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SEC v. Christopher Slaga et al: Complaint (‘$3.5M Securities Fraud’)

August 7, 2023
Complaint regarding "Defendants’ scheme that raised approximately $3.5 million from at least 17 investors through a fraudulent and unregistered securities offering" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Christopher Slaga, a.k.a. Keith Renko, described as a resident of Barbados; Q4 Capital Group LLC, J4 Capital Advisors LLC, and Hayden Greene at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Danielle Yoshimura v. Virgin Group Ltd. et al: First Amended Class Action Complaint (‘COVID Refund Fraud’)

July 27, 2023
First Amended Class Action Complaint "that arises out of Defendants’ deceptive practices in connection with its flights, including: the airline’s refusal to refund consumers for covid-induced cancellations, and Defendants’ issuing travel funds for non-existent flights and implementing an expiration date on “Travel Bank” funds" in Danielle Yoshimura v. Virgin Group Limited, of England; Virgin Holdings Limited, of England, and Bain Capital LP, of USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Larry Bergmann v. GDS Holdings Ltd. et al: Class Action Complaint (‘Securities Fraud’)

June 21, 2023
Class Action Complaint in Larry Bergmann v. GDS Holdings Limited, described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, China-based company that "purports to be "a leading developer and operator of high-performance data centers in China and South East Asia""; William Wei Huang, and Daniel Newman at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Ahmet Yayla et al v. Refinitiv US LLC et al: Class Action Complaint (‘World-Check Database’)

May 11, 2023
Class Action Complaint alleging fraud, RICO, and defamation brought on behalf of those "who have been identified by the Defendants as a terrorist, and in some instances denied access to various financial websites and accounts because of the actions of the Defendants in listing those persons on a terrorist watch list generated by the Turkish government, which the U.S. government has disparaged" in Ahmet S. Yayla, Selcuk Atak, and Murat Kalyoncu, all described as "former residents of Turkey" currently residing in the United States v. Refinitiv US LLC, described as the U.S.-based operating arm of a group whose products include a 'Know Your Customer' database product known as World-Check, and Does 1-10 at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Legendz Entertainment LLC et al v. CAM Specialty Lending 1 Ltd. et al: Second Amended Complaint (‘Boxing Financing’)

May 3, 2023
Second Amended Complaint alleging “fraudulent inducement” regarding “a contractual dispute between Plaintiffs and Defendants who entered into a written agreement for the financing of the promotion of a World Boxing Council junior welterweight title bout between top ranked boxers Regis Prograis and Jose Zepeda” in Legendz Entertainment LLC and Cinematic LLC v. CAM Specialty Lending 1 Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Crescendo Capital SA, of Switzerland; Crescendo Asset Management LLC, and Brian Weiner at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Arshad Assofi et al v. Donald Basile et al: Second Amended Complaint (‘$15M Bitcoin Latinum Crypto Fraud’)

April 27, 2023
Second Amended Complaint alleging a crypto-based securities fraud in Arshad Assofi and Assofi Inc. v. Donald Basile, GIBF GP Inc., d.b.a. Bitcoin Latinum, of Delaware; GIBF GP (Cayman Islands) Ltd., Monsoon Blockchain Corporation, of Delaware; JDLB Ritz Miami LLC, of Delaware; Jean Luxe Inc., of Delaware; Christopher Basile, and Jodee Lemon at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Silver Screen Films Inc. v. Hollywood Media Venture LLC et al: First Amended Complaint (‘Fraudulent Movie Financing Scheme’)

