{"id":"court_ctb_2707_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":2707,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"UNKNOWN","filed_date":null,"title":"B1040 (FORM 1040) (12/15) | ADVERSARY PROCEEDING COVER SHEET
(Instructions on Reverse)","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"#### **B1040 (FORM 1040) (12/15)**\n\n| ADVERSARY PROCEEDING COVER SHEET
(Instructions on Reverse) | | ADVERSARY PROCEEDING NUMBER
(Court Use Only) | | |\n|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--|--|\n| PLAINTIFFS | DEFENDANTS | | | |\n| Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee | | Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield | | |\n| ATTORNEYS (Firm Name, Address, and Telephone No.) | ATTORNEYS | (If Known) | | |\n| Douglas S. Skalka, Patrick R. Linsey
Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C.
195 Church St. 13th Floor New Haven, CT 06510
(203)781-2847 | | | | |\n| PARTY (Check One Box Only) | | PARTY (Check One Box Only) | | |\n| □ Debtor
□ U.S.
Trustee/Bankruptcy Admin | □ Debtor | □ U.S. Trustee/Bankruptcy
Admin | | |\n| □ Creditor
□ Other | □ Creditor | □ Other | | |\n| □ Trustee | □ Trustee | | | |\n| CAUSE OF ACTION
(WRITE A BRIEF STATEMENT OF CAUSE OF ACTION, INCLUDING ALL U.S. STATUTES INVOLVED) | | | | |\n| Complaint of Chapter 11 Trustee seeking avoidance and recovery of postpetition transfers and
related relief pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Section 549 and 550 | | | | |\n| | | | | |\n| NATURE OF SUIT
(Number up to five (5) boxes starting with lead cause of action as 1, first alternative cause as 2, second alternative cause as 3, etc.) | | | | |\n| FRBP 7001(1) – Recovery of Money/Property | | FRBP 7001(6) – Dischargeability (continued) | | |\n| □
11-Recovery of money/property - §542 turnover of property
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□ | 61-Dischargeability - §523(a)(5), domestic support | | |\n| 12-Recovery of money/property - §547 preference
□ | 68-Dischargeability - §523(a)(6), willful and malicious injury
□ | | | |\n| 13-Recovery of money/property - §548 fraudulent transfer
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14-Recovery of money/property - other | □ | 63-Dischargeability - §523(a)(8), student loan
64-Dischargeability - §523(a)(15), divorce or separation obligation | | |\n| | | (other than domestic support) | | |\n| FRBP 7001(2) – Validity, Priority or Extent of Lien
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21-Validity, priority or extent of lien or other interest in property | □ | 65-Dischargeability - other | | |\n| FRBP 7001(3) – Approval of Sale of Property | | FRBP 7001(7) – Injunctive Relief | | |\n| □
31-Approval of sale of property of estate and of a co-owner - §363(h) | □ | □
71-Injunctive relief – imposition of stay | | |\n| | | 72-Injunctive relief – other | | |\n| FRBP 7001(4) – Objection/Revocation of Discharge
□ | | FRBP 7001(8) Subordination of Claim or Interest | | |\n| 41-Objection / revocation of discharge - §727(c),(d),(e) | □ | 81-Subordination of claim or interest | | |\n| FRBP 7001(5) – Revocation of Confirmation | | FRBP 7001(9) Declaratory Judgment | | |\n| □
51-Revocation of confirmation | □ | 91-Declaratory judgment | | |\n| FRBP 7001(6) – Dischargeability | | | | |\n| □
66-Dischargeability - §523(a)(1),(14),(14A) priority tax claims | □ | FRBP 7001(10) Determination of Removed Action
01-Determination of removed claim or cause | | |\n| □
62-Dischargeability - §523(a)(2), false pretenses, false representation, | | | | |\n| actual fraud
□ | Other
□ | | | |\n| 67-Dischargeability - §523(a)(4), fraud as fiduciary, embezzlement, larceny | □ | SS-SIPA Case – 15 U.S.C. §§78aaa et.seq. | | |\n| (continued next column) | | 02-Other (e.g. other actions that would have been brought in state court
if unrelated to bankruptcy case) | | |\n| □ Check if this case involves a substantive issue of state law | | □ Check if this is asserted to be a class action under FRCP 23 | | |\n| □ Check if a jury trial is demanded in complaint | Demand \\$ | | | |\n| Other Relief Sought | | | | |\n| | | | | |\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| Ho Wan Kwok | | 22-50073 (JAM) | | |\n| DISTRICT IN WHICH CASE IS PENDING | | DIVISION OFFICE | NAME OF JUDGE | |\n| Connecticut | | Bridgeport | Julie A. Manning | |\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| /s/ Douglas S. Skalka | | | | |\n| | | | | |\n| | | | | |\n| DATE | | PRINT NAME OF ATTORNEY (OR PLAINTIFF) | | |\n| | | | | |\n| 2/11/2024 | | Douglas S. Skalka | | |\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:
: | Chapter 11 |\n| :
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HO WAN KWOK,
et al.,
: | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n| :
Debtors.
