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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#### **B1040 (FORM 1040) (12/15)**\n\n| BANKRUPTCY CASE IN WHICH THIS ADVERSARY PROCEEDING ARISES | | | | |\n|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--|\n| NAME OF DEBTOR | | BANKRUPTCY CASE NO. | | |\n| DISTRICT IN WHICH CASE IS PENDING | | DIVISION OFFICE | NAME OF JUDGE | |\n| RELATED ADVERSARY PROCEEDING (IF ANY) | | | | |\n| PLAINTIFF | DEFENDANT | | ADVERSARY
PROCEEDING NO. | |\n| DISTRICT IN WHICH ADVERSARY IS PENDING | | DIVISION OFFICE | NAME OF JUDGE | |\n| SIGNATURE OF ATTORNEY (OR PLAINTIFF) | | | | |\n| DATE | | PRINT NAME OF ATTORNEY (OR PLAINTIFF) | | |\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 |\n|--------------------------------|\n| DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT |\n| BRIDGEPORT DIVISION |\n\n| ----------------------------------------------------------- | x |\n|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|\n| In re: | :
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x |\n\n# **COMPLAINT OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE SEEKING AVOIDANCE AND RECOVERY OF FRAUDULENT TRANSFERS AND POSTPETITION TRANSFERS AND RELATED RELIEF PURSUANT TO BANKRUPTCY CODE SECTIONS 544, 548, 549, AND 550 AND NEW YORK DEBTOR & CREDITOR LAW SECTIONS 273, 274, AND 276**\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, 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\nadversary complaint (the \"Complaint\") against defendant Beile Li (the \"Defendant\"), stating as follows:\n\n### **NATURE OF ACTION**\n\n1. The Trustee commences this adversary proceeding to avoid and recover: (a) transfers of the Debtor's property prior to the commencement of this Chapter 11 Case; and (b) transfers of property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate perpetrated after the commencement of this Chapter 11 Case without authority of the Bankruptcy Court or otherwise under Title 11 of the United States Code (the \"Bankruptcy Code\").\n\n2. The Debtor, through his alter-ego shell companies, Lexington Property and Staffing Inc. (\"Lexington\"), Rule of Law Foundation III Inc. (\"Rule of Law\"), and Rule of Law Society IV Inc. (\"Rule of Law Society\") , transferred funds in the amount of \\$259,558.44 prior to the Petition Date (as defined herein) to the Defendant as the initial transferee.\n\n3. These transfers were actually fraudulent, because the Debtor perpetrated them as part of his \"shell game,\" and they were made with the intent to hinder, delay, and/or defraud the Debtor's creditors. 1 Alternatively, these transfers were constructively fraudulent, because they were made when the Debtor was insolvent, and the Debtor did not receive reasonably equivalent value in consideration thereof.\n\n4. Following the Petition Date, the Debtor, through his alter-ego shell company, Rule of Law, transferred funds in the amount of \\$200,000.00 to the Defendant as the initial transferee.\n\n2\n\n5. Because these postpetition transfers of estate property were unauthorized, they are subject to avoidance and recovery under sections 549 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n### **JURISDICTION AND VENUE**\n\n6. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this adversary proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b).\n\n7. This adversary proceeding has been referred to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(a).\n\n8. The statutory predicates for the relief sought herein include sections 544, 548, 549, and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code and New York Debtor & Creditor Law sections 273, 274, and 276 2 or any other applicable state law equivalents.\n\n## **THE PARTIES**\n\n9. 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\n10. The Defendant is an individual residing at 3616 Lincoln Terrace, North Bergen, New Jersey 07047.\n\n2 All statutory references to New York Debtor and Creditor Law will hereinafter be referred to as \"N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law\". The New York Uniform Voidable Transactions Act (\"NYUVT\") replaced the New York Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act (\"NYUFC\") and became effective on April 4, 2020 and applies to transfers made or obligations incurred on or after April 4, 2020. With respect to transfers prior to April 4, 2020, the Trustee seeks relief in this action under the NYUFC and N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law sections 273, 273a, 275, 276 and 278.\n\n### **FACTS**\n\n## **A. Chapter 11 Case**\n\n11. The Debtor filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code on February 15, 2022 (the \"Petition Date\") in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut (the \"Bankruptcy Court\"), thus commencing the Chapter 11 Case.\n\n12. 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\n13. 