April 27, 2023
Complaint alleging “a fraudulent movie financing scheme” in Silver Screen Films Inc., formerly Silver Screen Finance Inc., of the Cayman Islands v. Hollywood Media Venture LLC, Hollywood Media Ventures I LLC, Hollywood Media Ventures II LLC, Hollywood Media Ventures Holdings LLC, Hollywood Media Ventures Holdings II LLC, Hollywood Media Ventures Management LLC, Hollywood Media Venture Partners LLC, Hollywood Media Venture Productions I LLC, Production Capital LLC, Production Capital Corp., Burgee & Abramoff P.C., Knightsbridge Entertainment Inc., Base FX Productions Switzerland AG, of Switzerland; Kevin Robl, Remington William Chase, Robert William Abramoff, and Mohamed Shaaban at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Legendz Entertainment LLC et al v. CAM Specialty Lending 1 Ltd. et al: First Amended Complaint (‘Boxing Financing’)

April 26, 2023
First Amended Complaint alleging "fraudulent inducement" regarding "a contractual dispute between Plaintiffs and Defendants who entered into a written agreement for the financing of the promotion of a World Boxing Council junior welterweight title bout between top ranked boxers Regis Prograis and Jose Zepeda" in Legendz Entertainment LLC and Cinematic LLC v. CAM Specialty Lending 1 Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Crescendo Capital SA, of Switzerland; Crescendo Asset Management LLC, and Brian Weiner at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Legendz Entertainment LLC et al v. CAM Specialty Lending 1 Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘Boxing Financing’)

April 24, 2023
Complaint alleging "fraudulent inducement" regarding "a contractual dispute between Plaintiffs and Defendants who entered into a written agreement for the financing of the promotion of a World Boxing Council junior welterweight title bout between top ranked boxers Regis Prograis and Jose Zepeda" in Legendz Entertainment LLC and Cinematic LLC v. CAM Specialty Lending 1 Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Crescendo Capital SA, of Switzerland; Crescendo Asset Management LLC, and Brian Weiner at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

SEC v. Charles Winn LLC et al: Complaint (‘$8.5M Fine Wine Securities Fraud’)

April 20, 2023
Complaint alleging "a fraudulent investment scheme involving fine wine" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Charles Winn LLC, of Delaware; Aaron David Scott-Britten, a.k.a. Aaron David, Aaron Scott, and Aaron David K. Britten, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in London, England; Ohran Emmanuel Stewart, a.k.a. Elliott Stewart, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in London, England; Casey Alexander, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in London, England, and Charlie Jake Smith, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in London, England at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Krzysztof Gagacki v. Edmond Truong: Complaint (‘$2M Crypto Theft’)

April 17, 2023
Complaint alleging "Defendant stole approximately $2,000,000 USD in cryptocurrency from a joint digital wallet belonging to the parties and used to operate their joint venture in the Rebase app" in Krzysztof Gagacki, described as a citizen of Poland v. Edmond Truong at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Alec Ohanian et al v. Stablegains Inc.: Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud’)

February 18, 2023
Complaint in Alec Ohanian and Artin Ohanian V. Stablegains Inc., described as "an investment platform which promised users a 15% yield on their deposits by investing the deposits in “safe” assets", at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

LDR International Ltd. v. Sara King et al: Complaint (‘$10.2M Fraud’)

February 11, 2023
Complaint alleging fraud in LDR International Limited, of the British Virgin Islands v. Sara Jacqueline King, described as a lawyer who "is a partner at the law firm King Reuben", and King Family Lending LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Rick Ames et al v. Patrick Nelson et al: Complaint (‘$75M Securities Fraud & Elder Financial Abuse’)

December 21, 2022
Complaint alleging "a Ponzi scheme with a slight twist" in Rick Ames et al v. Patrick Nelson, Nelson Partners LLC, Axonic Capital LLC, Clayton DeGiancinto, AXSPV LLC Series NB CRE Lender, AXSPV LLC Series SBL CRE Lender, AXSPV LLC Series ACO CRE Lender, Burgundy 523 Offshore Fund Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Axonic Special Opportunities SBL Master Fund LP, Axonic Credit Opportunities Master Fund LP, of the Cayman Islands, and NP Skyloft DST at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Patokh Chodiev v. First Idea International Ltd.: Discovery Application (England)