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: | (Jointly Administered) |\n| -----------------------------------------------------------
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LUC A. DESPINS, CHAPTER 11
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TRUSTEE,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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Adv. Proceeding No. [
] |\n| :
: | February
11, 2024 |\n| EMPIRE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD,
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----------------------------------------------------------- | x |\n\n# **COMPLAINT OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE SEEKING AVOIDANCE AND RECOVERY OF POSTPETITION TRANSFERS AND RELATED RELIEF PURSUANT TO BANKRUPTCY CODE SECTIONS 549 AND 550**\n\nLuc A. Despins, in his capacity as the chapter 11 trustee (the \"Trustee\") appointed in the chapter 11 case (the \"Chapter 11 Case\") of Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Debtor\" or \"Kwok\"), files this adversary complaint (the \"Complaint\") against defendant Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (the \"Defendant\"), stating as follows:\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, Genever Holdings LLC, and the Genever Holdings Corporation is Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok (solely for purposes of notices and communications).\n\n### **NATURE OF ACTION**\n\n1. The Trustee commences this adversary proceeding to avoid and recover transfers of property of the Debtor's estate effectuated by the Debtor after the commencement of this Chapter 11 Case and not authorized by the Bankruptcy Court or under Title 11 of the United States Code (the \"Bankruptcy Code\").\n\n2. The Debtor, through his alter-ego shell companies, Lamp Capital LLC (\"Lamp Capital\"), Golden Spring (New York) Limited (\"Golden Spring\"), and HCHK Technologies Inc. (\"HCHK Technologies\"), transferred funds in the amount of \\$535,695.51 after the Petition Date (as defined herein) to the Defendant as initial transferee.\n\n3. Because these postpetition transfers of estate property were not authorized by the Court or under the Bankruptcy Code, they are subject to avoidance and recovery under sections 549 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n### **JURISDICTION AND VENUE**\n\n4. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this adversary proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b).\n\n5. This adversary proceeding has been referred to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(a).\n\n6. The statutory predicates for the relief sought herein include 11 U.S.C. §§ 549 and 550.\n\n## **THE PARTIES**\n\n7. The Trustee is the chapter 11 trustee in the Chapter 11 Case pursuant to the Bankruptcy Court's order entered on July 8, 2022 [Case No. 22-50073 (the \"Main Case\") Docket No. 523].\n\n8. The Defendant is a domestic company with offices located at 220 Virginia Avenue, Mail Point IN0202-B560, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.