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.3 While the Debtor was, indeed, deeply indebted, his schedules failed to disclose the Debtor's property as held and/or transferred through his many alter-ego shell companies, including Lexington, Rule of Law Society, and Rule of Law.\n\n14. On June 15, 2022, the Bankruptcy 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 Bankruptcy 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\n### **B. Debtor's Use of Shell Companies and Trustee's Adversary Proceedings**\n\n3 Schedule of Assets and Liabilities, at 1 [Main Case Docket No. 78].\n\n15. Lexington, Rule of Law Society and Rule of Law are among the numerous alterego shell companies used by the Debtor to hinder, delay, and/or defraud his creditors.4 For years, the Debtor has orchestrated a \"shell game,\" employing a convoluted web of shell companies, nominally owned by family members, lieutenants, and/or subordinates, but in reality, controlled by the Debtor. This shell game enabled the Debtor to use and spend and/or transfer millions of dollars of cash and other assets—much of which the Debtor obtained through his fraudulent investment and cryptocurrency schemes—while concealing this property of this creditors.\n\n16. 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 such adversary proceedings the Bankruptcy Court has already granted such relief.5\n\n17. 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\n\n4 Default has entered against Lexington 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 Lexington is 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 Trustee has or will imminently commence an adversary proceeding against Rule of Law and Rule of Law Society, which adversary proceeding seeks, among other things, a declaratory judgment that Rule of Law and Rule of Law Society were the alter egos of the Debtor. The Trustee incorporates by reference herein, the Trustee's Complaint filed in such adversary proceeding.\n\n5 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\nother 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\n## **C. Debtor's Conduct to Hinder, Delay, and/or Defraud Creditors**\n\n18. In addition to the matters addressed in the Trustee's adversary proceedings, the Bankruptcy Court has found 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 shareholder, Yvette Wang.6\n\n19. The Bankruptcy Court has also found that the \"G Entities\" (Gettr, G Fashion, G Music, GClubs, GNews and GEdu), the New Federal State of China and the Rule of Law Foundation, as well as other purportedly independent entities and organizations, were controlled by the Debtor7 , led by the Debtor8 and/or served \"the purposes of… and as business vehicles of\" the Debtor.9\n\n20. Prior to the Petition Date, Judge Liman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York found that Eastern Profit Corporation Limited, an entity originally\n\n6 *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\n7 *Corrected Memorandum of Decision Granting in Part Motion for Preliminary Injunction*, ¶ 3 (Adv. Proc. No. 22-05032, January 13, 2023 (\"The Debtor also controls Saraca Media Group and a related entity 'GTV'\").\n\n8 *Id*. at ¶ 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\nowned by one of Debtor's chefs before its transfer to Debtor's daughter, was \"in essence, a shell corporation\" for the Debtor.10\n\n21. The Debtor has gone to great lengths to hinder and delay the collection efforts of one of his largest creditors, *i.e.*, Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund, L.P. (\"PAX\"). In 2017, PAX sued the Debtor in the Supreme Court of the State of New York (the \"New York Court\"), Index No. 652077/2017 (the \"PAX Case\"), seeking judgment for monies owed. On February 3, 2021, PAX obtained a judgment from the New York Court against the Debtor in the sum of \\$116,402,019.57 (the \"PAX Judgment\"). PAX sought to enforce the PAX Judgment by levying the Debtor's assets—including the Lady May, which the Debtor falsely claimed was owned by his daughter, and the Debtor's luxury apartment in Manhattan, which the Debtor falsely claimed was held in trust for the Debtor's son. The Debtor's defiance of New York Court orders in postjudgment proceedings eventually resulted in the Debtor incurring contempt penalties of \\$134 million.\n\n22. The Debtor also used his alter egos, including Lexington, Rule of Law Society and Rule of Law, 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.\n\n10 *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\n23. The Debtor has testified before the Bankruptcy Court that he has insufficient assets to pay his liabilities and that his luxurious lifestyle is funded by his family through businesses nominally held by family members.11 The Debtor scheduled only \\$3,850 in assets.12\n\n24. In March 2023, the Debtor was arrested and remains confined pending his trial on federal criminal charges of, among other things, wire fraud, securities fraud, and money laundering.\n\n25. In its criminal indictment of the Debtor, the United States Government asserts that the Debtor and his co-defendants \"utilized more than approximately 500 accounts held in the names of *at least 80 different entities or individuals* to launder more than \\$1 billion in fraud proceeds.