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CFTC v. Traders Domain FX Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘Investment Fraud’)

September 30, 2024
Complaint in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Traders Domain FX Ltd., d.b.a. The Traders Domain, described as a Saint Vincent and the Grenadines company based in Canada; Fredirick Teddy Joseph Safranko, a.k.a. Ted Safranko, of Canada; David William Negus-Romvari, of Canada; Ares Global Ltd., d.b.a. Trubluefx, of Saint Lucia; Algo Capital LLC, Algo FX Capital Advisor LLC, now known as Quant5 Advisor LLC; Robert Collazo Jr., Juan Herman, a.k.a. JJ Herman; John Fortini, Steven Likos, Michael Shannon Sims, Holton Buggs Jr., Centurion Capital Group Inc., Alejandro Santiestaban, a.k.a. Alex Santi; Gabriel Beltran, and Archie Rice at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

SEC v. Nova Tech Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘$650M Fraudulent Crypto Trading Scheme’)

August 12, 2024
Complaint alleging "a fraudulent crypto trading investment and pyramid scheme" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Nova Tech Ltd., of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Cynthia Petion, described as a citizen of the United States residing in Panama; Eddy Petion, described as a citizen of the United States residing in Panama; Martin Zizi, James Corbett, Corrie Sampson, Dapilinu Dunbar, John Garofano, and Marsha Hadley at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

New York AG v. Nova Tech Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘$1B Crypto Ponzi Scheme’)

June 6, 2024
Complaint alleging Cynthia and Eddy Petion "defrauded thousands of investors worldwide out of over a billion dollars by promoting two consecutive fraudulent investment schemes", namely AWS Mining Pty Ltd. and NovaTechFX, in People of the State of New York v. Nova Tech Ltd., of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; NovaTech Advisors LLC, AWS Mining Pty Ltd., of Australia; Cynthia Petion, Eddy Petion, Martin Zizi, James Corbett, Frantz Ciceron, NovaPay LLC, Kings Multi Services Agency LLC, Trinity of Success, and Positive Vision Marketing LLC at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, USA.

Maxi Markets Ltd. v. EU Paymentz LLC et al: Complaint

May 15, 2024
Complaint "for breach of contract, conversion, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, tortious interference, and unjust enrichment" in Maxi Markets Ltd., Prometheus Ltd., and TLM Limited, all of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines v. EU Paymentz LLC, of Delaware, USA, and Albert Christopher Ortega, a.k.a. Chris Ortega, at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Amrit Singh et al v. Kristina Charles-Jones et al: Complaint (‘$2M Investment Fraud’)

March 19, 2024
Complaint in Amrit Singh and 1SatnamWaheguru, LLC v. Kristina Jones, a.k.a. Kristina Anne Charles-Jones, a.k.a. Krissy Jones, who is a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in California, USA; Options Trading LLC, of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Bellablanc LLC, and Peak Foreclosure Services, Inc. at the Superior Court of the State of California, for the County of Los Angeles, California, USA.

Avis Mullins v. NovaTech et al: Class Action Complaint (‘$2.3B NovaTechFX Ponzi Scheme’)

February 5, 2024
Class Action Complaint alleging a Ponzi scheme that "resulted in the loss of $2.3 billion" in Avis Mullins v. Novatech, Cynthia Petion, Eddy Petion, Ricardo Roy, Jean Martin Zizi, Travis Bieberitz, NovaTech Ltd., of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Novatech Advisors LLC, Nova Pay LLC, NovaTrading Oü, of Estonia; Smart Bit Inc., Deborah Brasil, Frantz Ciceron, Ciceron Frantz & Associates Inc., Paul J. DeRenzo, John Garofano, Bob St. Louis, James Corbett, and John Does 1-500 at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Kristoffer Hind et al v. FxWinning Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘$26M Forex Fraud’)

August 17, 2023
Complaint alleging forex fraud in Kristoffer Jon Hind, Jason Thomas Waiton, Christopher Campbell, Paul Douglas, Stoeppel Werth, Lucas Longmire, Thomas Blair Phillips, Tyler Jenkins, Jorden David Neil Malcolm, Robert Taylor Yates, and Rafael Reyes Salmeron v. FxWinning Limited, described as a Hong Kong company whose "website lists locations in Hong Kong and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines but provides a contact number with a Cyprus country code" and which appears to operate from Cyprus, Dubai, and Miami; CFT Solutions, LLC, Renan de Rocha Gomes Bastos, Rafael Brito Cutie, Arthur Percy, Roman Cardenas, and David Merino at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Stephen Hand v. Traders Domain FX Ltd.: Complaint (‘Investment Fraud’)