\n\n# **FACTS**\n\n## **A. Chapter 11 Case**\n\n9. The Debtor filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the Bankruptcy Code on February 15, 2022 (the \"Petition Date\") in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut (the \"Court\" or \"Bankruptcy Court\"), thus commencing the above-captioned chapter 11 case (the \"Chapter 11 Case\").\n\n10. On March 21, 2022, the Office of the United States Trustee appointed an Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in this Chapter 11 Case. No examiner has been appointed.\n\n11. The Debtor's bankruptcy schedules, filed in March 2022 with the Bankruptcy Court, claimed that he owned \\$3,850 in assets and had incurred hundreds of millions of dollars of liabilities[.](#page-4-0)2 While the Debtor was, indeed, deeply indebted, his schedules failed to disclose the Debtor's property as held and transferred through his many alter-ego shell companies, including Lamp Capital, Golden Spring, and HCHK Technologies.\n\n12. On June 15, 2022, the Court entered a memorandum of decision and order [Main Case Docket No. 465] directing the United States Trustee to appoint a chapter 11 trustee in the Chapter 11 Case. Pursuant to this order, the United States Trustee selected Luc A. Despins as the Trustee. On July 8, 2022, the Court entered an order granting the appointment of Luc A. Despins as the Trustee in the Chapter 11 Case [Main Case Docket No. 523].\n\n2 Schedule of Assets and Liabilities, at 1 (Main Case, Docket No. 78).\n\n## **B. Debtor's Use of Shell Companies and Trustee's Adversary Proceedings**\n\n13. Lamp Capital, Golden Spring, and HCHK Technologies are among the numerous alter-ego shell companies used by the Debtor to defraud his creditors.[3](#page-5-0) For years, the Debtor has orchestrated a \"shell game,\" employing a convoluted web of shell companies, nominally owned by family members and subordinates, but in reality, controlled by the Debtor. This shell game enabled the Debtor to use, spend, and transfer millions of dollars of cash and other assets—while concealing his property from creditors.\n\n14. Since his appointment, the Trustee has commenced a number of adversary proceedings in the Chapter 11 Case to, among other things, establish that the Debtor's shell companies were his alter-egos and/or that such companies and their assets were equitably owned by the Debtor and in several adversary proceedings, the Bankruptcy Court has already granted such relief.4\n\n3 Default has entered against HCHK Technologies in the adversary proceeding *Despins v. HCHK Technologies, Inc., et. al* (Adv. Proc. No. 23-5013 (the \"HCHK Entities A.P.\"), Docket No. 139), which adversary proceeding seeks, among other things, a declaratory judgment that HCHK Technologies was the alter ego of the Debtor. The Trustee incorporates by reference herein, the Trustee's Complaint filed in the HCHK Entities A.P. (Adv. Proc. No. 23-5013, Docket No. 1).\n\nThe Court has entered judgment to the effect that Golden Spring was the Debtor's alter ego. *See Despins v. Golden Spring (New York) Limited* (Adv. Proc. No. 23-5018 (the \"Golden Spring A.P.