023, Xia led a small group of the Debtor's associates to meet with\n\nU.S. Rep. George Santos86 at the Mahwah Mansion, which was livestreamed on Gettr.87\n\n65. On May 19, 2023, in relation to a lawsuit *SEC v. Mountains of Spices et al*., counsel for Mountains of Spices (\"MOS\"), William J. Quinlan, filed a letter, confirming, among other things, that Xia has resided at the Mahwah Mansion because he and others have been removed by the Government from NFSC's former offices.88\n\n66. On June 4, 2023, the NFSC held a gathering of more 100 guests at the Mahwah\n\nMansion to celebrate its third anniversary, with more than 10 leaders of various Himalaya Farms present.89 The event was livestreamed on Gettr. As this Court has found, Himalaya Farms are affiliated Himalaya entities, which are controlled by the Debtor.90 One farm leader commented\n\n86 Eleven days later, on May 16, 2023, Rep. Santos spoke on the floor of the House characterizing the Debtor as a \"harmless political target\" and calling on (among others) the DOJ to \"free Miles Guo.\" *See* http (last visited July 6, 2023).\n\n87 *See, e.g.*, NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), GETTR (May 5, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023) (showing the livestreaming of George Santos' visit to the Mahwah Mansion); *see also* NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), GETTR (May 5, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023) (cover photo of the video shows Xia and Santos in the hall of Mahwah Mansion); *Congressman George Santos, visited the homebase of the New Federal State of China*, GNEWS (May 5, 2023 15:02:28), http (article posted by Gnews discussing Santos visit to the Mahwah Mansion)..\n\n88 *See* Ex. 24. MOS Letter in Response to DOJ's Objection to Lift Stay on MOS, at 2, *S.E.C. v. Mountains of Spices,* No. 1:23-cv-02200-PGG (S.D.N.Y. May 19, 2023) [Docket No. 49] (\"Whether the 'leader of MOS' has streamed videos in a New Jersey residence is not relevant, and, regardless, he has only resided there because, on information and belief, the Government had a receiver appointed that removed the movement from its prior offices.\").\n\n89 *See* NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), GETTR (June 4, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023) (full streaming of the NFSC event at the Mahwah Mansion).\n\n90 PI Decision ¶¶ 4, 7 (\"NFSC is associated, affiliated, and/or connected with the Himalaya Global Alliance (together with affiliated Himalaya entities, such as Himalaya Exchange and Himalaya Farms, 'Himalaya')) (\"The Debtor is the leader of The Whistleblower Movement, NFSC, ROLF, and Himalaya. The Whistleblower Movement, NFSC, ROLF, and Himalaya serve the purposes of the Debtor, serve as business vehicles for the Debtor, and their members are personally loyal to the Debtor\").\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 25 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 25 of 33\n\non the lavishness of the Mahwah Mansion, stating that \"what [the Debtor] has arranged for us is purely touching.\"91\n\n67. Abundant evidence demonstrates that, despite being nominally owned by Taurus Fund, even since his arrest the Debtor continues to utilize the Mahwah Mansion for his own benefit, including by making it available for the NFSC, G-Club and Himalaya, which the Court has already determined are used by the Debtor for his own purposes.\n\n#### **First Claim**\n\n#### **(Declaratory Judgment that Debtor Is Equitable Owner of Mahwah Mansion and Ordering Turnover of Mahwah Mansion and Fixtures and Personal Property in Mahwah Mansion to Trustee)**\n\n- 68. The Trustee repeats and realleges the allegations contained in paragraphs 1-67.\n- 69. New Jersey law applies to the equitable ownership claim, because the Mahwah\n\nMansion is located in New Jersey.92\n\n70. Courts have found that a debtor had an equitable interest in property upon one or\n\nmore of the following grounds: (1) the debtor's funds were used to acquire the property; (2) the debtor represented that he had an interest in the property or used the property to obtain credit; or (3) they involved property that was once owned by the debtor and then transferred to a third party (usually in the face of creditor pressure).93 A court applying New Jersey's equitable ownership law has also found a debtor to be the equitable owner of property based on the\n\n91 *See* NFSCTC (@chinatruth2022), GETTR (June 4, 2023), http at 5:19:10 – 5:19:50 (last visited July 6, 2023) (full streaming of the NFSC event at the Mahwah Mansion).\n\n92 *See Kartzman v. Beiman (In re Beiman)*, No. 15-10488 (JKS), 2018 WL 6978705, \\*3 (Bankr. D. N. J. Mar.19, 2018) (providing that in bankruptcy cases, state law generally determines what interest, if any, a debtor has in property) (citing *O'Dowd v. Trueger (In re O'Dowd)*, 233 F.3d 197, 202 (3d Cir. 2000); *see also Butner v. United States*, 440 U.S. 48, 55 (1979) (noting that property interests are created and defined by state law).\n\n93 *In re Beiman*, at \\*4 (Bankr. D. N. J. Mar.19, 2018).\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 26 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 26 of 33\n\npatterns and practices of the debtor's fraudulent behaviors, where the debtor, funding the purchase of properties, placed title to the properties in the name of third parties while maintaining *de facto* control and ownership.94\n\n71. As detailed above, the Mahwah Mansion is equitably owned by the Debtor. Among other things, the Debtor financed the purchase of and renovations to the Mahwah Mansion, resided there, and held it in a shell company managed by his chauffeur and/or bodyguard. Public record also shows that the Debtor's address is at the Mahwah Mansion. Even after his arrest and incarceration, the Debtor has continued to benefit from the property by using it as a base of operations for the NFSC, which, as the Court has already found, is under the Debtor's control. Moreover, it is consistent with the Debtor's pattern and practice to have a shell company purchase and hold title to the Debtor's luxury residences, including without limitation, his apartment at the Sherry-Netherland and his residence in Greenwich, Connecticut.\n\n72. To the extent Taurus Fund held title to the Mahwah Mansion, it did so in name only, with the Debtor acting at all times as the mansion's true beneficial owner.\n\n73. Because the Mahwah Mansion was equitably owned by the Debtor, it is property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate.95 Based on these facts and circumstances, the Trustee seeks a ruling pursuant to sections 541, 542, and 544 of the Bankruptcy Code (i) declaring that the Mahwah Mansion constitutes property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate to be administered by\n\n94 *In re NJ Affordable Homes Corp.*, No. 05-60442 (DHS), 2006 WL 2128624, \\*8 (Bankr. D.N.J. June 29, 2006) (holding that the mere fact that title to a property is in the name of a third party does not mean that the debtor does not have an equitable interest in the property, however speculative that interest may be, to make it property of the bankruptcy estate).