United States of America

Complaint alleging breach of contract and insurance bad faith in Samuel Bankman-Fried, described as "a defendant in an ongoing, complex criminal trial relating to alleged conduct related to Paper Bird Inc. and its subsidiary FTX Trading Ltd." v. Continental Casualty Company, described as "Mr. Bankman-Fried’s excess insurer under a directors and officers insurance policy", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by NextPoint Financial Inc., as the Foreign Representative of LM BP Holdings LLC, described as "a member of the 'LoanMe group of companies'", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Meta Platforms Inc. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from San Marino - for use in a criminal investigation into "an unknown suspect for unauthorized access to a computer system and impersonation offenses".

Class Action Complaint "against Defendants for injury under unfair competition and violations of Security Exchange Commission laws for attempts to monopolize the cryptocurrency platform market by hurting the competitor trading platforms operated by the FTX Entities" in Nir Lahav v. Binance Holdings Limited, described as a Cayman Islands crypto firm based in China; BAM Trading Services Inc., BAM Management US Holdings Inc., and Changpeng Zhao at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint "to compel Phoenicia to provide books and records of its business operations" amid "public reports of mismanagement and/or malfeasance" by Phoenicia's "parent", 777 Partners LLC, which is attempting to purchase English soccer club Everton F.C., in Timothy James O'Neil-Dunne and MALT Family Trust v. Phoenicia LLC at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Application by Oksana Kiritchenko to take discovery from Citicorp North America, Inc., U.S. Bancorp., J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, Bank of America, Pacific Western Bank, LogiX Federal Credit Union, Wells Fargo Bank, and Richard Ploesch for use in legal proceedings in Bulgaria, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint alleging the defendants, "doing business under multiple brand names including Trade2Get, Coinbull, Cryptonxt, Tradenix, Cryptobravos, Nittrex, Wobit, and Pinance", perpetrated a crypto-based investment fraud in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Or Patreanu, of Israel; Snir Hananya, of Italy; Artem Prokopenko, of Ukraine; Elijah Samson, of Germany, and Expected Value Plus Ltd., of Seychelles, at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of "a cryptocurrency fraud scheme operating out of Southeast Asia and China" in USA v. Crypto seized from accounts at Binance crypto exchange in the names of Duean Phikunkaew, a citizen of Thailand; Varat Vitthayanuwat, a citizen of Thailand; Jiang Changsen, a citizen of China, and Wang Xuewen, a citizen of China, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Application by QIC Ltd., described as "a governmental entity wholly owned by the Australian State of Queensland", to take discovery from Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch and Deutsche Bank Trust Company of the Americas for use in legal proceedings in Denmark "against Danske Bank A/S" by "over 300 claimants" who allegedly suffered investment losses of "around $1 billion" due to "a series of money laundering activities over a nine-year period from 2007 through 2015 by Danske’s Estonian branch, which has been referred to as the largest money laundering scandal in world history", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Motion for Temporary Restraining Order in AiShang You Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Dada Business Trading Co. Limited, of Hong Kong; Dongping Liu, Fengzhen Ai, Min Li, Peifeng Yu, Pijun Liu, all of China; Wenwen Yu, of Florida, USA, and Yanqin Chen, of China, derivatively and on behalf of WeTrade Group Inc., of Wyoming, USA v. Biuming Guo, Grace Li, Ning Qin, Yuxing Ye, Hechun Wei, Kean Tat Che, and Annie Huang, all of China, as Defendants, and Globex Transfer LLC, of Florida, USA, as Nominal Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming.

Class Action Complaint in Joshua Kalkbrenner v. Hummingbird Funds LLC, d.b.a. Blue Trust Loans; David Johnson, Kirk Michael Chewning, Cane Bay Partners VI, LLLP, of the U.S. Virgin Islands; Dimension Credit (Cayman), L.P., of the Cayman Islands; Strategic Link Consulting, LP, Esoteric Ventures, LLC, InfoTel International Ltd., M. Mark High, Ltd., of Belize; Kim Anderson, Jay Clark, and LaCourte Oreilles Financial Services II, LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Complaint alleging "a scheme that defrauded Plaintiffs out of a total of over $1.4 Million" in Khaled Elsisi, Najy Kanan, Ahmed Khder, Asher Bomani Lewis, Ricardo Marquez, Christine Linda Masters, of Australia; Luis Pinos, Gabriela Janeta Roman, Barry Rosner, Ahmed Sharafeldin, Stuart Wayne Springfield, Christopher Emanuel Szabo, Linwood Walker, and Robert Yeng v. CFT Solutions, LLC, Renan de Rocha Gomes Bastos, Yvenson Israel, Arthur Percy, Chuck Marshall, Divine-Seven EL, Michael Jex and Elido Santana at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Stockholder Derivative Complaint alleging breach of fiduciary duty, waste of corporate assets, and unjust enrichment in Eric O'Neill and Patrick O'Neill, derivatively and on behalf of nominal defendant Coinbase Global Inc. v. Frederick Ernest Ehrsam II, Tobias Lütke, Fred Wilson, Brian Armstrong, Marc L. Andreesen, Kathryn Haun, Kelly A. Kramer, Gokul Rajaram, Alesia J. Haas, and Jennifer N. Jones, as Defendants, and Coinbase Global Inc., as Nominal Defendant, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Complaint in AiShang You Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Dada Business Trading Co. Limited, of Hong Kong; Dongping Liu, Fengzhen Ai, Min Li, Peifeng Yu, Pijun Liu, all of China; Wenwen Yu, of Florida, USA, and Yanqin Chen, of China, derivatively and on behalf of WeTrade Group Inc., of Wyoming, USA v. Biuming Guo, Grace Li, Ning Qin, Yuxing Ye, Hechun Wei, Kean Tat Che, and Annie Huang, all of China, as Defendants, and Globex Transfer LLC, of Florida, USA, as Nominal Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming.

