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    Snowflake Inc. et al v. Yeti Data, Inc.: Discovery Application

    Application by Snowflake Inc. and Snowflake Computing GmbH, described as being part of a group that "offers customers cloud-based data storage and analytics services, both in the United States and Europe", to take discovery from Yeti Data, Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Germany, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    USA v. Robert F. Smith: Deferred Prosecution Agreement

    Deferred Prosecution Agreement in which the defendant agreed to pay tax, penalties, and interest totaling $139.2 million regarding "an illegal scheme to conceal income and evade taxes he owed by using an offshore trust structure with related foreign corporations and offshore bank accounts, and by willfully filing a series of false documents with the Internal Revenue Service" involving entities and accounts in Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Nevis, and Switzerland in USA v. Robert F. Smith, of Austin, Texas, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Atvos Agroindustrial Investimentos SA v. WhatsApp Inc. et al: Discovery Application (Brazil)

    Application by Atvos Agroindustrial Investimentos S.A., described as "an indirect subsidiary of the Odebrecht Group, a leading Brazil-based global organization in the fields of engineering and construction, real estate, oil and gas, petrochemicals, infrastructure, shipbuilding and agroindustry, with a presence in several countries around the world", to take discovery from WhatsApp Inc., Google LLC, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Yahoo! Inc. for use in "a number of ongoing and rapidly developing legal actions in Brazil" regarding "an illegal hostile takeover attempt of one of Brazil's largest agribusinesses by Lone Star Funds, a U.S.-based vulture fund", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Olegs Fils v. Specialized Helicopters Inc. et al: Discovery Application

    Application by Olegs Fils to take discovery from Specialized Helicopters Inc., Hyatt Corporation, Hyatt Carmel Highlands, a.k.a. Highlands Inn; Burst+Bloom, Sommpicks LLC, Benchmark Wine Group Inc., and Belmont Wine Exchange LLC for use in legal proceedings in Latvia, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    USA v. Robert Brockman: Criminal Indictment

    Criminal Indictment alleging conspiracy to defraud the USA, tax evasion, wire fraud, FBAR violations, money laundering, evidence tampering, and destruction of evidence regarding an alleged scheme to conceal approximately $2 billion of capital gains income and involving entities and accounts in Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Nevis, and Switzerland, in USA v. Robert T. Brockman, of Houston, Texas, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    I.T. Knowledge and Expertise CC v. Visa Inc.: Discovery Application

    Application by I.T. Knowledge and Expertise CC, of South Africa, to take discovery from Visa Inc. for use in legal proceedings in South Africa against First National Bank Limited, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    USA v. Danil Potekhin et al: Forfeiture Complaint

    Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. Cryptocurrency and Cash allegedly derived from "a large scale, sophisticated 'phishing' campaign" by Russian nationals Danil Potekhin and Dimitrii Karasavidi that targeted cryptocurrency exchanges, including Poloniex, based in San Francisco, domiciled in Delaware; Binance, based in Hong Kong, domiciled in the Cayman Islands, and Gemini Trust Company LLC, based in New York, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Tatiana Akhmedova v. Google LLC: Discovery Application

    Application by Tatiana Akhmedova to take discovery from Google LLC for use in legal proceedings in England involving, inter alia, her husband, Farkhad Akhmedov, a Russian businessman; their son, Temur Akhmedov, and "Liechtenstein trustee entities Counselor Trust Reg and Sobaldo Establishment" regarding judgment collection and alleged "fraudulent evasion", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Fisco Cryptocurrency Exchange Inc. v. Binance Holdings Ltd.: Complaint

    Complaint alleging "the laundering of stolen cryptocurrency" in Fisco Cryptocurrency Exchange Inc., described as "a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange" v. Binance Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands cryptocurrency exchange described as "a 'go-to' location for cybercriminals to convert purloined cryptocurrency to other cryptocurrency or cash", at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Batios Holdings Ltd. et al v. White Summers Caffee & James LLP: Discovery Application

