{"id":"court_ctb_325_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":325,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION In re : Chapter 11 : Ho Wan Kwok, : Case No.","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"### **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\nIn re : Chapter 11 : Ho Wan Kwok, : Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) : Debtor.<sup>1</sup> : : \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_:\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\n# **APPLICATION OF THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS FOR AN ORDER PURSUANT TO 11 U.S.C. §§ 328(a) AND 1103(a) AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE EMPLOYMENT AND RETENTION OF GREGORY A. COLEMAN OF COLEMAN WORLDWIDE ADVISORS LLC AS FRAUD INVESTIGATION CONSULTANT, EFFECTIVE AS OF MAY 3, 2022**\n\nPursuant to 11 U.S.C. §328(a) and 1103(a), Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 2014(a) and D. Conn. LBR 2014-1, the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the \"Committee\") of the above-named Debtor and Debtor in Possession, Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Debtor'), files this application for an order authorizing and approving the employment of Gregory A. Coleman of Coleman Worldwide Advisors LLC, effective as of May 3, 2022 (the \"Application\").\n\nIn support of the Application, the Committee relies upon and incorporates by reference (i) the Declaration of Gregory A. Coleman in Support of the Application of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors for Entry of an Order Authorizing and Approving the Employment and Retention of Gregory A. Coleman of Coleman Worldwide Advisors as a Fraud Investigator (the \"Coleman Declaration\"), attached hereto as **Exhibit A**, and (ii) the Declaration of Samuel Nunberg, not in his individual capacity but solely his capacity as Chairman of the Committee, in\n\n<sup>1</sup> The Debtor is known by the following names: Guo Wengui; Miles Guo; Miles Kwok; and Ho Wan Kwok.\n\nSupport of the Application of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors for Entry of an Order Authorizing the Employment and Retention of Gregory A. Coleman of Coleman Worldwide Advisors as Fraud Investigator (the \"Nunberg Declaration\"), attached hereto as **Exhibit B**. In further support of the Application, the Committee respectfully represents:\n\n1. On February 15, 2022 (the \"Petition Date\"), the Debtor filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11, Title 11 of the United States Code (the \"Bankruptcy Code\"). Since that time, the Debtor has remained a debtor-in-possession pursuant to §§1107 and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n2. No trustee or examiner has yet been appointed in the Debtor's bankruptcy case, although on March 19, 2022, the United States Trustee (\"UST\") filed a Motion for Order Directing Appointment of an Examiner, or in the alternative, Motion for Order Directing the Appointment of a Chapter 11 Trustee (the \"Examiner/Trustee Motion\").\n\n3. Following a hearing held on April 27, 2022, the hearing on the Examiner/Trustee Motion was continued to May 25, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., the same date and time as an evidentiary hearing that has been scheduled on Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.'s (\"PAX\") Motion to Dismiss Chapter 11 Case or, in the Alternative, Partial Joinder to United States Trustee's Motion for an Order Directing the Appointment of a Chapter 11 Trustee. (the \"Dismissal Motion\"). According to the UST's Amended Proposed Order at n. 1 (ECF No. 116), the Debtor has agreed to the Court's directing the UST to appoint an examiner in this case.