{"id":"court_ctb_2753_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":2753,"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| ATTORNEYS (Firm Name, Address, and Telephone No.) | ATTORNEYS
(If Known) | | | | | |\n| PARTY (Check One Box Only)
□ Debtor
□ U.S.
Trustee/Bankruptcy Admin
□ Creditor
□ Other
□ Trustee | PARTY (Check One Box Only)
□ Debtor
□ U.S. Trustee/Bankruptcy
Admin
□ Creditor
□ Other
□ Trustee | | | | | |\n| CAUSE OF ACTION
(WRITE A BRIEF STATEMENT OF CAUSE OF ACTION, INCLUDING ALL U.S. STATUTES INVOLVED)
NATURE OF SUIT | | | | | | |\n| (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
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11-Recovery of money/property - §542 turnover of property
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12-Recovery of money/property - §547 preference
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13-Recovery of money/property - §548 fraudulent transfer
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14-Recovery of money/property - other
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 | FRBP 7001(6) – Dischargeability (continued)
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61-Dischargeability - §523(a)(5), domestic support
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68-Dischargeability - §523(a)(6), willful and malicious injury
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63-Dischargeability - §523(a)(8), student loan
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64-Dischargeability - §523(a)(15), divorce or separation obligation
(other than domestic support)
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65-Dischargeability - other | | | | | |\n| FRBP 7001(3) – Approval of Sale of Property
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31-Approval of sale of property of estate and of a co-owner - §363(h) | FRBP 7001(7) – Injunctive Relief
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71-Injunctive relief – imposition of stay
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72-Injunctive relief – other | | | | | |\n| FRBP 7001(4) – Objection/Revocation of Discharge
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41-Objection / revocation of discharge - §727(c),(d),(e) | FRBP 7001(8) Subordination of Claim or Interest
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81-Subordination of claim or interest | | | | | |\n| FRBP 7001(5) – Revocation of Confirmation
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51-Revocation of confirmation | FRBP 7001(9) Declaratory Judgment
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91-Declaratory judgment | | | | | |\n| FRBP 7001(6) – Dischargeability
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66-Dischargeability - §523(a)(1),(14),(14A) priority tax claims
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62-Dischargeability - §523(a)(2), false pretenses, false representation,
actual fraud
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67-Dischargeability - §523(a)(4), fraud as fiduciary, embezzlement, larceny
(continued next column) | FRBP 7001(10) Determination of Removed Action
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01-Determination of removed claim or cause
Other
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SS-SIPA Case – 15 U.S.C. §§78aaa et.seq.
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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
Other Relief Sought | Demand \\$ | | | | | |\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 DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| ----------------------------------------------------------- | | x | |\n|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|---|\n| In re: | :
: | Chapter 11 | |\n| HO WAN KWOK,
et al., | :
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: | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) | |\n| | :
Debtors.
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: | (Jointly Administered) | |\n| -----------------------------------------------------------
LUC A. DESPINS, CHAPTER 11
TRUSTEE,
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Plaintiff,
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Adv. Proceeding No. [ | ] |\n| | :
: | February 12, 2024 | |\n| THE DEPUTY GROUP, LLC, | :
: | | |\n| | :
Defendant.