    Ex Parte Application by Cosimo Borrelli, as Receiver of Batios Holdings Limited and Brasspoint Trading Limited, both of the British Virgin Islands, to take discovery from White Summers Caffee & James LLP, described as a California law firm that "served as former counsel to Batios and Brasspoint, and has refused requests by Petitioner to turn over the BVI Entities' client file, including any information regarding millions of dollars of funds belonging to the BVI Entities that were apparently transferred to the White Summers' client trust account shortly before Borrelli's appointment as Receiver", for use in legal proceedings in the British Virgin Islands that, inter alia, involve claims in Cyprus regarding an allegedly "fraudulent scheme" by Mikhail Abyzov, of Russia, that caused Russian bank Alfa-Bank "more than $120 million in losses", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Czech Republic: Mohammed Amine Mimi Lahlou

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from alleged victims - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Czech Republic - for a criminal investigation into Mohammed Amine Mimi Lahlou, described as a citizen of Morocco, for a suspected "romance fraud scheme to defraud victims throughout the world including 29 in the United States".

    Lisa McCarthy et al v. Intercontinental Exchange Inc. et al: Complaint

    Complaint against "members of a price-fixing cartel designed to eliminate price competition between and among themselves and co-conspirators to fix the intra bank interest rate used as the basis for loans to consumers, including, inter alia, mortgages, student loans, credit cards, auto loans, lines of credit, contracts, and all varieties of financial instruments" in Lisa McCarthy, Mary Katherine Arcell, Keith Dean Bradt, Jose Brito, Jan-Marie Brown, Rosemary D'Augusta, Brenda Davis, Pamela Faust, Carolyn Fjord, Donald C. Freeland, Donna Frye, Gabriel Garavanian, Harry Garavanian, Yvonne Jocelyn Gardner, Valarie Jolly, Michael Malaney, Lenard Marazzo, Timothy Nieboer, Deborah Pulfer, Bill Rubinsohn, Sondra Russell, June Stansbury, Clyde Duane Stensrud, Gary Talewsky, Diana Lynn Ultican, Pamela Ward, and Christine M. Whalen, described as "borrowers and consumers of loans and credit cards with variable interest rates" v. Intercontinental Exchange Inc., Intercontinental Exchange Holdings Inc., ICE Benchmark Administration Limited, ICE Data Services Inc., ICE Pricing and Reference Data LLC, Bank of America NA, Ban of America Corporation, Barclays Bank Plc, Barclays Capital Inc., Citibank NA, Citigroup Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Coöperatieve Rabobank UA, Credit Suisse Group AG, Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Holdings Plc, HSBC Bank Plc, HSBC Bank USA NA, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, JPMorgan Securities LLC, Lloyds Bank Plc, Lloyds Securities Inc., MUFG Bank Ltd., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., MUFG Securities Americas Inc., Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, National Westminster Bank Plc, NatWest Markets Securities Inc., Royal Ban; of Canada, RBC Capital Markets LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Ltd., SMBC Capital Markets Inc., The Norinchukin Bank, UBS Group AG, UBS AG, and UBS Securities LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    World AG Associates LLC v. Oligo Basics USA LLC et al: Complaint

    Complaint for breach of contract in World AG Associates LLC, of Illinois v. Oligo Basics USA LLC, of Delaware; Oligo Basics Agroindustrial Ltda., of Brazil, and Joan Torrent Campmany, of North Carolina, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Switzerland v. CS Bio Ltd.: Discovery Application

    Application by the District Court of Lugano, Switzerland, to take discovery from CS Bio Ltd., of Menlo Park, California, for use in divorce proceedings captioned 'Sarah Baccianti v. Grant Boldt', filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Himeka Kaminaguchi v. Facebook, Inc.: Discovery Application

    Application by Himeka Kaminaguchi, described as an 18-year-old reality TV show participant in Japan, to take discovery from Facebook, Inc. for use in "an anticipated lawsuit in Japan" for alleged defamation, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Himeka Kaminaguchi v. Twitter Inc.: Discovery Application