\"13\n\n26. The property of the Debtor's alter egos, including Lexington, Rule of Law Society and Rule of Law, was at all times prior to the Petition Date property of the Debtor.\n\n27. At all times relevant herein, the Debtor conducted business in New York, New York, including direction of the prepetition transfers at issue in this Complaint.\n\n### **D. Debtor's Shell Game and Fraud Continues Postpetition**\n\n28. As of the Petition Date, all of the Debtor's property held through his alter egos, including Lexington, Rule of Law Society and Rule of Law, became property of the chapter 11 estate. *See* 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1).\n\n11 Hearing on Debtor's Motion for Entry of Interim and Final DIP Orders (I) Authorizing the Debtor to Obtain Unsecured, Subordinated Postpetition Financing and (II) Scheduling Interim and Final Hearings, and (III) Granting Related Relief (Main Case, April 27, 2022).\n\n12 *See* n.3\n\n13 *See* Memorandum of Law of the United States of America in Opposition to Defendant Yanping Wang's Motion for Pretrial Release at 29, 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 (June 23, 2023, Main Case Docket No. 1934).\n\n29. Following the Petition Date, the Debtor, with blatant disregard for the Bankruptcy Court and his obligations under the Bankruptcy Code, continued to perpetrate transfers through numerous alter-ego shell companies, including, without limitation, Rule of Law.\n\n30. None of these postpetition transfers were authorized by the Bankruptcy Court nor were such transfers authorized under the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n### **E. Transfers Made with Intent to Hinder, Delay, or Defraud Creditors**\n\n31. The Transfers at issue in this Complaint were made with the intent to hinder, delay, and/or defraud the Debtor's creditors inasmuch as they were all made through the Debtor's alterego shell companies operated as a part of the Debtor's shell game.\n\n32. The Debtor intentionally orchestrated his financial affairs in this manner in order to conceal and dissipate millions of dollars in assets while falsely pleading poverty to his many creditors. The Debtor claimed to be destitute while simultaneously spending heavily to maintain a billionaire lifestyle for himself and for his family members and close associates.\n\n33. The assets concealed and dissipated by the Debtor included funds that he obtained from the victims of his cryptocurrency, securities, and other fraud schemes. As a result of this conduct, the Debtor faces multiple felony fraud, money laundering, and racketeering charges in a criminal case pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. *See United States v. Ho Wan Kwok*, case no. 1:23-cr-00118-AT [ECF No. 215] (Jan. 3, 2024 S.D.N.Y.).\n\n34. The Debtor knew and intended that by concealing and dissipating his assets in this manner there would not be sufficient assets remaining to repay his creditors—including the many\n\nvictims of his frauds. These transfers were thus necessarily made with the intent to hinder, delay, and/or defraud the Debtor's creditors.\n\n### **F. Transfers to the Defendant**\n\n35. Prior to the Petition Date, the Debtor, using his alter-ego shell companies including Lexington, Rule of Law Society, and Rule of Law, or otherwise, transferred the Debtor's property to the Defendant (collectively, the \"Prepetition Transfers\"), including, without limitation, as follows:\n\nSee **SCHEDULE A** attached hereto and made a part hereof.\n\n36. Subsequent to the Petition Date, the Debtor, through shell companies including Rule of Law, or otherwise, transferred property of the estate to the Defendant (collectively, the \"Postpetition Transfers\"), including, without limitation, as follows:\n\nSee **SCHEDULE B** attached hereto and made a part hereof.\n\n37. At the time of the Prepetition Transfers and the Postpetition Transfers (collectively,\n\nthe \"Transfers\"), the Debtor had outstanding obligations to creditors of the Debtor's estate.\n\n38. The Defendant was the initial transferee of the Transfers.\n\n### **FIRST CLAIM**\n\n# **(Claim to Avoid and Recover Actual Fraudulent Transfers Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code sections 548(a)(1)(A) and 550(a))**\n\n39. The Trustee repeats and realleges the allegations contained in paragraphs 1-38 as if fully set forth herein.\n\n40. The Prepetition Transfers were made by the Debtor through his alter egos, Lexington, with the actual intent to hinder, delay and/or defraud his creditors.