December 19, 2022
Application by Patokh Chodiev, described as "a successful and 16 respected international businessperson, author and philanthropist", to take discovery from First Idea International Ltd., "a self-described 'strategic advisory boutique'", for use in legal proceedings in England "against Refinitiv Limited for violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation because Refinitiv published an unsupported, inaccurate, misleading, and damaging report on Mr. Chodiev in its World-Check Risk Intelligence Service database that First Idea appears to have urged Refinitiv to publish", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Adonis Real et al v. Yuga Labs Inc. et al: Class Action Complaint (‘ApeCoin Crypto Fraud’)

December 8, 2022
Class Action Complaint "on behalf of all investors who purchased Yuga's non-fungible tokens or ApeCoin tokens between April 23, 2021 and the present" in Adonis Real and Adam Titcher v. Yuga Labs, Inc., Wylie Aronow, Greg Solano, Kerem Atalay, Zeshan Ali, Nicole Muniz, Jasmin Shoemaker, Patrick Ehrlund, Christopher Lyons, Alexis Ohanian, Amy Wu, Maaria Bajwa, Dean Steinbeck, Guy Oseary, Mike Winkelmann, Madonna Louise Ciccone, Paris Hilton, James Fallon, a.k.a. Jimmy Fallon; Electric Hot Dog, Inc., Universal Television, LLC, Justin Bieber, Gwyneth Paltrow, Serena Williams, Thomas Pentz, Austin Richard Post, a.k.a. Post Malone; Calvin Broadus, Jr., a.k.a. Snoop Dogg; Kevin Hart, Alexander Pall, Andrew Taggart, Wardell Stephen Curry II, Nayvadius Wilburn Cash, Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. The Weeknd; Khaled Mohammed Khaled, adidas America Inc., adidas Ventures B.V., of the Netherlands; Ivan Soto-Wright, and MoonPay USA LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Silver Screen Films Inc. v. Hollywood Media Venture LLC et al: Complaint (‘Fraudulent Movie Financing Scheme’)

December 8, 2022
Complaint alleging "a fraudulent movie financing scheme" in Silver Screen Films Inc., formerly Silver Screen Finance Inc., of the Cayman Islands v. Hollywood Media Venture LLC, Hollywood Media Ventures I LLC, Hollywood Media Ventures II LLC, Hollywood Media Ventures Holdings LLC, Hollywood Media Ventures Holdings II LLC, Hollywood Media Ventures Management LLC, Hollywood Media Venture Partners LLC, Hollywood Media Venture Productions I LLC, Production Capital LLC, Production Capital Corp., Burgee & Abramoff P.C., Knightsbridge Entertainment Inc., Base FX Productions Switzerland AG, of Switzerland; Kevin Robl, Remington William Chase, Robert William Abramoff, and Mohamed Shaaban at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Newpoint Financial Corp. v. Bermuda Monetary Authority et al: Complaint ($25M)

November 29, 2022
Complaint for damages of $25 million alleging "blatant, intentional bad faith malfeasance in denying Plaintiff’s Newpoint Financial Corp. application to obtain a controlling interest in a Bermudian insurance company [Citadel Reinsurance Company Limited] without any, much less good, cause" in Newpoint Financial Corp., a Delaware company based in California v. Bermuda Monetary Authority, Gerald Gakundi, described as "Director for the Insurance Supervision Department at the BMA", and Susan Davis-Crockwell, described as "Deputy Director of Enforcement for the Legal Services and Enforcement Department at the BMA", at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Sheikh Walid bin Ibrahim al Ibrahim v. David Britt: Discovery Application (England)

October 11, 2022
Application by Sheikh Walid bin Ibrahim al Ibrahim, described as a citizen of Saudi Arabia, to take discovery from John David Britt, described as a citizen of the United States, for use in legal proceedings in England in which "Sheikh Mohamed bin Issa al Jaber sued Applicant and his brother Sheikh Majid bin Ibrahim al Ibrahim over a USD $ 30 million payment made in 2002 by al Jaber to a company owned by Sheikh Majid", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Cambridge Sarnano Ltd. et al v. Kevin Robl et al: Complaint (‘$117M Fraud’)

