July 10, 2020 - British nationals Benjamin Alderson and Bradley Hamilton have agreed to pay penalties totaling $750,000 to settle a fraud complaint by the SEC regarding their employment with investment firm deVere USA.
July 09, 2020 - Administrative Order imposing an industry ban on Benjamin Alderson, a resident of the United Kingdom and a former CEO of deVere USA Inc., before the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
July 09, 2020 - Chapter 11 Petition by Multiplus Corredora de Seguros Ltda., of São Paulo, Brazil, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
July 09, 2020 - Chapter 11 Petition by TAM SA, TAM Linhas Aereas SA, Multiplus Corredora de Seguros Ltda., Prismah Fidelidade Ltda., Fidelidade Viagens e Turismo SA, TP Franchising Ltda., Aerolinhas Brasileiras SA, and Holdco I SA at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
July 08, 2020 - Final Judgment regarding an allegation that the defendant "defrauded hundreds of clients and prospective clients resident in the United States by misleading them about the benefits of irreversibly transferring their United Kingdom pensions to an offshore pension plan while concealing serious conflicts of interest" in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Benjamin Alderson, a citizen of the United Kingdom and a former employee of deVere USA, Inc., at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
July 08, 2020 - Final Judgment regarding an allegation that he "defrauded hundreds of clients and prospective clients resident in the United States by misleading them about the benefits of irreversibly transferring their United Kingdom pensions to an offshore pension plan while concealing serious conflicts of interest" in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Bradley Hamilton, a citizen of the United Kingdom and a former employee of deVere USA, Inc., at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
July 08, 2020 - Chapter 15 Petition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Claudio Filippone, of PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., as the Foreign Representative of DAVIDsTEA (USA) Inc. and DAVIDsTEA Inc., described as "a branded retailer of specialty tea", at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
July 08, 2020 - Approved Judgment regarding "a claim for the correction of the record and other remedies" under the Data Protection Act 1998 "in relation to one component of the so-called 'Steele Dossier'" in Petr Aven, Mikhail Fridman, and German Khan, described as "three businessmen of Russian or Ukrainian origin" who are "among the ultimate beneficial owners of the Alfa Group Consortium" v. Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd. at the High Court of Justice, in England.
July 07, 2020 - Application by John David Price, a resident of Nova Scotia, Canada, to take discovery from Dropbox Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Canada, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
July 07, 2020 - Complaint alleging whistleblower retaliation, defamation, and wrongful termination regarding "a serious concern of financial fraud, investor fraud, deceptive accounting practices and tax evasion by Ignite", which "is in the business of selling cannabidiol, cannabis, and beverage products", in Curtis Heffernan v. Ignite International Ltd., of Wyoming; Ignite International Brands Ltd., of Canada, and Dan Bilzerian at the Superior Court for the State of California, County of Los Angeles.
