{"id":"court_ctb_3423_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":3423,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"UNKNOWN","filed_date":null,"title":"B1040 (FORM 1040) (12/15) | ADVERSARY PROCEEDING COVER SHEET
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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 |\n|--------------------------------|\n| DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT |\n| BRIDGEPORT DIVISION |\n\n:\n\n| ----------------------------------------------------------- | x |\n|-------------------------------------------------------------|---|\n\nIn re:\n\nHO WAN KWOK, *et al*., 1\n\nCase No. 22-50073 (JAM)\n\nDebtors.\n\n(Jointly Administered)\n\nChapter 11\n\n| ----------------------------------------------------------- | | |\n|-------------------------------------------------------------|--|--|\n| | | |\n\nLUC A. DESPINS, CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE,\n\nPlaintiff,\n\nAdv. Proceeding No. [ ]\n\nv.\n\nAugust 15, 2024\n\nCYBERAPT RECRUITMENT LTD,\n\nDefendant.\n\n-----------------------------------------------------------\n\n# **COMPLAINT OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE SEEKING AVOIDANCE AND RECOVERY OF FRAUDULENT TRANSFERS AND RELATED RELIEF PURSUANT TO BANKRUPTCY CODE SECTIONS 544, 548, 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 CyberApt Recruitment Ltd (the \"Defendant\"), stating as follows:\n\n### **NATURE OF ACTION**\n\n1. The Trustee commences this adversary proceeding to avoid and recover the transfer of the Debtor's property prior to the commencement of this Chapter 11 Case.\n\n2. The Debtor, through his alter-ego shell company Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd (\"Hamilton Capital\"), transferred funds in the amount of \\$376,250.45 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 effectuated them as part of his \"shell game,\" and they were made with the intent to hinder, delay, and/or defraud the Debtor's creditors.\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 sections 544, 548 and 550 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the \"Bankruptcy Code\") and New York Debtor & Creditor Law sections 273, 274, and 276 2 or any other applicable state law equivalents.\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 section 273, 273a, 275, 276, and 278.\n\n### **THE PARTIES**\n\n7. The Trustee is the chapter 11 trustee in the Chapter 11 Case pursuant to the Bankruptcy Court's order entered on July 8, 2022 [Case No. 22-50073 (the \"Main Case\") Docket No. 523].\n\n8. The Defendant is a United Kingdom private limited company with an address located at 128 City Road, London, England, EC1V 2NX.\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 United States Code (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 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.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 Hamilton Capital.\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.\n\n3 Schedule of Assets and Liabilities, at 1 [Main Case Docket No. 78].\n\nDespins 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\n13. Hamilton Capital is among the numerous alter-ego 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.\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.5\n\n4 On February 15, 2024, the Trustee commenced an adversary proceeding against, among others, Hamilton Capital (*see Despins v. ACA Capital Group Ltd.,* et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 24-05249] (the \"Omnibus A.P.\")), which adversary proceeding seeks, among other things, a declaratory judgment that this entity was the alter ego of the Debtor. The Trustee incorporates by reference herein the Trustee's Complaint filed in the Omnibus A.P. (Adv. Proc. No. 24- 0249, Docket No. 1).