{"id":"court_sdny_148_1","court":"SDNY","case_no":"23-cr-00118","doc_number":148,"sub_number":1,"doc_type":"EXHIBIT","filed_date":"2023-09-21","title":"EXHIBIT A UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION","summary_zh":"破产法院对诉状 —— 美国诉 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵 / Guo Wengui / Miles Guo）案，康涅狄格州破产法院案号 22-50073 ECF #148（2023年7月11日立案）。第11章受托人 Luc A. Despins 对 Taurus Fund LLC 等主张，要求法院宣布债务人为 Mahwah 大宅的衡平所有人，并命令将该地产转归破产遗产。","summary_en":"Adversary complaint in bankruptcy court —— United States v. Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo / Guo Wengui / Kwok Ho Wan), Case No. 22-50073, U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Connecticut, ECF #148 (filed July 11, 2023). Chapter 11 Trustee Luc A. Despins seeks declaratory judgment that debtor is the equitable owner of the Mahwah Mansion property held by Taurus Fund LLC and orders turnover to the estate trustee.","body_en":"# **EXHIBIT A**\n\n# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| -------------------------------------------------------- | x |\n|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|\n| In re: | :
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: |\n| Defendants. ² | : |\n| -------------------------------------------------------- | x |\n\nCOMPLAINT OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE FOR ESTATE OF HO WA\n\n# **COMPLAINT OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE FOR ESTATE OF HO WAN KWOK SEEKING, PURSUANT TO BANKRUPTCY CODE SECTIONS 541, 542, AND 544, (I) DECLARATORY JUDGMENT THAT DEBTOR IS EQUITABLE OWNER OF MAHWAH MANSION AND THAT SUCH PROPERTY IS PROPERTY OF ESTATE AND (II) RELATED RELIEF**\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 and the Genever Debtor 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\n² The trustees of Taurus Fund named as defendants will be served with the Complaint.\n\nadversary complaint (the \"Complaint\") against defendants Taurus Fund LLC (\"Taurus Fund\"), Scott Barnett, as trustee of Taurus Fund, and Taurus Management LLC, as trustee of Taurus Fund (\"Taurus Management\" and, collectively with Taurus Fund and Scott Barnett, the \"Defendants\") and states as follows:\n\n### **NATURE OF ACTION**\n\n1. The Trustee brings this Complaint to recover yet another multi-million-dollar asset the Debtor has hidden from his creditors with the aid of his seemingly endless web of shell companies. The asset in question is one of the largest mansions in the United States, a 21 bedroom, 50,000 square foot, castle-styled private residence with 12.5-acre grounds located at 675 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430 (the \"Mahwah Mansion\"). This extremely valuable property is owned by the Debtor but held by or in the name of a shell company, Taurus Fund. For the reasons set forth herein, the Mahwah Mansion and the fixtures and personal property located in the Mahwah Mansion should be turned over to the Trustee and incorporated into the chapter 11 estate for the benefit of the Debtor's creditors.\n\n2. The Mahwah Mansion was purchased in December 2021 for \\$26.5 million and has since been used by the Debtor personally. Taurus Fund, the property's nominal owner, is, according to its Articles of Organization, a manager-managed LLC managed by (i) the Debtor's chauffeur and/or bodyguard, Scott Barnett, and (ii) another shell company, Taurus Management.\n\n3. As further discussed below, Taurus Fund is in administrative default under Nevada law. Its charter was revoked and right to transact business forfeited. As a result, as of January 1, 2023, Taurus Fund's managers, Scott Barnett and Taurus Management, have held all property and assets of Taurus Fund—including the Mahwah Mansion—in trust.\n\n4. Despite holding nominal title to the Mahwah Mansion, Taurus Fund is, in reality, the owner in name only. The Debtor's control of the Mahwah Mansion is transparent, with the property's actual control and ownership disguised by only the smallest of fig leaves. Until his arrest and detention, the Debtor used the Mahwah Mansion as his residence, filling it with his own personal belongings and funding millions of dollars of renovations to the property through Taurus Fund. Meanwhile, the \"management\" of this historic mansion worth tens of millions of dollars is allegedly entrusted to the Debtor's driver and/or bodyguard, Mr. Barnett.\n\n5. These and the other facts described herein show that the Debtor was (and remains) the equitable owner of the property at all relevant times. Because the Mahwah Mansion is equitably owned by the Debtor, it is property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate.\n\n6. Based on these facts, the Trustee seeks a ruling pursuant to sections 541, 542, and 544 of the Bankruptcy Code (i) declaring that the Debtor is the equitable owner of the Mahwah Mansion and that the Mahwah Mansion is property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate to be administered by the Trustee, and (ii) ordering the turnover of the Mahwah Mansion and the fixtures and personal property located in the Mahwah Mansion to the Trustee.\n\n7. The Trustee separately asserts that (i) the Debtor equitably owns Taurus Fund itself or, alternatively, (ii) Taurus Fund is the Debtor's alter ego. In either case, Taurus Fund or its assets (or their value) should be brought into the Debtor's chapter 11 estate.\n\n#### **JURISDICTION AND VENUE**\n\n8. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this adversary proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b). This adversary proceeding has been referred to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §157(a). Venue is appropriate in this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and 1409.\n\n#### **PARTIES**\n\n9. The Trustee is the chapter 11 trustee in the Chapter 11 Case pursuant to the Court's order entered on July 8, 2022 [Main Case Docket No. 523].\n\n10. Taurus Fund is a limited liability company formed in the State of Nevada and is the purported nominal owner of the Mahwah Mansion.\n\n11. Scott Barnett is one of the two managers of Taurus Fund, and upon information and belief, a trustee of Taurus Fund. Barnett is also the Debtor's chauffeur and/or bodyguard.\n\n12. Taurus Management is a limited liability company formed in the State of New Mexico. Taurus Management is the other manager of Taurus Fund, and upon information and belief, a trustee of Taurus Fund.\n\n#### **FACTS**\n\n#### **I. Debtor's Prolific Use of Shell Companies**\n\n13. As the Court is well aware, the Debtor uses a seemingly inexhaustible stream of shell companies, purportedly owned by family members or business subordinates, to shield his assets and activities from creditors. The Debtor's \"shell game\" has allowed him to continue to deny ownership of his assets and refuse to pay his debts.\n\n14. For example, this Court has found, in its order holding the Debtor in contempt for violating the Court's corporate governance order, 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 owner, Yvette Wang.3\n\n³ *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\n15. Similarly, immediately prior to the filing of the Debtor's chapter 11 case in February 2022, in the Debtor's pre-petition litigation against PAX in New York state court, Justice Ostrager found that it was the Debtor's practice to use shell companies to shield his assets from creditors.4 Justice Ostrager also found that the Lady May yacht was beneficially owned and controlled by the Debtor, despite title to the yacht being nominally held by HK USA, purportedly owned by Mei Guo.\n\n16. Previously, Judge Liman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York found, in a 2021 decision, that Eastern Profit Corporation Limited, an entity originally owned by another of the Debtor's chauffeurs and then transferred to the Debtor's daughter, was \"in essence, a shell corporation\" for the Debtor.5 Eastern Profit Corporation Limited was one of numerous purportedly independent entities whose financial accounts were identified by a 2018 Hong Kong court order to be \"subject to the effective control\" of the Debtor.6\n\n17. Relatedly, a confidential witness declaration filed by the Trustee under seal at Docket No. 1327 (the \"Confidential Witness Declaration\") and incorporated by reference as an exhibit in support of this Complaint, establishes, among other things that:\n\n⁴ Ex. 1, Decision & Order, at 1, *PAX v. Kwok*, Index No. 652077/2017 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Feb. 9, 2022) [Docket No. 1181] (the \"Final Contempt Decision\").\n\n⁵ *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\n⁶ Ex. 2, Hong Kong Restraint Order, at 7-18.\n\n18. Particularly relevant to this Complaint, this Court has found that the New Federal State of China (the \"NFSC\") and the GSeries Entities such as Gettr, GClubs, GNews, GFashion, GMusic, and GEdu (the \"GSeries Entities\")⁷ are \"led by the Debtor,\"⁸ \"serve the purposes of the Debtor, serve as business vehicles for the Debtor, and their members are personally loyal to the Debtor.\"⁹\n\n19. Finally, and also particularly relevant to this Complaint, the Debtor has—until his recent arrest by the FBI—used this shell game to fund his extravagant lifestyle and luxury residences. For example:\n\n- Lamp Capital LLC and Golden Spring (New York) Ltd. (shell companies purportedly owned by the Debtor's son) have paid the Debtor's living expenses and legal fees;\n- Bravo Luck Limited (another shell company purportedly owned by the Debtor's son and in which the Debtor had a direct ownership interest) has claimed beneficial ownership of the Debtor's \\$70 million luxury apartment at the Sherry Netherland Hotel;10\n- Hong Kong International Investments (USA) Limited (\"HK USA\") (a shell company purportedly owned by the Debtor's daughter, Mei Guo, and recently\n\n⁷ The Court also found that: \"The G in GSeries stands for Guo.\" *Corrected Memorandum of Decision Granting in Part Motion for Preliminary Injunction* ¶¶ 2, 3 (Adv. Proc. No. 22-05032, Jan. 13, 2023) [Docket No. 133] (the \"PI Decision\") (\"The GSeries includes the following entities: Himalaya Exchange, Gettr, GFashion, GMusic, GClubs, GNews, and GEdu.\").\n\n⁸ PI Decision, ¶ 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\n¹⁰ The Trustee has challenged Bravo Luck Limited's asserted interest in the Sherry Netherland apartment. See Amended Adversary Complaint Against Bravo Luck and Qiang Guo Seeking (I) Invalidation of Purported Trust Agreement in Favor of Bravo Luck and, (II) in Alternative, Ruling that Debtor Effectuated Fraudulent Transfer in Favor of Bravo Luck and Qiang Guo Pursuant to Section 276 of New York Debtor and Creditor Law, Made Applicable by Section 544 of Bankruptcy Code (Adv. Proc. No. 22-05027, Feb. 28, 2023) [Docket No. 40].