Judgment for $475,282 regarding an alleged crypto mining-based investment fraud in Chryskylodon LLC, of Wyoming v. Markus Schneider, Arastra AG, of Switzerland; PetaWatt Holdings Inc., of Wyoming, USA, and Swiss Picturebank (Group) AG, of Switzerland, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Alexander Lawson and Christopher Kennedy, of Alvarez & Marsal, as the Foreign Representatives of VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint alleging "an attempt by a vulture fund, Mezz Lender, to fabricate an event of default and seize Mezz Borrower’s very valuable equity", in 181 Harbor Mezz LLC v. Kore Fund Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Plaintiff's 'Facts To Be Proven At Trial' 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.

Decision and order on motions, including granting, in part, plaintiff's motions for summary judgment and sanctions against defendants' attorneys, 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.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Scotland by James B. Stephen, of BDO, in Glasgow, Scotland, as the Foreign Representative of Jason Hector Blain, a former executive with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud that were seized from accounts at Cayman Islands-domiciled crypto exchange Binance in USA v. 303,992.547 USDT, 100.896 BNB, and 108,551.008 USDT at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud that were seized from accounts at Cayman Islands-domiciled Binance Holdings Ltd. in the names of Martins Eromosele Iyere, Olawumi Stephen Adewale, and Moses Olumide Sokale in USA v. 0.40401694 Bitcoin, 59,911.36 Tether, 9,128.847 Tether, 1,346.37 Decentraland, 1,039.6163 Curvedao, 14,690.894 Zillqa, 5.5550225 Avalanche, and 14,534,916 Shiba Inu at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

Class Action Complaint "by Plaintiffs on behalf of themselves and the thousands of similarly situated persons whose cryptocurrency account trading credentials were acquired and/or accessed by unauthorized persons in a data breach (or data breaches) that 3Commas admitted on December 28, 2022" in Lorne Tritt, Bruce Johnson, and Joseph Fishman v. 3Commas Technologies OÜ, described as an Estonia company that "claims to be the largest crypto trading bot platform", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by LITASCO S.A. to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, Citibank N.A.; Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas; Standard Chartered Bank; HSBC Bank USA, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, United Bank for Africa, America, Société Générale North America, SG Americas Securities Holdings, LLC, and BNP Paribas USA, Inc. for legal proceedings in England "against Der Mond Oil and Gas Africa SA and Locafrique Holding SA", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging misrepresentation of ownership involving, inter alia, "a Swedish trust" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Vista Financial Advisors LLC and Ruben Cedrick Williams at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business based on crypto in USA v. Samvel Grigoryan and Hayk Martirosyan, both citizens of Armenia, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Poland by Chris Thunander, as the Foreign Representative of HoloSurgical Technology Polska Sp. z.o.o., which "was founded to develop surgical navigation applications for spinal surgery that included AR and AI technologies", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Refinería de Cartagena S.A.S., of Colombia, to take discovery from McDermott International Ltd., described as "a global engineering and construction company", for use "in restructuring proceedings recently commenced in the Netherlands and England by two of McDermott’s principal subsidiaries", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Complaint alleging conversion and unjust enrichment regarding the freezing of an account due to a criminal investigation in Spain concerning "a failed Initial Coin Offering launched by Nimbus Platform" in Kirill Medvedev, of Miami, Florida, USA v. Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands, and BAM Trading Services Inc., described as a Delaware company based in Miami, Florida, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of a $170,000 crypto scam against an "84-year-old victim" in USA v. Virtual Currency Seized from Binance User ID 178147165, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

Complaint in Maxwell Roux, John Duff III, Henry Smith, of New Zealand, and Bruno Nispel v. Krishna Okhandiar, a.k.a. Rohit Okhandiar, Charlotte Fang, Charlie Fang, Wonyoung Jang, Miya, Xinma33, MissJo, and Sonya; Remilia Corporation LLC, and Remilia Industries LLC at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Xcoal Energy & Resources v. Acciaierie d'Italia SpA, of Italy, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Allianz Global Assistance - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Panama - for a criminal investigation into Imtiaz Ismail Dasoo Dasoo for suspected fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from JPMorgan Chase - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Panama - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subjects for fraud, data interception, and aggravated fraud against information systems".

