{"id":777003735,"date":"2023-03-27T14:46:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T17:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777003735"},"modified":"2026-04-22T23:22:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:22:52","slug":"clear-management-seeks-release-of-us43k-in-expenses-for-ipi-auctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/clear-management-seeks-release-of-us43k-in-expenses-for-ipi-auctions","title":{"rendered":"Clear Management seeks release of US$43K in expenses for IPI auctions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Clear Management has yet to receive an order for its earlier request to receive its commission for IPI&#8217;s second and third auctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Northern Mariana Islands.- Imperial Pacific International&#8217;s receiver, Clear Management, has filed a request for the disbursement of funds held in an escrow account for expenses incurred from December 8, 2022, to February 28, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The amount being requested is US$43,533. Clear Management&#8217;s expenses for the period have already been approved by the court, and the receiver has now submitted supporting documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The expenses are associated with the sale of IPI&#8217;s gaming equipment. The court has scheduled a hearing on the disbursement of funds for April 6 at 10am. The court has yet to issue an order regarding&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/clear-management-seeks-release-of-us35k-in-commission-from-ipi-auctions\" target=\"_blank\">Clear Management&#8217;s earlier request<\/a>&nbsp;to release its commission from IPI&#8217;s second and third auction sales.&nbsp;Clear Management&#8217;s commission on sales is US$35,424.92.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The auctions relate to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/usa-fanter-seeks-auction-of-ipi-vehicles\" target=\"_blank\">USA Fanter&#8217;s case against IPI<\/a>&nbsp;for its failure to pay US$2.08m for construction work on the VIP wing and exterior of its hotel-casino in Garapan.&nbsp;According to Mariana&#8217;s Variety, IPI paid USA Fanter only US$300,000, and the unpaid balance due was not less than US$2,089,345.28. Judge Manglona has issued&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ipi-ordered-to-pay-us500k-in-damages-for-defaming-usa-fanter\" target=\"_blank\">a final judgment in favour of USA Fanter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile,&nbsp;<strong>Cui Lijie<\/strong>, the majority owner of Imperial Pacific International (IPI), said she is&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ipi-still-seeking-investors-to-fund-garapan-casino-reopening\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seeking new investors<\/a>&nbsp;to help reopen the operator\u2019s Garapan casino resort. In an interview with Mariana\u2019s Variety, she admitted that investor interest had fallen off due to negative stories about IPI but said the company was doing all it can to improve the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clear Management has yet to receive an order for its earlier request to receive its commission for IPI&#8217;s second and third auctions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Clear Management, the receiver for Imperial Pacific International (IPI), is seeking court approval for expenses and commissions related to the sale of IPI's gaming equipment, stemming from a judgment against IPI for unpaid construction work. Concurrently, IPI's majority owner, Cui Lijie, is actively seeking new investors to recapitalize and reopen the Garapan casino resort amidst acknowledged investor apprehension due to negative publicity.","focusai_entities":"Clear Management, Imperial Pacific International (IPI), USA Fanter, Cui Lijie, Judge Manglona, Mariana\u2019s Variety","focusai_location":"Northern Mariana Islands, Garapan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IPI Recapitalization Strategy","query":"What specific governance frameworks and capital expenditure plans are being presented to potential investors to mitigate past operational and financial risks associated with Imperial Pacific International's Garapan casino resort?"},{"label":"Receiver's Commission Impact","query":"How will the court's decision on Clear Management's commission and expense disbursements impact the overall recovery value for creditors and the timeline for a potential asset sale or recapitalization of IPI?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[24134],"class_list":["post-777003735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-imperial-pacific-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003735","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=777003735"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777003760,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003735\/revisions\/777003760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777003735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777003735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777003735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}