Courts

Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award in Storyteller Production Co., LLC, which "is in the business of developing, producing, and distributing theatrical motion pictures and other entertainment content under the Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks Pictures, and Amblin Television banners" v. Audient Capital GP Ltd., described as a Cayman Islands company based in Australia, and Audient Global Investment Fund I, LP, of the Cayman Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by OIH Renewables Sàrl, of Luxembourg, 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, Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas, UBS AG, Bank of America, N.A., Standard Chartered Bank US, Commerzbank AG, New York Branch; Bank of China, New York Branch; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Safra National Bank of New York, Banco do Brasil S.A., and The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C. for use in legal proceedings in Brazil "against Marco Aurélio Luz Goncalves" regarding allegations that he "might be concealing his assets by using offshore corporate structures and making fraudulent transfers of his assets to his family members, since he is seemingly able to comply with the alimony costs without showing any real source of funds", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by FourWorld Event Opportunities, L.P., of the Cayman Islands, to take discovery from Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC for use in an "Appraisal Proceeding" in Bermuda "concerning the take-private merger of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Winding Up Petition in the matter of Kingkey Financial International (Holdings) Limited, described as "an investment holding company" based in Hong Kong, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application in the matter of NERAK Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint alleging defamation regarding an article headlined 'Crypto Companies Behind Tether Used Falsified Documents and Shell Companies to Get Bank Accounts' in Christopher Harborne, described as "a dual British and Thai citizen, businessman, and technology investor with extensive holdings in aviation and cryptocurrency who has lived and worked in Thailand for over two decades"; AML Global Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; AML Global Ltd., of Hong Kong; AML Global (HK) Ltd., of Hong Kong, and AML Global Payments LLC, of Wyoming v. Dow Jones & Company, Inc., d.b.a. The Wall Street Journal, at the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, New Castle County, USA.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto that was seized from an account at Binance in the name of Salaman Shahzada "during an investigation into a transnational criminal organization running an exploitation of elderly and social engineering scam" in USA v. 0.17366943 Bitcoin at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Originating Application in AQM Omega Fund v. The Registrar of Companies at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the British Virgin Islands by Matthew Richardson and John Skelton, as the Foreign Representatives of Trendfield Holdings Ltd. (in Liquidation), filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Motion to Compel Compliance with Subpoena in Nina Agdal, described as "a successful Danish model" and "the fiancée of nonparty Logan Paul, a prominent social media influencer, wrestler, boxer, and entrepreneur" v. Joshua Wander at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint in Adin Gess, Noach Newman, Maya Parizer, Natalie Sanandaji, Yoni Diller, Hagar Almog, Lishay Lavi, David Bromberg, and Ariel Ein-Gal v. BAM Trading Services Inc., d.b.a. Binance.us; Binance Holdings Ltd., d.b.a. Binance, and Changpeng Zhao at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Complaint in Boothbay Absolute Return Strategies LP, Boothbay Diversified Alpha Master Fund LP, Corbin Hedged Equity Fund L.P., Corbin ERISA Opportunity Fund Ltd., Pinehurst Partners L.P., FW Deep Value Opportunities Fund I LLC, FourWorld Global Opportunities Fund Ltd., and FourWorld Event Opportunities LP v. Belgische Scheepvaartmaatschappij-Compagnie Maritime Belge S.A., of Belgium, described as "a family-owned shipping and clean technology group owned by the Saverys family", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in CSM Securities Sàrl Fiduciary Estate 1, of Luxembourg v. Reel Time Capital LLC and Bradly Spoor at the Circuit Court of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, in and for Hillsborough County, Florida.

Originating Application in the matter of Blue Kite ZC 2013 LP at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application in the matter of Bleinheim Ventures Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

