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FTX Trading Ltd. et al v. Huobi Global Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘$27M Turnover & $30M Disallowance’)

November 9, 2024
Complaint in FTX Trading Ltd., of Antigua and Barbuda, and Alameda Research Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands v. Huobi Global Ltd., of Seychelles; HTX Ltd., of Seychelles; About Capital Management (HK) Co., Ltd., of Hong Kong; Digital Legend Holdings Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Hbit Ltd., of Hong Kong; Orange Anthem Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, and Polo Digital Assets, Ltd., of Seychelles, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware,

FTX Trading Ltd. et al v. Genesis Block Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘$100M Transfers & $120M Disallowance’)

November 4, 2024
Complaint to void transfers totaling "nearly $100 million" and disallow "more than $120 million" of filed claims, "the bulk of which represents fraudulent customer claims attributable to funds belonging to the Debtors", in FTX Trading Ltd., of Antigua and Barbuda; Alameda Research Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; North Dimension Inc., of Delaware, USA, and Maclaurin Investments Ltd., formerly Alameda Ventures Ltd., of Seychelles v. Genesis Block Ltd., of Hong Kong; Bluebird Capital Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Key Solution Development Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Merchant Oasis Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Clement Ip, Hung Ka Ho, a.k.a. Wincent Hung; Tin Ka Yu, a.k.a. Nicole Tin; Charles Yang, Myth Success Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; GB Holdings, Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; GBV Capital, Inc., of the Cayman Islands; Nai Him Leslie Tam, Able Rise Corporate Development Ltd., GBV Technologies Ltd., and D21 Solutions Ltd. at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

LM Fund One Ltd.: Chapter 15 Petition (Cayman Islands)

September 6, 2024
Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Mark Longbottom and Kenneth Krys, of KRyS Global, as the Foreign Representatives of LM Fund One Limited (in Official Liquidation), described as a mutual fund, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

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".

Ricardo Salinas et al v. JPMorgan Chase & Co. et al: Discovery Application (England)

August 23, 2024
Application by Ricardo Benjamin Salinas Pliego, described as "a businessman in Mexico who is the founder and chairman of Grupo Salinas, a conglomerate with interests in various businesses in Mexico", and Corporación RBS S.A. de C.V., of Mexico, to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase & Co., Jaitegh 'JT' Singh, and Singh Law Firm, P.A. for use in legal proceedings in England alleging a "massive stock-lending fraud perpetrated against Mr. Salinas" by Vladimir Sklarov, a.k.a. Val Sklarov and entities that allegedly use addresses in the Bahamas, Canada, England, Monaco, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles and Ukraine whose damages "could exceed $290 million", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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.

Sofia Reca v. KuCoin et al: Class Action Complaint (‘Crypto-Wash Enterprise’)

August 21, 2024
Class Action Complaint alleging "KuCoin processed billions of dollars in transactions by bad actors who took cryptocurrency from plaintiff and the putative Class herein as a result of hacks, ransomware attacks, or theft and utilized KuCoin to launder the cryptocurrency and/or to transfer the cryptocurrency through their KuCoin accounts and out of KuCoin" in Sofia Reca v. Flashdot Limited, formerly known as PhoenixFin Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Mek Global Limited, of the Seychelles; Peken Global Limited, of the Seychelles, and PhoenixFin Private Limited, of Singapore, collectively d.b.a. KuCoin; Chun 'Michael' Gan, and Ke 'Eric' Tang at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Celsius Network LLC et al v. MAKE Investments Ltd.: Complaint (‘$3.5M Preferential Transfers’)

July 9, 2024
Complaint to void and recover “preferential transfers” in Mohsin Y. Meghji, as Litigation Administrator for Celsius Network LLC, Celsius KeyFi LLC, Celsius Lending LLC, Celsius Mining LLC, Celsius Network Inc., Celsius Network Limited, Celsius Networks Lending LLC, Celsius US Holding LLC, GK8 Ltd., GK8 UK Limited, and GK8 USA LLC v. MAKE Investments Ltd., of the Seychelles, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Celsius Network LLC et al v. Cartesi Labs Ltd.: Complaint (‘$980K Preferential Transfer’)

July 8, 2024
Complaint to void and recover a “preferential transfer” in Mohsin Y. Meghji, as Litigation Administrator for Celsius Network LLC, Celsius KeyFi LLC, Celsius Lending LLC, Celsius Mining LLC, Celsius Network Inc., Celsius Network Limited, Celsius Networks Lending LLC, Celsius US Holding LLC, GK8 Ltd., GK8 UK Limited, and GK8 USA LLC v. Bernat Family Office SL, of Spain, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

CFTC v. Falcon Labs Ltd.: $1.7M Disgorgement & Fine

May 13, 2024
Order by the Commodity Futures Commission imposing a fine and disgorgement totaling $1,768,512 on Falcon Labs Ltd., a crypto prime brokerage domiciled in the Seychelles, for operating as "a futures commission merchant" without being registered.