\n\n95 To the extent that the Porsche Piano is not currently in the Mahwah Mansion, the Trustee requests its turnover wherever it may be.\n\nthe Trustee and (ii) ordering Taurus Fund (and/or Scott Barnett and Taurus Management, as trustees of Taurus Fund) to surrender the Mahwah Mansion and the fixtures and personal property in the Mahwah Mansion to the Trustee.\n\n#### **Second Claim**\n\n#### **(Declaratory Judgment that Debtor is Equitable Owner of Taurus Fund and Ordering Turnover of Taurus Fund and Its Assets to Trustee)**\n\n74. The Trustee repeats and realleges the allegations contained in paragraphs 1-67.\n\n75. Nevada law applies to the equitable ownership claim because Taurus fund is a\n\nNevada entity.96\n\n76. A court applying Nevada's equitable ownership analysis to the Debtor's\n\nrelationship to Taurus Fund will focus on (1) whether the Debtor has active or substantial control\n\nof Taurus Fund, and (2) whether the Debtor is using and receiving benefits of Taurus Fund's\n\nassets.97\n\n77. The Debtor is the equitable owner of Taurus Fund. First, the Debtor has active\n\nand substantial control over Taurus Fund, because, among other reasons:\n\n- a. Taurus Fund was managed by the Debtor's chauffeur and/or bodyguard and another shell company under the Debtor's control;\n- b. Taurus Fund has not followed any corporate formalities, including compliance with the business organization disclosure and registration laws of Nevada and New Jersey;\n- c. Taurus Fund's purchase of the Mahwah Mansion, was funded by money controlled by the Debtor; and\n\n96 *See United States v. 74.05 Acres*, 428 F. Supp. 2d 57, 61 (D. Conn. 2006) (\"Ownership interests are defined by the law of the State in which the interest arose.\").\n\n97 *See In re Twin Lakes Vill., Inc.*, 2 B.R. 532 (Bankr. D. Nev. 1980).\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 28 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 28 of 33\n\nd. The Porsche Piano owned by Taurus Fund was located in the offices of the GSeries entities, which, as this Court has found, were controlled by the Debtor.\n\n78. Second, the Debtor uses Taurus Fund's asset—the Mahwah Mansion—as his residence, public record lists the Mahwah Mansion as the Debtor's address, and Taurus Fund uses money funded and controlled by the Debtor to pay the Debtor's expenses in connection with such residence, including for construction and maintenance.\n\n79. Because Taurus Fund was equitably owned by the Debtor (prior to the revocation of its charter under Nevada law), the ownership and corporate control rights over Taurus Fund and the assets of Taurus Fund were, following the Petition Date, property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate.\n\n80. Accordingly, the Trustee seeks a ruling pursuant to section 541, 542, and 544 of the Bankruptcy Code, (1) declaring that: (a) at all times the Debtor has been the equitable owner of Taurus Fund; (b) any and all assets held by Taurus Fund at any time prior to the Debtor's petition date of February 15, 2022 constituted property of the Debtor; and (c) any and all assets held by Taurus Fund at any time from the date of the Debtor's February 15, 2022 chapter 11 petition to the present constituted and constitute, as applicable, property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate; and (2) ordering the turnover of Taurus Fund and any and all of Taurus Fund's assets to the Trustee.\n\n#### **Third Claim**\n\n#### **(Declaratory Judgment, in the Alternative, that Taurus Fund is Debtor's Alter Ego and Ordering Turnover of Taurus Fund and Its Assets to Trustee)**\n\n81. The Trustee repeats and realleges the allegations contained in paragraphs 1-67.\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 29 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 29 of 33\n\n82. Nevada law applies to the alter ego/veil piercing claim because Taurus Fund is a Nevada entity.98\n\n83. Under Nevada law, a court applying Nevada's alter ego analysis to the Debtor's relationship to Taurus Fund will focus on: (1) whether Taurus Fund is influenced and governed by the Debtor; (2) whether there is a unity of interest and ownership that Taurus Fund is inseparable from the Debtor; and (3) whether adherence to the corporate fiction of a separate entity would, under the circumstances, sanction fraud or promote injustice.99 Factors that may indicate an alter-ego relationship include: (1) commingling of funds: (2) undercapitalization; (3) unauthorized diversion of funds; (4) treatment of corporate assets as the individual's own; and (5) failure to observe corporate formalities.100\n\n84. The Debtor had influence and exercised control over Taurus Fund such that Taurus Fund had no independent existence from the Debtor, and the Debtor used Taurus Fund's corporate form to perpetrate a fraud and injustice. Taurus Fund is an alter ego of the Debtor, because, among other reasons:\n\n- a. Taurus Fund was managed by the Debtor's chauffeur and/or bodyguard and another shell company under the Debtor's control;\n- b. Taurus Fund has not followed any corporate formalities, including compliance with the business organization disclosure and registration laws of Nevada and New Jersey;\n\n98 *See Hyundai-Wia Mach. Am. Corp. v. Rouette (In re Rouette)*, 564 B.R. 157, 174 (Bankr. D. Conn. 2017) (\"In the absence of an overriding federal interest or policy, federal courts look to the law of the state of incorporation to determine whether to pierce a corporation's veil.\") (citing *In re Carterhouse, Inc*., 94 B.R. 271, 276 (Bankr. D. Conn. 1988).\n\n99 *See Bermuda Rd. Properties, LLC v. EcoLogical Steel Sys., Inc.*, No. 2:12–cv–01579–JAD–GWF, 2017 WL 797092, \\*3 (D. Nev. Mar. 1, 2017) (citing *LFC Mktg. Grp., Inc. v. Loomis*, 8 P.3d 841, 845 (Nev. 2000) and *Polaris Indust. Corp v. Kaplan*, 747 P.2d 884, 886 (Nev. 1987)).\n\n100 *Id*.\n\n- c. Taurus Fund's purchase of the Mahwah Mansion was funded by money controlled by the Debtor;\n- d. The Debtor uses the Mahwah Mansion as his residence, and Taurus Fund uses money funded and controlled by the Debtor to pay the Debtor's expenses in connection with such residence, including for construction and maintenance; and\n- e. The Porsche Piano owned by Taurus Fund was located in the offices of the GSeries entities, which this Court has found were controlled by the Debtor.\n- 85. The Debtor has wrongfully and unjustly used his alter ego control over Taurus\n\nFund to, among other things, cause Taurus Fund to hold assets for the Debtor's use and benefit, while purporting to keep such assets outside the reach of the Debtor's creditors, enabling the Debtor to live a life of luxury without paying his debts.\n\n86. At all relevant times, the Debtor was indebted to one or more creditors. Such creditors could have pursued the relief sought herein by the Trustee in exercise of such creditors' rights.