{"id":"court_ctb_2917_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":2917,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"UNKNOWN","filed_date":"2024-02-15","title":"B1040 (FORM 1040) (12/15) | ADVERSARY PROCEEDING COVER SHEET
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(Instructions on Reverse) | | ADVERSARY PROCEEDING NUMBER
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Global
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Limited | | | | |\n| ATTORNEYS (Firm Name, Address, and Telephone No.) | ATTORNEYS
(If Known) | | | | |\n| Avram E. Luft and Douglass Barron
Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166
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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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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,
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✔ | ƑCheck if this is asserted to be a class action under FRCP 23 | | | | |\n| Ƒ&KHFNLIDMXU\\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
Ho Wan Kwok | | BANKRUPTCY CASE NO.
22-50073 | | |\n| DISTRICT IN WHICH CASE IS PENDING
Connecticut | | DIVISION OFFICE
Bridgeport | NAME OF JUDGE
Julie A. Manning | |\n| RELATED ADVERSARY PROCEEDING (IF ANY) | | | | |\n| PLAINTIFF | DEFENDANT | | ADVERSARY
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Luft | | |\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\nIn re:\n\nHO WAN KWOK, *et al*.,1\n\nChapter 11\n\nCase No. 22-50073 (JAM)\n\nDebtors.\n\n(Jointly Administered)\n\n----------------------------------------------------- x\n\nLUC A. DESPINS, CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE,\n\nPlaintiff,\n\nv.\n\nFebruary 15, 2024\n\nAdv. Proceeding No. [ ]\n\nPURE GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED,\n\nDefendant.\n\n----------------------------------------------------- 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\n\nchapter 11 case (the \"Chapter 11 Case\") of Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Debtor\" or \"Kwok\"), files this\n\nadversary complaint (the \"Complaint\") against defendant Pure Global Group Limited (the\n\n\"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 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, Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC (\"Hamilton\"), transferred funds in the amount of \\$4,500,000.00 after the Petition Date (as defined herein) to the Defendant as initial transferee.\n\n3. Because this postpetition transfer of estate property was not authorized by the Court or under the Bankruptcy Code, it is 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 Pure Global Group Limited, a corporation formed under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, with an address at Vistra Corp Services Centre, Wickhams Cay II, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands.\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/or transferred through his many alter-ego shell companies, including Hamilton.\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. Hamilton is among 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 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\n16. The Debtor also used his alter egos, including Hamilton, 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\n\n3 The Trustee has or will imminently commence an adversary proceeding against Hamilton, which adversary proceeding seeks, among other things, a declaratory judgment that Hamilton is the alter ego of the Debtor. The Trustee incorporates by reference herein, the Trustee's Complaint filed in such adversary proceeding.