\n\n4. On March 21, 2022, the Committee was officially appointed by the United States Trustee. The members of the Committee are Rui Ma, Ning Ye and Samuel Dan Nunberg. The Committee has selected Pullman & Comley, LLC to serve as its lead counsel in this case, whose retention was approved by order entered on April 29, 2022.\n\n5. On May 3, 2022, the Committee selected Gregory A. Coleman of Coleman Worldwide Advisors (\"Mr. Coleman\") as its fraud investigation consultant and Dundon Advisers as its financial advisor.\n\n6. Among the first motions to have been filed by the Debtor was a 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 (the \"DIP Motion\"), filed on March 22, 2022. It seeks to provide up to \\$8 million in postpetition financing to fund, *inter alia*, professionals retained by the Committee to properly investigate the Debtor's assets and financial affairs, including assets that may reside with or that are recoverable from entities that are claimed to be owned by the Debtor's son and daughter, as well as other concealed assets or interests.\n\n7. Another significant asset owned by the Debtor, but which he maintains is held in trust for his Son, is his interest in the Sherry-Netherland apartment located at 781 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, which the Debtor purchased in March 2015 for \\$67.5 million through Genever Holdings LLC (\"Genever NY\") (the \"Sherry-Netherland Apartment\") (*See* PAX Motion, ECF No. 57, n. 36 and materials cited therein, and Declaration of Mr. Ho Wan Kwok in Support of the Chapter 11 Case and Certain Motions, ECF No. 107 (Kwok Dec.\") ¶17).\n\n8. Various objections were filed to the DIP Motion, all of which, along with the DIP Motion, were the subject of an evidentiary hearing on April 27, 2022. At the conclusion of the evidentiary hearing, the Court directed the parties to attempt to work out an interim order which contains a budget and deletes various findings that were included in the proposed interim order that the Court found were inappropriate to be made and/or could not be supported at this stage of\n\nthe proceedings. A status conference has been scheduled to consider a revised Interim DIP Order on May 4 at 2 p.m.\n\n9. On April 10, 2022, the Debtor filed a Proposed Plan of Reorganization (the \"Plan\"), but without a disclosure statement in contravention of Fed. R. Bankr. P. 3016(b) and without consulting with the Committee, as is contemplated by section 1103(c)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Committee opposes the Plan filed by the Debtor for, among other reasons, (i) its purported \"contribution\" of the Lady May by its titleholder in exchange for consensual releases of the purported plan funders, Golden Spring (New York) Ltd. and HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC (owned and controlled by the Debtor's son and daughter, respectively) (the \"Plan Funders\"), when the Debtor has already been found to have *the* beneficial ownership in the boat; (ii) its failure to account for significant other assets which the Committee believes a proper and thorough investigation will show belong to the Debtor; and (iii) its release of, and extinguishment of claims and causes of action against, the Plan Funders *and their affiliates*, by virtue of Art. IX.B. of the Plan and the Plan's exclusion from \"Creditor Trust Estate Assets\" of any and all \"Released Claims\" (which include all claims or causes of action against the Plan Funders and their affiliates).