In Re Seymour Chalik, Debtor. Seymour Chalik v. Harold D. Moorefield, Jr., Trustee

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• holding that omission of information about shares held in corporations was material even if the securities were worthless at the time
• stating that “the trial judge is best able to assess the credibility of the witnesses before him and thus the evidentiary content of their testimony”
• affirming the bankruptcy court’s finding that the debtor omitted relevant businesses from his schedules
• rejecting the debtor’s explanations because they were unsupported by any documents
• denying discharge for failure to explain loan of $130,000 to debtor
• “Vague and indefinite explanations of losses that are based upon estimates uncorroborated by documentation are unsatisfactory.”

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