Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — bankruptcy case · ORDER · ECF #4441

METADATA

Defendant
Guo Wengui / Miles Guo / Ho Wan Kwok
Court
CTB
Case No.
22-50073
ECF #
4441
Type
ORDER

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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION

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In re: : Chapter 11
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HO WAN KWOK, et al., : Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)
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Debtor. : (Jointly Administered)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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The undersigned hereby certifies that on May 14, 2025, the *Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee to (I) Further Modify October 6, 2022 Protective Order Entered Pursuant to Sections 105 and 107 of Bankruptcy Code and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(C) and the Stipulated Addendum to the Protective Order and (II) Waive Certain of the Debtor's Privileges Controlled by the Trustee, Pursuant to the Consent Order Regarding Control of Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Protection Related to Rule 2004 Subpoenaed Documents and Information [ECF No. 856]* [ECF No. 4398] (the "Motion"), along with the *Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee to Expedite Hearing Regarding Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee to Further Modify Protective Order and Waive Certain of the Debtor's Privileges Controlled By the Trustee, Pursuant to the Consent Order Regarding Control of Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Protection Related to Rule 2004 Subpoenaed Documents and Information [ECF No. 856]*[ECF No. 4399] (the "Motion to Expedite

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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).

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Hearing"), and the *Order Granting Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee to Expedite Hearing Regarding Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee to Further Modify Protective Order and Waive Certain of the Debtor's Privileges Controlled By the Trustee, Pursuant to the Consent Order Regarding Control of Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Protection Related to Rule 2004 Subpoenaed Documents and Information [ECF No. 856]*[ECF No. 4400] (the "Order" together with the Motion and Motion to Expedite Hearing, collectively, the "Served Documents"), were served via Federal Express to all parties set forth on the attached Exhibit 1. In addition, any Producing Parties that designated discovery materials "Confidential" or "Highly Confidential" (as such terms are defined in the Protective Order) were sent copies of the Served Documents via email or via U.S. Mail as set forth on the attached Exhibit 2. In addition, the Debtor, Qiang Guo, and counsel to Qiang Guo and K Legacy Ltd in the K Legacy Action were sent copies of the Served Documents via email and via U.S. Mail as set forth on the attached Exhibit 3.

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New Haven, Connecticut
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Dated: May 27, 2025 LUC A. DESPINS, CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE

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By: /s/ Patrick R. Linsey Douglas S. Skalka (ct00616) Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 821-2000 dskalka@npmlaw.com plinsey@npmlaw.com

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Cheng Jian Wu Jian She Gaosheng Guo Yan Zhao c/o Ning Ye, Esq. Law office of Ning Ye, Esq. 135-11 8th Ave. #1A Flushing, NY 11354

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Hong Qi Qu Nan Tong Si Jian Jian Gong Yua Hua Zhuang Shi c/o Kevin Tung, Esq. Kevin Kerveng Tung P.C. Queens Crossing Business Center 136-20 38th Avenue, Suite 3D Flushing, NY 11354

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Liehong Zhuang Xiao Yan Zhu c/o Jonathan T. Trexler, Esq. Trexler & Zhang, LLP 224 West 35th Street, 11th Floor New York, NY 10001

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Jun Chen aka Jonathan Ho c/o Wayne Wei Zhu, Esq. 41-25 Kissena Blvd, Suite 112 Flushing, NY 11355

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Bravo Luck Limited P.O. Box 957 Offshore Incorporations Centre Road Town Tortola, British Virgin Islands

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EXHIBIT 1
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Chao-Chih Chiu Huizhen Wang Yunxia Wu Keyi Zilkie c/o TroyGould PC 1801 Century Park East, 16th Floor Attn: Christopher A. Lilly Los Angeles, CA 90067-2367

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Alissa M. Nann Foley & Lardner LLP 90 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016

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Samuel Dan Nunberg 600 S. Dixie Hwy, Suite 455 West Palm Beach, FL 33401

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Romer Debbas LLP 275 Madison Ave., Ste 801 New York, NY 10016-1153

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Corporate Creations Network, Inc. 801 US Highway 1 North Palm Beach, FL 33408

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Ivey, Barnum & O'Mara LLC 170 Mason Street Greenwich, CT 06830

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Eisner Advisory Group LLC 111 Wood Avenue South Iselin, NJ 08830-2700

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Stretto 410 Exchange, Suite 100 Irvine, CA 92602

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Xiaoxiao Lin 24 Sonrisa Irvine, CA 92620
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Yuanlin Liu 192 Pendleton Dr. Amherst, VA 24521

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Xiaoming Liu 5-16-50 Nemotomachi Tajimi City Gifu Prefecture, 5070065

