Defendants’ Defenses Dismissed

In Easyship v. Tea Culture Inc., Zhi E. Zeng, Sau Yeung, Ming Li, and V Express PA, Inc., I represent logistics platform Easyship in a high-stakes commercial fraud and asset-protection action seeking to recover nearly $800,000 from defendants accused of underreporting the weight of more than 200 Hong Kong shipments — paying just $40,000 for over 20,000 kg of cargo. The complaint asserts fraud, breach of contract, account stated, and fraudulent conveyance claims, including a request to unwind defendant Zhi Zeng’s 2022 transfer of his Brooklyn residence as a fraudulent conveyance.

After tracing various IP addresses, piecing together disparate email addresses, and dummy accounts, I uncovered a deed transfer and pending contract of sale, including 25 different litigations in which Zeng is a named defendant. Moving quickly to secure the Brooklyn property, I filed a notice of pendency to preserve Easyship’s rights and block the sale. After full briefing and oral argument, the Court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss in its entirety, struck all affirmative defenses, and preserved the lis pendens — locking down the Brooklyn property as a collection asset and giving Easyship maximum leverage heading into discovery and settlement negotiations.