May 9, 2023
Complaint alleging fraud involving "a private, family-and-friends investment fund trading in foreign currencies and other investments" in Stephen Hand v. Traders Domain FX Ltd., described as a Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-domiciled company based in Mexico, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

CFTC v. Adam Todd et al: Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud’)

September 30, 2022
Complaint alleging fraud involving "an illegal digital asset derivatives trading platform" in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Adam Todd, Digitex LLC, of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Digitex Limited, of the Seychelles; Digitex Software Limited, of Ireland, and Blockster Holdings Limited, of Gibraltar, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
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IRS accuses ‘asset protection expert’ Kevin Wessell of withholding records about suspected offshore tax evasion

May 25, 2022
Florida-based, self-described "asset protection expert" Kevin Wessell has been accused of withholding records from the IRS that it requires for an investigation into his clients for suspected offshore tax evasion involving accounts and entities in several jurisdictions, including the Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Hong Kong, Nevada, Nevis, Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Switzerland, and Turks and Caicos Islands.

USA v. Paul Manafort: Complaint (‘Failure to Report Foreign Bank Accounts’)

April 28, 2022
Complaint alleging failure to report "consulting income from Ukrainian sources" that was "deposited into accounts ... opened in the countries of Cyprus, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United Kingdom" in USA v. Paul J. Manafort, Jr. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

BTA Bank v. Bank of America et al: Discovery Application (‘$7.5B Fraud’)

November 16, 2021
Application by JSC BTA Bank, of Kazakhstan, to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company LLC and "thirteen intermediary banks", namely Bank of America NA, Bank of China, The Bank of New York, BNP Paribas USA, Citibank NA, Commerzbank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company, HSBC Bank USA NA, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Société Générale AG, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS AG, and Wells Fargo Bank NA regarding Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-domiciled Panolos Limited for use in legal proceedings in England "against BTA Bank's former chairman, and primary shareholder, Mukhtar Ablyazov, upon BTA Bank's discovery that Ablyazov had illegally misappropriated as much as $7.5 Billion of BTA Bank’s assets and subsequently laundered the proceeds through multiple financial institutions all over the world", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Haim Yehzkel v. Jomar Ltd. et al: Complaint

October 11, 2021
Complaint involving a Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-flagged 130-feet commercial motor yacht called Jomar in Haim Yehzkel, of Florida v. Jomar Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; World Yacht Group Inc., of California, and Big I Enterprises LLC, of Pennsylvania, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

CFTC v. PayForex: Final Judgment

June 30, 2021
Final Judgment in Commodity Futures Commission v. Laino Group Limited, d.b.a. PayForex, of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

USA v. Federal Express et al: ‘John Doe’ Summonses Petition

May 4, 2021
Ex Parte Petition for Leave to Serve 'John Doe' Summonses as part of an IRS investigation into U.S. taxpayers who are suspected of tax evasion using the services of Panama Offshore Legal Services, described as "a Panamanian law firm that has been providing offshore services since 2000", allegedly offering legal structures formed in several jurisdictions, including Belize, the British Virgin Islands, Delaware, Nevis, Nevada, Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Switzerland, in USA v. Federal Express Corporation, a.k.a. FedEx Express; Fed Ex Ground Package System, Inc., a.k.a. FedEx Ground; DHL Express (USA), Inc., United Parcel Service, Inc., the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Citibank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and Bank of America, N.A. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

USA v. MoneyGram: ‘John Doe’ Summons Petition

May 4, 2021
Ex Parte Petition for Leave to Serve 'John Doe' Summons as part of an IRS investigation into U.S. taxpayers who are suspected of tax evasion using the services of Panama Offshore Legal Services, described as "a Panamanian firm that assists clients in concealing their beneficial ownership of assets", in USA v. MoneyGram Payment Systems Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.