\n\n10. Prior to the Petition Date, in connection with proceedings held on February 2, 2022 in New York Supreme Court relating to the Debtor's violations of court orders restraining the movement of the yacht known as the \"Lady May,\" which led to \\$134 million in contempt fines imposed for such violations, a February 9, 2022 Decision of Judge Barry R. Ostrager found, *inter alia*, that: (i) the Debtor had engaged in \"efforts to avoid and deceive his creditors by parking his substantial personal assets with a series of corporations, trusted confidants, and family members\"; and (ii) the Debtor had \"secreted his assets in a maze of corporate entities and with family members\" (PAX Motion, ECF No. 57, Ex. B, Declaration of Peter Friedman, ¶2, Ex. 1).\n\n11. Notwithstanding Judge Ostrager's findings, the Debtor continues to maintain in this case that he has only \\$3900 in assets and that it his \"family\" that holds all the wealth, including his son's two companies, Golden Spring (New York), Ltd. and Lamp Capital, LLC, and his daughter's company, HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC, which was able to raise \\$37 million almost instantaneously to post with an escrow agent to ensure the return of the Lady May to this jurisdiction (ECF No. 299). And, as mentioned, the Debtor claims he holds his interest in the Sherry-Netherlands Hotel in trust for his son. These \"family\" assets, and likely others, are of significant interest to the Committee in determining what assets should be included as property of this estate and available to pay creditors.\n\n### **JURISDICTION AND VENUE**\n\n11. This Court has jurisdiction over this Application pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 and 1334. Venue is proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and 1409. The statutory predicates for the relief sought herein are 11 U.S.C. §§ 328 and 1103, Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2014, and D. Conn. LBR 2014-1.\n\n#### **RELIEF REQUESTED AND REASONS THEREFOR**\n\n12. By this Application, the Committee seeks entry of an Order authorizing and approving the retention and employment of Coleman to perform services in connection with this chapter 11 case.\n\n13. By separate application, the Committee is seeking to retain Dundon as its financial advisor. There will be no duplication of services or effort as between Dundon and\n\nColeman, who will coordinate with one another and work collaboratively in rendering services to the Committee.\n\n14. Section 1103(a) of the Bankruptcy Code empowers a committee to employ \"one or more attorneys, accountants, or other agents to represent or perform services for [the] committee.\" Correspondingly, section 328(a) of the Bankruptcy Code empowers a committee appointed under 11 U.S.C. § 1102, with the Court's approval, to employ professionals under 11 U.S.C. § 1103 on any reasonable terms and conditions of employment, including on a retainer, on an hourly basis, or on a contingent fee basis, to perform services for such committee.\n\n15 In light of the scope and scale of the investigation that must be undertaken into the Debtor's interest in so-called family assets and assets that are believed to be concealed, the Committee has selected Mr. Coleman to provide fraud investigation consulting and expert witness services. Mr. Coleman has extensive experience conducting complex investigations of the perpetrators of asset fraud, money laundering, check kiting, wire fraud, and other financial schemes. As such, his services will be vital to the Committee's efforts in this chapter 11 case going forward.