\n\nruled by this Court to be the Debtor's alter ego11) has held title to the Debtor's yacht, the *Lady May*—which the Court ruled was property of the estate despite HK USA's nominal ownership;\n\n- Greenwich Land LLC (a shell company purportedly owned by the Debtor's wife) holds nominal title to the Debtor's Connecticut residence;12\n- Anton Development Limited (a shell company originally owned by one of the Debtor's chauffeurs and then transferred to the Debtor's daughter) held title to a Bombardier Global XRS private jet; and\n- HCHK Technologies, Inc. (another shell company purportedly owned by the Debtor's employees) has paid fees associated with the management of the Lady May and of the Debtor's Bombardier aircraft, and has paid nearly \\$2.8 million to purchase a new private plane for the Debtor.13\n- 20. In sum, while this Complaint focuses on the Mahwah Mansion and Taurus Fund,\n\nthe Trustee believes that context regarding the Debtor's wide-ranging strategy of using shell companies to shield assets from creditors will assist the Court in understanding the Trustee's position. The Trustee also expressly reserves all rights to pursue actions asserting claims against other entities at the appropriate time.\n\n¹¹ *See Memorandum of Decision and Order Granting Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Second Counterclaim*, at 36 (Adv. Proc. No. 22-05003, May 18, 2023) [Docket No. 221].\n\n¹² The Trustee has sought an alter ego judgment against this entity in adversary proceeding 23-05005, in connection with which the Court entered a prejudgment remedy and temporary restraining orders against Greenwich Land LLC and the Debtor's wife. *See Order Granting in Part Ex Parte Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction* (Adv. Proc. No. 23-05005, Mar. 28, 2023, Docket No. 14) (the \"Greenwich TR &PI Order\"); *Order Granting Chapter 11 Trustee's Amended Application for Ex Parte Prejudgment Remedy* (Adv. Proc. No. 23-05005, Mar. 28, 2023) [Docket No. 15] (the \"Greenwich PR Order\").\n\n¹³ The Trustee has sought an alter ego judgment against HCHK Technologies, Inc., HCHK Property Management, Inc., and Lexington Property and Staffing, In. in adversary proceeding 23-05013, in connection with which the Court entered a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against this entity. *See Order Granting in Part Emergency Ex Parte Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction* (Adv. Proc. No. 23-05013, June 12, 2023, Docket No. 18) (the \"HCHK TR & PI Order\"). *See also Complaint of Chapter 11 Trustee for Estate of Ho Wan Kwok Pursuant to Sections 105, 362, 363, 541, 542, 544 and 549 of the Bankruptcy Code Seeking (i) Declaratory Judgment that HCHK Technologies, Inc., HCHK Property Management, Inc., and Lexington Property And Staffing, Inc., Are (A) Alter Egos of Debtor; or, (B) in the Alternative, An Order that Debtor Equitably Owns Such Entities and/or Their Property; and (II) Injunctive Relief* (Adv. Proc. No. 23-05013, June 8, 2023) [Docket No. 1].\n\n#### **II. Nominal Ownership by Taurus Fund, Shell Company of Debtor**\n\n21. On December 16, 2021 (the \"Purchase Date\"), Taurus Fund purchased the Mahwah Mansion from Crocker Mansion Estate LLC for approximately \\$26.5 million.14 The deed was recorded on the same date at Bergen County, New Jersey.15\n\n22. Taurus Fund was formed in Nevada on December 16, 2021, the same date as the Purchase Date.16\n\n23. Besides the Mahwah Mansion, Taurus Fund also holds title to a Bösendorfer grand piano designed by F.A. Porsche (the \"Porsche Piano\"), which is believed to be valued at over \\$250,000. The Porsche Piano was previously located at the Debtor's GSeries offices at 3 Columbus Circle. Upon information and belief, the Debtor's employees or agents have removed the piano and taken it to an unknown location.17 As of the time of this Complaint, while the Trustee's investigation is ongoing, other than the Mahwah Mansion and the Porsche Piano, the Trustee is not aware of any other assets held by Taurus Fund.18\n\n24. While its members remain unknown, Taurus Fund is managed by (i) the Debtor's chauffeur and/or bodyguard Scott Barnett and (ii) Taurus Management.19\n\n25. Scott Barnett is the Debtor's chauffeur and/or bodyguard, and as of the date of this Complaint, Barnett continues to be employed by and actively work for the Debtor. In fact,\n\n¹⁴ *See* Ex. 3, Deed of Mahwah Mansion.\n\n¹⁵ *Id*.\n\n¹⁶ *See* Ex. 4, Article of Organization of Taurus Fund LLC.\n\n¹⁷ The Trustee has been advised by counsel for GNews, one of the GSeries entities controlled by the Debtor, that the Porsche Piano should be placed back in the Debtor's GSeries offices at 3 Columbus Circle, but the Trustee is not aware that this has been done.\n\n¹⁸ To the extent that Taurus Fund has any other assets, they should also be incorporated into the Debtor's chapter 11 estate.\n\n¹⁹ *See* Ex. 4, Article of Organization of Taurus Fund LLC.\n\non June 20, 2023, in an email to the Trustee, Aaron A. Romney, the Debtor's counsel, notified the Trustee that \"*Scott Barnett, who worked security for Mr. Kwok at the Sherry [Netherland], will be picking up [certain] boxes*\" from the Sherry Netherland containing the Debtor's and his family members' clothes and personal effects.20 Barnett is also listed as a covered driver under an insurance policy issued by AIG to Golden Spring (New York) Ltd.,21 one of the Debtor's many shell companies.22 Barnett has also been paid by at least two other shell companies, Greenwich Land, LLC,23 (which is purportedly owned by the Debtor's wife and which holds title to the Debtor's residence in Greenwich, Connecticut),24 and Lexington Property and Staffing, Inc. (\"Lexington Property\")25 (Lexington Property is 99.999% owned by Holy City Hong Kong Ventures, Ltd., an entity itself 100% owned by the Debtor's assistant, Yvette Wang).26\n\n26. Taurus Fund's other listed manager, Taurus Management, was formed on December 15, 2021, one day before the Purchase Date, as a limited liability company in the State of New Mexico.27\n\n²⁰ *See* Ex. 5, Email from Aaron A. Romney to the Trustee, Stephen Kindseth and Eric Henzy (June 20, 2023 at 1:01 PM).\n\n²¹ *See* Ex. 6, New York Automobile Declarations Page, by and between AIG Property Casualty Company and Golden Spring (New York) Ltd., for the policy period between Apr. 1, 2022 and Apr. 1, 2023).\n\n²² As noted above, the Debtor has previously used his chauffeur and/or bodyguard to hold his shell companies.\n\n²³ *See* Ex. 7, Check to Scott Barnett from Greenwich Land, LLC, on February 2, 2021, for an amount of \\$619.99.\n\n²⁴ The Trustee has sought an alter ego judgment against this entity in adversary proceeding 23-05005, in connection with which the Court entered a prejudgment remedy and temporary restraining orders against Greenwich Land LLC and the Debtor's wife. *See* Greenwich TR &PI Order; Greenwich PR Order.\n\n²⁵ *See* Ex. 8, Lexington Property Expenses by Vendor Summary, January – December 2021, Scott Barnett was paid \\$115.08 by Lexington Property.\n\n²⁶ The Trustee has sought an alter ego judgment against Lexington Property, HCHK Technologies, Inc., and HCHK Property Management, Inc. in adversary proceeding 23-05013, in connection with which the Court entered a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction. *See* HCHK TR & PI Order.\n\n²⁷ *See* Ex. 9, Articles of Organization of Taurus Management LLC.\n\n27. The publicly available formation documents for Taurus Management indicate that Taurus Management is a manager-managed LLC. However, the documents do not identify a manager or member.28\n\n28. Despite being a New Mexico entity, Taurus Management shares the same address as Taurus Fund in Nevada at 6628 Sky Pointe Drive, Suite 129-1071, Las Vegas, NV 89131.29\n\n29. Taurus Fund has ignored its obligations under Nevada law to file with the Secretary of State an annual list containing information such as names, titles and addresses of all of its managers, as well as a signature of the manager or authorized representative. It is, accordingly, marked as \"in default\" on the website maintained by the Nevada Secretary of State.30\n\n30. Taurus Fund has also failed to comply with New Jersey law. Under New Jersey law, Taurus Fund's ownership of property in New Jersey requires it to register as a foreign business entity with the New Jersey Secretary of State. However, a review of public records indicates that no such filing has been made.\n\n#### **III. Scott Barnett and Taurus Management Became Trustees of Taurus Fund**\n\n31. Under Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 86.263(2), Taurus Fund's annual list of information was due on December 31, 2022. Because it failed to timely file the list, Taurus Fund is deemed in default under Nevada law.\n\n²⁸ *Id*.\n\n²⁹ *Id*.\n\n³⁰ *See* Ex. 10, Taurus Fund LLC, Secretary of State of Nevada, Entity Search, http nv.gov/EntitySearch/BusinessInformation.\n\n32. On January 1, 2023, pursuant to Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 86.274(2), Taurus Fund's company charter was revoked by the Nevada Secretary of State, and its right to transact business forfeited.\n\n33. Upon revocation of Taurus Fund's charter and forfeiture of its right to transact business, under Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 86.274(5), all of the property and assets of Taurus Fund, including the Mahwah Mansion, are required to be held in trust by its managers—namely Scott Barnett and Taurus Management—and the same proceedings may be had with respect to its property and assets as those apply to the dissolution of a limited liability company pursuant to Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 86.505 and 86.521.\n\n34. Upon information and belief, as of the date of this Complaint, Taurus Fund has not applied to reinstate its charter, and remains in default.\n\n35. Upon information and belief, as of the date of this Complaint, Scott Barnett and Taurus Management remain as trustees of Taurus Fund and hold the Mahwah Mansion and all other assets of Taurus Fund in trust under Nevada law.\n\n#### **IV. Debtor Equitably Owns Mahwah Mansion**\n\n36. Although Taurus Fund held nominal title to the Mahwah Mansion, the Debtor had full beneficial ownership and control over the property until his arrest on March 15, 2023. As of the date of this Complaint, the Debtor has been denied bail and remains in federal custody.\n\n37. The Debtor's residence at, and his equitable ownership of, the Mahwah Mansion was revealed in the criminal indictment against him containing multiple charges of securities\n\nfraud, wire fraud, and money laundering (the \"Criminal Indictment\").31 The Criminal Indictment identified the Mahwah Mansion as one of the Debtor's luxury residences in the United States, along with his apartment at the Sherry-Netherland and his residence in Greenwich, Connecticut.\n\n38. *In fact, a \"public records\" search under the Debtor's name lists the Mahwah Mansion as the Debtor's personal address*. 32\n\n#### **A. Debtor Made Decision to Purchase Mahwah Mansion**\n\n39. Constructed in 1907, the castle-styled Mahwah Mansion, located within 25 miles of New York City, is described as one of the world's most magnificent and rare estates. The mansion has 21 bedrooms, more than 19 bathrooms, a great hall, library, tea room, formal dining room, restaurant-style kitchen, movie theater, billiard room, indoor lap pool with spa, massage room, wine room, game room, gym, outdoor pool with cabana, majestic gardens with two fountains, tennis court, 8-car garage, and rare wood, stone work and craftsmanship throughout the castle.33 Additionally, the Mahwah Mansion has its own Wikipedia page and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.34\n\n40. The grandeur and lavishness of the Mahwah Mansion is consistent with the Debtor's preference for extravagant residences, just like the \\$70 million Sherry Netherland apartment and the Debtor's multi-million dollar residence in Connecticut.