Theft

Complaint for the extradition of Derya Dikici, a.k.a. Derya Terzioglu, from the USA to Turkey to face allegations of "aggravated embezzlement while working as a Portfolio Manager at DenizBank A.S. Gunesli Branch".

Complaint alleging "a sophisticated global internet cryptocurrency fraud and conversion scheme" in Virginia S. Chow v. John Does 1-20 at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Complaint alleging "SL Green Realty Corporation committed theft in broad daylight" in Bravia Capital Hong Kong Limited, of Hong Kong v. SL Green Realty Corporation, 245 Park Member LLC, Palisades Member 1 LLC, Palisades Member 2 LLC, Palisades Training Center NY LLC, Palisades Fee Owner LLC, Andrew S. Levine, and Harrison Sitomer at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "outrageous conduct and misappropriation of SAF’s confidential information and trade secrets through its unauthorized access and use of SAF’s +Subscribe platform, a proprietary enterprise software platform for the alternative investment industry" in Strategic Alternative Funds Group LLC v. Asset Class Ltd., described as a United Kingdom company based in Ireland, and Asset Class Software Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging the defendants "stole 16.48867144 Bitcoin (BTC) from Plaintiff pursuant to a sophisticated global internet cryptocurrency fraud and conversion scheme" in Michael J. Thornton v. John Does 1-20 at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of 'Pig Butchering' scams "by an individual or group of individuals portraying themselves as Li SISI and David WU" in USA v. 3,400,000 USDT, 2,439,232.19 USDT, and 2,899,226.90 USDT at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint for the extradition of Marianne Smyth from the USA to Northern Ireland to face criminal charges of fraud and theft while she "worked as an independent mortgage adviser for An Independent Mortgage Solution Ltd.".

Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order in Newton AC/DC Fund L.P. v. Hector DAO, Farooq Hassan, and John Doe at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Complaint alleging "waste and failure to protect investor funds" in Newton AC/DC Fund L.P. v. Hector DAO, Farooq Hassan, and John Doe at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Circle Internet Financial, LLC - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Netherlands - for a criminal investigation into "an unknown subject(s) for unlawful entry and/or access of a computer facility or automated information system (computer hacking) and aggravated theft".

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.

Well-known distressed crypto investor Thomas Braziel swindled shareholders of an entity he controlled - Fund.com Inc. - out of more than $7 million, engaging in conduct that "meets the elements of crimes that include theft, forgery, and tax evasion", a U.S. court's Special Master has found.

Notice of Thomas Braziel's Exceptions to Special Master's Final Report and Recommendation, including that "Braziel takes exception to the Report to the extent it draws conclusions or makes references, express or implied, regarding Braziel’s actual or potential criminal liability", in B.E. Capital Management Fund L.P. v. Fund.com Inc. at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Complaint alleging negligence regarding the loss of 336.2008 Bitcoin to a hacker in Hugo Soares, of São Paulo, Brazil v. BitPay Inc., described as "a payment processor that specializes in enabling individuals and businesses to accept payments in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Complaint alleging the defendants "stole cryptocurrency from Plaintiff valued at $911,140.60 pursuant to a sophisticated global internet cryptocurrency fraud and conversion scheme" in Scott Bishop v. Defendant '1', a.k.a. Selina Hsu, described as "a foreign defendant in China", and John Does 1-20 at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

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.

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 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.

Dutch national Rutger Janse, 28, has been arrested in Florida following a request to extradite him to the Netherlands, where he has been accused of swindling 23 investors out of €4 million.

Minute Order for the initial appearance of Rutger Janse in USA v. Rutger Janse at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint alleging negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract regarding the alleged theft of "10 BTC worth $488,260.90" in Mignon Eugenie Guishard-Pole, aged 70 v. Coinbase Inc. and Coinbase Global Inc., operators of "the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging the "conversion of stolen cryptocurrencies" in Yangjing Lin v. Defendant '1', a.k.a. Fanxin Lin, and John Does at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Complaint for the extradition of Rutger Aad Janse from the USA to the Netherlands to face charges of fraud, embezzlement, money laundering and providing investment services without a license, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Petition to enjoin the respondents "from permitting the Republic of Chad and entities acting at its de facto direction to steal the equivalent of over $151 million held in bank accounts with Citibank’s branch in Gabon, which is controlled by Citibank" in Savannah Midstream Investment Limited, of the Bahamas v. Citibank, N.A. and Citigroup, Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding "the theft and laundering of more than $7 million worth of cryptocurrency through a wire fraud scheme affecting multiple victims" involving "Pig Butchering" and "an investment platform called NYMEX" in USA v. 1,360,000.748 Tether and $3,859,703.65 formerly held in a Kraken cryptocurrency account at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of "a business email compromise fraud scheme" in which a "victim" allegedly lost $400,000 in USA v. 18.836 BTC seized from a Binance account at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Complaint by "a victim of attackers who stole over $6.3 million of his digital assets" in P. Bart Stephens, described as "the co-founder of a venture capital firm that invests in digital asset ventures" v. Jane Doe et al at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Criminal Indictment in The State of Georgia v. Donald Trump, Rudolph Giuliani, a.k.a. Rudy Giuliani; John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Jenna Ellis, Ray Smith III, Robert Cheeley, Michael Roman, David Shafer, Shawn Still, Stephen Lee, Harrison Floyd, Trevian Kutti, Sidney Powell, Cathleen Latham, Scott Hall, and Misty Hampton, a.k.a. Emily Misty Hayes, at the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia.

