{"id":"court_ctb_4058_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":4058,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION | x                     |             |","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| x                     |             |                         |\n|-----------------------|-------------|-------------------------|\n| In re:                | :<br>:      | Chapter 11              |\n| HO WAN KWOK, et al.,1 | :<br>:<br>: | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n| Debtors.              | :<br>:      | (Jointly Administered)  |\n| x                     |             |                         |\n\n## **ORDER GRANTING EIGHTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL OMNIBUS MOTION OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE FOR ENTRY OF ORDER UNDER BANKRUPTCY RULE 2004 AND LOCAL RULE 2004-1 AUTHORIZING DISCOVERY WITH RESPECT TO ADDITIONAL RELEVANT BANKS, ADDITIONAL ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH DEBTOR, AND PAYROLL PROCESSING ENTITY**\n\nUpon consideration of the Eighteenth Supplemental Omnibus Motion seeking an order authorizing a Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 2004 examination of the Examinees listed on Exhibit B thereto (the \"Motion\", ECF No. 3891) filed by Luc Despins as the appointed Chapter 11 Trustee to the Debtor's estate (the \"Movant\"), and upon the objection to the Motion filed by Wang's Realty Management Service Inc. (\"Wang's Realty\") and River Valley Operations LLC (\"River Valley\") (ECF No. 4006), after notice and a hearing held on February 11, 2025, and upon consideration of the arguments advanced by the Trustee, Wang's Realty and River Valley, including during the hearing held on February 11, 2025, it appearing that cause exists to grant the requested relief requested in the Motion as conditioned hereafter; it is hereby\n\n**ORDERED**: The Rule 2004 Motion is granted as set forth below; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**: Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C., as counsel for the Trustee, is hereby authorized to sign Subpoenas in a form substantially similar to the Subpoenas attached to the Motion as Exhibits C-1 to C-7 and to serve the Subpoenas, along with a copy of this Order, in accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 2004 requiring examination and the production of documents by the Examinees listed on Exhibit B to the Motion; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**: Subject to any rights under the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and applicable Local Rules, and unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the Examinees are hereby directed to produce all documents within 14 days of the service of the Subpoena, or such other time as agreed upon by the Trustee. To the extent an Examinee does not produce any documents requested in the Subpoena on the basis of some privilege, the\n\n<sup>1</sup> 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\nExaminee is hereby directed to produce to the Trustee a privilege log that comports with Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(e)(2), made applicable by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9016, and D. Conn. L. Civ. R. 26(e), within 14 days of service of the Subpoena, or such other time as agreed upon by the Trustee; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**: The Examinees are hereby directed to ensure that all documents and other information, including without limitation in any electronic format, requested in the Subpoenas or otherwise relevant to the Debtor, his business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, or this Chapter 11 case, are properly maintained, are available for production, inspection and copying, and are not destroyed; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**: Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C., as counsel for the Trustee, is hereby authorized, without further order of this Court, to take the testimony of one or