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USA v. Crypto Associated With Raj Kumar et al: Forfeiture Complaint (‘$1.5M Fraud Targeting Coinbase Clients’)

December 12, 2024
Forfeiture Complaint regarding proceeds "of a fraud scheme that targeted certain owners of cryptocurrency, specifically individuals who had an account with the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase" in USA v. All Crypto in Binance Accounts Associated With Harish Kumar, Raj Kumari, and Rakesh Kumar Athotra, all of India, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

SEC v. Cyril Cabanes: Complaint (‘$250M Bribery’)

November 20, 2024
Complaint alleging violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cyril Sebastien Dominique Cabanes, described as a citizen of France residing in Singapore, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Alex Torstorff v. Mynaric AG et al: Class Action Complaint (‘Securities Fraud’)

October 30, 2024
Class Action Complaint in Alex Torstorff v. Mynaric AG, of Germany, which "develops and manufactures laser communication products for aerospace-based communication networks for government and commercial markets in the U.S. and internationally"; Mustafa Veziroglu, and Stefan Berndt-Von Bülow at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Roosevelt Road Re Ltd. et al v. Wingate Russotti Shapiro Moses & Halpern LLP et al: Complaint (‘Workers’ Comp Racketeering’)

September 6, 2024
Complaint alleging "a widespread fraud scheme to defraud Plaintiffs and others by (i) unlawfully grooming and recruiting construction workers into staging and perpetuating fake construction accidents that occurred in New York; (ii) preparing and collecting documentation as well as submitting, filing, prosecuting and asserting fraudulent workers’ compensation claims and personal injury lawsuits on behalf of such construction workers; (iii) providing or alleging to have provided medically unnecessary and excessive healthcare services to such construction workers; (iv) providing monies directly or indirectly to Defendants and to Claimants to fund the fraud scheme, and/or (v) using the fraudulent diagnoses and medically unnecessary and excessive healthcare services to unlawfully enrich the Defendants and inflate the settlement value of claims and lawsuits" in Roosevelt Road Re Ltd., of Bermuda, and Tradesman Program Managers LLC v. Wingate Russotti Shapiro Moses & Halpern LLP, Philip Russotti, Clifford H. Shapiro, Kenneth Halperin, I. Bryce Moses, Bangel, Cohen & Falconetti, LLP, David J. Bangel, Stephen H. Cohen, Christopher M. Falconetti, NY Ortho, Sports Medicine & Trauma, P.C., Jeffrey Stone Kaplan, MD, Matthew P. Grimm, MD, Joseph Weinstein, D.O., P.C., Joseph Weinstein, DO, Carlos Castro, MD, Andrew Merola, MD, Kolb Radiology P.C., Thomas M. Kolb, MD, Lenox Hill Radiology and Medical Imaging Associates, P.C., RJ Physical Therapist, P.C., Cross Bay Orthopedic Surgery P.C., Peter Tomasello, Jr., DO, NYC Medical & Neurological Offices, P.C., Mehrdad Golzad, MD, Hudson Pro Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine LLC, Roman Isaac, MD, Citimedical I, PLLC, BL Pain Management, PLLC, Pain Physicians NY, PLLC, Leon Reyfman, MD, Boleslav Kosharskyy, MD, Surgicare of Brooklyn, LLC, Integrated Specialty ASC, d.b.a. HealthPlus Surgery Center, LLC; NYEEQASC, LLC, d.b.a. North Queens Surgical Center, Surgicore 5th Avenue LLC, Roosevelt Surgery Center, LLC, d.b.a. Manhattan Surgery Center, John Doe Nos. 1-25, and XYZ Corporation Nos. 1-25 at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

SEC v. Justin Smith et al: Complaint (‘$2.7M Securities Fraud’)