CFTC v. KuCoin et al: Complaint (‘Unregistered Crypto Exchange’)

March 26, 2024
Complaint in U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Mek Global Limited, of the Seychelles; PhoenixFin PTE. Ltd., of Singapore; Flashdot Limited, of the Cayman Islands, and Peken Global Limited, of the Seychelles, "collectively doing business as a centralized digital asset exchange under the name 'KuCoin'", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Sunil Kavuri et al v. FTX Trading Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘Foreign FTX Customers’)

January 31, 2024
Complaint by "Customers of FTX.com located outside the United States of America, who held accounts on the FTX.com platform as of the Petition Date" seeking "a declaration that assets customers deposited, held, received, or acquired on the FTX.com platform are customer property and not property of the Debtors’ estates" in Sunil Kavuri, a citizen and resident of the United Kingdom; Ahmed Abd-El-Razek Noia Capital SÀRL, of Luxembourg, and Patrick Rabbitte v. FTX Trading Ltd., Alameda Research LLC, Alameda Research Ltd, Alameda Research Holdings Inc., Clifton Bay Investments LLC, West Realm Shires Services Inc., West Realm Shires Financial Services Inc., Ledger Holdings Inc., FTX Japan Holdings K.K., FTX Europe AG, FTX Property Holdings Ltd, LT Baskets Ltd., Alameda TR Ltd, Allston Way Ltd, Analisya Pte Ltd, Atlantis Technology Ltd., Bancroft Way Ltd, Blue Ridge Ltd, Cardinal Ventures Ltd, Cedar Bay Ltd, Liquid Securities Singapore Pte Ltd, Maclaurin Investments Ltd., Mangrove Cay Ltd, Paper Bird Inc, Pioneer Street Inc., Quoine India Pte Ltd, Quoine Vietnam Co. Ltd, SNG INVESTMENTS YATIRIM VE DANISMANLIK ANONIM SIRKETI, Strategy Ark Collective Ltd., Technology Services Bahamas Limited, Verdant Canyon Capital LLC, West Innovative Barista Ltd., Western Concord Enterprises Ltd., FTX Equity Record Holdings Ltd, FTX Exchange FZE, FTX Hong Kong Ltd, FTX Japan K.K., FTX Japan Services KK, Alameda Aus Pty Ltd, Alameda Research (Bahamas) Ltd, Alameda Research KK, Alameda Research Pte Ltd, Alameda Research Yankari Ltd, Alameda TR Systems S. de R. L., Blockfolio, Inc., Clifton Bay Investments Ltd, Cottonwood Grove Ltd, Crypto Bahamas LLC, Deep Creek Ltd, Digital Custody Inc., FTX Canada Inc, FTX Digital Holdings (Singapore) Pte Ltd, FTX Products (Singapore) Pte Ltd, FTX Services Solutions Ltd., FTX Structured Products AG, FTX Trading GmbH, FTX Zuma Ltd, Global Compass Dynamics Ltd., Goodman Investments Ltd., Hawaii Digital Assets Inc., Innovatia Ltd, Island Bay Ventures Inc, Killarney Lake Investments Ltd, Zubr Exchange Ltd, Alameda Global Services Ltd., Cottonwood Technologies Ltd, Deck Technologies Holdings LLC, Deck Technologies Inc., Euclid Way Ltd, FTX Digital Assets LLC, FTX EMEA Ltd., FTX US Trading, Inc., Hive Empire Trading Pty Ltd, Liquid Financial USA Inc., LiquidEX LLC, North Dimension Inc, North Wireless Dimension Inc., LedgerPrime Bitcoin Yield Enhancement Master Fund, LLC, LedgerPrime Digital Asset Opportunities Fund, LLC, LedgerPrime Digital Asset Opportunities Master Fund LP, LedgerPrime LLC, LedgerPrime Ventures, LP, North Dimension Ltd, Quoine Pte Ltd, Cedar Grove Technology Services, Ltd., DAAG Trading, DMCC, FTX Certificates GmbH, FTX Crypto Services Ltd., FTX EU Ltd., FTX Lend Inc., FTX Marketplace, Inc., FTX Switzerland GmbH, FTX TURKEY TEKNOLOJI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKET, FTX US Services, Inc., FTX Ventures Ltd., GG Trading Terminal Ltd, Good Luck Games, LLC, Hannam Group Inc, Hilltop Technology Services LLC, West Realm Shires Inc., and LedgerPrime Bitcoin Yield Enhancement Fund, LLC at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