\n\n41. The Debtor's intent to hinder, delay, and/or defraud his creditors in perpetrating the Prepetition Transfers is shown by, among other things:\n\na. The Prepetition Transfers were perpetrated using an alter-ego shell company;\n\nb. The Prepetition Transfers were concealed from the Debtor's creditors;\n\nc. The Prepetition Transfers were perpetrated as part of the Debtor's \"shell game\" with the aid of the Debtor's family members and other lieutenants and subordinates that he controlled in an effort to conceal and shield assets;\n\nd. The Prepetition Transfers furthered the Debtor's fraudulent conduct by enabling the Debtor to benefit from his fraud without subjecting his property to the reach of his creditors;\n\ne. The Prepetition Transfers furthered the Debtor's fraudulent conduct by enabling the Debtor to profit from his fraud without subjecting his property to the reach of his creditors;\n\nf. At the time of the Prepetition Transfers, the Debtor was being sued, including by PAX in the PAX Case; and\n\ng. At the time of the Prepetition Transfers, the Debtor was insolvent or undercapitalized.\n\n42. The Prepetition Transfers are avoidable by the Trustee pursuant to section 548(a)(i)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code and are recoverable pursuant to section 550(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n### **SECOND CLAIM**\n\n# **(Claim to Avoid and Recover Actual Fraudulent Transfers pursuant to N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law sections 273, 274, and 276, and Bankruptcy Code sections 544(b) and 550(a))**\n\n43. The Trustee repeats and realleges the allegations contained in paragraphs 1-38 as if fully set forth herein.\n\n44. The Prepetition Transfers were made by the Debtor, through his alter egos, Lexington, with the actual intent to hinder, delay and/or defraud his creditors.\n\n45. The Debtor's intent to hinder, delay, and/or defraud his creditors in perpetrating the Prepetition Transfers is shown by, among other things:\n\na. The Prepetition Transfers were perpetrated using an alter-ego shell company;\n\nb. The Prepetition Transfers were concealed from the Debtor's creditors;\n\nc. The Prepetition Transfers were perpetrated as part of the Debtor's \"shell game\" with the aid of the Debtor's family members and other lieutenants and subordinates that he controlled in an effort to conceal and shield assets;\n\nd. The Prepetition Transfers furthered the Debtor's fraudulent conduct by enabling the Debtor to benefit from his fraud without subjecting his property to the reach of his creditors;\n\ne. The Prepetition Transfers furthered the Debtor's fraudulent conduct by enabling the Debtor to profit from his fraud without subjecting his property to the reach of his creditors;\n\nf. At the time of the Prepetition Transfers, the Debtor was being sued, including by PAX in the PAX Case; and\n\ng. At the time of the Prepetition Transfers, the Debtor was insolvent or undercapitalized.\n\n46. The Prepetition Transfers are avoidable by the Trustee pursuant to N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law sections 273(a)(1), 274, and 276, and section 544(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and recoverable pursuant to section 550(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n## **THIRD CLAIM**\n\n# **(Claim to Avoid and Recover Constructive Fraudulent Transfers Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code sections 548(a)(1)(B) and 550(a))**\n\n47. The Trustee repeats and realleges the allegations contained in paragraphs 1-38 as if fully set forth herein.\n\n48. The Debtor received less than a reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the Prepetition Transfers.\n\n49. At the time of the Prepetition Transfers, the Debtor was insolvent or became insolvent as a result of the Prepetition Transfers.\n\n50. At the time of the Prepetition Transfers, the Debtor was engaged in a business or transaction, or was about to engage in a business or transaction, for which any property remaining with the Debtor was an unreasonably small amount of capital.\n\n51. At the time of the Prepetition Transfers, the Debtor intended to incur or believed he would incur, debts that would be beyond his ability to pay as such debts matured.\n\n52. The Prepetition Transfers constitute fraudulent transfers and are avoidable by the Trustee pursuant to section 548(a)(1)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code and are recoverable pursuant to section 550(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n### **FOURTH CLAIM**\n\n# **(Claim to Avoid and Recover Constructive Fraudulent Transfers Pursuant to N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law sections 273(a)(2), 274 and 276 and Bankruptcy Code sections 544(b) and 550(a))**\n\n53. The Trustee repeats and realleges the allegations contained in paragraphs 1-38 as if fully set forth herein.\n\n54. The Debtor did not receive reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the Prepetition Transfers.\n\n55. At the time of the Prepetition Transfers, the Debtor was insolvent or the Debtor became insolvent as a result of the Prepetition Transfers.\n\n56. At the time of the Prepetition Transfers, the Debtor was engaged in a business or transaction, or was about to engage in a business or transaction which any property remaining with the Debtor was an unreasonably small amount of capital.