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FTX sues crypto exchange Binance to clawback $1.8B in ‘fraudulent transfers’

November 11, 2024
FTX - which "may have been insolvent from inception" - has sued rival crypto exchange Binance in an attempt to recover $1.76 billion of "fraudulent transfers" in a dispute whose parties are entities or individuals in Antigua, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, China, Hong Kong, Ireland, and USA.

Cayman’s SPI Investment Fund liquidators seek evidence from U.S. loan recipients for investigation into ‘disappearance of $118M’

October 28, 2024
The liquidators of three insolvent Cayman Islands investment funds who are investigating "the disappearance of monies" from SPI Investment Fund SPC have applied for Chapter 15 bankruptcy recognition in Florida so they can take discovery from representatives of alleged $118 million loan recipients Sinai Holdings and Prudent Group, including Dennis Klemming, Jacob Gitman, and Yulia Kislyuk.

Guernsey regulator bans Steve Dewsnip from financial services industry

October 27, 2024
British businessman Steve Dewsnip, 57, whose involvement in several fraudulent investment schemes has been previously exposed by OffshoreAlert, has been banned from Guernsey's regulated financial services industry "as a result of his failure to meet the minimum criteria for licensing".

Soccer club-owning 777 Partners sued by lender ING Capital for ‘$28M fraud’

October 17, 2024
New York-based lender ING Capital has filed a $28 million fraud complaint against Miami-based investment group 777 Partners, which owns several soccer clubs around the world; its principals, and related entities, the latest in a slew of lawsuits against them over the last few years for alleged fraud and indebtedness.

U.S. seeks ownership of $2.3M cash & 38 luxury watches seized from Cyprus home of indicted Swiss banker Urs Meisterhans

October 16, 2024
The United States has filed a forfeiture complaint against $2.3 million in cash and 38 luxury watches that were seized in 2021 from the Cyprus home of 63-year-old Swiss banker Urs Meisterhans as part of an investigation into an alleged $6 million international investment fraud and money laundering scheme for which Meisterhans and nine citizens of Cyprus, Ireland, and the United Kingdom were criminally indicted in 2021.

Bermuda regulator cancels insurance registration of 777 Partners-owned 777 Re

October 9, 2024
Bermuda's financial regulator, the Bermuda Monetary Authority, has cancelled the insurance license of life and annuity reinsurer 777 Re. Ltd., which is part of the scandal-plagued U.S.-based investment group 777 Partners, which owns several professional soccer clubs around the world and recently failed in its attempt to buy English Premier League club Everton F.C.

U.S. takes forfeiture action against crypto linked to ‘$879M heists by North Korean military hacking groups’

October 6, 2024
The United States has filed forfeiture complaints against previously-seized Bitcoin and Tether that allegedly can be traced to the theft of crypto worth $879 million from at least five entities, including those in Japan, Singapore, U.S., and Vietnam, by "North Korean military hacking groups" known as the Lazarus Group and Advanced Persistent Threat 38 over 13 months in 2021-2022.

Saint Kitts-based ‘recidivist’ Paul Bilzerian indicted in U.S. for ‘avoiding $180M SEC judgment’

September 27, 2024
Saint Kitts-based "recidivist" Paul Bilzerian has been criminally indicted in the United States for allegedly fraudulently avoiding a 1993 SEC judgment that now stands at $180 million. Also indicted were accountant Scott Rohleder and Canadian "cannabis and lifestyle brand company" Ignite International Brands Ltd., while all three and others have also been sued for fraud by the SEC.

Hong Kong trustees of ‘uncooperative’ Chinese $74M bankrupt Kwan Cheung seek U.S. assets

September 19, 2024
The Hong Kong trustees of 'uncooperative' Chinese bankrupt Kwan Cheung, who owes more than $74 million and has business interests in multiple jurisdictions, including Australia, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, China, Hong Kong, and United States, have applied for Chapter 15 recognition in California as they hunt for her assets. Cheung's "largest creditor" is Cayman-domiciled CM International Capital Ltd., with a claim of "more than $35 million".

Dubai bank seeks U.S. records in attempt to collect on $100M judgment against UAE’s ‘wealthy Al Sari family’

September 10, 2024
The Commercial Bank of Dubai has applied to take discovery from banks in the United States as part of a long-running battle to collect on a judgment for approximately $100 million that was entered in the United Arab Emirates in 2016 against Abdalla Al Sari, his sons Mohamed Al Sari and Majid Al Sari, and related parties in a dispute that, inter alia, involves entities in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, and UAE.

Britons Simon Hooper, Martin Kelly & Ryan Allen convicted of fraud involving Rationale Asset Management

September 5, 2024
British nationals Simon Hooper and Martin Kelly, both of whom have been previously exposed by OffshoreAlert, are in custody pending sentencing after being found guilty of fraud in England regarding Rationale Asset Management Plc, which raised more than £2 million from investors before the U.K. Government petitioned it into liquidation in 2021. A third defendant, Ryan Allen, was also convicted and was released prior to being sentenced.

Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas takes legal action over ‘$290M stock loan fraud by U.S.-based Val Sklarov’

August 25, 2024
One of Mexico's richest people, billionaire businessman Ricardo Salinas, has applied to take discovery in New York for a lawsuit in London in which he has accused Chicago-based Val Sklarov and entities with addresses in the Bahamas, Canada, England, Monaco, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles and Ukraine of swindling him in a stock loan fraud whose damages "could exceed $290 million".

Trader ‘owed over $21M’ applies to wind up Bybit crypto exchange in BVI

August 23, 2024
An application to wind up the operator of "a large, international online cryptocurrency exchange" known as Bybit has been filed in the British Virgin Islands by a trader who claims to be owed more than $21 million and has accused the group of 'playing a jurisdictional shell game' involving several countries, including the BVI, England, Seychelles, and Singapore.