Dismatrix SPC et al v. Douglas Bassett: Discovery Application

May 3, 2021
Application by Dismatrix SPC, Asyndeton, and Polysyndeton, all of the Cayman Islands, to take discovery from Douglas M. Bassett, of Umatilla, Florida, USA, for use in legal proceedings against Equity Capital UK Limited in England regarding "a fraudulent Forex trading scheme operated by Mediatrix Capital Inc., Blue Isle Markets Inc., and Blue Isle Markets Ltd.", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Dismatrix SPC et al v. Michael Stewart: Discovery Application

March 11, 2021
Application by Dismatrix SPC, Asyndeton, and Polysyndeton, all of the Cayman Islands, to take discovery from Michael Stewart for use in legal proceedings against Equity Capital UK Limited in England regarding "a fraudulent Forex trading scheme operated by Mediatrix Capital Inc., Blue Isle Markets Inc., and Blue Isle Markets Ltd.", filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Oak Trust et al v. Patrick Parham: Discovery Application

February 25, 2021
Application by Oak Trust, Acorn Trust, Eagle Trust, Duffy Trust, Robert J. Parfet Living Trust, Geluk Global Fund Limited SAC, of the Bahamas; Migration Investments, LLC, of Colorado; Boustrophedon International Ltd., of Hong Kong; Michael R. Shea, Erin Shea, Angela Ling, Fuhua Ling, Philip Bullock, Lifang Liu, Justin Payne, Michael Dietzen, Kimberly J. Dietzen, Brian Sly, David K. Sly, Gregory Sly, Karen Sly, Nelson Sly, Helen S. Sly, Sly Family Trust, and Tamara A. Sly Separate Property Trust to take discovery from Patrick Parham, of Garland, Texas, for use in an "anticipated proceeding" in England regarding allegations of "a fraudulent Forex trading scheme" involving Equiti Capital UK Limited, Mediatrix Capital Inc., Blue Isle Markets Inc., and Blue Isle Markets Ltd. and several jurisdictions, including the Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands, New Zealand, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United Kingdom, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Oak Trust et al v. Equiti US LLC et al: Discovery Application

February 22, 2021
Application by Oak Trust, Acorn Trust, Eagle Trust, Duffy Trust, Robert J. Parfet Living Trust, Geluk Global Fund Limited SAC, of the Bahamas; Migration Investments, LLC, of Colorado; Boustrophedon International Ltd., of Hong Kong; Michael R. Shea, Erin Shea, Angela Ling, Fuhua Ling, Philip Bullock, Lifang Liu, Justin Payne, Michael Dietzen, Kimberly J. Dietzen, Brian Sly, David K. Sly, Gregory Sly, Karen Sly, Nelson Sly, Helen S. Sly, Sly Family Trust, and Tamara A. Sly Separate Property Trust to take discovery from Equiti US, LLC, Gary Dennison, James Mason, and Kimberly M. Kirkland for use in "an anticipated proceeding" in England regarding allegations of "a fraudulent Forex trading scheme" involving Equiti Capital UK Limited, Mediatrix Capital Inc., Blue Isle Markets Inc., and Blue Isle Markets Ltd. and several jurisdictions, including the Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands, New Zealand, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United Kingdom, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Oak Trust et al v. Bryant Sewall: Discovery Application

February 19, 2021
Application by Oak Trust, Acorn Trust, Eagle Trust, Duffy Trust, Robert J. Parfet Living Trust, Geluk Global Fund Limited SAC, of the Bahamas; Migration Investments, LLC, of Colorado; Boustrophedon International Ltd., of Hong Kong; Michael R. Shea, Erin Shea, Angela Ling, Fuhua Ling, Philip Bullock, Lifang Liu, Justin Payne, Michael Dietzen, Kimberly J. Dietzen, Brian Sly, David K. Sly, Gregory Sly, Karen Sly, Nelson Sly, Helen S. Sly, Sly Family Trust, and Tamara A. Sly Separate Property Trust to take discovery from Bryant Sewall, of Denton County, Texas, for use in "an anticipated proceeding" in England regarding allegations of "a multi-million dollar fraudulent Forex trading and investment scheme" involving Equiti Capital UK Limited, Mediatrix Capital Inc., Blue Isle Markets Inc., and Blue Isle Markets Ltd. and several jurisdictions, including the Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands, New Zealand, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United Kingdom, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Oak Trust et al v. Brian King: Discovery Application