\n\n³¹ *See* Criminal Indictment of Ho Wan Kwok and Kin Ming Je, *United States v. Kwok et al.*, 23 Cr. 118, filed Mar. 6, 2023 [ECF No. 2]. A copy of the Criminal Indictment is attached as **Exhibit 11** hereto.\n\n³² *See* Ex. 25, Lexis Public Record Comprehensive Person Report (listing Mahwah Mansion as the Debtor's address).\n\n³³ *See* 675 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430, United States, CHRISTIE'S INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE GROUP, http (last visited July 6, 2023) (describing grandeur and lavish amenities of the Mahwah Mansion).\n\n³⁴ *See* Crocker-McMillin Mansion, WIKIPEDIA, http (last visited July 6, 2023).\n\n41. On April 12, 2023, the NFSC, which, as this Court has found, is controlled by the Debtor and serves the purposes of the Debtor,35 released a video on Gettr featuring a tour of the Mahwah Mansion hosted by Pamela Tsai, a/k/a Nicole (\"Tsai\")36 and Qidong Xia, a/k/a Changdao Brother, or David Xia (\"Xia\") (the \"First Video Tour\").37 Xia is currently the Secretary General of the NFSC and Chairman of the Rule of Law Society and a person with whom the Debtor remains in contact.38 For example, on April 17, 2023, during a Gettr live stream by Tsai, Roy Guo,39 and Xia, the Debtor allegedly made a fifteen-minute phone call to\n\n³⁵ PI Decision ¶7 (\"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\n³⁶ This Court has found that Tsai is an associate of the Debtor and is associated with The Whistleblower Movement, NFSC, GSeries, Himalaya and/or ROLF. *See* PI Decision ¶¶ 11-15. The Court also found that Tsai actively participated in the protest campaign against the Trustee both outside of the Trustee's residence and at the entrance of Paul Hastings' office at Grand Central Terminal in New York, which were enjoined by this Court pursuant to the Court's *Order Granting In Part Motion for Preliminary Injunction* (Adv. Pro. No. 22- 05032, Jan. 11, 2023) [Docket No. 129] (the \"PAX PI Order\"). Tsai also appeared in videos reposted by the Debtor on November 16 and 18, 2022, which were designed to threaten and harass the Trustee and his family members by identifying their names and employers and making baseless and outrageous attacks and comments. *See Motion for An Order (I) Preliminarily Enjoining the Debtor from Publishing Personal Information About Certain Parties and Their Relatives Online, (II) Directing the Debtor to Remove Any Such Existing Posts, (III) Granting A Temporary Restraining Order in the Event that the Court Orders a Hearing on This Motion; and (IV) Referring the Debtor's Conduct to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut* ¶¶ 27-28 (Adv. Pro. No. 22-05032, Nov. 22, 2022) [Docket No. 3] (the \"PAX TRO Motion\").\n\n³⁷ *See* NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), *Nicole Looks at Brother Seven*, GETTR (Apr. 12, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023). Contemporaneously with the filing of this Complaint, counsel for the Trustee has provided the Court with a flash-drive containing copies of each of the videos quoted in this Complaint (the \"Video Flash-Drive\"), with a translation prepared by counsel of the relevant segment of such videos. The translated copy of the video referenced in this footnote is included in the Video Flash-Drive and is incorporated as **Exhibit 12** hereto.\n\n³⁸ *See, e.g.*, NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), GETTR (June 5, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023), identifying David Xia as the Secretary General of NFSC and Chairman of the Rule of Law Society.\n\n³⁹ This Court has found that Roy Guo is an associate of the Debtor and is associated with The Whistleblower Movement, NFSC, GSeries, Himalaya and/or ROLF. *See* PI Decision ¶¶ 11-15. The Court also found that Roy Guo actively participated in the protest campaign against the Trustee both outside of the Trustee's residence and at the entrance of Paul Hastings' office at Grand Central Terminal in New York, which were enjoined by this Court pursuant to the Court's PAX PI Order.\n\nXia while in federal custody.40 Pursuant to the phone call, the Debtor urged his followers to follow the lead of Xia.41\n\n42. During the First Video Tour, Xia and Tsai stated that the Debtor had the idea of buying a property in around 2020 and 2021; that the Debtor visited various properties in 2021; that the Debtor picked the Mahwah Mansion himself; that the Debtor decided to buy the Mahwah Mansion at the end of 2021; and that the Debtor instructed that everything related to the Mahwah Mansion be done in secrecy.42\n\n43. In sum, the Debtor decided to purchase the Mahwah Mansion on December 16, 2021, two months prior to the Debtor's voluntary filing of chapter 11 petition on February 15, 2022. He also decided to hide his purchase and equitable ownership of the Mahwah Mansion (which, unsurprisingly, is not listed on the Debtor's schedules of assets and liabilities), which would have remained hidden if not for the Criminal Indictment by the U.S. government on March 15, 2023.43\n\n⁴⁰ *See* NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), *Nicole Looks at Brother Seven*, GETTR (Apr. 17, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023) at 45:48-46:05 (video containing the Debtor's alleged phone call to his business associates where the Debtor asked his followers to \"follow the arrangement of Changdao Brother\") (Changdao Brother is Xia's nickname). The translated copy of the video referenced in this footnote is included in the Video Flash-Drive and is incorporated as **Exhibit 13** hereto.\n\n⁴¹ *Id*.\n\n⁴² *See* Ex. 12, First Video Tour, http (last visited July 6, 2023) [video showing Xia and Tsai touring the Mahwah Mansion ], *e.g.*, at 2:10-2:20, 3:40-3:50, 6:25-6:30, 10:00-10:25, 14:20-14:25, 26:30-26:45, 28:55-29:40, 31:30-31:50, 32:41-33:48.\n\n⁴³ The Trustee and the Department of Justice are working on a stipulation to resolve their potential competing claims to the proceeds of an eventual sale of the Mahwah Mansion (*i.e.*, whether the proceeds should be distributed to victims/creditors through the chapter 11 process or pursuant to the forfeiture process in connection with the criminal charges against the Debtor). The Trustee expects to present a stipulation to the Court in the near future.\n\n#### **B. Debtor Financed Purchase of and Renovation to Mahwah Mansion**\n\n44. Despite Taurus Fund's nominal title to the Mahwah Mansion, the Debtor directed and was personally involved in the purchase of and renovations to the mansion, using money that was under his control. Specifically, according to the Criminal Indictment, the Debtor \"used fraudulently-obtained victim money to purchase, fund, or finance a \\$26.5 million purchase of [the Mahwah Mansion] for [the Debtor] and his family.\"44\n\n45. The Criminal Indictment also explained that the funds used to purchase the Mahwah Mansion were funneled through other shell companies. Specifically, in or around November 2022, shortly before the Debtor's voluntary chapter 11 filing, the Debtor, acting through his co-defendant and alleged co-conspirator, William Je (\"Je\"),45 directed the funneling of funds from G Club Operations, LLC (\"G-Club\") through bank accounts in other entities' names toward the purchase of the Mahwah Mansion46 for the use and benefit of the Debtor, his wife (Hing Chi Ngok), his daughter (Mei Guo), and his son (Qiang Guo).⁴⁷\n\n46. Based on the Trustee's investigation, Je, referred to by Mei Guo as \"uncle William,\" and who is currently on the run from law enforcement, is a trusted family friend and\n\n⁴⁴ *See* Ex. 11, Criminal Indictment ¶ 4; *see also* Ex. 14, Order Denying Kwok's Motion for Release Pending Trial, at 3, *United States v. Kwok*, 23 Cr. 118-1 (AT) (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 20, 2023) [Docket No. No. 51] (noting that \"[t]he majority of funds raised through the membership organization were used to pay [the Debtor's] and his family's personal expenses, and purchase high-priced goods and real property, such as [the Debtor's] mansion in New Jersey.\"\n\n⁴⁵ The Government believes that William Je remains at large and is believed to be in the UAE. *See Memorandum of Law of the United States of America in Opposition to Defendant Yanping Wang's Motion for Pretrial Release* (the \"USAO Memorandum\"), at 4, 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* (the \"G-Club Reply\") (June 23, 2023) [Main Case Docket No. 1934].\n\n⁴⁶ Ex. 11, Criminal Indictment ¶ 15b.\n\n⁴⁷ *See* Ex. 15, Complaint ¶ 104(b), *S.E.C. v. Kwok*, 23 Civ. 2200 (PGG) (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 15, 2023) [Docket No.1] (\"SEC Complaint\").\n\nfinancial advisor of the Debtor. Je has been closely involved with the Debtor's real estate purchases, previously having been involved in the consideration of multiple potential property purchases by the Debtor. Je also arranged, under the Debtor's instructions, a transfer of \\$37 million to be held in escrow as a purported \"loan\" to cover the cost of the Lady May. As this Court has already found, both the Lady May and the \\$37 million escrow funds constituted and constitute, as applicable, property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate [Adv. P. No. 22-05003, ECF No. 221].\n\n47. The Debtor not only funded the purchase of the Mahwah Mansion, he also funded significant improvements to the property. Between December 2021 and March 2022, he arranged for an additional \\$13 million to be transferred to an escrow account to pay for extravagant furnishings for, and renovations to, the Mahwah Mansion. These extensive expenditures include a wing for his son and daughter each, as well as various furniture and decorative items, such as Chinese and Persian rugs worth approximately \\$978,000, a \\$62,000 television, a \\$53,000 fireplace log cradle holder, a \\$59,000 watch storage box, and a \\$35,000 mattress.48\n\n48. In the First Video Tour, while touring the dining room of the Mahwah Mansion, Tsai commented on the various delicate pieces of Chinese calligraphy and paintings, which were \"selected by Mr. Kwok himself.\"49 Xia particularly emphasized that there are many pieces of important antiques in the Mahwah Mansion, which were purportedly \"donated by [the Debtor's]\n\n⁴⁸ *See* Ex. 15, SEC Complaint ¶ 104(c). *See also* Ex. 11, Criminal Indictment ¶ 15(c).\n\n⁴⁹ *See* Ex. 12, First Video Tour, at 26:00-26:20.\n\nfamily fund,\"50 that these antiques are \"worth way more than the house itself,\"51 and that only the Debtor knows and is able to tell the story behind each antique.52 Upon information and belief, any funds from the Debtor's family fund are the Debtor's funds.