Alpha Bank

Application by Hermitage Capital Management Limited to conduct discovery from Bank of America NA, Bank of China, Bank of New York Mellon, BNP Paribas USA, Citibank NA, Commerzbank AG, Credit Agricole CIB, Deutsche Bank Trust Co Americas, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Mashreqbank Psc., Standard Chartered Bank, UBS AG, and Wells Fargo Bank NA for use in criminal proceedings brought by Russia on December 11th, 2018 against Hermitage, its Founder & CEO, Bill Browder; Ivan Cherkasov, and others for alleged tax fraud, filing of a false bankruptcy, and embezzlement, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Fourth Application for Order to Issue Subpoenas by Otkritie International Investment Management Limited, Otkritie Securities Limited, and Otkritie Financial Corporation JSC to obtain discovery from the Bank of New York Mellon, Barclays Capital, Inc., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom - for a criminal investigation into alleged money laundering by Richard Sutton Housley, Michael George Voudouri, Nicos Savva, a.k.a. Nicolaos Savva; Chrystalla Voudouri, a.k.a. Chrystalla Savva; and Caroline Jane Laing.

Reports by a newspaper in The Bahamas that a Russian bank has been approved for a bank licence are inaccurate, said the governor of the Central Bank of the Bahamas, Julian Francis.The Punch newspaper had reported that the Alpha Bank had been given permission to set up in the Bahamas.But Francis said there had been no change in the Central Bank's position that Russian banks will not generally be allowed into the Bahamas because of difficulties in adequately regulating them.