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USA v. FedEx et al: Order Granting Petition to Serve ‘John Doe’ Summonses (‘Tax Evasion Investigation Into Clients of Trident Trust Group’)

December 23, 2024
Order Granting Ex Parte Petition by the IRS for Leave to Serve 'John Doe' Summonses on FedEx Corporation, DHL Express (USA), Inc., United Parcel Service, Inc., the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Citibank, National Association, UBS AG, Bank of America, National Association, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, and Nevis Services Limited as part of an investigation into suspected tax evasion by clients of Trident Trust Group, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

1MDB liquidators file second BVI lawsuit against Amicorp & CEO Toine Knipping, seek $1B+ for ‘knowing participation in fraud’

December 23, 2024
The liquidators of former Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB have filed a second lawsuit in the British Virgin Islands against Hong Kong-based corporate services provider Amicorp Group and its Dubai-based CEO, Toine Knipping, this one seeking damages in excess of $1 billion for alleged "knowing participation" in a multi-billion dollar fraud. Amicorp issued a statement that it "strongly denies the allegations".

‘1MDB liquidators file $1B+ BVI lawsuit against Amicorp & CEO Toine Knipping for alleged fraudulent trading’ (Plaintiffs’ Press Release)

December 23, 2024
Press Release headlined "1MDB launches claim against Amicorp Group for facilitating over $7 billion in fraudulent transactions", issued on behalf of the plaintiffs by Bryan Wang, of Byfield Consultancy. OffshoreAlert has been told that this action is an addition to a prior claim alleging dishonest assistance that was filed against Amicorp parties at the same court on June 23rd, 2024 and which, according to Byfield Consultancy, is still active.

USA v. Trident Trust Company (South Dakota) Inc.: USA’s Motion to Unseal All Documents (‘Tax Evasion Investigation Into Clients of Trident Trust Group’)

December 20, 2024
USA's Motion to Unseal All Documents in Ex Parte Petition by the IRS for Leave to Serve ‘John Doe’ Summonses on Trident Trust Company (South Dakota) Inc. as part of an investigation into suspected tax evasion by clients of Trident Trust Group, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota.

Aabar Investments PJS Ltd. et al v. Amicorp B.V.I. Ltd. et al: Claim Form (‘Knowing Participation in $7.65B 1MDB Fraud’)

December 20, 2024
Claim Form alleging the respondents "knowingly participated" in an alleged $7.65 billion fraud committed by their clients against "a now-insolvent Malaysian sovereign wealth fund" known as 1MDB in Angela Barkhouse and Toni Skukla, as Joint Liquidators of Aabar Investments PJS Limited, SRC International (Malaysia) Limited, and Brazen Sky Limited v. Amicorp B.V.I. Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Amicorp Management Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Artemas Wealth Management (Barbados) Ltd., formerly known as Amergeris Wealth Management (Barbados) Ltd., of Barbados; Amicorp Fund Services N.V., of Curaçao; Amicorp Singapore PTE. Ltd., of Singapore; Amicorp Hong Kong Limited, of Hong Kong; Amicorp Limited, of Hong Kong; Amicorp Bank and Trust Limited, of Barbados, and Antonius Rudolphus Wilhelmus Knipping, a.k.a. Toine Knipping, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

USA v. Trident Corporate Services, Inc. et al: Petition to Serve ‘John Doe’ Summonses (‘Tax Evasion Investigation Into Clients of Trident Trust Group’)

December 17, 2024
Ex Parte Petition by the IRS for Leave to Serve ‘John Doe’ Summonses on TT (USA) Holdings, Inc., Trident Corporate Services, Inc., and Trident Fund Services, Inc. as part of an investigation into suspected tax evasion by clients of Trident Trust Group, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Anvil Trust et al v. Ernst & Young Middle East et al: Complaint (‘Brooge Petroleum and Gas Investment Company FZE Fraud’)

December 17, 2024
Complaint alleging "Ernst & Young’s pivotal role in a years’ long scheme to help Brooge Petroleum and Gas Investment Company FZE to defraud investors in a 2019 U.S. Special Purpose Acquisition Company merger transaction" in Anvil Trust, of London, England; Stephen Cannon, of Hong Kong, and Bryant Edwards, of London, England v. Ernst & Young, of Bahrain; Ernst & Young Middle East, of Bahrain; Ernst & Young Middle East (Abu Dhabi Branch), of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Ernst & Young John Doe 1, Ernst & Young John Doe 2, and Anthony O'Sullivan, of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, at the U.S., District Court for the Southern District of New York.