\n\n87. Accordingly, the Trustee seeks a ruling pursuant to sections 541, 542, and 544 of the Bankruptcy Code, (1) declaring that: (a) at all times Taurus Fund was an alter ego of the Debtor; (b) any and all assets held by Taurus Fund at any time prior to the Debtor's petition date of February 15, 2022 constituted property of the Debtor; and (c) any and all assets held by Taurus Fund at any time from the date of the Debtor's February 15, 2022 chapter 11 petition to the present constituted and constitute, as applicable, property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate; and (2) ordering the turnover of any and all of Taurus Fund's assets to the Trustee.\n\n#### **PRAYER FOR RELIEF**\n\nWHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, the Trustee respectfully requests that judgment be entered as follows:\n\n1. On the First Claim, an order, pursuant to sections 541, 542, and 544 of the\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 31 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 31 of 33\n\nBankruptcy Code (1) declaring that: (a) the Debtor is the equitable owner of the Mahwah Mansion, and (b) that the Mahwah Mansion is property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate to be administered by the Trustee; and (2) ordering Taurus Fund (and/or Scott Barnett and Taurus Management, as trustees of Taurus Fund) to turn over the Mahwah Mansion or its value and the fixtures and personal property in the Mahwah Mansion to the Trustee;\n\n2. On the Second Claim, an order, pursuant to sections 541, 542, and 544 of the Bankruptcy Code (1) declaring that: (a) at all times the Debtor is the equitable owner of Taurus Fund; (b) any and all assets held by Taurus Fund at any time prior to the Debtor's petition date of February 15, 2022 constituted property of the Debtor; and (c) any and all assets held by Taurus Fund at any time from the date of the Debtor's February 15, 2022 chapter 11 petition to the present constituted and constitute, as applicable, property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate; and (2) ordering the turnover of Taurus Fund and any and all of Taurus Fund's assets to the Trustee.\n\n3. On the Third Claim, an order, pursuant to sections 541, 542, and 544 of the Bankruptcy Code, (1) declaring that: (a) at all times Taurus Fund was an alter ego of the Debtor; (b) any and all assets held by Taurus Fund at any time prior to the Debtor's petition date of February 15, 2022 constituted property of the Debtor; and (c) any and all assets held by Taurus Fund at any time from the date of the Debtor's February 15, 2022 chapter 11 petition to the present constituted and constitute, as applicable, property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate; and (2) ordering the turnover of any and all of Taurus Fund's assets to the Trustee.\n\n4. Reasonable attorneys' fees, costs, and expenses incurred in this action; and\n\n# Case 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 32 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 32 of 33\n\n5. Such other and further relief as the Court may deem just, proper, or equitable under the circumstances.\n\n[*Remainder of page intentionally left blank.*]\n\nCase 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 33 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 33 of 33\n\nDated: July 11, 2023 New York, New York LUC A. DESPINS CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE\n\nBy: /*s*/ *Douglass Barron* Avram E. Luft (admitted *pro hac vice*) Douglass Barron (admitted *pro hac vice*) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (212) 318-6000 aviluft@paulhastings.com douglassbarron@paulhastings.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\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*Counsel for the Chapter 11 Trustee*","body_zh":"案件 22-50073 文书 1994 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/11/23 16:51:02 第 1 页，共 33 页\n\n案件 23-05017 文书 1 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/12/23 09:07:51 第 1 页，共 33 页\n\nB1040（表格 1040）（12/15）\n\n对抗程序封面表\n（背面载有说明） 对抗程序编号\n（仅供法院使用）\n\n原告\nLuc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯），第 11 章受托人 被告\nTaurus Fund LLC（金牛基金有限责任公司）、Scott Barnett（斯科特·巴尼特），作为 Taurus\nFund LLC 的受托人，以及 Taurus Management LLC（金牛管理有限责任公司），作为\nTaurus Fund LLC 的受托人\n\n律师（律师事务所名称、地址及电话号码）\nPaul Hastings LLP（保罗·黑斯廷斯律师事务所），200 Park Avenue\nNew York, NY 10166，收件人：Douglass Barron（道格拉斯·巴伦） 律师 （如知悉）\n当事人（仅勾选一个方框）\n□ 债务人\n□ 美国\n受托人/破产管理人\n□ 债权人\n□ 其他\n□ 受托人\n□\n债务人\n□\n债权人\n□\n受托人 当事人（仅勾选一个方框）\n□\n美国受托人/破产管理人\n□\n其他\n□\n\n诉因\n（请简要陈述诉因，包括所涉全部美国法条）\n确认债务人为 Mahwah Mansion（马瓦庄园）的衡平所有人，并命令将 Mahwah Mansion 及其中的固定装置和\n个人财产移交给受托人；确认债务人为 Taurus Fund 的衡平所有人，并命令将\nTaurus Fund 及其资产移交给受托人；以及作为替代请求，确认 Taurus Fund 为债务人的另一个自我，并命令将\nTaurus Fund 及其资产移交给受托人。涉及 11 U.S.C. §§ 541、542 及 544。\n\n诉讼性质\n（最多为五（5）个方框编号，以主要诉因为 1、第一个替代诉因为 2、第二个替代诉因为 3，依此类推。）\nFRBP 7001(1) – 追索金钱/财产\n□\n11－追索金钱/财产－§542 财产移交\n□\n12－追索金钱/财产－§547 优先受偿\n□\n13－追索金钱/财产－§548 欺诈性转让\n□\n14－追索金钱/财产－其他\nFRBP 7001(2) – 留置权的有效性、优先顺位或范围\n□\n21－留置权或其他财产权益的有效性、优先顺位或范围 □\n□\n□\n□\n□ FRBP 7001(6) – 债务可免责性（续）\n61－可免责性－§523(a)(5)，家庭扶养\n68－可免责性－§523(a)(6)，故意及恶意伤害\n63－可免责性－§523(a)(8)，学生贷款\n64－可免责性－§523(a)(15)，离婚或分居义务\n（家庭扶养除外）\n65－可免责性－其他\n\nFRBP 7001(3) – 批准出售财产\n□\n31－批准出售破产财团及共有人财产－§363(h) FRBP 7001(7) – 禁令救济\n□\n71－禁令救济－施加中止\n□\n72－禁令救济－其他\n\nFRBP 7001(4) – 对免责提出异议/撤销免责\n□\n41－对免责提出异议/撤销免责－§727(c)、(d)、(e) FRBP 7001(8) 债权或权益劣后\n□\n81－债权或权益劣后\n\nFRBP 7001(5) – 撤销确认\n□\n51－撤销确认 □\n□ FRBP 7001(9) 确认判决\n91－确认判决\n\nFRBP 7001(6) – 债务可免责性\n□\n66－可免责性－§523(a)(1)、(14)、(14A) 优先税务债权\n□\n62－可免责性－§523(a)(2)，虚假借口、虚假陈述、\n实际欺诈\n□\n67－可免责性－§523(a)(4)，受托人欺诈、侵占、盗窃\n（续见下一栏） □\n其他\n□\n□ FRBP 7001(10) 对移送诉讼的裁定\n01－对移送债权或诉因的裁定\nSS－SIPA 案件－15 U.S.C. §§78aaa et.seq.\n02－其他（例如，如与破产案件无关本应在州法院提起的其他诉讼）\n□\n如本案涉及州法实体问题，请勾选\n□ 如主张本案为依据 FRCP 23 提起的集体诉讼，请勾选\n□ 如在起诉状中要求陪审团审判，请勾选 请求金额 $\n请求的其他救济\n如上所述的确认判决及禁令救济\n\n案件 22-50073 文书 1994 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/11/23 16:51:02 第 2 页，共 33 页\n\n案件 23-05017 文书 1 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/12/23 09:07:51 第 2 页，共 33 页\n\nB1040（表格 1040）（12/15）\n\n本对抗程序所产生的破产案件\n\n债务人姓名 破产案件编号\nHo Wan Kwok（郭文贵） 22-50073 (JAM)\n案件待决地区 分庭办事处 法官姓名\nConnecticut（康涅狄格州） Bridgeport Division（布里奇波特分庭） Julie A. Manning（朱莉·A·曼宁）\n关联对抗程序（如有）\n原告 被告 对抗\n程序编号\n\n对抗程序待决地区 分庭办事处 法官姓名\n\n律师（或原告）签名\n\n日期 律师（或原告）姓名正楷\n\nJuly 11, 2023\nDouglass Barron（道格拉斯·巴伦）\n\n说明\n\n提交破产案件将在破产法院管辖下形成“破产财团”，该财团由债务人的全部财产构成，无论该等财产位于何处。由于破产财团范围广泛且法院管辖权宽泛，可能就财团的财产或财产权利发生诉讼。也可能发生有关债务人免责的诉讼。如在破产法院提起该等诉讼，即称为对抗程序。\n\n提起对抗程序的一方还必须填写并提交表格 1040，即对抗程序封面表，除非该方通过法院的案件管理/电子案件提交系统（CM/ECF）以电子方式提交对抗程序。（CM/ECF 在提交过程中获取表格 1040 上的信息。）填写完成后，该封面表概述对抗程序的基本信息。法院书记员需要该等信息以处理对抗程序，并编制有关法院活动的必要统计报告。\n\n封面表及其中所载信息并不替代或补充法律、破产规则或法院地方法规要求提交和送达的诉状或其他文件。该封面表大部分内容不言自明，必须由原告律师填写（如原告未由律师代理，则由原告填写）。每份提交的起诉状均须向书记员另行提交一份封面表。\n\n原告和被告。请准确填写起诉状中所载的原告和被告姓名。\n\n律师。如知悉，请填写律师姓名和地址。\n\n当事人。请在第一栏中为原告勾选最适当的方框，并在第二栏中为被告勾选最适当的方框。\n\n请求金额。填写起诉状中请求的美元金额。\n\n签名。该封面表必须由登记在案的律师在表格第二页的方框内签署。如原告由律师事务所代理，则必须由该事务所的一名成员签署。如原告自行诉讼，即未由律师代理，则必须由原告签署。