BTA Bank v. Timur Sabyrbaev et al: Judgment (‘Setting Aside Out-of-Jurisdiction Service Order’)

December 7, 2023
Judgment setting aside an order to serve defendants ADM Asia-Pacific Trading Pte. Ltd., ADM Germany GmbH, Grove Services Inc., Bunge SA, Bunge CIS LLC, Dauren Bekbergenov, Ekaterina Kuzmicheva, Mukhtar Ablyazov, Roman Solodchenko, and Zhaksylyk Zharimbetov out of the jurisdiction in JSC BTA Bank, of Kazakhstan v. Timur Sabyrbaev, Dilara Dyusembayeva, Assel Zhaxybayeva, Asel Suindikova, Marina Aitzhanova, Janelle Utemuratova, Svetlana Chvanova, Veronika Efimova, Saduakas Mameshtegi, Dina Abdykalykova, Akzholtay Mukanovna Kalenova, Kairat Sadykov, Irina Kanaphina, Madina Nurgozhina, AEG Systems Inc., Calernen Finance Inc., Zathen Holding Investments Limited, formerly Carsonway Limited; Comwork Ltd.,Kinmate Trading Limited, Estar Developments Limited, Lingard Industry Limited, Daniels Tradecorp Inc., Mabco Inc., Klostrade Financial Group Ltd., Dana Trade Corp., Global Team Company, Tramlanes Investments Limited, formerly Bergtrans Contracts Corp.; Moranta Invest (Cyprus) Limited, John Wortley Hunt, Luis Davis, Stan Gorin, Vasiliki Argyrou, Labonte Elisana Marie-Antoinette, Diego Jacinto Batista Valdes, Carlos Alberto Mendoza Murillo, Suseth Walthia Parris, Kellee France, Geoffrey Taylor, Belinda Lanyon, Christopher Blythe, Roger Alberto Santamaria, Nicholetta Christodoulidou, ADM-ACTI Trade Resources Inc., ADM Asia-Pacific Trading Pte. Ltd., formerly Toepfer International Asia Pte. Ltd.; ADM Germany GmbH, formerly Alfred C. Toepfer International GmbH; Eric Richardson, Grove Services Inc., Bunge SA, Bunge CIS LLC, Dauren Bekbergenov, Ekaterina Kuzmicheva, Mukhtar Ablyazov, Roman Solodchenko, and Zhaksylyk Zharimbetov at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

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.

FTX Trading Ltd. et al v. Mirana Corp. et al: Complaint (‘$953M Preferential Transfers’)

November 10, 2023
Complaint to recover "preferential transfers" in FTX Trading Ltd., of Antigua and Barbuda; West Realm Shires Services Inc., of Delaware, and Alameda Research Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands v. Mirana Corp., of the Seychelles; Bybit Fintech Ltd., of the Seychelles; Time Research Ltd., of the Seychelles; Sin Wei 'Sean' Tan, of Singapore; Wei Lin 'Germaine' Tan, of Singapore; Weizheng Ye, of Singapore, and Nashon Loo Shun Liang, of Singapore, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

LedgerScore International Pte Ltd. et al v. AuBit International: Winding Up Judgment (‘Crypto Investment Fraud’)

October 19, 2023
Ex Tempore Judgment granting the plaintiffs' petition for a winding-up order in LedgerScore International Pte Ltd., of Singapore; LS Litigation Holdings LLC, of Wyoming, USA, and Earn Guild Pte Ltd., of Singapore, collectively described in the winding up petition as “retail investors who utilized an online cryptocurrency trading platform operated by the Company called “Freeway”, and who invested in Freeway’s Supercharger program” v. AuBit International at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

