{"id":"court_ctb_4076_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":4076,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"UNKNOWN","filed_date":null,"title":"B1040 (FORM 1040) (12/15) | ADVERSARY PROCEEDING COVER SHEET
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Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee | DEFENDANTS | Savino Del Bene USA Inc | | |\n| ATTORNEYS (Firm Name, Address, and Telephone No.)
Douglas S. Skalka, Patrick R. Linsey
Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C.
195 Church Street, 13 Floor, New Haven, CT 06510
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COMPLAINT OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE SEEKING AVOIDANCE AND RECOVERY OF FRAUDULENT TRANSFERS
AND POSTPETITION TRANSFERS AND RELATED RELIEF PURSUANT TO BANKRUPTCY CODE SECTIONS 544,
548, 549, AND 550 AND NEW YORK DEBTOR & CREDITOR LAW SECTIONS 273 AND 276 | | | | |\n| NATURE OF SUIT
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64-Dischargeability - §523(a)(15), divorce or separation obligation
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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
Ho Wan Kwok | | BANKRUPTCY CASE NO.
22-50073 | | | |\n| DISTRICT IN WHICH CASE IS PENDING
Connecticut | | DIVISION OFFICE
Bridgeport | NAME OF JUDGE
Julie A. Manning | | |\n| | | RELATED ADVERSARY PROCEEDING (IF ANY) | | | |\n| PLAINTIFF | DEFENDANT | | ADVERSARY
PROCEEDING NO. | | |\n| DISTRICT IN WHICH ADVERSARY IS PENDING | | DIVISION OFFICE | NAME OF JUDGE | | |\n| SIGNATURE OF ATTORNEY (OR PLAINTIFF)
/s/ Douglas S. Skalka | | | | | |\n| DATE
February 12, 2025 | | PRINT NAME OF ATTORNEY (OR PLAINTIFF)
Douglas S. Skalka | | | |\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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x | | |\n\n# **COMPLAINT OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE SEEKING AVOIDANCE AND RECOVERY OF FRAUDULENT TRANSFERS AND POSTPETITION TRANSFERS AND RELATED RELIEF PURSUANT TO BANKRUPTCY CODE SECTIONS 544, 548, 549, AND 550 AND NEW YORK DEBTOR & CREDITOR LAW SECTIONS 273 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\nsecond amended adversary complaint (the \"Complaint\") against defendant Savino Del Bene USA Inc (the \"Defendant\"), stating as follows:\n\n#### **NATURE OF ACTION**\n\n1. The Trustee commences this adversary proceeding to avoid and recover: (a) transfers of the Debtor's property prior to the commencement of this Chapter 11 Case; and (b) 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, GFNY Inc (\"GFNY\"), transferred funds in the aggregate amount of \\$19,500.00 prior to the Petition Date (as defined herein) to the Defendant as 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\n4. Following the Petition Date, the Debtor, through his alter ego shell company, GFNY, transferred funds in the aggregate amount of \\$241,939.82 to the Defendant as initial transferee.\n\n5. 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\n6. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this adversary proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b).\n\n7. This adversary proceeding has been referred to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(a).\n\n8. The statutory predicates for the relief sought herein include sections 544, 548, 549, and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code and New York Debtor & Creditor Law sections 273 and 2762 or any other applicable state law equivalents.\n\n### **THE PARTIES**\n\n9. 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\n10. The Defendant is a New York domestic business corporation with an address and place of business at 34 Engelhard Avenue, Avenel, New Jersey, 07001.\n\n## **FACTS**\n\n#### **A. Chapter 11 Case**\n\n11. 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\n12. 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\n13. 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\n\n2 All statutory references to New York Debtor and Creditor Law will hereinafter be referred to as \"N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law.\"\n\nliabilities.