\n\nUNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国康涅狄格州联邦破产法院布里奇波特分庭）\n\n-------------------------------------------------------- x\n\n关于： :\n:\n第 11 章\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等，\n1 :\n:\n案件编号 22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。 :\n:\n（合并管理）\n------------------------------------------------------- x\n\nLUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯），第 11 章受托人， :\n对抗程序 [•]\n\n原告， :\nJuly 11, 2023\n\n诉 :\n\nTAURUS FUND LLC（金牛基金有限责任公司），\nSCOTT BARNETT（斯科特·巴尼特），作为 TAURUS :\n\nFUND LLC 的受托人，以及\nTAURUS MANAGEMENT LLC（金牛管理有限责任公司），作为\nTAURUS FUND LLC 的受托人， :\n\n被告。2\n\nx\n\n第 11 章受托人代表 HO WAN KWOK 遗产提出的起诉状，请求依据《破产法》第 541、542 及 544 条，(I) 作出确认判决，确认债务人为 MAHWAH MANSION 的衡平所有人且该财产属于破产财团财产；以及 (II) 相关救济\n\nLuc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯）以获任命担任 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（“债务人”或“Kwok”）第 11 章案件（“第 11 章案件”）第 11 章受托人（“受托人”）的身份，对被告 Taurus Fund LLC（“Taurus Fund”）、作为 Taurus Fund 受托人的 Scott Barnett，以及作为 Taurus Fund 受托人的 Taurus Management LLC（“Taurus Management”，并与 Taurus Fund 和 Scott Barnett 统称为“被告”）提交本对抗起诉状（“起诉状”），并陈述如下：\n\n1 本第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（亦称 Guo Wengui、Miles Guo 及 Miles Kwok，以及众多其他别名）（税务识别号末四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（税务识别号末四位：8202）及 Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人及 Genever 债务人的邮寄地址为：Paul Hastings LLP，200 Park Avenue，New York, NY 10166，收件人：Luc A. Despins，作为 Ho Wan Kwok 遗产受托人（仅为通知和通信之目的）。\n\n2 被列为被告的 Taurus Fund 受托人将获送达本起诉状。\n\n案件 23-05017 文书 1 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/12/23 09:07:51 第 4 页，共 33 页 案件 22-50073 文书 1994 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/11/23 16:51:02 第 4 页，共 33 页\n\n诉讼性质\n\n1. 受托人提起本起诉状，旨在追回债务人在其看似无穷无尽的空壳公司网络协助下向其债权人隐匿的又一项数百万美元资产。所涉资产是美国最大的宅邸之一，位于 675 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430，为一栋城堡式私人住宅，拥有 21 间卧室、50,000 平方英尺面积及 12.5 英亩土地（“Mahwah Mansion”）。该项极具价值的财产由债务人所有，但由空壳公司 Taurus Fund 持有或登记于其名下。基于本起诉状所述理由，Mahwah Mansion 及位于 Mahwah Mansion 内的固定装置和个人财产应移交给受托人，并纳入第 11 章破产财团，以使债务人的债权人受益。\n\n2. Mahwah Mansion 于 December 2021 以 $26.5 million 购得，此后一直由债务人个人使用。根据其组织章程，作为该财产名义所有人的 Taurus Fund 是一家由管理人管理的 LLC，其管理人是：(i) 债务人的司机和/或保镖 Scott Barnett；以及 (ii) 另一家空壳公司 Taurus Management。\n\n3. 如下文进一步讨论，Taurus Fund 根据 Nevada（内华达州）法律处于行政失效状态。其特许资格已被撤销，其从事商业活动的权利已被没收。因此，自 January 1, 2023 起，Taurus Fund 的管理人 Scott Barnett 和 Taurus Management 一直以信托方式持有 Taurus Fund 的全部财产和资产——包括 Mahwah Mansion。\n\n案件 23-05017 文书 1 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/12/23 09:07:51 第 5 页，共 33 页 案件 22-50073 文书 1994 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/11/23 16:51:02 第 5 页，共 33 页\n\n4. 尽管 Taurus Fund 持有 Mahwah Mansion 的名义所有权，其实际上仅为名义上的所有人。债务人对 Mahwah Mansion 的控制显而易见，该财产的实际控制权和所有权仅以极为薄弱的掩饰予以遮蔽。在被逮捕和羁押前，债务人将 Mahwah Mansion 用作其住所，在其中放置其个人物品，并通过 Taurus Fund 为该财产投入数百万美元进行翻修。与此同时，这座价值数千万美元的历史宅邸的“管理”据称委托给债务人的司机和/或保镖 Barnett 先生。\n\n5. 这些事实及本文所述的其他事实表明，债务人在所有相关期间均为（且仍为）该财产的衡平所有人。由于 Mahwah Mansion 由债务人衡平所有，其属于债务人第 11 章破产财团的财产。\n\n6. 基于这些事实，受托人根据《破产法》第 541、542 及 544 条请求裁定：(i) 确认债务人为 Mahwah Mansion 的衡平所有人，并确认 Mahwah Mansion 属于由受托人管理的债务人第 11 章破产财团财产；以及 (ii) 命令将 Mahwah Mansion 及位于 Mahwah Mansion 内的固定装置和个人财产移交给受托人。\n\n7. 受托人另行主张：(i) 债务人衡平拥有 Taurus Fund 本身；或者，作为替代请求，(ii) Taurus Fund 为债务人的另一个自我。无论何种情形，Taurus Fund 或其资产（或其价值）均应纳入债务人的第 11 章破产财团。\n\n管辖权和审判地\n\n8. 本法院根据 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b) 对本对抗程序具有事项管辖权。本对抗程序已根据 28 U.S.C. §157(a) 移送本法院。本法院根据 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and 1409 为适当审判地。\n\n当事人\n\n9. 受托人系根据本院于 July 8, 2022 作出的命令，在该 Chapter 11 案件中担任的 Chapter 11 受托人 [主案案卷编号 523]。\n\n10. Taurus Fund（Taurus基金）是一家在 Nevada（内华达州）设立的有限责任公司，并且是 Mahwah Mansion（马瓦宅邸）名义上的据称所有人。\n\n11. Scott Barnett（斯科特·巴内特）是 Taurus Fund 的两名经理之一，并且据所知及所信，系 Taurus Fund 的一名受托人。Barnett 还是债务人的司机和/或保镖。\n\n12. Taurus Management（Taurus管理公司）是一家在 State of New Mexico（新墨西哥州）设立的有限责任公司。Taurus Management 是 Taurus Fund 的另一名经理，并且据所知及所信，系 Taurus Fund 的一名受托人。\n\n事实\n\n一、债务人大量使用空壳公司\n\n13. 如本院所深知，债务人利用看似取之不尽的空壳公司——据称由其家庭成员或业务下属所有——来保护其资产和活动，使其免受债权人的追索。债务人的“空壳游戏”使其得以继续否认对其资产的所有权，并拒绝偿还其债务。\n\n14. 例如，本院在认定债务人因违反本院公司治理命令而构成藐视法庭的命令中认定，债务人是 Ace Decade Limited（Ace Decade有限公司）（以及通过该公司 Dawn State Limited（Dawn State有限公司））的实益所有人，并且债务人控制并雇用了 Ace Decade Limited 的名义所有人 Yvette Wang（王雁）。3\n\n3 准许认定债务人藐视公司治理命令之动议的命令，第 ¶¶ 1、4 段 (Jan. 24, 2023, Docket No. 1372)（“公司治理藐视法庭命令”）。\nCase 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 7 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 7 of 33\n\n15. 同样，在债务人于 February 2022 提交 Chapter 11 案件之前不久，在债务人于 New York（纽约州）州法院针对 PAX（PAX）的申请前诉讼中，Ostrager 法官认定，债务人的惯常做法是利用空壳公司保护其资产，使其免受债权人的追索。4 Ostrager 法官还认定，尽管该游艇的产权名义上由据称归 Mei Guo（郭美）所有的 HK USA 持有，Lady May（Lady May）游艇仍由债务人实益拥有和控制。\n\n16. 此前，United States District Court for the Southern District of New York（美国纽约南区联邦地区法院）的 Liman 法官在一项 2021 年裁决中认定，Eastern Profit Corporation Limited（Eastern Profit有限公司）——一家最初由债务人的另一名司机所有、后转让给债务人女儿的实体——“实质上是”债务人的一家空壳公司。5 Eastern Profit Corporation Limited 是众多据称独立实体之一，其财务账户在一项 2018 年 Hong Kong（香港）法院命令中被认定“受债务人的有效控制”。6\n\n17. 相关地，受托人以密封方式在 Docket No. 1327 提交的保密证人声明（“保密证人声明”）——该声明通过援引纳入作为支持本起诉状的证据——尤其证实：\n\n4 证据 1，判决及命令，第 1 页，PAX v. Kwok，Index No. 652077/2017 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Feb. 9, 2022) [Docket No. 1181]（“最终藐视法庭裁决”）。\n\n5 Eastern Profit Corp. Ltd. v. Strategic Vision US LLC，No. 18-CV-2185 (LJL), 2021 WL 2554631, at \\*1 (S.D.N.Y. June 22, 2021)。\n\n6 证据 2，香港限制令，第 7-18 页。\nCase 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 8 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 8 of 33\n\n18. 与本起诉状尤其相关的是，本院已认定 New Federal State of China（中国新联邦）（“NFSC”）以及包括 Gettr（Gettr）、GClubs（GClubs）、GNews（GNews）、GFashion（GFashion）、GMusic（GMusic）和 GEdu（GEdu）在内的 GSeries Entities（G系列实体）（“G系列实体”）7 “由债务人领导”，8 “服务于债务人的目的，作为债务人的商业工具，并且其成员个人忠于债务人。”9\n\n19. 最后，同样与本起诉状尤其相关的是，在其最近被 FBI（联邦调查局）逮捕之前，债务人一直利用这一空壳游戏为其奢靡生活方式和豪华住所提供资金。例如：\n\n— Lamp Capital LLC（Lamp Capital有限责任公司）和 Golden Spring (New York) Ltd.（Golden Spring（纽约）有限公司）（据称由债务人儿子所有的空壳公司）已支付债务人的生活费用和律师费；\n\n— Bravo Luck Limited（Bravo Luck有限公司）（另一家据称由债务人儿子所有、且债务人对其拥有直接所有权权益的空壳公司）已主张对债务人在 Sherry Netherland Hotel（Sherry Netherland酒店）的 $70 million 豪华公寓拥有实益所有权；10\n\n— Hong Kong International Investments (USA) Limited（Hong Kong International Investments（USA）有限公司）（“HK USA”）（一家据称由债务人的女儿 Mei Guo 所有、且最近被本院裁定为债务人另我的空壳公司11）曾持有债务人 Lady May 游艇的产权——尽管 HK USA 名义上拥有该游艇，本院仍裁定该游艇属于破产财产；\n\n— Greenwich Land LLC（Greenwich Land有限责任公司）（一家据称由债务人妻子所有的空壳公司）持有债务人在 Connecticut（康涅狄格州）住所的名义产权；12\n\n— Anton Development Limited（Anton Development有限公司）（一家最初由债务人的一名司机所有、后转让给债务人女儿的空壳公司）曾持有一架 Bombardier Global XRS（庞巴迪 Global XRS）私人飞机的产权；以及\n\n— HCHK Technologies, Inc.（HCHK Technologies公司）（另一家据称由债务人员工所有的空壳公司）已支付与 Lady May 及债务人 Bombardier 飞机管理相关的费用，并已支付近 $2.8 million 用于为债务人购买一架新的私人飞机。13\n\n20. 总而言之，尽管本起诉状聚焦于 Mahwah Mansion 和 Taurus Fund，受托人认为，有关债务人广泛利用空壳公司保护资产使其免受债权人追索的策略之背景，将有助于本院理解受托人的立场。受托人还明确保留在适当时候提起诉讼、对其他实体主张权利的全部权利。\n\n13 受托人已在对抗程序 23-05013 中寻求针对 HCHK Technologies, Inc.、HCHK Property Management, Inc.（HCHK Property Management公司）和 Lexington Property and Staffing, In.（Lexington Property and Staffing公司）的另我判决；就该程序，本院已对该实体作出临时限制令和初步禁令。