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Iraq Telecom Ltd. v. Sirwan Barzani et al: Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award ($1.6B)

July 3, 2023
Motion to Confirm Foreign Arbitration Award totaling $1.6 billion in Iraq Telecom Limited, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on behalf of International Holdings Limited v. Sirwan Saber Mustafa Barzani, Korek Telecom Company LLC, and Korek International (Management) Limited involving "corrupt and fraudulent behavior", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

CipherBlade LLC et al v. CipherBlade LLC et al: Complaint (‘Scheme to Steal Business’)

June 30, 2023
Complaint alleging "misappropriation of trade secrets" in CipherBlade LLC, of Pennsylvania, USA, described as "a blockchain investigation company that investigates cryptocurrency-related matters", and CipherBlade Ltd., of England v. CipherBlade LLC, of Alaska, USA; CipherBlade APAC Pte Ltd., of Singapore; Omega3Zone Global Ltd., of Cyprus; Manuel Kriz, of Cyprus; Michael Krause, of Cyprus; Jorn Henrik Bernhard Janssen, of Cyprus; Ioana Vidrasan, of Cyprus; Jussi Aittola, of Singapore; Justin Maile, of Alaska, USA; Paul Marnitz, of Cyprus; Sergio Garcia, of Belgium; Inquisita Solutions Ltd., of Cyprus, and Green Stone Business Advisory FZ LLC, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

N.P.S.SF. Debt Co. Sàrl v. Standard Chartered Bank et al: Discovery Application (Germany, India, Marshall Islands, Pakistan, St. Kitts & Nevis & United Arab Emirates)

June 30, 2023
Application by N.P.S.SF. Debt Co., S.à.r.l., of Luxembourg, to take discovery from Standard Chartered Bank, Citigroup, d.b.a. Citibank; The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, Bank of America, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, HSBC Bank, Société Générale, UniCredit Bank AG, Credit Suisse Bank N.A., UBS Group AG, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C., Bank of China, BNP Paribas USA, Commerzbank AG, Mashreq Bank PSC, and Habib American Bank for use in legal proceedings in Germany, India, Marshall Islands, Pakistan, St. Kitts & Nevis, and United Arab Emirates regarding an alleged $36.6 million fraud by Muhammad Tahir Lakhani and Muhammad Ali Lakhani, both described as residents of Dubai, UAE, and Pakistan, and their Astir Group, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Michael Sizemore et al v. Changpeng Zhao et al: First Amended Class Action Complaint (‘$1B Crypto Fraud’)

June 27, 2023
First Amended Class Action Complaint in Michael Sizemore v. Changpeng Zhao, Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; BAM Trading Services Inc., of Delaware, USA; BAM Management US Holdings Inc., of Delaware, USA; Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, of Ireland; Binance (Services) Holdings Limited, of Ireland; Paxos Trust Company LLC, of New York, USA; Jimmy Butler, described as "a star basketball player for the Miami Heat", and Ben Armstrong, described as "a YouTuber with more than 1.5 million subscribers to his YouTube page", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Elco Securities Ltd. v. Swifty Global: Complaint (‘Fraud’)

June 21, 2023
Complaint alleging fraud in Elco Securities Ltd., described as "a brokerage firm in the Bahamas" v. Dear Cashmere Holdings Inc., a.k.a. Swifty Global, described as a Nevada-domiciled, New York-based entity that is controlled "by Nicolas Link and James Gibbons", of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Oussama El Omari v. Dechert LLP et al: Complaint (‘Hacking’)

June 1, 2023
Complaint alleging hacking in Oussama El Omari, a former director of Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone Authority, in the United Arab Emirates v. Dechert LLP, a law firm; Nicholas Paul del Rosso, described as a private investigator, and Vital Management Services Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Brian Abbott et al v. Strongblock et al: Complaint (‘$30M Crypto Fraud’)

