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Wilmington Trust, N.A. v. Farfetch Ltd.: Winding Up Petition (‘$404M Debt’)

February 2, 2024
Winding Up Petition in Wilmington Trust, National Association, of Delaware, USA v. Farfetch Limited, described as "the ultimate holding company of a corporate group, with intermediate holding and operating companies in the United Kingdom, the United States, and other jurisdictions" which "comprises a global retail platform for the luxury fashion industry, a number of other e-commerce platforms, a number of fashion and beauty product labels, and a London department store", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Orient Plus International Ltd. et al v. Baosheng Media Group Holdings Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘Material Misstatements or Omissions’)

February 1, 2024
Complaint in Orient Plus International Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Union Hi-Tech Development Limited, of the Marshall Islands, and Golden Genius International Limited, of the British Virgin Islands v. Baosheng Media Group Holdings Limited, described as a publicly-listed, Cayman Islands firm that provides "an online marketing solution provider based in China"; Wenxiu Zhong, Sheng Gong, Yu Zhong, Zuohao Hu, Adam 'Xin' He, Yue Jin, Yanjun Hu, Univest Securities LLC, The Benchmark Company LLC, WestPark Capital Inc., and Marcum LLP at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Polymath Holdings et al v. Christopher Farmer et al: Complaint (‘$10M Fraud’)

January 31, 2024
Complaint "to recover the $10 million that they never would have transferred to All.Health, absent Defendants’ misconduct" in Polymath Holdings and Lux 2 InvCo, both of the Cayman Islands v. Christopher Farmer, of San Francisco, California, USA; SignalFire II GP, LLC, SignalFire Fund II, LP, and SignalFire Affiliates Fund II, LP, all of Delaware, USA, at the Superior Court of the State of California, for the County of San Francisco.

Nebahat Evyap İşbilen v. Citibank et al: Discovery Application (England)

January 29, 2024
Application by Nebahat Evyap İşbilen, described as a citizen of Turkey residing in the United Kingdom who is "a victim of a multinational fraud committed against her by Mr. Selman Turk" involving entities in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, England, and United Arab Emirates in which the amount lost "exceeds £40 million", to take discovery from Citibank N.A. and M&T Bank Corporation for use in legal proceedings in England "against SG Financial Group Limited, Barton Group Holdings Limited, Sentinel Global Asset Management, Inc., Sentinel Global Partners Limited, AET Global DMCC, Forten Holdings Limited, Forten Limited, Heyman AI Limited (in liquidation), and Gary Bernard Lewis", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Liechtenstein: Education Feo Ltd. (‘€10K Crypto Investment Fraud’)

January 29, 2024
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from "online payment platform" Stripe regarding an "account held by “Education Feo Ltd.” and connected to a German bank account ending in -0801" - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Liechtenstein - for a criminal investigation into an alleged fraud perpetrated after the victim "provided his contact information to an online cryptocurrency investment platform"

SEC v. Sam Lee et al: Complaint (‘$1.7B HyperFund Crypto Fraud’)

January 29, 2024
Complaint alleging "a global, crypto asset-related, multi-level marketing pyramid and Ponzi scheme that raised over $1.7 billion from victims worldwide, including millions from U.S. investors" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Xue Samuel Lee, a.k.a. Sam Lee, described as a citizen of Australia residing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Brenda Indah Chunga, a.k.a. Bitcoin Beautee, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Grifols S.A. et al v. Daniel Yu et al: Complaint (‘Predatory Short Sellers’)

January 26, 2024
Complaint against "predatory short sellers, led by convicted felon Daniel Yu, who illicitly profit from their rigged short-and-distort schemes" in Grifols S.A., of Spain, and Grifols Shared Services North America Inc., collectively described as "a global healthcare leader founded over 100 years ago that supplies lifesaving plasma-derived medicines to patients with rare and chronic diseases" v. Daniel Yu, Gotham City Research LLC, General Industrial Partners LLP, of England, and Cyrus de Weck, a resident of England, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

USA v. Sam Lee: Criminal Indictment (‘$1.9B HyperFund Crypto Fraud’)

January 25, 2024
Criminal Indictment alleging conspiracy to commit securities fraud involving HyperFund, which was described as "an unincorporated organization" that "operated a purportedly legitimate decentralized finance, or "DeFi," cryptocurrency investment platform and touted its investment program to the public through social media and other means", in USA v. Sam Lee, described as "a citizen of Australia and resident of the United Arab Emirates" and "co-founder of HyperFund", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

USA v. Broad Bay Ltd.: Superseding Information (‘Securities Fraud by British Billionaire Joe Lewis’)

January 24, 2024
Superseding Information alleging "the defendant, and other corporate entities under the direction and control of Joseph Lewis, a billionaire businessman and investor, engaged in a scheme to defraud Mirati Therapeutics, the investing public, and the Securities and Exchange Commission by amassing beneficial ownership of more than twenty percent of Mirati Therapeutics' stock in contravention of agreements with the company, by hiding Lewis's undisclosed ownership of Mirati Therapeutics shares through shell corporations in the names of nominees, and by deliberately omitting those entities from SEC filings and falsely reporting Lewis's share ownership of Mirati Therapeutics" in USA v. Broad Bay Ltd., of the Bahamas, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

