郭文贵破产案 · ORDER · ECF #3823

## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**

| ------------------------------------------------------<br>x | | |--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------| | :<br>In re:<br>: | Chapter 11 | | :<br>HO WAN KWOK, et al.,1<br>: | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) | | :<br>Debtors.<br>: | (Jointly Administered) | | :<br>------------------------------------------------------x | RE: ECF No. 3594 |

## **ORDER GRANTING SEVENTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL OMNIBUS MOTION OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE FOR ENTRY OF ORDER UNDER BANKRUPTCY RULE 2004 AND LOCAL RULE 2004-1 AUTHORIZING DISCOVERY WITH RESPECT TO ADDITIONAL ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS AFFILIATED WITH DEBTOR ADDITIONAL RELEVANT BANKS**

Upon consideration of the Application seeking an order authorizing a Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 2004 examination of the Examinees listed on Exhibit B thereto (the "Application", ECF No. 3594), filed by Luc Despins, as the appointed Chapter 11 Trustee to the Debtor's estate (the "Applicant"); and Bofang Investment LLC and Feibo Jiang (the "Objectors") having filed their *Notice of Opposition to Application and Cross-Motion to Quash Subpoena* (the "Objection/Cross-Motion", ECF No. 3649) in response to the Application; and after notice and a hearing held November 5, 2024, at which the Objectors and their counsel did not appear; and the Court having considered the Application and the Objection/Cross-Motion; and it appearing that cause exists to grant the relief requested in the Application as conditioned hereafter;² it is hereby

**ORDERED**: The Application is granted as set forth below.

**ORDERED**: Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C., as counsel for the Trustee, is hereby authorized to sign Subpoenas in a form substantially similar to the Subpoenas attached to the Application as Exhibits C-1 to C-7 and to serve the Subpoenas, along with a copy of this Order, in accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 2004 requiring examination and the production of documents by the Examinees listed on Exhibit B to the Application.

**ORDERED**: Subject to any rights under the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and applicable Local Rules, and unless otherwise ordered by the

¹ 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).

² Capitalized terms not expressly defined in this Order adopt the meanings ascribed to them in the Application.

Court, the Examinees are hereby directed to produce all documents within 14 days of the service of the Subpoena, or such other time as agreed upon by the Trustee. To the extent an Examinee does not produce any documents requested in the Subpoena on the basis of some privilege, the Examinee is hereby directed to produce to the Trustee a privilege log that comports with Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(e)(2), made applicable by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9016, and D. Conn. L. Civ. R. 26(e), within 14 days of service of the Subpoena, or such other time as agreed upon by the Trustee.

**ORDERED**: The Examinees are hereby directed to ensure that all documents and other information, including without limitation in any electronic format, requested in the Subpoenas or otherwise relevant to the Debtor, his business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, or this Chapter 11 case, are properly maintained, are available for production, inspection and copying, and are not destroyed.

**ORDERED**: Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C., as counsel for the Trustee, is hereby authorized, without further order of this Court, to take the testimony of one or more representatives of any Examinee listed on Exhibit B to the Application by examination under Bankruptcy Rule 2004 either at the offices of Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, 195 Church Street, 13th Floor, New Haven, CT 06510, at the offices of Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166, or at such other place that is mutually acceptable to the parties, on a date acceptable to the Trustee, which, at the election of the Trustee, shall be not less than 14 calendar days after the production of documents by the proposed examinee in compliance with the Subpoena and this Order pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2004, and such examination shall continue from day to day until completed.

**ORDERED**: The Objection/Cross-Motion is overruled and denied, as applicable.

Dated at Bridgeport, Connecticut this 15th day of November, 2024.