\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\nDebtor's fraudulent scheme. The property of these alter egos, including Hamilton, was at all times 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 Hamilton, became property of the 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, Hamilton.\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. Transfers to the Defendant**\n\n20. Subsequent to the Petition Date, the Debtor, through shell companies including Hamilton, 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 Transfer was made to the Defendant by the Debtor, including through his alterego shell company, Hamilton.\n\n25. The Transfer occurred after the Petition Date.\n\n26. The Transfer was not authorized by the Bankruptcy Court or by the Bankruptcy Code.\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 the Transfer, 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 Transfer in an amount not less than \\$4,500,000.00 is 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\nDated: February 15, 2024 New Haven, CT\n\nLUC A. DESPINS CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE\n\nBy: */s/ Avram E. Luft*\n\n Avram E. Luft (admitted pro hac vice) Douglass Barron (admitted pro hac vice) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (212) 318-6000 aviluft@paulhastings.com douglassbarron@paulhastings.com\n\n*and*\n\nDouglas S. Skalka (ct00616) Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 781-2847 dskalka@npmlaw.com plinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n*Counsel for the Chapter 11 Trustee*\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 2917 Filed 02/15/24 Entered 02/15/24 18:35:42 Page 10 of 10\n\n## **SCHEDULE A**\n\nFiled Under Seal","body_zh":"B1040（表格 1040）（12/15）\n\n对抗程序封面页\n（背面载有说明） 对抗程序编号\n（仅供法院使用）\n\n原告 被告\nLuc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯），第11章受托人 Pure Global Group Limited（Pure Global Group有限公司）\n律师（律所名称、地址及电话号码） 律师\n（如已知）\nAvram E. Luft（阿夫拉姆·E·卢夫特）和 Douglass Barron（道格拉斯·巴伦）\nPaul Hastings LLP（保罗·黑斯廷斯律师事务所），200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166\n(212) 318-6000\n\n当事人（仅勾选一个方框）\n□ 债务人\n□ 美国受托人/破产管理人\n□ 债权人\n□ 其他\n□ 受托人\n✔ 当事人（仅勾选一个方框）\n□ 债务人\n□ 美国受托人/破产管理人\n□ 债权人\n□ 其他\n□ 受托人\n\n诉因 （简要陈述诉因，包括所涉全部美国法规）\n第11章受托人提起的诉状，请求根据《破产法典》第 条及 条撤销并追回破产申请提交后转让，以及获得相关救济\n\n诉讼性质\n（最多编号五（5）个方框，以主要诉因编号为1、第一个备选诉因编号为2、第二个备选诉因编号为3，依此类推。）\n《联邦破产程序规则》7001(1)——追回金钱/财产\n□\n11——追回金钱/财产——根据§542交付财产\n□\n12——追回金钱/财产——根据§547偏颇性清偿\n□\n13——追回金钱/财产——根据§548欺诈性转让\n□\n✔\n14——追回金钱/财产——其他\n\n《联邦破产程序规则》7001(2)——留置权的有效性、优先权或范围\n□\n21——留置权或其他财产权益的有效性、优先权或范围 《联邦破产程序规则》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)，故意及恶意损害\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\n\n《联邦破产程序规则》7001(7)——禁令救济\n《联邦破产程序规则》7001(3)——财产出售批准\n□\n31——批准出售破产财团及共同所有人的财产——§363(h) □\n71——禁令救济——施加中止\n□\n72——禁令救济——其他\n\n《联邦破产程序规则》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) 《联邦破产程序规则》7001(8) 债权或权益的劣后\n□\n81——债权或权益的劣后\n\n《联邦破产程序规则》7001(5)——撤销确认\n□\n51——撤销确认 《联邦破产程序规则》7001(9) 确认判决\n□\n91——确认判决\n\n《联邦破产程序规则》7001(6)——可免责性\n□\n66——可免责性——§523(a)(1),(14),(14A)优先税务债权\n□\n62——可免责性——§523(a)(2)，虚假借口、虚假陈述、\n实际欺诈\n□\n67——可免责性——§523(a)(4)，作为受托人的欺诈、侵占、盗窃\n（续见下一栏） 《联邦破产程序规则》7001(10) 移送诉讼的裁定\n□\n01——对移送债权或诉因的裁定\n\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\n✔ □ 如主张本案为根据《联邦民事诉讼规则》23条提起的集体诉讼，请勾选\n□ 如诉状中要求陪审团审判，请勾选 请求金额 \\$\n请求的其他救济\n\nB1040（表格 1040）（12/15）\n\n本对抗程序所产生的破产案件\n\n债务人姓名\nHo Wan Kwok（郭文贵） 破产案件编号\n22-50073\n案件待决地区\nConnecticut（康涅狄格州） 分院办事处\nBridgeport（布里奇波特） 法官姓名\nJulie A. Manning（朱莉·A·曼宁）\n\n相关对抗程序（如有）\n原告 被告 对抗\n程序编号\n对抗程序待决地区 分院办事处 法官姓名\n\n律师（或原告）签名\n/s/\nAvram\nE.