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John Textor v. Iconic Sports Eagle Investment LLC et al: Complaint (‘Securities Fraud’)

July 4, 2025
Complaint "for securities fraud and fraudulent misrepresentation in connection with the purchase of a put option by Defendants from Plaintiff" in John Textor, described as the Chairman, CEO and majority shareholder of Eagle Football Holdings Limited, of England, "which owns interests in soccer clubs all over the world", including FC Florida, in the USA; Olympique Lyonnais, in France; Daring Brussels, in Belgium; Botafogo de Futbol e Regatas, in Brazil, and Crystal Palace FC, in England v. Iconic Sports Eagle Investment LLC, of the Cayman Islands; James G. Dinan, a.k.a. Jamie Dinan, described as Chairman and CEO of York Capital Management hedge fund and "part-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, an NBA basketball team", and Alexander Knaster, described as a resident of England and "the owner of Pamplona Capital Management, an investment firm", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

FTX Recovery Trust v. AZA Finance et al: Complaint (‘$50M Fraud’)

July 1, 2025
Complaint "for the turnover of over $50 million in estate assets" in FTX Recovery Trust v. NeWurth S.A., d.b.a. AZA Finance, of Luxembourg; B Transfer Services Limited, of England; BT Payment Services Nigeria Ltd., of Nigeria; Transferzero Money Transfer EP SA, of Spain; BT Payments Services Uganda Ltd., of Uganda; Elizabeth Rossiello, Adam Gouveia, Marleen Haye, Callum Dryden, Min-Si Wang, Charlene Chen, Linda Levinson, and Tomoyuki Nii at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Directors investigated after ‘millions stripped’ from Cayman’s JBAM Global Income Fund

June 26, 2025
An Australian real estate agent - Patrick Hunt - and a Ukraine national who "is no longer contactable" after allegedly being "conscripted to the Ukrainian army" - Oleksandr Levchenko - are being investigated by the liquidators of Cayman Islands mutual fund JBAM Global Income Fund, formerly known as RAUS Capital Fund Ltd., after millions of dollars allegedly disappeared in "suspicious" circumstances.

Iconik Capital KG et al v. John Doe: Complaint (‘$1.5M Identity Theft’)

June 24, 2025
Complaint against "an unknown individual or entity who fraudulently induced Iconik to transfer $1.5 million under false pretenses and opened an account at Citibank using stolen identity information belonging to Metrics" in Iconik Capital KG, of Germany, and Metrics Hongkong Pvt. Ltd., of Hong Kong v. John Doe, as Defendant, and Citibank N.A., as Nominal Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Roosevelt Road Re Ltd. et al v. William Schwitzer & Associates PC et al: Complaint (‘$10M Workers’ Comp. Insurance Fraud’)

June 16, 2025
Complaint alleging defendants "orchestrated a widespread fraud scheme to defraud Plaintiffs" in Roosevelt Road Re Ltd., of Bermuda, and Tradesman Program Managers LLC v. William Schwitzer & Associates, P.C., William Schwitzer, Giovanni Merlino, Andrew Merola, MD, Kolb Radiology, P.C., Thomas M. Kolb, MD, NYC Medical & Neurological Offices, P.C., Mehrdad Golzad, MD, Brooklyn Medical Practice, P.C., Sayeedus Salehin, M.D., Advanced Orthopedics and Joint Preservation, P.C., Stan Avshalumov, D.O., Community Medical Imaging of Brooklyn, P.C., Andrew J. McDonnell, M.D., Orthopaedics Spine & Sports Medicine, LLC, Vadim Lerman, D.O., Abhishek Kumar, M.D., Big Apple Pain Management, P.L.L.C., Richard Apple, M.D., North Shore Family Chiropractic, P.C., Todd Lawrence Lebson, D.C., Unicorn Acupuncture, P.C., Dekun Wang, L.Ac, BL Pain Management, P.L.L.C., Pain Physicians NY, P.L.L.C., LR Medical, P.L.L.C., Boleslav Kosharskyy, M.D., Demetrios Koutsospyrous, M.D., All County Foot and Ankle, L.L.P., Gianni Persich, M.D., Community Physical Therapy Rehab PT PC, Cross Bay Orthopedic Surgery, P.C., Peter Tomasello, Jr., DO, McCulloch Orthopedic Surgical Services, P.L.L.C., Kevin Wright, M.D., Katzman Orthopedics P.C., Barry Katzman, M.D., Alexandre B. De Moura, M.D., Alexandre B. De Moura, M.D., P.C., Interventional Pain Management & Rehab., P.C., Vadim Abramov, MD, Peter Kwan, M.D., P.C., and Peter C. Kwan, M.D. at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Cayman regulator closes down crypto payment processor and asset manager HAYVN

June 16, 2025
A few months after regulators in the United Arab Emirates closed down crypto payments and trading group HAYVN due to fraud, the Cayman Islands has followed suit, revoking the registrations of two of its companies, including mutual fund HAYVN Funds SPC, and two of its principals, Australian Christopher Flinos and South African Jonathan Wood.