May 19, 2023
Complaint by residents of Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and USA alleging a $30 million crypto securities fraud in Brian Abbott, Ian Abbott, Richard Alleyne, Hamza Alshawabka, Brian Angiuli, Ronnie Arefieg, Justin Arends, Alex Atwood, Margarita Ayrapetyan, Narbik Babakhanian, Victor Omar Baez, Michael Bahra, Julian Bailey, Sirus Bakhtiar, Joan Barnard, Lee Barnett, Kevin Barrera, Chrystel Bassett-Simmonds, Drew Bassler, Alyssa Baum, Eric Bell, Alfonso Beltrame, Ryan Benker, Jason Bicknell, Moe Billah, Catherine Blair, David Blumenthal, Tyler Boardman, Guillaume Bouchard, Christopher Bowerbank, Lorenzo Boyice, William Brachey, Judy Brassfield, Peter Burkhard, Matthew Burton, Roy Cabrera, Anthony Caeton, Jo Ann Cantu, Brent Carr, Michael Carr, Peter Celnicker, James Chatziapostolou, Scott Chesley, Bob Chinn, Richard Christie, Eddie Chung, Dominic Cirigliano, Kevin Clancy, Wendi Cocita, Kris Collins, Ryan Cosenza, Allison Cowart, Patricia Cowart, Michael Coyne, Michael Damian, Tara Daniels, Lorenzo de Leo, Jaymie Deboucherville, Mathew DeCesare, Frank Deh, Harsha Dhananjay, Michelle Diaz, John Dick, Owen Dockham, Adrian Doms, Matthias Doms, Galen Drace, Jason Dunning, Abhishek Dwivedi, Matthew Edwards, Kevin Elrod, Edward Emielita, Joanne Evans, Experience Better Living LLC, Mark Fagan, Brandon Farmer, John Ferrone, FL Landco Investments LLC, Santiago Flores Rabasa, Blake Fosenburg, Mark Foster, James Freitas, Ryan Freyling, Hengyi Gao, Rene Garcia, Kyle Geiger, Alexa Genovas, Michelle Girardi, Augustus Gordon-Davy, Darron Grier, Gary Grimm, Josefina Guanchez, Nicholas Habib, Tomas Hajach, Nathaniel Harder, Garreth Hardy, Norbert Hausmann, Tuan Hoang, Stephen Holley, Gary Hoover Jr., Christopher Hubbard, Kent Hulet, Kenneth Hyer, Joe Izzo, Elliott Jarnutowski, Ryan Jarnutowski, Kashif Jawed, Joshua Jones, Melanie Joscelyne, Bartosz Kalisz, Michael Kay, Nicole Keane, Mathias Köttner, Eugene Kramer, Nicholas Kringas, Novak Krueger, Matthew Lau, Nazareno Leon, Stevie Liddington, David G. Littlechild, Stephen Lockhart, Jack Lyle, Pedro Maia, Marian Majer, Lwok Tin Man, Anthony Maniscalco, Justin Margedant, Maja Markovic, Lee Marks, Saundra Marks, Cassandra Mazur, Paola Mazzoni, Sean McLeod, Cyril Means, Eric Mechler, Robert Medina, Simon Melin, Marschall Meusel, Michelle Mikolis, Kenneth Miller, Sjaak Miltenburg, Abdiweli Mohamed, Daniel Montazem, Bas Mulder, Jeffrey Nakamura, Richard Nappi, Steven Natsios, Lee Newsome, Tuyet Nguyen, Alex Norton, Darren O'Sullivan, Christiana Okhipo, Jonathan Ortega, Hayriye Osman, Keira Palmer, Luciano Parisius, Paul Parratt, Ann Marie Patero, Glen Cameron Patrick, Aaron Patterson, Andrew Persaud, Tracey Phillips, Leandri Pieterse, Jimmy Pineda, Pinegate Investments LLC, Batuhan Potukoglu, Ersan Potukoglu, Steven Pound, Andrea Quigley, James Quigley, Amber Quinton, Juma Rajab, Timea Rajko, Bryce Ralph, Louis Raskin, Erna Reid, Heriberto Reynoso, Maureen Richards, Robert Berry Bankruptcy Estate, Stephen Roberts, Norton Robinson, Massiel Rojas, Mary Rose, Viviana Rozo, Dmitry Rutenberg, John Sahli, Neville Samson, Chad Saunders, Brent Schroeder, Carter Schroeder, Alexander Sergeev, David Shapiro, Bryan Shelton, Ankur Shukla, Michael Simpson, Jason Siruchek, Bernard Smith, Dean Smith, John Sniadecki, Chris Spafford, Devin Spaulding, Sam Stamp, Penny Steele, Justin Sterling, Cosmin Stoian, Kenneth Bryn Swartz, Martyn John Taylor, The Node Estate Pty Ltd., Mitchell Tromp, Yiu Ming Tse, Darren Tsuchiya, Robert Urban, Steven van der Peijl, Jaïr van Eer, Dan Van Zandt, Kasio Varma, Jhovany Leon Vazquez, Sean Villa, Anthony Villani, Aron Walker, Ericka Walker, Paul Walsh, Asiark Washington, Derik Washington, Jeremaine Westerlow, Billy Wynn, Noah Zarnow, Daniel Zureikat, and David Zylberberg v. Strongblock, David Moss, Brian Abramson, Corey Lederer, Konstantin Shkut, and John Does 1-5 at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Cerebellum Networks Inc. v. Kenzi Wang et al: Complaint (‘$1.3M Crypto Proceeds Theft’)