    Application by Himeka Kaminaguchi, described as a contestant on "a Japanese dating and relationship reality television series", to take discovery from Twitter Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Japan regarding "certain Twitter Accounts posting certain anonymous statements which, under Japanese law, constitute defamation and invasion of privacy against Applicant", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    John David Price v. Dropbox Inc.: Discovery Application

    Application by John David Price, a resident of Nova Scotia, Canada, to take discovery from Dropbox Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Canada, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    SEC v. Jack Abramoff: Complaint

    Complaint alleging a "fraudulent and unregistered offer ... of a blockchain-based digital token called AML Bitcoin" in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jack Alan Abramoff at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    SEC v. Jack Abramoff: Consent Judgment

    Consent Judgment in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jack Alan Abramoff at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    SEC v. NAC Foundation LLC et al: Complaint

    Complaint alleging "the fraudulent offer and sale of digital asset securities" in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. NAC Foundation LLC and Rowland Marcus Andrade at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Presidio Inc. v. Google LLC: Discovery Application

    Application by Presidio Inc. to take discovery from Google LLC "in connection with an anticipated lawsuit and criminal investigation in Japan against those who unlawfully uploaded YouTube videos", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    USA v. Rowland Andrade: Criminal Indictment

    Criminal Indictment alleging fraud and money laundering involving an Initial Coin Offering for a purported cryptocurrency known as AML Bitcoin in USA v. Rowland Marcus Andrade at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    BMA LLC v. BitMEX et al: Application for Third Party Evidence

    Plaintiff's Ex Parte Application for Third Party Evidence Preservation Order on Twilio Inc., its subsidiary SendGrid Inc., and Intercom Inc. regarding a complaint alleging fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of contract, and unjust enrichment involving "one of the largest cryptocurrency trading platforms in the world BitMEX" in BMA LLC, of Puerto Rico v. HDR Global Trading Limited, a.k.a. BitMEX, described as a Seychelles-domiciled "holding company" with "more than a dozen affiliates around the world, including in Hong Kong, Singapore, Bermuda, and the United States"; ABS Global Trading Limited, described as being based in San Francisco, California; Arthur Hayes, described as a citizen of the United States based in Hong Kong; Ben Delo, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom based in Hong Kong; and Samuel Reed, described as a citizen of the United States based in Hong Kong, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Lynwood Investments CY Ltd. v. Maxim Konovalov et al: Complaint

    Complaint alleging the defendants "brazenly stole an entire popular web server enterprise from their employer Rambler Internet Holding LLC in Russia" in Lynwood Investments CY Limited, of Russia v. Maxim Olegovich Konovalov, Igor Vladimirovich Sysoev, Andrey Alexeev, Maxim Alexandrovich Dounin, and Gleb Smirnoff, all of Russia; Angus James Bruce Robertson, of Miami Beach, Florida; NGINX Inc., of the British Virgin Islands; NGINX Software Inc., of Delaware; NGINX, Inc., of Delaware; BV NGINX, LLC, of Delaware; Runa Capital, Inc., of Delaware; eVenture Capital Partners II LLC, of Delaware, and F5 Networks, Inc., described as a Seattle-based company whose shares are listed on NASDAQ, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    CW Baice Ltd. v. The Wisdomobile Group Ltd. et al: Complaint

    Complaint 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; The Wisdomobile Limited, formerly known as The Ocean Swell Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and Wisdomobile HK Limited, formerly known as Hong Kong Baice Limited, of Hong Kong, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    BMA LLC v. BitMEX et al: Amended Complaint

    Amended Complaint alleging fraud, racketeering, and money laundering involving the "cryptocurrency derivatives exchange platform BitMEX" in BMA LLC, of Puerto Rico v. HDR Global Trading Limited, a.k.a. BitMEX, of the Seychelles; ABS Global Trading Limited, described as being based in San Francisco, California; Arthur Hayes, described as a citizen of the United States based in Hong Kong; Ben Delo, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom based in Hong Kong; and Samuel Reed, described as a citizen of the United States based in Hong Kong, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    BMA LLC v. BitMEX et al: Complaint

