United States District Court for the Northern District of California

Complaint to recover allegedly unpaid crypto loans in TrustToken Inc., described as "a financial services company at the forefront of the development of new 23 global financial systems, using blockchain technology to facilitate loans and commerce" v. Kbit Global Limited, described as a Chinese company based in Hong Kong, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint alleging breach of contract and fraud in Mobileum Inc. v. Kibott Sàrl, Olaf Funke, and Celine Dellis, all of Luxembourg, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Centripetal Networks LLC to take discovery from Cisco Systems, Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Germany, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint alleging securities fraud involving PG&E Corporation in Orbis Capital Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Orbis Global Balanced Fund, of Australia; Orbis Global Equity Fund, of Australia; Orbis Global Equity LE Fund, of Australia; Orbis Global Equity Fund Limited, of Bermuda; Orbis Institutional Global Equity (OFO) Fund, of Bermuda; Orbis Institutional Global Equity Fund, of Bermuda; Orbis Institutional Global Equity L.P., of Delaware; Orbis Institutional U.S. Equity L.P., of Delaware; Orbis OEIC Global Balanced Fund, of England and Wales; Orbis OEIC Global Equity Fund, of England and Wales; Orbis Optimal Global Fund LP, of Delaware; Orbis Optimal SA Fund Limited, of Bermuda; Orbis SICAV Global Balanced Fund, of Luxembourg; Orbis SICAV Global Equity Fund, of Luxembourg, and Allan Gray Australia Balanced Fund, of Australia v. Geisha J. Williams, Nickolas Stavropoulos, Julie M. Kane, Patrick M. Hogan, Barbara L. Rambo, David S. Thomason, Lewis Chew, Fred J. Fowler, Richard C. Kelly, Roger H. Kimmel, Richard A. Meserve, Forrest E. Miller, Rosendo G. Parra, Anne Shen Smith, and Eric D. Mullins, described as officers and directors of PG&E Corporation, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint in which "the victim of an elaborate “advance-fee" scam ... seeks to identify the fraudsters and recover millions of dollars' worth of fiat and cryptocurrency that were stolen from her" in Min Ji Goo Dyer, a citizen of the United Kingdom v. John Does at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Second Amended Complaint in 1440 Sports Management Limited, of England v. PGA Tour Inc., Fortinet Inc., and Jay Voelker at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in Elliot Snook v. SVB Financial Group, Greg W. Becker, and Daniel J. Beck at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in Chandra Vanipenta v. SVB Financial Group, parent of Silicon Valley Bank; Greg W. Becker, and Daniel Beck at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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.

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 "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.

Class Action Complaint alleging "Silvergate is liable for its role in furthering FTX’s investment fraud and breaches of fiduciary duty" in Matson Magleby, of Utah, and Golam Sakline, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in Dubai v. Silvergate Bank and Silvergate Capital Corporation at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint alleging "the illegal unregistered offer and sale of securities involving the staking of crypto assets" in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Payward Ventures Inc., of Delaware, and Payward Trading Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, both doing business as Kraken, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Petition to Enforce IRS Summons regarding "an investigation to determine the identity and correct federal income tax liability of U.S. persons who conducted transactions in cryptocurrency for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020" in USA v. Payward Ventures Inc., d.b.a. Kraken, described as a crypto exchange, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint alleging "an orchestrated effort by the defendant law firms and attorneys to simultaneously process across multiple jurisdictions eleven separate civil subpoenas duces tecum on an ex parte basis to obtain private and confidential information of Plaintiff, David Bernahl, for use in a highly publicized European domestic squabble to which he is not a party" in David Bernahl v. Eversheds Sutherland Ltd., of England; Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP, of England; Eversheds Sutherland (Europe) Limited, of England; Eversheds Sutherland Bitãns, of Latvia; Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, Sergenian Ashby LLP, Ian S. Shelton, Joseph R. Ashby, and Sarah E. Paul at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Oasis Focus Fund LP and Quadre Investments LP to take discovery from David Katsujin Chao, DCM Management Co., L.L.C., DCM Management Co. VI, LLC, DCM Management Company IV, L.L.C., DCM Management Company V, L.L.C., and DCM Management, Inc. for use in "an appraisal proceeding pending before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands" regarding "shares in 51job, Inc.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint in Dallas Woody v. Coinbase Global Inc., Coinbase Inc., and Brian Armstrong at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint alleging the defendant "developed, distributed, and used surveillance software that relied on fake accounts and unauthorized automated means to collect - or “scrape” - data from Facebook and Instagram, and other websites such as Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Telegram" in Meta Platforms Inc. v. Voyager Labs Ltd., of England, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint in Charles Freeman, Tigran Melkonyan, Ari Shofet, Shawn Mall, Benjamin Ferris, Bryan Chapman, Nandan Arora, Shafiq Rajani, Vijay Christopher, Marc Ashby, Vincent van Buskirk, Lawrence Manickam, and Edmundo Pena v. 3Commas Technologies OÜ, of Estonia, described as "a provider of automatic Crypto trading software", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint regarding "fraud protection" for allegedly stolen Bitcoin in Matthew Allan v. Coinbase Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint in Julie Chon Papadakis v. Samuel Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang, Nishad Singh, Armanino LLP, and Prager Metis CPAs LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to take evidence from Autodesk Incorporated - pursuant to request for judicial assistance from the Czech Republic - for an investigation into Rene Pospisil for suspected "criminal copyright infringement".