CRC Liquid Strategies Fund LP v. Citigroup Inc. et al: Discovery Application (Mexico)

June 13, 2025
Application by CRC Liquid Strategies Fund LP to take discovery from Citigroup Inc., Santander US Capital Markets LLC, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for use in legal proceedings in Mexico "relating to a scheme orchestrated by Préstamos Felices en 15 Minutos, S.A. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R. and its affiliated entities and principals to defraud CRC-LSF and certain CRC-LSF affiliates, and other funds managed or sponsored by CRC, and wrongfully divert tens of millions of dollars for their own benefit and at the expense of CRC and other Préstamos Felices stakeholders", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Canadian lawyer Damian Lopez settles U.S. regulator’s securities fraud complaint for $323K

May 29, 2025
Toronto-based, Canadian securities lawyer Damian Lopez has agreed to pay $323,356 to settle a fraud complaint brought against him at federal court in California by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in which the regulator accused him of secretly compensating newsletter writers to promote two securities offerings. He settled the action "without admitting or denying the allegations".

SEC v. Damian Lopez: Consent Judgment (‘$323K Penalties’)

May 28, 2025
Consent Judgment imposing penalties totaling $323,356 "without admitting or denying the allegations" of securities fraud in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Sergio Damian Lopez at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

SEC v. Damian Lopez: Complaint (‘Securities Fraud’)

May 28, 2025
Complaint alleging "a scheme to conceal paid promotion of two securities offerings" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Sergio Damian Lopez, of Toronto, Canada, described as "a Canadian securities lawyer", at the U.S. District Court from the Central District of California.

Incline Global Enhanced Long Fund LP et al v. StoneCo Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘Securities Fraud’)

May 23, 2025
Complaint "to recover losses incurred as a result of material misstatements and omissions" in Incline Global Enhanced Long Fund LP, Incline Global Long Only QC Master LP, Incline Global Master LP, D1 Capital Partners Master LP, all of the Cayman Islands, and Incline Global Long/Short Equity UCITS Fund, of Ireland v. StoneCo Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, described as "a provider of financial technology solutions, primarily in Brazil"; Thiago dos Santos Piau, Lia Machado de Matos, Rafael Martins Pereira, Marcelo Bastianello Baldin, André Street de Aguiar, and Eduardo Cunha Monnerat Solon de Pontes at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

SEC v. Unicoin Inc. et al: Complaint (‘$100M+ Fraud’)

May 20, 2025
Complaint alleging "a massive securities offering fraud" totaling more than $100 million in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Unicoin Inc., Alexander Konanykhin, Maria Silvina Moschini, Alejandro Dominguez, and Richard Devlin at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Ana Li et al v. Citibank N.A. et al: Discovery Application (Argentina)

May 19, 2025
Application by Ana Valentina Li, Emilio Antonio Li, Carola Li, Chiu Siang Li, Kuei Sian Li and Fernando Boudourian, described as citizens of Argentina, to take discovery from Citibank N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank N.A. for use in "one criminal proceeding and three civil proceedings pending in Argentina" regarding an alleged "multi-million dollar financial and real estate fraud perpetrated by Domingo Nicolás Gabriel Di Tullio Honrado", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Genesis Global Capital LLC et al v. Digital Currency Group Inc. et al: Complaint (‘$1.2B Fraudulent & Preferential Transfers’)

May 19, 2025
Complaint "to avoid and recover “in kind” preferential and fraudulent transfers of cryptocurrency and U.S. Dollars now worth more than one billion dollars" in Genesis Global Capital LLC and Genesis Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., of Singapore v. Digital Currency Group Inc., Barry Silbert, DCG International Investments Ltd., of Bermuda; HQ Enhanced Yield Fund LP, formerly known as HQ Cash Management Fund LP; Grayscale Operating LLC, formerly known as Grayscale Investments LLC; Foundry Digital LLC, formerly known as Foundry LLC; Genesis Global Trading Inc., Luno Australia Pty Ltd., of Australia; Ducera LLC, Michael Kramer, Alan Silbert, and INX Limited, of Gibraltar, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Rambler Finance Company v. International Registries, Inc.: Discovery Application (Bulgaria & Marshall Islands)

