United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Criminal Complaint alleging an $8.2 million wine-based investment fraud involving Bordeaux Cellars Limited and Bordeaux Cellars London Ltd., of Hong Kong and England, respectively, in USA v. Stephen Burton and James Wellesley at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Information alleging conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act involving Malaysia Development Berhad in USA v. The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Deferred Prosecution Agreement regarding allegations of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act involving Malaysia Development Berhad in USA v. The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Information alleging conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act involving 1Malaysia Development Berhad, a.k.a. 1MDB, in USA v. Goldman Sachs (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Plea Agreement regarding a conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act involving 1Malaysia Development Berhad, a.k.a. 1MDB, in USA v. Goldman Sachs (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Information under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act alleging bribery in USA v. J&F Investimentos SA, of São Paulo, Brazil, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Plea Agreement regarding a "bribery scheme" in USA v. J&F Investimentos SA, of São Paulo, Brazil, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Complaint alleging securities fraud involving Eastern Metal Securities in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Roger Nils-Jonas Karlsson, a.k.a. Euclid Diodorus, a.k.a.Steve Heyden, a.k.a. Joshua Millard, a.k.a. Lars Georgsson, described as a citizen of Sweden residing in Thailand, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Information alleging violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act involving, inter alia, Asphalt Trading, of the Bahamas; Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., a.k.a. Petrobras, of Brazil; Petroleos de Venezuela S.A., a.k.a. PDVSA, of Brazil; Empresa Publica de Hidrocarburos del Ecuador, of Ecuador, and Daniel Sargeant in USA v. Sargeant Marine Inc., described as "an asphalt company" based in Boca Raton, Florida, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Plea Agreement regarding alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act involving, inter alia, Asphalt Trading, of the Bahamas; Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., a.k.a. Petrobras, of Brazil; Petroleos de Venezuela S.A., a.k.a. PDVSA, of Brazil; Empresa Publica de Hidrocarburos del Ecuador, of Ecuador, and Daniel Sargeant in USA v. Sargeant Marine Inc., described as "an asphalt company" based in Boca Raton, Florida, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in Harinath Nampally v. Baidu Inc., a Cayman Islands company based in China; Robin Yanhong Li, Herman Cheng-Chun Yu, and Jennifer Xinzhe Li at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Complaint in Dominic Schindler Holding AG, of Zürich, Switzerland v. Peter Moore at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging the "laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in connection with the scheme to defraud the government of Brazil and to pay bribes to foreign officials" involving Brazilian firm Odebrecht SA and other companies and individuals in Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Bahamas, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Mozambique, Panama, Portugal, Scotland, Switzerland, and the USA in USA v. Peter Weinzierl and Alexander Waldstein, both Austrian former bankers, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in Lucian Hornea v. GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A., described as a Brazil-based provider of "air passenger transportation services" whose shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange; Paulo Sergio Kakinoff, and Richard F. Lark, Jr. at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in Special Situations Fund III QP LP, Special Situations Cayman Fund LP, and Special Situations Private Equity Fund LP v. Chembio Diagnostics Inc., Richard L. Eberly, Gail S. Page, Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc., and Dougherty & Company LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Complaint for damages of $705,271 and an application for a preliminary injunction in Troy Hogg, of Ontario, Canada v. Stephen Braverman, described as a resident of California; Rozgold Capital LLC, described as a California company; Olde Monmouth Stock Transfer Inc., described as a New Jersey company, formerly known as Next Group Holdings Inc., based in Atlantic Highlands, NJ, and Cuentas Inc., described as a Florida company based in Miami, FL, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Complaint against the sons of former Panama President Ricardo Martinelli alleging participation in a bribery and money laundering scheme involving Brazil's Odebrecht SA and other companies, including those in the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, and Switzerland, in USA v. Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares and Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Linares, described as citizens of Italy and Panama, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Judgment for conspiracy to commit securities fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States in USA v. Panayiotis Kyriacou, a.k.a. Peter Kyriacou, of England, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Application by BITO Storage Solutions US, Inc. to take discovery from Henry Roske, a.k.a. Hendrik Roske, a lawyer, and H. Roske & Associates LLP, a law firm, both of New York, "for use in (i) an ongoing criminal investigation conducted by the Public Prosecutors of Duisburg, Lueneburg, and Hamburg, Germany with regard to a fraud scheme of which Applicant is a victim, and (ii) a civil action to be filed by Applicant before the German civil court to recover the funds diverted from Applicant through the aforementioned fraud", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Deferred Prosecution Agreement regarding a scheme to launder the proceeds of bribery and corruption involving soccer's global governing body FIFA in USA v. Bank Hapoalim B.M., of Israel, and Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd., of Switzerland, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in Aung K. Soe v. Akazoo S.A., described as a Luxembourg-domiciled, London-based company that "purports to be" a provider of "on-demand music, audio streaming, media, and A.I. technology", and Apostolos N. Zervos at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities violations in Ederson da Silva Marques v. XP Inc., described as a Cayman Islands, São Paulo-based company that "purports to be a leading, technology-driven financial services platform and a trusted provider of