Class Action Complaint alleging crypto fraud involving FTX Group in Michael Elliott Jessup v. Samuel Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Nishad Singh, Gary Wang, and Sam Trabucco at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint alleging crypto fraud involving FTX Group in Samuel Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Zixiang Gary Wang, Nishad Singh, Armanino LLP, and Prager Metis CPAs LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Petition to Confirm Arbitral Award in CW Baice Limited, of the British Virgin Islands v. The Wisdomobile Group Limited, formerly known as The Ocean Swell Group Limited, of the Cayman Islands, and The Wisdomobile Limited, formerly known as The Ocean Swell Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by FourWorld Event Opportunities LP and Genesis Emerging Markets Investment Company to take discovery from James Liang for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands regarding the "fair value" of shares in 58.com, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Minutes noting the death of the defendant, Carlos Kepke, an attorney who had been indicted for alleged tax fraud conspiracy involving accounts or companies in Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Nevis, and Switzerland, in USA v. Carlos E. Kepke at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint alleging "one of the great frauds in history" in Stephen Pierce v. Samuel Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Zixiao Gary Wang, Nishad Singh, Armanino LLP, described as "an accounting and consulting firm that was engaged by the FTX Group to perform corporate audits", and Prager Metis CPAs LLC, described as "an accounting and consulting firm that was engaged by the FTX Group to perform corporate audits", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Nadia Zahmoul to take discovery from Coinbase Group Inc and Helium Systems, Inc. for use in divorce proceedings in England in which she has alleged that her husband, Karim Zahmoul, "has undertaken a complicated scheme to obscure the extent of the marital estate from Applicant and has dissipated significant amounts of it", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint alleging "fraud and deceit at a scale rarely seen – causing billions of dollars in value and financial equity to ostensibly disappear overnight" involving FTX crypto group in Elliott Lam, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Hong Kong v. Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, and Golden State Warriors LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

