{"id":"court_ctb_4067_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":4067,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"UNKNOWN","filed_date":"2025-02-12","title":"B1040 (FORM 1040) (12/15) | ADVERSARY PROCEEDING COVER SHEET
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12-Recovery of money/property - §547 preference
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13-Recovery of money/property - §548 fraudulent transfer
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14-Recovery of money/property - other
FRBP 7001(2) – Validity, Priority or Extent of Lien
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68-Dischargeability - §523(a)(6), willful and malicious injury
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63-Dischargeability - §523(a)(8), student loan
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64-Dischargeability - §523(a)(15), divorce or separation obligation
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FRBP 7001(4) – Objection/Revocation of Discharge | FRBP 7001(7) – Injunctive Relief
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FRBP 7001(9) Declaratory Judgment
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41-Objection / revocation of discharge - §727(c),(d),(e)
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62-Dischargeability - §523(a)(2), false pretenses, false representation,
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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 | | BANKRUPTCY CASE NO. | | | |\n| DISTRICT IN WHICH CASE IS PENDING | | DIVISION OFFICE | NAME OF JUDGE | | |\n| RELATED ADVERSARY PROCEEDING (IF ANY) | | | | | |\n| PLAINTIFF | DEFENDANT | | ADVERSARY
PROCEEDING NO. | | |\n| DISTRICT IN WHICH ADVERSARY IS PENDING | | DIVISION OFFICE | NAME OF JUDGE | | |\n| SIGNATURE OF ATTORNEY (OR PLAINTIFF) | | | | | |\n| DATE | | PRINT NAME OF ATTORNEY (OR PLAINTIFF) | | | |\n\n#### **INSTRUCTIONS**\n\nThe filing of a bankruptcy case creates an \"estate\" under the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court which consists of all of the property of the debtor, wherever that property is located. Because the bankruptcy estate is so extensive and the jurisdiction of the court so broad, there may be lawsuits over the property or property rights of the estate. There also may be lawsuits concerning the debtor's discharge. If such a lawsuit is filed in a bankruptcy court, it is called an adversary proceeding.\n\nA party filing an adversary proceeding must also must complete and file Form 1040, the Adversary Proceeding Cover Sheet, unless the party files the adversary proceeding electronically through the court's Case Management/Electronic Case Filing system (CM/ECF). (CM/ECF captures the information on Form 1040 as part of the filing process.) When completed, the cover sheet summarizes basic information on the adversary proceeding. The clerk of court needs the information to process the adversary proceeding and prepare required statistical reports on court activity.\n\nThe cover sheet and the information contained on it do not replace or supplement the filing and service of pleadings or other papers as required by law, the Bankruptcy Rules, or the local rules of court. The cover sheet, which is largely selfexplanatory, must be completed by the plaintiff's attorney (or by the plaintiff if the plaintiff is not represented by an attorney). A separate cover sheet must be submitted to the clerk for each complaint filed.\n\n**Plaintiffs** and **Defendants.** Give the names of the plaintiffs and defendants exactly as they appear on the complaint.\n\n**Attorneys.** Give the names and addresses of the attorneys, if known.\n\n**Party**. Check the most appropriate box in the first column for the plaintiffs and the second column for the defendants.