USA's Sentencing Memorandum regarding "a retired multimillionaire investment banker" who "schemed to defraud the IRS by concealing over $5 million in income in offshore accounts, which he failed to report on his individual income tax returns and required Foreign Bank Account Reports" in USA v. Stephen Schechter, described as a dual citizen of the United States and United Kingdom residing in Monaco, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Petition in the matter of WinTriX DC Group, formerly known as Chindata Group Holdings Limited, described as "a leading carrier-neutral hyperscale data center solution provider in AsiaPacific emerging markets, focusing on the China, India and Southeast Asia markets", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Carlyle Aviation Management Limited, SASOF IV (E) Aviation Ireland DAC, SASOF II (A10) Aviation Ireland DAC, Lapis Aircraft Leasing Limited, Ltd., SASOF III (A21) Aviation Ireland DAC, and Fly Aircraft Holdings Thirty-One Limited, who "are the owners, lessors, trustees and/or assignees in respect of the financing of airframes and engines" v. Best Meridian Insurance Company, of Miami, Florida, USA; Best Meridian International Insurance Company SPC, c/o Hyperion Insurance Management (Cayman) Limited; Global BRG LLC, of Sunrise, Florida, USA; Ingosstrakh Insurance Company Ltd., of Moscow, Russia, and JSC Group of Insurance Companies Ugoria, of Ugra, Russia, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands

Complaint alleging securities fraud in AvantGarde Group SpA and 1AF2, both of Italy v. Stock Loan Solutions LLC, Joe D. Thomas, Camo LLC, Harvey L. Carmichael, and Sanskirt LLC, as Defendants, and Harvey Carmichael Inc., Stock Loan Solutions, described as "a Cayman Islands entity", and Stock Loan Solutions, described as "a Swiss special purpose vehicle", as Relief Defendants, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah.

Complaint in Leonard Licht, described as "a 75-year-old widower" residing in Texas, USA, who "was victimized by a pig butchering scheme spearheaded by a criminal syndicate based in Cambodia" v. Binance Holdings Limited, described as "a Cayman Islands corporation that operates the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance.com"; BAM Trading Services, Inc., and Changpeng Zhao, described as "a Chinese-born citizen of Canada", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

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.".

Judgment in a Criminal Case in USA v. Binance Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands-domiciled operator of a crypto exchange founded by Changpeng Zhao, at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Complaint in Niall Ledwidge, of Stout; Michael Pearson, and Andrew Childe, both of FFP, as Joint Official Liquidators of Silicon Valley Bank (Cayman Islands Branch) v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver of Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A. and Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara; George R. Fritz, Janine D. Henkes, and John Does 1-100 at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Originating Application in the matter of RAM 27 Leasing at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Memorandum Opinion and Order Dismissing Chapter 15 Petition in re.: Silicon Valley Bank (Cayman Islands Branch) at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding real property allegedly associated with money laundering and Russian nationals Viktor Pavlovich Perevalov and Valeri Vyacheslovovich Abramov in USA v. Units 1616 and 1617 at 10295 Collins Avenue, Bal Harbour, FL 33154, USA at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Originating Application in the matter of Pride Holdings Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application in the matter of Double Image Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Criminal Indictment in USA v. Sergey Lebedenko and Galina Lebedenko, who emigrated to the USA from Ukraine, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