\"), Docket No. 35). The Trustee incorporates by reference herein, the Trustee's Complaint filed in the Golden Spring A.P. (Adv. Proc. No. 23-5018, Docket No. 1).\n\nThe Court has entered judgment to the effect that Lamp Capital was the Debtor's alter ego. *See Despins v. Lamp Capital LLC, et al.* (Adv. Proc. No. 23-5023 (the \"Lamp Capital A.P.\"), Docket No. 66). The Trustee incorporates by reference herein, the Trustee's Complaint filed in the Lamp Capital A.P. (Adv. Proc. No. 23- 5023, Docket No. 1).\n\n4 These include the following adversary proceedings: (i) *Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC, et al.* [Adv. Proc. No. 22-05003]; (ii) *Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. Greenwich Land LLC, et al.* [Adv. Proc. No. 23-05005]; (iii) *Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. Mei Guo* [Adv. Proc. No. 23-05008]; (iv) *Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. HCHK Technologies, Inc., et al.* [Adv. Proc. No. 23-05013]; (v) *Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. Taurus Fund LLC, et al.* [Adv. Proc. No. 23-05017]; (vi) *Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. Golden Spring (New York) Limited* [Adv. Proc. 23- 05018]; and (vii) *Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. Lamp Capital LLC, et al.* [Adv. Proc. 23-05023].\n\n15. The fact patterns in these litigations consistently involve: (i) Debtor-controlled shell companies held by close family members and/or subordinates, (ii) assets purchased with cash from other Debtor-controlled entities and/or transferred to and among shell entities for no consideration, and (iii) the Debtor benefiting from and having control and dominion over such assets.\n\n16. The Debtor also used his alter egos, including Lamp Capital, Golden Spring, and HCHK Technologies, as personal piggy-banks, funding the lavish lifestyle to which he and his family had become accustomed, while concealing assets in these alter egos from his creditors and hindering and delaying creditors from recoveries on their claims. The transfers that the Debtor effectuated through these alter egos perpetuated the Debtor's fraudulent scheme. The property of these alter egos, including Lamp Capital, Golden Spring, and HCHK Technologies, was at all times prior to the Petition Date property of the Debtor.\n\n## **C. Debtor's Shell Game and Fraud Continues Postpetition**\n\n17. As of the Petition Date, all of the Debtor's property held through his alter egos, including Lamp Capital, Golden Spring, and HCHK Technologies, became property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate. *See* 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1).\n\n18. Following the Petition Date, the Debtor, with blatant disregard for the Bankruptcy Court and his obligations under the Bankruptcy Code, continued to effectuate transfers through numerous alter-ego shell companies, including, without limitation, Lamp Capital, Golden Spring, and HCHK Technologies.