low-fee financial products and services in Brazil" and whose shares are listed on NASDAQ; Guilherme Dias Fernandes Benchimol, Bruno Constantino Alexandre dos Santos, Bernardo Amaral Botelho, Carlos Alberto Ferreira Filho, Gabriel Klas da Rocha Leal, Fabrício Cunha de Almeida, Guilherme Sant'anna Monteiro da Silva, Julio Capua Ramos da Silva, Martin Emiliano Escobari Lifchitz, Geraldo José Carbone, Francisco Eduardo de Almeida Pinto, Maria Helena dos Santos Fernandes de Santana, and Jared Wilson at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in Jean Lee v. iQIYI, Inc., described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, China-based company that is "the Netflix of China" and whose shares are listed on NASDAQ; Yu Gong, and Xiaodong Wang at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Complaint alleging a scheme "to bribe various government officials in the Republic of Ghana" in the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Asante K. Berko, described as "a dual United States and Ghanaian citizen who currently resides in Ghana" and "a former executive of a United Kingdom-based financial services company that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a publicly traded bank holding company based in the United States", at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in Vijaya Gopu and Normala Gopu v. Luckin Coffee Inc., described as a Cayman Islands company based in China with subsidiaries in the British Virgin Islands and Hong Kong; Charles Zhengyao Lu, Jenny Zhiya Qian, Jian Liu, Reinout Hendrik Schakel, Hui Li, Jinyi Guo, Erhai Liu, Sean Shao, Thomas P. Meier, Needham & Company LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, China Capital Corp., Hong Kong Securities Ltd., Haitong International Securities Co. Ltd., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Complaint alleging securities fraud in Christophe Sterckx v. Luckin Coffee Inc., described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, China-based company that "purports to engage in the retail sale of freshly brewed drinks, and pre-made food and beverage items in the People's Republic of China" and whose securities are listed on NASDAQ; Jenny Zhiya Qian, Reinout Hendrik Schakel, Charles Zhengyao Lu, Jian Liu, Jinyi Guo, Hui Li, Erhai Liu, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., and Needham & Company LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities law violations in Joseph Acerno v. XP Inc., described as a NASDAQ-listed, Cayman Islands-domiciled company that "purports to be a leading, technology-driven financial services platform and a trusted provider of low-fee financial products and services in Brazil"; Guilherme Dias Fernandes Benchimol, Bruno Constantino Alexandre dos Santos, Bernardo Amaral Botelho, Carlos Alberto Ferreira Filho, Gabriel Klas da Rocha Leal, Fabricio Cunha de Almeida, Guilherme Sant'Anna Monteiro da Silva, Julio Capua Ramos da Silva, Martin Emiliano Escobari Lifchitz, Geraldo José Carbone, Francisco Eduardo de Almeida Pinto, Maria Helena dos Santos Fernandes de Santana, Jared Wilson, Goldman Sachs & Co.. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, XP Investments US LLC, Itau BBA USA Securities Inc., BofA Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, and UBS Securities LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Third Superseding Indictment adding four new defendants, including former executives of 21st Century Fox, Inc., of the United States, and Imagina Media Audiovisual SL, of Spain, alleging racketeering, money laundering, wire fraud, tax fraud, and unlawful procurement of naturalization regarding alleged bribery and corruption involving FIFA and other soccer organizations in USA v. Hugo Jinkis, a citizen of Argentina; Mariano Jinkis, a citizen of Argentina; Full Play Group SA, of Uruguay; Hernan Lopez, a citizen of the U.S. and Argentina; Carlos Martinez, a citizen of the U.S. and Mexico; Gerard Romy, a citizen of Spain; Ariel Alvarado, a citizen of Panama; Manuel Burga, a citizen of Peru; Luis Chiriboga, a citizen of Ecuador; Marco Polo Del Nero, a citizen of Brazil; Eduardo Deluca, a citizen of Argentina; Eugenio Figueredo, a citizen of the U.S. and Uruguay; José Luís Meiszner, a citizen of Argentina; Romer Osuna, a citizen of Bolivia; Ricardo Teixeira, a citizen of Brazil; Reynaldo Vasquez, a citizen of El Salvador, and Jack Warner, a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

USA's Sentencing Letter in USA v. Panayiotis Kyriacou, a.k.a. Peter Peter Kyriacou, a citizen of the United Kingdom, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Defendant's Sentencing Submission in USA v. Panayiotis Kyriacou, a.k.a. Peter Kyriacou, a citizen of the United Kingdom and a former investment manager at British firm Beaufort Securities Limited, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Third Superseding Indictment alleging racketeering, conspiracy to steal trade secrets, and fraud in USA v. Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., of China; Huawei Device Co. Ltd., of Huawei; Huawei Device USA Inc., of the USA; Futurewei Technologies Inc., of the USA; Skycom Tech Co. Ltd., of Hong Kong, and Wanzhou Meng, a.k.a. Cathy Meng, a.k.a. Sabrina Meng, a citizen of China, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "a fraudulent and unregistered initial coin offering of digital asset securities" in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Sergii 'Sergey' Grybniak, of Brooklyn, NY, and Opporty International Inc., of Delaware, as Defendants, and Clever Solution Inc., of Delaware, as Relief Defendant, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Application by Andrew Rippert to take discovery from Constantine Iordanou for use in an arbitration in Bermuda against his former employer, Arch Capital Group Ltd., for alleged "wrongful termination", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Amended Class Action Complaint for alleged securities fraud in Stephen Merz v. Burford Capital (UK) Limited, a litigation funding company domiciled in Guernsey, based in England; Peter Middleton, Burford's Chairman during the Class Period; Christopher Bogart, Burford's CEO; Jonathan Molot, Burford's Chief Investment Officer, and Charles Parkinson, a Burford Director, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Letter regarding travel from the United Kingdom to the USA, guilty plea, and bail conditions in USA v. Panayiotis Kyriacou, a.k.a. Peter Kyriacou, of England, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Complaint regarding tax liabilities in Cecile Bouskila, a participant in the IRS' 'Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program' v. USA at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Editor's Note: Bouskila was a shareholder in British Virgin Islands-domiciled, Switzerland-based Dorchester Gallery Limited, according to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, per its 'Panama Papers' leaked data.