\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]; (vii) *Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. Lamp Capital LLC*, et al. [Adv. Proc. 23-05023]; and (viii) *Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. ACA Capital Group Ltd.*, et al. [Adv. Proc. 24-05249].\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\n### **C. Debtor's Conduct to Hinder, Delay, and/or Defraud Creditors**\n\n16. 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\n17. 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 Debtor,7 led by the Debtor8 and/or served \"the purposes of… and as business vehicles of\" the Debtor.9\n\n18. 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 the Debtor's chefs before its transfer to Debtor's daughter, was \"in essence, a shell corporation\" for the Debtor.10\n\n19. 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\n20. The Debtor also used his alter egos, including Hamilton Capital, as personal piggybanks, 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\n21. 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\n22. In March 2023, the Debtor was arrested by federal authorities and held without bail. On July 16, 2024, following a trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the Debtor was convicted of nine felony counts, *i.e.*, racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire fraud in connection with the Farm Loan Program, securities fraud in connection with the Farm Loan Program, wire fraud in connection with G|CLUBS, securities fraud in connection with G|CLUBS, and wire fraud in connection with the Himalaya Exchange.\n\n23. In its criminal indictment of the Debtor, the United States Government asserted 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\n24. The property of the Debtor's alter egos, including Hamilton Capital, was at all times prior to the Petition Date property of the Debtor.\n\n25. At all times relevant herein, the Debtor conducted business in New York, New York, including direction of the Transfers (as defined herein).\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\n### **D. Transfers Made with Intent to Hinder, Delay, or Defraud Creditors**\n\n26. 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 made through the Debtor's alter-ego shell companies operated as a part of the Debtor's shell game.\n\n27. 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\n28. 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 has been convicted of 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. 395] (July 18, 2024 S.D.N.Y.).\n\n29. 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 victims of his frauds. These transfers were thus necessarily made with the intent to hinder, delay, and/or defraud the Debtor's creditors.\n\n### **E. Tolling of Avoidance Claims**\n\n30. On February 15, 2024, the Court entered its *Memorandum of Decision and Order Granting in Part Motion to Extend Deadlines* [Main Case Docket No. 2921] (the \"Tolling Order\"), in which the Court, pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9006(b), extended the time limitations set forth\n\n8\n\nin Sections 108, 546, and 549 of the Bankruptcy Code for the Trustee to commence avoidance actions through and including August 15, 2024.\n\n31. In the Tolling Order, the Court found that since the Petition Date, the Debtor has, among other things, filed incomplete or inaccurate schedules and statements of financial affairs, failed to provide books and records to the Trustee, and otherwise failed to cooperate with the Trustee, all in flagrant disregard for his obligations as a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code. (Tolling Order at p. 14.).