\n\n**Demand.** Enter the dollar amount being demanded in the complaint.\n\n**Signature.** This cover sheet must be signed by the attorney of record in the box on the second page of the form. If the plaintiff is represented by a law firm, a member of the firm must sign. If the plaintiff is pro se, that is, not represented by an attorney, the plaintiff must sign.\n\n# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| ----------------------------------------------------------- | | x | |\n|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|\n| In re: | | :
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: | |\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\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 BAMBEE, INC. (the \"Defendant\"), stating as follows:\n\n## **NATURE OF ACTION**\n\n1. The Trustee commences this adversary proceeding to avoid and recover transfers of property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate 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, HGA Property Operation LLC (\"HGA Property\"), transferred funds in the aggregate amount of \\$182,249.48 after the Petition Date (as defined herein) to the Defendant as initial transferee.\n\n3. Because these postpetition transfers of estate property were not authorized by the Court or under the Bankruptcy Code, they are subject to avoidance and recovery under sections 549 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n## **JURISDICTION AND VENUE**\n\n4. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this adversary proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b).\n\n5. This adversary proceeding has been referred to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(a).\n\n6. The statutory predicates for the relief sought herein include sections 549 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n# **THE PARTIES**\n\n2\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 Delaware corporation with an address and place of business located at 755 South Los Angeles Street, Suite 400, Los Angeles, California 90014.\n\n### **FACTS**\n\n## **A. Chapter 11 Case**\n\n9. The Debtor filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of 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 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 HGA Property.\n\n12. On June 15, 2022, the Bankruptcy Court entered a memorandum of decision and order [Main Case Docket No. 465] directing the United States Trustee to appoint a chapter 11 trustee in the Chapter 11 Case. Pursuant to this order, the United States Trustee selected Luc A. Despins as the Trustee. On July 8, 2022, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order granting the\n\n2 Schedule of Assets and Liabilities, at 1 [Main Case Docket No. 78].\n\nappointment 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. HGA Property is among the numerous alter ego shell companies used by the Debtor to hinder, delay, and/or defraud his creditors. 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—while concealing his property from creditors.\n\n14. Since his appointment, the Trustee has commenced a number of adversary proceedings in the Chapter 11 Case to, among other things, establish that the Debtor's shell companies were his alter egos and/or that such companies and their assets were equitably owned by the Debtor and in several such adversary proceedings the Bankruptcy Court has already granted such relief.3\n\n15. The Trustee is pursuing the same or substantially similar relief with respect to HGA Property in *Despins v. AA Global Ventures Limited*, et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 24-05322] (the \"Second Omnibus A.P.\"). The Trustee refers to and incorporates herein his Complaint filed in the Second Omnibus A.P. (Second Omnibus A.P., Docket No. 1).