\n\n57. At the time of the Prepetition Transfers, the Debtor intended to incur, or believed or reasonably should have believed that he would incur, debts that would be beyond his ability to pay as such debt matured.\n\n58. The Prepetition Transfers are avoidable by the Trustee pursuant to N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law sections 273(a)(2), 274 and 276 and section 544(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and are recoverable pursuant to section 550(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n## **FIFTH CLAIM**\n\n# **(Claim to Avoid and Recover Unauthorized Postpetition Transfers pursuant to Bankruptcy Code sections 549 and 550(a))**\n\n59. The Trustee repeats and realleges the allegations contained in paragraphs 1-38 as if fully set forth herein.\n\n60. The Postpetition Transfers were made to the Defendant by the Debtor, including through his alter-ego shell company, Rule of Law.\n\n61. The Postpetition Transfers occurred after the Petition Date.\n\n62. The Postpetition Transfers were not authorized by the Bankruptcy Court or by the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n63. The Postpetition Transfers constituted the unauthorized transfer of property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate.\n\n64. The Postpetition Transfers are avoidable pursuant to section 549(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n65. Pursuant to section 550(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Trustee is entitled to recover the Postpetition 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. On the First Claim, an order declaring that the Prepetition Transfers in an amount not less than \\$259,558.44 are avoided pursuant to section 548(a)(1)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) an order directing that the Prepetition Transfers be set aside; and (c) recovery of the Prepetition 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. On the Second Claim, an order declaring that the Prepetition Transfers in an amount not less than \\$259,558.44 are avoided pursuant to section 544(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and N.Y. Debt & Cred. Law sections 273(a)(1), 274, and 276; (b) an order directing that the Prepetition Transfers be set aside; and (c) recovery of the Prepetition Transfers, or the value thereof at the Trustee's option, from the Defendant for the benefit of the Debtor's estate pursuant to N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law section 276 and section 550(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code;\n\n3. On the Third Claim, (a) an order declaring that the Prepetition Transfers in an amount not less than \\$259,558.44 are avoided pursuant to section 548(a)(1)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) an order directing that the Prepetition Transfers be set aside; and (c) recovery of the Prepetition 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\n4. On the Fourth Claim, (a) an order declaring that the Prepetition Transfers in an amount not less than \\$259,558.44 are avoided pursuant to N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law sections 273(a)(2), 274 and 276; (b) an order directing that the Prepetition Transfers be set aside; and (c) recovery of the Prepetition Transfers, or the value thereof at the Trustee's option, from the\n\nDefendant for the benefit of the Debtor's estate pursuant to N.Y. Debt & Cred. Law section 276 and section 550(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code;\n\n5. On the Fifth Claim, an order (a) declaring that the Postpetition Transfers in an amount not less than \\$200,000.00 are avoided pursuant to section 549 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (b) an order directing that the Postpetition Transfers be set aside; and (c) recovery of the Postpetition 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\n6. 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\n7. 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 12, 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 plinsey@npmlaw.com *Counsel for the Chapter 11 Trustee*\n\n# **SCHEDULE A**\n\n# **FILED UNDER SEAL**\n\n# **SCHEDULE B**\n\n# **FILED UNDER SEAL**","body_zh":"B1040（表格 1040）（12/15）\n\n对抗程序封面页\n（背面附说明） 对抗程序编号\n（仅供法院使用）\n\n原告 被告\n律师（律所名称、地址及电话号码） 律师 （如知悉）\n当事人（仅勾选一项）\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 □ 债务人\n□ 债权人\n□ 受托人 当事人（仅勾选一项）\n□ 美国受托人／破产\n管理人\n□ 其他\n诉因\n（简要说明诉因，包括所涉全部美国法条）\n诉讼性质\n（最多编号五（5）个方框，以主要诉因为 1，第一备选诉因为 2，第二备选诉因为 3，依此类推。）