: | x | |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | |\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 The Deputy Group, LLC (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 company, Lexington Property and Staffing Inc. (\"Lexington\"), transferred funds in the amount of \\$210,600.00 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\n2\n\n8. The Defendant is a New York limited liability company with an address at 4 Carol Street, Lynbrook, New York 11563.\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.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 Lexington.\n\n12. 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\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. Lexington is one of the numerous alter-ego shell companies used by the Debtor to defraud his creditors.3 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 such adversary proceedings the Bankruptcy Court has already granted such relief.4\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\n3 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 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\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\n16. The Debtor also used his alter egos, including Lexington, 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 Lexington, 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 Lexington, 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, Lexington.\n\n19. None of these postpetition transfers were authorized by the Bankruptcy Court nor were such transfers authorized under the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n### **D. Transfer to the Defendant**\n\n20. Subsequent to the Petition Date, the Debtor, through shell companies including Lexington, or otherwise, transferred property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate to the Defendant (collectively, the \"Transfer\"), including, without limitation, as follows:\n\nSee **SCHEDULE A** attached hereto and made a part hereof.\n\n21. At the time of the Transfer, the Debtor had outstanding obligations to creditors of the Debtor's estate.\n\n22. The Defendant was the initial transferee of the Transfer.\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 Transfer was made to the Defendant by the Debtor, including through his alterego shell company, Lexington.\n\n25. The Transfer occurred after the Petition Date.\n\n26. The Transfer was not authorized by the Bankruptcy Court or by the Bankruptcy\n\nCode.\n\n27. The Transfer constituted the unauthorized transfer of property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate.\n\n28. The Transfer is 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\n\nthe Transfer, or the value thereof, from the Defendant plus interest thereon to the date of payment and the costs of this action.\n\n*[THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY BLANK.]*\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 Transfer in an amount not less than \\$210,600.00 are avoided pursuant to section 549 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (b) an order directing that the Transfer be set aside; and (c) recovery of the Transfer, 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 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](mailto:dskalka@npmlaw.com) [plinsey@npmlaw.com](mailto:plinsey@npmlaw.com) *Counsel for the Chapter 11 Trustee*\n\n# **SCHEDULE A**\n\n| ID # | Account Holder | Date | | Amount |\n|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------|----|--------------|\n| 1 | Lexington Property and Staffing Inc | 6/2/2022 | \\$ | (210,600.00) |\n| Total - Payments to Deputy Group | | | | (210,600.00) |","body_zh":"B1040（表格1040）（12/15）\n\n对抗性程序封面页\n（背面说明） 对抗性程序编号\n（仅供法院使用）\n\n原告 被告\n律师（律师事务所名称、地址和电话号码） 律师\n（如已知）\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 当事人（仅勾选一项）\n□ 债务人\n□ 美国受托人/破产\n管理人\n□ 债权人\n□ 其他\n□ 受托人\n诉因\n（简要说明诉因，包括所涉及的所有美国法条）\n诉讼性质\n（最多编号五（5）个方框，以主要诉因为1、第一个备选诉因为2、第二个备选诉因为3，依此类推。）