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 GFNY.\n\n14. 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 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\n15. GFNY 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\n16. 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\n\n3 Schedule of Assets and Liabilities, at 1 [Main Case Docket No. 78].\n\nby the Debtor and in several such adversary proceedings the Bankruptcy Court has already granted such relief.4\n\n17. The Trustee is pursuing this or substantially similar relief with respect to GFNY in *Despins v. ACA Capital Group Ltd*, et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 24-05249] (the \"Omnibus A.P.\"). The Trustee incorporates by reference herein his Complaint filed in the Omnibus A.P. (Omnibus A.P., Docket No. 1).\n\n18. 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\n19. 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.5\n\n4 Adversary proceedings in which the Trustee is seeking or has obtained such relief include, in addition to 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. Bouillor Holdings Limited*, et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 24-5311], and (ix) *Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. AA Global Ventures Limited*, et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 24-05322].\n\n5 *Order Granting Motion to Hold Debtor in Contempt of Corporate Governance Order*, para. 1, 4 (Jan. 24, 2023, Docket No. 1372 (\"Corp. Governance Contempt Order\")).\n\n20. 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 Debtor6 , led by the Debtor7 and/or served \"the purposes of… and as business vehicles of\" the Debtor.8\n\n21. 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 owned by one of the Debtor's chauffeurs before its transfer to Debtor's daughter, was \"in essence, a shell corporation\" for the Debtor.9\n\n22. 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 post-\n\n6 *Corrected Memorandum of Decision Granting in Part Motion for Preliminary Injunction*, para. 3 (Adv. Proc. No. 22-05032, January 13, 2023 (\"The Debtor also controls Saraca Media Group and a related entity 'GTV'\")).\n\n7 *Id*. at para 7 (\"The Debtor is the leader of The Whistleblower Movement, NFSC, ROLF and Himalaya.\").\n\n8 *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\n9 *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\njudgment proceedings eventually resulted in the Debtor incurring contempt penalties of \\$134 million.\n\n23. The Debtor also used his alter egos, including GFNY, as personal piggy-banks, funding the lavish lifestyle to which he and his family had become accustomed, while concealing assets in these alter egos from his creditors and hindering and delaying creditors from recoveries on their claims. The transfers that the Debtor effectuated through these alter egos perpetuated the Debtor's fraudulent scheme.\n\n24. 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.10 The Debtor scheduled only \\$3,850 in assets.11\n\n25. 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\n26. 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\n\n10 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\n11 *See* n.3\n\nnames of *at least 80 different entities or individuals* to launder more than \\$1 billion in fraud proceeds.\"12\n\n27. The property of the Debtor's alter egos, including GFNY, was at all times prior to the Petition Date property of the Debtor.\n\n28. At all times relevant herein, the Debtor conducted business in New York, New York, including direction of the prepetition transfers at issue in this Complaint.\n\n## **D. Debtor's Shell Game and Fraud Continues Postpetition**\n\n29. As of the Petition Date, all of the Debtor's property held through his alter ego, including GFNY, became property of the chapter 11 estate. *See* 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1).\n\n30. 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, GFNY.\n\n31. None of these postpetition transfers were authorized by the Bankruptcy Court nor were such transfers authorized under the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n### **E. Transfers Made with Intent to Hinder, Delay, or Defraud Creditors**\n\n32. 