{"id":25789,"date":"2021-12-21T10:55:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T13:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=25789"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:44:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:44:14","slug":"ipi-equipment-auction-to-be-postponed-until-january-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ipi-equipment-auction-to-be-postponed-until-january-31","title":{"rendered":"IPI equipment auction to be postponed until January 31"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The CNMI Court has granted IPI&#8217;s request to extend the stay on receivership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Northern Mariana Islands.- The CNMI has granted IPI&#8217;s request to extend the suspension on the limited receivership granted to USA Fanter Corp, which <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cnmi-court-denies-motion-to-appoint-receiver-for-ipi-sale\">sued IPI<\/a>\u00a0for failure to pay the full contract for labour and materials at its property in Garapan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week ago,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ipi-to-provide-supersedeas-bond-in-lawsuit-filed-by-usa-fanter\">Imperial Pacific International<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>agreed to provide\u00a0<strong>$2.45m in replacement bonds<\/strong>\u00a0as a security for the judgment in the lawsuit. Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona of the District Court for the NMI\u00a0said the district court was satisfied with IPI&#8217;s report and approved the stay on the limited receivership until January 31, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She ordered the\u00a0<strong>two parties to return to the court on January 14<\/strong>\u00a0for a status meeting. The court issued a notice to deal with the creditors\u2019 motions at a later time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An auction of IPI&#8217;s assets was originally to take place\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ipi-equipment-auction-postponed-for-30-days\">at the end of this month<\/a>. A week ago, the Saipan Tribune reported\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/creditors-oppose-ipi-request-to-extend-stay-on-receivership\">IPI creditors had filed a motion<\/a>\u00a0to oppose IPI\u2019s request for a further stay on its receivership.\u00a0Creditors wanted the appointed receiver,\u00a0<strong>Clear Management<\/strong>, to go ahead with an auction of IPI\u2019s assets.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The joint motion stated: \u201cThe parties are working to reach agreements to adequately secure the other creditors\u2019 judgments.\u00a0If such agreements are reached,\u00a0<strong>IPI\u2019s opposition to the other creditors\u2019 motion will become moot and plaintiffs\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>opposition to IPI\u2019s motion to extend stay will become moot.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CNMI Court has granted IPI&#8217;s request to extend the stay on receivership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The CNMI Court has granted Imperial Pacific International (IPI) an extension on the stay of a limited receivership, initiated by USA Fanter Corp for unpaid contractual obligations. IPI has provided $2.45 million in replacement bonds as security, while creditors, including the appointed receiver Clear Management, are pushing for an auction of IPI's assets. The parties are currently negotiating agreements to secure other creditors' judgments.","focusai_entities":"Imperial Pacific International, USA Fanter Corp, Ramona V. Manglona, Clear Management","focusai_location":"Northern Mariana Islands, CNMI, Garapan, Saipan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IPI Asset Valuation","query":"What is the estimated fair market value of Imperial Pacific International's core gaming assets, and how might a forced auction impact potential recovery for secured versus unsecured creditors?"},{"label":"Regulatory Implications","query":"How does the ongoing receivership process and IPI's financial instability impact the CNMI's B2C licensing framework and the broader regulatory perception of the jurisdiction for future iGaming investment?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[14213,22674],"class_list":["post-25789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-imperial-pacific","tag-ipi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25789"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25817,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25789\/revisions\/25817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}