Criminal Indictment in USA v. Sergey Vitalievich Kurchenko, described as "a citizen of Ukraine believed to be residing in the Russian Federation", at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Complaint in Lejilex and Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas v. Securities and Exchange Commission, Eric Werner, Gary Gensler, Caroline Crenshaw, Jaime Lizarraga, Hester Peirce, and Mark Uyeda at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Writ of Summons and General Indorsement in Yi Zhang v. Apex Prospect Ltd., Hui Shao, of New Jersey, USA; Bo Tan, of Hong Kong; Ajit Shetty, of Belgium; Viren Mehta, of New York, NY; Shaojing Tong, of Hong Kong; Rachel Yu, of New Jersey, USA; Yuntao Cui, Jin Wang, Henry Chen, Haitao Zhao, Pierson Yue Pan, Chunyuan Brenda Wu, and YS Biopharma Co. Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Dustin Oliver, of FTI Consulting, as the Foreign Representative of Flo-Back Equipment Inc., which "provides full-service well testing, flow-back, and rental services in support of oil and gas producers throughout North America", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Originating Application in the matter of On Edge Limited, trading as On The Edge Salon, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by Loudmila Bourlakova, described as "a resident of Monaco who was born in Ukraine", and Veronica Bourlakova, who "lives in the United Kingdom, and was born in Ukraine", described as the widow and daughter, respectively, of Oleg Bourlakov, described as "a Ukrainian, Russian and Canadian national" who "developed and set into motion a plan to hide Bourlakov Family Assets from his wife and adult daughters", to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C. for use in legal proceedings in England, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Order for the Appointment of Interim Receivers in Hector Enterprise Inc., acting through its director, DLT Solutions Limited v. Hector DAO, Farooq Hassan, Bartosz Rudzinski, Thach Nguyen, and Keiichi Kojima at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Petition to Confirm Arbitral Award in Menzies Middle East and Africa SA, of Luxembourg v. Republic of Niger at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Hector Enterprise Inc., acting through its director, DLT Solutions Limited v. Hector DAO, Farooq Hassan, Bartosz Udzinski, Thach Nguyen, and Keiichi Kojima at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in the matter of Colpan Oil and Gas Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Class Action Complaint alleging civil conspiracy, aiding and abetting fraud, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, and RICO regarding the FTX crypto group in Edwin Garrison v. Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, of New York, USA, described as "one of the foremost and most profitable American multinational law firms in the world", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint "to recover $3,000,000 from a Defendant who received such proceeds illegitimately from a contract counterparty to the Fund and despite any known right to receive or retain them" in Income Collecting 1-3 Months T-Bills Mutual Fund (in Official Liquidation), of the Cayman Islands v. Karen Aigen, a.k.a. Keren Katya Aigen, described as a resident of California, USA who "was married to Ofer Abarbanel", at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Decision & Order awarding the plaintiff $364 million and banning Donald Trump, Allen Weisselberg, Jeffrey McConney, Eric Trump, and Donald Trump, Jr. from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation or other legal entity in People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Allen Weisselberg, Jeffrey McConney, The Donald J. Trump Organization Inc., Trump Organization LLC, DJT Holdings LLC, DJT Holdings Managing Member, Trump Endeavor 12 LLC, 401 North Wabash Venture LLC, Trump Old Post Office LLC, 40 Wall Street LLC, and Seven Springs LLC at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Claim Form in Republic Bank (BVI) Limited v. Curtis Matthew, d.b.a. Paradigm Shipping Services, and Kandice Olbino-Matthew at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Marina Bay Samudera Limited in Selfridges, of Singapore v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Criminal Indictment alleging conspiracy to commit money laundering regarding a "phantom hacker scam" in USA v. Anil Mangukia and Yash Navadiya, citizens of India, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Petition to Confirm and Enter Judgment on Interim Measures Arbitration Award in GEM Yield Bahamas Ltd., of The Bahamas, and GEM Global Yield LLC SCS, of Luxembourg v. Mullen Technologies Inc. and Mullen Automotive Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition to Enforce Arbitral Award in Gate Gourmet Korea Co., Ltd., described as "a joint venture company based in the Republic of Korea" v. Asiana Airlines, Inc., described as "an international airline based in the Republic of Korea", at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. Hayman Hong Kong Opportunities Offshore Fund LP, of the Cayman Islands, and Hayman Hong Kong Opportunities Onshore Fund LP, of Delaware, USA, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint against entities in Australia, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, England, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, and USA in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. ACA Capital Group Ltd., Alfa Global Ventures Limited, Alfonso Global Ventures Limited, Anton Development Limited, Bravo Luck Limited, Celestial Tide Limited, China Golden Spring Group (Hong Kong) Ltd., Eastern Profit Corporation Limited, Freedom Media Ventures Limited, G Club International Limited, G Club Operations LLC, G Fashion (CA), G Fashion Hold Co A Limited, G Fashion Hold Co B Limited, G Fashion International Limited, GFashion Media Group Inc., G Music LLC, GF IP, LLC, GF Italy, LLC, GFNY, Inc., Hamilton Capital Holding Limited, Hamilton Investment Management Limited, Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC, Haoran He, Himalaya Currency Clearing Pty Ltd., Himalaya International Clearing Limited, Himalaya International Financial Group Limited, Himalaya International Payments Limited, Himalaya International Reserves Limited, Jovial Century International Limited, K Legacy Ltd., Karin Maistrello, Leading Shine Limited, Major Lead International Limited, Mei Guo, Next Tycoon Investments Limited, Qiang Guo, Rule of Law Foundation III, Inc., Rule of Law Society IV, Inc., Saraca Media Group, Inc., Seven Mission Group LLC, William Je, and Wise Creation International Limited at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint to avoid and recover “fraudulent” transfers of $3,723,302 in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. Rising Sun Capital Ltd., of England, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.