Defined Returns Partnership LP: ‘Court Supervision’ Petition
Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation in the matter of Defined Returns Partnership LP (in Voluntary Liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Defined Returns General Partnership (GP) Ltd.: ‘Court Supervision’ Petition
Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation in the matter of Defined Returns General Partnership (GP) Limited (in Voluntary Liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Defined Return Fund Plc: ‘Court Supervision’ Petition
Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation in the matter of Defined Return Fund Plc (in Voluntary Liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Argent Fund SPC: ‘Court Supervision’ Petition
Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation in the matter of Argent Fund SPC (in Voluntary Liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Life Settlement Strategy Fund SPC: ‘Court Supervision’ Petition
Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation in the matter of Life Settlement Strategy Fund SPC (in Voluntary Liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
FxGrow Ltd.: License Revocation (Vanuatu)
Public Notice by the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission that it has revoked the Financial Dealers Licence of FxGrow Limited.
Fortinbras Enterprises LP et al v. One Florida Bank: Complaint (‘$19M Fraudulent Transfers’)
Complaint "to recover more than $19,000,000 that was fraudulently transferred to One Florida Bank by non-party Lighthouse Management, LLC" in Fortinbras Enterprises LP, HT Investments LLC, Silver Rock Contingent Credit Fund LP, all of Delaware, USA, and Silver Rock Tactical Allocation Fund LP, of the Cayman Islands v. One Florida Bank at the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, in and for Orange County, Florida.
SEC v. Romero Cabral da Costa Neto: Complaint (‘Brazil Attorney’s Insider Trading’)
Complaint alleging insider trading by the defendant "while employed at an international law firm with an office in Washington, D.C." while employed there "as a visiting international attorney from Brazil" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Romero Cabral da Costa Neto at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
SEC v. Andrew Waters et al: Complaint (‘Securities Fraud’)
Complaint alleging securities fraud regarding "his private sale of restricted common stock in ECom Products Group Corporation, a Florida corporation that purportedly owns, consolidates, and manages e-commerce platforms" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Andrew Wyles Waters, a citizen of Australia, as Defendant, and Helen Q. Waters, a citizen of Australia, as Relief Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Trigiant Group Ltd.: ‘Scheme of Arrangement’ Petition
Petition for the Court's Sanction of a Scheme of Arrangement in the matter of Trigiant Group Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Kristoffer Hind et al v. FxWinning Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘$26M Forex Fraud’)
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.
Streams Global Ltd.: License Revocation (Vanuatu)
Public Notice by the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission that it has revoked the Financial Dealers Licence of Streams Global Limited.
12 Peers Capital Markets Ltd.: Directors (Cayman Islands)
Director Details for 12 Peers Capital Markets Ltd., obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on August 16th, 2023.
Gordon Ferguson: Director Cancellation (Cayman Islands)
Public Notice by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority that it has cancelled the "director registration" of Gordon Kenneth Ferguson, a.k.a. Gord Ferguson, for regulatory breaches.
Trevor Federkiewicz: Director Cancellation (Cayman Islands)
Public Notice by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority that it has cancelled the "director registration" of Trevor Dean Federkiewicz for regulatory breaches.
12 Peers Capital Markets Ltd.: License Cancellation (Cayman Islands)
Public Notice by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority that it has cancelled the "Securities-Registered Person" registration of 12 Peers Capital Markets Ltd. for regulatory breaches.
Altana Funds Ltd.: Directors (Cayman Islands)
Director Details for Altana Funds Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on August 16th, 2023.
Altana Credit Opportunities Fund SPC: Directors (Cayman Islands)
Director Details for Altana Credit Opportunities Fund SPC, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on August 15th, 2023.
