Damian Williams

USA's Sentencing Submission in USA v. Joseph Lewis, a.k.a. Joe Lewis, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Bahamas, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

USA's Sentencing Memorandum in USA v. Samuel Bankman-Fried at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging "a global, long-running scheme by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to fund the Government of Iran and the IRGC through black-market sales of Iranian crude oil and other petroleum products produced by the National Iranian Oil Company" whose buyers "include entities in the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation, and the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria" in USA v. Behnam Shahriyari, Morteza Rostam Ghasemi, Mohammadreza Aliakbari, Mohammad Sadegh Karimian, Sitki Ayan, Nahaddin Ayan, and Kasim Oztas at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Transcript of a Guilty Plea Hearing in USA v. Joseph Lewis, a.k.a. Joe Lewis, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Bahamas, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Superseding Information alleging "the defendant, and other corporate entities under the direction and control of Joseph Lewis, a billionaire businessman and investor, engaged in a scheme to defraud Mirati Therapeutics, the investing public, and the Securities and Exchange Commission by amassing beneficial ownership of more than twenty percent of Mirati Therapeutics' stock in contravention of agreements with the company, by hiding Lewis's undisclosed ownership of Mirati Therapeutics shares through shell corporations in the names of nominees, and by deliberately omitting those entities from SEC filings and falsely reporting Lewis's share ownership of Mirati Therapeutics" in USA v. Broad Bay Ltd., of the Bahamas, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Second Superseding Indictment in USA v. Ho Wan Kwok, described as "an exiled Chinese businessman who fled to the United States in or about 2015 and purchased a penthouse apartment at a New York City hotel for approximately $67.5 million"; Kin Ming Je, described as "a dual citizen of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom who principally resided in the United Kingdom", and Yanping Wang, described as "a citizen of China who principally resided in New York, New York", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Superseding Indictment alleging corruption by a U.S. Senator and his wife "to benefit the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Qatar" in USA v. Robert Menendez, described as "the senior U.S. Senator from the State of New Jersey"; Nadine Menendez, a.k.a. Nadine Arslanian; Wael Hana, a.k.a. Will Hana; Jose Uribe, and Fred Daibes at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Superseding Information alleging "a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $9 million worth of cryptocurrency from a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange" in USA v. Shakeeb Ahmed, described as "a United States citizen who was residing in Manhattan, New York", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Information alleging conspiracy to defraud the United States in USA v. Banque Pictet & Cie S.A., described as "a privately held Swiss financial institution, headquartered in Geneva", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging the defendant "orchestrated a scheme to enrich himself by falsely representing that Nigerian companies he founded, Tingo Mobile and Tingo Foods, were operational, profitable businesses generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue" in USA v. Odogwu Banye Mmobuosi, a.k.a. Dozy Mmobuosi, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Superseding Indictment alleging the defendants "participated in a scheme with others to steal millions of dollars from financial institutions by causing transfers of funds between accounts they controlled, then falsely and fraudulently reporting that the transfers were unauthorized, which induced the financial institutions to credit them the amount of the transfers" in USA v. Zhong Shi Gao, Naifeng Xu, and Fei Jiang at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding "a 348-foot luxury superyacht - the M/Y Amadea - that is beneficially owned by Suleiman Kerimov, a Russian national" in USA v. The M/Y Amadea at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging the defendants laundered "at least over $1 billion in criminal proceeds through the Tornado Cash service" in USA v. Roman Storm, a citizen of the USA, and Roman Semenov, a citizen of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Sixth Superseding Indictment alleging fraud and money laundering in USA v. Samuel Bankman-Fried at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Arraignment and Appearance Bond in USA v. Joseph Lewis, a.k.a. Joe Lewis, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Bahamas, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Superseding Indictment alleging “multiple schemes to violate the securities laws through insider trading and submitting false and misleading filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission” in USA v. Joseph Lewis, a.k.a. Joe Lewis, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Bahamas; Patrick O'Connor, and Bryan Waugh, a.k.a. Marty Waugh, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging "multiple schemes to violate the securities laws through insider trading and submitting false and misleading filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission" in USA v. Joseph Lewis, a.k.a. Joe Lewis, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Bahamas, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging fraud involving crypto group Celsius Network in USA v. Alexander Mashinsky and Roni Cohen-Pavon at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging the defendant "orchestrated and executed a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $9 million worth of cryptocurrency from a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange" in USA v. Shakeeb Ahmed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging the defendants "made more than $22 million dollars in illegal profits by trading in securities of a special purpose acquisition corporation named Digital World Acquisition Corporation based on insider information that the SPAC was going to take public a media company owned by former U.S. President Donald J. Trump" in USA v. Michael Shvartsman, Gerald Shvartsman, and Bruce Garelick at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding assets allegedly traceable to smuggling, fraud, and money laundering involving Douglas Latchford, a.k.a. Pakpong Kriangsak, who "Until his death in 2020, ... was based primarily in Thailand and the United Kingdom" in USA v. $12M in Rathbones Investment Management Portfolio Accounts in Jersey, in the Channel Islands, and 7th Century Bronze Statue Depicting the Four-Armed Goddess Durga at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging "a scheme to defraud by submitting false and fraudulent statements and representations about TAPD, Inc., d/b/a Frank and its user data, among other things, to potential acquiring companies, including to J.P. Morgan Chase" in USA v. Charlie Javice at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging the defendant "failed to disclose her foreign financial accounts to U.S. authorities" in "six foreign financial accounts in China" in USA v. Heidi Hong Pao at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