May 16, 2025
Application by Rambler Finance Company, of the Marshall Islands, to take discovery from International Registries Inc., "as agent for The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands", for use in legal proceedings in Bulgaria and the Marshall Islands against Genko Anguelov Karabadjakov, Dimitar Dimitrov, and Argentina International S.A., filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Barclays Bank Plc et al v. CME Group Inc.: Discovery Application (England)

May 14, 2025
Application by Barclays Bank Plc, Bank of Scotland PLC, Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., Lloyds Banking Group Plc, Lloyds Bank Plc, NatWest Markets PLC, NatWest Group PLC, and UBS AG to take discovery from CME Group Inc. for use in legal proceedings in England brought "by the Federal Deposit of Insurance Corporation in its capacity as receiver for 19 closed banks" and involves allegations of LIBOR manipulation, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

José Torres Martinez v. Eyal Avramovich et al: Complaint (‘Ponzi Scheme’)

May 13, 2025
Complaint for damages of $17 million in José Manuel Torres Martinez, described as a citizen of Saint Kitts and Nevis v. Eyal Avramovich, described as a citizen of Saint Kitts and Nevis residing in Zyrardow, Poland; Mine Best Sp. z o.o., d.b.a. MineBest, of Poland; Data Center Tec Limited, of Nevis, and Hamilton Reserve Bank Ltd., of Nevis, at the High Court of Justice of St. Christopher and Nevis.

Bankrupt Brazilian firm Indeal seeks Chapter 15 recognition in U.S. amid criminal investigation into ‘$200M+ crypto investment fraud’

May 12, 2025
Amid a criminal investigation into its principals on suspicion of swindling tens of thousands of Brazilians out of more than $200 million in a crypto-based investment scam, the administrator of bankrupt Brazilian crypto firm Indeal Consultoria em Mercados Digitais Ltda. has applied for Chapter 15 recognition in the United States as he seeks to recover assets for creditors.

Indeal Consultoria em Mercados Digitais Ltda.: Redacted Chapter 15 Petition (Brazil)

May 9, 2025
Redacted Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Brazil by Laurence Bica Medeiros, as the Foreign Representative of Indeal Consultoria em Mercados Digitais Ltda., described as "offering returns of around 15% per month “through the administration and management of cryptocurrencies"”, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia.

Indeal Consultoria em Mercados Digitais Ltda.: Chapter 15 Petition (Brazil)

May 6, 2025
Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Brazil by Laurence Bica Medeiros, as the Foreign Representative of Indeal Consultoria em Mercados Digitais Ltda., which operates "in the field of purchase, sale and brokerage for acquisition of crypto financial assets", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia.

Patrick McKillen et al v. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa et al: Complaint (‘$20M Fraud by Qatari Royals’)

April 22, 2025
Complaint alleging "members of the Qatari royal family, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa and Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim, orchestrated, directed, and participated in a global scheme to defraud their former business partner, Patrick McKillen, and his company, HSMC" in Patrick McKillen and Hume Street Management Consultants Limited, both of Ireland v. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Hamad Bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber bin Mohammed bin Thani Al Thani, Sheikha Lulwah bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, all of Qatar; Michele Faissola, described as a citizen of Italy residing in England; Marc Socker, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in England; Dilmon LLC, of Qatar; Maybourne Hotels Limited, of England, and Beverly Hills Acquisition LLC, of Delaware, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

The Republic of Malawi v. Columbia Gem House, Inc.: Discovery Application (Malawi)

April 11, 2025
Application by The Republic of Malawi to take discovery from Columbia Gem House, Inc. for use in "a pending criminal investigation in Malawi" into Nyala Mines and others that "stems from a large-scale scheme to defraud Malawi out of billions of dollars in royalties and taxes relating to mining of rare rubies and sapphires", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

HASH Asset Management Ltd. v. DMA Labs Inc. et al: Complaint (‘$16.2M Crypto Yield-Earning Fraud’)

April 8, 2025
Complaint alleging "fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, conversion and other torts stemming from Defendants' fraudulent scheme that resulted in over $16.2 million in losses to the Plaintiff" in HASH Asset Management Ltd., of the Cayman Islands v. DMA Labs, Inc., ICHI Foundation, of the Cayman Islands; Nick Poore, Bryan Gross, Tyler Christian Pinter, and Julian Brand, a.k.a. Julian Finch-Brand, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Republic of Türkiye v. TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc. et al: Discovery Application (Türkiye)

April 2, 2025
Application by the Republic of Türkiye to take discovery from TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc., Charles Schwab Corporation, and Truist Bank "in aid of an ongoing criminal prosecution of Cevdet Turkyolu, Hasan Sayin, Ybrahym Sayin, Muhammet Erhan Koseoylu, and Ferhat Aktay for insider trading, as well as an investigation for potential money laundering", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.