\n\n19. None of these postpetition transfers were authorized by the Bankruptcy Court nor were such transfers authorized under the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n5\n\n## **D. Transfers to the Defendant**\n\n20. Subsequent to the Petition Date, the Debtor, through shell companies including Lamp Capital, Golden Spring, and HCHK Technologies, or otherwise, transferred property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate to the Defendant (collectively, the \"Transfers\"), including, without limitation, as follows:\n\nSee **SCHEDULE A** Attached hereto and made a part hereof.\n\n21. At the time of the Transfers, the Debtor had outstanding obligations to creditors of the Debtor's estate.\n\n22. The Defendant was the initial transferee of the Transfers.\n\n## **FIRST CLAIM**\n\n# **(Claim to Avoid and Recover Unauthorized Postpetition Transfers pursuant to Bankruptcy Code sections 549 and 550(a))**\n\n23. The Trustee repeats and realleges the allegations contained in paragraphs 1-22 as if fully set forth herein.\n\n24. The Transfers were made to the Defendant by the Debtor, including through his alter-ego shell companies, Lamp Capital, Golden Spring, and HCHK Technologies.\n\n25. The Transfers occurred after the Petition Date.\n\n26. The Transfers were not authorized by the Bankruptcy Court or by the Bankruptcy\n\nCode.\n\n27. The Transfers constituted the unauthorized transfer of property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate.\n\n28. The Transfers are avoidable pursuant to section 549(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n29. Pursuant to section 550(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Trustee is entitled to recover the Transfers, or the value thereof, from the Defendant plus interest thereon to the date of payment and the costs of this action.\n\n## **PRAYER FOR RELIEF**\n\nWHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, the Trustee respectfully requests that judgment be entered as follows:\n\n1. An order (a) declaring that the Transfers in an amount not less than \\$535,695.51 are avoided pursuant to section 549 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (b) an order directing that the Transfers be set aside; and (c) recovery of the Transfers, or the value thereof at the Trustee's option, from the Defendant for the benefit of the Debtor's estate pursuant to section 550(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code;\n\n2. Awarding the Trustee pre-judgment interest at the maximum legal rate from the date of the filing of this Complaint to the date of judgment herein; and\n\n3. 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\nDated: February 11, 2024 New Haven, CT\n\nLUC A. DESPINS CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE\n\nBy: /s/ \\_Douglas Skalka\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_*\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_* Douglas S. Skalka (ct00616) Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 781-2847 [dskalka@npmlaw.com](mailto:dskalka@npmlaw.com) [plinsey@npmlaw.com](mailto:plinsey@npmlaw.com) *Counsel for the Chapter 11 Trustee*\n\n# **SCHEDULE A**\n\n**FILED UNDER SEAL**","body_zh":"B1040（表格 1040）（12/15）\n\n对立程序封面页\n（说明见背面） 对立程序编号\n（仅供法院使用）\n\n原告 被告\nLuc A. Despins Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield\n第 11 章受托人\n律师（律所名称、地址及电话号码） 律师（如已知）\nDouglas S. Skalka, Patrick R. Linsey\nNeubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C.