\n\n49. These statements were repeated in another video tour of the Mahwah Mansion, given by Xia and Tsai on April 15, 2023 (the \"Second Video Tour,\" and together with the First Video Tour, the \"Video Tours\").53\n\n### **C. Debtor Resides at Mahwah Mansion**\n\n50. Together with his apartment at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel and his residence in Greenwich, Connecticut, the Mahwah Mansion is one of at least three luxury residences owned by the Debtor in the United States.54\n\n51. During the search of the Mahwah Mansion, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (the \"FBI\") found a number of the Debtor's personal effects, including (i) prescription medication in his name,55 (ii) an international driving permit and New York's learner's permit, both issued to the Debtor,56 (iii) family pictures,57 (iv) a certificate of authenticity for a Ferrari\n\n⁵⁰ *Id.*, at 33:08-33:25.\n\n⁵¹ *Id*., at 33:25-33:29, 33:48-33:56.\n\n⁵² *Id.*, at 33:29-33:33.\n\n⁵³ *See* NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), *Nicole Looks at Brother Seven*, GETTR (Apr. 15, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023), *e.g*., at 21:55-22:20, 33:05-33:30, 35:20- 35:35, 40:00-40:23. The translated copy of the video referenced in this footnote is included in the Video Flash-Drive and is incorporated as **Exhibit 16** hereto.\n\n⁵⁴ *See* Ex. 17, USA Response in Opposition as to Wang's Motion for Bond, at 3, *United States v. Yanping Wang,* 23 Mag. 2007 (UA) (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 29, 2023 [Docket No. 10].\n\n⁵⁵ A picture taken by law enforcement of the medication (with personally identifiable information redacted) is attached as **Exhibit 18** hereto.\n\n⁵⁶ A picture taken by law enforcement of the driver's license (with personally identifiable information redacted) is attached as **Exhibit 19** hereto.\n\n⁵⁷ A picture taken by law enforcement of these family pictures is attached as **Exhibit 20** hereto.\n\nautomobile, addressed to the Debtor,58 and (iv) in what appears to be the Debtor's personal dressing room, \"approximately 30 Brioni custom-made suits, each of which bore the handstitched words 'Brioni for Miles Kwok' inside the jackets,\" 59\n\n52. Besides personal items and luxury furniture and goods, the FBI also found inside the mansion a safe, located in a closet that was attached to what appears to be the Debtor's personal dressing room, containing \"approximately \\$394,000, €5000, HK\\$188,050, and [RMB] 250 in cash, and approximately 156 gold coins (alongside a receipt, which indicated that the coins were valued at approximately \\$109,555).\"60\n\n53. The FBI also recovered from the Mahwah Mansion evidence of the Debtor's foreign travel documents, including a copy of the Debtor's expired United Arab Emirates passport, as well as 10 computers or laptops, 16 external media storage devices (USB and hard drives), nine cellphones and a cell scrambler,61 which the Debtor uses.62\n\n54. Prior to the Debtor's arrest on March 15, 2023, the Debtor had frequently conducted live streaming on social media platforms, including Gettr, from the Mahwah Mansion. Between January 11, 2023 and February 19, 2023, the Debtor held at least 11 live broadcast\n\n⁵⁸ A picture taken by law enforcement of the certificate is attached as **Exhibit 21** hereto.\n\n⁵⁹ *See* Ex. 22, USA Letter in Opposition to Brief in Support of Pretrial Release by Kwok, at 3, *United States v. Kwok*, S1 23 Cr. 118 (AT) (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 3, 2023) [Docket No. 26]. A picture taken by law enforcement of these custom suits is attached as **Exhibit 23** hereto.\n\n⁶⁰ Ex. 17, *id.*\n\n⁶¹ Ex. 17, *id*. (noting in footnote 2 that a cellphone scrambler is an external device that attaches to a cellphone and is designed to defeat government wiretaps and other eavesdropping technologies by converting voice into noninterpretable analog noises for transmission over the phone network).\n\n⁶² Ex. 17, *id.*, at 14 (\"The defendant uses dozens of different cellphones and cellphone scramblers\").\n\nsessions using his personal account at Gettr, @milesguo, in the Mahwah Mansion on January 11,63 15, 64 22,65 23,66 and 29,67 and on February 1,68 8,69 12,70 15,71 16,72 and 19.73\n\n#### **D. Debtor Made Mahwah Mansion Available to His Associates**\n\n55. Upon information and belief, in April 2023, following the Debtor's arrest and the disclosure of the Mahwah Mansion in the Criminal Indictment, in an effort to continue to shield valuable assets from his creditors, the Debtor directed his associates to claim the Mahwah Mansion as the new base of the NFSC.\n\n56. On April 9, 2023, the NFSC held an event at the Mahwah Mansion, during which allegedly 500 followers went into the mansion and livestreamed their speeches on various internet platforms, including Gettr.74\n\n63 *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Jan. 11, 2023), http\n\n⁶⁴ *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Jan. 15, 2023), http\n\n⁶⁵ *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Jan. 22, 2023), http\n\n⁶⁶ *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Jan. 23, 2023), http\n\n⁶⁷ *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Jan. 29, 2023), http\n\n⁶⁸ *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Feb. 1, 2023), http\n\n⁶⁹ *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Feb. 8, 2023), http\n\n⁷⁰ *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Feb. 12, 2023), http\n\n⁷¹ *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Feb. 15, 2023),http\n\n⁷² *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Feb. 16, 2023), http\n\n⁷³ *See* GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Feb. 19, 2023), http\n\n⁷⁴ *See* NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), GETTR (Apr. 9, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023) (full livestreaming video of approximately 3.5 hours showing followers lining up to enter the Mahwah Mansion and making speeches in the mansion).\n\n57. As the Court previously found, NFSC and Gettr \"serve the purposes of the Debtor, serve as business vehicles for the Debtor, and their members are personally loyal to the Debtor.\"75\n\n58. Videos were also posted on the NFSC official homepage, showing followers entering and giving speeches in the Mahwah Mansion.76 In particular, the videos include captions transcribing statements of the NFSC followers after seeing the mansion, including that \"*[the Debtor] has prepared a base for the NFSC members*,\"77 that \"*everything [the Debtor] has prepared for the fellow fighters [at the Mahwah Mansion] is the best*,\"78 and that they wanted to \"*leave their marks in the room where [the Debtor] used to live broadcast.*\"79\n\n59. Since April 9, 2023, Xia and other NFSC members have begun to conduct their\n\naffairs from an office in the Mahwah Mansion.80\n\n⁷⁵ PI Decision ¶ 7 (\"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\n⁷⁶ *See NFSC Fellow Fighter Feels that the Air at the NFSC Base is Sweet,* NEW FEDERAL STATE OF CHINA (Apr. 12, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023) (including livestream videos of followers entering the Mahwah Mansion on April 9, 2023).\n\n⁷⁷ *Id.*\n\n⁷⁸ *See Everything Mr. Miles Guo has Prepared for the Fellow Fighters in the NFSC Base is the Best*, NEW FEDERAL STATE OF CHINA (Apr. 19, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023) (video showing followers making speech inside the Mahwah Mansion and title of the video is \"Everything Mr. Miles Guo Has Prepared For the Follow Fighters In the NFSC Base Is The Best\").\n\n⁷⁹ *See Fellow Fighters are Excited to Leave their Footprints on the Base of the NFSC*, NEW FEDERAL STATE OF CHINA (Apr. 16, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023) (video showing followers making speech in the Mahwah Mansion with the caption stating that followers \"think the mansion is very luxurious.\").\n\n⁸⁰ *See* Ex. 16, Second Video Tour, at 2:05-2:30 (showing Xia sitting in the Mahwah Mansion office).\n\n60. On April 12, 2023, in the First Video Tour,81 Xia noted that the Mahwah Mansion was also designated by the Debtor to be a premium lounge for G-Club members and place to hold conferences for various Himalaya organizations and the Farms.82\n\n61. As this Court knows, the G-Club and Himalaya are entities that (like the NFSC) \"serve the purposes of the Debtor, serve as business vehicles for the Debtor, and their members are personally loyal to the Debtor.\"83\n\n62. As noted above, on April 17, 2023, in a livestreaming on Gettr by the Debtor's associates, Tsai, Roy Guo, and Xia (currently the Secretary General of the NFSC and Chairman of the Rule of Law Society), the Debtor allegedly made a 15-minute phone call to Xia while in federal custody.84 Pursuant to the phone call, the Debtor urged his followers to follow the lead of Xia.85\n\n63. Upon information and belief, the Debtor directed Xia to take residence at the Mahwah Mansion in an attempt to maintain control of it, while continuing to shield valuable assets from his creditors.\n\n⁸¹ *See* Ex. 12, First Video Tour, at 6:35-7:00.\n\n⁸² The Trustee is aware of no evidence that this was anything more than empty promises, consistent with the other GClub promises the Debtor employed as part of the fraud alleged against him.\n\n⁸³ PI Decision ¶ 7 (\"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\n⁸⁴ *See* Ex 13, NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), *Nicole Looks at Brother Seven*, GETTR (Apr. 17, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023) at 45:48-46:05 (video containing the Debtor's alleged phone call to his business associates where the Debtor says \"follow the arrangement of Changdao Brother\") (Changdao Brother is Xia's nickname).\n\n⁸⁵ *Id*.\n\n64. On May 5, 2023, Xia led a small group of the Debtor's associates to meet with\n\nU.S. Rep. George Santos86 at the Mahwah Mansion, which was livestreamed on Gettr.87\n\n65. On May 19, 2023, in relation to a lawsuit *SEC v. Mountains of Spices et al*.,\n\ncounsel for Mountains of Spices (\"MOS\"), William J. Quinlan, filed a letter, confirming, among other things, that Xia has resided at the Mahwah Mansion because he and others have been removed by the Government from NFSC's former offices.88\n\n66. On June 4, 2023, the NFSC held a gathering of more 100 guests at the Mahwah Mansion to celebrate its third anniversary, with more than 10 leaders of various Himalaya Farms present.89 The event was livestreamed on Gettr. As this Court has found, Himalaya Farms are affiliated Himalaya entities, which are controlled by the Debtor.90 One farm leader commented\n\n⁸⁶ Eleven days later, on May 16, 2023, Rep. Santos spoke on the floor of the House characterizing the Debtor as a \"harmless political target\" and calling on (among others) the DOJ to \"free Miles Guo.\" *See* http (last visited July 6, 2023).\n\n⁸⁷ *See, e.g.*, NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), GETTR (May 5, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023) (showing the livestreaming of George Santos' visit to the Mahwah Mansion); *see also* NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), GETTR (May 5, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023) (cover photo of the video shows Xia and Santos in the hall of Mahwah Mansion); *Congressman George Santos, visited the homebase of the New Federal State of China*, GNEWS (May 5, 2023 15:02:28), http (article posted by Gnews discussing Santos visit to the Mahwah Mansion)..