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 all made through the Debtor's alterego shell companies operated as a part of the Debtor's shell game.\n\n33. 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\n\n12 *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\ncreditors. 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\n34. 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 was 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\n35. 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#### **F. Tolling of Avoidance Claims**\n\n36. 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\n37. 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\n38. 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\n39. 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\n40. The Trustee has acted diligently in investigating and pursuing the claims asserted in this Complaint.\n\n41. 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### **G. Transfers to Defendant**\n\n42. Prior to the Petition Date, the Debtor, using his alter-ego shell companies including GFNY, or otherwise, transferred the Debtor's property to the Defendant (collectively, the \"Prepetition Transfers\"), including, without limitation, as follows:\n\nSee **SCHEDULE A** attached hereto and made a part hereof.\n\n43. Subsequent to the Petition Date, the Debtor, through his shell company GFNY, or otherwise, transferred property of the estate to the Defendant (collectively, the \"Postpetition Transfers\"), including, without limitation, as follows:\n\nSee **SCHEDULE B** attached hereto and made a part hereof.\n\n44. At the time of the Prepetition Transfers and the Postpetition Transfers (collectively,\n\nthe \"Transfers\"), the Debtor had outstanding obligations to creditors of the Debtor's estate.\n\n45. 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\n46. The Trustee repeats and realleges the allegations contained in paragraphs 1-45 as if fully set forth herein.\n\n47. The Prepetition Transfers were made by the Debtor, including through his alter ego GFNY, with the actual intent to hinder, delay and/or defraud his creditors.\n\n48. The Debtor's intent to hinder, delay, and/or defraud his creditors in effectuating the Prepetition Transfers is shown by, among other things:\n\na. The Prepetition Transfers were effectuated using an alter ego shell\n\ncompany;\n\nb. The Prepetition Transfers were concealed from the Debtor's creditors;\n\nc. The Prepetition 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 Prepetition 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\ne. At the time of the Prepetition Transfers, the Debtor was being sued, including by PAX in the PAX Case; and\n\nf. At the time of the Prepetition Transfers, the Debtor was insolvent or undercapitalized.\n\n49. The Prepetition Transfers that occurred on or after February 15, 2020 are avoidable by the Trustee pursuant to section 548(a)(1)(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 and 276, and Bankruptcy Code sections 544(b) and 550(a))**\n\n50. The Trustee repeats and realleges the allegations contained in paragraphs 1-45 as if fully set forth herein.\n\n51. The Prepetition Transfers were made by the Debtor, including through his alter ego GFNY with the actual intent to hinder, delay and/or defraud his creditors.\n\n52. The Debtor's intent to hinder, delay, and/or defraud his creditors in effectuating the\n\nPrepetition Transfers is shown by, among other things:\n\na. The Prepetition Transfers were effectuated using an alter ego shell company;\n\nb. The Prepetition Transfers were concealed from the Debtor's creditors;\n\nc. The Prepetition 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 Prepetition 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;\n\ne. The Prepetition 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 Prepetition Transfers, the Debtor was being sued, including by PAX in the PAX Case; and\n\ng. At the time of the Prepetition Transfers, the Debtor was insolvent or undercapitalized.