Fraud

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of "an investment fraud scam, commonly referred to as 'pig butchering', perpetrated on victims throughout the United States" that were seized from an account at Binance in the name of Wanpadet Sae-Heng, of Thailand, in USA v. 97.33604121 Bitcoin, 2,560,435.71078314 Dogecoin, 884.33368015 Ethereum, 85,843.844344 Cardano, and 884.13243271 EthereumPoW at the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho.

Forfeiture Complaint seized from an account at Binance in the name of Hasibul Hasan "during an investigation into a transnational criminal organization running an exploitation of elderly and social engineering scam" in USA v. 36,924.569515 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud involving a crypto trading platform known as XTRA that were seized from an account at Binance in USA v. Approximately 110607.71 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of alleged "pig butchering" fraud in USA v. 212883.834297 Tether seized from an account at Binance in the name of Liang Jiner at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Class Action Complaint in Paul Glantz v. James River Group Holdings Ltd.,described as "an exempted holding company registered in Bermuda, organized for the purpose of acquiring and managing insurance and reinsurance entities"; Frank N. D'Orazio, and Sarah C. Doran at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Liquidation Petition regarding an alleged debt of $4 million and allegations of "suspicious or fraudulent activities" in Ayers Alliance Financial Group Limited, of Cyprus v. City Credit Asset Management Co. Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint to recover "preferential transfers" in FTX Trading Ltd., of Antigua and Barbuda; West Realm Shires Services Inc., of Delaware, and Alameda Research Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands v. Mirana Corp., of the Seychelles; Bybit Fintech Ltd., of the Seychelles; Time Research Ltd., of the Seychelles; Sin Wei 'Sean' Tan, of Singapore; Wei Lin 'Germaine' Tan, of Singapore; Weizheng Ye, of Singapore, and Nashon Loo Shun Liang, of Singapore, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by Adele Zarzur to take discovery from Bank of America N/A, Banco do Brasil Americas, Banco do Brasil S.A., Banco do Brasil Securities LLC, Safra National Bank, Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo Bank N/A, JP Morgan Private Bank, UBS Financial Services Inc., and American Express Bank International for use in legal proceedings in Brazil regarding allegations that the "administrators of her father’s estate, including the WZ Group, have concealed and siphoned over $40 million worth of assets out of the estate", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Amended Class Action Complaint in the City of Omaha Police and Firefighters Retirement System v. Cognyte Software Ltd., described as "an Israel-based security analytics software company"; Elad Sharon, and David Abadi at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by CI Investments Inc., acting in its capacity as manager and trustee for and on behalf of First Asset Morningstar International Value Index ETF, of Canada; Lighthouse Investment Partners LLC, of the USA; The Church of England Pensions Board, as Trustee of The Church Administrators Pension Fund, of England; and Stichting Bedrijfstakpensioenfonds voor de Media PNO, of the Netherlands, to take discovery from Deutsche Bank AG and Deutsche Bank Trust Company of the Americas "for use in litigation against Danske Bank A/S in Copenhagen City Court and the Eastern High Court in Denmark" that are "based on a series of money laundering activities over a nine-year period from 2007 through 2015 by Danske’s Estonian branch", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Amended Complaint “to recover significant investment losses suffered as a result of securities fraud perpetrated by Defendants” in Orbis Global Equity LE Fund, of Australia; Orbis Global Equity Fund, of Australia; Orbis Global Balanced Fund, of Australia; Orbis SICAV, of Luxembourg; Orbis Institutional Funds Limited, of Bermuda; Orbis Global Equity Fund Limited, of Bermuda; Orbis Institutional Global Equity LP, of Delaware, and Orbis OEIC, of England and Wales v. Vale SA, described as “an international mining company based in Brazil”; Murilo Ferreira, Fabio Schvartsman, Luciano Siani Pires, Gerd Peter Poppinga, and Luiz Eduardo Froes do Amaral Osorio at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from JPMorgan Chase Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Cyprus - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subjects for fraud and false pretenses".

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of alleged fraud and money laundering in crypto accounts associated with Vishal Gautam and 'Sachin', described as citizens of India, in USA v. 18,469.307445 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from BMO Bank, N.A. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Spain - for a criminal investigation into "unknown suspects, for swindling".

Amended Complaint alleging fraud involving a non-fungible token project known as "the CryptoTrump Club" in Olympic Industries LLC and Olympic Media LLC v. John Mancini and Dan Folger at the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Application by Ernesto Andrade Group to take discovery from Citibank, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, Société Générale, New York Branch; HSBC Bank USA, N.A., BNP Paribas USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Bank of America, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and The Clearing House Payments Company, LLC for use in legal proceedings in Brazil to recover $7,680,184 from Nelson Nogueira Pinheiro that he allegedly "embezzled ... in his role as the former manager of FPB Bank", which is based in Panama, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging conspiracy to defraud the USA, conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act, fraud, money laundering, and smuggling in USA v. Nikolay Goltsev, Salimdzhon Nasriddinov, Kristina Puzyreva, Vladimir Bochkarev, Pavel Chernikov, Yekaterina Vetoshkina, and Oleg Zenchenko, all citizens of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern 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.