    Complaint alleging fraud, racketeering, and money laundering involving the "cryptocurrency derivatives exchange platform BitMEX" in BMA LLC, of Puerto Rico v. HDR Global Trading Limited, a.k.a. BitMEX, of the Seychelles; ABS Global Trading Limited, described as being based in San Francisco, California; Arthur Hayes, described as a citizen of the United States based in Hong Kong; Ben Delo, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom based in Hong Kong; and Samuel Reed, described as a citizen of the United States based in Hong Kong, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Bitcoin Manipulation Abatement LLC v. Ripple Labs Inc. et al: Complaint

    Complaint alleging the sale of unregistered securities involving a cryptocurrency known as 'XRP' in Bitcoin Manipulation Abatement LLC, of Puerto Rico v. Ripple Labs Inc., of Delaware; XRP II LLC, described as a New York-domiciled entity based in San Francisco, and Bradley Garlinghouse, described as Ripple's CEO, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Thomas Jenkins v. iQIYI Inc. et al: Class Action Complaint

    Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in Thomas Jenkins v. iQIYI Inc., described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, China-based company that "provides online entertainment services under the iQIYI brand in China" and whose securities are listed on NASDAQ; Yu Gong, Xiaodong Wang, Robin Yanhong Li, Qi Lu, Herman Yu, Xuyang Ren, Victor Zhixiang Liang, and Chuan Wang at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Roger Ikeda v. Baidu Inc. et al: Class Action Complaint

    Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in Roger A. Ikeda v. Baidu Inc., described as a China-based "technology company" that operates "the second largest search engine in the world" and whose shares are listed on NASDAQ; Yanhong Li, and Cheng-Chun Yu at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Emal Haideri v. Jumei International Holding Ltd. et al: Class Action Complaint

    Class Action Complaint alleging securities violations involving British Virgin Islands-domiciled Super ROI Global Holding Limited, which is owned by Cayman Islands-domiciled Super ROI Global Inc., in Emal Haideri v. Jumei International Holding Limited, described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, China-based company that "retails beauty products, baby, children, and maternity products, light luxury products, and health supplements online" and whose shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange; Leo Ou Chen, Zhenquan Ren, Sean Shao, Mang Su, and Adam J. Zhao at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Peter Johnson v. Maker Ecosystem Growth Holdings Inc. et al: Class Action Complaint

    Class Action Complaint alleging fraud regarding a "cryptocurrency platform" in Peter Johnson, of Denver, Colorado v. Maker Ecosystem Growth Holdings Inc., described as a Cayman Islands company based in California; Maker Ecosystem Growth Foundation, described as a Cayman Islands company based in California, and Dai Foundation, of Denmark, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    TD Holdings, Inc. v. Sophie Harrison et al: Complaint

    Complaint alleging securities fraud in TD Holdings, Inc., formerly known as China Bat Group Inc., a Delaware company based in China v. Sophie Harrison, a.k.a. Xianqin Wang Harrison, a.k.a. Sophia Wang, a.k.a. Xianqin Wang, a.k.a. Xueqing Wang, and Harrison Fund LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Kingstown Partners Master Ltd. et al v. DXC Technology Company et al: Complaint

    Complaint alleging securities fraud in Kingstown Partners Master Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Kingstown Partners II LP, Ktown LP, and Kingfishers LP, all of Delaware v. DXC Technology Company, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, Rishi Varna, Timothy C. Stonesifer, Jeremy K. Cox, Mukesh Aghi, Amy E. Alving, David Herzog, Sachin Lawande, J. Michael Lawrie, Julio A. Portalatin, Peter Rutland, Manoj P. Singh, Margaret C. Whitman, Robert F. Woods, and Paul N. Saleh at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Steven Reynolds v. Binance Holdings Ltd.: Complaint