\nFRBP 7001(1) – 金钱／财产追偿\n□\n11-金钱／财产追偿 - §542 财产返还\n□\n12-金钱／财产追偿 - §547 优先清偿\n□\n13-金钱／财产追偿 - §548 欺诈性转让\n□\n14-金钱／财产追偿 - 其他\nFRBP 7001(2) – 留置权的效力、优先顺位或范围\n□\n21-留置权或其他财产权益的效力、优先顺位或范围 □\n□\n□\n□\n□ FRBP 7001(6) – 可免责性（续）\n61-可免责性 - §523(a)(5)，家庭扶养费\n68-可免责性 - §523(a)(6)，故意及恶意损害\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（家庭扶养费除外）\n65-可免责性 - 其他\nFRBP 7001(7) – 禁令救济\nFRBP 7001(3) – 批准出售财产\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 – 实施中止\n□\n72-禁令救济 – 其他\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) 债权或权益的劣后受偿\n81-债权或权益的劣后受偿\nFRBP 7001(5) – 撤销确认\n□\n51-撤销确认 □ FRBP 7001(9) 确认判决\n91-确认判决\nFRBP 7001(6) – 可免责性\n□\n66-可免责性 - §523(a)(1)、(14)、(14A) 优先税收债权\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，如与破产案件无关则本应在州法院提起的其他诉讼）\n□ 如本案涉及州法实体争议，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\nB1040（表格 1040）（12/15）\n\n本对抗程序所依据的破产案件\n\n债务人姓名 破产案件编号\n案件审理地区 分院办事处 法官姓名\n相关对抗程序（如有）\n原告 被告 对抗\n程序编号\n对抗程序审理地区 分院办事处 法官姓名\n律师（或原告）签名\n日期 律师（或原告）姓名正楷\n说明\n\n破产案件的提起设立了一个受破产法院管辖的“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，且法院管辖权广泛，可能会就该财团的财产或财产权利发生诉讼。也可能会发生有关债务人免责的诉讼。如该等诉讼在破产法院提起，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《对抗程序封面页》，除非该方通过法院的案件管理／电子案件提交系统（CM/ECF）以电子方式提起对抗程序。（CM/ECF 在提交过程中采集表格 1040 所载信息。）填妥后，该封面页概述对抗程序的基本信息。法院书记员需要该信息以处理对抗程序，并编制所需的法院活动统计报告。\n\n封面页及其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书。该封面页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单独提交一份封面页。\n\n原告和被告。请准确填写起诉状所载原告和被告姓名。\n\n律师。如知悉，请填写律师姓名及地址。\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。本封面页必须由登记在案的律师在表格第二页的方框内签名。如原告由律师事务所代理，该所成员必须签名。如原告自行诉讼，即未由律师代理，原告必须签名。\n\n美国破产法院\n\n康涅狄格区\n布里奇波特分院\n\n----------------------------------------------------------- x\n\n关于： ：\n：\n第 11 章\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），\n等人， ：\n：\n案件编号：22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。 ：\n：\n（合并管理）\n\nLUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯），第 11 章\n受托人，\n原告，\n诉 x\n\n对抗程序编号：[ ]\n\nBEILE LI（李贝勒）， ：\n2024 年 2 月 12 日\n\n被告。\n\nx\n第 11 章受托人依据《破产法典》第 544、548、549 及 550 条以及《纽约债务人与债权人法》第 273、274 及 276 条请求撤销并追回欺诈性转让及申请后转让以及相关救济的起诉状\n\nLuc A. Despins，以其获任命担任 Ho Wan Kwok（以下简称“债务人”或“Kwok”）第 11 章案件（以下简称“第 11 章案件”）第 11 章受托人（以下简称“受托人”）的身份，提起本\n\n1 本第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（亦称 Guo Wengui、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及众多其他别名）（税务识别号码后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（Genever 控股有限责任公司）（税务识别号码后四位：8202）以及 Genever Holdings Corporation（Genever 控股公司）。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 和 Genever Holdings Corporation 的邮寄地址为 Paul Hastings LLP（宝盛律师事务所），200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166，收件人为 Luc A. Despins，作为 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财团的受托人（仅为通知和通信之目的）。\n\n针对被告 Beile Li（以下简称“被告”）的本对抗程序起诉状（以下简称“起诉状”），陈述如下：\n\n诉讼性质\n\n1. 受托人提起本对抗程序，以撤销并追回：(a) 于本第 11 章案件开始前对债务人财产作出的转让；及 (b) 于本第 11 章案件开始后，未经破产法院授权或未经《美国法典》第 11 编（以下简称“破产法典”）以其他方式授权而实施的债务人第 11 章破产财团财产转让。\n\n2. 债务人通过其替身空壳公司 Lexington Property and Staffing Inc.（以下简称“Lexington”）、Rule of Law Foundation III Inc.（以下简称“Rule of Law”）和 Rule of Law Society IV Inc.（以下简称“Rule of Law Society”），于申请日（定义见下文）前向作为初始受让人的被告转让了金额为 $259,558.44 的资金。\n\n3. 这些转让属于实际欺诈性转让，因为债务人将其作为其“空壳游戏”的一部分实施，并且作出该等转让的意图是阻碍、拖延及／或欺诈债务人的债权人。1 或者，这些转让属于推定欺诈性转让，因为该等转让作出时债务人已无力偿债，且债务人未因此获得合理等值的对价。\n\n4. 申请日后，债务人通过其替身空壳公司 Rule of Law，向作为初始受让人的被告转让了金额为 $200,000.00 的资金。\n\n5. 因为这些破产财团财产的申请后转让未经授权，故根据《破产法典》第 549 和 550 条，该等转让可被撤销并追回。\n\n管辖权和审判地\n\n6. 本法院依据 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b) 对本对抗程序具有事项管辖权。\n\n7. 本对抗程序已依据 28 U.S.C. § 157(a) 移送本法院。\n\n8. 本文所请求救济的法定依据包括《破产法典》第 544、548、549 和 550 条，以及《纽约债务人与债权人法》第 273、274 和 276 条2，或任何其他适用的州法等同规定。\n\n当事人\n\n9. 受托人依据破产法院于 July 8, 2022 作出的命令，担任第 11 章案件的第 11 章受托人[案件编号 22-50073（以下简称“主案件”）案卷编号 523]。\n\n10. 被告为居住于 3616 Lincoln Terrace, North Bergen, New Jersey 07047 的个人。\n\n2 此后对《纽约债务人与债权人法》的所有法条引用均简称为“N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law”。《纽约统一可撤销交易法》（“NYUVT”）取代《纽约统一欺诈性转让法》（“NYUFC”），并于 April 4, 2020 生效，适用于在 April 4, 2020 当日或之后作出的转让或承担的义务。对于 April 4, 2020 之前的转让，受托人在本诉讼中依据 NYUFC 及《纽约债务人与债权人法》第 273、273a、275、276 和 278 条寻求救济。\n\n事实\n\nA. 第 11 章案件\n\n11. 债务人于 February 15, 2022 在 United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut（康涅狄格区美国破产法院，以下简称“破产法院”）自愿提交根据《破产法典》第 11 章请求救济的申请（以下简称“申请日”），从而开始第 11 章案件。\n\n12. 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\n13. 债务人于 March 2022 向破产法院提交的破产财产清单称，其拥有 $3,850 的资产，并已产生数亿美元的负债。3 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及／或转让的财产，包括 Lexington、Rule of Law Society 和 Rule of Law。\n\n14. 于 June 15, 2022，破产法院作出决定备忘录和命令[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。依该命令，美国受托人选定 Luc A. Despins 为受托人。于 July 8, 2022，破产法院作出命令，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\nB. 债务人对空壳公司的使用及受托人的对抗程序\n\n3 《资产和负债清单》，第 1 页[主案件案卷编号 78]。\n\n15. Lexington、Rule of Law Society 和 Rule of Law 属于债务人为阻碍、拖延及／或欺诈其债权人而使用的众多替身空壳公司。4 多年来，债务人一直策划一场“空壳游戏”，利用由家庭成员、亲信及／或下属名义持有、但实际上由债务人控制的复杂空壳公司网络。该空壳游戏使债务人能够使用、支出及／或转让数百万美元现金及其他资产——其中大部分由债务人通过其欺诈性投资及加密货币计划取得——同时隐匿其债权人的该等财产。\n\n16. 自其获任以来，受托人已在第11章案件中提起多项对抗程序，以期实现包括确认债务人的空壳公司系其另我，及/或确认该等公司及其资产在衡平法上归债务人所有等事项；破产法院已在其中若干对抗程序中准予该等救济。5\n\n17. 这些诉讼中的事实模式始终包括：(i) 由债务人控制、由近亲属及/或下属持有的空壳公司，(ii) 以来自\n\n4 在对抗程序 Despins v. HCHK Technologies, Inc.（德斯平诉HCHK Technologies, Inc.〔HCHK科技公司〕等案）（Adv. Proc. No. 23-5013（“HCHK实体对抗程序”），Docket No. 139）中，Lexington（列克星敦）已被作出缺席判决；该对抗程序寻求的救济包括确认Lexington系债务人的另我。受托人特此援引并入受托人在HCHK实体对抗程序中提交的起诉状（Adv. Proc. No. 23-5013, Docket No. 1）。