Money Laundering

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Bank of New York Mellon and JPMorgan Chase Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Portugal - for a criminal investigation into "Vitor Miguel Lopes Ferreira, the company Coordenadas Fidalgas, Unipessoal, Lda, and its manager Cheick F’anta Mady Dansoko for money laundering, aggravated fraud, and criminal association"

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.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding assets allegedly associated with fraud and money laundering in USA v. 32,133.63 Tether seized from an account at Binance held in the name of Koriya Aveshbhai Hanifbhai at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

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.

Criminal Indictment alleging fraud involving entities in, among others, Bermuda and Malta in USA v. Greg E. Lindberg at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.

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.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding an alleged fraud and money laundering scheme involving "the ransomware variant known as Sodinokibi/REvil" in USA v. Crypto valued at $317,252 seized from 'virtual currency wallets held by Daniil Shchukin' at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Criminal Indictment alleging violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act regarding "bribes to foreign officials at Brazil's state-owned and state-controlled oil and gas company, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras" involving entities in Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Liberia, Panama, and Uruguay in USA v. Glenn Oztemel, described as a citizen of the USA, and Eduardo Innecco, described as a citizen of Brazil and Italy, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto "seized from Binance" that is allegedly the proceeds of "a money laundering and unlicensed money transmitting conspiracy" in USA v. 65.08094134 Bitcoin, 247653.48461442 United States Dollar Tether, 9.1345 Ethereum, 25000.461 Unites States Dollar Tether, 1.00000785 Bitcoin, 0.17972627 Bitcoin, and 27892.00185173 United States Dollar Tether at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Complaint "to prevent the misuse of cryptocurrency to commit very serious crimes" in The JuratBTC Blockchain, described as "an unincorporated association of operators (called “miners”) who use their computer servers (called “nodes”) to maintain the blockchain" v. Anton Andreyev, Blender.io, Chatex, Farrukj Furkatovitch Fayzimatov, Taban Deng Gai, Matthew Grimm, Yu Jin, Jiadong Li, Hydra Market, Husayn Al-Shami, Second Eye Solutions, Southfront, Suex, Yinyin Tian, Xiaobing Yan, and Fujing Zheng, collectively described asd "a group of sixteen “sanctioned individuals” - people who have been identified as international criminals by the President of the United States", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

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.

Application for Non-Disclosure Order regarding a criminal investigation into Gavin Mayo, Gabriel Hay, and Ali Saghi for suspected fraud and money laundering in which they are "suspected of creating several Non-Fungible Token (NFT) rug pull scams that have defrauded investors of millions of dollars in various cryptocurrencies", in USA v. Meta Platforms Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Letter from 'Antony Menington', of 'Data Lawyers', which appears to be falsely held out as a law firm, requesting the removal of two OffshoreAlert articles that mention "our client Quintero Patiño" regarding a criminal investigation in Spain into Domingo Tarruella Dalmau and others for suspected narcotics trafficking and money laundering.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in International Union of Operating Engineers, Local No. 793, Members Pension Benefit Trust of Ontario, of Canada v. Silvergate Capital Corporation, Alan J. Lane, Antonio Martino, Kathleen M. Fraher, Benjamin C. Reynolds, Dennis S. Frank, Michael Lempres, Karen F. Brassfield, Robert C. Campbell, Paul D. Colucci, Thomas C. Dircks, Scott Reed, Colleen Sullivan, Aanchal Gupta, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Keefe Bruyette & Woods Inc., Canaccord Genuity LLC, Compass Point Research & Trading LLC, Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC, JPMorgan Securities LLC, and Wedbush Securities LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Amended Criminal Complaint alleging the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business in the form of Bitzlato Limited, described as "a Hong Kong-registered cryptocurrency exchange", in USA v. USA v. Anatoly Legkodymov, described as a citizen of Russia residing in Shenzhen, China, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern 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.

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.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding funds associated with "a suspected conspiracy by foreign entities and entities and individuals in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to commit wire fraud and money laundering" involving entities, inter alia, in Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands in USA v. $271,088 and $39,188 seized from accounts at the Bank of Saipan in the name of a company referred to as "MCS", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.

Application by the Republic of Kazakhstan to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company LLC regarding "(1) ongoing criminal proceedings against Moldovan oligarch Anatolie Stati, his son Gabriel Stati, and their companies Ascom Group S.A. and Terra Raf Trans Traiding Ltd. in Luxembourg; (2) ongoing civil proceedings in the Netherlands between the Statis and Petitioner; and (3) ongoing and anticipated proceedings against the Statis in the courts of Belgium and other jurisdictions" regarding "a series of complex, multi-faceted fraud schemes, including money laundering schemes, engineered by the Statis", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Order Granting requests to redact plea agreements of Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang in USA v. Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Bail Disposition and Appearance Bond in USA v. Sam Bankman-Fried at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Wise Inc., Pichincha Bank, Mercury-Wells Fargo and Company, Barclays Bank, and Evolve Bank and Trust - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Ecuador - for a criminal investigation into "Cristhian Bladimir Jumbo Angulo, Christian Andres Roman Zapatanga, and Isabel Natalia Gonzalez Delgado and others" for suspected money laundering.