more representatives of any Examinee listed on Exhibit B to the Motion by examination under Bankruptcy Rule 2004 either at the offices of Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, 195 Church Street, 13th Floor, New Haven, CT 06510, at the offices of Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166, or at such other place that is mutually acceptable to the parties, on a date acceptable to the Trustee, which, at the election of the Trustee, shall be not less than 14 calendar days after the production of documents by the proposed examinee in compliance with the Subpoena and this Order pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2004, and such examination shall continue from day to day until completed; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**: The objection to the Motion filed by River Valley Operations LLC and Wang's Realty is hereby **OVERRULED** on the merits; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**: The scope of the Trustee's document and information requests directed to Wang's Realty shall exclude the transfer as to which the Trustee seeks avoidance and recovery from Wang's Realty in *Despins v. Curiosity Corp.*, et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 24-05248].\n\nDated at Bridgeport, Connecticut this 12th day of February, 2025.","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部）\n\nx\n\n关于：\n第 11 章\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等，1\n案件编号：22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。\n（合并审理）\nx\n关于批准第 11 章受托人根据《破产规则》第 2004 条及《本地规则》第 2004-1 条提起的第十八次补充综合动议以作出授权就其他相关银行、与债务人相关的其他实体和个人以及薪资处理实体进行证据开示的裁定\n\n经审议由 Luc Despins（卢克·德斯宾斯）作为债务人财产指定第 11 章受托人（下称“动议人”）提起的申请作出授权依据《联邦破产程序规则》第 2004 条对其附件 B 所列受审查人进行审查之裁定的第十八次补充综合动议（下称“动议”，ECF No. 3891），以及 Wang's Realty Management Service Inc.（“Wang's Realty”）与 River Valley Operations LLC（“River Valley”）对该动议提出的异议（ECF No. 4006），在发出通知并于 2025年2月11日 举行听证会后，并经审议受托人、Wang's Realty 和 River Valley 提出的论点（包括在 2025年2月11日 举行的听证会期间提出的论点），且鉴于存在正当理由按以下附加条件批准动议中所请求的救济；特此\n\n裁定：根据以下规定批准第 2004 条动议；并且进一步\n\n裁定：特此授权受托人律师 Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C. 签署格式与作为附件 C-1 至 C-7 附于动议的传票实质相似的传票，并依据《破产规则》第 2004 条送达上述传票及本裁定之副本，要求动议附件 B 所列的受审查人接受审查并提供文件；并且进一步\n\n裁定：在不损害《联邦破产程序规则》、《联邦民事诉讼规则》及适用《本地规则》项下任何权利的前提下，且除法院另有命令外，特此责令受审查人在传票送达后 14 天内，或受托人同意的其他时间内，提供所有文件。在受审查人以某种特权为由不提供传票所请求的任何文件的范围内，\n\n1 这些第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（亦称为 Guo Wengui、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及其他众多化名）（纳税人识别号后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（纳税人识别号后四位：8202）以及 Genever Holdings Corporation。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 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财产受托人 Luc A. Despins（仅用于接收通知和通讯）。\n\n特此责令该受审查人在传票送达后 14 天内，或受托人同意的其他时间内，向受托人提供符合 Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(e)(2)（通过 Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9016 适用）以及 D. Conn. L. Civ. R. 26(e) 的特权清单；并且进一步\n\n裁定：特此责令受审查人确保妥善保管、可供提供、查验和复制，且不得销毁传票中要求的或与债务人、其业务、资产、负债、财务状况或本第 11 章案件相关的全部文件及其他信息，包括但不限于任何电子格式的信息；并且进一步\n\n裁定：特此授权受托人律师 Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C. 无需经本法院进一步命令，即可依据《破产规则》第 2004 条，在 Neubert, Pepe & Monteith 办公室（地址：195 Church Street, 13th Floor, New Haven, CT 06510）、Paul Hastings LLP 办公室（地址：200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166）或各方共同接受的其他地点，在受托人接受的日期（由受托人选择，该日期不得早于拟受审查人依照传票及本裁定根据《破产规则》第 2004 条提供文件后的 14 个日历日），通过审查对动议附件 B 所列任何受审查人的一名或多名代表录取证言，且该审查应按日连续进行直至完成；并且进一步\n\n裁定：River Valley Operations LLC 和 Wang's Realty 对动议提出的异议在此从实体上被驳回（OVERRULED）；并且进一步\n\n裁定：受托人向 Wang's Realty 发出的文件和信息请求的范围，应排除受托人在 Despins 诉 Curiosity Corp. 等案 [对抗性程序编号：24-05248] 中向 Wang's Realty 寻求撤销并追回的转让。\n\n签署于康涅狄格州布里奇波特，2025年2月12日。","key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Despins","Je","Guo","Paul Hastings","Miles Guo","Luc Despins"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":3891,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":4006,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":826,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:33:38"}