USA v. FedEx et al: Petition to Serve ‘John Doe’ Summonses (‘Tax Evasion Investigation Into Clients of Trident Trust Group’)

December 17, 2024
Ex Parte Petition by the IRS for Leave to Serve 'John Doe' Summonses on FedEx Corporation, DHL Express (USA), Inc., United Parcel Service, Inc., the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Citibank, National Association, UBS AG, Bank of America, National Association, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, and Nevis Services Limited as part of an investigation into suspected tax evasion by clients of Trident Trust Group, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

SEC v. Frederick Dencer et al: Complaint (‘$17M Fraud’)

December 10, 2024
Complaint alleging "the Standard Holdings Defendants defrauded at least 40 investors out of millions of dollars, which Defendants Tayt Dencer and his son, Luke Dencer, misappropriated to fund their lavish lifestyle" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Frederick Tayton Dencer , Luke Abelard Dencer, Standard Holdings Inc., Standard Huaxia Ltd., of Hong Kong, and Dennis Edward Butler at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Yao Guoliang v. Speed Success Group Ltd.: Winding Up Petition (‘Loss of Confidence’)

December 3, 2024
Winding Up Petition in Yao Guoliang, of Hong Kong v. Speed Success Group Limited, described as a shareholder in Strong Petrochemical Holdings Limited, which is "the listed holding company of a group of subsidiaries and related entities" with "operations in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Macau and Singapore" whose "core business ... is the trading of crude oil, petroleum products and petrochemicals", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Copia Investment Partners Ltd. et al v. Sterling Fund Management LLC et al: Class Action Complaint (‘Squeeze-Out Challenge’)

November 25, 2024
Class Action Complaint that "challenges an underpriced, conflicted-controller squeeze-out" in Copia Investment Partners Ltd., of Australia; Maso Capital Investments Limited, of the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong; Blackwell Partners LLC-Series A, and Star V Partners LLC v. Sterling Fund Management LLC, Sterling Capital Partners IV LP, SCP IV Parallel LP, Avi Mezz Co. LP, M. Avi Epstein, R. Christopher Hoehn-Saric, and Steve Fireng at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, USA.

BIT Mining Ltd.: Order (‘Japan Bribery’)

November 18, 2024
Administrative Order regarding "violations of the anti-bribery, books and records, and internal accounting controls provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. BIT Mining Ltd., of the Cayman Islands.

USA v. BIT Mining Ltd.: Criminal Information (‘$1.9M Bribes’)

November 18, 2024
Criminal Information alleging Conspiracy to Violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and to Falsify Books and Records in USA v. BIT Mining Ltd., formerly known as 500.com Ltd., described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, Hong Kong-based crypto mining company, at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Knighted Pastures LLC v. Ourgame International Holdings Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘Breach of Fiduciary Duty’)

November 12, 2024
Complaint in Knighten Pastures LLC v. Yangyang Li, Yuanfei Qu, Zongmin Ding, Mao Sun, Chi Zhao, Jingsheng Lu, Guanzhou Qin, Yushi Guo, Ourgame International Holdings Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Primo Vital Ltd., Yellow River Global Capital, of Hong Kong, and Blue Planet New Technology Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, as Defendants, and Allied Gaming & Entertainment Inc., as Nominal Defendant, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, USA.

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.

FTX Trading Ltd. et al v. Binance Holdings Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘$1.8B Fraudulent Transfers’)

November 10, 2024
Complaint in FTX Trading Ltd., of Antigua and Barbuda; Alameda Research LLC, Alameda Research Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; West Realm Shires Inc., West Realm Shires Services Inc., Clifton Bay Investments LLC, Cottonwood Grove Ltd., of Hong Kong; Euclid Way Ltd., of Antigua and Barbuda; Paper Bird Inc., and FTX Digital Markets Ltd., of the Bahamas v. Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Binance Capital Management Co. Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, of Ireland; Binance (Services) Holdings Limited, of Ireland; Changpeng Zhao, Dinghua Xiao, of China; Samuel Wenjun Lim, and Does 1-1000 at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

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,

Blue Axis Global Ltd. v. Alopex Advisors LLC: Petition (‘$4M Security Deposit’)

November 6, 2024
Petition for an Order of Attachment in Aid of Arbitration in Blue Axis Global Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, and Longbyte Inc., of Delaware, USA, both "part of a world-wide group of affiliated companies known as the Bixin group that are beneficially owned by Mr. Wu Gang, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China" v. Alopex Advisors LLC, of New York, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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.

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.

USA v. Gautam Adani et al: Criminal Indictment (‘$265M Bribery & Securities Fraud’)

October 24, 2024
Criminal Indictment alleging bribery and securities fraud in Gautam Adani, Sagar R. Adani, Vneet S. Jaain, Ranjit Gupta, Saurabh Agarwal, Deepak Malhotra, Rupesh Agarwal, all described as citizens and residents of India, and Cyril Cabanes, described as a citizen of Australia residing in France, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd.: ‘Scheme of Arrangement’ Petition (Cayman Islands)

September 30, 2024
Petition for the Court's Sanction of a Scheme of Arrangement in the matter of Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd., described as "an investment holding company of a group comprising the Company and its directly and indirectly owned subsidiaries that are located across various jurisdictions, including amongst others, the Cayman Islands, BVI, Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.