May 19, 2023
Complaint alleging the theft of $1.3 million derived from the sale of crypto tokens in Cerebellum Networks Inc., described as "a crypto token business" v. Kenzi Wang, described as a resident of Dubai and a former "advisor and independent contractor" to the plaintiff, and Does 1-10 at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

DNG FZE v. James Lindfelt: Discovery Application (Singapore)

May 12, 2023
Application by DNG FZE, described as a United Arab Emirates-domiciled "online merchant that sells personal electronic goods", to take discovery from James Michael Lindfelt, described as "a Senior Legal Counsel of PayPal Inc.", for use in legal proceedings in Singapore alleging that PayPal Pte. Ltd. "unlawfully withheld its revenue totaling $1.4 million", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Scott Davis v. Argentum 47 Inc.: Complaint (‘£300K Loans’)

May 11, 2023
Complaint in Scott Davis, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, "who invests in the debt and equity securities of microcap publicly traded companies located throughout the world" v. Argentum 47 Inc., described as "a publicly traded corporation, domiciled in Nevada, with offices located in the United Kingdom, that markets internet based remote services in the areas of technology", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Commercial Bank of Dubai v. Mohamed Abdalla Juma Al-Sari et al: Fixed Date Claim Form

April 26, 2023
Fixed Date Claim Form for the appointment of a Receiver over shares in the two corporate defendants in Commercial Bank of Dubai v. Mohamed Abdalla Juma Al-Sari, Majid Abdalla Juma Al-Sari, both of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Layyah Holdings Limited, and Majid Investments Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Credit Europe Bank (Dubai) Ltd. v. B. R. Shetty: Summary Judgment Motion (‘$9.3M Dubai Judgment Recognition’)

April 19, 2023
Notice of Motion of Summary Judgment in Lieu of Complaint for the recognition of a $9.3 million judgment issued by the Court of First Instance of the Dubai International Financial Center in Credit Europe Bank (Dubai) Ltd., of Dubai, United Arab Emirates v. Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty, a.k.a. B. R. Shetty, described as "a billionaire" citizen of India residing in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