\nFRBP 7001(1)－追回金钱/财产\n□\n11－追回金钱/财产－§542 财产交付\n□\n12－追回金钱/财产－§547 优先受偿\n□\n13－追回金钱/财产－§548 欺诈性转让\n□\n14－追回金钱/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 FRBP 7001(6)－可免责性（续）\n□\n61－可免责性－§523(a)(5)，家庭扶养\n□\n68－可免责性－§523(a)(6)，故意且恶意的损害\n□\n63－可免责性－§523(a)(8)，学生贷款\n□\n64－可免责性－§523(a)(15)，离婚或分居义务\n（家庭扶养除外）\n□\n65－可免责性－其他\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) 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\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\nFRBP 7001(5)－撤销确认\n□\n51－撤销确认 FRBP 7001(9) 宣告性判决\n□\n91－宣告性判决\nFRBP 7001(6)－可免责性\n□\n66－可免责性－§523(a)(1),(14),(14A) 优先税款债权\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)，作为受托人的欺诈、侵占、盗窃\n（续见下一栏） FRBP 7001(10) 对移送诉讼的裁定\n□\n01－对移送债权或诉因的裁定\n其他\n□\nSS－SIPA案件－15 U.S.C. §§78aaa et.seq.\n□\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□ 如本案涉及州法实体问题，请勾选 □ 如主张本案为依据 FRCP 23 提起的集体诉讼，请勾选\n□ 如起诉状请求陪审团审判，请勾选\n请求的其他救济 请求金额 $\nB1040（表格1040）（12/15）\n\n本对抗性程序所源自的破产案件\n\n债务人姓名 破产案件编号\n案件审理地区 分部办事处 法官姓名\n相关对抗性程序（如有）\n原告 被告 对抗性\n程序编号\n对抗性程序审理地区 分部办事处 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提交破产案件将在破产法院管辖下设立“破产财团”，该财团包括债务人的全部财产，无论该等财产位于何处。由于破产财团范围如此广泛，且法院管辖权如此宽泛，可能会就破产财团的财产或财产权利产生诉讼。也可能存在有关债务人免责的诉讼。如该等诉讼在破产法院提起，则称为对抗性程序。\n\n提交对抗性程序的一方还必须填写并提交表格1040，即对抗性程序封面页，除非该方通过法院的案件管理/电子案件提交系统（CM/ECF）以电子方式提交对抗性程序。（CM/ECF在提交过程中获取表格1040上的信息。）填妥后，封面页概述对抗性程序的基本信息。法院书记员需要该等信息以处理对抗性程序，并编制法院活动所需的统计报告。\n\n封面页及其所载信息不得替代或补充法律、《破产规则》或法院地方法规所要求提交和送达的诉状或其他文件。该封面页大体上不言自明，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。请准确填写原告和被告在起诉状中所列的姓名。\n\n律师。如已知，请填写律师的姓名和地址。\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。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署。如原告由律师事务所代理，该事务所的一名成员必须签署。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部）\n\n----------------------------------------------------------- x\n\n关于： ：\n： 第11章\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），\n等人， ：\n\n： 案件编号：22-50073 (JAM)\n\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诉 ：\n：\n：\n：\n原告，\n：\n： x\n对抗性程序编号：[ ]\n\n： 2024年2月12日\nTHE DEPUTY GROUP, LLC（副手集团有限责任公司）， ：\n\n被告。\n： x\n\n第11章受托人依据《破产法典》第549条和第550条请求撤销及追回申请后转让以及相关救济的起诉状\n\nLuc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯）以其作为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（以下简称“债务人”或“Kwok”）第11章案件（以下简称“第11章案件”）中获任命的第11章受托人（以下简称“受托人”）的身份，针对被告 The Deputy Group, LLC（副手集团有限责任公司）（以下简称“被告”）提出本对抗性起诉状（以下简称“起诉状”），陈述如下：\n\n1 本第11章案件中的债务人是 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（又名 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 Holdings 有限责任公司）（税务识别号码后四位：8202）以及 Genever Holdings Corporation（Genever Holdings 公司）。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，转交 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诉讼性质\n\n1. 受托人提起本对抗性程序，以撤销及追回债务人在本第11章案件开始后实施、且未经破产法院或《美国法典》第11编（以下简称“《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 Lexington Property and Staffing Inc.（莱克星顿物业与人事服务公司）（以下简称“Lexington”），在申请日（定义如下）之后向作为初始受让人的被告转让了金额为 $210,600.00 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，故其可根据《破产法典》第549条和第550条予以撤销及追回。\n\n管辖权和审判地\n\n4. 本院根据 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b) 对本对抗性程序具有事项管辖权。\n\n5. 本对抗性程序已根据 28 U.S.C. § 157(a) 移交本院审理。\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. 受托人根据破产法院于 2022年7月8日作出的命令，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”）案卷编号 523］。\n\n8. 被告是一家纽约有限责任公司，地址为 4 Carol Street, Lynbrook, New York 11563。\n\n事实\n\nA. 第11章案件\n\n9. 债务人于 2022年2月15日，在 United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut（美国康涅狄格州联邦破产法院）（以下简称“本院”或“破产法院”）根据《破产法典》第11编第11章自愿提交救济申请（以下简称“申请日”），从而启动上述所列第11章案件（以下简称“第11章案件”）。\n\n10. 2022年3月21日，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正式委员会。尚未任命审查员。\n\n11. 债务人于 2022年3月向破产法院提交的破产财产清单主张其拥有 $3,850 的资产，并产生数亿美元的负债。