Altana Credit Opportunities Fund SPC et al v. Venezuela: Complaint (‘Bonds Default’, 2023)
Complaint "arising out of Venezuela’s failure to pay principal, interest, or other scheduled payments, on a series of bonds" in Altana Credit Opportunities Fund SPC, Altana Credit Opportunities Fund I SP, and Altana Funds Ltd., all of the Cayman Islands v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
USA v. Sam Bankman-Fried et al: Sixth Superseding Indictment (‘FTX Crypto Fraud & Money Laundering’)
Sixth Superseding Indictment alleging fraud and money laundering in USA v. Samuel Bankman-Fried at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Edwin Garrison et al v. Sam Bankman-Fried et al: Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint (‘FTX Crypto Exchange Collapse Litigation’)
Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint in Edwin Garrison et al v. SkyBridge Capital II, LLC, Shane Chen, Sino Global Capital Holdings, LLC, Temasek International (USA) LLC, Samuel Bankman-Fried, Thomas Brady, a.k.a. Tom Brady; Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors LLC, Shaquille O'Neal, Udonis Haslem, William Trevor Lawrence, Kevin O'Leary, Shohei Ohtani, David Ortiz, Naomi Osaka, Nishad Singh, Solomid Corporation, Gary Wang, Gisele Bundchen, Lawrence Gene David, a.k.a. Larry David; Caroline Ellison, Dan Friedberg, Sam Trabucco, Thoma Bravo L.P., Paradigm Operations LP, Sequoia Capital Operations LLC, Prager Metis CPAs, LLC, Armanino, LLP, Silvergate Bank, Zixaio Gary Wang, Ben Armstrong, Creators Agency, LLC, Andrei Jikh, Brian Jung, Erika Kullberg, Jeremy Lefebvre, Tom Nash, Kevin Paffrath, Jaspreet Singh, Graham Stephan, Altimeter Capital Management, LP, Deltec Bank and Trust Company Limited, Farmington State Bank, d.b.a. Moonstone Bank; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver for Signature Bank; Fenwick & West LLP, Prager Metis CPAs, LLC, Signature Bank, Sino Global Capital Limited, Softbank Group Corp., Softbank Vision Fund (AIV M2) L.P., Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, Tiger Global Management, LLC, Multicoin Capital Management LLC, Ribbit Capital, L.P., Jean Chalopin, K5 Global Advisor LLC, SkyBridge Capital II, LLC, SoftBank Group Corp., SoftBank Global Advisers Limited, SB Group US, Inc., and SoftBank Investment Advisers (UK) Limited at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Blue Bear Ltd. et al v. Phoenix Cayman Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘Triaxx CDOs Fraud’)
Complaint alleging "a fraudulent investment opportunity involving $5.6 billion of underperforming residential mortgage-backed securities, which were held by three CDO trusts - the Triaxx CDOs" in Karoline Molberg, a resident of the United Kingdom, as Executor of Erik Molberg, individually and derivatively on behalf of Phoenix Holdco LP and Blue Bear Ltd. v. Phoenix Cayman Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, and Vishal Garg, described as a resident of New York, USA, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.
Sean Riley v. Triton International Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘Securities Fraud’)
Complaint in Sean Riley v. Triton International Limited, of Bermuda; Brian M. Sondey, Robert W. Alspaugh, Annabelle Bexiga, Malcom P. Baker, Claude Germain, Kenneth Hanau, John S. Hextall, Terri A. Pizzuto, Niharika Ramdev, Robert I. Rosner, and Simon R. Vernon at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
SEC v. Christopher Slaga et al: Complaint (‘$3.5M Securities Fraud’)
Complaint regarding "Defendants’ scheme that raised approximately $3.5 million from at least 17 investors through a fraudulent and unregistered securities offering" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Christopher Slaga, a.k.a. Keith Renko, described as a resident of Barbados; Q4 Capital Group LLC, J4 Capital Advisors LLC, and Hayden Greene at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
International Portfolio Allocation Ltd.: Directors (Cayman Islands, 2023)
Director Details for International Portfolio Allocation Ltd., obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on August 7th, 2023.
International Capital Allocation Ltd.: Directors (Cayman Islands)
Director Details for International Capital Allocation Ltd., obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on August 7th, 2023.
Cayman Opportunity Investment Manager: Search Report & Directors (Cayman Islands)
Search Report & Director Details for Cayman Opportunity Investment Manager, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on August 4th, 2023.
LedgerScore International Pte. Ltd. et al v. AuBit X LLC et al: Complaint (‘$160M Crypto Investment Fraud’)
Complaint in LedgerScore International Pte. Ltd., of Singapore, and LS Litigation Holdings LLC, of Wyoming v. AuBit X LLC, d.b.a. Freeway, of Wyoming; AuBit Holdings (UK) Limited, of the United Kingdom; AuBit Tokens Inc., of Seychelles; AuBit International, of the Cayman Islands; Freeway Operations Inc., of Seychelles; Freeway Reserves Foundation, of the Cayman Islands; Freeway Future Foundation, of the Caymans Islands; Ardu Prime SA., of Greece; Ardu Prime Investment Services SA, of Greece; Ardu Prime Investment Services (UK) Limited, of the United Kingdom; AuBit Prime (Pty) Ltd., of South Africa; Sadie Hutton Doggart, Graham Doggart, Bradley Hunt, Arena Racing Company Ltd., of the United Kingdom; Faywaz Ayoub, Revenu Quebec, described as an agency of the Province of Quebec, Canada; Matthew Spangard, Matthew Oxborrow, Peter Nigel Neilson, Alex Troll, Lord Mark Kearns, Joel Krueger, Jacqueline Mallett, David Brimacombe, Elaine Bannerman, Callum Evans, Gresham International Group LLC, of the United Kingdom; Sotirios Probonas, Ilias Chatziantoniou, Sotirios Botsios, 170639 Canada Inc., a.k.a. 1270639 Canada Inc., of Canada; Jordan Kerridge, Joel Kovshoff, Sean Windle, Matthew Sgherzi, and Jeff Kirdeikis at the District Court, First Judicial District, Laramie County, Wyoming.