\n\n3 Adversary proceedings in which the Trustee is seeking or has obtained such relief include, in addition to the Omnibus A.P.: (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]; (viii) *Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. ACA Capital Group Ltd.*, et al. [Adv. Proc. 24-05249]; and (ix) *Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. Bouillor Holdings Limited*, et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 24-5311].\n\n16. 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 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 HGA Property, 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, HGA Property.\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. Tolling of Avoidance Claims**\n\n20. 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 in Sections 108, 546, and 549 of the Bankruptcy Code for the Trustee to commence avoidance actions through and including August 15, 2024.\n\n21. 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\n22. 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 February 2024, the Trustee has filed more than 280 adversary proceedings. (*See* Main Docket, generally)*.*\n\n23. 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\n24. The Trustee has acted diligently in investigating and pursuing the claims asserted in this Complaint.\n\n25. 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## **E. Transfers to Defendant**\n\n26. Subsequent to the Petition Date, the Debtor, through HGA Property, or otherwise, transferred property of the estate to the Defendant (collectively, the \"Transfers\"), including, without limitation, as follows:\n\n6\n\nSee **SCHEDULE** A attached hereto and made a part hereof.\n\n27. At the time of the Transfers, the Debtor had outstanding obligations to creditors of\n\nthe Debtor's estate.\n\n28. 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\n29. The Trustee repeats and realleges the allegations contained in paragraphs 1-28 as if fully set forth herein.\n\n30. The Transfers were made to the Defendant by the Debtor, including through HGA Property.\n\n31. The Transfers occurred after the Petition Date.\n\n32. The Transfers were not authorized by the Bankruptcy Court or by the Bankruptcy\n\nCode.\n\n33. The Transfers constituted the unauthorized transfer of property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate.\n\n34. The Transfers are avoidable pursuant to section 549(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n35. Pursuant to section 550(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Trustee is entitled to recover the Transfers, or the value thereof, from the Defendant plus interest thereon to the date of payment and the costs of this action.\n\n*[THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY BLANK.]*\n\n## **PRAYER FOR RELIEF**\n\nWHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, the Trustee respectfully requests that judgment be entered as follows:\n\n1. An order (a) declaring that the Transfers in an amount not less than \\$182,249.48 are avoided pursuant to section 549 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (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. 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 12, 2025 New Haven, CT\n\nLUC A. DESPINS, CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE\n\nBy: */s/ Douglas S. Skalka\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_* Douglas S. Skalka (ct00616) Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 781-2847 dskalka@npmlaw.com plinsey@npmlaw.com *Counsel for the Chapter 11 Trustee*\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 4067 Filed 02/12/25 Entered 02/12/25 17:14:31 Page 11 of 11\n\n# **SCHEDULE A**\n\nFILED UNDER SEAL","body_zh":"B1040（FORM 1040）（12/15）\n\n对抗诉讼封面页\n（背面说明） 对抗诉讼编号\n（仅供法院使用）\n\n原告 被告\n律师（律师事务所名称、地址和电话号码） 律师\n（如已知）\n当事人（仅勾选一个方框）\n□ 债务人\n□ 美国\n受托人/破产管理人\n□ 债权人\n□ 其他\n□ 受托人 当事人（仅勾选一个方框）\n□ 债务人\n□ 美国受托人/破产\n管理人\n□ 债权人\n□ 其他\n□ 受托人\n诉讼理由\n（简要说明诉讼理由，包括涉及的所有美国法条）\n诉讼性质\n（最多编号五（5）个方框，从主要诉讼理由编号为1开始，第一备选诉讼理由编号为2，第二备选诉讼理由编号为3，依此类推。）