Application by 507 Summit LLC, Oasis Focus Fund LP, and Quadre Investments, L.P. to take discovery from Alex Nanyan Zheng for use in an "appraisal proceeding" in the Cayman Islands "in relation to the leveraged take-private merger of 51job, Inc.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Complaint in N13J Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, described as "owner of the S/Y KAIZEN, a 44 Meter Alloy Yachts International Sailing Yacht" v. M/Y Pure Romance, described as "a 2007 110' Lazzara Motor Yacht" that is "flagged" in Jamaica, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by 507 Summit LLC, Oasis Focus Fund, and Quadre Investments L.P. to take discovery from James Jianzhang Liang for use in "appraisal proceedings pending before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands in relation to the leveraged take-private merger of 51job, Inc.", described as "a leading provider of human resources services in the People’s Republic of China", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint in FTX Trading Ltd., of Antigua and Barbuda, and West Realm Shires Services Inc., of Delaware v. Michael Burgess, Huy Xuan 'Kevin' Nguyen, Jing Yu 'Darren' Wong, Matthew Burgess, Lesley Burgess, described as "former employees of Salameda Ltd."; 3Twelve Ventures Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, and BDK Consulting Ltd., of Hong Kong, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Complaint alleging "a multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme, affinity fraud, and unregistered offering of securities" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Aras Investment Business Group S.A.P.I. de C.V., of Chihuahua, Mexico; Armando Gutierrez Rosas, Maria de Lourdes Tolentino Roque, Diayanira Rendon Trejo, Efren Norberto Quiroz Gardea, and Luis Ricardo Quiroz Gardea, all citizens of Mexico, at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Application by Zheng Jin and Suhao Zhang to take discovery from Seattle Family Regional Center for use in legal proceedings in China "against Shanghai Entry Exit Service Center Co., Ltd." regarding "an immigration agency’s breach of contract with the Applicants in connection with the placement of a real estate investment intended to provide benefits under the EB-5 Immigration Investment Visa Program", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Criminal Complaint alleging laundering of bribery proceeds involving entities in Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Philippines, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and USA in USA v. Juan Andres Donato Bautista, described as the former chairman of the Commission on Elections of the Republic of the Philippines (COMELEC), at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding virtual assets seized from accounts at Binance crypto exchange in the names of Kosit Sisawigon and Suradet Totsaponvised, both in Thailand, and Low Li Yu, in Malaysia, that "was swindled from victims through the course of an investment fraud scam" in USA v. 5,012,294.90 in TetherUS, 75,589,553.41 in Gala, 226.81 in BNB, 1,264.16 in Bitcoin, 1,495.72 in Litentry, 48,969 in Fantom, 47.17 in Ethereum, and 501.41 in BUSD at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Neil Bunker, of PricewaterhouseCoopers, in Vancouver, Canada, as the Foreign Representative of My Mortgage Auction Corp., d.b.a. Shop Your Own Mortgage, described as a mortgage broker that is being investigated for suspected fraud, and Gregory Joseph Martel, described as a resident of both British Columbia and Ontario in Canada, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint in Irving Picard, as Trustee for the Substantively Consolidated SIPA Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC and the Chapter 7 Estate of Bernard L. Madoff v. Russell Oasis, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Frasers Group Plc, described as "a British retailer group listed on the FTSE-100 (but majority owned by its founder, Mike Ashley)", to take discovery from James Patrick Gorman, described as "Chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley", for use in legal proceedings in England regarding "a highly unusual US$995 million margin call that Morgan Stanley improperly imposed on Saxo Bank (and passed on to Frasers) in relation to certain options held by Frasers", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud in USA v. "$187,182 in U.S. currency, converted cryptocurrency obtained from SHAISHAV RAMAVAT’s OKX Exchange Account # 301953210925592576", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of wire fraud involving a purported crypto exchange known as "ANT Coin", fake tech support, romance, and other alleged scams and whose victims include a "76-year-old widow" in USA v. $161,354.08 at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Complaint in Bellrose Marketing Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands v. H2O Cruises LLC, of La Jolla, California, USA, and Samuel Penhos, of San Diego, California, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Criminal Information alleging conspiracy to commit commodities fraud involving entities in or from Belarus, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Nevis, Russia, Turkey, and USA in USA v. Peter Kambolin, described as "a U.S.-Russian national" residing in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint alleging the defendant "made material misstatements to two entities that would each invest $5 million in Woodstock Partners, a charter school in Minnesota and a real estate fund in Michigan" involving entities in the Cayman Islands, Delaware, and New Jersey in U.S. Securities and exchange Commission v. William E. Miller, of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.