October 5, 2022
Complaint alleging the defendants "swindled Plaintiffs out of tens of millions of dollars in a Ponzi scheme outrageous even by Hollywood standards" in Capital Providers of Cambridge Sarnano LLC, Cambridge Sarnano Ltd., of England, and The Final Investors LLC v. Kevin Robl, Remington Chase, a.k.a. William Westwood, a.k.a. William Eliot, and Production Capital LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Adeel Ashraf v. MINISO Group Holding Ltd. et al: Class Action Complaint

August 17, 2022
Class Action Complaint in Adeel Ashraf v. MINISO Group Holding Limited, described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, China-based company that "purports to be a fast-growing global value retailer which serves consumers primarily through its large network of MINISO stores"; Guofe Ye, Saiyin Zhang, Minxin Li, Donald J. Puglisi, Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC, BofA Securities Inc., and Puglisi & Associates at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Radical Investments Ltd. v. Good Vibrations Entertainment LLC et al: Motion to File Second Amended Complaint (‘$12M COVID Vaccine Scam’)

July 22, 2022
Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint alleging the plaintiff "was deceptively lured into an elaborate scam to advance the sum of 12.2 million U.S. dollars for one million nonexistent doses of AstraZeneca vaccine" for COVID-19 and to add James L. Scott, a lawyer in Michigan, and Warner Norcross + Judd LLP, a law firm in Michigan, as defendants for alleged malpractice in Radical Investments Ltd., a St. Lucia company based in Barbados v. Good Vibrations Entertainment LLC, of Florida; Alex Lee Moore, a.k.a. Flex Moore; Prestige Pegasus LLC, of Colorado; Moniladae Coley, a.k.a. Moniladai Coley; Charles Stein, a.k.a. Charlie Stein, a lawyer in California, and Davidovich Stein Law Group LLC, a law firm California, at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

SEC v. Shlomo Nir et al: Complaint

June 29, 2022
Complaint alleging investment fraud in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Shlomo Nir and Tzachi Rahamim, both citizens and residents of Israel, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

USA v. 40.997711 Ethereum: Forfeiture Complaint

May 12, 2022
Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. 40.997711 Ethereum digital currency in an account at Binance cryptocurrency exchange that is believed to be the proceeds of a fraud against the operator of "an investment vehicle which invests in digital currencies, including Ethereum" who had an account at another cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

USA v. Los Angeles ‘Mansion’: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Armenia Corruption’)

May 2, 2022
Forfeiture Complaint regarding a "multi-million dollar mansion located in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California" that is "traceable to unlawful bribes paid for the benefit of Gagik Khachatryan, the former minister of finance of the Republic of Armenia, and his sons Gurgen Khachatryan and Artyom Khachatryan, and related money laundering transactions" in USA v. Real Property in Los Angeles, California at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Mark Dias et al v. Spartan Micro Inc. et al: Complaint

April 20, 2022
Complaint alleging securities fraud in Mark Dias, Shanghai Yonghua Capital Investment Management Co. Ltd., of China; Suzhou Quantong Medical Tech. Co. Ltd., of China; Powerful Anchor (Cayman) Limited, a Cayman Islands company based in Singapore, and Yongyun (Cayman) Limited, a Cayman Islands company based in China v. Spartan Micro Inc., Eric Stoppenhagen, and Thomas Gardner at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Maniraj Gnanaraj v. Lilium NV et al: Class Action Complaint

April 18, 2022
Class Action Complaint alleging fraud in Maniraj Ashirwad Gnanaraj v. Lilium NV, formerly Qell Acquisition Corp., described as a Netherlands-domiciled company based in Germany; Barry Engle, Daniel Wiegand, and Geoffrey Richardson at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.