Courts

Application by Oasis Focus Fund LP and Quadre Investments LP to take discovery from Christopher Hsu for use in sn "appraisal proceeding" in the Cayman Islands regarding "a determination of the fair value of its shares in 51job, Inc.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by Oasis Focus Fund LP and Quadre Investments LP to take discovery from Kathleen Chien and Linda Chien for use in an "appraisal proceeding" in the Cayman Islands regarding "a determination of the fair value of their shares in 51job, Inc.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Notice of Motion to Quash Subpoena issued to James Fallon, a.k.a. Jimmy Fallon, a comedian and host of 'The Tonight Show', by Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen in connection with litigation styled as 'Yuga Labs Inc. v. Ripps et al' "concerning a nonfungible token (“NFT”) collection created by Yuga and known as the “Bored Ape Yacht Club"", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "Defendants’ brazen abuse of their control over nearly $19 billion of digital assets held in two trusts to enrich themselves at the expense of trust shareholders" in Alameda Research Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands v. Grayscale Investments LLC, Digital Currency Group Inc., Michael Sonnenshein, and Barry Silbert at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Complaint alleging the defendants "falsified contracts, property records and legal judgments in an attempt to fraudulently claim ownership over billions of dollars in real estate owned by Plaintiffs" in Anbang Insurance Group Co., Ltd., of China; Anbang Group Holdings Co. Limited, of Hong Kong; AB Stable IX LLC, and AB Stable VIII LLC v. Haibin Zhou, described as "a serial harasser who has attempted to extract payments from other large companies through bad faith cybersquatting and trademark trolling"; Daniil A. Belitskiy, David C. Traub, Yan Zhao, Law Office of Ning Ye, World Award Foundation Inc., Amer Group LLC, An Ban Group LLC, AB Stable Group LLC, Andy Bang LLC, SHC Group LLC, and SHR Group LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint "to stop the “world’s first robot lawyer” from continuing to engage in the unauthorized practice of law."in Jonathan Faridian v. DoNotPay Inc. at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Francisco.

Complaint in FTI GP I LLC, on behalf of Falcata Tech Investment Fund I LP, of the Cayman Islands v. Point Investments Ltd. (in Liquidation), of Bermuda, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Application for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Brazil by Luis Vasco Elias, of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Consultores Ltda., as the Foreign Representative of Tinto Holding Ltda., of São Paulo, Brazil, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim in Kisha Dean Trezevant, of Tennessee, USA, and Seven Mile Beach Hotel Development Company, of the Cayman Islands, described as the "registered legal owner" of "North West Point" v. Stanley H. Trezevant III, of Tennessee, USA; R&W Cayman Properties Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, and The Registrar of Lands at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition in GLAS Trust Corporation Limited, of England and Wales v. Telford Offshore Limited, described as "an intermediate holding company of a group of companies (the Group) incorporated in, amongst others, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition to Quash Subpoena in TFG Asset Management LP, of the Cayman Islands v. The Gores Group LLC and AEG Holdings LLC at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Petition to Vacate Arbitration Award regarding tax credits in Jeepers Creepers 3 LLC, of Louisiana, managed by Jake Seal, a British film producer v. Brandon Farm LLC, of Delaware, whose principal was identified as Michael Ohoven, a German film producer, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint for $1.7 million in allegedly unpaid penalties for failure to report two offshore accounts to the IRS in USA v. Babak Golbahar at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint alleging securities fraud in City of Omaha Police and Firefighters Retirement System v. Cognyte Software Ltd., described as an Israel-based company that "describes itself as a global leader in investigative analytics software that empowers governments and enterprises with Actionable Intelligence for a safer world"; Elad Sharon, and David Abadi at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint "to recover “customer property" ... that was stolen as part of Madoff’s infamous Ponzi scheme" involving "swap and related hedging transactions" in Irving H. Picard, Trustee for the Substantively Consolidated SIPA Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC and the Chapter 7 Estate of Bernard L. Madoff v. Natixis Financial Products LLC, of Delaware, and Bloom Asset Holdings Fund, described as "an Irish umbrella trust", at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint to set aside a $500 million judgment "for fraud on the Court" in Republic of Kazakhstan v. Anatolie Stati, of Moldova; Gabriel Stati, of Moldova; Ascom Group S.A., of Moldova, and Terra Raf Trans Traiding Ltd., of Gibraltar, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Complaint "to enjoin an arbitration recently commenced by Defendant – a self-described 'inventor, investor, and leader of technology businesses'" in The Resource Group International Limited, TRG Pakistan Limited, Mohammed Khaishgi, and Hasnain Aslam v. Muhammad Ziaullah Khan Chishti, a.k.a. Zia Chishti, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Amended Complaint regarding "a powerful private investigations agency who wanted to penalize and make an example of a former employee who had the temerity to question its business practices" in Stephen Komorek, described as "a veteran of the United States military who developed a promising career as a private investigator", and API International Consulting Group v. Conflict International Inc., Michael LaCorte, described as a citizen and resident of the United Kingdom, and Andrew McLaren at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging crypto fraud in Trey Greene v. Zac Prince, Flori Marquez, Tony Laura, Jennifer Hill, and Gemini Trading LLC at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Complaint "to enforce its right to inspect books and records to investigate potential mismanagement and breaches of fiduciary duty in connection with the Company’s involvement in the solicitation and inducement of the sale and purchase of equity interests in the Company" in SIIS Holdings Ltd., of the Cayman Islands v. Samumed LLC, described as "a biotechnology company that was founded in 2008 by Osman Kibar and is engaged in business of researching and developing drugs with a focus on osteoarthritis and oncology", at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Amended Complaint in The Dugaboy Investment Trust v. Highland Select Equity Master Fund LP, of Bermuda, and Highland Select Equity Fund GP LP, of Delaware, 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.