\n\n16. Mr. Coleman is a former FBI agent best known as the case agent responsible for the investigation that led to the prosecution of Jordan Belfort, the Wolf of Wall Street. Mr. Coleman has over two decades of experience investigating financial crimes, money laundering, and fraudulent financial conduct and several years of experience in the seizure and forfeiture of criminally derived assets for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He is an expert in suspicious activity reporting and tracing proceeds of crime through financial institutions. A curriculum vitae for Mr. Coleman is attached hereto as **Exhibit C.**\n\n17. The professional services that Mr. Coleman will provide to the Committee include, but are not limited to:\n\na. investigating the location and sources of assets or property interests in which the Debtor may have an interest;\n\nb. tracing of assets putatively held or owned by others to the Debtor;\n\nc. assisting Committee counsel in utilizing the investigatory tools available under the Bankruptcy Code and Rules and in identifying and pursuing potential recoveries of assets for the benefit of the estate and its creditors;\n\nd. coordinating and working together with the Committee's financial advisor in a manner that will avoid duplication of effort and provide symbiotic services to the Committee;\n\ne. if necessary, participating as a witness in hearings before the bankruptcy court with respect to matters upon which Coleman has provided services; and\n\nf. other activities as are approved by the Committee, the Committee's counsel, and as agreed to by Coleman.\n\n18. Subject to the Court's approval and pursuant to §§ 330 and 331 of the Bankruptcy\n\nCode, the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, the Local Bankruptcy Rules for the District of Connecticut (the \"Local Rules\") and the rules and other procedures which this Court may fix, the Committee requests that Mr. Coleman be compensated on an hourly basis, plus reimbursement of his actual and necessary expenses incurred, in connection with representing the Committee in this chapter 11 case. The Committee has been advised that Mr. Coleman's compensation shall be in accordance with the ordinary and customary rates which are in effect on the date the services are rendered or the expenses are incurred.\n\n19. Mr. Coleman's standard hourly rate is \\$500 and other personnel he may use for this engagement do not exceed that rate.\n\n20. The hourly rate set forth above is subject to periodic adjustments to reflect economic and other conditions, and the Committee has been advised of that fact. Mr. Coleman commits to providing ten (10) days' notice to the Debtor, the Committee, and the U.S. Trustee before implementing any increases in his rate.\n\n21. Based upon the Coleman Declaration, filed contemporaneously herewith, the Committee is satisfied that (i) Mr. Coleman represents no interest adverse to the Committee, the Debtor, his estate, or any other party in interest in the matters upon which he is to be engaged and that his employment is in the best interest of the estate, (ii) has no connection with the U.S. Trustee or any other person employed in the office of the U.S. Trustee, and (iii) Mr. Coleman has not been paid any retainer against which to bill fees and expenses. To the best of the Committee's knowledge, Mr, Coleman has no connection with creditors or any other party in interest except as otherwise noted in the Coleman Declaration.\n\n22. No prior application for the relief requested herein has been made to this Court.