\nFRBP 7001(1)－追收金钱/财产\n□\n11－追收金钱/财产－§542 财产交付\n□\n12－追收金钱/财产－§547 偏颇清偿\n□\n13－追收金钱/财产－§548 欺诈性转让\n□\n14－追收金钱/财产－其他\nFRBP 7001(2)－留置权的有效性、优先权或范围\n□ FRBP 7001(6)－债务可免责性（续）\n□\n61－债务可免责性－§523(a)(5)，家庭扶养\n□\n68－债务可免责性－§523(a)(6)，故意且恶意造成的损害\n□\n63－债务可免责性－§523(a)(8)，学生贷款\n□\n64－债务可免责性－§523(a)(15)，离婚或分居义务\n（家庭扶养除外）\n□\n65－债务可免责性－其他\n21－留置权或其他财产权益的有效性、优先权或范围\nFRBP 7001(3)－批准出售财产\n□\n31－批准出售遗产财产及共同所有人财产－§363(h)\nFRBP 7001(4)－异议/撤销债务免除 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(8) 债权或权益从属\n□\n81－债权或权益从属\nFRBP 7001(9) 确认判决\n□\n91－确认判决\n□\n41－对债务免除提出异议/撤销债务免除－§727(c),(d),(e)\nFRBP 7001(5)－撤销确认\n□\n51－撤销确认\nFRBP 7001(6)－债务可免责性\n□\n66－债务可免责性－§523(a)(1),(14),(14A) 优先税款债权\n□\n62－债务可免责性－§523(a)(2)，虚假借口、虚假陈述、\n实际欺诈\n□\n67－债务可免责性－§523(a)(4)，受托人欺诈、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\n其他诉讼）\n□ 如本案涉及州法实体问题，请勾选\n□ 如起诉状中要求陪审团审判，请勾选 □ 如主张本案为依据FRCP 23的集体诉讼，请勾选\n请求金额 \\$\n请求的其他救济\nB1040（FORM 1040）（12/15）\n\n本对抗诉讼所依据的破产案件\n\n债务人姓名 破产案件编号\n案件审理地区 分院 法官姓名\n相关对抗诉讼（如有）\n原告 被告 对抗\n诉讼编号\n对抗诉讼审理地区 分院 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提交破产案件即在破产法院管辖下设立一项“遗产”，该遗产包括债务人的全部财产，无论该等财产位于何处。由于破产遗产范围极广且法院管辖权范围极宽，可能会就遗产的财产或财产权利产生诉讼。也可能会有涉及债务人债务免除的诉讼。如该等诉讼在破产法院提起，则称为对抗诉讼。\n\n提交对抗诉讼的一方还必须填写并提交表格1040，即《对抗诉讼封面页》，除非该方通过法院的案件管理/电子案件提交系统（CM/ECF）以电子方式提交对抗诉讼。（CM/ECF在提交过程中采集表格1040中的信息。）填妥后，该封面页概述对抗诉讼的基本信息。法院书记员需要该等信息以处理对抗诉讼并编制所需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。该封面页大部分内容不言自明，必须由原告律师填写（如原告未由律师代理，则由原告填写）。每份提交的起诉状均须向书记员单独提交一份封面页。\n\n原告和被告。请按照起诉状中所载的原告和被告姓名准确填写。\n\n律师。如已知，请填写律师的姓名和地址。\n\n当事人。请在第一栏为原告勾选最适当的方框，并在第二栏为被告勾选最适当的方框。\n\n请求金额。填写起诉状中请求的美元金额。\n\n签名。本封面页必须由登记在案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，必须由该所成员签署。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:\n: 第11章\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），\n等， : Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。 :\n:\n: （合并管理）\n\nLUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平），第11章\n受托人，\n诉 原告， x\n\n: 对抗诉讼编号：__________\nBAMBEE, INC.（BAMBEE公司）， :\n被告。\n\nx\n第11章受托人依据《破产法典》第549和550条寻求撤销及追回申请日后转让和相关救济的起诉状\n\nLuc A. Despins以其在Ho Wan Kwok（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，提交本\n\n1 本第11章案件中的债务人为Ho Wan Kwok（又称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及Genever Holdings Corporation的邮寄地址为Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166，c/o Luc A. Despins，作为Ho Wan Kwok遗产的受托人（仅用于通知和通信）。\n\n对抗起诉状（以下简称“起诉状”），针对被告BAMBEE, INC.（以下简称“被告”），陈述如下：\n诉讼性质\n\n1. 受托人提起本对抗诉讼，以撤销并追回在本第11章案件启动后未经破产法院或《美国法典》第11编（以下简称“破产法典”）授权而进行的债务人第11章遗产财产转让。\n\n2. 债务人通过其另一个自我空壳公司HGA Property Operation LLC（以下简称“HGA Property”），在申请日后（定义如下）向作为初始受让人的被告转让了合计\\$182,249.48的资金。\n\n3. 由于该等申请日后遗产财产转让未经法院或破产法典授权，因此可依据破产法典第549和550条予以撤销及追回。\n管辖权和审判地\n\n4. 本院依据28 U.S.C. § 1334(b)对本对抗诉讼享有事项管辖权。\n\n5. 本对抗诉讼已依据28 U.S.C. § 157(a)移交本院审理。\n\n6. 本文所寻求救济的法定依据包括破产法典第549和550条。\n当事人\n7. 受托人是第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[Case No. 22-50073（以下简称“主案件”）Docket No. 523]。\n\n8. 被告是一家特拉华州公司，其地址和营业地点位于755 South Los Angeles Street, Suite 400, Los Angeles, California 90014。\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（康涅狄格州联邦破产法院，以下简称“破产法院”）依据破产法典第11章提交了自愿救济申请（以下简称“申请日”），从而启动第11章案件。\n\n10. 于March 21, 2022，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官方委员会。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一个自我空壳公司（包括HGA Property）持有和/或转让的财产。\n\n12. 于June 15, 2022，破产法院作出决定备忘录和命令[主案件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. Despins担任受托人。