\n195 Church St. 13th Floor New Haven, CT 06510\n(203)781-2847\n当事人（仅勾选一个方框） 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 □ 债务人 □ 美国受托人/破产\n管理人\n□ 债权人\n□ 其他 □ 债权人 □ 其他\n□ 受托人 □ 受托人\n诉讼事由\n（简要陈述诉讼事由，包括所涉全部美国法条）\n第 11 章受托人根据《破产法典》第 549 和 550 条寻求撤销并追回破产申请提交后转让及\n相关救济的起诉书\n\n诉讼性质\n（自主要诉讼事由起依次编号，最多勾选五（5）个方框：主要诉讼事由为 1，第一备选诉讼事由为 2，第二备选诉讼事由为 3，依此类推。）\nFRBP 7001(1) – 追回金钱/财产 FRBP 7001(6) – 债务可否免除（续）\n□\n11-追回金钱/财产 - §542 财产交还\n□ □\n□ 61-债务可否免除 - §523(a)(5)，家庭扶养\n12-追回金钱/财产 - §547 优先受偿\n□ 68-债务可否免除 - §523(a)(6)，故意及恶意损害\n□\n13-追回金钱/财产 - §548 欺诈性转让\n□\n14-追回金钱/财产 - 其他 □ 63-债务可否免除 - §523(a)(8)，学生贷款\n64-债务可否免除 - §523(a)(15)，离婚或分居义务\n（家庭扶养义务除外）\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 □ 65-债务可否免除 - 其他\nFRBP 7001(3) – 批准出售财产 FRBP 7001(7) – 禁令救济\n□\n31-批准出售破产财团财产及共同所有人财产 - §363(h) □ □\n71-禁令救济 – 施加中止\n72-禁令救济 – 其他\nFRBP 7001(4) – 对债务免除提出异议/撤销债务免除\n□ FRBP 7001(8) 请求权或权益的劣后\n41-对债务免除提出异议/撤销债务免除 - §727(c),(d),(e) □ 81-请求权或权益的劣后\nFRBP 7001(5) – 撤销确认 FRBP 7001(9) 确认判决\n□\n51-撤销确认 □ 91-确认判决\nFRBP 7001(6) – 债务可否免除\n□\n66-债务可否免除 - §523(a)(1),(14),(14A) 优先税收请求权 □ FRBP 7001(10) 对移送诉讼的裁定\n01-对已移送请求权或诉讼事由的裁定\n□\n62-债务可否免除 - §523(a)(2)，虚假借口、虚假陈述、\n实际欺诈\n□ 其他\n□\n67-债务可否免除 - §523(a)(4)，受托人欺诈、侵占、盗窃 □ SS-SIPA 案件 – 15 U.S.C. §§78aaa et.seq.\n（续见下一栏） 02-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性争议，请勾选 □ 如主张本案为依据 FRCP 23 提起的集体诉讼，请勾选\n□ 如起诉书中请求陪审团审判，请勾选 请求金额 \\$\n请求的其他救济\n\nB1040（表格 1040）（12/15）\n\n本对立程序所源自的破产案件\n\n债务人姓名 破产案件编号\nHo Wan Kwok（郭文贵） 22-50073 (JAM)\n案件审理地区 分院办事处 法官姓名\nConnecticut（康涅狄格州） Bridgeport（布里奇波特） Julie A. Manning\n相关对立程序（如有）\n原告 被告 对立\n程序编号\n\n对立程序审理地区 分院办事处 法官姓名\n\n律师（或原告）签名\n\n/s/ Douglas S. Skalka\n\n日期 律师（或原告）印刷体姓名\n\n2/11/2024 Douglas S. Skalka\n\n说明\n\n提交破产案件将在破产法院管辖下设立一项“破产财团”，其中包括债务人的全部财产，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，可能会就破产财团的财产或财产权利产生诉讼。也可能会就债务人的债务免除产生诉讼。如在破产法院提起该等诉讼，则称为对立程序。\n\n提起对立程序的当事人还必须填写并提交表格 1040，即《对立程序封面页》，除非该当事人通过法院的案件管理/电子案件提交系统（CM/ECF）以电子方式提交对立程序。（CM/ECF 在提交过程中获取表格 1040 上的信息。）填写完成后，该封面页概述对立程序的基本信息。法院书记员需要该信息以处理对立程序并编制所要求的法院活动统计报告。\n\n封面页及其中所载信息并不替代或补充法律、《破产程序规则》或法院地方法规要求提交和送达的诉状或其他文书。该封面页大部分不言自明，必须由原告律师填写（如原告未由律师代理，则由原告填写）。每提交一份起诉书，必须向书记员单独提交一份封面页。\n\n原告和被告。请准确列明原告和被告的姓名，须与起诉书中的姓名一致。\n\n律师。如已知，请列明律师的姓名和地址。\n\n当事人。请在第一栏为原告勾选最适当的方框，并在第二栏为被告勾选最适当的方框。\n\n请求金额。填写起诉书中请求的美元金额。\n\n签名。本封面页必须由出庭记录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，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\n美国破产法院 康涅狄格州地区 布里奇波特分院\n\n----------------------------------------------------------- x\n\n关于：\n: 第 11 章\n:\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）,\n等人,\n: 案件编号 22-50073 (JAM)\n:\n债务人。\n:\n: （合并管理）\n\nLUC A. DESPINS，第 11 章\n:\n受托人，\n:\n:\n原告，\n:\n诉\n:\n: x\n对立程序编号 [\n]\n:\n: 2024 年 2 月\n11 日\nEMPIRE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD，\n\n被告。