\n\n**WHEREFORE**, the Committee respectfully requests that an order be entered authorizing it to retain and employ Mr. Coleman as its fraud investigation consultant in the above-captioned case, effective as of May 3, 2022, and granting such other and further relief as may be deemed just and proper.\n\nDated: May 4, 2022\n\n## Respectfully submitted, **THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS OF HO WAN KWOK, BY ITS CHAIRMAN,**\n\nBy: */s/Samuel Nunberg*\n\nSamuel Dan Nunberg, not in his individual capacity but solely in his capacity as Chairperson of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国康涅狄格区破产法院布里奇波特分院）\n\n关于：第11章\nHo Wan Kwok（郭文贵），：案件编号：22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。1 ：\n____________________________________________________:\n\n____________________________________________________\n无担保债权人官方委员会根据《美国法典》第 11 编第 328(a) 条及第 1103(a) 条请求作出裁定以授权并批准聘请及留任 Coleman Worldwide Advisors LLC 的 Gregory A. Coleman 担任欺诈调查顾问（自 2022 年 5 月 3 日起生效）的申请书\n\n根据《美国法典》第 11 编第 328(a) 条及第 1103(a) 条、《联邦破产程序规则》第 2014(a) 条以及《康涅狄格区破产法院本地规则》第 2014-1 条，上述被指名债务人兼占有中债务人 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（以下简称“债务人”）的 Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors（无担保债权人官方委员会，以下简称“委员会”）提交本申请书，请求作出裁定以授权并批准聘请 Coleman Worldwide Advisors LLC 的 Gregory A. Coleman（自 2022 年 5 月 3 日起生效）（以下简称“本申请”）。\n\n为支持本申请，委员会依据并援引以下文件：（i）随附于此作为附件 A 的《Gregory A. Coleman 支持无担保债权人官方委员会请求作出授权并批准聘请及留任 Coleman Worldwide Advisors 的 Gregory A. Coleman 担任欺诈调查员的裁定的申请书之声明》（以下简称“《Coleman 声明》”），以及（ii）随附于此作为附件 B 的《Samuel Nunberg 仅以其作为委员会主席的身份而非个人身份支持\n\n1 债务人以下列姓名为人所知：Guo Wengui（郭文贵）；Miles Guo；Miles Kwok；以及 Ho Wan Kwok。\n\n无担保债权人官方委员会请求作出授权聘请及留任 Coleman Worldwide Advisors 的 Gregory A. Coleman 担任欺诈调查员的裁定的申请书之声明》（以下简称“《Nunberg 声明》”）。为进一步支持本申请，委员会谨陈述如下：\n\n1. 2022 年 2 月 15 日（以下简称“申请日”），债务人根据《美国法典》第 11 编（以下简称“《破产法典》”）第 11 章提交了自愿救济申请书。自那时起，根据《破产法典》第 1107 条及第 1108 条，债务人一直保持占有中债务人身份。\n\n2. 债务人的破产案件中尚未指定破产受托人或调查员，但 United States Trustee（美国破产受托人，以下简称“UST”）已于 2022 年 3 月 19 日提交了《请求作出指定调查员命令的动议，或在备选情况下，请求作出指定第 11 章破产受托人命令的动议》（以下简称“《调查员/破产受托人动议》”）。\n\n3. 继 2022 年 4 月 27 日举行的听证会后，《调查员/破产受托人动议》的听证会延期至 2022 年 5 月 25 日上午 10:00 举行，该时间与针对 Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.（以下简称“PAX”）提交的《驳回第 11 章案件的动议，或在备选情况下，对美国破产受托人请求作出指定第 11 章破产受托人命令的动议的部分加入》（以下简称“《驳回动议》”）所安排的证据听证会的日期和时间相同。根据 UST 经修改的拟议裁定第 1 条脚注（ECF No. 116），债务人已同意法院指示 UST 在本案中指定一名调查员。\n\n4. 2022 年 3 月 21 日，委员会由美国破产受托人正式指定成立。委员会成员为 Rui Ma（马锐）、Ning Ye（叶宁）及 Samuel Dan Nunberg。委员会已选定 Pullman & Comley, LLC 担任其在本案中的首席法律顾问，该留任已于 2022 年 4 月 29 日由法院签发裁定批准。\n\n5. 2022 年 5 月 3 日，委员会选定 Coleman Worldwide Advisors 的 Gregory A. Coleman（以下简称“Coleman 先生”）作为其欺诈调查顾问，并选定 Dundon Advisers 作为其财务顾问。\n\n6. 债务人最早提交的动议之一是于 2022 年 3 月 22 日提交的《请求作出（I）授权债务人获得无担保、次级申请后融资，及（II）安排临时与最终听证会，以及（III）准予相关救济的临时与最终 DIP 裁定的动议》（以下简称“《DIP 动议》”）。该动议寻求提供高达 $8 million 的申请后融资，以用于资助（其中包括）由委员会留任的专业人员，以对债务人的资产和财务事务进行适当调查，包括可能由声称由债务人之子及之女所有的实体所持有或可从这些实体追回的资产，以及其他隐匿的资产或权益。\n\n7. 债务人所拥有的另一项重大资产（但他主张该资产是为其子信托持有）是其在位于 781 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 的雪梨荷兰公寓（Sherry-Netherland apartment）中的权益，该公寓是债务人于 2015 年 3 月通过 Genever Holdings LLC（以下简称“Genever NY”）以 $67.5 million 购买的（以下简称“雪梨荷兰公寓”）（见 PAX 动议，ECF No. 57 第 36 条脚注及其中引用的材料，以及《Ho Wan Kwok 先生支持第 11 章案件及若干动议的声明》，ECF No. 107（“《郭氏声明》”）第 17 段）。\n\n8. 针对《DIP 动议》提出了多项异议，所有这些异议连同《DIP 动议》本身均在 2022 年 4 月 27 日的证据听证会上进行了审理。在证据听证会结束时，法院指示各方尝试拟定一份包含预算的临时裁定，并删除拟议临时裁定中所包含的各项法院认定为不宜作出和/或在当前阶段无法获得支持的认定结论。\n\n已安排于 5 月 4 日下午 2 时举行案件进展会议，以审议经修改的临时 DIP 裁定。\n\n9. 2022 年 4 月 10 日，债务人提交了一份《拟议重整计划》（以下简称“《计划》”），但未附带披露声明，违反了《联邦破产程序规则》第 3016(b) 条，且未与委员会协商，违反了《破产法典》第 1103(c)(3) 条的预期。委员会反对债务人提交的《计划》，原因包括但不限于：(i) 声称由“Lady May（梅号）”游艇的所有权人“出资贡献”该游艇，以换取对声称的计划出资人 Golden Spring (New York) Ltd. 