United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California

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.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Russia by Alexander Ivanovich Gavva, as the Foreign Representative of Aleksandr Vitalievich Sabadash, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in England by Michael Durkan, as the Foreign Representative of Kristina Anne Charles-Jones (in bankruptcy), a.k.a. Krissy Jones, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Jersey, in the Channel Islands, by Andrew Wood, as the Foreign Representative of Golden Sphinx Limited, described as a "passive investment-holding" vehicle whose ultimate beneficiaries are Alexander Sabadash, "formerly an elected Senator in Russia", his wife, Larisa Sabadash, and their two adult children and whose "principal assets" are a $45 million residence in Beverly Hills, California, and "certain debts from various parties", including Garry Itkin, described as a former director of the debtor who "engaged in fraudulent and unauthorized self-dealing actions", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint alleging fraud in Cassaforte Ltd., described as a Cyprus-domiciled "mezzanine lender specializing in real estate investments that involve the significant rehabilitation of single-family residences in New York City and Los Angeles" v. Jhonalyn Jhoiey Ramirez at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding by Xu Yu, as the Foreign Representative of Jiangsu Dewei Advanced Materials Co. Ltd., described as a China-based, publicly-listed company which is "primarily involved in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of polymer materials for cables, insulation materials, shielding materials and sheathing materials", filed at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Russia by Evgeniy Nikolaevich Ratnikov, as the Foreign Representative of Vitaly Ivanovich Smagin, described as a Russian debtor who, inter alia, "recently took actions in the country of Liechtenstein aimed at concealing his assets", filed at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint for damages of $13 million alleging breach of contract and unjust enrichment in Timothy Yoo, Chapter 7 Trustee of VoIP Guardian Partners I LLC, described as "a telecom factor financier" v. Wavecrest (UK) Ltd., of the United Kingdom; Interstach GmbH, Ewa Barbara Madraszek, Plus Ama Plus AG, Thangarajah Gunabalsinkam, all of Germany, and VoIP Guardian Partners II LLC, of Delaware, at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint for damages of $34 million alleging breach of contract and unjust enrichment in Timothy Yoo, Chapter 7 Trustee of VoIP Guardian Partners I LLC, described as "a telecom factor financier" v. Hilf Telecom BV, of the Netherlands; BT Nederland NV, of the Netherlands; British Telecommunications Plc, of the United Kingdom, and Ofer Hilf, of the Netherlands, at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint for damages of at least $172 million alleging fraudulent transfers, breach of fiduciary duty, and unjust enrichment in VoIP Guardian Partners I LLC, described as "a telecom factoring company" v. VoIP Guardian LLC, of Delaware; Rodney Omanoff, of California; Omanoff America LLC, of Delaware; Omanoff America Telecom LLC, of Delaware; Contacts & Contracts Inc., of Delaware; Mudmonth LLC, of Nevada; Philipson International LLC, of Delaware; Richard Omanoff, Owl America Inc., of Delaware; Mark Proto, of California; Joseph Rahman, of New Jersey; Youssef Rahman, Zoom Telecom Inc., of Nevada; John O. Philipson, of California; DealDefenders LLC, of Delaware; Ikarim Business Services Ltd., of the United Kingdom; I Karim Business Services LLC, of Delaware; IKB Services Ltd., of the United Kingdom; IKBS LLC, of Delaware; Mohammed Shakeel Mughal, of England; Najd Technologies Limited, of Dubai; Indigo11 Services Limited, of the United Kingdom; Indigo 11 Services LLC, of Delaware; Nazmul Hoque, of England; Telacme Limited, of Hong Kong; Balaji Mahadevan, of India; Colin Bernard Eccles, of Ireland; LtdTel SL, of Spain; Inter-Switch Ltd., of Hong Kong; Vineet Singh Notwal, of Hong Kong; Shirley Sabia Therese van Kerkhove, of Hong Kong; Arco Telecom Limited, of Gibraltar; Tee Telecommunications Inc., of New Jersey; 2365 Azure LLC, of Florida, and Tarek Katis, of New Jersey, at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Involuntary Chapter 7 Petition by alleged creditors with claims totaling $9.4 million in Rasel Ltd., of Beverly Hills, CA; Consul Group RE 2021, S.R.L., of Costa Rica; NEEW TNG, formerly known as RSW Investment Group, Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; SWIG America Consulting LLC, of Lanham, MD; Arteam Consult, Ltd., of Lanham, MD; Genius of Wealth, LLC, of London, England, and SWIG International Ltd., of London, England v. Michael I. Gauss, a.k.a. Mikhail Gauss, a.k.a. Michael I. Syroejine, a.k.a. Mikhail Gass, a.k.a. Michael Ivan Syroejine, a.k.a. Mikhail Syrojeschin, a.k.a. Mikhail Syroetine, a.k.a. Michael Fuss, a.k.a. Michael Guss, a.k.a. Mikhail Syroejin, a.k.a. Michael Syrojeschin, of Santa Barbara, CA, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Petition for the Central District of California.

Chapter 11 Petition by New Hillcrest Inc., a Cayman Islands company based in Beverly Hills, California, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Petition by Ghost Vapes, Inc., which is 100%-owned by Ghost Herbal Concepts Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Malaysia by Datuk Tee Guan Pian, of UHY Advisory, as the Foreign Representative of Lion Diversified Holdings Berhad, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in England and Wales by Brian Baker and Ryan Davis, as the Foreign Representatives of MM Cam Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Hong Kong by Osman Mohammed Arab and Wong Kwok Keung, as the Foreign Representatives of Cheng Wai Hung, and Cheng Wai Tak Terence, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Boudreau Haddad Inc., as the Foreign Representative of Christina America Inc., at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Chapter 15 Petition for recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the United Kingdom by Mark Supperstone, as the Foreign Representative of Frank Spotnitz and Melissa Lefante, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Third-Party Complaint in Argyle Online, LLC v. R. Todd Neilson, in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee of GGW Brands, LLC, GGW Direct, LLC, GGW Events, LLC and GGW Magazine, LLC, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Adversary Proceeding in Abdul Hussain Jaffar Rahmatallah Al Lawati;Martin Baerschmidt, Guy Coghlan, Mutrah Insofoam Co. (SAOC), Colin Jobe, Kevin Kapland, David Shaun Killa, Max Maurer-Loeffler, MK Investment Services Ltd., Arvind Nanda, Maheshchandra Purshottam Pawani, Michael Peers, Paulo Alexandre Da Costa Pereira, Ramesh Sajnani, Tulsidas Sajnani, Steel Panel LLC, Don Surrendra, and Vinico Fashion LLC v. Michael Linn Brown, Montague Morgan Slade Limited, Montague Morgan Slade Absolute Performance Fund Plc, Montague Morgan Slade Highly Diversified Fund Plc, and Montague Morgan Slade 1095 Fund Plc at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Japan by Akihiro Sakaguchi, as the Foreign Representative of Taicom Securities Co. Ltd., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the United Kingdom by J.N.R. Pitts and M.E.G. Saville, as the Foreign Representatives of Genesis Bradford Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint in Christopher R. Barclay, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Midland Euro Exchange, Inc., Midland Euro, Inc., Midland Group, Inc., Moshe Leichner, and Zvi Leichner v. Lines Overseas Management Limited at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District Court of California.