United States District Court for the Northern District of California

Complaint alleging fraud in Translarity Inc. v. Grand Junction Semiconductor Pte Ltd., of Singapore; ZiFund, of China; Alpha Wealth Global Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Pacific Gate Advisors LLC, Robert Marassa, and Huan Wang at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint for declaratory relief in Ducky Ltd., of Cyprus v. Iviliia Millionic IT Sp. zoo, of Poland, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Banco Azteca S.A., of Mexico, to take discovery from X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, Inc.; Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly known as Facebook, Inc., and Google LLC for use in legal proceedings in Mexico regarding "a coordinated multi-national financial terrorism campaign effectuated by mostly anonymous posters", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Gregory Gliner, described as "a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and United States, has worked tirelessly for years to become, and earn a reputation as, a successful and ethical businessman and entrepreneur", to take discovery from Dynadot, Inc. "for use in a lawsuit in the United Kingdom against the person(s) who operate the website PoliticalLore.com and anonymously authored and/or caused to be published on PoliticalLore.com an article defaming him", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Evgeny Mariashin, a Russian lawyer residing in Cyprus, to take discovery from Google, LLC for use in legal proceedings in England brought by Alexander Gorbachev against Andrey Grigoryevich Guriev, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce to take discovery from Yahoo Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Canada in which MSA International Management Limited alleged that "alleging that CIBC both negligently permitted unauthorized fund transfers from an MSA account and that CIBC froze the balance of the account without justification", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Patrick Dannacher, described as "a Swiss citizen residing in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates", to take discovery from Cloudflare Inc. for use in legal proceedings in the United Arab Emirates alleging extortion, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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.

Application by Alpine Partners (BVI) L.P., described as "an investment fund constituted as a limited partnership in the British Virgin Islands", to take discovery from Nancy Valente for use in "an appraisal proceeding pending before the Supreme Court of Bermuda" regarding "the fair value of its shares in Myovant Sciences Ltd.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint in Gor Gevorkyan, Poonam Gupta, and Eric Molina v. Ledger SAS, of France, and Ledger Technologies Inc., of Delaware, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Apply Support, S.L., Apply Digital Systems B.V., and Apply Digital Systems Holding B.V., described as "a group of companies that created, developed, and own a no code source platform, which is a unique software that allows users with no programming or coding skills to create applications for mobile devices", to take discovery from Adyen N.V. for use in legal proceedings in Spain regarding "intellectual property, and proprietary business information", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern California.

Class Action Complaint alleging the sale of an unregistered crypto security known as LDO in Andrew Samuels v. Lido DAO, described as "a general partnership running an "Ethereum staking" business" that "has ended up staking more than twenty billion dollars at a time" and whose "founders" were identified as "are Kasper Rasmussen, who is Danish and lives in Copenhagen; Vasily Shapovalov, who is Russian and lives in Cyprus; Konstantin Lomashuk, who is Russian and lives in the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an external territory of Australia; and Jordan Fish, who is British and whose whereabouts are unknown"; AH Capital Management LLC, d.b.a. Andreesen Horowitz; Paradigm Operations LP, two of whose "agents" were identified as Arjun Balaji and Georgios Konstantopolous; Dragonfly Digital Management LLC, and Robot Ventures LP, described as "an entity used to manage the investments of Robert Leshner and Tarun Chitra", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by the Consumers' Association, described as "a registered charity and company with over 60 years of experience championing consumer rights in the United Kingdom", to take discovery from Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Apple Inc. "for use in a foreign class action litigation pending in the Competition Appeal Tribunal of the United Kingdom, Consumers’ Association v. Qualcomm, Inc.”, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint in Michael Lynn Gabriel v. Block Assets LLC, which "operates a cybercurrency company at the website Blockas.com", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint alleging the defendants operated - in the form of a crypto platform - as a securities exchange, broker/dealer, and clearing agency without being registered in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Payward Inc. and Payward Ventures Inc., collectively doing business as Kraken, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud involving a crypto trading platform known as XTRA that were seized from an account at Binance in USA v. Approximately 110607.71 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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.

