Who is ‘Andy Bang’? A Ritz-Carlton Mystery Gets Its Day in Court (4)

When a 26-year-old Uber driver walked into a California deeds office two years ago, it was the real-estate equivalent of a butterfly flapping its wings and causing a tsunami half a world away.

Hired by an elderly Chinese passenger to do more than drive, he began shifting titles to luxury U.S. hotels owned by Beijing-based conglomerate Anbang to shell companies run by one “Andy Bang.” The events that followed — including nearly $1 trillion in claims – will be under scrutiny in a Delaware courthouse starting Monday in one of the most eccentric cases in the state’s history.

The timing ...