USA's Sentencing Submission regarding a scheme to bribe government officials in the Marshall Islands to pass business legislation in USA v. Cary Yan, a citizen of the Marshall Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. Nine items concerning "a collection of documentary materials that focus on Russia and the Soviet Union, primarily with respect to the 1917 Russian Revolution and World War II" that were allegedly stolen from a university in New York and put up for auction in France, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

First Superseding Indictment in USA v. Ho Wan Kwok, described as "an exiled Chinese businessman who fled to the United States"; Kin Ming Je, described as "a dual citizen of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom who principally resided in the United Kingdom", and Yanping Wang at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Fifth Superseding Indictment alleging fraud, money laundering, operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, making unlawful political contributions, and bribery of "one or more Chinese government officials in order to regain access to Alameda trading accounts that had been frozen by Chinese law enforcement authorities" in USA v. Sam Bankman-Fried at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging crypto fraud involving Singapore-based Terraform Labs in USA v. Do Hyeong Kwon, a citizen of South Korea, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment for securities fraud and money laundering with "hundreds of millions of dollars of the fraudulent scheme's proceeds" going into "bank accounts in the United States, Bahamas, and United Arab Emirates, among other places" in USA v. Ho Wan Kwok, a.k.a. Miles Guo, Miles Kwok, Guo Wengui, Brother Seven, and The Principal, described as "an exiled Chinese businessman who fled to the United States", and Kin Ming Je, a.k.a. William Je, described as "a dual citizen of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom who principally resided in the United Kingdom", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Superseding Information alleging fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to make unlawful political contributions involving FTX crypto group in USA v. Nishad Singh at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Superseding Indictment alleging the defendant "stole FTX customer deposits, and used billions of dollars in stolen funds for a variety of purposes, including, among other things, to support the operations and investments of FTX and Alameda; to fund speculative venture investments; to make charitable contributions; to enrich himself; and to try to purchase influence over cryptocurrency regulation in Washington, D.C. by steering tens of millions of dollars of illegal campaign contributions to both Democrats and Republicans" in USA v. Sam Bankman-Fried at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging "a scheme to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act" involving "shell companies" in the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, and Panama in USA v. Vladimir Voronchenko, described as a citizen of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging the defendants "violated sanctions imposed by t he United States on Oleg Deripaska , a Russian oligarch" in USA v. Charles McGonigal and Sergey Shestakov at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging "a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $110 million worth of cryptocurrency from a cryptocurrency exchange called Mango Markets and its investors" in USA v. Avraham Eisenberg at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Superseding Indictment alleging fraud and money laundering regarding "a purported cryptocurrency mining and trading company that promised to earn its victim-investors profits in exchange for their purchase of cryptocurrency-related investment products" in USA v. Francisley da Silva, a citizen of Brazil; Juan Tacuri, Antonia Perez Hernandez, and Ramon Perez at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Consent Judgment in USA v. Cooper Morgenthau at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Information alleging fraud in USA v. Cooper Morgenthau at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Transcript of Guilty Plea Hearing in USA v. Gary Wang at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Transcript of Guilty Plea Hearing in USA v. Caroline Ellison at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Superseding Information alleging fraud regarding the FTX crypto group in USA v. Zixiao 'Gary' Wang at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Superseding Information alleging fraud and money laundering regarding the FTX crypto group in USA v. Caroline Ellison at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Consent to Judgment of $2 billion in USA v. Danske Bank A/S at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Information alleging conspiracy to commit bank fraud involving Danske Bank's branch in Estonia in USA v. Danske Bank A/S, described as "the largest bank in Denmark", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging fraud and money laundering involving "a purported cryptocurrency mining and trading company that promised to earn its victim-investors profits in exchange for their purchase of cryptocurrency-related investment products", in USA v. Francisley da Silva, a citizen of Brazil; Juan Tacuri, and Antonia Perez Hernandez at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. $5.3 million on deposit at Sunflower Bank NA in an "OFAC Blocked Account" belonging to Konstantin Malofeyev, described as a citizen of Russia who was criminally indicted at federal court in New York in April 2022 for alleged violation of the "Ukraine-Related Sanctions Regulations", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judgment for $42.7 million and Forfeiture Order in USA v. James Zhong at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Information alleging "a scheme and artifice to defraud the Silk Road dark- web internet marketplace of money and property" in USA v. James Zhong at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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.

Criminal Indictment accusing the defendant of "designing and implementing a fraudulent tax evasion scheme ... to conceal millions of dollars of worldwide income earned by certain high net worth clients", including two "internationally renowned" electronic dance music disc jockeys and "certain fashion industry clients", in USA v. Frank Butselaar, described as a citizen of the Netherlands who "referred to himself as a 'tax lawyer'" even though "he was not an attorney in any jurisdiction", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging Ukraine-Russia sanctions violations in USA v. Konstantin Malofeyev, a citizen of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.