\n\n受托人已对或将立即对Rule of Law（法治）及Rule of Law Society（法治协会）提起对抗程序；该对抗程序寻求的救济包括确认Rule of Law及Rule of Law Society系债务人的另我。受托人特此援引并入受托人在该对抗程序中提交的起诉状。\n\n5 该等对抗程序包括：(i) Luc A. Despins（吕克·A·德斯平）, Chapter 11 Trustee v. HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC（香港国际基金投资〔美国〕有限公司）, et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 22-05003]；(ii) Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. Greenwich Land LLC（格林尼治地产有限责任公司）, et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 23-05005]；(iii) Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. Mei Guo（郭梅） [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（金牛基金有限责任公司）, et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 23- 05017]；(vi) Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. Golden Spring (New York) Limited（黄金泉〔纽约〕有限公司） [Adv. Proc. 23-05018]；及 (vii) Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. Lamp Capital LLC（灯资本有限责任公司）, et al. [Adv. Proc. 23-05023]。\n\n来自其他由债务人控制的实体的现金购置的资产，及/或无偿转移至空壳实体以及在空壳实体之间转移的资产，及 (iii) 债务人从该等资产中受益，并对该等资产拥有控制权及支配权。\nC. 债务人为阻碍、拖延及/或欺诈债权人所实施的行为\n\n18. 除受托人对抗程序中所处理的事项外，破产法院还认定，债务人系Ace Decade Limited（十年王牌有限公司）（并通过该公司系Dawn State Limited（黎明州有限公司））的实益所有人，且债务人控制并使用了Ace Decade Limited的名义股东Yvette Wang（伊维特·王）。6\n\n19. 破产法院还认定，“G Entities”（Gettr、G Fashion、G Music、GClubs、GNews及GEdu）、New Federal State of China（新中国联邦）及Rule of Law Foundation（法治基金会），以及其他表面上独立的实体和组织，均由债务人控制7 、由债务人领导8 及/或“服务于……债务人的目的并作为其商业工具”。9\n\n20. 在申请日之前，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法官认定，Eastern Profit Corporation Limited（东方利润有限公司）——一家最初由债务人的一名厨师所有、后转让给债务人女儿的实体——实质上是债务人的“空壳公司”。10\n\n6 Order Granting Motion to Hold Debtor in Contempt of Corporate Governance Order（准许认定债务人藐视公司治理命令之动议的命令）, ¶¶ 1, 4 (Jan. 24, 2023, Docket No. 1372 (“Corp. Governance Contempt Order”))。\n\n7 Corrected Memorandum of Decision Granting in Part Motion for Preliminary Injunction（部分准许初步禁令动议的更正决定备忘录）, ¶ 3 (Adv. Proc. No. 22-05032, January 13, 2023 (“The Debtor also controls Saraca Media Group（萨拉卡媒体集团） and a related entity ‘GTV’”))。\n\n8 同上，第 ¶ 7 段（“债务人是The Whistleblower Movement（吹哨人运动）、NFSC、ROLF及Himalaya（喜马拉雅）的领导人。”）。\n\n9 同上（“The Whistleblower Movement、NFSC、ROLF、GSeries及Himalaya服务于债务人的目的，作为债务人的商业工具，其成员对债务人个人忠诚。”）。\n\n21. 债务人竭尽全力阻碍和拖延其最大债权人之一，即Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund, L.P.（太平洋联盟亚洲机会基金，L.P.）（“PAX”）的追偿工作。2017年，PAX在Supreme Court of the State of New York（纽约州最高法院）（“纽约法院”）起诉债务人，Index No. 652077/2017（“PAX案件”），请求就所欠款项作出判决。2021年2月3日，PAX自纽约法院取得针对债务人的$116,402,019.57判决（“PAX判决”）。PAX试图通过扣押债务人的资产来执行PAX判决——包括Lady May（梅夫人号），债务人虚假声称其由其女儿所有；以及债务人在曼哈顿的豪华公寓，债务人虚假声称其由信托为债务人的儿子持有。债务人在判决后程序中藐视纽约法院命令，最终导致债务人承担$134 million的藐视法庭罚金。\n\n22. 债务人还将其另我，包括Lexington、Rule of Law Society及Rule of Law，用作个人提款罐，在将资产隐匿于该等另我以躲避债权人，并阻碍和拖延债权人就其债权获得追偿的同时，为其本人及其家人已习以为常的奢华生活方式提供资金。债务人通过该等另我实施的转移延续了债务人的欺诈计划。\n\n10 Eastern Profit Corp. Ltd. v. Strategic Vision US LLC（东方利润有限公司诉Strategic Vision US LLC〔战略愿景美国有限责任公司〕）, No. 18-CV-2185 (LJL) 2021 WL 2554631, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. June 22, 2021).\n\n23. 债务人已在破产法院作证称，其资产不足以清偿其负债，且其奢华生活方式由其家人通过名义上由家庭成员持有的企业提供资金。11 债务人申报的资产仅为$3,850。12\n\n24. 2023年3月，债务人被捕，并在等待就包括电汇欺诈、证券欺诈及洗钱在内的联邦刑事指控受审期间持续被羁押。\n\n25. 美国政府在其对债务人的刑事起诉书中主张，债务人及其共同被告“利用以至少80个不同实体或个人名义持有的超过约500个账户，对超过$1 billion的欺诈所得进行洗钱。”13\n\n26. 债务人另我的财产，包括Lexington、Rule of Law Society及Rule of Law的财产，在申请日之前的任何时候均为债务人的财产。\n\n27. 在与本案有关的所有期间，债务人在New York, New York（纽约州纽约市）经营业务，包括指示实施本起诉状所涉的申请日前转移。\nD. 债务人的空壳把戏及欺诈在申请后仍在继续\n\n28. 截至申请日，债务人通过其另我持有的全部财产，包括Lexington、Rule of Law Society及Rule of Law，均成为第11章破产财产的一部分。见 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1)。\n\n11 Hearing on Debtor’s Motion for Entry of Interim and Final DIP Orders (I) Authorizing the Debtor to Obtain Unsecured, Subordinated Postpetition Financing and (II) Scheduling Interim and Final Hearings, and (III) Granting Related Relief（关于债务人请求作出临时及最终DIP命令的动议之听证会：(I) 授权债务人获得无担保、次级申请后融资；(II) 安排临时及最终听证会；及 (III) 准予相关救济）(Main Case, April 27, 2022)。\n\n12 见注3。\n\n13 见 Memorandum of Law of the United States of America in Opposition to Defendant Yanping Wang’s Motion for Pretrial Release（美利坚合众国反对被告Yanping Wang（王雁平）审前释放动议的法律备忘录）第29页，作为Exhibit B附于Chapter 11 Trustee（第11章受托人）对G Club Operations LLC（G俱乐部运营有限责任公司）补充反对受托人强制履行动议及请求相关救济动议的答复中 (June 23, 2023, Main Case Docket No. 1934)。\n\n29. 申请日之后，债务人公然无视破产法院及其在《破产法典》项下的义务，继续通过包括但不限于Rule of Law在内的众多另我空壳公司实施转移。\n\n30. 该等申请后转移均未经破产法院授权，亦未获《破产法典》授权。\nE. 为阻碍、拖延或欺诈债权人而作出的转移\n\n31. 本起诉状所涉转移系为阻碍、拖延及/或欺诈债务人的债权人而作出，因其均通过债务人的另我空壳公司作出，而该等公司作为债务人空壳把戏的一部分运作。\n\n32. 债务人故意以此方式安排其财务事务，以在向其众多债权人虚假声称贫困的同时，隐匿并耗散数百万美元资产。债务人声称自己一贫如洗，同时却大量支出，以维持其本人、其家庭成员及密切关联人士的亿万富翁生活方式。\n\n33. 债务人隐匿及耗散的资产包括其从其加密货币、证券及其他欺诈计划的受害人处取得的资金。因此，债务人在United States District Court for the Southern District of New York正在审理的一宗刑事案件中面临多项重罪欺诈、洗钱及敲诈勒索指控。见 United States v. Ho Wan Kwok（美利坚合众国诉Ho Wan Kwok〔郭文贵〕）, case no. 1:23-cr-00118-AT [ECF No. 215] (Jan. 3, 2024 S.D.N.Y.)。\n\n34. 债务人明知并意图通过以此方式隐匿和耗散其资产，将不会剩余足够资产偿还其债权人——包括其众多欺诈行为的受害人。因此，该等转移必然是为了阻碍、拖延及/或欺诈债务人的债权人而作出的。\nF. 向被告作出的转移\n\n35. 在申请日之前，债务人通过其另我空壳公司，包括Lexington、Rule of Law Society及Rule of Law，或以其他方式，向被告转移债务人的财产（合称“申请日前转移”），包括但不限于如下：\n\n见随附并构成本文件一部分的附表A。