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Edmiston and Company Limited 2 Marina Plaza Newport, RI 02840

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Ning Zhao 3611 Summer Ranch Dr. Katy, TX 77694

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Affiliated Adjustment Group, Ltd. 3000 Marcus Avenue, Suite 3W3 Lake Success, NY 1104

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Dundon Advisers LLC 10 Bank Street, Suite 1100 White Plains, NY 10606 Email: md@dundon.com; ph@dundon.com EMAIL SERVICE ONLY

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Producing Party Service Address
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1332156 B.C. Ltd. Joseph Pastore jpastore@pastore.net
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American Express Company Darryl S. Laddin

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darryl.laddin@agg.com
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Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Lourdes Carballo Crespo

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lourdes.carballo@popular.com
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Bank of America, N.A. Kenneth Rudd, Esq.

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krudd@zeklaw.com Barclays Bank Cynthia M. Walshe Cynthia.walshe@barclays.com Bento Technologies, Inc. Michael Krauss kraussm@gtlaw.com Capital One, N.A. Kang He khe@mcguirewoods.com
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Visa f/k/a/ Currency Cloud, Inc. Jo-Ann Willkom

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jwillkom@visa.com DBS Bank Ltd. Genevieve Weiner gweiner@sidley.com John Kuster jkuster@sidley.com
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FDIC as Receiver for Signature Bridge Anne Devens

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Bank, N.A. adevens@fdic.gov First Republic Regina Rimando rrimando@firstrepublic.com Chase Bank Alexandrea Hall alexandrea.hall@Chase.com HSBC Bank USA Daniel Crockett Daniel.x.crockett@hsbc.com
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Israel Discount Bank of New York David Polizzi

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dpolizzi@idbny.com
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Mercantile Bank International Corp. Michael Williams

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mwilliams@crowell.com Frederick Hyman fhyman@crowell.com NexBank Isaac Leventon ileventon@skyviewgroup.com Nium Inc Lauren Goodman lgoodman@mcgrathnorth.com
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Schulman Bhattacharya, LLC Jeffrey S. Gavenman

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JGavenman@SchulmanBH.com Seacoast National Bank John Anthony janthony@anthonyandpartners.com Standard Chartered Janita Obie EXHIBIT 2
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Janita.obie@sc.com
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Vanessa Gonzalez-Ahmed Vanessa.gonzalez-ahmed@sc.com TD Bank, N.A. Elizabeth Lacombe emlacombe@duanemorris.com UBS AG Lisa Fried Lisa.fried@hsf.com US Bank, N.A. Michael Krauss kraussm@gtlaw.com
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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Pierre-Yves Kolakowski

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pkolakowski@zeklaw.com ACASS Canada Ltd. Rahman Connelly Rahman.connelly@pillsburylaw.com Alex Hadjicharalambous Jenna Dabbs jdabbs@kaplanhecker.com Apple Inc. Hannah Cannom hcannom@wscllp.com
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Baker Hostetler LLP Andrew Layden alayden@bakerlaw.com Boies Schiller Flexner LLP Amy Neuhardt aneuhardt@bsfllp.com Brown Rudnick LLP Michael H. Dore mdore@gibsondunn.com
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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP Brockton Bosson

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bbosson@cahill.com
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Chris Lee (a/k/a/ Nan Li, Chris Li, Mei Eric T. Schmitt

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Guo Xiao Li) eschmitt@quinlanfirm.com
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Cirrus Design Corporation (d/b/a Cirrus Jaclyn C. Marasco Aircraft) jaclyn.marasco@faegredrinker.com

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Clark Hill PLC Vincent E. Lazar vlazar@jenner.com John Storino jstorino@jenner.com Defeng Cao Katherine E. Mateo KMateo@olshanlaw.com Ding "Ivan" Lin Eric T. Schmitt eschmitt@quinlanfirm.com
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Elliot Kwok Levine & Jaroslaw LLP Matt Levine

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mlevine@ekljlaw.com
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Ernst & Young LLP (a/k/a E&Y) Alan Tabak

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Alan.j.tabak@ey.com G Club Operations LLC Jeffrey M. Sklarz jsklarz@gs-lawfirm.com
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Gettr USA Inc Richard J. Corbi rcorbi@corbilaw.com GFNY, Inc. Howard J. Steinberg
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steinbergh@gtlaw.com
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Nathan A. Haynes haynesn@gtlaw.com GMusic Howard J. Steinberg steinbergh@gtlaw.com Nathan A. Haynes haynesn@gtlaw.com
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Greenwich Land LLC James Moriarty
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jmoriarty@zeislaw.com;