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（包括 Lexington）持有和转让的财产。\n\n12. 2022年6月15日，破产法院作出决定备忘录及命令［主案案卷编号 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（卢克·A·德斯平斯）担任受托人。2022年7月8日，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［主案案卷编号 523］。\n\n2 资产和负债清单，第1页（主案，案卷编号 78）。\n\nB. 债务人使用空壳公司及受托人的对抗性程序\n\n13. Lexington 是债务人用于欺诈其债权人的众多替身空壳公司之一。3 多年来，债务人精心安排了一场“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。这场空壳把戏使债务人得以使用、花费和转让数百万美元的现金及其他资产，同时向债权人隐瞒其财产。\n\n14. 自获任命以来，受托人已在第11章案件中提起多项对抗性程序，以实现包括确认债务人的空壳公司是其替身和/或该等公司及其资产在衡平法上由债务人所有在内的目的，并且破产法院已在若干该等对抗性程序中准予该等救济。4\n\n15. 这些诉讼中的事实模式一贯包括：（i）由债务人控制、由近亲属和/或下属持有的空壳公司；（ii）以来自其他债务人控制实体的现金购买和/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获益，并对该等资产享有控制权和支配权。\n\n3 在对抗性程序 Despins v. HCHK Technologies, Inc., et. al.（对抗性程序编号 23-5013（以下简称“HCHK Entities A.P.”），案卷编号 139）中，已对 Lexington 作出缺席裁定；该对抗性程序请求的救济包括宣告 Lexington 为债务人的替身的宣告性判决。受托人通过援引纳入本文的方式援引其在 HCHK Entities A.P. 中提交的起诉状（对抗性程序编号 23-5013，案卷编号 1）。\n\n4 这些对抗程序包括如下：(i) Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯），作为第11章受托人，诉 HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC（HK International Funds Investments（USA）Limited, LLC），等人 [Adv. Proc. No. 22-05003]；(ii) Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯），作为第11章受托人，诉 Greenwich Land LLC（格林尼治土地有限责任公司），等人 [Adv. Proc. No. 23-05005]；(iii) Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯），作为第11章受托人，诉 Mei Guo（梅国）[Adv. Proc. No. 23-05008]；(iv) Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯），作为第11章受托人，诉 HCHK Technologies, Inc.（HCHK Technologies, Inc.），等人 [Adv. Proc. No. 23-05013]；(v) Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯），作为第11章受托人，诉 Taurus Fund LLC（金牛基金有限责任公司），等人 [Adv. Proc. No. 23-05017]；(vi) Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯），作为第11章受托人，诉 Golden Spring (New York) Limited（黄金泉〈纽约〉有限公司）[Adv. Proc. 23-05018]；以及 (vii) Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯），作为第11章受托人，诉 Lamp Capital LLC（灯资本有限责任公司），等人 [Adv. Proc. 23-05023]。\n\n16. 债务人还将其另我实体，包括 Lexington（列克星敦），用作个人钱袋，为其本人及其家人已经习惯的奢华生活方式提供资金，同时将资产隐匿于这些另我实体中以逃避其债权人，并阻碍和拖延债权人就其债权获得清偿。债务人通过这些另我实体实施的转让延续了债务人的欺诈计划。包括 Lexington 在内的这些另我实体的财产，在申请日之前的任何时候均为债务人的财产。\n\nC. 债务人的障眼法和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所有财产，包括 Lexington，均成为债务人第11章财产的一部分。见 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1)。\n\n18. 申请日之后，债务人公然无视破产法院及其在《破产法》下的义务，继续通过包括但不限于 Lexington 在内的众多另我空壳公司实施转让。\n\n19. 这些申请后转让均未经破产法院授权，亦未根据《破产法》获得授权。\n\nD. 向被告的转让\n\n20. 申请日之后，债务人通过包括 Lexington 在内的空壳公司，或以其他方式，向被告转让了债务人第11章财产的财产（统称“该转让”），包括但不限于如下：\n\n见随附并构成本文件一部分的附件A。\n\n21. 在该转让发生时，债务人对债务人财产的债权人负有未清偿义务。\n\n22. 被告是该转让的初始受让人。\n\n第一项请求\n（根据《破产法》第549条和第550(a)条请求撤销并追回未经授权的申请后转让）\n\n23. 受托人重述并再次主张第1至22段所载的指控，如同在本文中完整列明。\n\n24. 该转让由债务人向被告作出，包括通过其另我空壳公司 Lexington 作出。\n\n25. 该转让发生于申请日之后。\n\n26. 该转让未经破产法院或《破产法》授权。\n\n27. 该转让构成对债务人第11章财产财产的未经授权转让。\n\n28. 根据《破产法》第549(a)条，该转让可予撤销。\n\n29. 根据《破产法》第550(a)条，受托人有权向被告追回该转让或其价值，并加计至付款日的利息及本案费用。\n\n[本页其余部分特意留白。]\n\n救济请求\n\n因此，基于上述理由，受托人恭请作出如下判决：\n\n1. 作出命令，(a) 宣告金额不少于 $210,600.00 的该转让根据《破产法》第549条予以撤销；以及 (b) 命令撤销该转让；以及 (c) 根据《破产法》第550(a)(1)条，为债务人财产之利益，向被告追回该转让，或由受托人选择追回其价值；\n\n2. 判给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计算的判决前利息；以及\n\n3. 法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 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、佩佩与蒙蒂思律师事务所）\n195 Church Street, 13th Floor\nNew Haven, Connecticut 06510\n(203) 781-2847\n[dskalka@npmlaw.com]\n[plinsey@npmlaw.com]\n第11章受托人的律师\n\n附件A\n\n编号 账户持有人 日期 金额\n\n1 Lexington Property and Staffing Inc（列克星敦物业与人事公司） 6/2/2022 $ (210,600.00)\n\n合计－向 Deputy Group（副手集团）的付款 (210,600.00)","key_entities":["Despins","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Je","HCHK","Guo","Miles Guo","Paul Hastings","Pro Se","pro se"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":2693,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 18:26:57"}