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SEC v. Norman Meier et al: Complaint (‘$7.9M Securities Fraud’)

October 11, 2024
Complaint alleging the defendant "defrauded over 180 investors, mostly European, out of at least $7.9 million" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Norman V. Meier, described as a citizen of Switzerland residing in Massachusetts, USA, as Defendant, and Treuhand Inc., Norman Meier International Inc., a.k.a. NMI Inc; Windeco Corporation, Texxon Oil Corp., and International Financial Services Inc., a.k.a. IFS Inc, d.b.a. IRM Inc., as Relief Defendants, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

SEC v. Vy Pham: Complaint (‘Crypto Investment Fraud’)

October 9, 2024
Complaint that "arises from Defendant Vy Pham’s unregistered offers and sales of two crypto assets as securities, and from her schemes to manipulate the market for those securities " in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Vy Pham at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

SEC v. Russell Armand et al: Complaint (‘Crypto Investment Fraud’)

October 9, 2024
Complaint that "arises from the defendants’ unregistered and fraudulent offers and sales of crypto assets being offered and sold as securities to the investing public and their manipulative trading of those securities" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Russell Armand, Maxwell Hernandez, Manpreet Singh Kohli, described as a resident of England and India, and Nam Tran at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

SEC v. Gotbit Consulting LLC et al: Complaint (‘Crypto Investment Fraud’)

October 9, 2024
Complaint in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Gotbit Consulting LLC, a.k.a. Gotbit Hedge Fund, described as a Belize company that "purports to have offices in Armenia, Portugal, Turkey, Vietnam, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom", and Fedor Kedrov, of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

SEC v. Nicholas Bowerman: Complaint (‘Accounting Fraud’)

September 5, 2024
Complaint alleging the defendant "intentionally manipulated Pipeline’s financial results, which were incorporated into CIRCOR’s consolidated financial statements" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Nicholas Bowerman, described as a resident of Darlington, England, who is "a former finance director at Pipeline Engineering, a business unit of CIRCOR International, Inc., a former publicly traded company based in Massachusetts", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Hand Held Products Inc. v. Scandit, Inc.: Discovery Application (Germany)

July 15, 2024
Application by Hand Held Products Inc. to take discovery from Scandit, Inc. "for use in two pending patent infringement proceedings in the Unified Patent Court and one pending patent infringement proceeding in the Munich District Court", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Carlo La Marchesina v. 513,367.335904 U.S. Dollar Coin et al: Complaint (‘$689K Crypto Theft’)

June 6, 2024
Complaint alleging "the unauthorized access to and theft of about $ 689,232.36 worth of various virtual assets held by Plaintiff, which consisted of 17 crypto wallets" in Carlo La Marchesina, described as a citizen and resident of Australia v. John Does Nos. 1-25, as Defendants; 513,367.335904 U.S. Dollar Coin, as Defendant in rem, and Circle Internet Financial LLC and Circle Technology Services LLC, as Garnishees and Relief Parties, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

USA v. Derya Dikici: Extradition Complaint (Turkey)

April 10, 2024
Complaint for the extradition of Derya Dikici, a.k.a. Derya Terzioglu, from the USA to Turkey to face allegations of "aggravated embezzlement while working as a Portfolio Manager at DenizBank A.S. Gunesli Branch".

Leonard Licht v. Binance Holdings Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘$2.7M Pig Butchering Crypto Fraud & Laundering’)

February 23, 2024
Complaint in Leonard Licht, described as "a 75-year-old widower" residing in Texas, USA, who "was victimized by a pig butchering scheme spearheaded by a criminal syndicate based in Cambodia" v. Binance Holdings Limited, described as "a Cayman Islands corporation that operates the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance.com"; BAM Trading Services, Inc., and Changpeng Zhao, described as "a Chinese-born citizen of Canada", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

USA v. Frederick Sharp et al: Criminal Indictment (‘Securities Fraud’)

January 9, 2024
Criminal Indictment alleging securities fraud in USA v. Frederick L. Sharp, a resident of Canada; Luis Carrillo, a resident of Mexico; Mike K.G. Veldhuis, a resident of Canada; Paul Sexton, a resident of Canada, and Courtney M. Kelln, a resident of Canada, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

