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Jane Doe v. Ali Fayed: Docket for Sealed Discovery Application (England)

November 12, 2024
Court Docket and Memorandum of Law in Support of Applicant's Motion for Leave to Proceed Anonymously regarding a sealed application by Jane Doe to take discovery from Ali Fayed for use in legal proceedings in England involving sexual assault allegations against his deceased brother, Mohamed Al-Fayed, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Sandvine Corporation et al: Chapter 15 Petition (Canada)

November 7, 2024
Chapter 15 Petition for the Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Jeffrey A. Kupp, as the Foreign Representative of Sandvine Corporation, New Procera GP Company, Sandvine Holdings UK Limited, Sandvine OP (UK) Ltd., Procera Networks, Inc., and Procera Holding, Inc., part of a group that "provides software products and services in approximately 50 countries, with its customers including approximately 130 of the largest global communications service providers that collectively service hundreds of millions of network users", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Afiniti, Ltd.: Chapter 15 Petition (Bermuda)

November 3, 2024
Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Bermuda by Hassan Afzal, as the Foreign Representative of Afiniti, Ltd. (in Provisional Liquidation), described as "the ultimate holding company of 32 companies in the business of applied predictive artificial intelligence" with total liabilities of $580 million, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Food Investments SpA et al v. Isidoro Quiroga Moreno et al: Amended Complaint (‘$600M Fraud’)

October 28, 2024
Amended Complaint alleging "a massive fraud perpetrated in connection with plaintiffs' 2019 acquisition of a group of Chilean companies engaged in the salmon farming industry" in Food Investments SpA and Australis Seafoods S.A., both of Chile v. Isidoro Ernesto Quiroga Moreno, described as a resident of London, England, and Santiago, Chile, and South Lake One LLC, described as being domiciled in Delaware, USA, and based in Chile, at the Court of chancery of the State of Delaware, USA.

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".

Stephen Dewsnip: Disqualification (Guernsey)

October 25, 2024
Public Announcement by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it "decided to prohibit Mr Stephen Paul Dewsnip from performing any function on behalf of a regulated entity".

Evangelos Marinakis v. Citibank N.A. et al: Discovery Application (England)

October 21, 2024
Application by Evangelos Marinakis, a citizen of Greece described as "a successful businessman who is particularly well-known since 2017 for his involvement in and ownership of Nottingham Forest Football Club", to take discovery from Citibank, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas USA, Commerzbank AG, New York Branch, Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Société Générale, New York Branch, Standard Chartered Bank USA, UBS AG, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C. for use in legal proceedings in England against Irini Karipidis, of Greece; Amani Swiss (Cyprus) Limited, of Cyprus; Ari Harow, of Israel, and Sheyaan Consulting Limited, of Israel, alleging a "smear campaign", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd. et al v. Alantra Partners S.A. et al: Discovery Application (England)

October 18, 2024
Application by Hotel Portfolio II UK Limited, of England, and Elizabeth Alexandra Aird-Brown, a.k.a. Libby Aird-Brown, as Liquidator of Hotel Portfolio II UK Limited, to take discovery from Alantra Partners S.A., described as a French "global investment banking, asset management and technology advisory firm"; Natixis North America LLC, of New York, described as "a global multi-services investment banking firm"; Atlantic 57, LLC, described as "a Delaware limited liability company owned mostly, if not entirely, by Arthur P. Becker", and Property Markets Group, Inc., described as "a privately held New York corporation that develops and manages large scale real estate projects in various locations including New York City", for use in legal proceedings in England "against Andrew Joseph Ruhan and Anthony Edward Stevens" alleging "a complex fraud", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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.

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.

Vikram Grover v. Net Savings Link Inc. et al: Order Appointing Temporary Receiver

September 27, 2024
Order Appointing Temporary Receiver in Vikram P. Grover, d.b.a. IX Advisors, a.k.a. IXA v. Net Savings Link Inc., of Colorado, USA; Wilton Group Limited, of the Isle of Man; Wilton (UK) Limited, of England, China Food and Beverage Co., of Colorado, USA, and James A. Tilton, of New York, USA, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

CFTC v. Aipu Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘$3.6M Investment Fraud’)