CFTC v. Or Patreanu et al: Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud’)

September 29, 2023
Complaint alleging the defendants, "doing business under multiple brand names including Trade2Get, Coinbull, Cryptonxt, Tradenix, Cryptobravos, Nittrex, Wobit, and Pinance", perpetrated a crypto-based investment fraud in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Or Patreanu, of Israel; Snir Hananya, of Italy; Artem Prokopenko, of Ukraine; Elijah Samson, of Germany, and Expected Value Plus Ltd., of Seychelles, at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

LedgerScore International Pte Ltd. et al v. AuBit International: Winding Up Petition (‘Crypto Investment Fraud’)

September 12, 2023
Winding Up Petition in LedgerScore International Pte Ltd., of Singapore; LS Litigation Holdings LLC, of Wyoming, USA, and Earn Guild Pte Ltd., of Singapore, collectively described as "retail investors who utilized an online cryptocurrency trading platform operated by the Company called "Freeway", and who invested in Freeway's Supercharger program" v. AuBit International at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

FTX Trading Ltd. et al v. LayerZero Labs Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘Fraudulent Transfers’)

September 8, 2023
Complaint in FTX Trading Ltd., an Antigua and Barbuda company that was based in the Bahamas; Maclaurin Investments Ltd., formerly known as Alameda Ventures Ltd., of the Seychelles, and West Realm Shires Services Inc., of Delaware, USA v. LayerZero Labs Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Ari Litan, described as a resident of Florida, USA, and Skip & Goose LLC, of Kansas, USA, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

British fugitive fraudster Anthony Constantinou implicated in new forex and crypto scheme involving Greek broker Ardu Prime

August 28, 2023
British fugitive fraudster Anthony Constantinou has allegedly been participating in a new forex trading and crypto scheme that may have swindled investors out of tens of millions of dollars and involves entities and individuals in or from the Cayman Islands, England, Greece, Ireland, Malta, Seychelles, United Arab Emirates and USA, including Greek financial broker Ardu Prime and Dubai-based financial technology firm ClearTech Industries, OffshoreAlert can reveal.

AuBit International: Petition for Appointment of Restructuring Officers (‘Forex & Crypto Scheme Insolvency’)

August 24, 2023
Petition for the Appointment of Restructuring Officers in the matter of AuBit International, formerly known as AuBit Tokens International, which "was originally incorporated to explore opportunities to create and market innovative digital financial products and digital assets using blockchain technology" and later "expanded into creating an innovative digital asset management platform", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

LedgerScore International Pte. Ltd. et al v. AuBit X LLC et al: Complaint (‘$160M Crypto Investment Fraud’)

August 3, 2023
Complaint in LedgerScore International Pte. Ltd., of Singapore, and LS Litigation Holdings LLC, of Wyoming v. AuBit X LLC, d.b.a. Freeway, of Wyoming; AuBit Holdings (UK) Limited, of the United Kingdom; AuBit Tokens Inc., of Seychelles; AuBit International, of the Cayman Islands; Freeway Operations Inc., of Seychelles; Freeway Reserves Foundation, of the Cayman Islands; Freeway Future Foundation, of the Caymans Islands; Ardu Prime SA., of Greece; Ardu Prime Investment Services SA, of Greece; Ardu Prime Investment Services (UK) Limited, of the United Kingdom; AuBit Prime (Pty) Ltd., of South Africa; Sadie Hutton Doggart, Graham Doggart, Bradley Hunt, Arena Racing Company Ltd., of the United Kingdom; Faywaz Ayoub, Revenu Quebec, described as an agency of the Province of Quebec, Canada; Matthew Spangard, Matthew Oxborrow, Peter Nigel Neilson, Alex Troll, Lord Mark Kearns, Joel Krueger, Jacqueline Mallett, David Brimacombe, Elaine Bannerman, Callum Evans, Gresham International Group LLC, of the United Kingdom; Sotirios Probonas, Ilias Chatziantoniou, Sotirios Botsios, 170639 Canada Inc., a.k.a. 1270639 Canada Inc., of Canada; Jordan Kerridge, Joel Kovshoff, Sean Windle, Matthew Sgherzi, and Jeff Kirdeikis at the District Court, First Judicial District, Laramie County, Wyoming.