February 18, 2021
Application by Oak Trust, Acorn Trust, Eagle Trust, Duffy Trust, Robert J. Parfet Living Trust, Geluk Global Fund Limited SAC, of the Bahamas; Migration Investments, LLC, of Colorado; Boustrophedon International Ltd., of Hong Kong; Michael R. Shea, Erin Shea, Angela Ling, Fuhua Ling, Philip Bullock, Lifang Liu, Justin Payne, Michael Dietzen, Kimberly J. Dietzen, Brian Sly, David K. Sly, Gregory Sly, Karen Sly, Nelson Sly, Helen S. Sly, Sly Family Trust, and Tamara A. Sly Separate Property Trust to take discovery from Brian King, of LaGrange, Illinois, for use in "an anticipated proceeding" in England regarding allegations of "a fraudulent Forex trading scheme" involving Equiti Capital UK Limited, Mediatrix Capital Inc., Blue Isle Markets Inc., and Blue Isle Markets Ltd. and several jurisdictions, including the Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands, New Zealand, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United Kingdom, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Oak Trust et al v. Michael Stewart: Discovery Application

February 18, 2021
Application by Oak Trust, Acorn Trust, Eagle Trust, Duffy Trust, Robert J. Parfet Living Trust, Geluk Global Fund Limited SAC, of the Bahamas; Migration Investments, LLC, of Colorado; Boustrophedon International Ltd., of Hong Kong; Michael R. Shea, Erin Shea, Angela Ling, Fuhua Ling, Philip Bullock, Lifang Liu, Justin Payne, Michael Dietzen, Kimberly J. Dietzen, Brian Sly, David K. Sly, Gregory Sly, Karen Sly, Nelson Sly, Helen S. Sly, Sly Family Trust, and Tamara A. Sly Separate Property Trust to take discovery from Michael M. Stewart, of Scottsdale, Arizona, for use in "an anticipated proceeding" in England regarding allegations of "a multi-million dollar fraudulent Forex trading and investment scheme" involving Equiti Capital UK Limited, Mediatrix Capital Inc., Blue Isle Markets Inc., and Blue Isle Markets Ltd. and several jurisdictions, including the Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands, New Zealand, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United Kingdom, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Dismatrix SPC et al v. Equiti Capital UK Ltd.: Complaint

October 29, 2020
Complaint for $12.7 million alleging "Defendant is in receipt of funds as part of a fraudulent investment scheme at the expense of the Claimants" in Dismatrix SPC, Asyndeton, and Polysyndeton, all of the Cayman Islands v. Equiti Capital UK Limited, of England, at the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.

Ronald Popely et al v. Kristina Phelan et al: Judgment

October 16, 2020
Judgment in Ronald Popely and Paul Gould v. Kristina Phelan, described as a lawyer in Gibraltar; Edward John Barnard, and Duane Daniel, of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, at Supreme Court of Gibraltar.

CFTC v. PayForex: Complaint

September 24, 2020
Complaint alleging the defendant "is illegally soliciting or accepting orders for leveraged, margined or financed retail off-exchange foreign currency, precious metals, and digital asset transactions from U.S. customers without being registered" in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Laino Group Limited, d.b.a. PayForex, of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Forex Birds Ltd. et al: Emergency Cease and Desist Order

September 3, 2020
Emergency Cease and Desist Order for alleged fraud and the sale of unregistered securities involving "cryptocurrency trading investment programs" in Texas State Securities Board v. Forex Birds Ltd., Kumar Babu Gondesi, a citizen of India; Eric Balusek, a.k.a. Darwin Eric Balusek, a.k.a. Bitcoin Pope, all of England and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Pek Universe, of Australia.

David Motes v. Equiti US LLC et al: Class Action Complaint

April 7, 2020
Class Action Complaint alleging investment fraud involving companies in the Bahamas, New Zealand, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in David Motes v. Equiti US LLC, of Florida, and Equiti Capital UK Limited, of England, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Alfa-Bank JSC v. Emmerson International Corp. et al: Judgment

April 6, 2020
Judgment regarding whether to continue injunctions involving an allegation that Alfa-Bank "is the victim of a US$120 million fraud" in Alfa-Bank JSC v. Emmerson International Corp., Batios Holdings Ltd., Brasspoint Trading Ltd., Otoba Assets Ltd., and AVS Partners Global Consulting Group Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Loyal Bank Ltd. et al v. Mastercard International Inc.: Complaint

March 11, 2020
Complaint alleging breach of contract in Loyal Bank Limited, of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and its Joint Liquidators, Ikins Clarke, of Barbados, and Rikhi Rampersad, of Trinidad & Tobago v. Mastercard International Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

SEC accuses offshore firms of $125M investment fraud

September 19, 2019
The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused companies in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United States of participating in a $125 million investment fraud involving a group known as Mediatrix Capital.