\n\n32. The Debtor's family members and other individuals and entities associated with him have likewise obstructed the Trustee's investigation, as evidenced by the Court's entry of \"at least eight orders holding the … Debtor, his daughter, [Mei] Guo, and entities allegedly controlled by the … Debtor in contempt for failure to turn over assets and discovery abuse.\" (*Id.* at p. 15.). The Court found the \"noncompliance with this Court's orders in these jointly administered chapter 11 cases, is extraordinary\" (*id.*), and that, in the face of such obstruction, the Trustee's investigation has been \"more than reasonably diligent.\" (*id.* at p. 17). Since the entry of the Tolling Order, the Trustee has filed over 280 adversary proceedings. (*See* Main Docket, generally).\n\n33. On August 14, 2024, the Court entered its *Order Granting Second Motion for Extension of Deadline for Trustee to File Avoidance Actions* [Main Case Docket No. 3417] (the \"Second Tolling Order\"), further extending the time limitations set forth in Sections 108, 546, and 549 of the Bankruptcy Code for the Trustee to commence avoidance actions through February 15, 2025, and noting the continued obstacles to the Trustee's investigation and the Trustee's diligence in conducting same (Second Tolling Order at pp. 2-3).\n\n34. The Trustee has acted diligently in investigating and pursuing the claims asserted in this Complaint.\n\n9\n\n35. In light of, among other things, the extraordinary obstruction that the Trustee has faced in conducting his diligent investigation, the balance of the equities strongly favors equitable tolling of any statutes of limitations applicable to the claims asserted herein.\n\n### **F. Transfers to the Defendant**\n\n36. Prior to the Petition Date, the Debtor, using his alter ego shell company Hamilton Capital, or otherwise, transferred the Debtor's property to the Defendant (the \"Transfers\"), including, without limitation, as follows:\n\nSee **SCHEDULE A** attached hereto and made a part hereof.\n\n37. At the time of the 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 Transfers were made by the Debtor through his alter ego, Hamilton Capital, 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 effectuating the\n\nTransfers is shown by, among other things:\n\n- a. The Transfers were effectuated using an alter-ego shell company;\n- b. The Transfers were concealed from the Debtor's creditors;\n\nc. The Transfers were effectuated 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 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 and/or by causing valuable assets to be placed in the hands of the Debtor's family members;\n\ne. The 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 Transfers, the Debtor was being sued, including by PAX in the PAX Case; and\n\ng. At the time of the Transfers, the Debtor was insolvent or undercapitalized.\n\n42. The 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 Transfers were made by the Debtor, through his alter ego company, Hamilton Capital, 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 effectuating the\n\nTransfers is shown by, among other things:\n\n- a. The Transfers were effectuated using an alter-ego shell company;\n- b. The Transfers were concealed from the Debtor's creditors;\n\nc. The Transfers were effectuated 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 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 and/or by causing valuable assets to be placed in the hands of the Debtor's family members;\n\ne. The 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 Transfers, the Debtor was being sued, including by PAX in the PAX Case; and\n\ng. At the time of the Transfers, the Debtor was insolvent or undercapitalized.