Application by Sandoz Canada Inc. to take discovery from Susan D. Demo for use in legal proceedings in Canada, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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.

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.

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 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 alleging "the fraudulent offer and sale of securities" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. NDB Inc., described as a Wyoming-domiciled and based "private technology startup company formerly based in San Francisco and Pleasanton, California", and Nima Golsharifi, described as a resident of London, England, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint "about a pseudonymous Internet trickster and amateur artist who thinks his quasi-anonymity and modest notoriety allows him to criminally defraud his ostensible friends and business partners, psychologically manipulate and bully them into silence, and unjustly enrich himself at their expense without facing any repercussions" in Kevin Gelasio, described as "a full-time nurse and part-time cryptocurrency trader" v. Haris bin Zafar, described as a citizen and resident of the United Kingdom, and Project Ether Limited, of Hong Kong, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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.

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.

Class Action Complaint "for falsely advertising price discounts for in-game purchases and other deceptive and unfair business practices in its mobile application game" in Loren Kelly v. FunPlus International AG, of Switzerland, and KingsGroup Holdings, of the Cayman Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint for Interpleader regarding "the multiple insureds’ competing claims to limited proceeds under the Hiscox Policy in connection with the collapse of FTX Trading Ltd. and related entities" in Hiscox Syndicates Limited, of England v. Paper Bird Inc., Samuel Bankman-Fried, Nishad Singh, Ramnik Arora, Claire Watanabe, Howard Andrew Fisher, Amy Wu, Zixiao (Gary) Wang, Ryan Salame, Can Sun, Constance Zhe Wang, Luk Wai (Jen) Chan, Natalie Tien, Zane Tackett, Zhongyuan (David) Ma, Daniel Friedberg, Robin Matzke, Patrick Gruhn, Ross Rheingans-Yoo, Nicholas Beckstead, and Jonathan Cheesman at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint alleging a law firm participated in a crypto fraud by the FTX Group in Leandro Cabo, of California; Ryan Henderson, of California; Kyle Rupprecht, a citizen and resident of Canada; Vijeth Shetty, of Florida, and Warren Winter, a citizen and resident of Germany v. Fenwick & West LLP at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Sisu Capital LLC, of California, USA; Timothy Overture, of California, USA, and Hansueli Overture, described as a resident of Hallau, Switzerland, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by FL Distribución S.A. de C.V., of Mexico, to take discovery from Sony Interactive Entertainment America Trading LLC and Sony Computer Entertainment of America Trading Latin America LLC, both known as Sony PlayStation, for use in legal proceedings in Canada, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint alleging "targeted, repetitive, and persistent defamatory statements" that "Plaintiffs created an illegal security offering" involving a crypto token called 'Africa' in Michael Williams, described as a citizen and resident of Australia who is "a highly successful technology entrepreneur"; Glexia Pty Ltd., of Australia, and Kaddex Pty Ltd., of Australia v. John Doe, described as "an individual or group of individuals using various Twitter handles, including “@5C4MMER"; Ali Jorani, and Artopia.dev, described as "a company of unknown structure", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Second Amended Complaint for FBAR Penalties regarding accounts in the British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, Liechtenstein, Panama, Singapore, Switzerland and other countries in USA v. Francis Burga, individually and as the Administrator of the Estate of Margelus Burga, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Yuan Hsu to take discovery from Wells Fargo Bank NA, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, U.S. Bank NA, Citibank NA, and Bank of America NA for use in legal proceedings in Taiwan, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Petition to partially vacate arbitration award in New Frontier Investment AG and New Frontier Holding GmbH, both of Austria v. BitCenter Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Beijing TrueLake Culture Development Limited to take discovery from Brent Richard Irvin for use in "a copyright infringement lawsuit" in China "against Tencent Music Entertainment (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., an affiliated company of Tencent Music Entertainment Group", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of China.