参见部分准许紧急单方临时限制令及初步禁令动议的命令 (Adv. Proc. No. 23-05013, June 12, 2023, Docket No. 18)（“HCHK 临时限制令及初步禁令命令”）。另参见 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）破产财产 Chapter 11 受托人根据 Bankruptcy Code（破产法典）第 105、362、363、541、542、544 及 549 条提起的起诉状，请求：(i) 确认判决，确认 HCHK Technologies, Inc.、HCHK Property Management, Inc. 及 Lexington Property And Staffing, Inc. 为：(A) 债务人的另我；或者，(B) 作为替代救济，命令认定债务人衡平地拥有该等实体和/或其财产；以及 (II) 禁令救济 (Adv. Proc. No. 23-05013, June 8, 2023) [Docket No. 1]。\n\n11 参见准许就第二项反诉提出部分简易判决动议的裁决备忘录及命令，第 36 页 (Adv. Proc. No. 22-05003, May 18, 2023) [Docket No. 221]。\n\n12 受托人已在对抗程序 23-05005 中寻求针对该实体的另我判决；就该程序，本院已对 Greenwich Land LLC 及债务人妻子作出判决前救济和临时限制令。参见部分准许单方临时限制令及初步禁令动议的命令 (Adv. Proc. No. 23-05005, Mar. 28, 2023, Docket No. 14)（“Greenwich 临时限制令及初步禁令命令”）；准许 Chapter 11 受托人修订后的单方判决前救济申请的命令 (Adv. Proc. No. 23-05005, Mar. 28, 2023) [Docket No. 15]（“Greenwich 判决前救济命令”）。\n\n二、债务人空壳公司 Taurus Fund 的名义所有权\n\n21. On December 16, 2021（“购买日”），Taurus Fund 以约 $26.5 million 从 Crocker Mansion Estate LLC（Crocker Mansion Estate有限责任公司）购得 Mahwah Mansion。14 该契据于同日在 New Jersey（新泽西州）Bergen County（卑尔根县）登记。15\n\n22. Taurus Fund 于 December 16, 2021 在 Nevada 设立，与购买日为同一天。16\n\n23. 除 Mahwah Mansion 外，Taurus Fund 还持有一架由 F.A. Porsche（F.A. 保时捷）设计的 Bösendorfer（三角钢琴）三角钢琴（“Porsche Piano”）的产权，据信该钢琴价值超过 $250,000。Porsche Piano 此前位于债务人在 3 Columbus Circle（哥伦布圆环3号）的 G系列实体办公室内。据所知及所信，债务人的员工或代理人已将该钢琴移走并带至未知地点。截至本起诉状提交时，尽管受托人的调查仍在进行中，除 Mahwah Mansion 和 Porsche Piano 外，受托人并不知悉 Taurus Fund 持有任何其他资产。18\n\n24. 尽管其成员仍不明，Taurus Fund 由以下主体管理：(i) 债务人的司机和/或保镖 Scott Barnett；及 (ii) Taurus Management。19\n\n25. Scott Barnett 是债务人的司机和/或保镖，截至本起诉状提交之日，Barnett 仍受雇于债务人并积极为债务人工作。事实上，June 20, 2023，债务人的律师 Aaron A. Romney（亚伦·A·罗姆尼）在发给受托人的电子邮件中通知受托人：“曾在 Sherry [Netherland] 为 Kwok 先生担任安保工作的 Scott Barnett，将从 Sherry Netherland 取走装有债务人及其家属衣物和个人物品的[若干]箱子。”20 Barnett 还被列为 AIG（美国国际集团）向 Golden Spring (New York) Ltd. 签发的一份保险单下的承保驾驶员，21 而 Golden Spring 是债务人众多空壳公司之一。22 Barnett 还曾由至少另外两家空壳公司支付报酬，即 Greenwich Land, LLC，23（据称由债务人妻子所有，并持有债务人在 Connecticut 州 Greenwich（格林尼治）住所的产权），24 以及 Lexington Property and Staffing, Inc.（“Lexington Property”）25（Lexington Property 的 99.999% 由 Holy City Hong Kong Ventures, Ltd.（Holy City Hong Kong Ventures有限公司）所有，而该实体本身 100% 由债务人的助理 Yvette Wang 所有）。26\n\n26. Taurus Fund 所列的另一名经理 Taurus Management 于 December 15, 2021，即购买日前一天，在 State of New Mexico 设立为一家有限责任公司。27\n\n20 见附件5，Aaron A. Romney 致受托人 Stephen Kindseth 和 Eric Henzy 的电子邮件（June 20, 2023 at 1:01 PM）。\n\n21 见附件6，AIG Property Casualty Company 与 Golden Spring (New York) Ltd. 之间的纽约汽车保险声明页，保险期间为 Apr. 1, 2022 至 Apr. 1, 2023）。\n\n22 如上所述，债务人此前曾使用其司机和/或保镖持有其空壳公司。\n\n23 见附件7，Greenwich Land, LLC 于 February 2, 2021 向 Scott Barnett 开具的金额为 $619.99 的支票。\n\n24 受托人已在对抗程序 23-05005 中寻求针对该实体的另我判决；就此，本院已对 Greenwich Land LLC 和债务人的妻子作出判决前救济及临时限制令。见 Greenwich TR &PI Order；Greenwich PR Order。\n\n25 见附件8，《按供应商列示的 Lexington Property 费用汇总，January – December 2021》；Scott Barnett 从 Lexington Property 获支付 $115.08。\n\n26 受托人已在对抗程序 23-05013 中寻求针对 Lexington Property、HCHK Technologies, Inc. 和 HCHK Property Management, Inc. 的另我判决；就此，本院已作出临时限制令及初步禁令。见 HCHK TR & PI Order。\n\n27 见附件9，Taurus Management LLC 的组织章程。\n案件 23-05017 文书 1 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/12/23 09:07:51 第 12 页，共 33 页 案件 22-50073 文书 1994 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/11/23 16:51:02 第 12 页，共 33 页\n\n27. Taurus Management 的公开可得设立文件表明，Taurus Management 是一家由经理管理的有限责任公司。然而，该等文件未指明经理或成员。28\n\n28. 尽管 Taurus Management 是一家新墨西哥州实体，其与位于内华达州的 Taurus Fund 共用相同地址，即 6628 Sky Pointe Drive, Suite 129-1071, Las Vegas, NV 89131。29\n\n29. Taurus Fund 未履行其根据内华达州法律向州务卿提交年度清单的义务；该清单应包含其所有经理的姓名、职务和地址等信息，以及经理或授权代表的签名。因此，在内华达州州务卿维护的网站上，其被标记为“违约”。30\n\n30. Taurus Fund 亦未遵守新泽西州法律。根据新泽西州法律，Taurus Fund 在新泽西州拥有不动产，要求其作为外国商业实体向新泽西州州务卿登记。然而，对公开记录的审查表明，尚未作出此类提交。\nIII. Scott Barnett 和 Taurus Management 成为 Taurus Fund 的受托人\n\n31. 根据 Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 86.263(2)，Taurus Fund 的年度信息清单应于 December 31, 2022 到期。由于其未及时提交该清单，Taurus Fund 根据内华达州法律被视为违约。\n\n28 同上。\n\n29 同上。\n\n30 见附件10，Taurus Fund LLC，内华达州州务卿，实体查询，http nv.gov/EntitySearch/BusinessInformation。\n\n32. 于 January 1, 2023，根据 Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 86.274(2)，Taurus Fund 的公司特许状被内华达州州务卿撤销，其经营业务的权利被没收。\n\n33. Taurus Fund 的特许状被撤销及其经营业务的权利被没收后，根据 Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 86.274(5)，Taurus Fund 的全部财产和资产，包括 Mahwah Mansion，均须由其经理——即 Scott Barnett 和 Taurus Management——以信托方式持有；并且可就其财产和资产采取与根据 Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 86.505 and 86.521 解散有限责任公司时适用的相同程序。\n\n34. 据悉并相信，截至本起诉状日期，Taurus Fund 尚未申请恢复其特许状，并仍处于违约状态。\n\n35. 据悉并相信，截至本起诉状日期，Scott Barnett 和 Taurus Management 仍为 Taurus Fund 的受托人，并根据内华达州法律以信托方式持有 Mahwah Mansion 及 Taurus Fund 的所有其他资产。\nIV. 债务人对 Mahwah Mansion 享有衡平所有权\n\n36. 尽管 Taurus Fund 持有 Mahwah Mansion 的名义所有权，但债务人在其于 March 15, 2023 被捕之前，对该不动产享有完全的受益所有权和控制权。截至本起诉状日期，债务人已被拒绝保释，并仍处于联邦羁押之中。\n\n37. 针对债务人的刑事起诉书载有多项证券欺诈、电信欺诈和洗钱指控（以下简称“刑事起诉书”），其中披露了债务人在 Mahwah Mansion 的住所及其对该不动产的衡平所有权。31 该刑事起诉书将 Mahwah Mansion 列为债务人在美国的豪华住所之一，另包括其位于 Sherry-Netherland 的公寓及其位于康涅狄格州 Greenwich 的住所。\n\n38. 事实上，以债务人姓名进行的“公开记录”查询，将 Mahwah Mansion 列为债务人的个人地址。32\nA. 债务人作出购买 Mahwah Mansion 的决定\n\n39. 建于 1907 年的城堡式 Mahwah Mansion，位于纽约市 25 英里范围内，被描述为世界上最壮丽、最罕见的庄园之一。该宅邸拥有 21 间卧室、超过 19 间浴室、一间大厅、图书馆、茶室、正式餐厅、餐厅式厨房、电影院、台球室、带水疗设施的室内泳道游泳池、按摩室、酒窖、游戏室、健身房、带凉亭的室外游泳池、拥有两座喷泉的壮丽花园、网球场、可停放 8 辆车的车库，以及遍布整座城堡的珍贵木材、石作和工艺。33 此外，Mahwah Mansion 还拥有自己的 Wikipedia 页面，并于 1997 年被列入 National Register of Historic Places。34\n\n40. Mahwah Mansion 的宏伟和奢华，与债务人偏好奢华住宅相一致，正如价值 $70 million 的 Sherry Netherland 公寓以及债务人在康涅狄格州价值数百万美元的住所。\n\n31 见 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）和 Kin Ming Je 的刑事起诉书，United States v. Kwok et al., 23 Cr. 118，提交于 Mar. 6, 2023 [ECF No. 2]。该刑事起诉书副本作为本文件附件11附后。\n\n32 见附件25，Lexis Public Record Comprehensive Person Report（将 Mahwah Mansion 列为债务人的地址）。\n\n33 见 675 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430, United States，CHRISTIE'S INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE GROUP，http（最后访问于 July 6, 2023）（描述 Mahwah Mansion 的宏伟及奢华设施）。\n\n34 见 Crocker-McMillin Mansion，WIKIPEDIA，http（最后访问于 July 6, 2023）。\n案件 23-05017 文书 1 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/12/23 09:07:51 第 15 页，共 33 页 案件 22-50073 文书 1994 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/11/23 16:51:02 第 15 页，共 33 页\n\n41. 于 April 12, 2023，NFSC——如本院所认定，由债务人控制并服务于债务人目的——35 在 Gettr 发布了一段视频，内容为 Pamela Tsai（蔡佩君），又名 Nicole（以下简称“Tsai”）36 和 Qidong Xia（夏启东），又名 Changdao Brother 或 David Xia（以下简称“Xia”）对 Mahwah Mansion 的参观导览（以下简称“首次视频导览”）。37 Xia 现任 NFSC 秘书长及 Rule of Law Society 主席，并且是债务人仍与其保持联系之人。38 例如，于 April 17, 2023，在 Tsai、Roy Guo（郭宝胜）39 和 Xia 进行的 Gettr 直播期间，债务人在联邦羁押期间据称向 Xia 拨打了一通十五分钟的电话。40 根据该通电话，债务人敦促其追随者以 Xia 为榜样。41\n\n35 PI Decision ¶7（“The Whistleblower Movement、NFSC、ROLF、GSeries 和 Himalaya 服务于债务人的目的，作为债务人的商业工具，其成员在个人上忠于债务人。”）。\n\n36 本院已认定 Tsai 是债务人的关联人，并与 The Whistleblower Movement、NFSC、GSeries、Himalaya 和/或 ROLF 有关联。见 PI Decision ¶¶ 11-15。本院还认定，Tsai 积极参与了针对受托人的抗议活动，该活动既在受托人住所外进行，也在纽约 Grand Central Terminal 的 Paul Hastings 律师事务所入口处进行；本院根据其《部分准许初步禁令动议的命令》（Adv. Pro. No. 22- 05032, Jan. 11, 2023）[Docket No. 129]（以下简称“PAX PI Order”）对该等活动作出了禁令。