August 27, 2024
Complaint alleging "Defendants fabricated more than $75 million in assets, forged documents, and repeatedly lied to raise money for their company, Healthcare Solutions, as part of a scheme to defraud investors out of millions of dollars" that, inter alia, involved "an entity registered in Sweden called Landes and Compagnie Trust Privé KB, a/k/a Landes & Cie Private Trust" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Justin D. Smith and Joshua Constantin at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Roosevelt Road Re, Ltd. et al v. Herbert Subin et al: Complaint (‘Workers’ Comp Racketeering’)

July 19, 2024
Complaint alleging "a widespread fraud scheme to defraud Plaintiffs and others by preparing and collecting documentation as well as orchestrating the submission, filing and prosecuting of hundreds of fraudulent workers’ compensation claims and filing lawsuits on behalf of construction workers arising out of workplace purported construction accidents that occurred in New York and purportedly required significant medical services" in Roosevelt Road Re, Ltd., of Bermuda, and Tradesman Program Managers, LLC v. Herbert S. Subin, described as "lead trial attorney at the law firm of Subin Associates, LLP"; Eric D. Subin, described as "a senior trial attorney at the Subin Firm", and Jorge Arturo Gonzalez Lupi at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

SEC v. Mark Borden: Complaint (‘Unregistered Broker for Securities Fraudster’)

April 8, 2024
Complaint alleging the defendant "acted as an unregistered broker" for Charlie Abujudeh, who is a convicted securities fraudster, and others in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Mark Borden, described as "an attorney licensed to practice law in Canada and a resident of Thornhill, Ontario, Canada", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Roosevelt Road, Re Ltd. v. John Hajjar, MD et al: Complaint (‘Workers’ Comp Racketeering’)

March 1, 2024
Complaint alleging a workers' compensation fraud scheme in Roosevelt Road Ltd., of Bermuda, and Tradesman Program Managers LLC v. John Hajjar, MD, Surgicare, LLC, Surgicare of Manhattan, LLC, Surgicare of Westside, LLC, Surgicare, PC, Boro Ventures, LLC, Sovereign Medical Group, LLC, Sovereign Management, LLC, Regent Medical Properties, LLC, Anthony DeGradi, Wayne Hatami, Feliks Kogan, Leonid Tylman, Gregg Rock, Siddhartha Sharma, MD, Surgicore, LLC, Surgicore Management, Inc., Surgicore Management, LLC, Surgicore 5th Avenue, LLC, KTHD Investment, LLC, NY Ortho Sports Medicine & Trauma, PC, Jeffrey Stone Kaplan, MD, Matthew P. Grimm, MD, Adrian Puia, RPT, Joseph Weinstein DO, PC, Joseph Weinstein, DO, University Orthopedics of New York, PLLC, Steven John Touliopoulos, MD, Charles A. DeMarco, MD, Andrew M. Cruz, RPA, Andrew Merola, MD, Kolb Radiology, PC, Thomas M. Kolb, MD, Lenox Hill Radiology and Medical Imaging Associates, PC, Fogelgaren Forman & Bergman, LLP, Eric Fogelgaren, Jonathan Forman, Robert Bergman, Gorayeb & Associates, PC, Christopher J. Gorayeb, Francisco Payano, Sisa Pakari Cultural Center Inc., Sisa Pakari Centro Cultural & Laboral, Inc., Fanny Guadalupe, Rolando Manzano Moreno, and Cidel del Carmen Tandoza Moreno at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Moset International Company Ltd. v. Qiwi Plc et al: Consolidated Second Amended Class Action Complaint (‘Securities Fraud’)

December 21, 2023
Consolidated Second Amended Class Action Complaint alleging "a fraudulent scheme and course of conduct that operated as a fraud or deceit on purchasers of Qiwi’s publicly traded securities by disseminating materially false and misleading statements and concealing material adverse facts" in Moset International Company Limited, as Lead Plaintiff v. Qiwi Plc, described as a Cyprus company that "provides online, mobile, and physical payment services to consumers and merchants primarily in Russia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Belarus, Romania, the United Arab Emirates, and other overseas markets"; Boris Kim, Sergey Solonin, Andrey Protopopov, Alexander Karavaev, Varvara Kiseleva, Vladislav Poshmorga, and Pavel Korzh at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