\n\n53. The Prepetition Transfers are avoidable by the Trustee pursuant to N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law sections 273(a)(1) and 276, and section 544(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and recoverable pursuant to section 550(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n### **THIRD CLAIM**\n\n# **(Claim to Avoid and Recover Unauthorized Postpetition Transfers pursuant to Bankruptcy Code sections 549 and 550(a))**\n\n54. The Trustee repeats and realleges the allegations contained in paragraphs 1-45 as if fully set forth herein.\n\n55. The Postpetition Transfers were made to the Defendant by the Debtor, including through his alter ego, GFNY.\n\n56. The Postpetition Transfers occurred after the Petition Date.\n\n57. The Postpetition Transfers were not authorized by the Bankruptcy Court or by the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n58. The Postpetition Transfers constituted the unauthorized transfer of property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate.\n\n59. The Postpetition Transfers are avoidable pursuant to section 549(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n60. Pursuant to section 550(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Trustee is entitled to recover the Postpetition Transfers, or the value thereof, from the Defendant plus interest thereon to the date of payment and the costs of this action.\n\n#### **PRAYER FOR RELIEF**\n\nWHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, the Trustee respectfully requests that judgment be entered as follows:\n\n1. On the First Claim, (a) an order declaring that the Prepetition Transfers in an amount not less than \\$19,500.00 are avoided pursuant to section 548(a)(1)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) an order directing that the Prepetition Transfers be set aside; and (c) recovery of the Prepetition 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 Prepetition Transfers in an amount not less than \\$19,500.00 are avoided pursuant to section 544(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law sections 273(a)(1) and 276; (b) an order directing that the Prepetition Transfers be set aside; and (c) recovery of the Prepetition 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. On the Third Claim, an order (a) declaring that the Postpetition Transfers in an amount not less than \\$241,939.82 are avoided pursuant to section 549 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (b) an order directing that the Postpetition Transfers be set aside; and (c) recovery of the Postpetition 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\n4. 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\n5. 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\n15\n\n# **SCHEDULE A**\n\n| ID # | Account Holder | Date | Amount |\n|------|---------------------------------------------|------------|-------------------|\n| 1 | GFNY Inc | 12/15/2021 | \\$
(13,150.00) |\n| 2 | GFNY Inc | 1/25/2022 | (6,350.00) |\n| | Total - Payments to Savino Del Bene USA Inc | | \\$
(19,500.00) |\n\n| ID # | Account Holder | Date | Amount |\n|------|---------------------------------------------|-----------|--------------------|\n| 1 | GFNY Inc | 2/15/2022 | \\$
(6,404.88) |\n| 2 | GFNY Inc | 2/15/2022 | (5,825.68) |\n| 3 | GFNY Inc | 3/9/2022 | (34,390.11) |\n| 4 | GFNY Inc | 3/11/2022 | (2,230.00) |\n| 5 | GFNY Inc | 3/16/2022 | (29,747.24) |\n| 6 | GFNY Inc | 3/18/2022 | (2,850.00) |\n| 7 | GFNY Inc | 3/23/2022 | (8,288.58) |\n| 8 | GFNY Inc | 3/30/2022 | (2,753.83) |\n| 9 | GFNY Inc | 3/30/2022 | (1,662.39) |\n| 10 | GFNY Inc | 3/30/2022 | (6,680.57) |\n| 11 | GFNY Inc | 4/6/2022 | (4,389.50) |\n| 12 | GFNY Inc | 4/6/2022 | (4,436.84) |\n| 13 | GFNY Inc | 4/12/2022 | (10,369.08) |\n| 14 | GFNY Inc | 4/12/2022 | (2,197.50) |\n| 15 | GFNY Inc | 4/12/2022 | (2,365.00) |\n| 16 | GFNY Inc | 4/13/2022 | (13,070.24) |\n| 17 | GFNY Inc | 5/4/2022 | (14,039.26) |\n| 18 | GFNY Inc | 5/4/2022 | (3,446.26) |\n| 19 | GFNY Inc | 5/11/2022 | (5,676.04) |\n| 20 | GFNY Inc | 5/11/2022 | (1,715.00) |\n| 21 | GFNY Inc | 5/11/2022 | (3,506.38) |\n| 22 | GFNY Inc | 5/18/2022 | (1,825.00) |\n| 23 | GFNY Inc | 5/20/2022 | (20,568.52) |\n| 24 | GFNY Inc | 5/20/2022 | (3,380.00) |\n| 25 | GFNY Inc | 5/25/2022 | (7,621.08) |\n| 26 | GFNY Inc | 5/31/2022 | (4,591.96) |\n| 27 | GFNY Inc | 6/9/2022 | (2,800.00) |\n| 28 | GFNY Inc | 6/15/2022 | (5,997.68) |\n| 29 | GFNY Inc | 6/15/2022 | (7,550.00) |\n| 30 | GFNY Inc | 6/22/2022 | (16,033.60) |\n| 31 | GFNY Inc | 6/28/2022 | (2,832.60) |\n| 32 | GFNY Inc | 6/28/2022 | (2,695.00) |\n| | Total - Payments to Savino Del Bene USA Inc | | \\$