SEC v. Arbitrade Ltd. et al: Order Denying Motions to Dismiss

April 5, 2023
Order denying defendants' motions to dismiss a complaint alleging "a crypto asset pump-and-dump scheme" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Arbitrade Ltd., of Bermuda; Cryptobontix Inc., of Canada; Troy R.J. Hogg, of Canada; James L. Goldberg, Stephen L. Braverman, and Max W. Barber, as Defendants, and SION Trading FZE, of the United Arab Emirates, as Relief Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc. et al: Chapter 11 Petition

April 4, 2023
Chapter 11 Petition by Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc., JACM Holdings inc., Vieco USA Inc., Virgin Orbit LLC, and Virgin Orbit National Systems LLC, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Michael Sizemore et al v. Changpeng Zhao et al: Class Action Complaint (‘$1B Crypto Fraud’)

March 31, 2023
Class Action Complaint in Michael Sizemore, Mikey Vongdara, and Rudy Vazquez v. Changpeng Zhao, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Dubai, UAE; Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, of Ireland; Binance (Services) Holdings Limited, of Ireland; BAM Trading Services Inc., of Delaware; Jimmy Butler, a professional basketball player; Graham Stephan, described as "a YouTube star with over 4.1 million subscribers to his YouTube pages", and Ben Armstrong, described as "a YouTuber with more than 1.5 million subscribers to his YouTube page", 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.

CFTC v. Changpeng Zhao et al: Complaint

March 27, 2023
Complaint regarding "the world’s largest centralized digital asset exchange" in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Changpeng Zhao, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Dubai; Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, of Ireland; Binance (Services) Holdings Limited, of Ireland, and Samuel Lim, described as a resident of Singapore, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Lindsay Lohan: $40K Penalties (‘Crypto Promotion’)

March 22, 2023
Administrative Order by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission imposing penalties totaling $40,000 on Lindsay Lohan, described as "a well-known actress, singer, and internet personality" residing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for promoting a crypto security known as "Tronix tokens" without disclosing that she was paid to do so.

Mammoet Salvage BV v. Citibank NA et al: Discovery Application (Belgium, Netherlands & United Arab Emirates)

March 21, 2023
Application by Mammoet Salvage B.V., of the Netherlands, to take discovery from Citibank NA, Commerzbank AG, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., MashreqBank PSC, MUFG Bank Ltd., Standard Chartered Bank, and UniCredit Bank AG, described as "correspondent banks of the Trade Bank of Iraq", for use in "currently pending foreign court proceedings in the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates and contemplated enforcement proceedings in Belgium" regarding "efforts to recognize and enforce an arbitral award in excess of a principal amount of US$85 million entered in favor of Mammoet and against BOC [Basra Oil Company]", 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.

Neoma Manager (Mauritius) Ltd. et al v. Abraaj ABOF IV SPV Ltd. et al: Judgment

March 10, 2023
Judgment in Neoma Manager (Mauritius) Limited, as manager of Neoma Private Equity Fund IV LP v. Abraaj ABOF IV SPV Limited, Mark Longbottom and Geoffrey Varga, as Trustees of the Creditors of Members of ABOF IV Fund Investor Limited, Dissolved; Columbus Ventures Limited, acting by its Joint Receivers, Mark Shaw and Russell Smith; MENA Vehicle Limited, acting by its Joint Receivers, Mark Shaw and Russell Smith, and Abraaj General Partner VIII Limited, as General Partner of Neoma Private Equity Fund IV LP, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

USA v. Ho Wan Kwok et al: Criminal Indictment (‘$1B Securities Fraud & Money Laundering’)

March 6, 2023
Criminal Indictment for securities fraud and money laundering with "hundreds of millions of dollars of the fraudulent scheme's proceeds" going into "bank accounts in the United States, Bahamas, and United Arab Emirates, among other places" in USA v. Ho Wan Kwok, a.k.a. Miles Guo, Miles Kwok, Guo Wengui, Brother Seven, and The Principal, described as "an exiled Chinese businessman who fled to the United States", and Kin Ming Je, a.k.a. William Je, described as "a dual citizen of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom who principally resided in the United Kingdom", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