Complaint in Georges Georgiou, Philip Harris Stewart, and Gilbert Castillo v. Celsius Network LLC, of the Cayman Islands; Celsius KeyFi LLC, Celsius Lending LLC, Celsius Mining LLC, Celsius Network Inc., Celsius Network Limited, of England; Celsius Networks Lending LLC, and Celsius US Holding LLC at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Nishad Singh at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Nishad Singh at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint that "arises from a toxic convertible note, scheme, and course of business that led to defendants gaining access to more than 50 million newly-issued shares of plaintiff's common stock at a steep discount from the prevailing market price" in Genius Group Limited, of Singapore v. Alto Opportunity Master Fund SPC - Segregated Master Portfolio B, of the Cayman Islands; Ayrton Capital LLC, and Waqas Khatri at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "a complex, international scheme by which Plaintiff’s family, including her mother Helen Stassinopoulos Molokotos, brother Thanasis Molokotos, and sister-in-law Diane Vardakas Molokotos, have absconded with millions of dollars in assets placed into trust for Plaintiff’s benefit" in Polyxeni (Lina) Molokotos-Liederman, of the District of Columbia v. Thanasis Molokotos, of Connecticut; Diane Vardakas Molokotos, of Connecticut; Helen Stassinopoulos Molokotos, described as a citizen of Greece residing in Switzerland; James Spanos, of Connecticut, and Penny Spanos, of Connecticut, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Information in USA v. Muhammad Umer Khan at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint in John Cress v. Nexo Financial LLC, Nexo Financial Services Ltd., of England; Nexo Services OU, of Estonia; Nexo AG, of Switzerland; Nexo Capital Inc., of the Cayman Islands, and Antoni Trenchev at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint in Yongjun Chu v. John Doe, a.k.a. coinbestex.site, which "purports to be based in Singapore", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Complaint for the extradition of Steven Lee from the USA to South Korea to face allegations of "occupational embezzlement and breach of trust" involving Lone Star Funds, of Dallas, Texas, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Originating Application in the matter of Fam World Wide Inc. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application in the matter of United Housing Foundation at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition in Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., of Luxembourg v. Amoudi Aviation Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint in Ryan Breslow, of the U.S. Virgin Islands; Alex Fine, of California, and Jon Gordon, of Texas v. Mark Phillips, of Texas, and Benjamin Reed, of Florida, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award in Swiss Renewable Power Partners Sàrl, of Luxembourg, as assignee of Ceconat Energy GmbH, Eoxis Holding S.A., Impax New Energy Investors S.C.A., and Impax Solar Investments S.à.r.l. v. Kingdom of Spain at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Application by Cameron Findlay, described as "a citizen of the United Kingdom" who "was the subject of a sustained electronic hacking attempt", to take discovery from Vital Management Services Inc., described as "a company that purports to provide investigative services, located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina", and Nicholas Del Rosso, described as "the president, owner, and sole employee of Vital", for use in legal proceedings in England "against the law firm Dechert LLP and a former Dechert partner, Neil Gerrard", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