(241,939.82) |\n\n# **SCHEDULE B**","body_zh":"B1040（FORM 1040）（12/15）\n\n对抗程序封面表\n（说明见背面） 对抗程序编号\n（仅供法院使用）\n\n原告\nLuc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯），Chapter 11 受托人 被告 Savino Del Bene USA Inc（萨维诺·德尔贝内美国公司）\n律师（律师事务所名称、地址和电话号码）\nDouglas S. Skalka（道格拉斯·S·斯卡尔卡），Patrick R. Linsey（帕特里克·R·林赛）\nNeubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C.（纽伯特、佩佩和蒙蒂斯律师事务所）\n195 Church Street, 13 Floor, New Haven, CT 06510\n203-781-2847 律师 （如已知）\n当事人（仅勾选一项）\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\n✔ □ 债务人\n□ 债权人\n□ 受托人 当事人（仅勾选一项）\n□ 美国受托人/破产\n管理人\n□ 其他\n✔\n诉因\n（简要说明诉因，包括所涉及的所有美国法条）\nChapter 11 受托人依据《破产法典》第 544、548、549 和 550 条以及《纽约州债务人与债权人法》第 273 和 276 条寻求撤销和追回欺诈性转让及破产申请日后转让并请求相关救济的起诉状\n诉讼性质\n（最多为五（5）个方框编号，以主要诉因为 1、第一个备选诉因为 2、第二个备选诉因为 3，依此类推。）\nFRBP 7001(1) – 金钱/财产追回\n□\n11-金钱/财产追回 - §542 财产交还\n□\n12-金钱/财产追回 - §547 偏颇性清偿\n□\n✔\n13-金钱/财产追回 - §548 欺诈性转让\n□\n✔\n14-金钱/财产追回 - 其他\nFRBP 7001(2) – 留置权的有效性、优先权或范围\n□\n21-留置权或其他财产权益的有效性、优先权或范围 □\n□\n□\n□\n□ FRBP 7001(6) – 可免责性（续）\n61-可免责性 - §523(a)(5)，家庭扶养义务\n68-可免责性 - §523(a)(6)，故意且恶意造成的损害\n63-可免责性 - §523(a)(8)，学生贷款\n64-可免责性 - §523(a)(15)，离婚或分居义务\n（家庭扶养义务除外）\n65-可免责性 - 其他\nFRBP 7001(7) – 禁令救济\nFRBP 7001(3) – 批准出售财产\n□\n31-批准出售破产财团财产及共同所有人财产 - §363(h)\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) □\n71-禁令救济 – 施加中止\n□\n72-禁令救济 – 其他\nFRBP 7001(8) 请求权或权益的劣后受偿\n□\n81-请求权或权益的劣后受偿\nFRBP 7001(5) – 撤销确认\n□\n51-撤销确认 □ FRBP 7001(9) 确认判决\n91-确认判决\nFRBP 7001(6) – 可免责性\n□\n66-可免责性 - §523(a)(1),(14),(14A) 优先税务请求权\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)，受托人欺诈、侵占、盗窃\n（续见下一栏） FRBP 7001(10) 移送诉讼的裁定\n□\n01-对已移送请求权或诉因的裁定\n其他\n□\nSS-SIPA 案件 – 15 U.S.C. §§78aaa et.seq.\n□\n02-其他（例如，如与破产案件无关则本应在州法院提起的其他诉讼）\n□ 如本案涉及州法实体问题，请勾选\n✔ □ 如主张本案属于 FRCP 23 规定的集体诉讼，请勾选\n□ 如在起诉状中请求陪审团审判，请勾选\n请求的其他救济 请求金额 \\$\nB1040（FORM 1040）（12/15）\n\n本对抗程序所产生的破产案件\n\n债务人姓名\nHo Wan Kwok（郭文贵） 破产案件编号\n22-50073\n案件待决地区\nConnecticut（康涅狄格州） 分院办事处\nBridgeport（布里奇波特） 法官姓名\nJulie A. Manning（朱莉·A·曼宁）\n相关对抗程序（如有）\n原告 被告 对抗\n程序编号\n对抗程序待决地区 分院办事处 法官姓名\n律师（或原告）签名\n/s/ Douglas S. Skalka\n日期\nFebruary 12, 2025 律师（或原告）姓名正楷\nDouglas S. Skalka\n说明\n\n提交破产案件会在破产法院管辖下设立一个“破产财团”，该财团由债务人的全部财产构成，无论该等财产位于何处。由于破产财团范围如此广泛，且法院管辖权如此宽泛，可能会就破产财团的财产或财产权利发生诉讼。也可能发生有关债务人免责的诉讼。如在破产法院提起此类诉讼，则称为对抗程序。\n\n提起对抗程序的一方还必须填写并提交 Form 1040，即《对抗程序封面表》，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程序。（CM/ECF 在提交过程中会采集 Form 1040 中的信息。）填写完成后，该封面表概述对抗程序的基本信息。法院书记员需要该信息以处理对抗程序并编制关于法院活动的必要统计报告。\n\n封面表及其所载信息并不取代或补充法律、《破产程序规则》或法院地方法规要求提交和送达的诉状或其他文件。该封面表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）。每份已提交的起诉状均须向书记员单独提交一份封面表。\n\n原告和被告。请准确填写起诉状中所示的原告和被告姓名。\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美国康涅狄格联邦地区破产法院布里奇波特分院\n\n----------------------------------------------------------- x\n\n关于： ：\n： Chapter 11\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），\n等， ：\n： 案件编号 22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。 ：\n：\n： （联合管理）\n\nLUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯），CHAPTER 11\n受托人，\n诉 原告， x\n\n： 对抗程序编号 25-[ ]\nSAVINO DEL BENE USA INC（萨维诺·德尔贝内美国公司）， ：\n：\n： February 12, 2025\n----------------------------------------------------------- 被告。 ：\n：\nx\nCHAPTER 11 受托人依据《破产法典》第 544、548、549 和 550 条以及《纽约州债务人与债权人法》第 273 和 276 条寻求撤销和追回欺诈性转让及破产申请日后转让并请求相关救济的起诉状\n\nLuc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯）以在 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（“债务人”或“Kwok”）的 Chapter 11 案件（“Chapter 11 案件”）中获任命的 Chapter 11 受托人（“受托人”）身份，针对被告 Savino Del Bene USA Inc（“被告”）提交本第二次修正对抗程序起诉状（“起诉状”），陈述如下：\n\n1 本案 Chapter 11 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）（税务识别号后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（Genever Holdings 有限责任公司）（税务识别号后四位：8202）以及 Genever Holdings Corporation（Genever Holdings 公司）。