\n\n46. The 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*[Remainder of This Page Intentionally Left Blank]*\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, (a) an order declaring that the Transfers in an amount not less than \\$376,250.45 are avoided pursuant to section 548(a)(1)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) an order directing that the Transfers be set aside; and (c) recovery of the Transfers, or the value thereof at the Trustee's option, from the Defendant for the benefit of the Debtor's estate pursuant to section 550(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code;\n\n2. On the Second Claim, (a) an order declaring that the Transfers in an amount not less than \\$376,250.45 are avoided pursuant to section 544(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law sections 273(a)(2), 274 and 276 and, with respect to transfers prior to April 4, 2020, N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law sections 273, 273a, 275, 276 and 278; (b) an order directing that the Transfer be set aside; and (c) recovery of the Transfers, or the value thereof at the Trustee's option, from the Defendant for the benefit of the Debtor's estate pursuant to N.Y. Debt & Cred. Law section 276 and section 550(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code;\n\n3. 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\n4. 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: August 15, 2024 New Haven, CT LUC A. DESPINS CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE\n\nBy: */s/ Kari A. Mitchell* Kari A. Mitchell (ct31578) 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 kmitchell@npmlaw.com dskalka@npmlaw.com plinsey@npmlaw.com *Counsel for the Chapter 11 Trustee*\n\n| ID # | Account Holder | Date | Amount |\n|------|----------------------------------------------|------------|--------------------|\n| 1 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 12/21/2020 | \\$
(16,948.65) |\n| 2 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 12/21/2020 | (12,106.18) |\n| 3 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 1/8/2021 | (3,223.28) |\n| 4 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 1/8/2021 | (2,441.88) |\n| 5 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 1/21/2021 | (24,718.28) |\n| 6 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 3/11/2021 | (26,435.45) |\n| 7 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 3/11/2021 | (13,847.14) |\n| 8 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 3/11/2021 | (3,323.31) |\n| 9 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 3/15/2021 | (7,503.96) |\n| 10 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 3/30/2021 | (17,312.51) |\n| 11 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 3/30/2021 | (10,387.51) |\n| 12 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 4/7/2021 | (3,263.34) |\n| 13 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 4/21/2021 | (9,276.16) |\n| 14 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 5/7/2021 | (1,007.14) |\n| 15 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 5/14/2021 | (25,128.14) |\n| 16 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 6/2/2021 | (18,364.53) |\n| 17 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 6/14/2021 | (9,904.53) |\n| 18 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 6/14/2021 | (9,904.53) |\n| 19 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 6/14/2021 | (9,650.56) |\n| 20 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 6/23/2021 | (9,553.12) |\n| 21 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 7/5/2021 | (17,708.34) |\n| 22 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 7/12/2021 | (9,997.38) |\n| 23 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 7/12/2021 | (1,924.50) |\n| 24 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 7/12/2021 | (916.43) |\n| 25 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 7/14/2021 | (16,713.59) |\n| 26 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 7/14/2021 | (9,728.81) |\n| 27 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 7/16/2021 | (39,643.20) |\n| 28 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 7/16/2021 | (14,866.20) |\n| 29 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 9/14/2021 | (23,604.70) |\n| 30 | Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd | 1/7/2022 | (6,847.11) |\n| | Total - Payments to CyberApt Recruitment Ltd | | \\$