GLAS Trust Corporation Ltd. v. Telford Offshore Ltd.: Winding up Petition (‘$18M Debt’)

March 2, 2023
Winding Up Petition in GLAS Trust Corporation Limited, of England and Wales v. Telford Offshore Limited, described as "an intermediate holding company of a group of companies (the Group) incorporated in, amongst others, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Damien Byrne v. Citibank et al: Discovery Application (United Arab Emirates)

February 23, 2023
Application by Damien James Byrne, a citizen of Ireland residing in the United Arab Emirates, to take discovery from Citibank, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, Société Générale, New York Branch; HSBC Bank, N.A., BNP Paribas USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas, The Bank of Nova Scotia, New York Agency; UBS AG, Bank of America, N.A., Standard Chartered Bank US, Commerzbank AG, New York Branch; and The Clearing House Payment Company LLC for use in legal proceedings in the United Arab Emirates alleging fraud "against Mustansir Hamza Khetty Dawoodbhoy, Omar Hassan Ali Alattar and Mehboob Hamza Khetty Dawoodbhoy" at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Matson Magleby et al v. Silvergate Bank et al: Class Action Complaint (‘FTX Crypto Fraud’)

February 14, 2023
Class Action Complaint alleging "Silvergate is liable for its role in furthering FTX’s investment fraud and breaches of fiduciary duty" in Matson Magleby, of Utah, and Golam Sakline, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in Dubai v. Silvergate Bank and Silvergate Capital Corporation at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Cerner Middle East Ltd. v. Belbadi Enterprises LLC et al: Complaint to Enforce UAE Judgment (AED 231M)

February 10, 2023
Complaint "for recognition and enforcement of a foreign-country money judgment issued by the Abu Dhabi Commercial Court" in Cerner Middle East Limited, described as a Cayman Islands company based in Kansas City, Missouri v. Belbadi Enterprises LLC, of the United Arab Emirates; Vandevco Limited, of Washinton, and Orland Ltd., of Oregon, as Defendants, and Willamette Enterprises Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, and Belbadi Engineering LLC, of the United Arab Emirates, as Nominal Defendants, at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

SEC v. Stephen Braverman: Braverman’s Motion to Dismiss (‘$37M Crypto Fraud’)

January 13, 2023
Defendant Stephen Braverman's Motion to Dismiss in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Arbitrade Ltd., of Bermuda; Cryptobontix Inc., of Canada; Troy R.J. Hogg, of Canada; James L. Goldberg, Stephen L. Braverman, and Max W. Barber, as Defendants, and SION Trading FZE, of the United Arab Emirates, as Relief Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

SEC v. James Goldberg: Goldberg’s Motion to Dismiss (‘$37M Crypto Fraud’)

January 12, 2023
Defendant James Goldberg's Motion to Dismiss in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Arbitrade Ltd., of Bermuda; Cryptobontix Inc., of Canada; Troy R.J. Hogg, of Canada; James L. Goldberg, Stephen L. Braverman, and Max W. Barber, as Defendants, and SION Trading FZE, of the United Arab Emirates, as Relief Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Carbon Holdings Ltd.: Petition for Restructuring Officers

January 10, 2023
Petition for the Appointment of Restructuring Officers in the matter of Carbon Holdings Limited, described as "the holding company of a group of companies" whose "principal business ... is the ownership, management and operation of petrochemical projects in the Suez region of Egypt", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Alcazar Capital Partners v. Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq: Complaint to Enforce ‘$490M Kuwait Judgment’

January 9, 2023
Complaint to enforce a $490 million "Kuwait Judgment" in Alcazar Capital Partners, described as "a private equity firm regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority with its registered offices at Ugland House, South Church Street, George Town, Cayman Islands" v. Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.