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 和 Genever Holdings Corporation 的邮寄地址为 Paul Hastings LLP（宝盛律师事务所），200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166，c/o Luc A. Despins，作为 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财团的受托人（仅用于通知和通信）。\n\n诉讼性质\n\n1. 受托人提起本对抗程序，以撤销和追回：(a) 在本 Chapter 11 案件开始前对债务人财产作出的转让；以及 (b) 在本 Chapter 11 案件开始后对债务人 Chapter 11 破产财团财产作出的、未经破产法院或《美国法典》第 11 编（“破产法典”）授权的转让。\n\n2. 债务人通过其另我空壳公司 GFNY Inc（“GFNY”），在申请日（定义见下文）之前向作为初始受让人的被告转让了合计 \\$19,500.00 的资金。\n\n3. 这些转让属于实际欺诈性转让，因为债务人将其作为其“空壳公司游戏”的一部分实施，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\n4. 在申请日后，债务人通过其另我空壳公司 GFNY，向作为初始受让人的被告转让了合计 \\$241,939.82 的资金。\n\n5. 由于这些破产申请日后对破产财团财产的转让未经法院或《破产法典》授权，故其可根据《破产法典》第 549 和 550 条予以撤销和追回。\n\n管辖权和审判地\n\n6. 本院依据 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b) 对本对抗程序具有事项管辖权。\n\n7. 本对抗程序已依据 28 U.S.C. § 157(a) 移交本院审理。\n\n8. 本文所请求救济的法定依据包括《破产法典》第 544、548、549 和 550 条以及《纽约州债务人与债权人法》第 273 和 276 条2，或任何其他适用的州法同等规定。\n\n当事人\n\n9. 受托人系 Chapter 11 案件中的 Chapter 11 受托人，依据破产法院于 July 8, 2022 作出的命令而获任命［案件编号 22-50073（“主案”）案卷编号 523］。\n\n10. 被告是一家纽约州本土商业公司，其地址和营业地点为 34 Engelhard Avenue, Avenel, New Jersey, 07001。\n\n事实\n\nA. Chapter 11 案件\n\n11. 债务人于 February 15, 2022 在 United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut（美国康涅狄格联邦地区破产法院）根据《破产法典》Chapter 11 自愿提交了救济申请（“申请日”），从而启动 Chapter 11 案件。\n\n12. 于 March 21, 2022，Office of the United States Trustee（美国受托人办公室）在本 Chapter 11 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\n13. 债务人于 March 2022 向破产法院提交的破产清单声称其拥有 \\$3,850 的资产，并产生了数亿美元的\n\n2 以下对《纽约州债务人与债权人法》的所有法定引用均称为“N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law.”\n\n负债。3 虽然债务人确实负债累累，但其清单未披露债务人通过其众多另我空壳公司（包括 GFNY）持有和/或转让的财产。\n\n14. 于 June 15, 2022，破产法院作出决定备忘录和命令［主案案卷编号 465］，指示美国受托人在 Chapter 11 案件中任命一名 Chapter 11 受托人。根据该命令，美国受托人选定 Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯）担任受托人。于 July 8, 2022，破产法院作出命令，批准任命 Luc A. Despins 为 Chapter 11 案件中的受托人［主案案卷编号 523］。\n\nB. 债务人对空壳公司的使用及受托人的对抗程序\n\n15. GFNY 是债务人用于阻碍、拖延和/或欺诈其债权人的众多另我空壳公司之一。多年来，债务人一直策划一场“空壳公司游戏”，利用由家属、副手和/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。该空壳公司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\n16. 自获任命以来，受托人已在 Chapter 11 案件中提起多项对抗程序，以便除其他事项外，确认债务人的空壳公司是其另我，和/或确认该等公司及其资产在衡平法上归\n\n3 资产和负债清单，第 1 页［主案案卷编号 78］。\n\n债务人所有；并且在若干此类对抗程序中，破产法院已准予该等救济。4\n\n17. 受托人正在 Despins v. ACA Capital Group Ltd, et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 24-05249]（“综合对抗程序”）中，就 GFNY 寻求本项或实质上类似的救济。受托人在此援引其在综合对抗程序中提交的起诉状（综合对抗程序，Docket No. 1）。\n\n18. 这些诉讼中的事实模式一贯涉及：(i) 由近亲属和/或下属持有的、受债务人控制的空壳公司，(ii) 使用来自其他受债务人控制实体的现金购买的资产，和/或无对价转让给空壳实体及在空壳实体之间转让的资产，以及 (iii) 债务人从该等资产中获益，并对其拥有控制权和支配权。\n\nC. 债务人为阻碍、拖延和/或欺诈债权人而实施的行为\n\n19. 除受托人对抗程序中所处理的事项外，破产法院还认定，债务人是 Ace Decade Limited（艾斯·迪凯德有限公司）（并通过该公司成为 Dawn State Limited（道恩州有限公司））的实益所有人，且债务人控制并利用了 Ace Decade Limited 的名义股东 Yvette Wang（王悦）。5\n\n4 除综合对抗程序外，受托人正在寻求或已经获得该等救济的对抗程序包括：(i) Luc A. Despins（卢克·A. 德斯平斯），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（格林威治土地有限责任公司）, et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 23-05005]；(iii) Luc A. Despins，Chapter 11 Trustee v. Mei Guo（郭美）[Adv. Proc. No. 23-05008]；(iv) Luc A. Despins，Chapter 11 Trustee v. HCHK Technologies, Inc.（HCHK科技公司）, et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 23-05013]；(v) Luc A. Despins，Chapter 11 Trustee v. Taurus Fund LLC（金牛基金有限责任公司）, et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 23-05017]；(vi) Luc A. Despins，Chapter 11 Trustee v. Golden Spring (New York) Limited（黄金之泉〔纽约〕有限公司）[Adv. Proc. 23-05018]；(vii) Luc A. Despins，Chapter 11 Trustee v. Lamp Capital LLC（朗普资本有限责任公司）, et al. [Adv. Proc. 23-05023]；(viii) Luc A. Despins，Chapter 11 Trustee v. Bouillor Holdings Limited（布伊约尔控股有限公司）, et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 24-5311]；以及 (ix) Luc A. Despins，Chapter 11 Trustee v. AA Global Ventures Limited（AA全球创投有限公司）, et al. [Adv. Proc. No. 24-05322]。\n\n5 《准许动议、认定债务人藐视公司治理命令的命令》，第 1、4 段（Jan. 24, 2023, Docket No. 1372（“公司治理藐视法庭命令”））。\n\n20. 