\n\n⁸⁸ *See* Ex. 24. MOS Letter in Response to DOJ's Objection to Lift Stay on MOS, at 2, *S.E.C. v. Mountains of Spices,* No. 1:23-cv-02200-PGG (S.D.N.Y. May 19, 2023) [Docket No. 49] (\"Whether the 'leader of MOS' has streamed videos in a New Jersey residence is not relevant, and, regardless, he has only resided there because, on information and belief, the Government had a receiver appointed that removed the movement from its prior offices.\").\n\n⁸⁹ *See* NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), GETTR (June 4, 2023), http (last visited July 6, 2023) (full streaming of the NFSC event at the Mahwah Mansion).\n\n⁹⁰ PI Decision ¶¶ 4, 7 (\"NFSC is associated, affiliated, and/or connected with the Himalaya Global Alliance (together with affiliated Himalaya entities, such as Himalaya Exchange and Himalaya Farms, 'Himalaya')) (\"The Debtor is the leader of The Whistleblower Movement, NFSC, ROLF, and Himalaya. The Whistleblower Movement, NFSC, ROLF, 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\non the lavishness of the Mahwah Mansion, stating that \"what [the Debtor] has arranged for us is purely touching.\"91\n\n67. Abundant evidence demonstrates that, despite being nominally owned by Taurus Fund, even since his arrest the Debtor continues to utilize the Mahwah Mansion for his own benefit, including by making it available for the NFSC, G-Club and Himalaya, which the Court has already determined are used by the Debtor for his own purposes.\n\n# **First Claim**\n\n# **(Declaratory Judgment that Debtor Is Equitable Owner of Mahwah Mansion and Ordering Turnover of Mahwah Mansion and Fixtures and Personal Property in Mahwah Mansion to Trustee)**\n\n68. The Trustee repeats and realleges the allegations contained in paragraphs 1-67.\n\n69. New Jersey law applies to the equitable ownership claim, because the Mahwah\n\nMansion is located in New Jersey.92\n\n70. Courts have found that a debtor had an equitable interest in property upon one or more of the following grounds: (1) the debtor's funds were used to acquire the property; (2) the debtor represented that he had an interest in the property or used the property to obtain credit; or (3) they involved property that was once owned by the debtor and then transferred to a third party (usually in the face of creditor pressure).93 A court applying New Jersey's equitable ownership law has also found a debtor to be the equitable owner of property based on the\n\n⁹¹ *See* NFSCTC (@chinatruth2022), GETTR (June 4, 2023), http at 5:19:10 – 5:19:50 (last visited July 6, 2023) (full streaming of the NFSC event at the Mahwah Mansion).\n\n⁹² *See Kartzman v. Beiman (In re Beiman)*, No. 15-10488 (JKS), 2018 WL 6978705, \\*3 (Bankr. D. N. J. Mar.19, 2018) (providing that in bankruptcy cases, state law generally determines what interest, if any, a debtor has in property) (citing *O'Dowd v. Trueger (In re O'Dowd)*, 233 F.3d 197, 202 (3d Cir. 2000); *see also Butner v. United States*, 440 U.S. 48, 55 (1979) (noting that property interests are created and defined by state law).\n\n⁹³ *In re Beiman*, at \\*4 (Bankr. D. N. J. Mar.19, 2018).\n\npatterns and practices of the debtor's fraudulent behaviors, where the debtor, funding the purchase of properties, placed title to the properties in the name of third parties while maintaining *de facto* control and ownership.94\n\n71. As detailed above, the Mahwah Mansion is equitably owned by the Debtor. Among other things, the Debtor financed the purchase of and renovations to the Mahwah Mansion, resided there, and held it in a shell company managed by his chauffeur and/or bodyguard. Public record also shows that the Debtor's address is at the Mahwah Mansion. Even after his arrest and incarceration, the Debtor has continued to benefit from the property by using it as a base of operations for the NFSC, which, as the Court has already found, is under the Debtor's control. Moreover, it is consistent with the Debtor's pattern and practice to have a shell company purchase and hold title to the Debtor's luxury residences, including without limitation, his apartment at the Sherry-Netherland and his residence in Greenwich, Connecticut.\n\n72. To the extent Taurus Fund held title to the Mahwah Mansion, it did so in name only, with the Debtor acting at all times as the mansion's true beneficial owner.\n\n73. Because the Mahwah Mansion was equitably owned by the Debtor, it is property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate.95 Based on these facts and circumstances, the Trustee seeks a ruling pursuant to sections 541, 542, and 544 of the Bankruptcy Code (i) declaring that the Mahwah Mansion constitutes property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate to be administered by\n\n⁹⁴ *In re NJ Affordable Homes Corp.*, No. 05-60442 (DHS), 2006 WL 2128624, \\*8 (Bankr. D.N.J. June 29, 2006) (holding that the mere fact that title to a property is in the name of a third party does not mean that the debtor does not have an equitable interest in the property, however speculative that interest may be, to make it property of the bankruptcy estate).\n\n⁹⁵ To the extent that the Porsche Piano is not currently in the Mahwah Mansion, the Trustee requests its turnover wherever it may be.\n\nthe Trustee and (ii) ordering Taurus Fund (and/or Scott Barnett and Taurus Management, as trustees of Taurus Fund) to surrender the Mahwah Mansion and the fixtures and personal property in the Mahwah Mansion to the Trustee.\n\n# **Second Claim**\n\n# **(Declaratory Judgment that Debtor is Equitable Owner of Taurus Fund and Ordering Turnover of Taurus Fund and Its Assets to Trustee)**\n\n74. The Trustee repeats and realleges the allegations contained in paragraphs 1-67.\n\n75. Nevada law applies to the equitable ownership claim because Taurus fund is a\n\nNevada entity.96\n\n76. A court applying Nevada's equitable ownership analysis to the Debtor's\n\nrelationship to Taurus Fund will focus on (1) whether the Debtor has active or substantial control\n\nof Taurus Fund, and (2) whether the Debtor is using and receiving benefits of Taurus Fund's\n\nassets.97\n\n77. The Debtor is the equitable owner of Taurus Fund. First, the Debtor has active\n\nand substantial control over Taurus Fund, because, among other reasons:\n\n- a. Taurus Fund was managed by the Debtor's chauffeur and/or bodyguard and another shell company under the Debtor's control;\n- b. Taurus Fund has not followed any corporate formalities, including compliance with the business organization disclosure and registration laws of Nevada and New Jersey;\n- c. Taurus Fund's purchase of the Mahwah Mansion, was funded by money controlled by the Debtor; and\n\n⁹⁶ *See United States v. 74.05 Acres*, 428 F. Supp. 2d 57, 61 (D. Conn. 2006) (\"Ownership interests are defined by the law of the State in which the interest arose.\").\n\n⁹⁷ *See In re Twin Lakes Vill., Inc.*, 2 B.R. 532 (Bankr. D. Nev. 1980).\n\nd. The Porsche Piano owned by Taurus Fund was located in the offices of the GSeries entities, which, as this Court has found, were controlled by the Debtor.\n\n78. Second, the Debtor uses Taurus Fund's asset—the Mahwah Mansion—as his residence, public record lists the Mahwah Mansion as the Debtor's address, and Taurus Fund uses money funded and controlled by the Debtor to pay the Debtor's expenses in connection with such residence, including for construction and maintenance.\n\n79. Because Taurus Fund was equitably owned by the Debtor (prior to the revocation of its charter under Nevada law), the ownership and corporate control rights over Taurus Fund and the assets of Taurus Fund were, following the Petition Date, property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate.\n\n80. Accordingly, the Trustee seeks a ruling pursuant to section 541, 542, and 544 of the Bankruptcy Code, (1) declaring that: (a) at all times the Debtor has been the equitable owner of Taurus Fund; (b) any and all assets held by Taurus Fund at any time prior to the Debtor's petition date of February 15, 2022 constituted property of the Debtor; and (c) any and all assets held by Taurus Fund at any time from the date of the Debtor's February 15, 2022 chapter 11 petition to the present constituted and constitute, as applicable, property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate; and (2) ordering the turnover of Taurus Fund and any and all of Taurus Fund's assets to the Trustee.\n\n#### **Third Claim**\n\n## **(Declaratory Judgment, in the Alternative, that Taurus Fund is Debtor's Alter Ego and Ordering Turnover of Taurus Fund and Its Assets to Trustee)**\n\n81. The Trustee repeats and realleges the allegations contained in paragraphs 1-67.\n\n82. Nevada law applies to the alter ego/veil piercing claim because Taurus Fund is a Nevada entity.98\n\n83. Under Nevada law, a court applying Nevada's alter ego analysis to the Debtor's relationship to Taurus Fund will focus on: (1) whether Taurus Fund is influenced and governed by the Debtor; (2) whether there is a unity of interest and ownership that Taurus Fund is inseparable from the Debtor; and (3) whether adherence to the corporate fiction of a separate entity would, under the circumstances, sanction fraud or promote injustice.99 Factors that may indicate an alter-ego relationship include: (1) commingling of funds: (2) undercapitalization; (3) unauthorized diversion of funds; (4) treatment of corporate assets as the individual's own; and (5) failure to observe corporate formalities.100\n\n84. The Debtor had influence and exercised control over Taurus Fund such that Taurus Fund had no independent existence from the Debtor, and the Debtor used Taurus Fund's corporate form to perpetrate a fraud and injustice. Taurus Fund is an alter ego of the Debtor, because, among other reasons:\n\n- a. Taurus Fund was managed by the Debtor's chauffeur and/or bodyguard and another shell company under the Debtor's control;\n- b. Taurus Fund has not followed any corporate formalities, including compliance with the business organization disclosure and registration laws of Nevada and New Jersey;\n\n⁹⁸ *See Hyundai-Wia Mach. Am. Corp. v. Rouette (In re Rouette)*, 564 B.R. 157, 174 (Bankr. D. Conn. 2017) (\"In the absence of an overriding federal interest or policy, federal courts look to the law of the state of incorporation to determine whether to pierce a corporation's veil.\") (citing *In re Carterhouse, Inc*., 94 B.R. 271, 276 (Bankr. D. Conn. 1988).\n\n⁹⁹ *See Bermuda Rd. Properties, LLC v. EcoLogical Steel Sys., Inc.*, No. 2:12–cv–01579–JAD–GWF, 2017 WL 797092, \\*3 (D. Nev. Mar. 1, 2017) (citing *LFC Mktg. Grp., Inc. v. Loomis*, 8 P.3d 841, 845 (Nev. 2000) and *Polaris Indust. Corp v. Kaplan*, 747 P.2d 884, 886 (Nev. 1987)).\n\n¹⁰⁰ *Id*.\n\n- c. Taurus Fund's purchase of the Mahwah Mansion was funded by money controlled by the Debtor;\n- d. The Debtor uses the Mahwah Mansion as his residence, and Taurus Fund uses money funded and controlled by the Debtor to pay the Debtor's expenses in connection with such residence, including for construction and maintenance; and\n- e. The Porsche Piano owned by Taurus Fund was located in the offices of the GSeries entities, which this Court has found were controlled by the Debtor.\n\n85. The Debtor has wrongfully and unjustly used his alter ego control over Taurus Fund to, among other things, cause Taurus Fund to hold assets for the Debtor's use and benefit, while purporting to keep such assets outside the reach of the Debtor's creditors, enabling the Debtor to live a life of luxury without paying his debts.