\nLuft\n\n日期 律师（或原告）姓名正楷\nFebruary\n15,\n2024 Avram\nE.\nLuft\n\n说明\n\n提交破产案件会在破产法院管辖下设立一个“破产财团”，其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，可能就破产财团的财产或财产权利发生诉讼。也可能发生有关债务人免责的诉讼。如该等诉讼在破产法院提起，则称为对抗程序。\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》，但该方通过法院案件管理/电子案件提交系统（CM/ECF）以电子方式提起对抗程序的除外。（CM/ECF在提交过程中收集表格1040中的信息。）填妥后，封面页概述对抗程序的基本信息。法院书记官需要该信息以处理对抗程序并编制所要求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、《破产程序规则》或法院地方法规所要求的诉状或其他文件的提交和送达。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）。每份提交的诉状均须另行向书记官提交一份封面页。\n\n原告和被告。准确填写诉状中所列原告和被告的姓名。\n\n律师。如已知，填写律师的姓名和地址。\n\n当事人。在第一栏为原告勾选最适当的方框，在第二栏为被告勾选最适当的方框。\n\n请求金额。填写诉状中请求的美元金额。\n\n签名。该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\n美国康涅狄格州联邦破产法院布里奇波特分院\n\n----------------------------------------------------- x\n\n关于：\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等人，1\n\n第11章\n\n案件编号 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n债务人。\n\n（联合管理）\n\n----------------------------------------------------- x\n\nLUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯），第11章受托人，\n\n原告，\n\n诉\n\nFebruary 15, 2024\n\n对抗程序编号 [ ]\n\nPURE GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED（Pure Global Group有限公司），\n\n被告。\n\n----------------------------------------------------- x\n\n第11章受托人诉状：请求根据《破产法典》第549条和第550条撤销并追回破产申请提交后转让，以及获得相关救济\n\nLuc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯）以其在 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”）身份，对被告 Pure Global Group Limited（Pure Global Group有限公司）（以下简称“被告”）提交本对抗诉状（以下简称“诉状”），陈述如下：\n\n1 本第11章案件中的债务人包括 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（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（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（保罗·黑斯廷斯律师事务所）, 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. 受托人提起本对抗程序，以撤销并追回债务人在本第11章案件开始后作出的、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. 债务人通过其另我空壳公司 Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC（以下简称“Hamilton”），于申请日后（定义见下文）向作为初始受让人的被告转让了金额为 \\$4,500,000.00 的资金。\n\n3. 由于该破产申请提交后的破产财团财产转让未经法院或《破产法典》授权，其可根据《破产法典》第549条和第550条予以撤销和追回。\n\n管辖权和审判地\n\n4. 本院根据 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b) 对本对抗程序具有事项管辖权。\n\n5. 本对抗程序已根据 28 U.S.C. § 157(a) 移送本院。\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. 受托人系本第11章案件中的第11章受托人，依据破产法院于 July 8, 2022 作出的命令获任命 [案件编号 22-50073（以下简称“主案件”）案卷编号 523]。\n\n8. 被告为 Pure Global Group Limited，一家根据 British Virgin Islands（英属维尔京群岛）法律设立的公司，地址为 Vistra Corp Services Centre（维仕达公司服务中心）, Wickhams Cay II, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands。\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）（以下简称“本院”或“破产法院”）提交根据《破产法典》第11编第11章请求救济的自愿申请（以下简称“申请日”），从而开始上述标题所列第11章案件（以下简称“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章案件中任命了一个无担保债权人正式委员会。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，并产生了数亿美元的负债。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另我空壳公司（包括 Hamilton）持有和/或转移的财产。\n\n12. 于 June 15, 2022，本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章案件中任命第11章受托人。根据该命令，美国受托人选定 Luc A. Despins 为受托人。于 July 8, 2022，本院作出命令，批准任命 Luc A. Despins 为第11章案件中的受托人 [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抗程序\n\n13. Hamilton 是债务人用于欺诈其债权人的众多另我空壳公司之一。