    Complaint in Steven Cody Reynolds, a resident of Oregon described as "an experienced investor in cryptocurrencies" v. Binance Holdings Ltd., described as "a Cayman Islands limited company with headquarters in the Republic of Malta", at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    USA v. Danil Potekhin et al: Superseding Indictment

    Superseding Indictment alleging computer hacking, fraud, identity theft, and money laundering involving "a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting users of Poloniex, Binance, and Gemini's digital currency exchanges" in USA v. Danil Potekhin and Dmitrii Karasavidi, both residents of Russia, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Logtale Ltd. v. James Canton et al: Complaint

    Complaint alleging fraud in Logtale Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company based in Hong Kong v. James Canton, Gayle Canton, and The Institute for Global Futures, described as being based in California, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Poland: J.A. Gonsalves & Son Construction, Inc. et al

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Bank of Marin and J.A. Gonsalves & Son Construction, Inc. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Poland - for a criminal investigation into suspected fraud and forgery.

    Motu Novu LLC v. Golden Gate Capital, LLC et al: Discovery Application

    Application by Motu Novu LLC, of Delaware, to take discovery from Golden Gate Capital, LLC, Stephen Oetgen, Michael Dierks, Sue Breedlove, Mark Percival, and Alaina Percival for use in legal proceedings in England regarding "Motu Novu's ability to collect on a €3,226,900 judgment it holds against John Kenneth Percival", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Liudmyla Kozlovska v. ‘Stop Corruption’: Discovery Application

    Ex Parte Application for Judicial Assistance on behalf of a Ukraine court to take discovery from Cloudflare, Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Ukraine "captioned Liudmyla Petrivna Kozlovska v. Public Organization 'Stop Corruption'", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Gary Wang v. EHang Holdings Ltd. et al: Complaint

    Complaint alleging fraud and breach of contract in Gary Wang v. EHang Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Guangzhou EHang Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd., Huazhi Hu, Derrick Yifang Xiong, Shang-Wen Hsiao, and Richard Jian Liu, all of China, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    XiO Fund LLP v. Silicon Valley Bank: Discovery Application (Cayman Islands)

    Application by Gwynn Hopkins, of Perun Consultants Limited, in Hong Kong, and Gordon MacRae, of Kalo (Cayman) Limited, of the Cayman Islands, as Joint and Several Interim Receivers of XiO Fund LLP, of the Cayman Islands, to take discovery from Silicon Valley Bank for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Editor's Note: This discovery application includes, as an exhibit, a copy of the underlying complaint alleging fraud involving hundreds of millions of dollars that was filed under seal at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands on May 8th, 2019 and, eight months later, remains sealed as part of the Cayman Court's secretly-imposed mass-sealing policy - implemented by Chief Justice Anthony Smellie - that conceals from public view even the existence of many cases involving allegations of impropriety and insolvency against the jurisdiction's hedge funds.

    Shigekazu Torikai v. Google LLC: Discovery Application

    Application by Shigekazu Torikai, a lawyer in Japan, to take discovery from Google LLC for use in contemplated legal proceedings in Japan "for trespass, privacy invasion, unlawful business interference under Japanese civil law, related torts, and to prevent harm to Mr. Torikai, his staff or clients", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Apple, Inc. v. Allan & Associates Ltd. et al: Notice of Removal

    Notice of Removal. including a copy of the complaint alleging the defendants were contracted "to watch the destruction of electronics" but failed to do so resulting in theft, in Apple, Inc. v. Allan & Associates Limited, A2 Global Risk Limited, and Bradley James Allan, all of Hong Kong, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Medical Corp. Seiryo v. Google, LLC: Discovery Application

    Application by Medical Corp. Seiryo, d.b.a. Urayasu Dental Clinic to take discovery from Google, LLC for use in legal proceedings in Japan regarding the posting of negative reviews that it considers "libelous and harassment", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Eleanor de Leon v. The Clorox Company: Discovery Application

    Application by Eleanor de Leon to take discovery from The Clorox Company for use in legal proceedings in Saudi Arabia regarding the Estate of Sheikh Osama Abudawood, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.