Federal Reserve

Unopposed Motion to Amend Complaint in Response to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss in Custodia Bank Inc., described as a Wyoming-based bank "specializing in payment services and crypto-asset custody" v. Federal Reserve Board of Governors and Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City at the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming.

Complaint alleging an "unlawful delay in processing an application critical to Custodia’s business" in Custodia Bank Inc., a Wyoming-based Special Purpose Depository Institution that specializes in digital assets v. Federal Reserve Board of Governors and Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City at the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming.

Order granting a petition for Leave to Serve 'John Doe' Summonses as part of an IRS investigation into U.S. taxpayers who are suspected of tax evasion using the services of Panama Offshore Legal Services in USA v. Federal Express Corporation, a.k.a. FedEx Express; Fed Ex Ground Package System, Inc., a.k.a. FedEx Ground; DHL Express (USA), Inc., United Parcel Service, Inc., the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Citibank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and Bank of America, N.A. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Supplemental Memorandum of Law and Declaration in support of a petition for Leave to Serve 'John Doe' Summonses as part of an IRS investigation into U.S. taxpayers who are suspected of tax evasion using the services of Panama Offshore Legal Services in USA v. Federal Express Corporation, a.k.a. FedEx Express; Fed Ex Ground Package System, Inc., a.k.a. FedEx Ground; DHL Express (USA), Inc., United Parcel Service, Inc., the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Citibank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and Bank of America, N.A. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Ex Parte Petition for Leave to Serve 'John Doe' Summonses as part of an IRS investigation into U.S. taxpayers who are suspected of tax evasion using the services of Panama Offshore Legal Services, described as "a Panamanian law firm that has been providing offshore services since 2000", allegedly offering legal structures formed in several jurisdictions, including Belize, the British Virgin Islands, Delaware, Nevis, Nevada, Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Switzerland, in USA v. Federal Express Corporation, a.k.a. FedEx Express; Fed Ex Ground Package System, Inc., a.k.a. FedEx Ground; DHL Express (USA), Inc., United Parcel Service, Inc., the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Citibank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and Bank of America, N.A. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Mark McDonald and David Holukoff, as Joint Official Liquidators of REDS Caribbean Ltd., to take discovery from Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of Baroda, and The Federal Reserve Bank of New York regarding individuals and legal entities in the British Virgin Islands, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United Kingdom for use in legal proceedings in Trinidad and Tobago, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Ex Parte Application by Andrew Reginald Yeo and Gess Michael Rambaldi, as liquidators of Rennie Produce (Aust) Pty Ltd. (in Liquidation), to take discovery from UBS AG, Midland States Bank, Pershing LLC, and The Federal Reserve Bank of New York for use in a contemplated legal action in Australia against Paul Rennie, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Ex Parte Petition for Leave to Serve 'John Doe' Summonses on Federal Express Corporation, FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., DHL Express, United Parcel Service , Inc., Western Union Financial Services, Inc., the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Clearing House Payments Company LLC, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association regarding a tax investigation into clients of Sovereign Management & Legal, Ltd., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

In a bid to cut down on illegal activity, the US Federal Reserve has produced new guidelines designed to tighten up the practices of American banks who extend cheque-writing privileges to the customers of a foreign bank through ‘Payable Through Accounts'.The guidelines were published in September and form part of the latest edition of the Federal Reserve's ‘Bank Secrecy Act Manual'.