\n\n86. At all relevant times, the Debtor was indebted to one or more creditors. Such creditors could have pursued the relief sought herein by the Trustee in exercise of such creditors' rights.\n\n87. Accordingly, the Trustee seeks a ruling pursuant to sections 541, 542, and 544 of the Bankruptcy Code, (1) declaring that: (a) at all times Taurus Fund was an alter ego of the Debtor; (b) any and all assets held by Taurus Fund at any time prior to the Debtor's petition date of February 15, 2022 constituted property of the Debtor; and (c) any and all assets held by Taurus Fund at any time from the date of the Debtor's February 15, 2022 chapter 11 petition to the present constituted and constitute, as applicable, property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate; and (2) ordering the turnover of any and all of Taurus Fund's assets to the Trustee.\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, an order, pursuant to sections 541, 542, and 544 of the\n\nBankruptcy Code (1) declaring that: (a) the Debtor is the equitable owner of the Mahwah Mansion, and (b) that the Mahwah Mansion is property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate to be administered by the Trustee; and (2) ordering Taurus Fund (and/or Scott Barnett and Taurus Management, as trustees of Taurus Fund) to turn over the Mahwah Mansion or its value and the fixtures and personal property in the Mahwah Mansion to the Trustee;\n\n2. On the Second Claim, an order, pursuant to sections 541, 542, and 544 of the Bankruptcy Code (1) declaring that: (a) at all times the Debtor is the equitable owner of Taurus Fund; (b) any and all assets held by Taurus Fund at any time prior to the Debtor's petition date of February 15, 2022 constituted property of the Debtor; and (c) any and all assets held by Taurus Fund at any time from the date of the Debtor's February 15, 2022 chapter 11 petition to the present constituted and constitute, as applicable, property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate; and (2) ordering the turnover of Taurus Fund and any and all of Taurus Fund's assets to the Trustee.\n\n3. On the Third Claim, an order, pursuant to sections 541, 542, and 544 of the Bankruptcy Code, (1) declaring that: (a) at all times Taurus Fund was an alter ego of the Debtor; (b) any and all assets held by Taurus Fund at any time prior to the Debtor's petition date of February 15, 2022 constituted property of the Debtor; and (c) any and all assets held by Taurus Fund at any time from the date of the Debtor's February 15, 2022 chapter 11 petition to the present constituted and constitute, as applicable, property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate; and (2) ordering the turnover of any and all of Taurus Fund's assets to the Trustee.\n\n4. Reasonable attorneys' fees, costs, and expenses incurred in this action; and\n\n5. 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: July 11, 2023 New York, New York LUC A. DESPINS CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE\n\nBy: /*s*/ *Douglass Barron*\n\nAvram E. Luft (admitted *pro hac vice*) Douglass Barron (admitted *pro hac vice*) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (212) 318-6000 aviluft@paulhastings.com douglassbarron@paulhastings.com\n\n*and*\n\nNicholas A. Bassett (admitted *pro hac vice*) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 2050 M Street NW Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 551-1902 nicholasbassett@paulhastings.com\n\n*and*\n\nDouglas 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\n\n*Counsel for the Chapter 11 Trustee*","body_zh":"证物 A\nUnited States Bankruptcy Court District of Connecticut Bridgeport Division（美国康涅狄格区联邦破产法院布里奇波特分院）\n-------------------------------------------------------- x\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）\n-------------------------------------------------------- x\nLuc A. Despins（吕克·A·德斯平斯），第 11 章受托人，\n诉讼程序 [•]\n原告，\n2023年7月11日\n诉\nTaurus Fund LLC（金牛座基金有限责任公司）、\nScott Barnett（斯科特·巴内特），作为 Taurus Fund LLC 的受托人、以及\nTaurus Management LLC（金牛座管理有限责任公司），作为 Taurus Fund LLC 的受托人，\n被告。 2\n-------------------------------------------------------- x\n\nHO WAN KWOK 破产财产的第 11 章受托人根据《破产法典》第 541 条、第 542 条及第 544 条提起的起诉状，请求：(I) 作出确认债务人为 MAHWAH 庄园的衡平法所有人且该财产属于破产财产的确认判决，以及 (II) 相关救济\n\n在 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵，下称“债务人”或“Kwok”）的第 11 章破产案件（下称“第 11 章案件”）中被任命的第 11 章受托人（下称“受托人”）Luc A. Despins，针对被告 Taurus Fund LLC（下称“Taurus Fund”）、作为 Taurus Fund 受托人的 Scott Barnett，以及作为 Taurus Fund 受托人的 Taurus Management LLC（下称“Taurus Management”，与 Taurus Fund 及 Scott Barnett 合称“被告”）提起本对抗诉讼起诉状（下称“起诉状”），并陈述如下：\n\n1 这些第 11 章案件中的债务人包括 Ho Wan Kwok（亦称 Guo Wengui、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及其他众多化名）（税务识别号后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（税务识别号后四位：8202）及 Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人及 Genever 债务人的邮寄地址为 Paul Hastings LLP（普衡律师事务所），200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 转交 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财产受托人 Luc A. Despins（仅用于接收通知及通讯联络）。\n\n2 被列为被告的 Taurus Fund 受托人将被送达起诉状。\n\n诉讼性质\n\n1. 受托人提起本起诉状，旨在追回债务人借助其看似无休止的空壳公司网络向其债权人隐匿的又一项数百万美元的资产。涉案资产为全美最大的庄园之一，是一处拥有 21 间卧室、占地 50,000 平方英尺、带 12.5 英亩土地的城堡式私人住宅，位于 675 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430（下称“Mahwah 庄园”）。该处极具价值的财产为债务人所有，但由空壳公司 Taurus Fund 持有或登记在其名下。基于本文所述之理由，Mahwah 庄园以及位于 Mahwah 庄园内的附着物和个人财产应当向受托人交接，并纳入第 11 章破产财产，以使债务人的债权人受益。\n\n2. Mahwah 庄园于 2021 年 12 月以 2,650 万美元购得，自那时起一直由债务人个人使用。该财产的名义所有者 Taurus Fund 根据其组织章程，是一家由以下两方管理的经理管理型有限责任公司：(i) 债务人的司机兼/或保镖 Scott Barnett，以及 (ii) 另一家空壳公司 Taurus Management。\n\n3. 如下文进一步所述，Taurus Fund 在内华达州法律下处于行政违约状态。其设立特许已被吊销，开展业务的权利已被没收。因此，自 2023 年 1 月 1 日起，Taurus Fund 的经理 Scott Barnett 与 Taurus Management 以信托方式持有了 Taurus Fund 的所有财产和资产——包括 Mahwah 庄园。\n\n4. 尽管持有 Mahwah 庄园的名义产权，Taurus Fund 实质上只是名义上的所有者。债务人对 Mahwah 庄园的控制显而易见，该财产的实际控制权和所有权仅被极薄弱的掩饰所遮掩。在其被捕并被羁押之前，债务人一直将 Mahwah 庄园用作其住所，在其中摆满其个人物品，并通过 Taurus Fund 为该财产资助了数百万美元的翻修费用。与此同时，这座价值数千万美元的历史悠久的庄园的“管理权”，据称被委托给了债务人的司机兼/或保镖 Barnett 先生。\n\n5. 这些以及本文所述的其他事实表明，在所有相关时间内，债务人过去是（且现在仍是）该财产的衡平法所有人。由于 Mahwah 庄园在衡平法上归债务人所有，因此其属于债务人第 11 章破产财产。\n\n6. 基于这些事实，受托人根据《破产法典》第 541 条、第 542 条和第 544 条请求作出裁定：(i) 宣布债务人是 Mahwah 庄园的衡平法所有人，且 Mahwah 庄园是应由受托人管理的债务人第 11 章破产财产，以及 (ii) 命令将 Mahwah 庄园以及位于 Mahwah 庄园内的附着物和个人财产向受托人交接。\n\n7. 受托人另外主张：(i) 债务人在衡平法上拥有 Taurus Fund 本身，或者在备位上，(ii) Taurus Fund 是债务人的另一个自我。无论在何种情况下，Taurus Fund 或其资产（或其价值）均应纳入债务人的第 11 章破产财产。\n\n管辖权与审理地\n\n8. 根据 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b)，本法院对本对抗诉讼程序享有标的管辖权。根据 28 U.S.C. § 157(a)，本对抗诉讼程序已移送至本法院。根据 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 和 1409，本法院审理地适当。\n\n当事人\n\n9. 根据法院于 2022 年 7 月 8 日作出的命令 [主案卷宗编号 523]，受托人是本第 11 章案件中的第 11 章受托人。\n\n10. Taurus Fund 是一家在内华达州成立的有限责任公司，是 Mahwah 庄园据称的名义所有者。\n\n11. Scott Barnett 是 Taurus Fund 的两名经理之一，且根据现有信息及确信，其为 Taurus Fund 的受托人。Barnett 亦是债务人的司机兼/或保镖。\n\n12. Taurus Management 是一家在新墨西哥州成立的有限责任公司。Taurus Management 是 Taurus Fund 的另一名经理，且根据现有信息及确信，其为 Taurus Fund 的受托人。\n\n事实\n\nI. 债务人大量使用空壳公司\n\n13. 众所周知，债务人使用看似源源不断的空壳公司（据称由家族成员或业务下属所有），向债权人隐匿其资产和活动。债务人的“空壳游戏”使他能够继续否认对其资产的所有权并拒绝偿还债务。\n\n14. 例如，本法院在其裁定债务人因违反法院的公司治理命令而构成藐视法庭的裁定中认定，债务人是 Ace Decade Limited（以及通过该公司持有 Dawn State Limited）的实益所有人，且债务人控制并雇用了 Ace Decade Limited 的名义所有人 Yvette Wang（王雁平）。3\n\n3 《关于批准判定债务人违反公司治理命令构成藐视法庭的动议的裁定》，¶¶ 1, 4 (2023年1月24日, 卷宗编号 1372)（“公司治理藐视法庭裁定”）。\n\n15. 同样，在债务人于 2022 年 2 月提起第 11 章破产申请前夕，在纽约州法院审理的债务人破产申请前针对 PAX 的诉讼中，Ostrager 法官认定，使用空壳公司向债权人隐匿资产是债务人的惯用做法。4 Ostrager 法官还认定，Lady May 号游艇由债务人实益所有并控制，尽管该游艇的产权名义上由据称归 Mei Guo（郭美）所有的 HK USA 持有。\n\n16. 此前，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 法官在 2021 年的一项裁决中认定，Eastern Profit Corporation Limited（一家最初由债务人的另一名司机所有、后转让给债务人女儿的实体）“实质上是债务人的空壳公司”。5 Eastern Profit Corporation Limited 是众多据称独立的实体之一，根据 2018 年香港法院的一项命令，这些实体的财务账户被认定为“受债务人的有效控制”。6\n\n17. 与此相关，受托人在卷宗编号 1327 封存提交的保密证人陈述书（下称“保密证人陈述书”），作为支持本起诉状的证物通过引用并入本文，其中除其他事项外确立了：\n\n4 证物 1，裁决与裁定，第 1 页，PAX 诉 Kwok，索引编号 652077/2017 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2022年2月9日) [卷宗编号 1181]（“最终藐视法庭裁决”）。\n\n5 Eastern Profit Corp. Ltd. 诉 Strategic Vision US LLC，编号 18-CV-2185 (LJL)，2021 WL 2554631，第 *1 页 (S.D.N.Y. 2021年6月22日)。\n\n6 证物 2，香港限制令，第 7-18 页。\n\n18. 与本起诉状尤为相关的是，本法院已认定，New Federal State of China（新中国联邦，下称“NFSC”）以及 Gettr、GClubs、GNews、GFashion、GMusic 和 GEdu 等 G 系列实体（下称“G 系列实体”）7“由债务人领导”，8“为债务人的目的服务，充当债务人的商业工具，且其成员对债务人个人忠诚。”9\n\n19. 最后，且与本起诉状亦尤为相关的是，债务人——直至其最近被 FBI（联邦调查局）逮捕——一直利用这种空壳游戏来资助其奢靡的生活方式和豪华住所。例如：\n\n- Lamp Capital LLC 和 Golden Spring (New York) Ltd.（据称由债务人儿子所有的空壳公司）支付了债务人的生活开销和律师费；\n- Bravo Luck Limited（另一家据称由债务人儿子所有、且债务人在其中拥有直接所有权权益的空壳公司）声称对债务人在 Sherry Netherland Hotel（雪莉-尼德兰酒店）价值 7,000 万美元的豪华公寓享有实益所有权；10\n- Hong Kong International Investments (USA) Limited（下称“HK USA”）（一家据称由债务人女儿 Mei Guo 所有的空壳公司，最近被本法院裁定为债务人的另一个自我11）持有债务人游艇 Lady May 的产权——法院裁定尽管 HK USA 名义上持有所有权，该游艇仍属于破产财产；\n\n7 法院还认定：“G系列中的 G 代表 Guo（郭）。”《部分批准初步禁令动议的更正判决备忘录》 ¶¶ 2, 3 (对抗诉讼编号 22-05032, 2023年1月13日) [卷宗编号 133]（“初步禁令裁决”）（“G系列包括以下实体：Himalaya Exchange、Gettr、GFashion、GMusic、GClubs、GNews 和 GEdu。”）。\n\n8 初步禁令裁决，¶ 7（“债务人是爆料革命、NFSC、ROLF 和 Himalaya 的领导人。”）。\n\n9 同上（“爆料革命、NFSC、ROLF、G系列和 Himalaya 为债务人的目的服务，充当债务人的商业工具，且其成员对债务人个人忠诚。”）。\n\n10 受托人已对 Bravo Luck Limited 声称对雪莉-尼德兰公寓享有的权益提出异议。参见《针对 Bravo Luck 和 Qiang Guo 提起的修正对抗诉讼起诉状，请求：(I) 宣告有利于 Bravo Luck 的所谓信托协议无效，以及 (II) 在备位上，裁定债务人根据《破产法典》第 544 条适用的《纽约州债务人与债权人法》第 276 条实施了有利于 Bravo Luck 和 Qiang Guo 的欺诈性转让》 (对抗诉讼编号 22-05027, 2023年2月28日) [卷宗编号 40]。\n\n- Greenwich Land LLC（一家据称由债务人妻子所有的空壳公司）持有债务人康涅狄格州住所的名义产权；12\n- Anton Development Limited（一家最初由债务人的一名司机所有、后转让给债务人女儿的空壳公司）持有庞巴迪 Global XRS 私人飞机的产权；以及\n- HCHK Technologies, Inc.（另一家据称由债务人雇员所有的空壳公司）支付了与 Lady May 以及债务人的庞巴迪飞机管理相关的费用，并支付了近 280 万美元为债务人购买一架新的私人飞机。13\n- 20. 总之，虽然本起诉状侧重于 Mahwah 庄园和 Taurus Fund，\n\n受托人（Trustee）认为，有关债务人（Debtor）利用空壳公司对债权人隐匿资产的广泛策略的背景情况，将有助于法院理解受托人的立场。受托人还明确保留在适当时候对其他实体提出主张并提起诉讼的一切权利。\n\n11 参见《关于准予就第二项反诉作出部分即决判决的动议的裁决与命令备忘录》（Memorandum of Decision and Order Granting Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Second Counterclaim），第 36 页（对抗程序案号 22-05003，2023年5月18日）[案件卷宗第 221 号]。\n\n12 受托人已在对抗程序 23-05005 中对该实体寻求人格混同/另我（alter ego）判决，在此关联下，法院已对 Greenwich Land LLC 及债务人的妻子发出了审前救济和临时限制令。参见《关于部分准予单方临时限制令及初步禁令动议的裁定》（Order Granting in Part Ex Parte Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction）（对抗程序案号 23-05005，2023年3月28日，案件卷宗第 14 号）（即《格林威治临时限制令及初步禁令裁定》）；《关于准予第11章受托人单方审前救济修正申请的裁定》（Order Granting Chapter 11 Trustee's Amended Application for Ex Parte Prejudgment Remedy）（对抗程序案号 23-05005，2023年3月28日）[案件卷宗第 15 号]（即《格林威治审前救济裁定》）。\n\n13 受托人已在对抗程序 23-05013 中对 HCHK Technologies, Inc.、HCHK Property Management, Inc. 以及 Lexington Property and Staffing, Inc. 寻求另我判决，在此关联下，法院已对该实体发出了临时限制令及初步禁令。参见《关于部分准予紧急单方临时限制令及初步禁令动议的裁定》（Order Granting in Part Emergency Ex Parte Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction）（对抗程序案号 23-05013，2023年6月12日，案件卷宗第 18 号）（即《HCHK 临时限制令及初步禁令裁定》）。另见《Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）破产财团之第11章受托人依据〈破产法典〉第 105、362、363、541、542、544 及 549 条提起的起诉状，请求：(i) 作出宣告性判决，确认 HCHK Technologies, Inc.、HCHK Property Management, Inc. 以及 Lexington Property And Staffing, Inc. 