\n:\n----------------------------------------------------------- x\n第 11 章受托人根据《破产法典》第 549 和 550 条寻求撤销并追回破产申请提交后转让及相关救济的起诉书\n\nLuc A. Despins 以获任命管理 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（“债务人”或“Kwok”）第 11 章案件（“第 11 章案件”）的第 11 章受托人（“受托人”）身份，对被告 Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield（“被告”）提起本对立起诉书（“起诉书”），陈述如下：\n\n1 本第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（又名 Guo Wengui、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及众多其他化名）（税务识别号码后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（税务识别号码后四位：8202）及 Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 和 Genever Holdings Corporation 的邮寄地址为 Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166，c/o Luc A. Despins，作为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）破产财团的受托人（仅为通知和通信之目的）。\n\n诉讼性质\n\n1. 受托人提起本对立程序，以撤销并追回债务人在本第 11 章案件开始后实施、且未经破产法院或《美国法典》第 11 编（“破产法典”）授权的债务人破产财团财产转让。\n\n2. 债务人通过其替身空壳公司 Lamp Capital LLC（“Lamp Capital”）、Golden Spring (New York) Limited（“Golden Spring”）及 HCHK Technologies Inc.（“HCHK Technologies”），在申请日后（定义如下）向作为初始受让人的被告转让了 \\$535,695.51 的资金。\n\n3. 由于该等破产财团财产的申请后转让未经法院或《破产法典》授权，故该等转让可根据《破产法典》第 549 和 550 条予以撤销和追回。\n\n管辖权和审判地\n\n4. 本法院依据 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b) 对本对立程序具有事项管辖权。\n\n5. 本对立程序已依据 28 U.S.C. § 157(a) 移交本法院审理。\n\n6. 本文所请求救济的法定依据包括 11 U.S.C. §§ 549 和 550。\n\n当事人\n\n7. 受托人系依据破产法院于 July 8, 2022 作出的裁定 [案件编号 22-50073（“主案件”）案卷编号 523]，在第 11 章案件中担任第 11 章受托人。\n\n8. 被告是一家国内公司，其办公地址位于 220 Virginia Avenue, Mail Point IN0202-B560, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204。\n\n事实\n\nA. 第 11 章案件\n\n9. 债务人于 February 15, 2022 向 United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut（美国康涅狄格州联邦破产法院）（“法院”或“破产法院”）自愿提交了根据《破产法典》第 11 编第 11 章请求救济的申请（“申请日”），从而启动了上述标题所示第 11 章案件（“第 11 章案件”）。\n\n10. 于 March 21, 2022，Office of the United States Trustee（美国受托人办公室）在本第 11 章案件中任命了无担保债权人官方委员会。尚未任命审查员。\n\n11. 债务人于 March 2022 向破产法院提交的破产财产清单声称，其拥有 \\$3,850 的资产，并承担数亿美元的负债[.]2 尽管债务人确实负债累累，但其财产清单未披露债务人通过其众多替身空壳公司持有和转让的财产，包括 Lamp Capital、Golden Spring 和 HCHK Technologies。\n\n12. 于 June 15, 2022，法院作出备忘录裁定和命令 [主案件案卷编号 465]，指示美国受托人在第 11 章案件中任命一名第 11 章受托人。根据该命令，美国受托人选定 Luc A. Despins 担任受托人。于 July 8, 2022，法院作出命令，批准任命 Luc A. Despins 为第 11 章案件的受托人 [主案件案卷编号 523]。\n\n2 资产和负债清单，第 1 页（主案件，案卷编号 78）。\n\nB. 债务人对空壳公司的使用及受托人的对立程序\n\n13. Lamp Capital、Golden Spring 和 HCHK Technologies 是债务人用以欺诈其债权人的众多替身空壳公司之一。[3] 多年来，债务人策划了一场“空壳把戏”，利用由家庭成员和下属名义持有、但实际上由债务人控制的错综复杂的空壳公司网络。该空壳把戏使债务人能够使用、支出和转让数百万美元现金及其他资产，同时向债权人隐匿其财产。\n\n14. 自其获任命以来，受托人已在第 11 章案件中提起多项对立程序，以便除其他事项外，确认债务人的空壳公司是其替身，和/或确认该等公司及其资产在衡平法上由债务人所有；并且在若干对立程序中，破产法院已准予该等救济。4\n\n3 在对立程序 Despins v. HCHK Technologies, Inc., et. al（对立程序编号 23-5013（“HCHK Entities A.P.”），案卷编号 139）中，已对 HCHK Technologies 作出缺席判决；该对立程序除其他事项外，请求作出确认判决，确认 HCHK Technologies 是债务人的替身。受托人通过援引将其在 HCHK Entities A.P. 中提交的起诉书（对立程序编号 23-5013，案卷编号 1）纳入本文。\n\n本院已作出判决，认定 Golden Spring（New York）Limited（金泉（纽约）有限公司）系债务人的另我实体。参见 Despins v. Golden Spring (New York) Limited（对抗程序案号 23-5018，即“Golden Spring A.P.”，卷宗编号 35）。受托人在此通过援引纳入其在 Golden Spring A.P. 