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

Bail Disposition in USA v. Caroline Ellison 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.

Complaint and Proposed Judgment alleging "Danske, directly and through its branch in Estonia, provided banking services to suspicious customers despite knowing there was a high degree of risk that such customers were potentially engaged in money laundering" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Danske Bank A/S, described as "a Danish multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding funds allegedly associated with crypto fraud and money laundering in USA v. Funds in accounts at Binance in the names of Abhishek Dixit, Sunil Kumar, and Poonam Singla, described as citizens of India, filed at the U.S. District Court

Criminal Indictment alleging fraud, including "Campaign Finance" fraud, and money laundering involving the FTX crypto group in USA v. Samuel Bankman-Fried at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of money laundering by two unidentified "Brazilian citizens residing in Boca Raton, Florida" in USA v. $63,804, $11,740, and $99,980 of seized assets, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint alleging crypto-related securities fraud in Steven Rosa v. Silvergate Capital Corporation, described as "a digital currency company" and "the parent company of Silvergate Bank"; Alan J. Lane, and Antonio Martino at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Forfeiture Complaint associated with suspected bank fraud and money laundering involving Andrii Derkach, a citizen of Ukraine who was "an active Russian agent for over a decade", and Oksana Terekhova, a citizen of Ukraine and "the wife of Derkach", in USA v. Real Property in Beverly Hills, California and Funds in the name of 7D Business Bureau Inc. seized from Stifel Nicolaus & Co. and Citizens Business Bank, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern 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.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Verizon Communications - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance - for a criminal investigation into "two identified individuals for theft and money laundering offenses".

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Lumen Technologies Inc. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Cyprus - for a criminal investigation into "two identified individuals for theft and money laundering offenses".

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Comcast Communications LLC - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Cyprus - for a criminal investigation into "two identified individuals for theft and money laundering offenses".

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Charter Communications Inc. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Cyprus - for a criminal investigation into "two identified individuals for theft and money laundering offenses".

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Fifth Third Bank and JPMorgan Chase Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Liechtenstein - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subject(s)" for allegedly hacking into "the email accounts of the protector of a trust and his attorney" and stealing $2.6 million.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. Funds, Credits and Virtual Currencies associated with suspected fraud and money laundering seized from Binance Account # 441821123 at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Application by Samuel Malamud Eidelman, described as a citizen of Peru, to take discovery from Truist Bank, Credit Lyonnais Miami Agency, Bank Leumi, BNP Paribas Miami Agency, Barclays, Sudameris, Banco Santander International, Grupo Santander, and Blum & Silver LLP for use in legal proceedings in Peru against Jacobo Malamud and his three daughters, Malamud Kessler, Caroline Malamud-Kessler, and Yudith Malamud Kessler de Schneider alleging money laundering and tax evasion involving, inter alia, companies in the British Virgin Islands, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Second Unopposed Motion to Continue Trial Date in USA v. Andrew Fahie, a former Premier of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Criminal Indictment alleging securities fraud and money laundering involving Loop Industries Inc., described as a Nevada company based in Quebec, Canada, in USA v. David Stephens, described as a resident of Canada; Donald Danks, Jonathan Destler, and Robert Lazerus at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Valeria Schvartzman, P.A. regarding Chufy LLC - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Poland - for a criminal investigation into 2MAC Company for suspected money laundering.

Order Setting Pre-Trial Schedule and Procedures regarding a trial for alleged narcotics trafficking and money laundering that is scheduled for "the two-week trial calendar beginning on January 9, 2023" in USA v. Andrew Alturo Fahie, a former Premier of the British Virgin Islands; Oleanvine Pickering Maynard, and Kadeem Stephan Maynard at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a corporate disqualification on Lorraine Falzon for not being "fit and proper".

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a corporate disqualification on Matthew Pace for not being "fit and proper".

Superseding Indictment alleging narcotics trafficking and money laundering in USA v. Andrew Alturo Fahie, a former Premier of the British Virgin Islands; Oleanvine Pickering Maynard, and Kadeem Stephan Maynard at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

USA's Letter Motion to Amend a Preliminary Order of Forfeiture in USA v. Ross Ulbricht at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging crypto-related investment fraud and money laundering by citizens of Belarus and Estonia in USA v. Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, described as citizens and residents of Estonia, at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.