Plea Agreement and Statement of Offense regarding an offense of "conspiring to launder approximately 119,754 BTC in wire fraud proceeds, worth approximately $71 million at the time of the wire fraud" in USA v. Heather Rhiannon Morgan at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Plea Agreement and Statement of Offense regarding an offense of "conspiring to launder approximately 119,754 BTC in wire fraud proceeds, worth approximately $71 million at the time of the wire fraud" in USA v. Ilya Lichtenstein at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Complaint "to recoup the substantial funds - at least hundreds of millions of dollars - that insiders brazenly stole from Global Cord Blood" in MW Gestion and MW Optimum, derivatively and on behalf of nominal defendant Global Cord Blood Corporation, of the Cayman Islands v. Golden Meditech Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Ting (Tina) Zheng, Albert Chen, Yuen Kam, Mark Da-Jian Chen, Jennifer J. Weng, Ken Lu, Jack Chow, Jacky Cheng, all of Hong Kong; Celenkos Inc., of Delaware; Golden Meditech Stem Cells (BVI) Company Limited, GM Precision Medicine (BVI) Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Golden Meditech (BVI) Company Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Easton Capital Corp., and Redwood Valuation Partners, both of New York, USA, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Summons with Notice "to halt the illegal theft of value by Mainstream Renewable Power Mezzanine Finance DAC (the “Borrower”), and Mainstream Renewables Holding AS (the “Sponsor”), by concocting an illegal and fraudulent scheme to cheat their lenders" in IDF IV USD No. 1 Sàrl, of Luxembourg; IDF IV USD Hedged No. 1 Sàrl, of Luxembourg; IDF IV JPY No. 1 Sàrl, of Luxembourg; IDF IV EUR No. 1 Sàrl, of Luxembourg; Infrastructure Debt Fund IV (ELP) L.P., of England, and Infrastructure Debt Fund IV (Tranche III) L.P., of the Cayman Islands v. DENEF Investments S.L.U., of Spain; Condor Inversiones SpA, of Chile; Huemul Inversiones SpA, of Chile, and Copihue Inversiones SpA, of Chile, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Second Amended Complaint alleging "brazen acts of corporate theft" in Bayport Financial Services (USA) Inc. and Bayport Colombia S.A. v. BayBoston Managers LLC, CFG Partners LP, of the Cayman Islands; CFG Colombia S.A.S., d.b.a. Dando; of Colombia; Caribbean Financial Group, Valopi LLC, Pablo Montesano, and Lucia Lopina at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award in Foris Dax Inc., d.b.a. Crypto.com v. James Deutero McJunkins, Jr. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Motion for Temporary Restraining Order in Sergey Gaponyuk v. Evgeny Alferov, described as a citizen of Ukraine; Sergey Gaponyuk, described as a citizen of Ukraine; Sergei Kolosovskii, Mihail Vershinin, Alexander Chernov, David Brown, and Natalia Abramova at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Complaint in Sergey Gaponyuk v. Evgeny Alferov, described as a citizen of Ukraine; Sergey Gaponyuk, described as a citizen of Ukraine; Sergei Kolosovskii, Mihail Vershinin, Alexander Chernov, David Brown, and Natalia Abramova at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Coinbase Inc. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Germany - for a criminal investigation into August Majewsky for suspected theft of BTC 99.0325307 while he was "an employee of cryptocurrency investment company in Germany".