构成 (A) 债务人之另我；或 (B) 备位请求裁定债务人衡平法上拥有该等实体及/或其财产；以及 (II) 禁令救济》（Complaint of Chapter 11 Trustee for Estate of Ho Wan Kwok Pursuant to Sections 105, 362, 363, 541, 542, 544 and 549 of the Bankruptcy Code Seeking (i) Declaratory Judgment that HCHK Technologies, Inc., HCHK Property Management, Inc., and Lexington Property And Staffing, Inc., Are (A) Alter Egos of Debtor; or, (B) in the Alternative, An Order that Debtor Equitably Owns Such Entities and/or Their Property; and (II) Injunctive Relief）（对抗程序案号 23-05013，2023年6月8日）[案件卷宗第 1 号]。\n\nII. 由债务人之空壳公司 Taurus Fund 进行的名义持有\n\n21. 2021年12月16日（即“购买日”），Taurus Fund 以约 2650 万美元从 Crocker Mansion Estate LLC 处购得 Mahwah 庄园（Mahwah Mansion）。14 房契于同日在新泽西州卑尔根县（Bergen County, New Jersey）登记备案。15\n\n22. Taurus Fund 于 2021年12月16日（即购买日当天）在内华达州设立。16\n\n23. 除 Mahwah 庄园外，Taurus Fund 还持有由 F.A. Porsche 设计的贝森朵夫（Bösendorfer）三角钢琴（即“保时捷钢琴”）的所有权，据信该钢琴价值超过 250,000 美元。保时捷钢琴此前位于债务人在哥伦布圆环3号（3 Columbus Circle）的 GSeries 办公室。据知情及合理确信，债务人的雇员或代理人已将该钢琴移走并转移至未知地点。17 截至本起诉状提交之日，在受托人的调查持续进行期间，除 Mahwah 庄园和保时捷钢琴外，受托人未获悉 Taurus Fund 持有任何其他资产。18\n\n24. 尽管其成员身份仍然未知，但 Taurus Fund 由以下主体管理：(i) 债务人的司机及/或保镖 Scott Barnett，以及 (ii) Taurus Management。19\n\n25. Scott Barnett 是债务人的司机及/或保镖，截至本起诉状提交之日，Barnett 仍受雇于债务人并积极为其工作。事实上，\n\n14 参见证物 3，Mahwah 庄园房契。\n\n15 同上。\n\n16 参见证物 4，Taurus Fund LLC 组织章程（Article of Organization）。\n\n17 由债务人控制的 GSeries 实体之一 GNews 的律师已告知受托人，保时捷钢琴应当放回债务人在哥伦布圆环3号的 GSeries 办公室，但受托人尚未获悉此事已被履行。\n\n18 在 Taurus Fund 拥有任何其他资产的限度内，该等资产亦应并入债务人的第11章破产财团。\n\n19 参见证物 4，Taurus Fund LLC 组织章程。\n\n2023年6月20日，债务人的律师 Aaron A. Romney 在给受托人的一封电子邮件中通知受托人：“曾在雪莉·尼德兰（Sherry Netherland）为郭先生负责安保的 Scott Barnett，将前往雪莉·尼德兰提取装有债务人及其家属衣物和个人物品的[某些]箱子”。20 Barnett 亦被列为 AIG 向 Golden Spring (New York) Ltd.21（债务人设立的众多空壳公司之一）22 出具的保单项下的承保驾驶人。Barnett 还从至少另外两家空壳公司处领取过报酬：Greenwich Land, LLC23（据称由债务人的妻子拥有，并持有债务人位于康涅狄格州格林威治的住所的所有权）24，以及 Lexington Property and Staffing, Inc.（即“Lexington Property”）25（Lexington Property 的 99.999% 股权由 Holy City Hong Kong Ventures, Ltd. 持有，而该实体本身由债务人的助理 Yvette Wang 100% 拥有）。26\n\n26. Taurus Fund 登记在册的另一名管理人 Taurus Management，于购买日前一天即 2021年12月15日，在新墨西哥州（State of New Mexico）注册成立为一家有限责任公司。27\n\n20 参见证物 5，Aaron A. Romney 发给受托人、Stephen Kindseth 及 Eric Henzy 的电子邮件（2023年6月20日下午1:01）。\n\n21 参见证物 6，AIG Property Casualty Company 与 Golden Spring (New York) Ltd. 之间签署的纽约汽车保单声明页（保险期间为 2022年4月1日至 2023年4月1日）。\n\n22 如前所述，债务人此前曾利用其司机及/或保镖来持有其空壳公司。\n\n23 参见证物 7，Greenwich Land, LLC 于 2021年2月2日开给 Scott Barnett 的支票，金额为 619.99 美元。\n\n24 受托人已在对抗程序 23-05005 中对该实体寻求另我判决，在此关联下，法院已对 Greenwich Land LLC 及债务人的妻子发出了审前救济和临时限制令。参见《格林威治临时限制令及初步禁令裁定》；《格林威治审前救济裁定》。\n\n25 参见证物 8，Lexington Property 供应商费用汇总（2021年1月至12月），Scott Barnett 从 Lexington Property 处获得了 115.08 美元的报酬。\n\n26 受托人已在对抗程序 23-05013 中对 Lexington Property、HCHK Technologies, Inc. 及 HCHK Property Management, Inc. 寻求另我判决，在此关联下，法院已发出临时限制令及初步禁令。参见《HCHK 临时限制令及初步禁令裁定》。\n\n27 参见证物 9，Taurus Management LLC 组织章程。\n\n27. Taurus Management 的公开设立文件表明，Taurus Management 是一家由管理人管理的有限责任公司（LLC）。然而，该等文件并未指明具体的管理人或成员。28\n\n28. 尽管是一家新墨西哥州实体，Taurus Management 与 Taurus Fund 共享位于内华达州的同一地址：6628 Sky Pointe Drive, Suite 129-1071, Las Vegas, NV 89131。29\n\n29. Taurus Fund 忽视了其在内华达州法项下的义务，即向州务卿（Secretary of State）提交包含其所有管理人的姓名、头衔和地址等信息，以及由管理人或授权代表签字的年度名录。因此，在内华达州州务卿维护的官方网站上，该实体被标注为“违约/未履行义务”（in default）。30\n\n30. Taurus Fund 亦未能遵守新泽西州法律。根据新泽西州法律，Taurus Fund 在新泽西州拥有财产要求其向新泽西州州务卿注册为外州营业实体（foreign business entity）。然而，对公共记录的核查显示，并未有此类备案提交。\n\nIII. Scott Barnett 与 Taurus Management 成为 Taurus Fund 的受托人\n\n31. 依据《内华达州修订成文法编注》（Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann.）第 86.263(2) 条，Taurus Fund 的年度信息名录应于 2022年12月31日之前提交。由于未能及时提交该名录，根据内华达州法律，Taurus Fund 被视为违约/未履行义务。\n\n28 同上。\n\n29 同上。\n\n30 参见证物 10，Taurus Fund LLC，内华达州州务卿实体检索，http nv.gov/EntitySearch/BusinessInformation。\n\n32. 2023年1月1日，依据《内华达州修订成文法编注》第 86.274(2) 条，Taurus Fund 的公司特许状被内华达州州务卿吊销，其开展业务的权利被没收。\n\n33. 在 Taurus Fund 的特许状被吊销及其开展业务的权利被没收后，根据《内华达州修订成文法编注》第 86.274(5) 条，Taurus Fund 的所有财产及资产（包括 Mahwah 庄园）均须由其管理人——即 Scott Barnett 与 Taurus Management——以信托形式持有，且针对其财产和资产可进行与依据《内华达州修订成文法编注》第 86.505 和 86.521 条适用于有限责任公司解散相同的程序。\n\n34. 据知情及合理确信，截至本起诉状提交之日，Taurus Fund 尚未申请恢复其特许状，且仍处于违约状态。\n\n35. 据知情及合理确信，截至本起诉状提交之日，Scott Barnett 和 Taurus Management 仍为 Taurus Fund 的受托人，并依据内华达州法律以信托形式持有 Mahwah 庄园及 Taurus Fund 的所有其他资产。\n\nIV. 债务人在衡平法上拥有 Mahwah 庄园\n\n36. 尽管 Taurus Fund 享有 Mahwah 庄园的名义所有权，但债务人在 2023年3月15日被捕前，对该房产享有完全的实益所有权（beneficial ownership）及控制权。截至本起诉状提交之日，债务人已被拒绝保释，仍处于联邦羁押之中。\n\n37. 针对债务人包含多项证券欺诈、电汇欺诈和洗钱指控的刑事起诉书（Criminal Indictment，即“《刑事起诉书》”）31揭示了债务人对 Mahwah 庄园的居住以及他在衡平法上对该庄园的所有权。《刑事起诉书》将 Mahwah 庄园与债务人在雪莉·尼德兰的公寓及其在康涅狄格州格林威治的住所一同列为债务人在美国的豪华住所之一。\n\n38. 事实上，以债务人姓名进行的“公共记录”检索将 Mahwah 庄园列为债务人的个人地址。32\n\nA. 债务人作出购买 Mahwah 庄园的决定\n\n39. 建于 1907 年的城堡风格 Mahwah 庄园位于距纽约市 25 英里以内，被描述为世界上最宏伟、最罕见的庄园之一。该庄园拥有 21 间卧室、超过 19 间浴室、大厅、图书馆、茶室、正式餐厅、餐厅级厨房、电影院、台球室、带水疗的室内健身泳池、按摩室、酒室、游戏室、健身房、带更衣亭的室外泳池、带两个喷泉的壮丽花园、网球场、8车位车库，整座城堡贯穿着罕见的木工、石雕及精湛工艺。33此外，Mahwah 庄园拥有专属的维基百科（Wikipedia）页面，并于 1997 年被列入《国家史迹名录》（National Register of Historic Places）。34\n\n40. Mahwah 庄园的宏伟与奢华，与债务人对奢华住所的偏好一脉相承，正如同价值 7000 万美元的雪莉·尼德兰公寓以及债务人在康涅狄格州价值数百万美元的住所一样。\n\n31 参见 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）与 Kin Ming Je 的刑事起诉书，《美国诉郭等》（United States v. Kwok et al.），案号 23 Cr. 118，于 2023年3月6日提交 [ECF 第 2 号]。该《刑事起诉书》的副本作为本起诉状的证物 11 附后。\n\n32 参见证物 25，Lexis 公共记录综合个人报告（将 Mahwah 庄园列为债务人的地址）。\n\n33 参见 675 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430, United States, CHRISTIE'S INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE GROUP, http（最后访问于 2023年7月6日）（描述了 Mahwah 庄园的宏伟及奢华设施）。\n\n34 参见 Crocker-McMillin Mansion, WIKIPEDIA, http（最后访问于 2023年7月6日）。\n\n41. 2023年4月12日，NFSC（新中国联邦）在Gettr（盖特）上发布了一段视频，内容为由Pamela Tsai（又名Nicole，以下简称“蔡”）36与Qidong Xia（又名长岛哥，或David Xia，以下简称“夏”）37主持的马哈瓦庄园导览（以下简称“首次视频导览”）；正如本法院已认定的那样，NFSC受债务人控制并服务于债务人的目的35。夏目前担任NFSC的秘书长兼Rule of Law Society（法治社会）的主席，且系债务人与其保持联系的人士38。例如，2023年4月17日，在蔡、Roy Guo（郭强）39以及夏进行的Gettr直播期间，据称债务人在联邦羁押期间向夏拨打了一通15分钟的电话40。根据该电话通话，债务人敦促其追随者服从夏的领导41。\n\n35 《初步禁令裁定》（PI Decision）第7段（“爆料革命、NFSC、ROLF、G系列以及喜马拉雅均服务于债务人的目的，充当债务人的商业工具，且其成员对债务人个人效忠。”）。\n\n36 本法院已认定蔡是债务人的关联人士，且与爆料革命、NFSC、G系列、喜马拉雅和/或ROLF存在关联。参见《初步禁令裁定》第11-15段。法院还认定蔡积极参与了针对受托人的抗议活动，地点包括受托人住所外以及位于纽约大中央车站的Paul Hastings（普衡律师事务所）办事处入口处，本法院已依据法院的《部分准许初步禁令动议的命令》（Order Granting In Part Motion for Preliminary Injunction）（破产衍生诉讼案号：Adv. Pro. No. 22-05032，2023年1月11日）[案卷号：Docket No. 129]（以下简称“PAX初步禁令命令”）对此类行为予以禁制。蔡还出现在债务人于2022年11月16日和18日转发的视频中，这些视频旨在通过指明受托人及其家属的姓名和雇主，并发表毫无根据且令人震惊的攻击和言论，来威胁和骚扰受托人及其家属。参见《关于以下事项的命令动议：(I) 初步禁制债务人在网络上发布关于特定当事人及其亲属的个人信息；(II) 指示债务人删除任何此类现有发帖；(III) 在法院就本动议安排听证的情况下准予临时限制令；以及 (IV) 将债务人的行为移送至康涅狄格区联邦检察官办公室》（Motion for An Order (I) Preliminarily Enjoining the Debtor from Publishing Personal Information About Certain Parties and Their Relatives Online, (II) Directing the Debtor to Remove Any Such Existing Posts, (III) Granting A Temporary Restraining Order in the Event that the Court Orders a Hearing on This Motion; and (IV) Referring the Debtor's Conduct to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut）第27-28段（破产衍生诉讼案号：Adv. Pro. No. 22-05032，2022年11月22日）[案卷号：Docket No. 3]（以下简称“PAX临时限制令动议”）。\n\n37 参见NFSCTV（@chinatruth2022），《Nicole看七哥》（Nicole Looks at Brother Seven），GETTR（2023年4月12日），http（最后访问日期：2023年7月6日）。在提交本起诉状的同时，受托人的代理律师已向法院提供了一个闪存盘，其中包含本起诉状中所引用的每段视频的副本（以下简称“视频闪存盘”），并附有代理律师就该等视频相关片段所准备的翻译。本脚注所提及视频的翻译副本包含在视频闪存盘中，并作为本起诉状的证物12并入其中。\n\n38 例如，参见NFSCTV（@chinatruth2022），GETTR（2023年6月5日），http（最后访问日期：2023年7月6日），其中指明David Xia为NFSC的秘书长兼法治社会的主席。\n\n39 本法院已认定Roy Guo是债务人的关联人士，且与爆料革命、NFSC、G系列、喜马拉雅和/或ROLF存在关联。参见《初步禁令裁定》第11-15段。法院还认定Roy Guo积极参与了针对受托人的抗议活动，地点包括受托人住所外以及位于纽约大中央车站的Paul Hastings办事处入口处，本法院已依据法院的PAX初步禁令命令对此类行为予以禁制。\n\n40 参见NFSCTV（@chinatruth2022），《Nicole看七哥》，GETTR（2023年4月17日），http（最后访问日期：2023年7月6日）第45:48-46:05处（该视频包含债务人据称向其商业伙伴拨打的电话，其中债务人要求其追随者“听长岛哥的安排”）（长岛哥是夏的绰号）。本脚注所提及视频的翻译副本包含在视频闪存盘中，并作为本起诉状的证物13并入其中。\n\n41 同上。\n\n42 参见证物12，首次视频导览，http（最后访问日期：2023年7月6日）[显示夏和蔡导览马哈瓦庄园的视频]，例如：第2:10-2:20、3:40-3:50、6:25-6:30、10:00-10:25、14:20-14:25、26:30-26:45、28:55-29:40、31:30-31:50、32:41-33:48处。\n\n43 受托人与美国司法部正在就一项分歧协议进行磋商，以解决双方对未来出售马哈瓦庄园所得款项可能存在的竞合主张（即所得款项是应通过第11章程序向受害人/债权人分配，还是根据与针对债务人的刑事指控相关的没收程序进行分配）。受托人预计将在近期向法院提交该分歧协议。\n\n42. 在首次视频导览期间，夏和蔡陈述称：债务人在2020年和2021年左右就有了购房的想法；债务人在2021年实地考察了多处房产；债务人亲自挑选了马哈瓦庄园；债务人在2021年底决定购买马哈瓦庄园；且债务人指示与马哈瓦庄园相关的一切事宜均须秘密进行42。\n\n43. 总之，债务人于2021年12月16日决定购买马哈瓦庄园，即在债务人于2022年2月15日自愿提出第11章破产申请的两个月前。他还决定隐瞒其对马哈瓦庄园的购买以及衡平法上的所有权（不出所料，该庄园未列入债务人的资产和负债明细表中），若非美国政府于2023年3月15日提起刑事起诉43，该情况本将被继续隐瞒。\n\nB. 债务人资助了马哈瓦庄园的购买及修缮\n\n44. 尽管Taurus Fund（金牛座基金）持有马哈瓦庄园的名义产权，但债务人指示并亲自参与了该庄园的购买和修缮，使用的资金均处于其控制之下。具体而言，根据刑事起诉书，债务人“使用以欺诈手段获取的受害人资金，为债务人及其家属以2650万美元购买[马哈瓦庄园]进行了采购、注资或融资”44。\n\n45. 刑事起诉书还说明，用于购买马哈瓦庄园的资金是通过其他空壳公司进行洗转的。具体而言，在2022年11月左右（即债务人自愿提出第11章申请前不久），债务人通过其同案被告人兼被指控的共谋者William Je（余建明，以下简称“余”）45，指示将资金从G Club Operations, LLC（以下简称“G-Club”）通过其他实体名下的银行账户洗转，用于购买马哈瓦庄园46，以供债务人、其妻子（Hing Chi Ngok，岳庆芝）、其女儿（Mei Guo，郭美）及其儿子（Qiang Guo，郭强）使用和受益47。\n\n46. 根据受托人的调查，被郭美称为“William叔叔”且目前正被执法部门通缉在逃的余，是债务人信任的家族友人兼财务顾问。余一直密切参与债务人的房地产采购，此前曾参与对债务人多处潜在房产采购的考量。余还在债务人的指示下，安排转账了3700万美元存入代管账户，作为旨在支付Lady May（梅号游艇）费用的所谓“贷款”。正如本法院已经认定的那样，梅号游艇以及该3700万美元代管资金在适用范围内过去和现在均构成债务人第11章破产财产的财产[Adv. P. No. 22-05003，ECF编号：221]。\n\n44 参见证物11，刑事起诉书第4段；另见证物14，《驳回郭关于审前释放动议的命令》（Order Denying Kwok's Motion for Release Pending Trial）第3页，United States v. Kwok，案号：23 Cr. 118-1 (AT)（S.D.N.Y.（纽约南区联邦地区法院）2023年4月20日）[案卷号：Docket No. 51]（指出“通过会员组织筹集的大部分资金被用于支付[债务人]及其家属的个人开支，以及购买高价商品和不动产，例如[债务人]在新泽西州的庄园”）。\n\n45 政府认为William Je仍然在逃，并据信身在阿联酋。参见《美利坚合众国关于反对被告王艳平审前释放动议的法律备忘录》（Memorandum of Law of the United States of America in Opposition to Defendant Yanping Wang's Motion for Pretrial Release）（以下简称“联邦检察官办公室备忘录”）第4页，作为证物B附于《第11章受托人就G Club Operations LLC对受托人强制执行动议及相关救济请求的补充异议所作的答辩》（Reply of Chapter 11 Trustee to G Club Operations LLC's Supplemental Objection to Trustee's Motion to Compel and Request for Related Relief）（以下简称“G-Club答辩”）（2023年6月23日）[主案案卷号：Main Case Docket No. 1934]。\n\n46 证物11，刑事起诉书第15b段。\n\n47 参见证物15，起诉状第104(b)段，S.E.C. v. Kwok，案号：23 Civ. 2200 (PGG)（S.D.N.Y. 2023年3月15日）[案卷号：Docket No.1]（以下简称“SEC起诉状”）。\n\n47. 债务人不仅资助了马哈瓦庄园的购买，还资助了对该房产的重大改造。在2021年12月至2022年3月期间，他安排将额外的1300万美元转入代管账户，用以为马哈瓦庄园添置奢华家具及进行装修。这些大额支出包括为其儿子和女儿各设立一个专属侧翼套间，以及各种家具和装饰品，例如价值约97.8万美元的中国和波斯地毯、一台价值6.2万美元的电视机、一个价值5.3万美元的壁炉原木架、一个价值5.9万美元的手表收纳盒以及一张价值3.5万美元的床垫48。\n\n48. 在首次视频导览中，在参观马哈瓦庄园的餐厅时，蔡评论了多幅精美的中国书画作品，称这些作品是“郭先生亲自挑选的”49。夏特别强调，马哈瓦庄园内有许多重要的古董，据称是由“[债务人的]家族基金捐赠的”50，这些古董“比房子本身值钱得多”51，而且只有债务人知道并能够讲述每件古董背后的故事52。据信并据传，来自债务人家属基金的任何资金均为债务人的资金。\n\n48 参见证物15，SEC起诉状第104(c)段。另见证物11，刑事起诉书第15(c)段。\n\n49 参见证物12，首次视频导览，第26:00-26:20处。\n\n50 同上，第33:08-33:25处。\n\n51 同上，第33:25-33:29、33:48-33:56处。\n\n52 同上，第33:29-33:33处。\n\n53 参见NFSCTV（@chinatruth2022），《Nicole看七哥》，GETTR（2023年4月15日），http（最后访问日期：2023年7月6日），例如：第21:55-22:20、33:05-33:30、35:20-35:35、40:00-40:23处。本脚注所提及视频的翻译副本包含在视频闪存盘中，并作为本起诉状的证物16并入其中。\n\n54 参见证物17，《美国反对王保释动议的答复》（USA Response in Opposition as to Wang's Motion for Bond）第3页，United States v. Yanping Wang，案号：23 Mag. 2007 (UA)（S.D.N.Y. 2023年3月29日）[案卷号：Docket No. 10]。\n\n55 执法部门拍摄的药物照片（已遮蔽个人身份信息）作为本起诉状的证物18附后。\n\n56 执法部门拍摄的驾照照片（已遮蔽个人身份信息）作为本起诉状的证物19附后。\n\n57 执法部门拍摄的这些家庭照片作为本起诉状的证物20附后。\n\n49. 夏和蔡在2023年4月15日对马哈瓦庄园进行的另一次视频导览（以下简称“第二次视频导览”，与首次视频导览统称为“视频导览”）中重复了上述言论53。\n\nC. 债务人居住于马哈瓦庄园\n\n50. 连同其在Sherry-Netherland Hotel（雪利荷兰酒店）的公寓以及其在康涅狄格州格林威治的住所，马哈瓦庄园是债务人在美国拥有的至少三处豪宅之一54。\n\n51. 在搜查马哈瓦庄园期间，Federal Bureau of Investigation（联邦调查局，以下简称“FBI”）发现了债务人的多件个人物品，包括：(i) 其名下的处方药55；(ii) 均签发给债务人的国际驾照和纽约州实习驾照56；(iii) 家庭照片57；(iv) 一辆法拉利跑车的真品证书\n\n汽车证书，收件人为债务人58；以及(iv)在疑似债务人个人更衣室的房间内，发现“约30套Brioni（布里奥尼）定制西装，每套西装外套内侧均绣有‘Brioni for Miles Kwok’的手缝字样”59。\n\n52. 