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Bogdan Tecsor v. Steven Kowalski et al: Intervenor’s Complaint (‘Wrongful Bitcoin Injunction’)

October 17, 2024

Intervenor's Complaint alleging "wrongful" freezing of Bitcoin in a wallet at Kraken crypto exchange in Bogdan Tecsor, of Romania v. Steven Paul Kowalski, a citizen of Australia residing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Payward Inc., d.b.a. Kraken, at the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA.

Steven Kowalski v. Kraken: Dismissal Order (‘$80M+ Crypto Theft’)

August 8, 2024

Order dismissing complaint against the operators of a crypto exchange known as Kraken regarding the alleged theft of approximately 1,400 Bitcoin for lack of personal jurisdiction and failure to state a claim in Steven Paul Kowalski, a citizen of Australia residing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates v. Payward Inc. and Payward Ventures Inc., both of Delaware, USA, at the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

SEC v. Kraken: Complaint (‘Unregistered Crypto Exchange’)

November 20, 2023

Complaint alleging the defendants operated - in the form of a crypto platform - as a securities exchange, broker/dealer, and clearing agency without being registered in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Payward Inc. and Payward Ventures Inc., collectively doing business as Kraken, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Kraken v. AvaTrade Ltd.: Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award (‘Crypto Dispute’)

October 28, 2022

Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award of $355,552 in Payward Inc., d.b.a. Kraken, described as "one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges" v. AvaTrade Limited, described as "a multi-national brokerage firm" that is based in Ireland and "does business on six continents" and which claims on its website to be "regulated" in Australia, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cyprus, Ireland, Israel, Japan, South Africa, and United Arab Emirates, at the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco.

BSV Claims Ltd. v. Bittylicious Ltd. et al: Application (‘£9.9B Crypto Dispute’)

September 13, 2022

Notice of Application "for a collective proceedings order permitting it to act as the class representative bringing opt-out collective proceedings on behalf of UK based holders of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin Satoshi Vision against various cryptocurrency exchanges who it is contended colluded to de-list BSV in 2019" in BSV Claims Limited, of England v. Bittylicious Limited, of England; Payward Limited, of England; ShapeShift Global Limited, of England; Payward, Inc., d.b.a. Kraken, of California, USA; ShapeShift AG, a Swiss company based in Denver, USA, and Binance Europe Services Limited, of Malta, at the United Kingdom's Competition Appeal Tribunal.

Estonia seeks evidence from US crypto wallet firm for fraud investigation into bankrupt crowdfunder Envestio & ex-CEO Anton Kaletin

April 19, 2022

A court in Estonia is seeking evidence from a crypto wallet provider in the United States for a fraud investigation into bankrupt crowdfunding platform Envestio SI OÜ, which allegedly stole investors' funds before being declared bankrupt on June 3rd, 2020, and its former CEO, Anton Kaletin.

Envestio SI OÜ v. Payward Inc.: Judicial Assistance (Estonia)

April 15, 2022

Ex Parte application on behalf of the Harju County Court of Tallinn, Estonia to take discovery from Payward Inc., described as "a virtual currency wallet service provider", for use in bankruptcy proceedings against Envestio SI OÜ and involving suspected fraud, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Briton Jonathan Ellis sues Binance and other crypto firms

June 23, 2021

British national Jonathan Ellis has filed a complaint in England against cryptocurrency firms domiciled in the Cayman Islands, Estonia, Lithuania, Seychelles, Switzerland, and United Kingdom, including cryptocurrency exchange Binance.