USA v. Nikolay Goltsev et al: Criminal Indictment (‘Russia Sanctions Evasion’)

November 6, 2023
Criminal Indictment alleging conspiracy to defraud the USA, conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act, fraud, money laundering, and smuggling in USA v. Nikolay Goltsev, Salimdzhon Nasriddinov, Kristina Puzyreva, Vladimir Bochkarev, Pavel Chernikov, Yekaterina Vetoshkina, and Oleg Zenchenko, all citizens of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

SEC v. SafeMoon LLC et al: Complaint (‘Crypto Securities Fraud’)

November 1, 2023
Complaint alleging the defendants "perpetrated a massive fraudulent scheme that generated millions through the unregistered offer and sale of a crypto asset security called the SafeMoon Token" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. SafeMoon LLC, SafeMoon US LLC, Kyle Nagy, Braden John Karony, and Thomas Glenn Smith at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

USA v. Nikolay Goltsev et al: Criminal Complaint (‘Russia Sanctions Evasion’)

October 30, 2023
Criminal Complaint charging the defendants with what the U.S. Department of Justice described as "conspiracy and other charges related to a global procurement scheme on behalf of sanctioned Russian entities, including companies affiliated with the Russian military" in USA v. Nikolay Goltsev, described as "a dual Russian and Canadian national who resides in Canada"; Salimdzhon Nasriddinov, described as "dual national of Russia and Tajikistan who resides in Brooklyn, New York", and Kristina Puzyreva, described as "a dual Russian and Canadian national who resides in Canada", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

David Francis v. dLocal Ltd. et al: Class Action Complaint (‘$400M Fraud’)

October 6, 2023
Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in David Gavin Francis v. dLocal Limited, described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, Uruguay-based firm that "operates a payment processing platform for merchants worldwide" and which reportedly is being investigated in Argentina "for a possible $400 million fraud"; Sebastian Kanovich, and Diego Carbera Canay at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

USA v. Kyriacos Photiou: Extradition Complaint (Cyprus)

October 3, 2023
Complaint for the extradition of Kyriacos Photiou from the USA to Cyprus to face charges of fraud and obtaining goods by false pretenses, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Kirill Medvedev v. Binance Holdings Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘Crypto Account Freeze’)

September 22, 2023
Complaint alleging conversion and unjust enrichment regarding the freezing of an account due to a criminal investigation in Spain concerning "a failed Initial Coin Offering launched by Nimbus Platform" in Kirill Medvedev, of Miami, Florida, USA v. Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands, and BAM Trading Services Inc., described as a Delaware company based in Miami, Florida, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Weihua Du v. Shalom Segelman et al: Complaint (‘$550K E-B Investor Immigration Program Fraud’)

September 12, 2023
Complaint in Weihua Du, described as "a Chinese foreign investor who participated in the U.S. Government's EB-5 investor immigration program" v. Shalom Segelman, Line DC Manager LLC, The Line DC Escrow LLC, Yucaipa U.S. Hospitality Partners, LLC, YAAF II Parallel (U.S. Hospitality Partners), Inc., Adams Morgan Managing Member LLC, Adams Morgan Hotel Holdings LLC, Adams Morgan Hotel JV LLC, Adam Morgan Hotel Members LLC, Adams Morgan Hotel Owner LLC, Milou Chesapeake Regional Center LLC, Yevgeny Samokhleb, and Liu & Bitterman PLLC at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

SEC v. Richard Heart et al: Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud’)

July 31, 2023
Complaint alleging Richard Heart "raised more than $1 billion in the unregistered offer and sale of crypto asset securities to retail investors in the U.S. and abroad" and "misappropriated" millions of dollars in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Richard J. Schueler, a.k.a. Richard Heart, described as "an American-born Internet marketer, content creator, and serial entrepreneur living in Finland"; PulseChain, and PulseX at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