Tsai 还出现在债务人于 November 16 和 18, 2022 转发的视频中；该等视频意图通过披露受托人及其家属的姓名和雇主，并作出毫无根据且令人震惊的攻击和评论，来威胁和骚扰受托人及其家属。见《请求作出命令：（I）初步禁止债务人在网上发布有关特定当事人及其亲属的个人信息；（II）指示债务人删除任何此类现有帖子；（III）如本院命令就本动议举行听证会，则授予临时限制令；以及（IV）将债务人的行为移交康涅狄格州联邦检察官办公室》¶¶ 27-28（Adv. Pro. No. 22-05032, Nov. 22, 2022）[Docket No. 3]（以下简称“PAX TRO Motion”）。\n\n37 见 NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022)，Nicole Looks at Brother Seven，GETTR（Apr. 12, 2023），http（最后访问于 July 6, 2023）。与提交本起诉状同时，受托人的律师已向本院提供一枚闪存盘，其中载有本起诉状所引用的各视频副本（以下简称“视频闪存盘”），以及由律师制作的该等视频相关片段译文。本脚注所述视频的译文副本包含于视频闪存盘中，并作为本文件附件12纳入。\n\n38 例如，见 NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022)，GETTR（June 5, 2023），http（最后访问于 July 6, 2023），其中确认 David Xia 为 NFSC 秘书长及 Rule of Law Society 主席。\n\n39 本院已认定 Roy Guo 是债务人的关联人，并与 The Whistleblower Movement、NFSC、GSeries、Himalaya 和/或 ROLF 有关联。见 PI Decision ¶¶ 11-15。本院还认定，Roy Guo 积极参与了针对受托人的抗议活动，该活动既在受托人住所外进行，也在纽约 Grand Central Terminal 的 Paul Hastings 律师事务所入口处进行；本院根据其 PAX PI Order 对该等活动作出了禁令。\n案件 23-05017 文书 1 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/12/23 09:07:51 第 16 页，共 33 页 案件 22-50073 文书 1994 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/11/23 16:51:02 第 16 页，共 33 页\n\n42. 在首次视频导览期间，Xia 和 Tsai 表示，债务人大约于 2020 年和 2021 年间产生购买不动产的想法；债务人于 2021 年考察了多处不动产；债务人亲自选定 Mahwah Mansion；债务人于 2021 年底决定购买 Mahwah Mansion；以及债务人指示应对所有与 Mahwah Mansion 有关的事项保密。42\n\n43. 总之，债务人于 December 16, 2021 作出购买 Mahwah Mansion 的决定，即债务人于 February 15, 2022 自愿提交第 11 章破产申请前两个月。他还决定隐瞒其购买 Mahwah Mansion 及对其享有的衡平所有权（不出所料，该不动产未列于债务人的资产和负债明细表中）；若非美国政府于 March 15, 2023 提出的刑事起诉书，该等事项本会一直处于隐瞒状态。43\n\n40 见 NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022)，Nicole Looks at Brother Seven，GETTR（Apr. 17, 2023），http（最后访问于 July 6, 2023）45:48-46:05（包含债务人据称向其商业关联人拨打电话的视频，其中债务人要求其追随者“follow the arrangement of Changdao Brother”）（Changdao Brother 是 Xia 的昵称）。本脚注所述视频的译文副本包含于视频闪存盘中，并作为本文件附件13纳入。\n\n41 同上。\n\n42 见证据12，第一次视频参观，http（最后访问于 July 6, 2023）[显示 Xia（夏）和 Tsai（蔡）参观 Mahwah Mansion（马瓦庄园）的视频]，例如，位于 2:10-2:20、3:40-3:50、6:25-6:30、10:00-10:25、14:20-14:25、26:30-26:45、28:55-29:40、31:30-31:50、32:41-33:48。\n\n43 受托人和 Department of Justice（司法部）正在就解决其对 Mahwah Mansion 最终出售所得款项可能相互竞争的请求权拟定一项协议（即，该等款项应通过第11章程序分配给受害人/债权人，还是应根据与针对债务人的刑事指控有关的没收程序进行分配）。受托人预计将在近期向法院提交一项协议。\n\nB. 债务人为购买及翻修 Mahwah Mansion 提供资金\n\n44. 尽管 Taurus Fund（金牛基金）名义上拥有 Mahwah Mansion 的产权，债务人指挥并亲自参与了该庄园的购买和翻修，所使用的资金均受其控制。具体而言，根据刑事起诉书，债务人“使用通过欺诈取得的受害人资金，为[Mahwah Mansion]的 \\$26.5 million 购买提供购买资金、出资或融资，以供[债务人]及其家人使用。”44\n\n45. 刑事起诉书还说明，用于购买 Mahwah Mansion 的资金是通过其他空壳公司转移的。具体而言，在或约于 November 2022，即债务人自愿提交第11章申请前不久，债务人通过其共同被告及被指称的共同谋划人 William Je（威廉·杰）（“Je”）45，指示将资金从 G Club Operations, LLC（“G-Club”）经由以其他实体名义开立的银行账户转移，用于购买 Mahwah Mansion46，以供债务人、其妻子 Hing Chi Ngok、其女儿 Mei Guo 及其儿子 Qiang Guo 使用并使其受益。47\n\n46. 根据受托人的调查，Je 被 Mei Guo 称为“William 叔叔”，目前正在躲避执法部门追捕，是债务人信赖的家庭朋友及财务顾问。Je 与债务人的房地产购买活动密切相关，先前曾参与考虑债务人拟购买的多处潜在房产。Je 还根据债务人的指示，安排将 \\$37 million 转入托管，作为一笔名义上的“贷款”，以支付 Lady May 的费用。如本院已经认定，就其各自适用而言，Lady May 及该 \\$37 million 托管资金过去和现在均构成债务人第11章破产财产[Adv. P. No. 22-05003, ECF No. 221]。\n\n44 见证据11，刑事起诉书 ¶ 4；另见证据14，驳回 Kwok（郭文贵）审判前释放动议的命令，第3页，United States v. Kwok（美国诉郭文贵），23 Cr. 118-1 (AT) (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 20, 2023) [Docket No. No. 51]（指出，“通过该会员组织筹集的大部分资金被用于支付[债务人]及其家人的个人开支，并购买高价商品和不动产，例如[债务人]在 New Jersey（新泽西州）的庄园。”）\n\n45 政府认为 William Je 仍然在逃，并相信其位于 UAE（阿拉伯联合酋长国）。见 United States of America（美利坚合众国）反对被告 Yanping Wang（王燕平）审前释放动议的法律备忘录（“USAO Memorandum”），第4页，作为证据B附于第11章受托人对 G Club Operations LLC 补充反对受托人强制履行动议及相关救济请求的答复（“G-Club Reply”）(June 23, 2023) [Main Case Docket No. 1934]。\n\n46 证据11，刑事起诉书 ¶ 15b。\n\n47 见证据15，起诉状 ¶ 104(b)，S.E.C. v. Kwok（美国证券交易委员会诉郭文贵），23 Civ. 2200 (PGG) (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 15, 2023) [Docket No.1]（“SEC Complaint”）。\n\nCase 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 18 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 18 of 33\n\n47. 债务人不仅为购买 Mahwah Mansion 提供资金，还为该房产的大规模改善提供资金。在 December 2021 至 March 2022 期间，他安排将额外 \\$13 million 转入一个托管账户，以支付 Mahwah Mansion 的奢华陈设及翻修费用。这些大额支出包括分别为其儿子和女儿设置的侧翼，以及各种家具和装饰物品，例如价值约 \\$978,000 的中国和波斯地毯、一台 \\$62,000 的电视机、一个 \\$53,000 的壁炉柴架托架、一个 \\$59,000 的手表收纳盒，以及一张 \\$35,000 的床垫。48\n\n48. 在第一次视频参观中，Tsai 在参观 Mahwah Mansion 的餐厅时，对各类精美的中国书法和绘画作品发表评论，这些作品“由 Kwok 先生亲自挑选”。49 Xia 特别强调，Mahwah Mansion 内有许多重要古董，据称由“[债务人的]家庭基金”捐赠，50 这些古董“远比房子本身更值钱”，51 且只有债务人知晓并能够讲述每件古董背后的故事。52 根据所获信息及所信事实，债务人家庭基金中的任何资金均为债务人的资金。\n\n48 见证据15，SEC Complaint ¶ 104(c)。另见证据11，刑事起诉书 ¶ 15(c)。\n\n49 见证据12，第一次视频参观，位于 26:00-26:20。\n\nCase 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 19 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 19 of 33\n\n49. 该等陈述亦在 Xia 和 Tsai 于 April 15, 2023 进行的另一段 Mahwah Mansion 视频参观中重复出现（“第二次视频参观”，其与第一次视频参观合称“视频参观”）。53\n\nC. 债务人居住于 Mahwah Mansion\n\n50. 连同其位于 Sherry-Netherland Hotel（雪莉-尼德兰酒店）的公寓及其位于 Greenwich, Connecticut（康涅狄格州格林尼治）的住所，Mahwah Mansion 是债务人在 United States（美国）拥有的至少三处豪华住所之一。54\n\n51. 在搜查 Mahwah Mansion 期间，Federal Bureau of Investigation（联邦调查局）（“FBI”）发现了债务人的多件个人物品，包括：(i) 以其名义开具的处方药物，55 (ii) 均签发给债务人的国际驾驶许可证和 New York（纽约州）学习驾驶许可证，56 (iii) 家庭照片，57 (iv) 寄给债务人的 Ferrari（法拉利）汽车真品证书，58 以及 (iv) 在看来是债务人个人更衣室的房间内，“约30套 Brioni（布里奥尼）定制西装，每套西装的夹克内侧均手工缝有‘Brioni for Miles Kwok’字样”，59\n\n50 同上，位于 33:08-33:25。\n\n51 同上，位于 33:25-33:29、33:48-33:56。\n\n52 同上，位于 33:29-33:33。\n\n53 见 NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022)，Nicole Looks at Brother Seven，GETTR (Apr. 15, 2023)，http（最后访问于 July 6, 2023），例如，位于 21:55-22:20、33:05-33:30、35:20-35:35、40:00-40:23。本脚注所指视频的译制副本已收录于视频闪存盘，并作为本文件证据16并入。\n\n54 见证据17，USA Response in Opposition as to Wang's Motion for Bond，第3页，United States v. Yanping Wang（美国诉王燕平），23 Mag. 2007 (UA) (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 29, 2023 [Docket No. 10]。\n\n55 执法部门拍摄的该药物照片（已遮盖个人身份识别信息）作为本文件证据18附后。\n\n56 执法部门拍摄的驾驶执照照片（已遮盖个人身份识别信息）作为本文件证据19附后。\n\n57 执法部门拍摄的该等家庭照片作为本文件证据20附后。\n\nCase 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 20 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 20 of 33\n\n52. 除个人物品、豪华家具和商品外，FBI 还在庄园内发现一个保险箱，其位于与看来是债务人个人更衣室相连的壁橱内，保险箱中装有“约 \\$394,000、€5000、HK\\$188,050 和 [RMB] 250 的现金，以及约156枚金币（连同一张收据，显示该等金币价值约 \\$109,555）。”60\n\n53. FBI 还从 Mahwah Mansion 取回了债务人境外旅行证件的证据，包括债务人已过期的 United Arab Emirates（阿拉伯联合酋长国）护照副本，以及10台电脑或笔记本电脑、16个外部媒体存储设备（USB 和硬盘）、九部手机和一台手机扰频器，61 均由债务人使用。62\n\n54. 在债务人于 March 15, 2023 被捕前，债务人曾频繁在包括 Gettr 在内的社交媒体平台上，从 Mahwah Mansion 进行直播。在 January 11, 2023 至 February 19, 2023 期间，债务人使用其 Gettr 个人账户 @milesguo，至少进行了11场直播，地点在 Mahwah Mansion，日期为 January 11，63 15，64 22，65 23，66 和 29，67 以及 February 1，68 8，69 12，70 15，71 16，72 和 19。73\n\n58 执法部门拍摄的该证书照片作为本文件证据21附后。\n\n59 见证据22，USA Letter in Opposition to Brief in Support of Pretrial Release by Kwok，第3页，United States v. Kwok（美国诉郭文贵），S1 23 Cr. 118 (AT) (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 3, 2023) [Docket No. 26]。执法部门拍摄的该等定制西装照片作为本文件证据23附后。\n\n60 证据17，同上。\n\n61 证据17，同上。（在脚注2中指出，手机扰频器是一种连接至手机的外部设备，其设计目的在于通过将语音转换为不可解读的模拟噪音，再经电话网络传输，从而规避政府窃听及其他监听技术。）\n\n62 证据17，同上，第14页（“被告使用数十部不同的手机和手机扰频器”）。