(376,250.45) |\n\n# **SCHEDULE A**","body_zh":"B1040（FORM 1040）（12/15）\n\n对抗性诉讼封面表\n（背面说明）　对抗性诉讼编号\n（仅供法院使用）\n\n原告　被告\n律师（律师事务所名称、地址及电话号码）　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/破产管理人\n□ 债权人\n□ 其他\n□ 受托人\n诉因\n（简要陈述诉因，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) – 追索金钱/财产\n□\n11-追索金钱/财产 - §542 财产交付\n□\n12-追索金钱/财产 - §547 优先受偿\n□\n13-追索金钱/财产 - §548 欺诈性转让\n□\n14-追索金钱/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)，故意和恶意损害\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\nFRBP 7001(3) – 批准出售财产\n□\n31-批准出售破产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 – 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) 确认判决\n□\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)，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-对被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　□ 如主张本案为根据 FRCP 23 提起的集体诉讼，请勾选\n□ 如起诉状要求陪审团审判，请勾选\n请求的其他救济　请求金额 \\$\n\nB1040（FORM 1040）（12/15）\n\n本对抗性诉讼所由发生的破产案件\n\n债务人姓名　破产案件编号\n案件审理地区　分院办公室　法官姓名\n相关对抗性诉讼（如有）\n原告　被告　对抗性\n诉讼编号\n对抗性诉讼审理地区　分院办公室　法官姓名\n律师（或原告）签名\n日期　律师（或原告）正楷姓名\n说明\n\n提交破产案件会在破产法院管辖下产生一项“破产财产”，其由债务人的全部财产构成，无论该等财产位于何处。由于破产财产范围广泛且法院管辖权广泛，可能就破产财产或其财产权利发生诉讼。也可能发生有关债务人免责的诉讼。此类诉讼如在破产法院提起，称为对抗性诉讼。\n\n提交对抗性诉讼的一方还必须填写并提交表格1040，即《对抗性诉讼封面表》，除非该方通过法院案件管理/电子案件提交系统（CM/ECF）以电子方式提交对抗性诉讼。（CM/ECF 在提交过程中采集表格1040中的信息。）完成后，该封面表概述对抗性诉讼的基本信息。法院书记员需要这些信息以处理对抗性诉讼并编制所需的法院活动统计报告。\n\n封面表及其所载信息不代替或补充法律、《破产程序规则》或法院地方法规所要求提交和送达的诉状或其他文件。该封面表大体上不言自明，必须由原告律师填写（如原告未由律师代理，则由原告填写）。每一份提交的起诉状均须向书记员另行提交一份封面表。\n\n原告和被告。请准确按照起诉状中所载的原告和被告姓名填写。\n\n律师。如已知，请填写律师的姓名和地址。\n\n当事人。在第一栏中为原告、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。本封面表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，必须由该事务所的一名成员签署。如原告自行诉讼，即未由律师代理，则必须由原告签署。\n\n美国破产法院\n\n康涅狄格州联邦地区\n布里奇波特分院\n\n：\n\n-----------------------------------------------------------　x\n\n关于：\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等人，1\n\n案件编号 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n债务人。\n\n（合并管理）\n\n第11章\n\nLUC A. DESPINS（卢克 A. 德斯平斯），第11章受托人，\n\n原告，\n\n对抗性诉讼编号 [ ]\n\n诉\n\nAugust 15, 2024\n\nCYBERAPT RECRUITMENT LTD（CyberApt 招聘有限公司），\n\n被告。\n\n第11章受托人依据《破产法典》第544、548及550条以及《纽约州债务人与债权人法》第273、274及276条寻求撤销及追回欺诈性转让和相关救济的起诉状\n\nLuc A. Despins（卢克 A. 德斯平斯）以其作为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（“债务人”或“Kwok”）第11章案件（“第11章案件”）中获任命的第11章受托人（“受托人”）的身份，提交本\n\n1 本第11章案件中的债务人为 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（Genever 控股有限责任公司）（税务识别号码后四位：8202）及 Genever Holdings Corporation（Genever 控股公司）。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 及 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，c/o Luc A. Despins，作为 Ho Wan Kwok 遗产的受托人（仅供通知及通信之用）。\n\n对抗性起诉状（“起诉状”），针对被告 CyberApt Recruitment Ltd（“被告”）提出如下陈述：\n诉讼性质\n\n1. 受托人提起本对抗性诉讼，以撤销并追回在本第11章案件开始前对债务人财产作出的转让。\n\n2. 债务人通过其另我空壳公司 Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd（汉密尔顿资本控股有限公司；“Hamilton Capital”），在申请日（定义见下文）前向作为初始受让人的被告转让了金额为 \\$376,250.45 的资金。\n\n3. 该等转让属于实际欺诈，因为债务人将其作为其“空壳游戏”的一部分予以实施，并且作出该等转让的意图是阻碍、拖延和/或欺诈债务人的债权人。\n管辖权和审判地\n\n4. 本法院根据 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b) 对本对抗性诉讼具有事项管辖权。\n\n5. 本对抗性诉讼已根据 28 U.S.C. § 157(a) 移送本法院。\n\n6. 本文所请求救济的法定依据包括《美国法典》第11编（“破产法典”）第544、548和550条，以及《纽约州债务人与债权人法》第273、274和276条 2 或任何其他适用的州法对应规定。\n\n2 下文中对《纽约州债务人与债权人法》的所有法条引用将称为“《纽约州债务人与债权人法》”。《纽约州统一可撤销交易法》（“NYUVT”）取代《纽约州统一欺诈性转让法》（“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 和《纽约州债务人与债权人法》第273、273a、275、276及278条寻求救济。\n当事人\n\n7. 受托人系第11章案件中的第11章受托人，依据破产法院于 July 8, 2022 作出的裁定 [Case No. 22-50073（“主案”）Docket No. 523]。