USA v. Elaine Wolfe: Complaint (‘Failure to Report Swiss & UK Accounts’)

June 8, 2023
Complaint for damages of $559,475 for alleged "willful failure" to report financial interests in foreign bank accounts in USA v. Elaine V. Wolfe, described as a 95-year-old resident of Great Neck, New York who was "born in Salford, Lancashire, United Kingdom in 1928" and "moved to the United States in 1957", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

USA v. Yevgeniy Grinin et al: Superseding Indictment (‘Russian Procurement Scheme’)

May 22, 2023
Superseding Indictment alleging citizens of Russia, Greece, and the USA participated in a global procurement and money laundering scheme on behalf of the Russian government in USA v. Yevgeniy Grinin, Aleksey Ippolitov, Boris Livshits, Svetlana Skvortsova, Vadim Konoshchenok, Nikolaos Bogonikolos, Alexey Brayman, and Vadim Yermolenko at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Nova Nordeplast Indústria e Comércio de Plásticos Ltda. et al v. JPMorgan Chase & Co. et al: Complaint

May 5, 2023
Complaint "to seek information, close fraudulent bank account and seek reimbursement" in Nova Nordeplast Indústria e Comércio de Plásticos Ltda. and ACG DO Brasil S.A., described as Brazilian pharmaceutical manufacturing companies based in India v. JPMorgan Chase & Co., John Does Corporations, and John Does at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

SEC v. Lee Cohen: Complaint (‘HD View 360 Securities Fraud’)

May 2, 2023
Complaint alleging "a fraudulent scheme to manipulate trading in the stock of HD View 360 Inc., a now-defunct microcap company" that was based in Miami, Florida." in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Lee Cohen, a citizen of the United Kingdom who resided in the Philippines, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Catherine St. Jean v. Richard Branson et al: Complaint (‘Insider Trading’)

April 19, 2023
Stockholder Derivative Complaint alleging breach of fiduciary duty by insider trading and unjust enrichment in Catherine St. Jean v. Richard Branson, described as a citizen of the British Virgin Islands; Michelle Kley, Craig Kreeger, and Chamath Palihapitiya, as Defendants, and Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc., as Nominal Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Patrick Boismenu v. Ironworks BVI Ltd.: Complaint (‘$1.5M Crypto Fraud’)

January 10, 2023
Complaint in Patrick Boismenu, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Egypt who is "an expert in cryptography and crypto currencies with decades of experience in these fields" v. Ironworks BVI Ltd., a.k.a. Ironworks Trading, d.b.a. Ferrum Network, described as a British Virgin Islands company that "advertises itself as a leader in blockchain interoperability", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

USA v. Real Property: Forfeiture Complaint (Andrii Derkach & Oksana Terekhova)

December 7, 2022
Forfeiture Complaint associated with suspected bank fraud and money laundering involving Andrii Derkach, a citizen of Ukraine who was "an active Russian agent for over a decade", and Oksana Terekhova, a citizen of Ukraine and "the wife of Derkach", in USA v. Real Property in Beverly Hills, California and Funds in the name of 7D Business Bureau Inc. seized from Stifel Nicolaus & Co. and Citizens Business Bank, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Louise Blouin et al v. USA: Complaint (‘Trust Fund Taxes’)

November 28, 2022
Complaint "to strike off certain Federal Tax Liens that were purportedly or attempted to be filed against property owned by Aberdeen Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, as a result of an attempt by the Internal Revenue Service to collect on behalf of the United States certain Trust Fund Recovery Penalties, 26 U.S.C. § 6672 purportedly imposed against Louise Blouin" in Aberdeen Enterprises Inc., described as a Delaware company owned by a British Virgin Islands company, and Louise Blouin, a citizen of Canada residing in Switzerland v. USA at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

SEC v. Matthew Nicosia et al: Complaint (‘Penny Stock Fraud’)