USA v. Zubair Mehmet Abdur Razzaq al Zubair et al: Criminal Indictment (‘Fraud & Money Laundering’)

January 23, 2024
Criminal Indictment alleging investment fraud, money laundering, theft of government funds, and harboring a fugitive involving Dubai Bridge Investments and Al Zubair Capital in USA v. Zubair Mehmet Abdur Razzaq al Zubair, a.k.a. Zubair Mehmet Abdur Razzaq, described as a former resident of the United Arab Emirates who "falsely claimed to be a member of a royal family in the U.A.E.", and Muzzammil Muhammad al Zubair, a.k.a. Muzzammil Ibn Muhammad, a resident of Ohio who "claimed to be a hedge fund manager", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

SEC v. Michael Caridi: Amended Complaint (‘Fraud’)

January 22, 2024
Amended Complaint alleging "a fraudulent scheme by Caridi, the former chairman and chief executive of Tree of Knowledge International, Inc." in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Michael Caridi at the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Shadwrick Vick v. Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘Toxic Lenders’)

January 21, 2024
Shareholder Derivative Complaint against "'death spiral' or 'toxic' lenders" and "unregistered securities dealers that make unlawful, predatory loans to publicly traded companies in need of cash" in Shadwrick Vick, derivatively on behalf of Vinco Ventures, Inc. v. Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Sander R. Gerber, Yoav Roth, BHP Capital NY, Inc., and Bryan Pantofel, as Defendants, and Vinco Ventures, Inc., as Relief Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Alpine Partners (BVI) LP v. Terrie Curran: Discovery Application (Bermuda)

January 19, 2024
Application by Alpine Partners (BVI) L.P., of the British Virgin Islands, to take discovery from Terrie Curran for "an appraisal proceeding pending before the Supreme Court of Bermuda" regarding "the fair value of its shares in Myovant Sciences Ltd.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Alpine Partners (BVI) LP v. Mark Guinan: Discovery Application (Bermuda)

January 19, 2024
Application by Alpine Partners (BVI) L.P., of the British Virgin Islands, to take discovery from Mark Guinan for use in "an appraisal proceeding pending before the Supreme Court of Bermuda" regarding "the fair value of its shares in Myovant Sciences Ltd.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Alpine Partners (BVI) LP v. Nancy Valente: Discovery Application (Bermuda)

January 19, 2024
Application by Alpine Partners (BVI) L.P., described as "an investment fund constituted as a limited partnership in the British Virgin Islands", to take discovery from Nancy Valente for use in "an appraisal proceeding pending before the Supreme Court of Bermuda" regarding "the fair value of its shares in Myovant Sciences Ltd.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

TCA Global Credit Fund, LP et al v. Grant Thornton Cayman Islands et al: Complaint (‘Fund Audit’)

January 17, 2024
Complaint "for enabling and failing to prevent the gross mismanagement of the Receivership Entities by certain former insiders of TCA Fund Management Group Corp." in Jonathan E. Perlman, as court-appointed Receiver for TCA Global Credit Fund, LP, TCA Global Credit Fund, Ltd., TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP, and TCA Global Lending Corp. v. Grant Thornton Cayman Islands and Grant Thornton Ireland at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

CFTC v. Debiex et al: Complaint (‘Pig Butchering Fraud’)

January 17, 2024
Complaint alleging fraud in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Debiex, as Defendant, and Zhāng Chéng Yáng, described as "a Chinese ntional", as Relief Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Champ Key Ltd. v. Canoo Inc.: Complaint (‘$23M Misconduct’)

January 16, 2024
Complaint that "arises out of Canoo’s unjustified and illegal refusal to remove restrictive legends on 17,189,210 shares of Canoo common stock owned by Champ Key" in Champ Key Limited, described as a British Virgin Islands company based in Hong Kong v. Canoo Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Swedish national Jon Malmsäter’s SCF Brazil Cayman fund goes into liquidation

January 16, 2024
Another Cayman Islands mutual fund - SCF Brazil, Cayman Feeder SPC - associated with the Miami-based, Brazil-focused Prudent Group has collapsed, this one operated by Swedish national Jon Malmsäter, who has a history of dubious investment schemes, indebtedness, tax problems, and even domestic violence.