September 27, 2024
Complaint alleging a "fraudulent investment scheme" that defrauded "at least $3,630,848.90 from not less than 32 customers" in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Aipu Limited, of England; Fidefx Investments Limited, of England; Chao Li, of China; Qian Bai, of China, and Lan Bai, of Oklahoma, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

SEC v. Robert Westbrook: Complaint (‘$3.75M Hack-to-Trade Fraud’)

September 27, 2024
Complaint alleging "a fraudulent scheme by Westbrook to hack into the computer systems of U.S. public companies to deceptively obtain material nonpublic information about their corporate earnings and to use that information to profit by trading in advance of the companies’ public earnings announcements" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Robert B. Westbrook, "whose last known address" is in Chelsea, England, at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Calimera Capital Partners Sarl v. Creative Belgrave Management (Cayman) Ltd.: Winding Up Petition (‘£601K Debt’)

September 25, 2024
Winding Up Petition in Calimera Capital Partners Sarl, of Luxembourg v. Creative Belgrave Management (Cayman) Ltd., formerly Falcon Capital Management (Cayman) Ltd., which "primarily conducts business as an administrative entity within a group of companies that are hedge fund managers in the United Kingdom and the Cayman Islands", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Reign Digital Creatives Ltd. v. Cloudflare, Inc.: Discovery Application (Thailand)

September 20, 2024
Application by Reign Digital Creatives Limited, described as "a software design company organized under the laws of Hong Kong", to take discovery from Cloudflare, Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Thailand "against one of its former directors, Mathew Edmund Mayer", described as a citizen of the United Kingdom, alleging that "Mayer fraudulently acquired RDCL’s highly valuable corporate internet domain while exiting the company in 2020", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

777 Partners LLC et al v. Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP et al: Complaint (‘Computer Fraud & Theft’)

September 17, 2024
Complaint alleging "repeated brazen and unauthorized incursions into Plaintiffs' proprietary computer networks, in violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1030, as well as the related theft of computer equipment" in 777 Partners LLC and SuttonPark Capital LLC v. Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP, of London, England; Leadenhall Life Insurance Linked Investment Fund Plc, of Ireland; Noah Davis, SAIPH Consulting LLC and Paul Kosinski at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Ian Duggua: Disqualification (Isle of Man)

September 13, 2024
Public Notice by the Isle of Man Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a 10-year disqualification on Ian Andrew Duggua, who was criminally convicted of tax fraud in the Isle of Man in 2023.

USA v. Nigel Sinclair et al: Criminal Indictment (‘$5M Offshore Tax Fraud’)

September 12, 2024
Criminal Indictment alleging the concealment of $25 million of income via an offshore tax fraud scheme involving individuals, entities and/or accounts in Australia, British Virgin Islands, England, Jersey, in the Channel Islands; Malta, Monaco, Switzerland, and USA in USA v. John Nigel Barton Sinclair, described as a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and United States and film producer who "has received Emmy and Grammy awards", and Anthony Stewart, described as a citizen and resident of Australia and a chartered accountant, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

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.

Commercial Bank of Dubai PSC v. Bank of America NA et al: Discovery Application (England)

September 9, 2024
Application by Commercial Bank of Dubai PSC, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to take discovery from Bank of America, N.A., Bank of Communications, Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas New York, Citibank, N.A., Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mashreqbank pcs, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. – NY, Société Générale, Standard Chartered Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, The Bank of New York Mellon, The Northern Trust Company, UBS AG, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C. for use in legal proceedings in England alleging fraud against Abdalla Al Sari, Majid Al Sari, Mohamed Al Sari, described as "Emirati nationals and members of the wealthy Al Sari family"; FAL Oil Co LLC, Investment Group Private Limited, IGPL General Trading LLC, Hamad Almheiri, Globe Investment Holdings Limited, MAS Capital Holdings Limited, all of the UAE, and MENA Investment Holdings Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Vikram Grover v. Net Savings Link Inc. et al: Judgment ($122M)

September 5, 2024
Judgment for $64,685,627, including interest, against the first four defendants and $57,903,750 plus interest against the fifth defendant in Vikram P. Grover, d.b.a. IX Advisors, a.k.a. IXA v. Net Savings Link Inc., of Colorado, USA; Wilton Group Limited, of the Isle of Man; Wilton (UK) Limited, of England, China Food and Beverage Co., of Colorado, USA, and James A. Tilton, of New York, USA, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

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.

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".

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.