Application by Associação Nóbrega de Educação e Assistência Social - ANEAS to take discovery from Tishman Speyer Properties LP "for use in a foreign criminal embezzlement proceeding initiated by ANEAS, the Vatican’s Brazilian Jesuit association, against executives of Tishman Speyer's wholly owned subsidiaries in Brazil", who were identified as Daniel Cherman, Rafael Carassini, and José Alberto Torres Muniz Ventura, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Special Master's Final Report and Recommendation, including a finding that Fund.com Inc. Receiver Thomas Braziel "committed conduct that, on its face, meets the elements of crimes that include theft, forgery, and tax evasion" in B.E. Capital Management Fund L.P. v. Fund.com Inc. at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Application by Saul Klein to take discovery from Kireland 83rd Street Chicago LLC, Kireland Belvidere Street Waukegan LLC, Kireland Commercial Ave Chicago LLC, Kireland Genesis Drive North Aurora, LLC, Kireland Kirby Plaza Houston LLC, Kireland LLC, Kireland Mainstreet Fairfax LLC, Kireland North Dearborn Street Chicago LLC, Kireland Peach Tree Road Atlanta LLC, Kireland South Elgin Illinois LLC, Kireland West Heimer Road Houston LLC, Kireland-B, LLC, Mikeone EK 801 West LLC, Mikeone EK 809 West LLC, Mikeone Ek ATL Ops Center LLC, Mikeone EK Columbia SC LLC, Mikeone EK Linden LLC, Mikeone EK Roanoke LLC, and Mikeone M Street Holdings LLC for use in "civil and criminal proceedings in Brazil concerning the assets of the late Samuel Klein, a prominent Brazilian businessman and founder of the Casas Bahia retail chain" whose Estate's Executor, Michael Klein, allegedly "deprived Petitioner of his rightful inheritance by failing to report hundreds of millions of dollars in assets owned by Samuel Klein abroad", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by Saul Klein to take discovery from Citibank, N.A., Banco Santander S.A. New York, Santander Investment Securities Inc. of New York, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., Safra National Bank of New York, Banco Itaú S.A. New York Branch, Itau CorpBanca, Itaú Securities, The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, and The Federal Reserve Bank of New York for use in "foreign civil and criminal proceedings in Brazil concerning the assets of the late Samuel Klein, a prominent Brazilian businessman and founder of the Casas Bahia retail chain" in which the Estate's Executor, Michael Klein, is suspected of fraud and embezzlement, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

First Amended Complaint in Robert C. Vilt v. Foris Dax Inc., d.b.a. Crypto.com, and XR Trading LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from ConsenSys Software Inc. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Estonia - for use in a criminal investigation into an "unknown perpetrator(s)" for the alleged theft of crypto from a citizen of Estonia.

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.

Class Action Complaint alleging "negligent and unlawful conduct in connection with its cryptocurrency exchange platform, Atomic Wallet ... resulting in the loss of over $100,000,000.00 (100 million) USD worth of cryptocurrency related assets" in Robert Meany and Graham Dickinson v. Atomic Wallet, described as a crypto platform headquartered in Estonia, and Konstantin Gladych, described as a citizen of Estonia, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Complaint alleging "scheme to deceive Activo International Bank, Inc. at present known as TBB of millions of dollars in the form of depleting assets of the Bank through several loans which were approved in violation of federal and state bank regulations" in TBB International Bank Corp. v. José Antonio Oliveros Febres Cordero, Alejandro J. Valencia Hurtado, Holding Activo Ltd., of Barbados; Alexandra Oliveros Febres Cordero, María Eugenia Febres Cordero Zamora, José Antonio Oliveros Mora, Gorlio Enterprises Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; El Retiro Group Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; AIB Properties Limited Ltd., of Barbados; Don Goyo Corporation Aviation, of Delaware; Inversiones Saitam S.A., of Venezuela; Consultora Baru 2018 C.A., of Venezuela; Gustavo José Gerardo Corredor Salcedo, of Venezuela; Alejandro Enrique Montenegro Díaz, of Venezuela; Inversiones Elektrogorsk C.A., of Venezuela, and Intelinvest Casa de Valores S.A., of Panama, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Second Amended Complaint alleging the defendants "have committed numerous severe crimes around the globe, changing their methods, financing and recruiting different accomplices, corrupting top-rate officials and crime bosses to further their illegal scheme of divesting Plaintiff's estate and terrorizing Plaintiff and his family" in Evgeny Ryzhov, described as a resident of Florida who is "a licensed attorney in Russia" v. Valery Nikolaevich Durandin, OAO Sanatorium Automobilist, Safa Hamzianovich Zakerov, Ilia Vladimirovich Khriaschev, Vladislav Yurievich Margolin, Konstantin Vladimirovich Timonin, Dmitry Vasilievich Lipsky, Oleg Vladimirovich Joukov, a.k.a. Oleg Zhukov; OOO Yuridika LLC, d.b.a. Legal.Report, and TM Defense, all of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint alleging "Defendants’'theft of $232,792.66 worth of digital assets held by Plaintiff" via "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 Brian Hoop, of Iowa v. Emma Doe, described as "a resident of the People's Republic of China"; John Does 1-XX, believed to be "residents of the People's Republic of China"; 177.7621 Ether, and MEXC Global LLC, of Delaware, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Turkey - for a criminal investigation into Mehmet Cokgoren "for skilled theft and misuse of a credit card".

Complaint alleging the loss of crypto valued at $20,108 due to fraud in David Nyarko v. Coinbase Inc. and Does 1-12 at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.