3 多年来，债务人策划了一场“空壳游戏”，利用名义上由家庭成员和下属持有、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、支出和转让数百万美元现金及其他资产，同时向债权人隐瞒其财产。\n\n14. 自获任命以来，受托人在第11章案件中提起了多项对抗程序，其中包括确立债务人的空壳公司是其另我和/或该等公司及其资产在衡平法上归债务人所有；在若干案件中，破产法院已给予该等救济。4\n\n15. 该等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) 使用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受益并对其拥有控制权和支配权。\n\n16. 债务人还将包括 Hamilton 在内的其另我作为个人钱袋，资助其本人及其家人已习惯的奢华生活方式，同时将资产隐匿于该等另我之中以躲避其债权人，并阻碍和拖延债权人就其债权获得清偿。债务人通过该等另我实施的转让延续了\n\n3 受托人已经或即将对Hamilton（哈密尔顿）提起对抗程序，该对抗程序除其他事项外，请求作出确认判决，确认Hamilton为债务人的另我。受托人特此以援引方式纳入其在该对抗程序中提交的起诉状。\n\n4 这些对抗程序包括以下各项：(i) Luc A. Despins（吕克·A·德斯平斯），Chapter 11 Trustee v. HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC（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（格林尼治土地有限责任公司）, et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 23-05005]；(iii) Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. Mei Guo（郭美） [Adv. Proc. No. 23-05008]；(iv) Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. HCHK Technologies, Inc.（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（Golden Spring（纽约）Limited） [Adv. Proc. 23- 05018]；以及 (vii) Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. Lamp Capital LLC（Lamp Capital LLC）, et al. [Adv. Proc. 23-05023]。\n\n债务人的欺诈计划。这些另我（包括Hamilton）的财产，在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提交后继续进行\n\n17. 截至申请日，债务人通过其另我（包括Hamilton）持有的全部财产，均成为第11章破产财产。见 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1)。\n\n18. 在申请日之后，债务人公然无视破产法院及其在《破产法》下的义务，继续通过众多作为其另我的空壳公司（包括但不限于Hamilton）实施转让。\n\n19. 上述申请提交后的任何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. 在申请日之后，债务人通过包括Hamilton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“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表A。\n\n21. 在转让发生时，债务人对债务人财产的债权人负有未偿义务。\n\n22. 被告是该等转让的初始受让人。\n\n第一项请求\n\n（根据《破产法》第549条和第550(a)条请求撤销及追回未经授权的申请提交后转让）\n\n23. 受托人重述并再次主张第1至22段所载指控，如同在此完整列明。\n\n24. 该项转让系债务人向被告作出，包括通过其作为另我的空壳公司Hamilton作出。\n\n25. 该项转让发生于申请日之后。\n\n26. 该项转让未经破产法院或《破产法》授权。\n\n27. 该项转让构成对债务人第11章破产财产之财产的未经授权转让。\n\n28. 根据《破产法》第549(a)条，该项转让可予撤销。\n\n29. 根据《破产法》第550(a)条，受托人有权向被告追回该项转让或其价值，并追回截至付款之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，受托人谨请求作出如下判决：\n\n1. 作出命令，(a) 宣告金额不低于$4,500,000.00的该项转让根据《破产法》第549条予以撤销；及 (b) 命令撤销该项转让；及 (c) 根据《破产法》第550(a)(1)条，为债务人财产的利益，向被告追回该项转让，或由受托人选择追回其价值；\n\n2. 向受托人裁定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；及\n\n3. 法院在该等情形下认为公正、适当或衡平的其他及进一步救济。\n\n日期：February 15, 2024\nNew Haven, CT\n\nLUC A. DESPINS\nCHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE\n\n签署人：/s/ Avram E. Luft\n\nAvram E. Luft（获准临时出庭）\nDouglass Barron（获准临时出庭）\nPAUL HASTINGS LLP\n200 Park Avenue\nNew York, New York 10166\n(212) 318-6000\naviluft@paulhastings.com\ndouglassbarron@paulhastings.com\n\n以及\n\nDouglas S. Skalka (ct00616)\nPatrick R. Linsey (ct29437)\nNEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C.\n195 Church Street, 13th Floor\nNew Haven, Connecticut 06510\n(203) 781-2847\ndskalka@npmlaw.com\nplinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n第11章受托人律师\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 2917 Filed 02/15/24 Entered 02/15/24 18:35:42 Page 10 of 10\n\n附表A\n\n密封提交","key_entities":["Despins","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Je","Guo","Paul Hastings","Miles Guo","HCHK","Pro Se","pro se"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":2657,"status":"published","published_at":"2024-02-15 00:00:00","created_at":"2024-02-15","updated_at":"2026-08-23 18:47:14"}