和 HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC（分别由债务人之子及之女所有并控制）（以下简称“计划出资人”）的合意免责，而债务人已被认定对该船只享有实际所有权；(ii) 未能说明其他重大资产的情况，而委员会认为适当且彻底的调查将表明这些资产属于债务人；以及 (iii) 凭借《计划》第九条 B 项以及《计划》将任何及所有“被免责主张”（包括针对计划出资人及其关联方的所有主张或诉由）从“债权人信托财产资产”中排除，从而免除并消灭了针对计划出资人及其关联方的主张和诉由。\n\n10. 在申请日之前，针对 2022 年 2 月 2 日在 New York Supreme Court（纽约州最高法院）举行的与债务人违反限制名为“Lady May”游艇移动的法院命令相关的诉讼程序，由于此类违规行为导致了被处以 $134 million 的藐视法庭罚款，Barry R. Ostrager 法官于 2022 年 2 月 9 日作出的裁决认定（其中包括）：(i) 债务人曾“通过将巨额个人资产存放于一系列公司、受信赖的亲信和家庭成员处，企图逃避和欺骗其债权人”；以及 (ii) 债务人已“将自身资产隐匿于复杂的公司实体迷宫及家庭成员之中”（PAX 动议，ECF No. 57，附件 B，Peter Friedman 声明第 2 段，附件 1）。\n\n11. 尽管有 Ostrager 法官的认定，债务人在本案中仍坚称自己仅拥有 $3900 的资产，所有财富均由其“家庭”持有，包括其子名下的两家公司 Golden Spring (New York), Ltd. 和 Lamp Capital, LLC，以及其女名下的公司 HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC，该公司能够几乎瞬间筹集 $37 million 存入托管代理人处，以确保“Lady May”号返回本管辖区（ECF No. 299）。而且，如前所述，债务人声称其持有的雪梨荷兰酒店权益是为其子信托持有。这些“家庭”资产以及可能存在的其他资产，对于委员会确定哪些资产应被计入本破产财产并可用于向债权人清偿而言，具有重大意义。\n管辖权与审判地\n\n11. 根据《美国法典》第 28 编第 157 条及第 1334 条，本法院对本申请具有管辖权。根据《美国法典》第 28 编第 1408 条及第 1409 条，审判地正当。本申请所寻求救济的法定依据为《美国法典》第 11 编第 328 条及第 1103 条、《联邦破产程序规则》第 2014 条以及《康涅狄格区破产法院本地规则》第 2014-1 条。\n请求之救济及理由\n\n12. 通过本申请，委员会请求作出裁定以授权并批准留任及聘请 Coleman 提供与本第 11 章案件相关的服务。\n\n13. 通过单独的申请，委员会正寻求留任 Dundon 担任其财务顾问。在 Dundon 与\n\nColeman 之间不会产生服务或工作的重叠，两者在向委员会提供服务时将相互协调并协同工作。\n\n14. 《破产法典》第 1103(a) 条授权委员会聘请“一名或多名律师、会计师或其他代理人代表委员会或为委员会提供服务”。相应地，《破产法典》第 328(a) 条授权根据《美国法典》第 11 编第 1102 条指定的委员会在经法院批准的情况下，按任何合理的聘用条款和条件（包括按聘用定金、按小时计费或按风险代理收费）聘请《美国法典》第 11 编第 1103 条项下的专业人员为该委员会提供服务。\n\n15 鉴于必须对债务人在所谓家庭资产及据信被隐匿资产中所享有的权益展开调查的范围和规模，委员会已选定 Coleman 先生提供欺诈调查咨询及专家证人服务。Coleman 先生在对资产欺诈、洗钱、空头支票欺诈、电汇欺诈及其他金融犯罪的实施者进行复杂调查方面拥有丰富经验。因此，他的服务对于委员会今后在本第 11 章案件中的工作将是至关重要的。\n\n16. Coleman 先生曾任 FBI（联邦调查局）特别探员，最著名的身份是负责主导调查并促成起诉 Jordan Belfort（乔丹·贝尔福特，即华尔街之狼）的专案探员。Coleman 先生拥有超过二十年调查金融犯罪、洗钱和欺诈性金融行为的经验，并在联邦调查局拥有数年扣押和没收犯罪所得资产的经验。他是可疑交易报告及追踪流经金融机构的犯罪所得方面的专家。Coleman 先生的个人简历随附于此作为附件 C。\n\n17. Coleman 先生向委员会提供的专业服务包括但不限于：\n\na. 调查债务人可能享有权益的资产或财产权益的所在地及来源；\n\nb. 追查推定由他人持有或所有的属于债务人的资产；\n\nc. 协助委员会法律顾问利用《破产法典》和《破产规则》项下可用的调查手段，并识别和寻求为破产财产及其债权人的利益可能追回的资产；\n\nd. 以避免重复劳动并向委员会提供协同增效服务的方式，与委员会的财务顾问进行协调与合作；\n\ne. 如有必要，就 Coleman 已提供服务的事项作为证人出席破产法院的听证会；以及\n\nf. 经委员会、委员会法律顾问批准且 Coleman 同意的其他工作。\n\n18. 在获得法院批准的前提下，并依据《破产法》（Bankruptcy Code）第 330 条和第 331 条、《联邦破产诉讼程序规则》（Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure）、《康涅狄格区破产法院本地规则》（Local Bankruptcy Rules for the District of Connecticut，简称“《本地规则》”）以及本法院可能确定的规则和其他程序，委员会请求按小时费率向 Coleman（科尔曼）先生支付报酬，并报销其在代理委员会参与本起第 11 章案件中所发生的实际且必要的费用。委员会已被告知，科尔曼先生的报酬应遵循提供服务或发生费用之日有效的常规和惯常费率。\n\n19. 科尔曼先生的标准小时费率为 $500，其在该聘任事项中可能使用的其他人员的费率均不超过该标准。\n\n20. 上述小时费率可根据经济及其他状况进行定期调整，委员会已被告知该情况。科尔曼先生承诺，在实施任何费率上调之前，将提前十（10）天通知债务人、委员会以及美国受托人（U.S. Trustee）。\n\n21. 根据与本申请同时提交的《科尔曼声明》（Coleman Declaration），委员会确信：(i) 在受聘处理的事项上，科尔曼先生不代表任何与委员会、债务人、其破产财团或任何其他利害关系方相冲突的利益，且聘用他符合破产财团的最佳利益；(ii) 与美国受托人或美国受托人办公室雇用的任何其他人员均无任何关联；以及 (iii) 科尔曼先生尚未收到任何可用于抵扣费用和开支的预付聘金（retainer）。据委员会所知，除《科尔曼声明》中另有说明外，科尔曼先生与债权人或任何其他利害关系方均无关联。\n\n22. 委员会此前未向本法院就本申请所请求的救济提出过任何申请。\n\n综上所述，委员会谨请求法院作出一项命令，授权其在上述标题所示案件中聘用科尔曼先生作为其欺诈调查顾问，自 2022年5月3日 起生效，并给予法院认为公正和适当的其他及进一步的救济。\n\n日期：2022年5月4日\n谨此提交，Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）无担保债权人官方委员会，由其主席代表：\n\n签署人：/s/ Samuel Nunberg\n\nSamuel Dan Nunberg（塞缪尔·丹·农伯格），非以个人身份，而仅以无担保债权人官方委员会主席的身份签署","key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Je","Guo","Miles Guo","CIPA","forfeiture"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":57,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":107,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":116,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":299,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":2325,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 13:11:56"}