September 27, 2022
Complaint alleging "fraudulent schemes to sell publicly traded stock to retail investors" involving "penny stocks" issued by Odyssey Group International, Inc., Scepter Holdings, Inc., and CannaPharmaRx, Inc. in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Matthew Nicosia, William 'Rocky' Reininger, Fabrizio Di Carlo, described as a citizen and resident of Canada, and Ronald Touchard at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

USA v. Yury Orekhov et al: Criminal Indictment (‘Sanctions Evasion’)

September 26, 2022
Criminal Indictment alleging "a fraud, illegal export and money laundering operation under the umbrella of NDA GmbH", described as "a privately-held industrial equipment and commodity trading company located in Hamburg, Germany", in USA v. Yury Orekhov, described as "a Russian national who resided in Germany and the United Arab Emirates"; Artem Uss, described as "a Russian national" and "the son of a Russian politician who served as the governor of Russia's Krasnoyarsk Krai region"; Svetlana Kuzurgasheva, a.k.a. Lana Neumann, a citizen of Russia; Juan Fernando Serrano Ponce, a citizen of Spain; Juan Carlos Soto, of Venezuela; Timofey Telegin, a citizen of Russia, and Sergey Tulyakov, of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Sailed Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. v. Amazon.com Inc. et al: Discovery Application (China)

September 16, 2022
Application by Sailed Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. to take discovery from Amazon.com Inc. and Amazon.com Services LLC for use in legal proceedings "in the Nanjing Intellectual Property Court" in China "alleging that Amazon Echo series products, Fire series products, and Fire tablets infringe one or more Sailed patents", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

U.S. Bank NA v. Christopher Whittle et al: Complaint (‘$6.8M Foreclosure – 100 Briar Patch Rd., East Hampton, NY’)

September 14, 2022
Complaint "to foreclose on a mortgage encumbering the property commonly known as 100 BRIAR PATCH ROAD, EAST HAMPTON, NEW YORK 11937" in U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-8 v. H. Christopher Whittle, 100 Briar Patch LLC, Golden Eagle International Trading Limited, of Hong Kong; Pure East Global Investments Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Richard B. Montanye, as Successor Trustee of The Pira Trust by appointment dated December 15, 2007; Avenues Global Holdings LLC, of New York, and New York State Department of Taxation and Finance at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Pollafko Inc. et al v. Okulos Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘$360K Fraud’)

September 14, 2022
Complaint for $360,000 alleging breach of contract, unjust enrichment, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud regarding "the sale of 70% of the assets and shares of the Okulos Defendants from Zukin to Pollafko" in Pollafko Inc., Joel Lefkowitz, and Joel Pollak v. Okulos Comércio Varejista de Produtos Ópticos Ltda, a.k.a. Okulos Ltd., of Brazil; Ótica Lentes de Grau Comércio Varejista de Produtos Ópticos Eireli, a.k.a. Okulos II Ltd., of Brazil, and Marcio Zukin, described as a citizen and resident of Brazil, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

USA v. Dmitry Ukrainskiy: Criminal Indictment

August 3, 2022
Criminal Indictment alleging the defendant was "a member of a criminal conspiracy that used malicious software and other mechanisms to take control of bank accounts of unsuspecting victims and misappropriate funds from those accounts" in USA v. Dmitry Ukrainskiy, described as "a Russian national residing in Thailand", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Dreamr Labs Ltd. v. Delchain Ltd. et al: Voluntary Dismissal (Crypto Dispute)

July 15, 2022
Notice of Voluntary Dismissal in Dreamr Labs Limited, of the Bahamas v. Delchain Limited, of the Bahamas; Deltec Bank & Trust Limited, of the Bahamas; Bruno Macchialli, of Porte Vedra, Florida; Suisse Finance Holdings, of Switzerland, and Richard Iamunno, of Boca Raton, Florida, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Juan Chen v. Missfresh Ltd. et al: Class Action Complaint