USA v. Steve Bajic: Criminal Information (‘Pump-and-Dump Securities Fraud’)

November 28, 2023
Criminal Information alleging conspiracy to commit securities fraud involving two unidentified co-conspirators in Vietnam and Switzerland who were described as "co-founders and co-operators of Blacklight S.A.m a purported asset management firm in Switzerland" and entities in Anguilla, Hong Kong, Seychelles and USA, in USA v. Steve M. Bajic, described as a resident of Canada, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

USA v. 193,169.0653 USDT et al: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Fraud & Crypto Laundering’)

November 21, 2023
Forfeiture Complaint regarding funds allegedly associated with "Pig Butchering" fraud that were seized from accounts, at least one of which was "accessed by Thailand, Singapore, and Hong Kong-based IP addresses", in the names of Lim Hock Seng and Yicheng Wang at Binance crypto exchange in USA v. 193,169.0653 USDT, 11,146.8079 USDT, and 18.9649 BTC at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

SEC v. Joseph Padilla et al: Complaint (‘Securities Fraud’)

June 13, 2023
Complaint alleging "a fraudulent scheme to sell stock to the public" involving entities or individuals in or from the Cayman Islands, Latvia, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, and USA in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Joseph A. Padilla, described as "a United States citizen who has held permanent resident visas in Mexico and Russia", and Kevin C. Dills, as Defendants, and Bright Star International Inc., Life Sciences Journeys Inc., Carlos Hernandez, Jamie Quick, Ashley Robinson, and Arlene Sandoval, as Relief Defendants, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

FXCH Ltd. v. Centre Consortium LLC: Complaint (‘Crypto Dispute’)

January 6, 2023
Complaint for "an injunction in aid of arbitration requiring Centre to direct the segregation of the $6,000,000 USD supporting the peg for the 6,000,000 USDC and to block and freeze 6,000,000 permanently inaccessible USDC stable coins belonging to FXCH" in FXCH Ltd., described as "a member-based financial utility for Institutional Spot-FX Clearing with its principal place of business in Dublin, Ireland" v. Centre Consortium LLC, which "administers the network for a so-called 'stablecoin' that is pegged 1-to-1 (or 1:1) to the U.S. Dollar, called USD Coin and denominated as USDC", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

SEC v. Adrian Kawuba: TRO Motion

November 10, 2022
Ex Parte Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Adrian J. Kawuba, described as a citizen of Uganda residing in Massachusetts, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

SEC v. Adrian Kawuba: Complaint

November 10, 2022
Complaint alleging the defendant "deceived multiple investors into giving him hundreds of thousands of dollars, promising to invest their money in opportunities related to supposed athletic and entertainment ventures" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Adrian J. Kawuba, described as a citizen of Uganda residing in Massachusetts, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

FXCH Ltd. v. Centre Consortium LLC: Complaint (‘$6M Crypto Dispute’)

October 21, 2022
Complaint involving "a so-called 'stablecoin' that is pegged 1-to-1 to the U.S. Dollar, called USD Coin and denominated as USDC" in FXCH Ltd., a.k.a. Foreign Exchange Clearing House, described as an Ireland-based "member-based financial utility for Institutional Spot-FX Clearing" v. Centre Consortium LLC at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

MW Gestion v. 1Globe Capital LLC et al: Class Action Complaint

August 16, 2022
Class Action Complaint alleging fraud regarding a "battle for control" of Sinovac Biotech Ltd., described as "Sinovac, a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the research, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of vaccines", in MW Gestion, described as "an institutional asset manager based in France" v. 1Globe Capital LLC, of Delaware; Jiaqiang Li, described as a citizen of China residing in Boston, MA; Chiang Li Family, Jeff Li, and Linda Li at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

USA v. 73,586.17 USDT: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud’)

August 3, 2022
Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. 73,586.17 USDT (Tether) that are "proceeds of a cryptocurrency fraud scheme" and were seized from an account at Binance cryptocurrency exchange, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.