破产法院还认定，“G Entities”（G实体）（Gettr（盖特尔）、G Fashion（G时尚）、G Music（G音乐）、GClubs（G俱乐部）、GNews（G新闻）和 GEdu（G教育））、New Federal State of China（新中国联邦）及 Rule of Law Foundation（法治基金会），以及其他表面上独立的实体和组织，均由债务人控制6、由债务人领导7，和/或服务于债务人的“目的……并作为债务人的业务载体”。8\n\n21. 在申请日之前，United States District Court for the Southern District of New York（美国纽约南区联邦地区法院）的 Liman 法官认定，Eastern Profit Corporation Limited（东方利润有限公司）——一家在被转让给债务人的女儿之前最初由债务人的一名司机拥有的实体——“实质上是”债务人的一家空壳公司。9\n\n22. 债务人为阻碍和拖延其最大债权人之一 Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund, L.P.（太平洋联盟亚洲机会基金，有限合伙企业）（“PAX”）的追偿工作而不遗余力。2017 年，PAX 在 Supreme Court of the State of New York（纽约州最高法院）（“纽约法院”）提起 Index No. 652077/2017（“PAX案件”），起诉债务人，寻求就所欠款项作出判决。2021 年 2 月 3 日，PAX 从纽约法院获得针对债务人的 \\$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（梅女士号），债务人虚假声称该船由其女儿拥有；以及债务人在曼哈顿的豪华公寓，债务人虚假声称该公寓是为债务人的儿子以信托形式持有。债务人在判决后程序中藐视纽约法院命令，最终导致其被处以 \\$134 million 的藐视法庭罚款。\n\n6 《部分准许初步禁令动议的经更正裁决备忘录》，第 3 段（Adv. Proc. No. 22-05032, January 13, 2023（“债务人还控制 Saraca Media Group（萨拉卡媒体集团）及相关实体‘GTV’”））。\n\n7 同上，第 7 段（“债务人是 The Whistleblower Movement（举报者运动）、NFSC、ROLF 和 Himalaya（喜马拉雅）的领导人。”）。\n\n8 同上（“The Whistleblower Movement、NFSC、ROLF、GSeries 和 Himalaya 服务于债务人的目的，作为债务人的业务载体，其成员在个人层面对债务人忠诚。”）。\n\n9 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\n23. 债务人还将包括 GFNY 在内的其替身实体作为个人钱袋使用，以资助其本人及其家人已经习惯的奢靡生活，同时将资产隐匿于这些替身实体中以逃避其债权人，并阻碍和拖延债权人就其债权获得清偿。债务人通过这些替身实体完成的转让延续了债务人的欺诈计划。\n\n24. 债务人已在破产法院作证称，其资产不足以清偿其债务，且其奢靡生活由其家人通过名义上由家庭成员持有的企业提供资金。10 债务人仅列报 \\$3,850 的资产。11\n\n10 债务人关于作出临时及最终 DIP 命令的动议之听证会，该命令：(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\n11 见注释 3。\n\n25. 2023 年 3 月，债务人被联邦当局逮捕并被无保释羁押。2024 年 7 月 16 日，在 United States District Court for the Southern District of New York（美国纽约南区联邦地区法院）审判后，债务人被判九项重罪罪名成立，即有组织犯罪活动共谋、电信诈骗及银行诈骗共谋、洗钱共谋、证券欺诈共谋、与 Farm Loan Program（农场贷款计划）相关的电信诈骗、与 Farm Loan Program 相关的证券欺诈、与 G|CLUBS（G|俱乐部）相关的电信诈骗、与 G|CLUBS 相关的证券欺诈，以及与 Himalaya Exchange（喜马拉雅交易所）相关的电信诈骗。\n\n26. 美国政府在针对债务人的刑事起诉书中指称，债务人及其共同被告“利用至少 80 个不同实体或个人名下持有的约 500 多个账户，对超过 \\$1 billion 的欺诈所得进行洗钱。”12\n\n12 见《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，作为附件 B 附于 Chapter 11 Trustee 对 G Club Operations LLC（G俱乐部运营有限责任公司）就受托人强制履行动议及相关救济请求提出的补充异议的答复（June 23, 2023, Main Case Docket No. 1934）。\n\n27. 在申请日之前的任何时候，债务人替身实体（包括 GFNY）的财产均为债务人的财产。\n\n28. 在与本案相关的所有期间，债务人在 New York, New York（纽约州纽约市）开展业务，包括指示实施本起诉状所涉的申请前转让。\n\nD. 债务人的空壳操作和欺诈在申请后持续进行\n\n29. 截至申请日，债务人通过其替身实体（包括 GFNY）持有的所有财产均成为第 11 章破产财产。见 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1)。\n\n30. 在申请日之后，债务人公然漠视破产法院及其在破产法下的义务，继续通过众多替身空壳公司（包括但不限于 GFNY）完成转让。\n\n31. 这些申请后转让均未获破产法院授权，亦未获破产法授权。\n\nE. 为阻碍、拖延或欺诈债权人而作出的转让\n\n32. 本起诉状所涉转让系出于阻碍、拖延和/或欺诈债务人债权人的意图而作出，因为这些转让均通过作为债务人空壳操作一部分而运营的债务人替身空壳公司完成。\n\n33. 债务人故意以这种方式安排其财务事务，以便在虚假宣称贫困的同时隐匿和耗散数百万美元资产，逃避其众多债权人。债务人声称自己穷困潦倒，同时却为其本人、家庭成员和亲密关联人士维持亿万富翁生活方式而大肆消费。\n\n34. 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者处取得的资金。由于该等行为，债务人在 United States District Court for the Southern District of New York（美国纽约南区联邦地区法院）审理的一宗刑事案件中，被判多项重罪欺诈、洗钱和有组织犯罪活动罪名成立。见 United States v. Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）, case no. 1:23-cr-00118-AT [ECF No. 395] (July 18, 2024 S.D.N.Y.)。\n\n35. 债务人明知并意图通过以该等方式隐匿和耗散其资产，致使不会剩有足够资产偿还其债权人——包括其众多欺诈行为的受害者。因此，该等转让必然是出于阻碍、拖延和/或欺诈债务人债权人的意图而作出。\n\nF. 撤销请求的时效中止\n\n36. 2024 年 2 月 15 日，法院作出《部分准许延长期限动议的裁决备忘录和命令》[Main Case Docket No. 2921]（“时效中止命令”），其中法院依据 Bankruptcy Rule 9006(b)，将破产法 Sections 108、546 和 549 规定的受托人提起撤销诉讼的期限延长至并包括 2024 年 8 月 15 日。\n\n37. 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及财务状况说明，未向受托人提供账簿和记录，并在其他方面未与受托人合作，所有这些均公然漠视其作为破产法下债务人的义务。（时效中止命令第 14 页。）\n\n38. 债务人的家庭成员及与其有关联的其他个人和实体同样阻挠了受托人的调查，法院作出的“至少八项命令”即证明了这一点；该等命令认定“……债务人、其女儿、[Mei] Guo（郭美）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程序而藐视法庭”。（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情形，属非同寻常”（同上），并且面对该等阻挠，受托人的调查已“极为合理地勤勉”。（同上，第 17 页。）自 2024 年 2 月以来，受托人已提起 280 多起对抗程序。（一般见 Main Docket。）\n\n39. 2024 年 8 月 14 日，法院作出《准许第二次延长受托人提起撤销诉讼期限动议的命令》[Main Case Docket No. 3417]（“第二次时效中止命令”），进一步将破产法 Sections 108、546 和 549 规定的受托人提起撤销诉讼的期限延长至 2025 年 2 月 15 日，并指出受托人调查仍面临障碍，以及受托人在进行该等调查时保持勤勉（第二次时效中止命令第 2-3 页）。\n\n40. 受托人一直勤勉地调查并追索本起诉状中提出的请求。\n\n41. 鉴于包括受托人在进行勤勉调查时所面临的非同寻常阻挠在内的各种因素，衡平考量强烈支持对适用于本案所述请求的任何时效进行衡平中止。\n\nG. 向被告作出的转让\n\n42. 