Criminal Information alleging conspiracy "to defraud dozens of investors who had invested approximately $360 million in investment funds managed by Prophecy Asset Management LP" involving entities in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, and Delaware in USA v. John Hughes at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Complaint alleging "a multi-year investment adviser fraud orchestrated by Hughes, Individual 1, Prophecy Asset Management LP, and Individual 2" involving entities in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, and Delaware in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. John Hughes at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud regarding alleged statements about the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein, described as "an American financier and a sex offender", and James 'Jes' Staley, described as Barclays Plc's "Group Chief Executive from December 1, 2015 to October 31, 2021", in Stephen Merritt v. Barclays Bank Plc, of England; James E. Staley, a.k.a. Jes Staley; Tushar Morzaria, C.S. Venkatakrishnan, and Anna Cross at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint "seeking a declaration confirming that Ader has been removed as Managing Member of the Company and that he no longer has authority to act on behalf of the Company and to clear the path for Rimu to name a new Manager" in Rimu Capital Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands v. Jason Ader, as Defendant, and 26 Capital Holdings LLC, of Delaware, as Nominal Defendant, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of "a variety of fraud schemes to convince an unsuspecting victim to send co-conspirators money", one of which "involves “pig butchering,” where online co-conspirators utilize social media platforms and dating websites in search of fraud victims" in USA v. 86,766 USDT "seized from OKX account UUID ending 5504 and ID Number ‘097799 with affiliated deposit address ending 94d8" at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

Complaint alleging the defendants "perpetrated a massive fraudulent scheme that generated millions through the unregistered offer and sale of a crypto asset security called the SafeMoon Token" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. SafeMoon LLC, SafeMoon US LLC, Kyle Nagy, Braden John Karony, and Thomas Glenn Smith at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging fraud and money laundering involving crypto known as SafeMoon in USA v. Braden John Karony, Kyle Nagy, and Thomas Smith at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Complaint charging the defendants with what the U.S. Department of Justice described as "conspiracy and other charges related to a global procurement scheme on behalf of sanctioned Russian entities, including companies affiliated with the Russian military" in USA v. Nikolay Goltsev, described as "a dual Russian and Canadian national who resides in Canada"; Salimdzhon Nasriddinov, described as "dual national of Russia and Tajikistan who resides in Brooklyn, New York", and Kristina Puzyreva, described as "a dual Russian and Canadian national who resides in Canada", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint in Rock Villanueva v. GigaCloud Technology Inc., described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, Hong Kong-based operator of "an end-to-end ecommerce platform for global trade services of heavy and large products, primarily furniture"; Larry Lei Wu, Kwok Hei David Lau, Xin Wan, Frank Lin, Xing Huang, and Aegis Capital Corp. at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint alleging "a criminal scheme to defraud Plaintiffs through an advanced payment scheme" in Lucky Lake Farm & Water Limited Partnership, of Saskatchewan, Canada, and Swift River Farms Ltd., of Alberta, Canada v. Gordon Clark, Rodney Koch, a.k.a. Gordon Clark; Cindy Lou Ellen Koch, Krystal Lee Clark, Michael Rose, Michael Rose & Associates, Strategic Consulting Inc., of Nova Scotia, Canada; Jeff Houghton, TW International Investments Ltd., of the Bahamas; TW Advisors Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; TW Funds Inc., of the British Virgin Islands; Does I-XX, and Roe Corporations I-X.

Forfeiture Application regarding the proceeds of alleged fraud and money laundering in a crypto account at Binance, of the Cayman Islands, associated with Prateek Bhatt, of India, in USA v. 11,493.5516 USDT at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.

Criminal Indictment alleging the defendants "provided money laundering services for fraudulent call centers in India" in USA v. Girish Sharma and Saiyed Nuruddin at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Application by ArcelorMittal Holdings AG to take discovery from Reibus International Inc., Reibus Logistics LLC, and Reibus Financial LLC for use in legal proceedings in England and Singapore "to enforce an arbitral award in ArcelorMittal’s favor in the amount of €140 million, plus interest" against Liberty Steel East Europe Limited and Liberty House Group Pte Limited, which are "part of the GFG Alliance, an opaque, complicated, and ever-shifting web of companies that moves assets in and out of Alliance companies as and when it suits Mr. Sanjeev Gupta, who appears to sit at the helm of the Alliance", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from JPMorgan Chase Bank and PNC Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Germany - for a criminal investigation into "an unknown suspect(s) for fraud".

Application by Banco Votorantim S.A. to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C., Bank of America, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, BNP Paribas USA, Citibank, N.A., Commerzbank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Bank of Nova Scotia, Barclays Bank PLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Société Générale, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS AG, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. "for use in an ongoing civil proceeding that Applicant filed against the judgment debtors Credz S.A. Instituição de Pagamento, JJLF Empreendimentos Imobiliarios e Participacoes Ltda., JJLF Participações Financeiras Ltda., Elenir Elias Zogbi, Fabio Joao Zogbi, Lais Helena Zogbi Porto, Joao Antonio Zogbi Filho in Brazil to enforce the BRL 81 million (approximately USD 16 million) money judgment that Applicant owns against the Foreign Judgment Debtors", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of "pig butchering" fraud in USA v. 56,382.9700 Tether and 0.03001485 Ether at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Germany - for a criminal investigation into "an unknown suspect(s) for fraud".