Notice of Voluntary Dismissal in Cerebellum Networks Inc. v. Kenzi Wang and Does 1-10 at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Path Network Inc. and Tempest Hosting LLC to take discovery from Discord Inc. "relating to Curtis Gervais, Rene Roosen, and Archetype#8484, one of their suspected aliases" for use in legal proceedings in Canada, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint alleging the theft of $1.3 million derived from the sale of crypto tokens in Cerebellum Networks Inc., described as "a crypto token business" v. Kenzi Wang, described as a resident of Dubai and a former "advisor and independent contractor" to the plaintiff, and Does 1-10 at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

First Amended Complaint involving allegations of fraud in Elizabeth Y. Chung v. Chung Peng Chih-Mei, described as a citizen of China residing in Taiwan, and Intertrust (Bahamas) Limited at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint alleging "the misappropriation of GeoSolutions' valuable technology and know-how relating to the use of location-based services to enhance and monetize social networking services" in GeoSolutions B.V. and GeoSolutions Holdings N.V., both of the Netherlands v. Sina Corporation, described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, China-based holding company that is "self-described as 'a leading online media company serving China the global Chinese communities'"; Weibo Corporation, described as being domiciled in the Cayman Islands and based in China; SINA.COM Online, Weibo R&D Limited, New Wave MMXV Ltd., described as being domiciled in the British Virgin Islands and based in China; Sina Group Holding Company Ltd., described as being domiciled in the Cayman Islands and based in China; Sina Hong Kong Limited, of Hong Kong; GyPSii (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., of China; Beijing Sina Internet Information Service Company Ltd., of China; Beijing New Media Technology Information Company, of China; Beijing Weimeng Technology Co., Ltd., of China; Sina (Beijing) Information Technology Co. Ltd. of China; SINA.COM Technology (China) Co., Ltd., of China; Cao Guowei, a.k.a. Chao Guowei, a.k.a. Charles Chao, of China, and Wang Gaofei, of China, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by DNG FZE, described as a United Arab Emirates-domiciled "online merchant that sells personal electronic goods", to take discovery from James Michael Lindfelt, described as "a Senior Legal Counsel of PayPal Inc.", for use in legal proceedings in Singapore alleging that PayPal Pte. Ltd. "unlawfully withheld its revenue totaling $1.4 million", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint in Eftychios Theodorakis v. Dfinity Dtiftung, a.k.a. Dfinity Foundation; Dominic Williams, and Gian Bochsler, all of Switzerland, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Motion to Compel Compliance with a Subpoena Ad Testificandum in GVA Capital Ltd., of the Cayman Islands v. Pavel Cherkashin at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint "to redress and curtail Defendants’ unlawful collections, obtainments, use, storage, and disclosure of Plaintiff’s sensitive and proprietary biometric identifiers and/or biometric information" in Michael Massel v. Coinbase and Does at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award in Du Capital Limited Company, Gamblepod SPV, Nirvana Capital Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Noobie LLC, Winslow Strong, and Yat Chun Yu v. CashBet Alderney Ltd., Mobile Gaming Technologies Inc., Fred Hsu, Mike Reaves, and George Weinberg at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Payward Ventures Inc.'s opposition to Petition to Enforce IRS Summons in USA v. Payward Ventures Inc., d.b.a. Kraken, a crypto exchange, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

First Amended Complaint for FBAR Penalties regarding accounts in the British Virgin Islands, Liechtenstein, Panama, Singapore, Switzerland and other countries in USA v. Francis Burga, individually and as the Administrator of the Estate of Margelus Burga, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

First Amended Complaint in Dallas Woody and Peter Hrehorovich, MD v. Coinbase Global Inc., Coinbase Inc., and Brian Armstrong at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Third Amended Complaint alleging securities fraud in Marc Chan, a citizen of Canada; Lei Li, of Hong Kong; Strong Wealth Investment Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and Pacific Smile Limited, of the British Virgin Islands v. ArcSoft Inc., described as "a software company whose primary business is licensing software and algorithms to the manufacturers of smartphones and consumer electronics", and Michael Deng at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.