在申请日之前，债务人使用包括 GFNY 在内的其替身空壳公司，或以其他方式，将债务人的财产转让给被告（统称“申请前转让”），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\n43. 在申请日之后，债务人通过其空壳公司GFNY（GFNY公司）或以其他方式向被告转让了破产财产（统称“申请后转让”），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B。\n\n44. 在申请前转让和申请后转让（统称“转让”）发生时，债务人对债务人破产财产的债权人负有未偿债务。\n\n45. 被告系该等转让的初始受让人。\n\n第一项请求\n（根据《破产法典》第548(a)(1)(A)条和第550(a)条撤销并追回实际欺诈性转让的请求）\n\n46. 受托人重述并再次主张第1至45段所载指控，如同在此完整列明。\n\n47. 申请前转让由债务人作出，包括通过其另我GFNY作出，且其具有阻碍、拖延和/或欺诈其债权人的实际意图。\n\n48. 债务人在实施申请前转让时阻碍、拖延和/或欺诈其债权人的意图，除其他事项外，可由以下事实证明：\n\na. 申请前转让系通过一家作为其另我的空壳公司实施；\n\nb. 申请前转让被向债务人的债权人隐瞒；\n\nc. 申请前转让是债务人“空壳游戏”的一部分，其在债务人控制的家庭成员及其他亲信和下属的协助下实施，意图隐匿和保护资产；\n\nd. 申请前转让通过使债务人能够从其欺诈行为中获利，同时不使其财产受到债权人追索，进一步促成了债务人的欺诈行为；\n\ne. 在申请前转让发生时，债务人正遭受诉讼，包括PAX（PAX）在PAX案中提起的诉讼；以及\n\nf. 在申请前转让发生时，债务人资不抵债或资本不足。\n\n49. 发生于2020年2月15日当日或之后的申请前转让，可由受托人根据《破产法典》第548(a)(1)(A)条予以撤销，并可根据《破产法典》第550(a)条予以追回。\n\n第二项请求\n（根据《纽约债务人与债权人法》第273条和第276条，以及《破产法典》第544(b)条和第550(a)条撤销并追回实际欺诈性转让的请求）\n\n50. 受托人重述并再次主张第1至45段所载指控，如同在此完整列明。\n\n51. 申请前转让由债务人作出，包括通过其另我GFNY作出，且其具有阻碍、拖延和/或欺诈其债权人的实际意图。\n\n52. 债务人在实施申请前转让时阻碍、拖延和/或欺诈其债权人的意图，除其他事项外，可由以下事实证明：\n\na. 申请前转让系通过一家作为其另我的空壳公司实施；\n\nb. 申请前转让被向债务人的债权人隐瞒；\n\nc. 申请前转让是债务人“空壳游戏”的一部分，其在债务人控制的家庭成员及其他亲信和下属的协助下实施，意图隐匿和保护资产；\n\nd. 申请前转让通过使债务人能够从其欺诈行为中受益，同时不使其财产受到债权人追索，进一步促成了债务人的欺诈行为；\n\ne. 申请前转让通过使债务人能够从其欺诈行为中获利，同时不使其财产受到债权人追索，进一步促成了债务人的欺诈行为；\n\nf. 在申请前转让发生时，债务人正遭受诉讼，包括PAX在PAX案中提起的诉讼；以及\n\ng. 在申请前转让发生时，债务人资不抵债或资本不足。\n\n53. 申请前转让可由受托人根据《纽约债务人与债权人法》第273(a)(1)条和第276条以及《破产法典》第544(b)条予以撤销，并可根据《破产法典》第550(a)条予以追回。\n\n第三项请求\n（根据《破产法典》第549条和第550(a)条撤销并追回未经授权的申请后转让的请求）\n\n54. 受托人重述并再次主张第1至45段所载指控，如同在此完整列明。\n\n55. 申请后转让由债务人向被告作出，包括通过其另我GFNY作出。\n\n56. 申请后转让发生于申请日之后。\n\n57. 申请后转让未经破产法院或《破产法典》授权。\n\n58. 申请后转让构成对债务人第11章破产财产的未经授权转让。\n\n59. 申请后转让可根据《破产法典》第549(a)条予以撤销。\n\n60. 根据《破产法典》第550(a)条，受托人有权向被告追回申请后转让，或其价值，并加计至付款日的利息及本案费用。\n\n救济请求\n\n因此，基于上述理由，受托人谨请求作出如下判决：\n\n1. 就第一项请求，(a) 作出命令，宣告金额不低于\\$19,500.00的申请前转让根据《破产法典》第548(a)(1)(A)条予以撤销；(b) 作出命令，指示撤销申请前转让；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，向被告追回申请前转让，或由受托人选择追回其价值；\n\n2. 就第二项请求，(a) 作出命令，宣告金额不低于\\$19,500.00的申请前转让根据《破产法典》第544(b)条和《纽约债务人与债权人法》第273(a)(1)条及第276条予以撤销；(b) 作出命令，指示撤销申请前转让；以及(c) 根据《纽约债务人与债权人法》第276条和《破产法典》第550(a)(1)条，为债务人破产财产之利益，向被告追回申请前转让，或由受托人选择追回其价值；\n\n3. 就第三项请求，作出命令：(a) 宣告金额不低于\\$241,939.82的申请后转让根据《破产法典》第549条予以撤销；以及(b) 作出命令，指示撤销申请后转让；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，向被告追回申请后转让，或由受托人选择追回其价值；\n\n4. 自本起诉状提交之日起至本案判决之日止，按最高法定利率向受托人裁给判决前利息；以及\n\n5. 法院在此情形下认为公正、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 New Haven, CT\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.（纽伯特、佩佩与蒙蒂思律师事务所）\n195 Church Street, 13th Floor\nNew Haven, Connecticut 06510\n(203) 781-2847\ndskalka@npmlaw.com\nplinsey@npmlaw.com\n第11章受托人的律师\n\n附表A\n\n编号 账户持有人 日期 金额\n\n1 GFNY Inc 12/15/2021 \\$\n(13,150.00)\n2 GFNY Inc 1/25/2022 (6,350.00)\n合计－向Savino Del Bene USA Inc（Savino Del Bene USA Inc）的付款 \\$\n(19,500.00)\n\n编号 账户持有人 日期 金额\n\n1 GFNY Inc 2/15/2022 \\$\n(6,404.88)\n2 GFNY Inc 2/15/2022 (5,825.68)\n3 GFNY Inc 3/9/2022 (34,390.11)\n4 GFNY Inc 3/11/2022 (2,230.00)\n5 GFNY Inc 3/16/2022 (29,747.24)\n6 GFNY Inc 3/18/2022 (2,850.00)\n7 GFNY Inc 3/23/2022 (8,288.58)\n8 GFNY Inc 3/30/2022 (2,753.83)\n9 GFNY Inc 3/30/2022 (1,662.39)\n10 GFNY Inc 3/30/2022 (6,680.57)\n11 GFNY Inc 4/6/2022 (4,389.50)\n12 GFNY Inc 4/6/2022 (4,436.84)\n13 GFNY Inc 4/12/2022 (10,369.08)\n14 GFNY Inc 4/12/2022 (2,197.50)\n15 GFNY Inc 4/12/2022 (2,365.00)\n16 GFNY Inc 4/13/2022 (13,070.24)\n17 GFNY Inc 5/4/2022 (14,039.26)\n18 GFNY Inc 5/4/2022 (3,446.26)\n19 GFNY Inc 5/11/2022 (5,676.04)\n20 GFNY Inc 5/11/2022 (1,715.00)\n21 GFNY Inc 5/11/2022 (3,506.38)\n22 GFNY Inc 5/18/2022 (1,825.00)\n23 GFNY Inc 5/20/2022 (20,568.52)\n24 GFNY Inc 5/20/2022 (3,380.00)\n25 GFNY Inc 5/25/2022 (7,621.08)\n26 GFNY Inc 5/31/2022 (4,591.96)\n27 GFNY Inc 6/9/2022 (2,800.00)\n28 GFNY Inc 6/15/2022 (5,997.68)\n29 GFNY Inc 6/15/2022 (7,550.00)\n30 GFNY Inc 6/22/2022 (16,033.60)\n31 GFNY Inc 6/28/2022 (2,832.60)\n32 GFNY Inc 6/28/2022 (2,695.00)\n合计－向Savino Del Bene USA Inc的付款 \\$\n(241,939.82)\n\n附表B\n\n英文","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":5392,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 20:14:14"}