\n\nCase 23-05017 Doc 1 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/12/23 09:07:51 Page 21 of 33 Case 22-50073 Doc 1994 Filed 07/11/23 Entered 07/11/23 16:51:02 Page 21 of 33\n\nD. 债务人向其关联人士开放 Mahwah Mansion\n\n55. 根据所获信息及所信事实，在 April 2023，在债务人被捕及刑事起诉书披露 Mahwah Mansion 后，为继续向其债权人隐匿有价值资产，债务人指示其关联人士声称 Mahwah Mansion 是 NFSC 的新基地。\n\n56. 在 April 9, 2023，NFSC 在 Mahwah Mansion 举办了一场活动，据称有500名追随者进入庄园，并在包括 Gettr 在内的各互联网平台直播其演讲。74\n\n63 见 GNews (@milesguo)，GETTR (Jan. 11, 2023)，http\n\n64 见 GNews (@milesguo)，GETTR (Jan. 15, 2023)，http\n\n65 见 GNews (@milesguo)，GETTR (Jan. 22, 2023)，http\n\n66 见 GNews (@milesguo)，GETTR (Jan. 23, 2023)，http\n\n67 见 GNews (@milesguo)，GETTR (Jan. 29, 2023)，http\n\n68 见 GNews (@milesguo)，GETTR (Feb. 1, 2023)，http\n\n69 见 GNews (@milesguo)，GETTR (Feb. 8, 2023)，http\n\n70 见 GNews (@milesguo)，GETTR (Feb. 12, 2023)，http\n\n71 见 GNews (@milesguo)，GETTR (Feb. 15, 2023)，http\n\n72 见 GNews (@milesguo)，GETTR (Feb. 16, 2023)，http\n\n73 见 GNews (@milesguo)，GETTR (Feb. 19, 2023)，http\n\n74 见 NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022)，GETTR (Apr. 9, 2023)，http（最后访问于 July 6, 2023）（时长约3.5小时的完整直播视频，显示追随者排队进入 Mahwah Mansion 并在庄园内发表演讲）。\n\n57. 如法院先前认定，NFSC 和 Gettr“服务于债务人的目的，作为债务人的商业工具，其成员在个人上忠于债务人。”75\n\n58. NFSC 官方主页上还发布了视频，显示追随者进入 Mahwah Mansion 并发表演讲。76 特别是，这些视频的字幕记录了 NFSC 追随者在看到庄园后的陈述，包括：“[债务人]已为 NFSC 成员准备了一个基地”，77 “[债务人]为同袍战友[在 Mahwah Mansion]准备的一切都是最好的”，78 以及他们希望“在[债务人]过去进行直播的房间里留下自己的印记”。79\n\n59. 自 April 9, 2023 起，Xia 和其他 NFSC 成员已开始在 Mahwah Mansion 的一间办公室处理其事务。80\n\n75 PI Decision ¶ 7（“Whistleblower Movement（爆料革命）、NFSC（中国新联邦）、ROLF（法治协会）、GSeries（G系列）和 Himalaya（喜马拉雅）均服务于债务人的目的，作为债务人的商业工具，其成员在个人上忠于债务人。”）。\n\n76 参见 NFSC Fellow Fighter Feels that the Air at the NFSC Base is Sweet, NEW FEDERAL STATE OF CHINA（中国新联邦）（Apr. 12, 2023）, http（最后访问于 July 6, 2023）（包括追随者于 April 9, 2023 进入 Mahwah Mansion（马瓦庄园）的直播视频）。\n\n77 同上。\n\n78 参见 Everything Mr. Miles Guo has Prepared for the Fellow Fighters in the NFSC Base is the Best, NEW FEDERAL STATE OF CHINA（中国新联邦）（Apr. 19, 2023）, http（最后访问于 July 6, 2023）（视频显示追随者在 Mahwah Mansion 内发表讲话，视频标题为“郭文贵先生为 NFSC 基地战友准备的一切都是最好的”）。\n\n79 参见 Fellow Fighters are Excited to Leave their Footprints on the Base of the NFSC, NEW FEDERAL STATE OF CHINA（中国新联邦）（Apr. 16, 2023）, http（最后访问于 July 6, 2023）（视频显示追随者在 Mahwah Mansion 内发表讲话，说明文字称追随者“认为这座庄园非常豪华。”）。\n\n80 参见证据 16，第二段视频导览，第 2:05-2:30 分钟（显示 Xia（夏）坐在 Mahwah Mansion 的办公室内）。\n案件 23-05017 文书 1 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/12/23 09:07:51 第 23 页，共 33 页 案件 22-50073 文书 1994 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/11/23 16:51:02 第 23 页，共 33 页\n\n60. 2023年4月12日，在第一段视频导览中，81 Xia 指出，Mahwah Mansion 亦被债务人指定为 G-Club（G俱乐部）成员的高级休息室，以及供各个 Himalaya 组织和 Farms（农场）召开会议的场所。82\n\n61. 如本院所知，G-Club 和 Himalaya 均为实体，与 NFSC 一样，“服务于债务人的目的，作为债务人的商业工具，其成员在个人上忠于债务人。”83\n\n62. 如上所述，2023年4月17日，在债务人的关联人士 Tsai（蔡）、Roy Guo（郭荣）和 Xia（现任 NFSC 秘书长及 Rule of Law Society（法治协会）主席）于 Gettr 平台进行的一次直播中，债务人在联邦羁押期间据称曾致电 Xia 长达15分钟。84 在该电话中，债务人敦促其追随者以 Xia 为榜样。85\n\n63. 根据所获信息及确信，债务人指示 Xia 居住于 Mahwah Mansion，意图维持对该房产的控制，同时继续向其债权人隐匿有价值资产。\n\n81 参见证据 12，第一段视频导览，第 6:35-7:00 分钟。\n\n82 受托人未发现任何证据表明这并非空头承诺，这与债务人作为针对其所称欺诈行为的一部分而使用的其他 G-Club 承诺一致。\n\n83 PI Decision ¶ 7（“Whistleblower Movement、NFSC、ROLF、GSeries 和 Himalaya 均服务于债务人的目的，作为债务人的商业工具，其成员在个人上忠于债务人。”）。\n\n84 参见证据 13，NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), Nicole Looks at Brother Seven, GETTR（Apr. 17, 2023）, http（最后访问于 July 6, 2023），第 45:48-46:05 分钟（视频载有债务人与其商业关联人士据称进行的电话通话，债务人在其中称“遵从长岛哥的安排”）（“长岛哥”是 Xia 的昵称）。\n\n85 同上。\n案件 23-05017 文书 1 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/12/23 09:07:51 第 24 页，共 33 页 案件 22-50073 文书 1994 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/11/23 16:51:02 第 24 页，共 33 页\n\n64. 2023年5月5日，Xia 带领债务人的一小群关联人士在 Mahwah Mansion 会见了美国众议员 George Santos（乔治·桑托斯），86 该会见在 Gettr 平台进行了直播。87\n\n65. 2023年5月19日，就 SEC v. Mountains of Spices et al. 诉讼而言，Mountains of Spices（香料之山，以下简称“MOS”）的律师 William J. Quinlan（威廉·J·奎因兰）提交了一封信，确认除其他事项外，Xia 居住在 Mahwah Mansion，是因为他和其他人已被政府从 NFSC 先前的办公室中迁出。88\n\n66. 2023年6月4日，NFSC 在 Mahwah Mansion 举行了逾100名宾客参加的聚会，以庆祝其三周年纪念，十多名不同 Himalaya Farms 的领导人出席。89 该活动在 Gettr 平台进行了直播。如本院已认定，Himalaya Farms 是关联的 Himalaya 实体，受债务人控制。90 一名农场领导人评论称 Mahwah Mansion 极为豪华，并称：“[债务人]为我们安排的一切，纯粹令人感动。”91\n\n86 十一天后，即 2023年5月16日，Santos 众议员在众议院发言，将债务人描述为“无害的政治目标”，并呼吁（包括）DOJ（美国司法部）“释放郭文贵”。参见 http（最后访问于 July 6, 2023）。\n\n87 参见，例如，NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), GETTR（May 5, 2023）, http（最后访问于 July 6, 2023）（显示 George Santos 到访 Mahwah Mansion 的直播）；另参见 NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), GETTR（May 5, 2023）, http（最后访问于 July 6, 2023）（该视频的封面照片显示 Xia 和 Santos 位于 Mahwah Mansion 的大厅内）；Congressman George Santos, visited the homebase of the New Federal State of China, GNEWS（May 5, 2023 15:02:28）, http（Gnews 发布的讨论 Santos 到访 Mahwah Mansion 的文章）。\n\n88 参见证据 24。MOS Letter in Response to DOJ's Objection to Lift Stay on MOS, 第 2 页，S.E.C. v. Mountains of Spices, No. 1:23-cv-02200-PGG (S.D.N.Y. May 19, 2023) [Docket No. 49]（“‘MOS 的领导人’是否曾在新泽西州的一处住所直播视频并不相关；无论如何，他仅因根据所获信息及确信，政府指定了一名接管人，将该运动从其先前的办公室迁出，才居住于该处。”）。\n\n89 参见 NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), GETTR（June 4, 2023）, http（最后访问于 July 6, 2023）（NFSC 在 Mahwah Mansion 举行活动的完整直播）。\n\n90 PI Decision ¶¶ 4, 7（“NFSC 与 Himalaya Global Alliance（喜马拉雅全球联盟）（连同关联的 Himalaya 实体，如 Himalaya Exchange（喜马拉雅交易所）和 Himalaya Farms，统称‘Himalaya’）具有关联、从属和/或联系”）（“债务人是 Whistleblower Movement、NFSC、ROLF 和 Himalaya 的领导人。Whistleblower Movement、NFSC、ROLF 和 Himalaya 均服务于债务人的目的，作为债务人的商业工具，其成员在个人上忠于债务人。”）。\n案件 23-05017 文书 1 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/12/23 09:07:51 第 25 页，共 33 页 案件 22-50073 文书 1994 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/11/23 16:51:02 第 25 页，共 33 页\n\n67. 大量证据表明，尽管 Mahwah Mansion 名义上归 Taurus Fund（金牛基金）所有，债务人即使在被捕后，仍继续将 Mahwah Mansion 用于自身利益，包括将其提供给 NFSC、G-Club 和 Himalaya 使用；本院已认定，债务人将上述组织用于其自身目的。\n\n第一项请求\n（确认债务人为 Mahwah Mansion 的衡平所有人，并命令向受托人交付 Mahwah Mansion 及 Mahwah Mansion 内的附着物和动产）\n\n68. 受托人重述并再次主张第1至67段所载指控。\n\n69. 新泽西州法律适用于衡平所有权请求，因为 Mahwah Mansion 位于新泽西州。92\n\n70. 法院已基于下列一项或多项理由认定债务人对财产享有衡平权益：(1) 债务人的资金被用于取得该财产；(2) 债务人表示其对该财产享有权益，或使用该财产取得信贷；或 (3) 所涉财产曾由债务人所有，后被转让给第三方（通常是在面临债权人压力的情况下）。93 适用新泽西州衡平所有权法律的法院亦曾根据债务人欺诈行为的模式和做法认定债务人为财产的衡平所有人；在该案中，债务人为购置财产提供资金，将财产所有权登记在第三方名下，同时维持事实上的控制和所有权。94\n\n91 参见 NFSCTC (@chinatruth2022), GETTR（June 4, 2023）, http，第 5:19:10 – 5:19:50 分钟（最后访问于 July 6, 2023）（NFSC 在 Mahwah Mansion 举行活动的完整直播）。\n\n92 参见 Kartzman v. Beiman (In re Beiman), No. 15-10488 (JKS), 2018 WL 6978705, *3 (Bankr. D. N. J. Mar.19, 2018)（规定在破产案件中，州法通常决定债务人对财产是否享有权益及享有何种权益）（援引 O'Dowd v. Trueger (In re O'Dowd), 233 F.3d 197, 202 (3d Cir. 2000)；另参见 Butner v. United States, 440 U.S. 48, 55 (1979)（指出财产权益由州法创设和界定）。\n\n93 In re Beiman, at *4 (Bankr. D. N. J. Mar.19, 2018)。\n案件 23-05017 文书 1 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/12/23 09:07:51 第 26 页，共 33 页 案件 22-50073 文书 1994 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/11/23 16:51:02 第 26 页，共 33 页\n\n71. 如上详述，Mahwah Mansion 由债务人衡平所有。除其他事项外，债务人为 Mahwah Mansion 的购买和翻修提供资金，曾居住于此，并通过由其司机和/或保镖管理的空壳公司持有该房产。