SCP Pentivm Group v. Next Alpha Management LLC et al: Complaint (‘$1M Investment Fraud’)

January 12, 2024
Complaint "to recover damages and hold Defendants accountable for their deceptive and fraudulent practice of misleading investors, including Pentivm, into investing large sums of money without any intention of complying with stated investment objectives or investor redemption rights" in SCP Pentivm Group, described as "a foreign holding company based in Monaco that is owned and managed by Vicente Zaragoza" v. Next Alpha Management LLC, Next Alpha Holding LLC, Next Alpha Offshore Feeder Fund Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands", and John 'Kanan' Flowers at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

HTI Financial Solutions Ltd. v. Manhattan SMI KG Properties Finance Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘$344M Breach of Contract’)

January 11, 2024
Complaint in HTI Financial Solutions Limited, described as a "Hong Kong based investment manager" v. Manhattan SMI KG Properties Finance Limited, described as a British Virgin Islands-domiciled company based in New York, USA; SMI USA Group LLC, formerly known as Shanghai Municipal Investment Group USA LLC; SMI 520 Fifth Ave LLC, 520 Fifth Owner LLC, and KG Fifth Ave Investment LLC, all of Delaware, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

SEC v. Shanchun Huang: Complaint (‘Securities Fraud’)

January 11, 2024
Complaint alleging "the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Future FinTech Group Inc. (“Future FinTech”), a Nasdaq-listed corporation, manipulated the stock price of Future FinTech by buying hundreds of thousands of Future FinTech shares to artificially increase the company’s stock price shortly before and after he became CEO in March 2020" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Shanchun Huang, described as a resident of London, England, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Meg Skelton et al v. John Does: Amended Complaint (‘Crypto Investment Swindle’)

January 9, 2024
Amended Complaint alleging "the unregistered sale of investment advisory services and/or commodities as a cryptocurrency swindle that is becoming all too familiar in the United States" allegedly involving "Golden Capitals Ltd. d/b/a Golden Cap Ltd.", described as a British firm based in Iceland, in Meg Skelton, Will Skelton, Chris Parrado, Erik Henyon, Francine Loomiller, Megan Maynard, Helen Korb, Travis Manntz, Richard Corcoran, Donald Kurkowski, Colby Dolezal, Brett East, Mark Miyasaki, and William Fox v. Robert Monty, a.k.a. Mikel Huba, as alias for John Doe 1; Matthew Christopher, as alias for John Doe 2, and Sebastian Vettel, as alias for John Doe 3, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

USA v. Frederick Sharp et al: Criminal Indictment (‘Securities Fraud’)

January 9, 2024
Criminal Indictment alleging securities fraud in USA v. Frederick L. Sharp, a resident of Canada; Luis Carrillo, a resident of Mexico; Mike K.G. Veldhuis, a resident of Canada; Paul Sexton, a resident of Canada, and Courtney M. Kelln, a resident of Canada, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Alpine Partners (BVI) LP v. Pfizer Inc.: Discovery Application (Bermuda)

January 8, 2024
Application by Alpine Partners (BVI) LP, described as an "investment fund" domiciled in the British Virgin Islands, to take discovery from Pfizer Inc. for use in an "appraisal proceeding" in Bermuda "concerning the take-private merger of Myovant Sciences Ltd.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

BPCR LP et al v. LumiraDx Ltd.: Winding Up Petition (‘$378M Debt’)

January 4, 2024
Winding Up Petition in BPCR Limited Partnership, acting by its general partner BPCR GP Limited, of London, England, and BioPharma Credit Investments V (Master) LP, acting by its general partner BioPharma Credit Investments V GP LLC, of the Cayman Islands v. LumiraDX Limited, whose shares are listed on NASDAQ and whose directors were identified as "Donald Berwick, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Lurene Joseph, Troyen Brennan and George Neble", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Iron Horse Acquisitions Corp. et al v. Omnia Global et al: Complaint (‘Fraud’)

January 4, 2024
Complaint alleging the defendants "operate an international criminal enterprise which violates the laws and regulations of the United States of America in extorting and defrauding U.S. citizens and in defrauding U.S. business enterprises, as well as Omnia’s own international investors" in Iron Horse Acquisitions Corp. and Bengochea Capital LLC v. Omnia Global, a.k.a. Omnia Schweiz GmbH, of Switzerland; Daniel Hansen, of Switzerland; Mette Abel Hansen, and James Mair Findlay at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

SEC v. Terraform Labs Pte. Ltd. et al: Opinion and Order (‘$40B Crypto Fraud & Unregistered Securities’)

December 28, 2023
Opinion and Order granting, inter alia, SEC's motion for summary judgment "involving defendants’ unregistered offers and sales of LUNA and MIR in violation of Sections 5(a) and (5c) of the Securities Act" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Terraform Labs Pte Ltd., of Singapore, and Do Hyeong Kwon, described in the complaint as a resident of South Korea and Singapore, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Baoping Liu et al v. Trident Trust Company (BVI) Ltd.: Complaint (‘EB-5 Program Fraud’)

December 28, 2023
Complaint for $237,248 alleging negligence and aiding and abetting fraudulent conveyances in Baoping Liu, Changyue Liu, Daqin Weng, Feng Guo, Li Zhang, Ling Li, Liyan Feng, Min Cui, Qingyun Yu, Shaoping Huang, Shaoqing Zeng, Tingting Sun, Tonghui Luan, Xiao Sun, Yawen Li, Yi Zhao, and Zheng Yu, described as "immigrant investors seeking green cards through the federal EB-5 Program" v. Trident Trust Company (BVI) Ltd. at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, USA.