\n\n8. 被告是一家英国私人有限公司，地址为 128 City Road, London, England, EC1V 2NX。\n事实\nA. 第11章案件\n\n9. 债务人于 February 15, 2022 在 United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut（美国康涅狄格州联邦破产法院）（“破产法院”）根据《美国法典》第11编（“破产法典”）第11章自愿提交救济申请（“申请日”），从而开始上述标题所列第11章案件（“第11章案件”）。\n\n10. 于 March 21, 2022，Office of the United States Trustee（美国受托人办公室）在本第11章案件中任命了无担保债权人正式委员会。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，并负有数亿美元的债务。3 虽然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 Capital）持有和/或转让的财产。\n\n12. 于 June 15, 2022，破产法院作出备忘录式裁定和命令 [主案 Docket No. 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.\n\n3 资产和负债清单，第1页 [主案 Docket No. 78]。\n\nDespins 担任受托人。于 July 8, 2022，破产法院作出裁定，批准任命 Luc A. Despins 为第11章案件的受托人 [主案 Docket No. 523]。\nB. 债务人对空壳公司的使用及受托人的对抗性诉讼\n\n13. Hamilton Capital 是债务人为阻碍、拖延和/或欺诈其债权人所使用的众多另我空壳公司之一。4 多年来，债务人一直策划一场“空壳游戏”，利用由家庭成员、亲信和/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、支出和/或转让数百万美元现金及其他资产。\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诉讼，以实现包括确认债务人的空壳公司系其另我和/或此类公司及其资产在衡平法上归债务人所有在内的目的；在若干该等对抗性诉讼中，破产法院已准予该等救济。5\n\n4 于 February 15, 2024，受托人针对包括 Hamilton Capital 在内的各方提起对抗性诉讼（见 Despins v. ACA Capital Group Ltd., et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 24-05249]（“综合对抗性诉讼”）），该对抗性诉讼除其他事项外，寻求确认判决，认定该实体为债务人的另我。受托人将受托人在综合对抗性诉讼中提交的起诉状（Adv. Proc. No. 24-0249, Docket No. 1）通过援引纳入本文。\n\n5 这些对抗程序包括如下案件：(i) Luc A. Despins（卢克·A. 德斯潘斯），第11章受托人，诉 HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC（HK国际基金投资（美国）有限公司）等 [对抗程序案号 22-05003]；(ii) Luc A. Despins，第11章受托人，诉 Greenwich Land LLC（格林尼治地产有限责任公司）等 [对抗程序案号 23-05005]；(iii) Luc A. Despins，第11章受托人，诉 Mei Guo（郭美）[对抗程序案号 23-05008]；(iv) Luc A. Despins，第11章受托人，诉 HCHK Technologies, Inc.（HCHK技术公司）等 [对抗程序案号 23-05013]；(v) Luc A. Despins，第11章受托人，诉 Taurus Fund LLC（Taurus基金有限责任公司）等 [对抗程序案号 23-05017]；(vi) Luc A. Despins，第11章受托人，诉 Golden Spring (New York) Limited（Golden Spring（纽约）有限公司）[对抗程序案号 23-05018]；(vii) Luc A. Despins，第11章受托人，诉 Lamp Capital LLC（Lamp Capital有限责任公司）等 [对抗程序案号 23-05023]；以及 (viii) Luc A. Despins，第11章受托人，诉 ACA Capital Group Ltd.（ACA资本集团有限公司）等 [对抗程序案号 24-05249]。\n\n15. 这些诉讼中的事实模式一贯涉及：(i) 由近亲和/或下属持有的、由债务人控制的空壳公司，(ii) 以其他由债务人控制实体的现金购得的资产和/或无对价转移至空壳实体及在空壳实体之间转移的资产，以及 (iii) 债务人从该等资产中受益，并对该等资产享有控制权和支配权。\n\nC. 债务人为阻碍、拖延和/或欺诈债权人而实施的行为\n\n16. 除受托人对抗程序中所处理的事项外，破产法院还认定，债务人为 Ace Decade Limited（Ace Decade有限公司）（并通过该公司为 Dawn State Limited（Dawn State有限公司））的受益所有人，且债务人控制并利用了 Ace Decade Limited 的名义股东 Yvette Wang（王雪）。6\n\n17. 破产法院还认定，“G Entities”（Gettr、G Fashion、G Music、GClubs、GNews 和 GEdu）、New Federal State of China（中国新联邦国）和 Rule of Law Foundation（法治基金会），以及其他声称独立的实体和组织，均受债务人控制，7 由债务人领导，8 和/或服务于债务人的“目的……并作为债务人的商业工具”。9\n\n18. 在申请日之前，United States District Court for the Southern District of New York（纽约南区美国联邦地区法院）的 Liman 法官认定，Eastern Profit Corporation Limited（东方利润有限公司）这一实体在转让给债务人的女儿之前原由债务人的一名厨师所有，“实质上是”债务人的一家空壳公司。10\n\n6 准许要求裁定债务人藐视公司治理命令之动议的命令，第¶¶ 1、4段（Jan. 24, 2023，案卷编号 1372（“公司治理藐视法庭命令”）。\n\n7 经更正的部分准许初步禁令动议之裁决备忘录，第¶ 3段（对抗程序案号 22-05032，January 13, 2023（“债务人还控制 Saraca Media Group（Saraca传媒集团）及相关实体‘GTV’。”）。\n\n8 同上，第¶ 7段（“债务人是 The Whistleblower Movement（爆料革命）、NFSC、ROLF 和 Himalaya（喜马拉雅）的领导人。”）。\n\n9 同上。（“The Whistleblower Movement、NFSC、ROLF、GSeries 和 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\n19. 债务人不遗余力地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”）对债务人提起诉讼，案卷索引号为 652077/2017（“PAX案件”），请求就所欠款项作出判决。February 3, 2021，PAX 获得纽约法院针对债务人的 $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，该游艇被债务人虚假声称为其女儿所有；以及债务人在曼哈顿的豪华公寓，该公寓被债务人虚假声称为以信托方式为债务人的儿子持有。债务人在判决后程序中抗拒纽约法院命令的行为，最终导致债务人被处以 $134 million 的藐视法庭罚款。\n\n20. 债务人还将其另我实体，包括 Hamilton Capital（Hamilton资本），用作个人储蓄罐，在向债权人隐匿该等另我实体中的资产并阻碍和拖延债权人就其债权获得清偿的同时，为其本人及其家人已经习惯的奢华生活方式提供资金。债务人通过该等另我实体实施的转让延续了债务人的欺诈计划。\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\n21. 债务人已在破产法院作证称，其资产不足以偿还其负债，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\n22. March 2023，债务人被联邦当局逮捕并被无保释羁押。