除个人物品以及豪华家具和物品外，联邦调查局（FBI）还在该宅邸内发现了一个保险箱，位于连接疑似债务人个人更衣室的壁橱内，其中装有“约394,000美元、5,000欧元、188,050港币和250元人民币现金，以及约156枚金币（附有一张收据，显示该批金币价值约109,555美元）”60。\n\n53. FBI还从马瓦宅邸（Mahwah Mansion）起获了债务人外国旅行证件的证据，包括债务人已过期的阿拉伯联合酋长国护照复印件，以及债务人使用的10台电脑或笔记本电脑、16个外部媒体存储设备（U盘和硬盘）、9部手机和1台手机扰码器61 62。\n\n54. 在债务人于2023年3月15日被捕之前，债务人曾频繁在包括Gettr（盖特）在内的社交媒体平台上从马瓦宅邸进行直播。在2023年1月11日至2023年2月19日期间，债务人使用其在Gettr上的个人账号@milesguo，于1月11日63、15日64、22日65、23日66和29日67，以及2月1日68、8日69、12日70、15日71、16日72和19日73，在马瓦宅邸内进行了至少11场直播。\n\n58 执法部门拍摄的该证书照片作为本文件附件21附后。\n\n59 参见附件22，美国就郭文贵请求审前释放的辩护状提交的反对信，第3页，United States v. Kwok案，案号S1 23 Cr. 118 (AT)（纽约南区联邦地区法院2023年4月3日）[案卷号 26]。执法部门拍摄的这些定制西装的照片作为本文件附件23附后。\n\n60 附件17，同上。\n\n61 附件17，同上（在脚注2中指出，手机扰码器是一种连接到手机上的外部设备，旨在通过将语音转换为无法解读的模拟噪音并在电话网络上传输，从而挫败政府窃听和其他监听技术）。\n\n62 附件17，同上，第14页（“被告使用了数十部不同的手机和手机扰码器”）。\n\nD. 债务人将马瓦宅邸提供给其同伙使用\n\n55. 据信，在2023年4月债务人被捕且马瓦宅邸在刑事起诉书中被披露后，为了继续向其债权人隐匿有价值的资产，债务人指使其同伙声称马瓦宅邸为NFSC（新中国联邦）的新基地。\n\n56. 2023年4月9日，NFSC在马瓦宅邸举办了一场活动，据称有500名追随者进入宅邸，并在包括Gettr在内的多个互联网平台上直播了他们的演讲74。\n\n63 参见 GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Jan. 11, 2023), http\n\n64 参见 GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Jan. 15, 2023), http\n\n65 参见 GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Jan. 22, 2023), http\n\n66 参见 GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Jan. 23, 2023), http\n\n67 参见 GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Jan. 29, 2023), http\n\n68 参见 GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Feb. 1, 2023), http\n\n69 参见 GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Feb. 8, 2023), http\n\n70 参见 GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Feb. 12, 2023), http\n\n71 参见 GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Feb. 15, 2023), http\n\n72 参见 GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Feb. 16, 2023), http\n\n73 参见 GNews (@milesguo), GETTR (Feb. 19, 2023), http\n\n74 参见 NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), GETTR (Apr. 9, 2023), http（最后访问于2023年7月6日）（时长约3.5小时的完整直播视频，显示追随者排队进入马瓦宅邸并在宅邸内发表演讲）。\n\n57. 正如法院先前认定的那样，NFSC和Gettr“为债务人的目的服务，作为债务人的商业工具运作，且其成员对债务人个人效忠”75。\n\n58. NFSC官方主页上也发布了视频，显示追随者进入马瓦宅邸并在其中发表演讲76。具体而言，视频包含记录NFSC追随者在看到宅邸后发表言论的字幕，包括“七哥为新中国联邦成员准备了一个基地”77，“七哥在马瓦宅邸为战友们准备的一切都是最好的”78，以及他们想要“在七哥曾经直播过的房间里留下印记”79。\n\n59. 自2023年4月9日以来，Xia（夏）及其他NFSC成员已开始在马瓦宅邸内的一间办公室内处理其事务80。\n\n75 初步禁令裁定第7段（“爆料革命、NFSC、ROLF、G系列和喜马拉雅为债务人的目的服务，作为债务人的商业工具运作，且其成员对债务人个人效忠。”）。\n\n76 参见《新中国联邦战友感受新中国联邦基地的空气是甜的》，NEW FEDERAL STATE OF CHINA（2023年4月12日），http（最后访问于2023年7月6日）（包含2023年4月9日追随者进入马瓦宅邸的直播视频）。\n\n77 同上。\n\n78 参见《郭文贵先生在NFSC基地为战友们准备的一切都是最好的》，NEW FEDERAL STATE OF CHINA（2023年4月19日），http（最后访问于2023年7月6日）（视频显示追随者在马瓦宅邸内发表演讲，视频标题为“郭文贵先生在NFSC基地为战友们准备的一切都是最好的”）。\n\n79 参见《战友们激动地在NFSC基地留下足迹》，NEW FEDERAL STATE OF CHINA（2023年4月16日），http（最后访问于2023年7月6日）（视频显示追随者在马瓦宅邸内发表演讲，字幕称追随者“觉得这座豪宅非常奢华”）。\n\n80 参见附件16，第二次视频参观，第2:05-2:30处（显示夏坐在马瓦宅邸办公室中）。\n\n60. 2023年4月12日，在第一次视频参观中81，夏指出，马瓦宅邸还被债务人指定为G-Club（G俱乐部）会员的高级休息室，以及各喜马拉雅组织和农场的会议举办地82。\n\n61. 正如本法院所知，G-Club和喜马拉雅（与NFSC一样）是“为债务人的目的服务，作为债务人的商业工具运作，且其成员对债务人个人效忠”的实体83。\n\n62. 如上所述，2023年4月17日，在债务人的同伙Tsai、Roy Guo和Xia（现任NFSC秘书长兼法治之光主席）于Gettr进行的一场直播中，债务人在联邦羁押期间据称给夏打了15分钟的电话84。根据该通话内容，债务人敦促其追随者听从夏的领导85。\n\n63. 据信，债务人指使夏入住马瓦宅邸，企图维持对该宅邸的控制，同时继续向其债权人隐匿有价值的资产。\n\n81 参见附件12，第一次视频参观，第6:35-7:00处。\n\n82 受托人未发现任何证据表明这不仅仅是空头支票，这与债务人在针对其指控的欺诈行为中所使用的其他GClub承诺相一致。\n\n83 初步禁令裁定第7段（“爆料革命、NFSC、ROLF、G系列和喜马拉雅为债务人的目的服务，作为债务人的商业工具运作，且其成员对债务人个人效忠。”）。\n\n84 参见附件13，NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022)，《妮可看七哥》，GETTR（2023年4月17日），http（最后访问于2023年7月6日），第45:48-46:05处（包含据称债务人打给其商业同伙的电话视频，债务人在通话中说“听长岛哥的安排”）（长岛哥是夏的绰号）。\n\n85 同上。\n\n64. 2023年5月5日，夏带领债务人的一小群同伙在马瓦宅邸会见了美国联邦众议员George Santos（乔治·桑托斯）86，该过程在Gettr上进行了直播87。\n\n65. 2023年5月19日，在涉及SEC v. Mountains of Spices et al.一案的诉讼中，Mountains of Spices（“MOS”，香草山）的法律顾问William J. Quinlan提交了一封信函，确认（其中包括）夏一直居住在马瓦宅邸，原因是他和其他人已被政府从NFSC的原办公室中迁出88。\n\n66. 2023年6月4日，NFSC在马瓦宅邸举行了超过100名宾客的聚会以庆祝其成立三周年，各喜马拉雅农场的10多位负责人出席了聚会89。该活动在Gettr上进行了直播。正如本法院所认定的，喜马拉雅农场是受债务人控制的喜马拉雅关联实体90。一位农场负责人\n\n86 十一天后，即2023年5月16日，众议员桑托斯在众议院发言，将债务人定性为“无害的政治目标”，并呼吁司法部（DOJ）等“释放郭文贵”。参见 http（最后访问于2023年7月6日）。\n\n87 参见例如 NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), GETTR (May 5, 2023), http（最后访问于2023年7月6日）（显示乔治·桑托斯访问马瓦宅邸的直播）；亦见 NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), GETTR (May 5, 2023), http（最后访问于2023年7月6日）（视频封面照片显示夏和桑托斯在马瓦宅邸大厅内）；《联邦众议员乔治·桑托斯访问新中国联邦大本营》，GNEWS（2023年5月5日 15:02:28），http（Gnews发布的讨论桑托斯访问马瓦宅邸的文章）。\n\n88 参见附件24，MOS就司法部反对解除对MOS中止令的回函，第2页，S.E.C. v. Mountains of Spices案，案号1:23-cv-02200-PGG（纽约南区联邦地区法院2023年5月19日）[案卷号 49]（“‘MOS领导人’是否在新泽西州的住所进行视频直播并不相关，无论如何，他之所以住在那里，是因为据信政府任命了接管人并将该运动从其先前的办公室中迁出。”）。\n\n89 参见 NFSCTV (@chinatruth2022), GETTR (June 4, 2023), http（最后访问于2023年7月6日）（马瓦宅邸NFSC活动的完整直播）。\n\n90 初步禁令裁定第4、7段（“NFSC与喜马拉雅全球联盟（连同喜马拉雅交易所和喜马拉雅农场等喜马拉雅关联实体统称为‘喜马拉雅’）相关联、附属和/或相连”）（“债务人是爆料革命、NFSC、ROLF和喜马拉雅的领导人。爆料革命、NFSC、ROLF和喜马拉雅为债务人的目的服务，作为债务人的商业工具运作，且其成员对债务人个人效忠”）。\n\n对马瓦宅邸的奢华发表评论，称“七哥为我们安排的一切纯粹是让人感动”91。\n\n67. 充分的证据表明，尽管名义上由Taurus Fund（金牛基金）所有，但即使在被捕之后，债务人仍继续为自身利益利用马瓦宅邸，包括将其提供给NFSC、G-Club和喜马拉雅使用，而法院已认定这些组织均被债务人用于其自身目的。\n\n第一项诉讼请求\n（确认债务人为马瓦宅邸衡平法所有权人的确认之诉判决，并命令将马瓦宅邸以及马瓦宅邸内的附着物和个人财产移交给受托人）\n\n68. 受托人重申并重新主张第1段至第67段中包含的所有指控。\n\n69. 新泽西州法律适用于衡平法所有权主张，因为马瓦宅邸位于新泽西州92。\n\n70. 法院基于以下一项或多项理由认定债务人对财产享有衡平法权益：(1) 使用了债务人的资金收购该财产；(2) 债务人曾声称其对该财产享有权益或使用该财产获取信用贷款；或 (3) 涉及曾由债务人所有随后转让给第三方（通常是在面临债权人压力的情况下）的财产93。适用新泽西州衡平法所有权法律的法院亦曾认定债务人为财产的衡平法所有权人，基于\n\n91 参见 NFSCTC (@chinatruth2022), GETTR (June 4, 2023), http 在 5:19:10 – 5:19:50 处（最后访问于2023年7月6日）（马瓦宅邸NFSC活动的完整直播）。\n\n92 参见 Kartzman 诉 Beiman 案（In re Beiman），案号 15-10488 (JKS)，2018 WL 6978705，第 *3 页（新泽西区破产法院，2018年3月19日）（规定在破产案件中，州法通常决定债务人对财产享有何种权益，若有的话）（援引 O'Dowd 诉 Trueger 案（In re O'Dowd），233 F.3d 197，202（第三巡回上诉法院，2000年）；并参见 Butner 诉 United States 案，440 U.S. 48，55（1979年）（指出财产权益由州法创设和界定））。\n\n93 In re Beiman 案，第 *4 页（新泽西区破产法院，2018年3月19日）。\n\n债务人欺诈行为的模式和惯例，即债务人出资购买财产，将财产所有权登记在第三方名下，同时保持事实上的控制权和所有权。94\n\n71. 如上文详述，Mahwah Mansion（马 Wah 豪宅）由债务人享有衡平法所有权。其中包括，债务人出资购买并翻修了马 Wah 豪宅，居住于该处，并将其置于由其司机和/或保镖管理的空壳公司名下。公共记录亦显示债务人的地址位于马 Wah 豪宅。即便在其被捕入狱后，债务人仍继续利用该房产作为 NFSC（新中国联邦）的行动基地从而从中获益，而本法院已认定 NFSC 处于债务人的控制之下。此外，让空壳公司购买并持有债务人豪华住所的所有权，符合债务人的行为模式和惯例，包括但不限于其在 Sherry-Netherland（雪梨荷兰酒店）的公寓及其在康涅狄格州 Greenwich（格林威治）的住所。\n\n72. 在 Taurus Fund（金牛基金）持有马 Wah 豪宅所有权的范围内，其仅属名义持有，债务人始终作为该豪宅的真正实际受益所有人行事。\n\n73. 由于马 Wah 豪宅由债务人享有衡平法所有权，因此属于债务人第11章破产财产。95 基于这些事实和情况，受托人根据《破产法典》第 541、542 和 544 条寻求一项裁定：(i) 宣告马 Wah 豪宅构成债务人第11章破产财产，由\n\n94 In re NJ Affordable Homes Corp. 案，案号 05-60442 (DHS)，2006 WL 2128624，第 *8 页（新泽西区破产法院，2006年6月29日）（裁定财产所有权登记在第三方名下的单纯事实并不意味着债务人对该财产不享有衡平法权益（无论该权益可能多么具有推测性），以使其成为破产财产）。\n\n95 在 Porsche Piano（保时捷钢琴）目前不在马 Wah 豪宅内的范围内，受托人请求无论其在何处均将其移交。\n\n受托人管理；以及 (ii) 命令金牛基金（和/或 Scott Barnett 及 Taurus Management（金牛管理公司），作为金牛基金的受托人）向受托人交出马 Wah 豪宅以及马 Wah 豪宅内的附着物和个人财产。\n第二项诉讼请求\n（确认判决宣告债务人为金牛基金的衡平法所有人并命令将金牛基金及其资产移交给受托人）\n\n74. 受托人重申并重新主张第 1-67 段中包含的指控。\n\n75. 内华达州法适用于衡平法所有权主张，因为金牛基金是一家\n\n内华达州实体。96\n\n76. 法院在将内华达州的衡平法所有权分析应用于债务人与\n\n金牛基金的关系时，将重点关注：(1) 债务人是否对金牛基金拥有积极或实质性的控制权，\n\n以及 (2) 债务人是否正在使用金牛基金的资产并从中获取利益。97\n\n77. 债务人是金牛基金的衡平法所有人。首先，债务人对金牛基金拥有积极\n\n且实质性的控制权，原因包括：\n\n- a. 金牛基金由债务人的司机和/或保镖以及处于债务人控制下的另一家空壳公司管理；\n- b. 金牛基金未遵守任何公司形式要件，包括遵守内华达州和新泽西州的企业组织披露及登记法律；\n- c. 金牛基金购买马 Wah 豪宅的资金由债务人控制的款项提供；以及\n\n96 参见 United States 诉 74.05 Acres 案，428 F. Supp. 2d 57，61（康涅狄格区联邦地区法院，2006年）（“所有权权益由该权益产生所在州的法律界定。”）。\n\n97 参见 In re Twin Lakes Vill., Inc. 案，2 B.R. 532（内华达区破产法院，1980年）。\n\nd. 金牛基金拥有的保时捷钢琴位于 GSeries（G系列）实体的办公室内，而本法院已认定这些实体处于债务人的控制之下。\n\n78. 其次，债务人使用金牛基金的资产——马 Wah 豪宅——作为其住所，公共记录将马 Wah 豪宅列为债务人的地址，且金牛基金使用由债务人提供并控制的资金来支付债务人与该住所相关的费用，包括建筑和维护费用。\n\n79. 由于金牛基金由债务人享有衡平法所有权（在其公司章程依据内华达州法被撤销之前），因此在申请日之后，对金牛基金的所有权和公司控制权以及金牛基金的资产属于债务人第11章破产财产。\n\n80. 因此，受托人根据《破产法典》第 541、542 和 544 条寻求一项裁定：(1) 宣告：(a) 债务人始终是金牛基金的衡平法所有人；(b) 金牛基金在债务人2022年2月15日破产申请日之前的任何时间持有的任何及全部资产构成债务人的财产；以及 (c) 金牛基金自债务人2022年2月15日第11章申请之日起至今的任何时间持有的任何及全部资产视情况曾构成和构成债务人第11章破产财产；以及 (2) 命令将金牛基金以及金牛基金的任何及全部资产移交给受托人。\n第三项诉讼请求\n（备位确认判决宣告金牛基金为债务人的另一个人格并命令将金牛基金及其资产移交给受托人）\n\n81. 受托人重申并重新主张第 1-67 段中包含的指控。\n\n82. 内华达州法适用于另一个人格/揭开公司面纱的主张，因为金牛基金是一家内华达州实体。98\n\n83. 根据内华达州法，法院在将内华达州的另一个人格分析应用于债务人与金牛基金的关系时，将重点关注：(1) 金牛基金是否受债务人的影响和支配；(2) 是否存在利益和所有权的统合以致金牛基金与债务人不可分割；以及 (3) 在此等情况下坚持独立实体的公司拟制是否会放任欺诈或助长不公。99 可能表明另一个人格关系的因素包括：(1) 资金混同；(2) 资本不足；(3) 未经授权挪用资金；(4) 将公司资产视为个人自有财产处理；以及 (5) 未遵守公司形式要件。100\n\n84. 债务人对金牛基金施加影响并行使控制权，以致金牛基金不具有独立于债务人的存在，且债务人利用金牛基金的公司形式实施欺诈和不公。金牛基金是债务人的另一个人格，原因包括：\n\n- a. 金牛基金由债务人的司机和/或保镖以及处于债务人控制下的另一家空壳公司管理；\n- b. 金牛基金未遵守任何公司形式要件，包括遵守内华达州和新泽西州的企业组织披露及登记法律；\n\n98 参见 Hyundai-Wia Mach. Am. Corp. 诉 Rouette 案（In re Rouette），564 B.R. 157，174（康涅狄格区破产法院，2017年）（“在缺乏优先适用的联邦利益或政策的情况下，联邦法院依据注册成立所在州的法律来决定是否揭开公司面纱。”）（援引 In re Carterhouse, Inc. 案，94 B.R. 271，276（康涅狄格区破产法院，1988年））。\n\n99 参见 Bermuda Rd. Properties, LLC 诉 EcoLogical Steel Sys., Inc. 案，案号 2:12–cv–01579–JAD–GWF，2017 WL 797092，第 *3 页（内华达区联邦地区法院，2017年3月1日）（援引 LFC Mktg. Grp., Inc. 诉 Loomis 案，8 P.3d 841，845（内华达州最高法院，2000年）以及 Polaris Indust. Corp 诉 Kaplan 案，747 P.2d 884，886（内华达州最高法院，1987年））。\n\n100 同上。\n\n- c. 金牛基金购买马 Wah 豪宅的资金由债务人控制的款项提供；\n- d. 债务人使用马 Wah 豪宅作为其住所，且金牛基金使用由债务人提供并控制的资金来支付债务人与该住所相关的费用，包括建筑和维护费用；以及\n- e. 金牛基金拥有的保时捷钢琴位于 G系列实体的办公室内，而本法院已认定这些实体处于债务人的控制之下。\n\n85. 债务人不正当且不公正地利用其对金牛基金的另一个人格控制，除其他事项外，致使金牛基金为债务人的使用和利益持有资产，同时企图使该等资产置于债务人债权人的追索范围之外，从而使债务人得以过上奢华生活而无需偿还其债务。\n\n86. 在所有相关时间内，债务人对一名或多名债权人负有债务。该等债权人本可以在行使其债权人权利时寻求受托人在此寻求的救济。\n\n87. 因此，受托人根据《破产法典》第 541、542 和 544 条寻求一项裁定：(1) 宣告：(a) 金牛基金始终是债务人的另一个人格；(b) 金牛基金在债务人2022年2月15日破产申请日之前的任何时间持有的任何及全部资产构成债务人的财产；以及 (c) 金牛基金自债务人2022年2月15日第11章申请之日起至今的任何时间持有的任何及全部资产视情况曾构成和构成债务人第11章破产财产；以及 (2) 命令将金牛基金的任何及全部资产移交给受托人。\n救济请求\n\n为此，基于上述理由，受托人谨请法院作出如下判决：\n\n1. 就第一项诉讼请求，根据《破产法典》第 541、542 和 544 条作出命令：(1) 宣告：(a) 债务人是马 Wah 豪宅的衡平法所有人，以及 (b) 马 Wah 豪宅是债务人第11章破产财产，由受托人管理；以及 (2) 命令金牛基金（和/或 Scott Barnett 及金牛管理公司，作为金牛基金的受托人）向受托人交出马 Wah 豪宅或其价值以及马 Wah 豪宅内的附着物和个人财产；\n\n2. 就第二项诉讼请求，根据《破产法典》第 541、542 和 544 条作出命令：(1) 宣告：(a) 债务人始终是金牛基金的衡平法所有人；(b) 金牛基金在债务人2022年2月15日破产申请日之前的任何时间持有的任何及全部资产构成债务人的财产；以及 (c) 金牛基金自债务人2022年2月15日第11章申请之日起至今的任何时间持有的任何及全部资产视情况曾构成和构成债务人第11章破产财产；以及 (2) 命令将金牛基金以及金牛基金的任何及全部资产移交给受托人。\n\n3. 就第三项诉讼请求，根据《破产法典》第 541、542 和 544 条作出命令：(1) 宣告：(a) 金牛基金始终是债务人的另一个人格；(b) 金牛基金在债务人2022年2月15日破产申请日之前的任何时间持有的任何及全部资产构成债务人的财产；以及 (c) 金牛基金自债务人2022年2月15日第11章申请之日起至今的任何时间持有的任何及全部资产视情况曾构成和构成债务人第11章破产财产；以及 (2) 命令将金牛基金的任何及全部资产移交给受托人。\n\n4. 本诉讼中产生的合理律师费、费用和开支；以及\n\n5. 法院在此等情况下认为公正、适当或衡平合理的其他及进一步救济。\n\n[本页以下空白。]\n\n日期：2023年7月11日纽约州纽约市 LUC A. DESPINS 第11章受托人\n\n签署人：/s/ Douglass Barron\n\nAvram E. Luft（阿夫拉姆·E·卢夫特）（准予特定案件执业（admitted pro hac vice））\nDouglass Barron（道格拉斯·巴伦）（准予特定案件执业（admitted pro hac vice））\nPAUL HASTINGS LLP（普衡律师事务所）\n200 Park Avenue\nNew York, New York 10166\n(212) 318-6000\naviluft@paulhastings.com\ndouglassbarron@paulhastings.com\n\n以及\n\nNicholas A. Bassett（尼古拉斯·A·巴塞特）（准予特定案件执业（admitted pro hac vice））\nPAUL HASTINGS LLP（普衡律师事务所）\n2050 M Street NW\nWashington, D.C. 20036\n(202) 551-1902\nnicholasbassett@paulhastings.com\n\n以及\n\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.\n195 Church Street, 13th Floor\nNew Haven, Connecticut 06510\n(203) 781-2847\ndskalka@npmlaw.com\nplinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n第 11 章受托人律师","key_entities":["GETTR","Guo","Je","Himalaya","Kwok","HCHK","Ho Wan Kwok","Paul Hastings","Miles Guo","Despins","Yanping Wang","William Je","Himalaya Exchange","CIPA","forfeiture","Kin Ming Je"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":2,"court":"SDNY"},{"doc_number":221,"court":"SDNY"}],"word_count":9736,"status":"published","published_at":"2023-09-21 00:00:00","created_at":"2023-09-21","updated_at":"2026-08-23 08:13:00"}