Oak Investment Partners and Gobi Partners File Contempt Motion against VisionChina Media

Oak Investment Partners and Gobi Partners have filed a contempt motion in the New York State Supreme Court against VisionChina Media

and its subsidiary, Vision Best Ltd., for their failure to transfer $60 million into New York State by August 21, 2012. The motion argues that VisionChina's failure to pay is a "willful" violation of the Court's order to transfer the money by the deadline.  To date, VisionChina has transferred only $3.2 million of the total. "VisionChina's unilateral decision simply to ignore the Transfer Order can be interpreted in no other way than as a clear demonstration that its disobedience of the Transfer Order was intentional, knowing, and willful," according to the motion.  "The Court should enter an Order holding VisionChina in civil contempt." The Court ordered VisionChina to transfer $60 million in August, and an appellate court denied VisionChina's motion to stay enforcement of that order.  The funds were supposed to be held in the custody of the New York City Sheriff's office or deposited into an escrow account controlled by the Sheriff.  The payment is