Union Bancaire Privée

Amended Complaint to collect penalties totaling $590,000 from the Estate of Narinder Singh, who "willfully failed to disclose" five accounts at at Union Bancaire Privée in Switzerland and one at Barclays Bank PLC in the United Kingdom whose "highest aggregate balance" in 2011 was "more than $7.2 million" in USA v. Nancy Metzler and Shalu Arjomand, each in their capacity as Executor for the Estate of Narinder Singh, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Nebahat Evyap İşbilen, described as a 76-year-old "Turkish national resident in the United Kingdom", to take discovery from Standard Chartered Bank, Citigroup Inc. d.b.a. Citibank; Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A., Goldman Sachs and Co., Bank of America N.A., Deutsche Bank A.G., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, HSBC Bank, Société Générale, and M&T Bank Corporation for use in legal proceedings in England against entities in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, England, Jersey, in the Channel Islands, and United Arab Emirates regarding "a multinational fraud committed against her by Mr. Selman Turk", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging money laundering involving, inter alia, Petróleos de Venezuela SA, a.k.a. PDVSA; Citgo Petroleum Corporation, and bank accounts in Panama and Switzerland in USA v. Jose Luis de Jongh Atencio, described as a citizen of Venezuela and the United States, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Addendum to Non-Prosecution Agreement under the U. S. Department of Justice's 'Swiss Bank Program' in USA v. Union Bancaire Privée.

News Release by the U. S. Department of Justice announcing an "Addendum to Swiss Bank Program Category 2 Non-Prosecution Agreement with Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA".

Complaint in Alceu Antimo Vezozzo Filho, Alceu Antimo Vezozzo, Market Street Corp., Townhouse Ventures Corp., and Grand Bay Assets Inc. v. Raquel Moura Borges, Rita de Cassia Ramoni Tanajura Leao, Global Access Investment Advisor, LLC, Global Access Investment Advisor Brasil S/S Limitada, and Global Access Partners Investimentos Limitada at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Amended Complaint in SPV OSUS Ltd. v. HSBC Holdings Plc, HSBC Bank Plc, HSBC Bank USA, NA, HSBC Securities Services (Bermuda) Limited, HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Bermuda) Limited, HSBC Bank Bermuda Limited, HSBC Securities Services (Luxembourg) SA, HSBC Bank (Cayman) Limited, HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) SA, HSBC Private Ban (Suisse) SA, HSBC Fund Services (Luxembourg) SA, Sonja Kohn, Mario Benbassat, Alberto Benbassat, Stephane Benbassat, 20:20 Medici AG, UniCredit Bank Austria AG, BA Worldwide Fund Management Ltd., UniCredit SpA, Herald Asset Management Limited, Eurovaleur, Inc., Pioneer Alternative Investment Management Limited, Alpha Prime Asset Management Ltd., Regulus Asset Management Limited, Carruba Asset Management Limited, Tereo Trust Company Limited, Genevalor Benbassat et Cie, Hermes Asset Management Limited, Thema Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd., Thema Asset Management Limited, Equus Asset Management Limited, Equus Asset Management Partners, LP, Aurelia Fund Management Limited, Inter Asset Management Inc., T&M Trusteeship & Management Services SA, GTM Management Services Corp. NV, Aurelia Asset Management Partners, Cape Investment Advisors Limited, Erwin Kohn, and HSBC USA Inc. at The Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Non-Prosecution Agreement under the U. S. Department of Justice's 'Swiss Bank Program' in USA v. Union Bancaire Privée.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. assets in the names of Mohammed Sani Abacha, Doraville Properties Corporation, Rayville International, S.A., Standard Alliance Financial Services Limited, Mecosta Securities, Inc., Ridley Group Limited, The Ridley Trust, Blue Holding (1) Pte. Ltd., and Blue Holding (2) Pte. Ltd. at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Superseding Indictment filed by the USA against Robert Allen Stanford at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Complaint filed by Global Access Investment Advisor LLC and Global Access Consultoria Financeira Ltda against Oscar Lopes, Pali Capital Inc. and BANIF Banco Internacional Do Funchal (Cayman) Ltd. at New York State Supreme Court.

The global financial crisis has caused a slowdown in new registrations and an increase in terminations in the world's leading domicile for hedge funds - the Cayman Islands - and the Bernard Madoff scandal may make matters worse. However, the

Prosecutors in Canada say are likely to proceed with kidnapping charges against three men, including a Bahamas resident, despite the suicide of the person they allegedly kidnapped.Geoffrey Hamilton Warne, 41, who has been implicated in an offshore investment fraud, died