July 16, 2024，在纽约南区美国联邦地区法院审判后，债务人被判九项重罪罪名成立，即敲诈勒索共谋、电信欺诈和银行欺诈共谋、洗钱共谋、证券欺诈共谋、与 Farm Loan Program（农场贷款计划）有关的电信欺诈、与 Farm Loan Program 有关的证券欺诈、与 G|CLUBS 有关的电信欺诈、与 G|CLUBS 有关的证券欺诈，以及与 Himalaya Exchange（喜马拉雅交易所）有关的电信欺诈。\n\n23. 美国政府在针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约 500 多个账户，清洗了超过 $1 billion 的欺诈所得。”13\n\n24. 债务人的另我实体的财产，包括 Hamilton Capital，在申请日之前的任何时候均为债务人的财产。\n\n25. 在与本案有关的所有期间，债务人在纽约州纽约市开展业务，包括指示该等转让（定义见下文）。\n\n11 关于债务人提出的准许临时及最终 DIP 命令之动议的听证会：(I) 授权债务人获得无担保、次级的申请后融资，及 (II) 安排临时和最终听证会，及 (III) 准予相关救济（主案，April 27, 2022）。\n\n12 见脚注3。\n\n13 见 United States of America（美利坚合众国）反对被告 Yanping Wang（王艳萍）审前释放动议的法律备忘录，第29页，该文件作为附件B附于第11章受托人对 G Club Operations LLC（G Club运营有限责任公司）就受托人强制执行动议及相关救济请求提出的补充异议之答复中（June 23, 2023，主案案卷编号 1934）。\n\nD. 为阻碍、拖延或欺诈债权人而作出的转让\n\n26. 本起诉状所涉转让系为阻碍、拖延和/或欺诈债务人的债权人之目的而作出，因为该等转让是通过作为债务人空壳游戏一部分而运营的债务人另我空壳公司作出的。\n\n27. 债务人故意以该等方式安排其财务事务，以便隐匿和耗散数百万美元的资产，同时向其众多债权人虚假地声称自己贫困。债务人声称自己一贫如洗，同时却大肆消费，以为其本人、其家庭成员及密切关联人维持亿万富翁式生活方式。\n\n28. 债务人隐匿和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。由于该等行为，债务人在纽约南区美国联邦地区法院待决的刑事案件中，已被判多项重罪欺诈、洗钱和敲诈勒索罪名成立。见 United States v. Ho Wan Kwok（美国诉郭文贵），案号 1:23-cr-00118-AT [ECF No. 395] (July 18, 2024 S.D.N.Y.)。\n\n29. 债务人明知并意图，通过以该等方式隐匿和耗散其资产，将不会有足够的剩余资产偿还其债权人——包括其欺诈行为的众多受害人。因此，该等转让必然是为阻碍、拖延和/或欺诈债务人的债权人之目的而作出的。\n\nE. 撤销请求权的时效中止\n\n30. February 15, 2024，法院作出部分准许延长期限动议的裁决备忘录和命令 [主案案卷编号 2921]（“时效中止命令”）。该命令中，法院依据 Bankruptcy Rule 9006(b)，将《破产法典》第108、546及549条规定的受托人提起撤销诉讼的期限延长至并包括 August 15, 2024。\n\n31. 法院在时效中止命令中认定，自申请日以来，债务人除其他事项外，提交了不完整或不准确的财产清单和财务状况说明，未向受托人提供账簿和记录，并且未以其他方式配合受托人，所有这些行为均公然无视其作为《破产法典》规定的债务人所承担的义务。（时效中止命令第14页。）\n\n32. 与债务人有关联的家庭成员以及其他个人和实体同样阻碍了受托人的调查，法院已作出“至少八项命令，认定……债务人、其女儿、[Mei] Guo 以及据称受……债务人控制的实体，因未交付资产及滥用证据开示程序而藐视法庭”，即证明。（同上，第15页。）法院认定，“在这些合并管理的第11章案件中不遵守本法院命令的情形，是非同寻常的”（同上），并认定，面对该等阻碍，受托人的调查已“尽到了超过合理程度的勤勉”。（同上，第17页。）自作出时效中止命令以来，受托人已提起超过280项对抗程序。（一般见主案案卷。）\n\n33. August 14, 2024，法院作出准许受托人提出的第二次延长提起撤销诉讼期限动议的命令 [主案案卷编号 3417]（“第二次时效中止命令”），进一步将《破产法典》第108、546及549条规定的受托人提起撤销诉讼的期限延长至 February 15, 2025，并指出受托人调查持续面临的障碍以及受托人进行该等调查时的勤勉（第二次时效中止命令第2-3页）。\n\n34. 受托人已勤勉地调查和追诉本起诉状中提出的请求权。\n\n35. 鉴于受托人在进行其勤勉调查时所面临的非同寻常阻碍等情形，衡平利益的权衡强烈支持对适用于本案所述请求权的任何时效期限实行衡平中止。\n\nF. 向被告作出的转让\n\n36. 在申请日之前，债务人使用其另我空壳公司 Hamilton Capital，或以其他方式，将债务人的财产转让给被告（“该等转让”），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\n37. 在作出该等转让时，债务人对债务人财产的债权人负有未清偿义务。\n\n38. 被告是该等转让的初始受让人。\n\n第一项请求权\n（依据《破产法典》第548(a)(1)(A)及550(a)条请求撤销及追回实际欺诈性转让）\n\n39. 受托人重述并再次主张第1至38段所载的指控，如同在本文中完整载明。\n\n40. 债务人通过其另我实体 Hamilton Capital 作出该等转让时，具有阻碍、拖延和/或欺诈其债权人的实际意图。\n\n41. 债务人在实施该等转让时阻碍、拖延和/或欺诈其债权人的意图，除其他事项外，体现在：\n\na. 该等转让系使用一家另我空壳公司实施；\n\nb. 该等转让对债务人的债权人予以隐瞒；\n\nc. 该等转让是作为债务人“空壳游戏”的一部分，在债务人的家庭成员以及其所控制的其他亲信和下属的协助下实施，旨在隐匿和保护资产；\n\nd. 该等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债权人追索，和/或通过使有价值的资产落入债务人家庭成员之手，进一步助长了债务人的欺诈行为；\n\ne. 该等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债权人追索，进一步助长了债务人的欺诈行为；\n\nf. 在该等转让发生时，债务人正遭受诉讼，包括 PAX（PAX）在 PAX 案件中提起的诉讼；以及\n\ng. 在该等转让发生时，债务人已资不抵债或资本不足。\n\n42. 根据《破产法典》第 548(a)(i)(A) 条，该等转让可由受托人撤销；并根据《破产法典》第 550(a) 条予以追偿。\n\n第二项请求\n（根据《纽约州债务人与债权人法》第 273、274 和 276 条以及《破产法典》第 544(b) 和 550(a) 条撤销并追偿实际欺诈性转让的请求）\n\n43. 受托人重申并再次主张第 1 至 38 段所载指控，如同在此全文列明。\n\n44. 债务人通过其另我公司 Hamilton Capital（汉密尔顿资本）作出该等转让，其实际意图是阻碍、拖延和/或欺诈其债权人。\n\n45. 债务人在实施该等转让时阻碍、拖延和/或欺诈其债权人的意图，尤其可由以下事实证明：\n\na. 该等转让系使用一个另我空壳公司实施；\n\nb. 该等转让对债务人的债权人予以隐瞒；\n\nc. 该等转让是债务人“空壳游戏”的一部分，并在债务人家庭成员及其控制的其他亲信和下属协助下实施，意图隐瞒和保护资产；\n\nd. 该等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债权人追索，和/或通过使有价值的资产落入债务人家庭成员之手，进一步助长了债务人的欺诈行为；\n\ne. 该等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债权人追索，进一步助长了债务人的欺诈行为；\n\nf. 在该等转让发生时，债务人正遭受诉讼，包括 PAX 在 PAX 案件中提起的诉讼；以及\n\ng. 在该等转让发生时，债务人已资不抵债或资本不足。\n\n46. 根据《纽约州债务人与债权人法》第 273(a)(1)、274 和 276 条以及《破产法典》第 544(b) 条，该等转让可由受托人撤销；并根据《破产法典》第 550(a) 条予以追偿。\n\n[本页其余部分特意留白]\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. 