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Adin Gess et al v. Binance et al: Complaint (‘Material Support for Hamas Attacks on Israel’)

February 26, 2024

Complaint in Adin Gess, Noach Newman, Maya Parizer, Natalie Sanandaji, Yoni Diller, Hagar Almog, Lishay Lavi, David Bromberg, and Ariel Ein-Gal v. BAM Trading Services Inc., d.b.a. Binance.us; Binance Holdings Ltd., d.b.a. Binance, and Changpeng Zhao at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Nir Lahav v. Binance Holdings Ltd. et al: Class Action Complaint (‘Unfair Competition That Damaged Crypto Competitor FTX’)

October 2, 2023

Class Action Complaint "against Defendants for injury under unfair competition and violations of Security Exchange Commission laws for attempts to monopolize the cryptocurrency platform market by hurting the competitor trading platforms operated by the FTX Entities" in Nir Lahav v. Binance Holdings Limited, described as a Cayman Islands crypto firm based in China; BAM Trading Services Inc., BAM Management US Holdings Inc., and Changpeng Zhao at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Kirill Medvedev v. Binance Holdings Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘Crypto Account Freeze’)

September 22, 2023

Complaint alleging conversion and unjust enrichment regarding the freezing of an account due to a criminal investigation in Spain concerning "a failed Initial Coin Offering launched by Nimbus Platform" in Kirill Medvedev, of Miami, Florida, USA v. Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands, and BAM Trading Services Inc., described as a Delaware company based in Miami, Florida, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Michael Sizemore et al v. Changpeng Zhao et al: First Amended Class Action Complaint (‘$1B Crypto Fraud’)

June 27, 2023

First Amended Class Action Complaint in Michael Sizemore v. Changpeng Zhao, Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; BAM Trading Services Inc., of Delaware, USA; BAM Management US Holdings Inc., of Delaware, USA; Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, of Ireland; Binance (Services) Holdings Limited, of Ireland; Paxos Trust Company LLC, of New York, USA; Jimmy Butler, described as "a star basketball player for the Miami Heat", and Ben Armstrong, described as "a YouTuber with more than 1.5 million subscribers to his YouTube page", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

SEC v. Binance Holdings Ltd. et al: TRO Motion (‘Crypto Fraud’)

June 6, 2023

SEC's Emergency Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Binance Holdings Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; BAM Trading Services Inc., of Delaware; BAM Management US Holdings Inc., of Delaware, and Changpeng Zhao, described in the complaint as a citizen of Canada residing in Singapore, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Michael Osterer v. Binance et al: Class Action Complaint (‘Crypto Conversion’)

June 5, 2023

Class Action Complaint in Michael Osterer in BAM Trading Services Inc., d.b.a. Binance.US, of Delaware, and Binance Holdings Ltd., d.b.a. Binance, of the Cayman Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

SEC v. Binance Holdings Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud’)

June 5, 2023

Complaint alleging "Defendants' blatant disregard of the federal securities laws and the investor and market protections these laws provide" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Binance Holdings Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; BAM Trading Services Inc., of Delaware; BAM Management US Holdings Inc., of Delaware, and Changpeng Zhao, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Singapore, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Michael Sizemore et al v. Changpeng Zhao et al: Class Action Complaint (‘$1B Crypto Fraud’)

March 31, 2023

Class Action Complaint in Michael Sizemore, Mikey Vongdara, and Rudy Vazquez v. Changpeng Zhao, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Dubai, UAE; Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, of Ireland; Binance (Services) Holdings Limited, of Ireland; BAM Trading Services Inc., of Delaware; Jimmy Butler, a professional basketball player; Graham Stephan, described as "a YouTube star with over 4.1 million subscribers to his YouTube pages", and Ben Armstrong, described as "a YouTuber with more than 1.5 million subscribers to his YouTube page", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

CFTC v. Changpeng Zhao et al: Complaint

March 27, 2023

Complaint regarding "the world’s largest centralized digital asset exchange" in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Changpeng Zhao, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Dubai; Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, of Ireland; Binance (Services) Holdings Limited, of Ireland, and Samuel Lim, described as a resident of Singapore, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Jeffrey Lockhart v. Binance et al: Class Action Complaint (‘Terra Crypto’)

June 13, 2022

Class Action Complaint alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act regarding the cryptocurrency "stablecoin" known as Terra in Jeffrey Lockhart v. BAM Trading Services Inc., of Delaware, d.b.a. Binance US, described as "a crypto-asset exchange that operates a platform on which customers discover, research, buy, and sell digital assets", and Brian Schroder at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Ryan Cox v. Binance et al: Class Action Complaint

September 13, 2021

Class Action Complaint in Ryan Cox v. CoinMarketCap OpCo LLC, described as Delaware company that operates "a coin ranking site"; Binance Capital Management Co. Ltd., d.b.a. Binance and Binance.com, described as the operator of "a cryptocurrency exchange"; BAM Trading Services Inc., d.b.a. Binance.us; Changpeng Zhao, apparently a citizen of Canada and China; Catherine Coley, Yi He, and Ted Lin at the U. S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Zaif Inc. v. Binance Holdings Ltd. et al: Complaint

January 19, 2021

Complaint alleging "the laundering of stolen cryptocurrency" in Zaif Inc., described as "a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange" v. Binance Holdings Ltd., a Cayman Islands company described as "a 'go-to' location for cybercriminals to convert purloined cryptocurrency to other cryptocurrency or cash", and BAM Trading Services Inc. at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Francisco.

Fisco Cryptocurrency Exchange Inc. v. Binance Holdings Ltd.: Complaint

September 14, 2020

Complaint alleging "the laundering of stolen cryptocurrency" in Fisco Cryptocurrency Exchange Inc., described as "a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange" v. Binance Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands cryptocurrency exchange described as "a 'go-to' location for cybercriminals to convert purloined cryptocurrency to other cryptocurrency or cash", at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.