USA's Trial Memorandum regarding an alleged offshore tax fraud scheme involving accounts or entities in Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Nevis, and Switzerland that allowed businessman Robert Smith "to evade federal income taxes on approximately $225,000,000 of capital gains" in USA v. Carlos Kepke, an attorney, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Plaintiff LIV Golf Inc.'s Motion for the Issuance of Letters Rogatory "to The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, the DP World Tour, and European Tour CEO Keith Pelley" in Matt Jones, Bryson DeChambeau, Peter Uihlein, and LIV Golf Inc. v. PGA Tour Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Defendant's unopposed administrative motion for issuance of letter of request for International Judicial Assistance from Telegram Messenger Inc., described as "cloud-based instant messaging service", in the British Virgin Islands and Tencent Holdings Ltd., described as an "internet technology company", in China in Maximilian Klein et al v. Meta Platforms Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by 453339 Ontario Limited, d.b.a. Orion Management, described as "a property management business based in Mississauga, Ontario", to take discovery from Google LLC for use in legal proceedings in Canada alleging "significant reputational and business harm" after "Orion's Google Business Profile had been taken over by one or more unauthorized individuals", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Defendant's Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint, in Michael Nguyen and Nader George v. OKCoin USA Inc., described as "a web-based cryptocurrency exchange", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint for $1.7 million alleging breach of contract in Super Effect Investments Limited, of the British Virgin Islands v. Haili Wu, a.k.a. Haili Marshall; Derek Marshall, and California Wine Exchange at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding "the theft of more than $2 million in cryptocurrency by Zin Ko Oo [a 30-year-old citizen of Myanmar], Wing San Tse [a 33-year-old resident of Hong Kong], Shen Chee Kok [a 34-year-old citizen of Singapore], and potentially others through a wire fraud scheme affecting multiple victims" in USA v. Approximately 503,349.86 Tether, 1,379,999 Cardano, and 163,118 Binance USD formerly held in accounts at cryptocurrency exchange Binance at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Beijing TrueLake Culture Development Ltd., described as a Chinese company that "publishes and distributes audiobooks for the Chinese language market", to take discovery from NetEase, Inc., described as "a Chinese Internet technology company that develops and operates online PC and mobile games, applications, advertising services, email services and e-commerce platforms in China", for use in "copyright infringement proceedings in China against two companies: Hangzhou Ledu Technology Co. Ltd. and Hangzhou NetEase Cloud Music Technology Co. Ltd.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Petition to Vacate Arbitration Award in DotC United Inc. and Avazu Inc., both of the British Virgin Islands v. Google Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., of Singapore, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Judgment and Order of Forfeiture in favor of the USA regarding crypto that "five parties" claimed ownership to, namely "Ross William Ulbricht, Caleb Bradberry, Roman Hossain, Lucas E. Buckley, First 100 LLC, Battle Born Investments Company LLC, and 1st One Hundred Holdings LLC" in USA v. Approximately 69,370 Bitcoin, Bitcoin Gold, Bitcoin SV, and Bitcoin Cash at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Bitwallet Pte Ltd., described as a Singapore company that "is in the business of developing financial software systems and providing payment services", to take discovery from Meta Platforms Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Japan involving "false statements" in Japanese that were made about the applicant on Facebook by someone "with the display name of 'Mizuta Tadashi'" and which, inter alia, caused "the Lithuanian authorities" to warn that "they may revoke our financial services license", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud involving cryptocurrency in Mark Young v. Solana Labs Inc., The Solana Foundation, Anatoly Yakovenko, Multicoin Capital Management LLC, Kyle Samani, and FalconX LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint alleging cryptocurrency fraud in Nick Patterson v. TerraForm Labs Pte. Ltd., of Singapore; Jump Crypto, Jump Trading LLC, Republic Capital, Republic Maximal LLC, Tribe Capital, DeFinance Capital/Definance Technologies Oy, GSR Markets Limited, of Hong Kong; Three Arrows Capital Ptd Ltd., of Singapore; Nicholas Platias and Do Kwon, of South Korea, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint alleging fraud and negligence involving a cryptocurrency called TerraUSD in Larry Pearl and Eric Vladimirsky v. Coinbase Global Inc. and Coinbase Inc., operators of a cryptocurrency exchange, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act regarding the cryptocurrency "stablecoin" known as Terra in Jeffrey Lockhart v. BAM Trading Services Inc., of Delaware, d.b.a. Binance US, described as "a crypto-asset exchange that operates a platform on which customers discover, research, buy, and sell digital assets", and Brian Schroder at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint "to collect unpaid federal civil penalty assessments and interest" from a "sophisticated taxpayer" who "established a maze of offshore entities to conceal his beneficial ownership of entities and foreign financial accounts holding millions of dollars", including those in the Bahamas, Guernsey, and Nevis, in USA v. Raymond Galliani, of Moraga, California, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Petition to Confirm Foreign Arbitration Award of $1.5 million in Metallurgical Plant Kazsilicon LLP, of Kazakhstan v. Clean Power Innovation LLC, of California, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Bureau Veritas do Brasil Sociedade Classificadora e Certificadora Ltda, BVQI do Brasil Sociedade Certificadora Ltda, and Kuhlmann Monitoramento Agricola Ltda, all of Brazil, to take discovery from Gaivota, LLC, of Delaware; Alexandre Spitz, and Ram Rajagopal for use in "ongoing judicial proceedings in Brazil and an international tribunal in the International Chamber of Commerce regarding Eduardo Chabassus Kuhlmann Junior and Leila Maria Martins Kuhlmann's various breaches of a Quota Purchase Agreement", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Alpine Partners (BVI) LP, of the British Virgin Islands, to take discovery from Vivo Capital LLC, Vivo Capital Fund IX (Cayman) LLC, and Vivo Capital Fund IX (Cayman) L.P. for use in "an appraisal proceeding in the Cayman Islands" involving New Frontier Health Corporation, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint alleging negligence, conversion, and fraud involving a cryptocurrency called GYEN, described as a "stablecoin" that is "purportedly 'pegged' to the Japanese yen at a rate of one-to-one", in Kenneth Donovan and Hussien Kassfy v. GMO-Z.com Trust Company Inc., described as a New York company that was created by "a Tokyo-based internet services industry company" called GMO Internet Group; Coinbase Global Inc., and Coinbase Inc., both of Delaware, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.