\n\n36. 在申请日之后，债务人通过包括Rule of Law在内的空壳公司，或以其他方式，向被告转移破产财产（合称“申请后转移”），包括但不限于如下：\n\n见随附并构成本文件一部分的附表B。\n\n37. 于申请日前转移及申请后转移（合称“转移”）时，债务人对债务人破产财产的债权人负有未清偿义务。\n\n38. 被告为该等转移的初始受让人。\n第一项请求\n（根据《破产法典》第548(a)(1)(A)及550(a)条撤销并追回实际欺诈性转移之请求）\n\n39. 受托人重复陈述并再次主张第1至38段所载指控，如同在此完整列明。\n\n40. 申请日前转移由债务人通过其另我Lexington作出，具有阻碍、拖延及/或欺诈其债权人的实际意图。\n\n41. 债务人在实施申请日前转移时阻碍、拖延及/或欺诈其债权人的意图，由包括下列事项在内的事实表明：\n\na. 申请日前转移系利用另我空壳公司实施；\n\nb. 申请日前转移被向债务人的债权人隐瞒；\n\nc. 申请日前转移系作为债务人“空壳把戏”的一部分实施，并借助债务人的家庭成员及其控制的其他副手和下属，意图隐匿及遮蔽资产；\n\nd. 申请日前转移通过使债务人得以从其欺诈中获益，而不使其财产受债权人追索，进一步促进了债务人的欺诈行为；\n\ne. 申请日前转移通过使债务人得以从其欺诈中获利，而不使其财产受债权人追索，进一步促进了债务人的欺诈行为；\n\nf. 在申请日前转移时，债务人正遭受诉讼，包括PAX在PAX案件中提起的诉讼；及\n\ng. 在申请日前转移时，债务人资不抵债或资本不足。\n\n42. 受托人可依据《破产法》第548(a)(i)(A)条撤销申请前转让，并可依据《破产法》第550(a)条予以追偿。\n\n第二项诉请\n（依据 N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law sections 273, 274, and 276 以及 Bankruptcy Code sections 544(b) and 550(a) 撤销并追偿实际欺诈性转让之诉请）\n\n43. 受托人重述并再次主张第1至38段所载的指控，如同在此完整列明。\n\n44. 债务人通过其另我实体 Lexington（列克星敦），以实际意图阻碍、拖延和／或欺诈其债权人的方式作出了申请前转让。\n\n45. 债务人在实施申请前转让时阻碍、拖延和／或欺诈其债权人的意图，除其他事项外，体现于：\n\na. 申请前转让系利用一家作为另我实体的空壳公司实施；\n\nb. 申请前转让对债务人的债权人予以隐瞒；\n\nc. 申请前转让系债务人“空壳游戏”的一部分，债务人在其控制的家庭成员及其他亲信和下属的协助下，试图隐匿并保护资产；\n\nd. 申请前转让通过使债务人能够从其欺诈行为中获益，而不使其财产受到债权人追索，进一步促成了债务人的欺诈行为；\n\ne. 申请前转让通过使债务人能够从其欺诈行为中获利，而不使其财产受到债权人追索，进一步促成了债务人的欺诈行为；\n\nf. 在申请前转让发生时，债务人正面临诉讼，包括 PAX（PAX）在 PAX 案件中提起的诉讼；以及\n\ng. 在申请前转让发生时，债务人已资不抵债或资本不足。\n\n46. 受托人可依据 N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law sections 273(a)(1), 274, and 276 及 Bankruptcy Code section 544(b) 撤销申请前转让，并可依据 Bankruptcy Code section 550(a) 予以追偿。\n\n第三项诉请\n（依据 Bankruptcy Code sections 548(a)(1)(B) and 550(a) 撤销并追偿推定欺诈性转让之诉请）\n\n47. 受托人重述并再次主张第1至38段所载的指控，如同在此完整列明。\n\n48. 债务人就申请前转让所取得的对价低于合理等值。\n\n49. 在申请前转让发生时，债务人已资不抵债，或者因申请前转让而变得资不抵债。\n\n50. 在申请前转让发生时，债务人正在从事某项业务或交易，或者即将从事某项业务或交易，而债务人保留的任何财产均构成不合理地少量的资本。\n\n51. 在申请前转让发生时，债务人意图承担，或相信其将承担，到期时将超出其支付能力的债务。\n\n52. 申请前转让构成欺诈性转让，受托人可依据 Bankruptcy Code section 548(a)(1)(B) 撤销该等转让，并可依据 Bankruptcy Code section 550(a) 予以追偿。\n\n第四项诉请\n（依据 N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law sections 273(a)(2), 274 and 276 以及 Bankruptcy Code sections 544(b) and 550(a) 撤销并追偿推定欺诈性转让之诉请）\n\n53. 受托人重述并再次主张第1至38段所载的指控，如同在此完整列明。\n\n54. 债务人未就申请前转让取得合理等值的对价。\n\n55. 在申请前转让发生时，债务人已资不抵债，或者债务人因申请前转让而变得资不抵债。\n\n56. 在申请前转让发生时，债务人正在从事某项业务或交易，或者即将从事某项业务或交易，而债务人保留的任何财产均构成不合理地少量的资本。\n\n57. 在申请前转让发生时，债务人意图承担，或者相信或理应相信其将承担，到期时将超出其支付能力的债务。\n\n58. 受托人可依据 N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law sections 273(a)(2), 274 and 276 及 Bankruptcy Code section 544(b) 撤销申请前转让，并可依据 Bankruptcy Code section 550(a) 予以追偿。\n\n第五项诉请\n（依据 Bankruptcy Code sections 549 and 550(a) 撤销并追偿未经授权的申请后转让之诉请）\n\n59. 受托人重述并再次主张第1至38段所载的指控，如同在此完整列明。\n\n60. 债务人向被告作出了申请后转让，包括通过其作为另我实体的空壳公司 Rule of Law（法治）作出的转让。\n\n61. 申请后转让发生于申请提交日之后。\n\n62. 申请后转让未经破产法院或《破产法》授权。\n\n63. 申请后转让构成对债务人第11章破产财产的未经授权转让。\n\n64. 申请后转让可依据 Bankruptcy Code section 549(a) 撤销。\n\n65. 依据 Bankruptcy Code section 550(a)，受托人有权向被告追偿申请后转让，或由受托人选择追偿其价值，另加自转让发生之日起至支付之日止的利息及本案费用。\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．就第一项诉请，作出命令，宣告金额不低于 \\$259,558.44 的申请前转让依据 Bankruptcy Code section 548(a)(1)(A) 已被撤销；(b) 作出命令，指示撤销申请前转让；以及 (c) 依据 Bankruptcy Code section 550(a)(1)，为债务人破产财产的利益，向被告追偿申请前转让，或由受托人选择追偿其价值；\n\n2．就第二项诉请，作出命令，宣告金额不低于 \\$259,558.44 的申请前转让依据 Bankruptcy Code section 544(b) 和 N.Y. Debt & Cred. Law sections 273(a)(1), 274, and 276 已被撤销；(b) 作出命令，指示撤销申请前转让；以及 (c) 依据 N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law section 276 和 Bankruptcy Code section 550(a)(1)，为债务人破产财产的利益，向被告追偿申请前转让，或由受托人选择追偿其价值；\n\n3．就第三项诉请，(a) 作出命令，宣告金额不低于 \\$259,558.44 的申请前转让依据 Bankruptcy Code section 548(a)(1)(B) 已被撤销；(b) 作出命令，指示撤销申请前转让；以及 (c) 依据 Bankruptcy Code section 550(a)(1)，为债务人破产财产的利益，向被告追偿申请前转让，或由受托人选择追偿其价值；\n\n4．就第四项诉请，(a) 作出命令，宣告金额不低于 \\$259,558.44 的申请前转让依据 N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law sections 273(a)(2), 274 and 276 已被撤销；(b) 作出命令，指示撤销申请前转让；以及 (c) 依据 N.Y. Debt & Cred. Law section 276 和 Bankruptcy Code section 550(a)(1)，为债务人破产财产的利益，向被告追偿申请前转让，或由受托人选择追偿其价值；\n\n5．就第五项诉请，作出命令，(a) 宣告金额不低于 \\$200,000.00 的申请后转让依据 Bankruptcy Code section 549 已被撤销；以及 (b) 作出命令，指示撤销申请后转让；以及 (c) 依据 Bankruptcy Code section 550(a)(1)，为债务人破产财产的利益，向被告追偿申请后转让，或由受托人选择追偿其价值；\n\n6．裁定受托人自提交本起诉状之日起至本案判决之日止，按最高法定利率获得判决前利息；以及\n\n7．法院在此等情形下认为公正、适当或衡平的其他及进一步救济。\n\n［本页其余部分有意留白］\n\n日期：February 12, 2024\nNew Haven, CT（康涅狄格州纽黑文）\n\nLUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯）\n第11章受托人\n\n签署人：/s/ Douglas Skalka\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、佩佩和蒙蒂斯律师事务所）\n195 Church Street, 13th Floor\nNew Haven, Connecticut 06510\n(203) 781-2847\ndskalka@npmlaw.com\nplinsey@npmlaw.com\n第11章受托人之代理律师\n\n附表 A\n密封提交\n\n附表 B\n密封提交","key_entities":["Despins","Je","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","HCHK","Guo","Himalaya","Miles Guo","Yanping Wang","GTV","Saraca","GETTR","Paul Hastings","Pro Se","pro se"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":215,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":5216,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 20:00:53"}