SEC v Charles Holzer et al: Complaint (‘$382K Insider Trading’)
Complaint in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Charles Rustin Holzer, of Wellington, Florida, USA, as Defendant, and Maglione International Ltd. and Frontenac Investments Ltd., both of the Cayman Islands, as Relief Defendants, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Agon Asset Management Ltd.: License Cancellation (Malta)
Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has cancelled the Alternative Investment Fund Manager license of Agon Asset Management Limited for regulatory breaches.
SEC v. Sisu Capital LLC et al: Complaint
Complaint in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Sisu Capital LLC, of California, USA; Timothy Overture, of California, USA, and Hansueli Overture, described as a resident of Hallau, Switzerland, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
SEC v. Richard Heart et al: Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud’)
Complaint alleging Richard Heart "raised more than $1 billion in the unregistered offer and sale of crypto asset securities to retail investors in the U.S. and abroad" and "misappropriated" millions of dollars in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Richard J. Schueler, a.k.a. Richard Heart, described as "an American-born Internet marketer, content creator, and serial entrepreneur living in Finland"; PulseChain, and PulseX at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Danielle Yoshimura v. Virgin Group Ltd. et al: First Amended Class Action Complaint (‘COVID Refund Fraud’)
First Amended Class Action Complaint "that arises out of Defendants’ deceptive practices in connection with its flights, including: the airline’s refusal to refund consumers for covid-induced cancellations, and Defendants’ issuing travel funds for non-existent flights and implementing an expiration date on “Travel Bank” funds" in Danielle Yoshimura v. Virgin Group Limited, of England; Virgin Holdings Limited, of England, and Bain Capital LP, of USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
USA v. Joe Lewis: Arraignment & Appearance Bond (‘Insider Trading by British Billionaire’)
Arraignment and Appearance Bond in USA v. Joseph Lewis, a.k.a. Joe Lewis, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Bahamas, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
SEC v. Joe Lewis et al: Complaint (‘$545K Insider Trading Profits’)
Complaint that "involves billionaire investor Lewis illegally tipping material nonpublic information to his then girlfriend, Carter, and his longtime private pilots, O’Connor and Waugh, so that each would use this information to execute trades" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Joseph C. Lewis, a.k.a. Joe Lewis, described as "a British citizen who resides principally in The Bahamas"; Carolyn W. Carter, Patrick J. O'Connor, and Bryan L. Waugh, as Defendants, and Jean J. O'Connor, as Relief Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
MW Gestion et al v. Golden Meditech Holdings Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘Insiders Stole Hundreds of Millions of Dollars’)
Complaint "to recoup the substantial funds - at least hundreds of millions of dollars - that insiders brazenly stole from Global Cord Blood" in MW Gestion and MW Optimum, derivatively and on behalf of nominal defendant Global Cord Blood Corporation, of the Cayman Islands v. Golden Meditech Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Ting (Tina) Zheng, Albert Chen, Yuen Kam, Mark Da-Jian Chen, Jennifer J. Weng, Ken Lu, Jack Chow, Jacky Cheng, all of Hong Kong; Celenkos Inc., of Delaware; Golden Meditech Stem Cells (BVI) Company Limited, GM Precision Medicine (BVI) Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Golden Meditech (BVI) Company Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Easton Capital Corp., and Redwood Valuation Partners, both of New York, USA, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.
Bahamas-based British businessman Joe Lewis indicted for ‘securities fraud that reaped millions of dollars’
Bahamas-based, British "billionaire businessman and investor" and majority beneficial owner of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club in England, Joe Lewis, 86, has been criminally indicted in the United States on 19 counts of securities fraud between 2013 and 2021 involving publicly-listed companies in the U.S. and Australia.