Agenda Launch – OffshoreAlert London Conference

July 27, 2023
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Angela Chen v. Albert Ma et al: Claim Form (‘Fraud’)

June 8, 2023
Claim Form alleging fraud and conspiracy in Angela Chen and Value Right Limited, of the Seychelles v. Albert Ting Hoi Ma, Eric Kuan-Hsun Chiu, and Lion Best Global Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Atom Holdings et al: Chapter 15 Petition (Cayman Islands & Singapore)

June 2, 2023
Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of Foreign Main Proceedings in the Cayman Islands and Singapore by Angela Barkhouse, Kim Leck, and Luke Furler, all of Quantuma, as the Foreign Representatives of Atom Holdings (in Provisional Liquidation), AAX Asia Private Limited (Under Interim Judicial Management), and AAX Singapore Private Limited (Under Interim Judicial Management), described as being part of a group that "engaged in the cryptocurrency business, offering saving, spot, and futures trading", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Hartzella Ventures Ltd. v. Emmanuil Grinshpun: First Amended Complaint (‘$6.6M Debt’)

May 26, 2023
Amended Complaint in Hartzella Ventures Ltd., of the Seychelles v. Emmanuil Grinshpun, described as a citizen of Moldova, Romania, and the USA residing in Miami, Florida, where he “serves as the Honorary Consul for Kazakhstan”, and “Vice President of Latvia’s Rietumu Bank”, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

U.S.-based Rietumu Bank officer Emmanuil Grinshpun sued for $6.6M

May 26, 2023
A Vice President of Latvia's Rietumu Bank - Emmanuil Grinshpun - is being sued in Miami over an alleged $6.6 million debt that involves entities in Anguilla, Australia, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cyprus, England, Scotland, and the Seychelles. It was also alleged that Grinshpun was "associated with" illegal activity.

Hartzella Ventures Ltd. v. Emmanuil Grinshpun: Complaint (‘$6.6M Debt’)

May 25, 2023
Complaint in Hartzella Ventures Ltd., of the Seychelles v. Emmanuil Grinshpun, described as a citizen of Moldova, Romania, and the USA residing in Miami, Florida, where he "serves as the Honorary Consul for Kazakhstan", and "Vice President of Latvia’s Rietumu Bank", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

BrightMill Inter Corp. et al v. 17 Arm Africa and CIS Opportunity Fund 1 Ltd.: Winding Up Petition (‘Loss of Trust & Confidence’)

March 30, 2023
Winding Up Petition in BrightMill Inter Corp., of the Seychelles, and KSV Ltd., of the Bahamas v. 17 Arm Africa and CIS Opportunity Fund 1 Ltd., described as a United Arab emirates-domiciled company "which purports to specialise in the provision of strategic advice concerning, among other things, legal case management" and whose "principal" is "Patrick James Meade, Earl of Clanwilliam", at the Supreme Court of the Bahamas.

Brett Messieh et al v. BitMEX et al: Second Amended Class Action Complaint (‘BitMEX Crypto Fraud’)

March 21, 2023
Second Amended Class Action Complaint alleging fraud involving BitMEX crypto exchange in Brett Messieh and Drew Lee v. HDR Global Trading Ltd., of the Seychelles; ABS Global Trading Limited, of Delaware; 100X Holdings Limited, of Bermuda; Shine Effort Inc Limited, of Hong Kong; HDR Global Services (Bermuda) Limited, of Bermuda, collectively referred to as BitMEX, "one of the world’s largest crypto-asset exchanges"; Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo, Greg Dwyer, and Samuel Reed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

ABRAAJ Investment Management Ltd. v. Bank of America et al: Amended Discovery Memorandum of Law (Cayman Islands)

March 17, 2023
Amended Memorandum of Law in support of Amended Application by the Joint Official Liquidators of ABRAAJ Investment Management Limited, of the Cayman Islands, to take discovery from Bank of America, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, Citibank, N.A., Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch; Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Goldman Sachs and Co., HSBC Bank USA, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mashreqbank PSC, New York Branch; Standard Chartered Bank US, a.k.a. Standard Chartered Bank, New York Branch; Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, New York Branch; Société Generale North America; BNP Paribas USA Inc.; Bank of Nova Scotia, UBS AG, New York Branch, Commerzbank AG, New York Branch; and The Clearing House Payments Company LLC for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands regarding an alleged $385 million fraud by Pakistan citizen Asif Masood Naqvi, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.