SEC v. Mediatrix Capital Inc. et al: Complaint

September 12, 2019
Complaint alleging fraud in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Mediatrix Capital Inc., initially of Belize and then the Bahamas; Blue Isle Markets Inc., domiciled in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, based in the Bahamas; Blue Isle Markets Ltd., of New Zealand; Michael Stephen Young, of Denver, Colorado; Michael Shawn Stewart, of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Bryant Edwin Sewall, of Dallas, Texas, and the Bahamas, as Defendants, and Mediatrix Capital Fund Ltd., of the Bahamas; Island Technologies LLC, of Puerto Rico; Victoria M. Stewart, Maria C. Young, Hanna Ohonkova Sewall, of Kiev, Ukraine; Michael C. Baker, of Denver, Colorado; Walter C. Young III, of Seattle, Washington; Arual LP, of Utah; West Beach LLC, of Puerto Rico; Salve Regina Trust, of the Cook Islands; TF Alliance LLC, of Colorado; Casa Conejo LLC, of Puerto Rico; Hase Haus LLC, of Colorado; DCC Islands Foundation, of the Bahamas; Keystone Business Trust, of Massachusetts; Weinzel LLC, of Nevada; The 1989 Foundation, of the Bahamas; Mediatrix Capital PR LLC, of Puerto Rico; Mediatrix Capital LLC, of Colorado, and Blue Isle Markets Inc., of the Cayman Islands, as Relief Defendants, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

SEC v. Mediatrix Capital Inc. et al: Freezing Motion

September 12, 2019
Emergency Motion for an Ex Parte Asset Freeze and Temporary Restraining Order in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Mediatrix Capital Inc., initially of Belize and then the Bahamas; Blue Isle Markets Inc., domiciled in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, based in the Bahamas; Blue Isle Markets Ltd., of New Zealand; Michael Stephen Young, of Denver, Colorado; Michael Shawn Stewart, of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Bryant Edwin Sewall, of Dallas, Texas, and the Bahamas, as Defendants, and Mediatrix Capital Fund Ltd., of the Bahamas; Island Technologies LLC, of Puerto Rico; Victoria M. Stewart, Maria C. Young, Hanna Ohonkova Sewall, of Kiev, Ukraine; Michael C. Baker, of Denver, Colorado; Walter C. Young III, of Seattle, Washington; Arual LP, of Utah; West Beach LLC, of Puerto Rico; Salve Regina Trust, of the Cook Islands; TF Alliance LLC, of Colorado; Casa Conejo LLC, of Puerto Rico; Hase Haus LLC, of Colorado; DCC Islands Foundation, of the Bahamas; Keystone Business Trust, of Massachusetts; Weinzel LLC, of Nevada; The 1989 Foundation, of the Bahamas; Mediatrix Capital PR LLC, of Puerto Rico; Mediatrix Capital LLC, of Colorado, and Blue Isle Markets Inc., of the Cayman Islands, as Relief Defendants, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

CFTC v. Yukom Communications Ltd. et al: Complaint

August 12, 2019
Complaint for "an illegal and fraudulent 'binary options' trading scheme" involving companies in Anguilla, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Israel, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United Kingdom in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Yukom Communications Ltd., of Israel; Linkopia Mauritius Ltd., of Mauritius; Wirestech Limited, d.b.a. BigOption, of the Marshall Islands; WSB Investments Ltd., d.b.a. BinaryBrook, of Anguilla, Gibraltar, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United Kingdom; Zolarex Ltd., d.b.a. BinaryOnline, of the Marshall Islands; Yakov Cohen, an Israeli residing in Israel and Mauritius; Yossi Herzog, of Israel; Lee Elbaz, of Israel, currently incarcerated in the USA, and Shalom Peretz, of Israel, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Ian Wallbank et al v. TFB Ltd.: Judgment

June 20, 2019
Judgment in Ian Wallbank, a forex trader, and Decron Limited, both of England v. TFB Limited, trading as Caesar's Trading, at Saint Vincent and the Grenadines High Court.