{"id":"court_ctb_2551_1","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":2551,"sub_number":1,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":"2024-02-05","title":"EXHIBIT 1 TRANSCRIPT OF","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## **EXHIBIT 1**\n\n## TRANSCRIPT OF\n\n| #1453 | MOTION FOR ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY DEBTOR, MEI GUO |\n|-------|-----------------------------------------------------|\n| | and HK(USA) SHOULD NOT BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF |\n| | COURT FOR FAITURE TO COMPLY MITH ORDER COMBETITING |\n| | COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 2004 SUBPOENAS AND |\n| | SANCTIONS FOR SUCH CONTEMPT |\n| #1649 | MOTION FOR A LIMITED STAY OF ORDER GRANTING IN PART |\n| | MOTION TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 2004 SUBPOENA |\n\n- # 227 MOTION TO STAY PENDING APPEAL\n- # STATUS CONFERENCE\n\n2\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 2551-1 Filed 02/05/24 Entered 02/05/24 10:27:26 Page 5 of 7\n\n| | Ho Wan Kwok - June 13, 2023
35 |\n|-----|--------------------------------------------------------------|\n| 1 | THE COURT: How is that relevant to your stay |\n| 2 | pending appeal? The questions were all about what's the |\n| 3 | harm. He told you what his harm is. |\n| 4 | You may disagree with his harm. But that -- how |\n| 5 | is it relevant to your getting a stay pending appeal? |\n| రు | MR. MORIARTY: If there's other assets that can be |\n| 7 | used, Your Honor, then there's no harm. His harm is I don't |\n| ರಿ | have the ability to pay -- |\n| 9 | Well, you --
THE COURT: |\n| 10 | MR. MORIARTY: -- which -- |\n| 11 | THE COURT: The other assets that you're talking |\n| 12 | about, including the Lady May, you've already -- that's on |\n| 13 | appeal too, isn't it? |\n| 1 4 | MR. MORIARTY: It is on appeal. |\n| 15 | THE COURT: Yeah. So then your argument doesn't |\n| 16 | really make sense, because then you're going to make the |\n| 17 | same arqument when you come to the Lady May. |\n| 18 | MR. MORIARTY: Well, Your Honor, I don't know that |\n| 1 9 | I could make the same argument continuously, because at some |\n| 20 | point in time it becomes self-defeating. But for now, it's |\n| 21 | not. But I will move on. Okay. |\n| 22 | BY MR. MORIARTY: |\n| 23 | So, Attorney Despins, the professionals that you
റ്റു |\n| 24 | haven't hired yet, those would be, for example, accountants, |\n| 25 | right? |\n| | |\n\n| | Case 22-50073 Doc 2551-1 Filed 02/05/24 Entered 02/05/24 10:27:26
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36 | | | | | |\n| ದ | Yeah. AlixPartners is something like that. | | | | | |\n| റ്റു | Okay. So has any professional that you have inquired | | | | | |\n| about to engage for the estate refused an engagement because | | | | | | |\n| there's no cash immediately available to pay them? | | | | | | |\n| A | Yes . | | | | | |\n| റ | Who is that?
Okay . | | | | | |\n| A | AlixPartners. | | | | | |\n| റ | Okay.
Anybody else? | | | | | |\n| A | No. I have not had the discussion with anybody else. | | | | | |\n| റ്റ | So was Alix -- what were you -- well, withdraw that. | | | | | |\n| Is AlixPartners the only professional firm that you ve | | | | | | |\n| spoken to about engagement for asset tracing? | | | | | | |\n| A | To date, yes. | | | | | |\n| இ | Okay. So no other firm has -- no other firm related to | | | | | |\n| | asset tracing or accounting-type work has refused to perform | | | | | |\n| services because there's no cash immediately available in | | | | | | |\n| estate?
the | | | | | | |\n| A | Well, I have not talked to any other firms, so -- | | | | | |\n| Q | Okay. And you testified that information gets stale. | | | | | |\n| | Do you recall that testimony? | | | | | |\n| A | Correct. | | | | | |\n| o | Okay. But you've only spoken to one firm about taking | | | | | |\n| | on the type of engagement where they would be tracing funds. | | | | | |\n| । | that correct? | | | | | |\n| A | Yes . | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | |\n\n| Case 22-50073 | Doc 2551-1 | Filed 02/05/24 | Entered 02/05/24 10:27:26 | Page 7 of 7 | | | |\n|---------------|------------|----------------|---------------------------|-------------|--|--|--|\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |","body_zh":null,"key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Guo","Despins"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":1108,"status":"published","published_at":"2024-02-05 00:00:00","created_at":"2024-02-05","updated_at":"2026-07-07 08:05:27"}