Petition in the matter of Test Rite Retailing Co. Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Asset Freeze Motion in in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. BKCoin Management LLC, of Delaware, and Min Woo Kang, of New York, as Defendants, and BKCoin Capital LP, a.k.a. the Legacy Fund, of Delaware; BK Offshore Fund Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; BKCoin Multi-Strategy Master Fund Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; BKCoin Multi-Strategy Fund LP, of Delaware; BKCoin Multi-Strategy Fund Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, and Bison Digital LLC, of Wyoming, as Relief Defendants, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint "to prevent further fraud and misappropriation of investor money" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. BKCoin Management LLC, of Delaware, and Min Woo Kang, of New York, as Defendants, and BKCoin Capital LP, a.k.a. the Legacy Fund, of Delaware; BK Offshore Fund Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; BKCoin Multi-Strategy Master Fund Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; BKCoin Multi-Strategy Fund LP, of Delaware; BKCoin Multi-Strategy Fund Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, and Bison Digital LLC, of Wyoming, as Relief Defendants, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Plea Agreement in USA v. Michael Glaspie at the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska.

Criminal Information alleging crypto fraud involving "a group of companies that operated under the banner of ViRSE" in USA v. Michael Glaspie at the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from DigitalOcean LLC - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Austria - for a criminal investigation into "an unknown suspect(s)" for a crypto-based investment fraud.

Complaint "to recover significant investment losses suffered as a result of numerous false and misleading statements and omissions made by Defendants" in Alger Capital Appreciation Fund, Alger Mid Cap Growth Fund, Alger Health Sciences Fund, Alger Spectra Fund, Alger Dynamic Opportunities Fund, Alger Capital Appreciation Institutional Fund, Alger Focus Equity Fund, Alger Mid Cap Growth Institutional Fund, Alger Capital Appreciation Portfolio, Alger Midcap Growth Portfolio, Alger Collective Trust Spectra Series, Alger SICAV - Alger Dynamic Opportunities Fund, of Luxembourg; Alger SICAV - Alger American Asset Growth Fund, of Luxembourg; Alger SICAV - Alger Focus Equity Fund, of Luxembourg; Alger Capital Appreciation Series CIT, and Alger Capital, LLC v. BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Jean-Jacques Bienaime, and Henry J. Fuchs at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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.

Application by Damien James Byrne, a citizen of Ireland residing in the United Arab Emirates, to take discovery from Citibank, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, Société Générale, New York Branch; HSBC Bank, N.A., BNP Paribas USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas, The Bank of Nova Scotia, New York Agency; UBS AG, Bank of America, N.A., Standard Chartered Bank US, Commerzbank AG, New York Branch; and The Clearing House Payment Company LLC for use in legal proceedings in the United Arab Emirates alleging fraud "against Mustansir Hamza Khetty Dawoodbhoy, Omar Hassan Ali Alattar and Mehboob Hamza Khetty Dawoodbhoy" 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.

Class Action Complaint in Tobias Moeller-Bertram, "who invested in the Gemini Earn program" v. Gemini Trust Company LLC and Digital Currency Group Inc. at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Complaint alleging negligent misrepresentation involving a crypto investment in Onelia Ann Vera and Perry Kent Littrell Jr. v. Nexo Financial LLC, Nexo Inc., of the Cayman Islands, and Nexo Capital Inc., of the Cayman Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Criminal Indictment alleging fraud in USA v. Oddgeir Ingv Artsen, a citizen of Norway, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.