July 12, 2022
Class Action Complaint in Juan Chen v. Missfresh Limited, described as a Cayman Islands company based in China; Zheng Xu, of China; Jun Wang, of China; Yuan Sun, of China; Zhaohui Li, of China; Colleen A. DeVries, JPMorgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, China Renaissance Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited, CMB International Capital Limited, AMTD Global Markets Limited, ICBC International Securities Limited, Needham & Company LLC, China Merchants Securities (HK) Co. Limited, ABCI Securities Company Limited, GF Securities (Hong Kong) Brokerage Limited, Futu Inc., Tiger Brokers (NZ) Limited, and Cogency Global Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Forensic News LLC et al v. Aviram Azari: Discovery Application (England)

May 25, 2022
Application by Forensic News LLC, described as a U.S.-based company whose "mission is to deliver original long-form journalism focused on national security, espionage, corporate, and political issues", and Scott Stedman, described as "an investigative journalist", to take discovery from Aviram Azari, described as "an Israeli private intelligence veteran who worked closely with Soriano for years", for use in "a defamation action filed against them in England by British-Israeli 'security consultant' Walter Soriano" regarding "news articles about Soriano and his ties to core figures associated with alleged Russian election interference, including Vladimir Putin confidant Oleg Deripaska and other oligarchs", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

USA v. Shujun Wang et al: Criminal Indictment

May 17, 2022
Criminal Indictment alleging the defendants engaged in illegal intelligence activities on behalf of China in USA v. Shujun Wang, Jie Ji, Ming Li, and Keqing Lu at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Robert Glick v. Arqit Quantum Inc. et al: Class Action Complaint

May 6, 2022
Class Action Complaint alleging fraud in Robert Glick v. Arqit Quantum Inc., formerly known as Centricus Acquisition Corp., described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, London-based "cybersecurity company that has pioneered a unique quantum encryption technology"; David Williams, Nick Pointon, Carlo Calabria, Stephen Chandler, Manfredi Lefebvre d'Ovidio, VeraLinn Jamieson, Garth Ritchie, and Stephen Wilson at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Carlos de March Bosch v. Credit Suisse Group AG et al: Class Action Complaint

April 29, 2022
Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud involving Credit Suisse's business relationship with "Russian oligarchs" in Carlos de March Bosch v. Credit Suisse Group AG, of Zürich, Switzerland; Thomas P. Gottstein, David R. Mathers at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

SEC v. Vale SA: Complaint

April 28, 2022
Complaint alleging securities fraud "by intentionally concealing the risks that one of its older and more dangerous dams, the Brumadinho dam, might collapse" in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Vale S.A., of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, described as "one of the world’s largest iron ore producers", at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Forensic News LLC et al v. Richard Frankel: Discovery Application (England)

March 31, 2022
Application by Forensic News LLC and Scott Stedman, described as "its journalist-founder", to take discovery from Richard Frankel "to aid their defense of a baseless defamation action brought against them before a foreign tribunal" in England, proceedings that are described as "an attack on American free speech and journalistic values brought by Walter Soriano, a British-Israeli 'security consultant' with ties to the Russian oligarchy", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

SEC v. Francis Biller et al: Complaint

March 14, 2022
Complaint alleging "the Defendants schemed to operate a call center in Medellin, Colombia through which they used high pressure sales tactics fraudulently to sell the stocks of numerous small United States-based public companies to United States investors" in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Francis Biller, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Colombia; Raymond Dove, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Japan; Chester Alvarez, described as a citizen of the USA residing in Colombia and Oakland Park, Florida, USA; Troy Gran-Brooks, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Colombia or Canada, and Justin Plaizier, described as a citizen of the Netherlands residing in Colombia or Canada, as Defendants, and Lia Patricia Sepulveda Salazar, Edward Lopez Giraldo, Edward Clarke, and Shredderz International Corp., of Saint Kitts and Nevis, as Relief Defendants, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.