于July 8, 2022，破产法院作出命令，批准\n\n2 资产和负债清单，第1页[主案件Docket No. 78]。\n\n任命Luc A. Despins担任第11章案件中的受托人[主案件Docket No. 523]。\nB. 债务人对空壳公司的使用及受托人的对抗诉讼\n\n13. HGA Property是债务人用于阻碍、拖延和/或欺诈其债权人的众多另一个自我空壳公司之一。多年来，债务人策划了一场“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，同时向债权人隐匿其财产。\n\n14. 自获任命以来，受托人已在第11章案件中提起多项对抗诉讼，以实现包括确认债务人的空壳公司系其另一个自我和/或该等公司及其资产由债务人衡平所有在内的目的，并且在若干该等对抗诉讼中，破产法院已准予该等救济。3\n\n15. 受托人正在Despins v. AA Global Ventures Limited, et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 24-05322]（以下简称“第二综合对抗诉讼”）中，就HGA Property寻求相同或实质上类似的救济。受托人援引并将其在第二综合对抗诉讼中提交的起诉状（第二综合对抗诉讼，Docket No. 1）并入本文。\n\n3 除综合对抗诉讼外，受托人正在寻求或已获得该等救济的对抗诉讼包括：(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]；(viii) Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. ACA Capital Group Ltd., et al. [Adv. Proc. 24-05249]；以及(ix) Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. Bouillor Holdings Limited, et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 24-5311]。\n\n16. 这些诉讼中的事实模式一贯涉及：(i) 由债务人控制、由近亲属及/或下属持有的空壳公司，(ii) 使用来自其他由债务人控制的实体的现金购买的资产，及/或无对价转让给空壳实体以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和支配权。\n\nC. 债务人的空壳把戏和欺诈在申请后持续进行\n\n17. 截至申请日，债务人通过其另我实体持有的所有财产，包括 HGA Property（HGA物业），均成为第11章财产管理案财产。参见 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1)。\n\n18. 申请日后，债务人公然无视破产法院及其在《破产法》项下的义务，继续通过众多另我空壳公司实施转让，包括但不限于 HGA Property。\n\n19. 该等申请后转让均未经破产法院授权，亦未获《破产法》授权。\n\nD. 可撤销请求的时效暂停\n\n20. 2024年2月15日，法院作出部分准许延长期限动议的决定备忘录及命令 [主案案卷编号 2921]（下称“时效暂停命令”），其中法院根据《破产规则》9006(b)，将《破产法》第108、546及549条规定的受托人提起撤销诉讼的期限延长至且包括 August 15, 2024。\n\n21. 法院在时效暂停命令中认定，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及财务状况说明，未向受托人提供账簿和记录，并以其他方式未能与受托人合作，所有这些行为均公然无视其作为《破产法》项下债务人的义务。（时效暂停命令第14页。）\n\n22. 债务人的家庭成员以及与其有关联的其他个人和实体同样妨碍了受托人的调查，法院作出的“至少八项命令”即为明证，该等命令认定“……债务人、其女儿 [Mei] Guo（郭梅），以及据称由……债务人控制的实体，因未移交资产及滥用证据开示而藐视法庭。”（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行为，是非同寻常的”（同上），并认定，面对该等妨碍，受托人的调查“远不止于合理勤勉。”（同上，第17页。）自 February 2024 以来，受托人已提起超过280项对抗程序。（总体参见主案卷宗。）\n\n23. 2024年8月14日，法院作出准许受托人延长提起撤销诉讼期限的第二次动议的命令 [主案案卷编号 3417]（下称“第二次时效暂停命令”），进一步将《破产法》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及受托人开展该调查时的勤勉。（第二次时效暂停命令第2-3页。）\n\n24. 受托人已勤勉地调查并追究本起诉状中主张的请求。\n\n25. 鉴于包括受托人在开展其勤勉调查时所面临的非同寻常妨碍在内的各种情况，衡平因素强烈支持对适用于本案所主张请求的任何诉讼时效实行衡平暂停。\n\nE. 向被告的转让\n\n26. 申请日后，债务人通过 HGA Property 或以其他方式向被告转让了财产管理案财产（统称“该等转让”），包括但不限于如下转让：\n\n参见随附并构成本文件一部分的附表A。\n\n27. 在该等转让发生时，债务人对债务人财产管理案的债权人负有未清偿义务。\n\n28. 被告为该等转让的初始受让人。\n\n第一项请求\n\n（依据《破产法》第549及550(a)条请求撤销并追偿未经授权的申请后转让）\n\n29. 受托人重复陈述并再次主张第1至28段所载指控，如同在此完整列明。\n\n30. 债务人向被告作出该等转让，包括通过 HGA Property 作出的转让。\n\n31. 该等转让发生于申请日后。\n\n32. 该等转让未经破产法院或《破产法》授权。\n\n33. 该等转让构成对债务人第11章财产管理案财产的未经授权转让。\n\n34. 该等转让可根据《破产法》第549(a)条予以撤销。\n\n35. 根据《破产法》第550(a)条，受托人有权向被告追偿该等转让，或其价值，并就此取得截至付款日的利息及本案诉讼费用。\n\n[本页其余部分特意留白。]\n\n救济请求\n\n因此，基于上述理由，受托人谨请求作出如下判决：\n\n1. 一项命令：(a) 宣告金额不低于 $182,249.48 的该等转让根据《破产法》第549条予以撤销；及 (b) 命令撤销该等转让；及 (c) 根据《破产法》第550(a)(1)条，为债务人财产管理案的利益，向被告追偿该等转让，或由受托人选择追偿其价值；\n\n2. 按法定最高利率向受托人裁定自提交本起诉状之日起至本案判决之日止的判决前利息；及\n\n3. 法院认为在该等情形下公正、适当或符合衡平原则的其他及进一步救济。\n\n日期：February 12, 2025\n康涅狄格州纽黑文\n\nLUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯），第11章受托人\n\n签署人：/s/ Douglas S. Skalka\nDouglas S. Skalka（道格拉斯·S·斯卡尔卡） (ct00616)\nPatrick R. Linsey（帕特里克·R·林赛） (ct29437)\nNEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C.（诺伊伯特、佩佩及蒙泰斯律师事务所，专业公司）\n195 Church Street, 13th Floor\nNew Haven, Connecticut 06510\n(203) 781-2847\ndskalka@npmlaw.com\nplinsey@npmlaw.com\n第11章受托人的代理律师\n\n案件 22-50073 文件 4067 提交 02/12/25 登记 02/12/25 17:14:31 第11页，共11页\n\n附表A\n\n密封提交","key_entities":["Despins","Kwok","Guo","Ho Wan Kwok","Je","Miles Guo","HCHK","Paul Hastings","Pro Se","pro se"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":2942,"status":"published","published_at":"2025-02-12 00:00:00","created_at":"2025-02-12","updated_at":"2026-08-23 18:18:42"}