就第一项请求而言，(a) 作出命令，宣告金额不少于 $376,250.45 的该等转让根据《破产法典》第 548(a)(1)(A) 条予以撤销；(b) 作出命令，指示撤销该等转让；以及 (c) 根据《破产法典》第 550(a)(1) 条，为债务人破产财产之利益，向被告追偿该等转让，或由受托人自行选择追偿其价值；\n\n2. 就第二项请求而言，(a) 作出命令，宣告金额不少于 $376,250.45 的该等转让根据《破产法典》第 544(b) 条及《纽约州债务人与债权人法》第 273(a)(2)、274 和 276 条予以撤销，并且，就 2020 年 4 月 4 日之前的转让而言，根据《纽约州债务人与债权人法》第 273、273a、275、276 和 278 条予以撤销；(b) 作出命令，指示撤销该项转让；以及 (c) 根据《纽约州债务人与债权人法》第 276 条及《破产法典》第 550(a)(1) 条，为债务人破产财产之利益，向被告追偿该等转让，或由受托人自行选择追偿其价值；\n\n3. 自提交本起诉状之日起至本案判决作出之日止，按法定最高利率向受托人判给判决前利息；以及\n\n4. 法院在此情形下可能认为公正、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：August 15, 2024\nNew Haven, CT\nLUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯）\n第 11 章受托人\n\n签署人：/s/ Kari A. Mitchell\nKari A. Mitchell（凯莉·A·米切尔）(ct31578)\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、佩佩及蒙泰斯律师事务所）\n195 Church Street, 13th Floor\nNew Haven, Connecticut 06510\n(203) 781-2847\nkmitchell@npmlaw.com\ndskalka@npmlaw.com\nplinsey@npmlaw.com\n第 11 章受托人的律师\n\n编号　账户持有人　日期　金额\n\n1　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd（汉密尔顿资本控股有限公司）　12/21/2020　$\n(16,948.65)\n2　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　12/21/2020　(12,106.18)\n3　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　1/8/2021　(3,223.28)\n4　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　1/8/2021　(2,441.88)\n5　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　1/21/2021　(24,718.28)\n6　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　3/11/2021　(26,435.45)\n7　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　3/11/2021　(13,847.14)\n8　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　3/11/2021　(3,323.31)\n9　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　3/15/2021　(7,503.96)\n10　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　3/30/2021　(17,312.51)\n11　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　3/30/2021　(10,387.51)\n12　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　4/7/2021　(3,263.34)\n13　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　4/21/2021　(9,276.16)\n14　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　5/7/2021　(1,007.14)\n15　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　5/14/2021　(25,128.14)\n16　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　6/2/2021　(18,364.53)\n17　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　6/14/2021　(9,904.53)\n18　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　6/14/2021　(9,904.53)\n19　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　6/14/2021　(9,650.56)\n20　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　6/23/2021　(9,553.12)\n21　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　7/5/2021　(17,708.34)\n22　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　7/12/2021　(9,997.38)\n23　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　7/12/2021　(1,924.50)\n24　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　7/12/2021　(916.43)\n25　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　7/14/2021　(16,713.59)\n26　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　7/14/2021　(9,728.81)\n27　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　7/16/2021　(39,643.20)\n28　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　7/16/2021　(14,866.20)\n29　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　9/14/2021　(23,604.70)\n30　Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd　1/7/2022　(6,847.11)\n\n合计 - 向 CyberApt Recruitment Ltd（赛博艾普特招聘有限公司）支付的款项　$\n(376,250.45)\n\n附表 A","key_entities":["Despins","Je","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Guo","Himalaya","Farm Loan","Miles Guo","Yanping Wang","HCHK","GTV","Saraca","Himalaya Exchange","GETTR","Paul Hastings","Pro Se","pro se"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":395,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":4930,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 19:35:30"}