中提交的受托人起诉状（对抗程序案号 23-5018，卷宗编号 1）。\n\n本院已作出判决，认定 Lamp Capital LLC（蓝普资本有限责任公司）系债务人的另我实体。参见 Despins v. Lamp Capital LLC, et al.（对抗程序案号 23-5023，即“Lamp Capital A.P.”，卷宗编号 66）。受托人在此通过援引纳入其在 Lamp Capital A.P. 中提交的受托人起诉状（对抗程序案号 23-5023，卷宗编号 1）。\n\n4 这些包括以下对抗程序：(i) Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯潘斯），第11章受托人诉 HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC（香港国际基金投资（美国）有限公司）等人［对抗程序案号 22-05003］；(ii) Luc A. Despins，第11章受托人诉 Greenwich Land LLC（格林尼治土地有限责任公司）等人［对抗程序案号 23-05005］；(iii) Luc A. Despins，第11章受托人诉 Mei Guo（梅果）［对抗程序案号 23-05008］；(iv) Luc A. Despins，第11章受托人诉 HCHK Technologies, Inc.（HCHK科技公司）等人［对抗程序案号 23-05013］；(v) Luc A. Despins，第11章受托人诉 Taurus Fund LLC（金牛基金有限责任公司）等人［对抗程序案号 23-05017］；(vi) Luc A. Despins，第11章受托人诉 Golden Spring (New York) Limited［对抗程序案号 23-05018］；以及 (vii) Luc A. Despins，第11章受托人诉 Lamp Capital LLC 等人［对抗程序案号 23-05023］。\n\n15. 这些诉讼中的事实模式一贯涉及：(i) 由近亲属和/或下属持有的、受债务人控制的空壳公司，(ii) 使用来自其他受债务人控制实体的现金购置的资产，和/或无对价转让给空壳实体及在空壳实体之间转让的资产，以及 (iii) 债务人从该等资产中受益，并对其享有控制权和支配权。\n\n16. 债务人还将其另我实体，包括 Lamp Capital、Golden Spring 和 HCHK Technologies，作为个人小金库，用于资助其本人及其家人已习惯的奢靡生活方式，同时将资产隐匿于该等另我实体中，使其债权人无法发现，并妨碍和拖延债权人就其债权获得清偿。债务人通过该等另我实体实施的转让延续了债务人的欺诈计划。包括 Lamp Capital、Golden Spring 和 HCHK Technologies 在内的该等另我实体的财产，在申请日之前的任何时候均为债务人的财产。\n\nC. 债务人的空壳公司把戏及欺诈在申请后继续进行\n\n17. 截至申请日，债务人通过其另我实体持有的全部财产，包括 Lamp Capital、Golden Spring 和 HCHK Technologies，均成为债务人第11章破产财产的一部分。参见 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1)。\n\n18. 申请日后，债务人公然无视破产法院及其在《破产法》下的义务，继续通过众多另我空壳公司实施转让，包括但不限于 Lamp Capital、Golden Spring 和 HCHK Technologies。\n\n19. 该等申请后转让均未经破产法院授权，亦未获《破产法》授权。\n\nD. 向被告作出的转让\n\n20. 申请日后，债务人通过包括 Lamp Capital、Golden Spring 和 HCHK Technologies 在内的空壳公司，或以其他方式，向被告转让了债务人第11章破产财产的财产（统称“该等转让”），包括但不限于如下：\n\n参见随附并构成本文件一部分的附表 A。\n\n21. 在该等转让发生时，债务人对债务人破产财产的债权人负有未清偿义务。\n\n22. 被告是该等转让的初始受让人。\n\n第一项请求\n（根据《破产法》第549条和第550(a)条撤销并追回未经授权的申请后转让之请求）\n\n23. 受托人重申并再次主张第1至22段所载的指控，如同在本文中完整载明。\n\n24. 债务人，包括通过其另我空壳公司 Lamp Capital、Golden Spring 和 HCHK Technologies，向被告作出了该等转让。\n\n25. 该等转让发生于申请日后。\n\n26. 该等转让未经破产法院或《破产法》授权。\n\n27. 该等转让构成对债务人第11章破产财产的未经授权转让。\n\n28. 根据《破产法》第549(a)条，该等转让可予撤销。\n\n29. 根据《破产法》第550(a)条，受托人有权向被告追回该等转让，或其价值，并取得截至付款日的利息及本案费用。\n\n救济请求\n\n因此，基于上述理由，受托人恭请本院作出如下判决：\n\n1. 作出命令：(a) 宣告金额不少于 $535,695.51 的该等转让根据《破产法》第549条予以撤销；及 (b) 命令撤销该等转让；及 (c) 根据《破产法》第550(a)(1)条，为债务人破产财产之利益，向被告追回该等转让，或由受托人自行选择追回其价值；\n\n2. 向受托人裁定自本起诉状提交之日起至本案判决之日止，按最高法定利率计算的判决前利息；及\n\n3. 本院在具体情形下认为公正、适当或衡平的其他及进一步救济。\n\n［本页其余部分特意留白］\n\n日期：February 11, 2024 New Haven, CT\n\nLUC A. DESPINS\n第11章受托人\n\n签署人：/s/ Douglas Skalka\n\nDouglas S. Skalka (ct00616)\n\nPatrick R. Linsey（帕特里克·R·林赛）(ct29437)\n\nNEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C.（诺伊伯特、佩佩及蒙蒂斯职业公司）\n\n195 Church Street, 13th Floor\n\nNew Haven, Connecticut 06510\n\n(203) 781-2847\n\n[dskalka@npmlaw.com]\n\n[plinsey@npmlaw.com]\n\n第11章受托人的代理律师\n\n附表 A\n\n密封提交","key_entities":["Despins","HCHK","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Je","Guo","Miles Guo","Paul Hastings","Pro Se","pro se"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":3075,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 18:44:50"}