公共记录还显示，债务人的地址位于 Mahwah Mansion。即使在其被捕和监禁后，债务人仍通过将该房产作为 NFSC 的运营基地而继续从中受益；如本院已认定，NFSC 受债务人控制。此外，由空壳公司购买并持有债务人豪华住所的所有权，与债务人的一贯模式和做法相符，包括但不限于其位于 Sherry-Netherland（谢里-内瑟兰）的公寓和其位于 Connecticut（康涅狄格州）Greenwich（格林尼治）的住所。\n\n72. 在 Taurus Fund 持有 Mahwah Mansion 所有权的范围内，其仅为名义持有，债务人始终作为该庄园的实际受益所有人。\n\n73. 因为 Mahwah Mansion 由债务人衡平所有，其属于债务人第11章破产财产。95 基于这些事实和情形，受托人依据《破产法典》第541、542和544条请求裁定：(i) 宣告 Mahwah Mansion 构成应由受托人管理的债务人第11章破产财产；以及 (ii) 命令 Taurus Fund（和/或作为 Taurus Fund 受托人的 Scott Barnett（斯科特·巴内特）及 Taurus Management（金牛管理公司））向受托人交付 Mahwah Mansion 及 Mahwah Mansion 内的附着物和动产。\n\n94 In re NJ Affordable Homes Corp., No. 05-60442 (DHS), 2006 WL 2128624, *8 (Bankr. D.N.J. June 29, 2006)（裁定仅因财产所有权登记在第三方名下，并不意味着债务人不对该财产享有衡平权益；无论该权益多么具有推测性，均足以使该财产构成破产财产）。\n\n95 在 Porsche Piano（保时捷钢琴）目前不在 Mahwah Mansion 的范围内，受托人请求无论其位于何处，均应予交付。\n\n第二项请求\n（确认债务人为 Taurus Fund 的衡平所有人，并命令向受托人交付 Taurus Fund 及其资产）\n\n74. 受托人重述并再次主张第1至67段所载指控。\n\n75. Nevada（内华达州）法律适用于衡平所有权请求，因为 Taurus Fund 是一家 Nevada 实体。96\n\n76. 对债务人与 Taurus Fund 之间关系适用 Nevada 衡平所有权分析的法院，将着重审查：(1) 债务人是否对 Taurus Fund 具有积极或实质性控制；以及 (2) 债务人是否正在使用并从 Taurus Fund 的资产中获得利益。97\n\n77. 债务人是 Taurus Fund 的衡平所有人。首先，债务人对 Taurus Fund 具有积极且实质性的控制，原因包括：\n\na. Taurus Fund 由债务人的司机和/或保镖，以及另一家受债务人控制的空壳公司管理；\n\nb. Taurus Fund 未遵守任何公司形式要求，包括遵守 Nevada 和 New Jersey（新泽西州）的商业组织披露及登记法律；\n\nc. Taurus Fund 对 Mahwah Mansion 的购买，系由债务人控制的资金提供。\n\n96 参见 United States v. 74.05 Acres, 428 F. Supp. 2d 57, 61 (D. Conn. 2006)（“所有权权益由该权益产生所在州的法律界定。”）。\n\n97 参见 In re Twin Lakes Vill., Inc., 2 B.R. 532 (Bankr. D. Nev. 1980)。\n案件 23-05017 文书 1 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/12/23 09:07:51 第 28 页，共 33 页 案件 22-50073 文书 1994 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/11/23 16:51:02 第 28 页，共 33 页\n\nd．由 Taurus Fund（金牛基金）所有的保时捷钢琴，位于 GSeries 实体的办公室内；本院已认定该等实体受债务人控制。\n\n78. 其次，债务人将 Taurus Fund 的资产——Mahwah Mansion（马瓦大厦）——用作其住所，公开记录将马瓦大厦列为债务人的地址，并且 Taurus Fund 使用由债务人出资并控制的资金支付债务人与该住所相关的费用，包括建造和维护费用。\n\n79. 鉴于 Taurus Fund 由债务人享有衡平法上的所有权（在其根据内华达州法律被撤销特许权之前），在申请日之后，对 Taurus Fund 的所有权及公司控制权，以及 Taurus Fund 的资产，均属于债务人第 11 章破产财产。\n\n80. 因此，受托人请求根据《破产法典》第 541、542 和 544 条作出裁定，(1) 宣告：(a) 债务人在任何时候均为 Taurus Fund 的衡平法所有人；(b) Taurus Fund 在债务人 2022 年 2 月 15 日申请日之前任何时候持有的任何及全部资产，均构成债务人的财产；以及 (c) Taurus Fund 自债务人于 2022 年 2 月 15 日提出第 11 章破产申请之日起至今任何时候持有的任何及全部资产，在适用情况下，曾构成并构成债务人第 11 章破产财产；以及 (2) 命令将 Taurus Fund 及 Taurus Fund 的任何及全部资产移交给受托人。\n\n第三项请求\n（备选的确认判决：Taurus Fund 是债务人的另一个自我，并命令将 Taurus Fund 及其资产移交给受托人）\n\n81. 受托人重述并再次主张第 1 至 67 段所载的指控。\n\n案件 23-05017 文书 1 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/12/23 09:07:51 第 29 页，共 33 页 案件 22-50073 文书 1994 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/11/23 16:51:02 第 29 页，共 33 页\n\n82. 内华达州法律适用于另一个自我／揭开公司面纱请求，因为 Taurus Fund 是内华达州实体。98\n\n83. 根据内华达州法律，法院在对债务人与 Taurus Fund 的关系适用内华达州另一个自我分析时，将着重考察：(1) Taurus Fund 是否受债务人影响和支配；(2) 是否存在利益与所有权的一致性，以致 Taurus Fund 与债务人不可分离；以及 (3) 在当时情形下，遵循独立实体的公司拟制是否会纵容欺诈或助长不公。99 可能表明存在另一个自我关系的因素包括：(1) 资金混同；(2) 资本不足；(3) 未经授权挪用资金；(4) 将公司资产视为个人资产；以及 (5) 未遵守公司形式要件。100\n\n84. 债务人对 Taurus Fund 具有影响力并行使控制，以致 Taurus Fund 独立于债务人之外不存在，且债务人利用 Taurus Fund 的公司形式实施欺诈和不公。Taurus Fund 是债务人的另一个自我，理由包括：\n\na．Taurus Fund 由债务人的司机和／或保镖以及受债务人控制的另一空壳公司管理；\n\nb．Taurus Fund 未遵守任何公司形式要件，包括遵守内华达州和新泽西州的商业组织披露及登记法律；\n\n98 参见 Hyundai-Wia Mach. Am. Corp. v. Rouette (In re Rouette), 564 B.R. 157, 174 (Bankr. D. Conn. 2017)（“在不存在优先的联邦利益或政策的情况下，联邦法院依公司注册成立地的州法律，确定是否揭开公司的面纱。”）（引用 In re Carterhouse, Inc., 94 B.R. 271, 276 (Bankr. D. Conn. 1988)）。\n\n99 参见 Bermuda Rd. Properties, LLC v. EcoLogical Steel Sys., Inc., No. 2:12–cv–01579–JAD–GWF, 2017 WL 797092, \\*3 (D. Nev. Mar. 1, 2017)（引用 LFC Mktg. Grp., Inc. v. Loomis, 8 P.3d 841, 845 (Nev. 2000) 和 Polaris Indust. Corp v. Kaplan, 747 P.2d 884, 886 (Nev. 1987)）。\n\n100 同上。\n\nc．Taurus Fund 对马瓦大厦的购买由债务人控制的资金提供；\n\nd．债务人将马瓦大厦用作其住所，且 Taurus Fund 使用由债务人出资并控制的资金支付债务人与该住所相关的费用，包括建造和维护费用；以及\n\ne．由 Taurus Fund 所有的保时捷钢琴位于 GSeries 实体的办公室内，本院已认定该等实体受债务人控制。\n\n85. 债务人不当地且不公正地利用其对 Taurus Fund 的另一个自我控制，尤其使 Taurus Fund 为债务人的使用和利益持有资产，同时声称将该等资产置于债务人债权人的追索范围之外，使债务人得以在不偿还债务的情况下过奢侈生活。\n\n86. 在所有相关期间，债务人对一名或多名债权人负有债务。该等债权人本可行使其权利，寻求受托人在此请求的救济。\n\n87. 因此，受托人请求根据《破产法典》第 541、542 和 544 条作出裁定，(1) 宣告：(a) Taurus Fund 在任何时候均为债务人的另一个自我；(b) Taurus Fund 在债务人 2022 年 2 月 15 日申请日之前任何时候持有的任何及全部资产，均构成债务人的财产；以及 (c) Taurus Fund 自债务人于 2022 年 2 月 15 日提出第 11 章破产申请之日起至今任何时候持有的任何及全部资产，在适用情况下，曾构成并构成债务人第 11 章破产财产；以及 (2) 命令将 Taurus Fund 的任何及全部资产移交给受托人。\n\n救济请求\n\n因此，基于前述理由，受托人谨请求作出如下判决：\n\n1. 就第一项请求，根据《破产法典》第 541、542 和 544 条作出命令，(1) 宣告：(a) 债务人为马瓦大厦的衡平法所有人，及 (b) 马瓦大厦属于应由受托人管理的债务人第 11 章破产财产；以及 (2) 命令 Taurus Fund（和／或作为 Taurus Fund 受托人的 Scott Barnett（斯科特·巴尼特）及 Taurus Management（金牛管理公司））向受托人移交马瓦大厦或其价值，以及马瓦大厦内的附属物和动产；\n\n2. 就第二项请求，根据《破产法典》第 541、542 和 544 条作出命令，(1) 宣告：(a) 债务人在任何时候均为 Taurus Fund 的衡平法所有人；(b) Taurus Fund 在债务人 2022 年 2 月 15 日申请日之前任何时候持有的任何及全部资产，均构成债务人的财产；以及 (c) Taurus Fund 自债务人于 2022 年 2 月 15 日提出第 11 章破产申请之日起至今任何时候持有的任何及全部资产，在适用情况下，曾构成并构成债务人第 11 章破产财产；以及 (2) 命令将 Taurus Fund 及 Taurus Fund 的任何及全部资产移交给受托人。\n\n3. 就第三项请求，根据《破产法典》第 541、542 和 544 条作出命令，(1) 宣告：(a) Taurus Fund 在任何时候均为债务人的另一个自我；(b) Taurus Fund 在债务人 2022 年 2 月 15 日申请日之前任何时候持有的任何及全部资产，均构成债务人的财产；以及 (c) Taurus Fund 自债务人于 2022 年 2 月 15 日提出第 11 章破产申请之日起至今任何时候持有的任何及全部资产，在适用情况下，曾构成并构成债务人第 11 章破产财产；以及 (2) 命令将 Taurus Fund 的任何及全部资产移交给受托人。\n\n4. 在本诉讼中发生的合理律师费、诉讼成本及费用；以及\n\n5. 法院在当时情形下认为公正、适当或衡平的其他及进一步救济。\n\n案件 23-05017 文书 1 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/12/23 09:07:51 第 32 页，共 33 页 案件 22-50073 文书 1994 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/11/23 16:51:02 第 32 页，共 33 页\n\n［本页其余部分特意留白。］\n\n案件 23-05017 文书 1 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/12/23 09:07:51 第 33 页，共 33 页 案件 22-50073 文书 1994 提交于 07/11/23 录入于 07/11/23 16:51:02 第 33 页，共 33 页\n\n日期：July 11, 2023 纽约州纽约市 LUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯）第 11 章受托人\n\n签署人：/s/ Douglass Barron\nAvram E. Luft（阿夫拉姆·E·卢夫特）（获准临时出庭）\nDouglass Barron（道格拉斯·巴伦）（获准临时出庭）\nPAUL HASTINGS LLP（普衡律师事务所）\n200 Park Avenue\nNew York, New York 10166\n(212) 318-6000\naviluft@paulhastings.com\ndouglassbarron@paulhastings.com\n\n以及\n\nNicholas A. Bassett（尼古拉斯·A·巴塞特）（获准临时出庭）\nPAUL HASTINGS LLP\n2050 M Street NW\nWashington, D.C. 20036\n(202) 551-1902\nnicholasbassett@paulhastings.com\n\n以及\n\nDouglas S. Skalka（道格拉斯·S·斯卡尔卡）（ct00616）\nPatrick R. Linsey（帕特里克·R·林赛）（ct29437）\nNEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C.（纽伯特、佩佩及蒙蒂斯律师事务所）\n195 Church Street, 13th Floor\nNew Haven, Connecticut 06510\n(203) 781-2847\ndskalka@npmlaw.com\nplinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n第 11 章受托人的律师","key_entities":["GETTR","Guo","Je","Himalaya","Kwok","HCHK","Ho Wan Kwok","Paul Hastings","Miles Guo","Despins","Yanping Wang","William Je","Himalaya Exchange","CIPA","forfeiture","Kin Ming Je","Pro Se","pro se"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":1,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":2,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":221,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":11344,"status":"published","published_at":"2023-07-11 00:00:00","created_at":"2023-07-11","updated_at":"2026-08-23 21:34:53"}