Complaint alleging "Defendants stole cryptocurrency from Plaintiff which at the time of the theft had an approximate value of $285,000.00 pursuant to a sophisticated global internet cryptocurrency fraud and conversion scheme" in Kartik Patel v. Defendants 1,2, and 3 and John Does 1-20 at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

Complaint for $4.2 million alleging mortgage fraud in UniBank for Savings v. M/Y Suneeta II, described as "a 68' 2023 Princess motor yacht"; Rishi Kumar Kapoor, and Jennie Elizabeth Frank Kapoor, described as residents of Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Class Action Complaint in Michael Ragan v. Farfetch Limited, a Cayman Islands company based in London, England; José Neves, Elliot Jordan, and Stephanie Phair at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Complaint alleging theft "through an increasingly common and sophisticated fraudulent scheme known as a “pig-butchering scam,” wherein victims such as Plaintiff are “fattened” for financial “slaughter” by tricking the victim into giving cryptocurrency to the scammer through the creation of a website designed to mimic a legitimate cryptocurrency exchange" in Michael Bullock v. Jessica Doe and John Does I-XX, all believed to be residents of Turkey, as Defendants in personam, and 119,873.29 U.S. Dollar Coin and 119,873 Tether Virtual Currency, as Defendants in rem, and BAM Trading Services Inc., d.b.a. Binance.US; Payward Ventures Inc., d.b.a. Kraken; Circle Internet Financial LLC, d.b.a. Circle, and Tether Operations Limited, d.b.a. Tether, of the British Virgin Islands, as Relief Defendants and Garnishees, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.

Press Release by India's Directorate of Enforcement announcing a "Prosecution Complaint" against Sanjay Vijay Shinde, his wife, Aparna Shinde, and M/s Venus Bay Offshore Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, for suspected money laundering.

Citing insolvency and the need for a "full investigation" into its activities, Cayman Islands judge David Doyle has granted a petition to wind up crypto/forex investment firm AuBit International, which is suspected of committing a $160 million fraud.

Complaint alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, fraud, and unfair competition in CipherBlade LLC, of Pennsylvania, USA, described as "a blockchain investigation company that investigates cryptocurrency-related matters, often involving cybercrime" v. CipherBlade LLC, of Alaska, USA; Manuel Kriz, of Cyprus; Michael Krause, of Cyprus; Jorn Henrik Bernhard Janssen, of Cyprus; Justin Maile, of Cyprus; Ioana Vidrasan, CipherBlade APAC Pte Ltd., of Singapore; Jussi Aittola, of Singapore; Omega3Zone Global Ltd., of Cyprus; Paul Marnitz, of Cyprus; Inquisita Solutions Ltd., of Cyprus, and Green Stone Business Advisory FZ LLC, of the United Arab Emirates, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska.

Complaint "for assisting, enabling, and/or failing to prevent the gross mismanagement of the Receivership Entities by certain former insiders of TCA Fund Management Group Corp." in Jonathan E. Perlman, as the court-appointed Receiver for TCA Global Credit Fund, LP, TCA Global Credit Fund, Ltd., TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP, and TCA Global Lending Corp. v. Bolder Fund Services (USA) LLC, formerly known as Circle Investment Support Services (USA), LLC, of Delaware; Bolder Fund Services (Cayman) Ltd., formerly known as Circle Investment Support Services (Cayman), Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, and Bolder Group Holding B.V., of the Netherlands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Ex Tempore Judgment granting the plaintiffs' petition for a winding-up order in LedgerScore International Pte Ltd., of Singapore; LS Litigation Holdings LLC, of Wyoming, USA, and Earn Guild Pte Ltd., of Singapore, collectively described in the winding up petition as “retail investors who utilized an online cryptocurrency trading platform operated by the Company called “Freeway”, and who invested in Freeway’s Supercharger program” v. AuBit International at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto "obtained by agents with the United States Secret Service during an investigation into a transnational criminal organization running an exploitation of elderly and social engineering scam" in USA v. 0.4157802 Bitcoin and 90,922.262837 Tether seized from an account in the name of Ram Kumar at Binance crypto exchange, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto that was seized from an account in the name of Pan Zhimin at Binance crypto exchange "during an investigation into a transnational criminal organization running an investment fraud scheme" in USA v. 44,799.79 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Monaco-based retired investment banker Stephen Schechter, 78, who is a dual citizen of the United States and United Kingdom, has pleaded guilty to tax evasion in the United States involving entities in the British Virgin Islands entities and bank accounts in Monaco and Switzerland.

Plea Agreement in USA v. Stephen Schechter at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Arraignment/Plea Hearing Transcript in USA v. Stephen Schechter, a Monaco-based retired investment banker, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Statement of Offense regarding tax evasion in USA v. Stephen L. Schechter, a dual citizen of the United States and United Kingdom residing in Monaco, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.