SEC v. Brandon Charnas: ‘Subpoena Compliance’ Application (‘Office Depot Insider Trading Investigation’)
Application for an order requiring compliance with administrative subpoena for an investigation into "potential insider trading in the securities of The ODP Corporation d/b/a Office Depot", in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Brandon Charnas at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
USA v. Joe Lewis et al: Superseding Indictment (‘Insider Trading by British Billionaire’)
Superseding Indictment alleging “multiple schemes to violate the securities laws through insider trading and submitting false and misleading filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission” in USA v. Joseph Lewis, a.k.a. Joe Lewis, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Bahamas; Patrick O'Connor, and Bryan Waugh, a.k.a. Marty Waugh, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
USA v. Joe Lewis: Criminal Indictment (‘Insider Trading by British Billionaire’)
Criminal Indictment alleging "multiple schemes to violate the securities laws through insider trading and submitting false and misleading filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission" in USA v. Joseph Lewis, a.k.a. Joe Lewis, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Bahamas, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Poland: brokerchooser.com et al (‘Crypto Investment Fraud’)
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Cloudflare Inc. regarding "accounts associated with www.brokerchooser.com and www.tradevision-group.net" - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Poland - for a criminal investigation into "unknown suspect(s) for fraud offenses", including a person "who introduced himself as Jan Kobi".
IDF IV USD No. 1 Sàrl et al v. DENEF Investments SLU et al: Summons with Notice (‘$313M Value-Stealing Scheme’)
Summons with Notice "to halt the illegal theft of value by Mainstream Renewable Power Mezzanine Finance DAC (the “Borrower”), and Mainstream Renewables Holding AS (the “Sponsor”), by concocting an illegal and fraudulent scheme to cheat their lenders" in IDF IV USD No. 1 Sàrl, of Luxembourg; IDF IV USD Hedged No. 1 Sàrl, of Luxembourg; IDF IV JPY No. 1 Sàrl, of Luxembourg; IDF IV EUR No. 1 Sàrl, of Luxembourg; Infrastructure Debt Fund IV (ELP) L.P., of England, and Infrastructure Debt Fund IV (Tranche III) L.P., of the Cayman Islands v. DENEF Investments S.L.U., of Spain; Condor Inversiones SpA, of Chile; Huemul Inversiones SpA, of Chile, and Copihue Inversiones SpA, of Chile, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.
SEC v. Alexander Elbanna et al: Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud’)
Complaint alleging crypto-based securities fraud in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Alexander Elbanna, Digital World Exchange LLC, BoostedPro LLC, and D.W. Exchange LLC, as Defendants, and Angela Elbanna, as Relief Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Tzutomo Ltd. v. Matias Costantini et al: Complaint (‘$2M Investment Fraud’)
Complaint alleging the loss of $2 million in an investment fraud that primarily targeted "the Argentine-American community residing in South Florida" in Tzutomo Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands v. Matias Costantini, Juan Cruz Talia Brown, Jonathan Culley, and Capital Force F1 LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Capana Swiss Advisors AG et al v. Rymark Inc. et al: Complaint (‘Fraud’)
Complaint alleging "breach of fiduciary duty and a series of false and misleading statements and filings made both in public, and privately to third parties, including potential investors, shareholders, auditors, and tax authorities" in Capana Swiss Advisors AG and AmeriMark Automotive AG, both of Switzerland v. Rymark Inc., Nicholas Thayne Markosian, John Kirkland, and Vicky Small at the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah.
U.S. seizes $45M in Deltec Bank account ‘used to launder the proceeds of crypto & other scams’
The United States has seized $45 million in a U.S. bank account operated by Bahamas-based Deltec Bank & Trust that was allegedly used to launder the proceeds of crypto-based investment fraud and other scams, OffshoreAlert can reveal.
FTC v. Celsius Network Inc. et al: Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud’)
Complaint alleging fraud in Federal Trade Commission v. Celsius Network Inc., Celsius Network LLC, Celsius Networks Lending LLC, Celsius Lending LLC, Celsius KeyFi LLC, Celsius Mining LLC, Celsius US Holding LLC, Celsius US LLC, Celsius Management Corp., Alexander Mashinsky, Shlomi Daniel Leon, and Hanoch 'Nuke' Goldstein at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
CFTC v. Celsius Network LLC et al: Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud’)
Complaint alleging fraud in U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Celsius Network LLC, a Delaware company based in New Jersey, and Alexander Mashinsky at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
William McGreevy et al v. Digital Currency Group Inc. et al: Amended Class Action Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud’)
Amended Complaint in William McGreevy, Ashwin Gowda, Translunar Crypto LP, Christopher Buttenham, and Remo Maria Morone v. Digital Currency Group Inc., Barry Silbert, Glenn Hutchins, Lawrence Lenihan, Michael Kraines, Mark Murphy, Soichiro 'Michael' Moro, Derar Islim, and Matthew Ballensweig at the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Regent Pacific Group Ltd.: ‘Share Reduction’ Petition
Petition in the matter of Regent Pacific Group Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.