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Stephen M. Kindseth skindseth@zeislaw.com GS Security Solutions Inc. Robert Grand rgrand@laxneville.com
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Gypsy Mei Food Services LLC James Moriarty jmoriarty@zeislaw.com;

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Stephen M. Kindseth skindseth@zeislaw.com
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Hing Chi Ngok a/k/a Yue Qingzhi a/k/a James Moriarty Hing Chi Ng jmoriarty@zeislaw.com;

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Stephen M. Kindseth skindseth@zeislaw.com
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HK International Funds Investments James Moriarty (USA) Limited, LLC jmoriarty@zeislaw.com;

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Stephen M. Kindseth
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skindseth@zeislaw.com;

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Ho Wan Kwok James Moriarty
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jmoriarty@zeislaw.com;

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Stephen M. Kindseth skindseth@zeislaw.com Janover LLC Rory G. Greebel rory.greebel@wilsonelser.com Joshua I. Sherman Joshua Sherman jsherman@ck-litigation.com Kamel Debeche James Edward Nealon james.nealon@nealon-law.com Kathleen Sloane Kathleen Sloane ksloane@bhsusa.com
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Lawall & Mitchell, LLC Jeffrey M. Sklarz

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jsklarz@gs-lawfirm.com Limarie Reyes Paul M. Krieger Paul.Krieger@KKLllp.com Mei Guo James Moriarty
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jmoriarty@zeislaw.com;

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Stephen M. Kindseth
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skindseth@zeislaw.com
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Melissa Francis Jonathan Bach jbach@shapiroarato.com
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Min Yang 10740 Queens Blvd.

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Apt 11G Forest Hills, NY 11375-4211
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NAV Fund Services (Cayman) Ltd. Paul J. Doucette

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paul.doucette@navconsulting.net O'Neal Webster Adam Swick adam.swick@akerman.com Phillips Nizer LLP Jared R. Clark jclark@phillipsnizer.com
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Raich Ende Malter Co. LLP Jacquelyn J. Moran

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jmoran@moritthock.com
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Rule of Law Foundation III Jon P. Newton

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jnewton@reidandriege.com
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Rule of Law Society IV INC. Jon P. Newton

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jnewton@reidandriege.com
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V.X. Cerda & Associates P.A. and Victor Brendan F. Quigley

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Cerda brendan.quigley@bakerbotts.com
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Williams & Connolly LLP Jerry Shulman, Esq.

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jshulman@wc.com Yossi Almani Patricia Pileggi patricia.pileggi@afslaw.com GWGOPNZ Ltd. Joseph Pastore jpastore@pastore.net Shin Hsin Yu Joseph Pastore jpastore@pastore.net BHS Manhattan Babette Krolik bkrolik@terraholdings.com Citibank, N.A. Melissa Leal melissa.leal@citi.com
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Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC Brian Devine

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brian.devine@fmr.com Kate Jones catherine.jones@fmr.com First Fidelity Bank Tifany Manning tmmanning@phillipsmurrah.com Santander Bank, N.A. Kelly Koehler kkoehler@santander.us The Bancorp Bank Nicholas Verna
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nverna@thebancorp.com
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Producing Party Service Address
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Ho Wan Kwok Ho Wan Kwok (Register No. 49134-510)

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MDC Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center P.O. Box 329002 Brooklyn, NY 11232
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c/o James M. Moriarty
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Zeisler & Zeisler, P.C.

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10 Middle Street Bridgeport, CT 06604 203-368-4234 203-549-0907 (fax) jmoriarty@zeislaw.com c/o Eric A. Henzy
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Zeisler & Zeisler, P.C.

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10 Middle Street 15th Floor Bridgeport, CT 06604 203-368-5495 203-549-0861 (fax) ehenzy@zeislaw.com c/o Stephen M. Kindseth Zeisler & Zeisler 10 Middle Street 15th Floor Bridgeport, CT 06604 (203) 368-4234 203-367-9678 (fax) skindseth@zeislaw.com
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Qiang Guo 5 Princes Gate Flat 6 London, LO, GB SW71QJ c/o David Lim Ogier Ritter House, Wickham's Cay II Road Town, Tortola British Virgin Islands, BV 1110 David.Lim@ogier.com EXHIBIT 3
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c/o Arethusa Forsyth arethusaf@proton.me
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ukistruehome@gmail.com; jeffyuef2@icloud.com; ipadforfly@icloud.com; cybermail2018@protonmail.com;

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raps.sinless0h@icloud.com K Legacy Ltd. c/o David Lim Ogier Ritter House, Wickham's Cay II Road Town, Tortola British Virgin Islands, BV 1110 David.Lim@ogier.com c/o Quijano & Associates (BVI) Limited Mandar House, 3rd Floor Suite 301, Road Town VG1110 British Virgin Islands

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