Bitfinex

A class action securities fraud complaint for damages that "likely surpasses $1.4 trillion" for creating "the largest bubble in human history" has been filed against cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and cryptocurrency Tether, with defendants from the BVI, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Panama, Switzerland, and the US.

Class Action Complaint alleging cryptocurrency-based fraud, market manipulation, and RICO in David Leibowitz, of West Palm Beach, Florida; Benjamin Leibowitz, of New York, NY; Jason Leibowitz, of New York, NY; Aaron Leibowitz, of Westchester, NY, and Pinchas Goldshtein, of Miami, Florida v. iFinex Inc., of the British Virgin Islands; BFXNA Inc., of the British Virgin Islands; BFXWW Inc., of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Holdings Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Operations Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Limited, of Hong Kong; Tether International Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; DigFinex Inc., of the British Virgin Islands; Philip G. Potter, a resident of New York; Giancarlo Devasini, a citizen of Italy; Ludovicus Jan van der Velde, a citizen of the Netherlands; Reginald Fowler, a citizen of the United States; Crypto Capital Corp., of Panama, and Global Trade Solutions AG, of Switzerland, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Public Warning by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority regarding Spiral Global Trade Solutions AG, a cryptocurrency firm whose directors, according to corporate filings in Switzerland, have included Reginald Fowler, a citizen of the United States, and Frank Jörg Hakenjos, of Switzerland, and which is suspected of involvement in the alleged disappearance of $850 million from Bitfinex, a cryptocurrency exchange that is owned by British Virgin Islands-domiciled, Hong Kong-based iFinex Inc.

Cryptocurrency firm Global Trade Solutions AG, which appears to be caught up in the suspected theft of $850 million from BVI-owned crypto exchange Bitfinex, has been placed under regulatory supervision in Switzerland.

Ex Parte Application for Relief pursuant to General Business Law in New York Attorney General v. iFinex Inc., BFXNA Inc., BFXWW Inc., and Tether Holdings Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Operations Limited, Tether Limited, and Tether International Limited, all of Hong Kong, regarding a criminal investigation into Bitfinex and Tether, filed at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Claim Form in Rodrigo Marques dos Santos, of Brazil v. BFXWW Inc. and IFINEX Inc. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Complaint alleging intentional interference with contractual relations in iFinex Inc., British Virgin Islands-domiciled, Taiwan-based operator of the Bitfinex cryptocurrency platform; BFXNA Inc., of the BVI; BFXWW Inc., of the BVI, and Tether Limited, domiciled in Hong Kong, based in Taiwan v. Wells Fargo & Company and Wells Fargo Bank NA at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order in iFinex Inc., BFXNA Inc., BFXWW Inc., and Tether Limited v. Wells Fargo & Company and Wells Fargo Bank NA at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.