Complaint in Jiazhou Chen v. Yunji Inc., described as a Cayman Islands firm based in China; Shanglue Xiao, of China; Chen Chen, of China; Huan Hao, of China; Qingrong Kong, of China; Yanhua Sun, of China; Wei Ying, of China; Morgan Stanley & Co., of New York, NY; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, of New york, NY; JPMorgan Securities LLC, of New York, NY; China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, of Hong Kong, and Top Capital Partners Limited, of New Zealand, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Complaint alleging securities fraud in Xiaohai Yan v. Ruhnn Holding Limited, of China; Min Feng, Lei Ray Sun, Chao Eric Shen, Zhenbo Nick Chi, Ke Cheng, Shek Yuen Ting, Fengchun Jin, Shangzhen Li, Zhenxing Shao, Pen Hung Tung, Junhong Qi, and Xiaocao Cecilia Xu at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Default judgment regarding an alleged fraud involving a cryptocurrency known as 'ATM Coin' in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Blake Harrison Kantor, a.k.a. Bill Gordon, of New York, NY; Nathan Mullins, of Forest Hills, NY; Blue Bit Banc, described as "a business entity that purports, on its website, to be owned and operated by Biz-E-Bee Services, Ltd. in the U.K."; Blue Bit Analytics Ltd., apparently of the Turks and Caicos Islands; G. Thomas Client Services, of New York, and Mercury Cove Inc., of New York, as Defendants, and Blue Wolf Sales Consultants, of New York, as Relief Defendant, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint for alleged securities fraud in Stephen Merz v. Burford Capital Limited, a litigation funding company domiciled in Guernsey, based in England; Peter Middleton, Burford's Chairman during the Class Period; Christopher Bogart, Burford's CEO; Jonathan Molot, Burford's Chief Investment Officer, and Charles Parkinson, a Burford Director,  at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Complaint alleging arms trafficking from the USA to Russia in USA v. Vladimir Kuznetsov, described as a citizen of Russia and a permanent resident of the USA, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Second Superseding Indictment for money laundering regarding an alleged bribery scheme that, inter alia, involved Insurance Corporation of Barbados Ltd., of Barbados, and BF&M Ltd., of Bermuda, in USA v. Donville Inniss, described as a former Member of Parliament and Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development in Barbados; Ingrid Innes, described as a citizen of Canada and resident of Barbados, and Alex Tasker, described as a citizen and resident of Barbados, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Judgment in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Panayiotis Kyriacou, a.k.a. Peter Kyriacou, of the United Kingdom, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Judgment in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Beaufort Securities Ltd., of the United Kingdom, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Complaint in Rafael David Poleo Isava, of Coral Gables, Florida v. Helmwell Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and Jorge Casado Salicetti, of Coral Gables, Florida, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Complaint alleging securities fraud involving "offshore nominee entities", including at least one in Malta, in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Garrett M. O'Rourke, of Miami Beach, Florida, and Michael J. Black, of Maryland, at the U. S District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

SEC's Application for an Order to Show Cause, Temporary Restraining Order, and Order Freezing Assets regarding an alleged securities fraud scheme involving Canada, Malta, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, and the USA in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Garrett M. O'Rourke and Michael J. Black at the U. S District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Judgment in the amount of $79 million in The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football, a.k.a. CONCACAF v. Austin Jack Warner, of Trinidad and Tobago, a former Vice President of FIFA, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

SEC's Motion for Judgment Based on Settlement in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Beaufort Securities Ltd. and Panayiotis Kyriacou, a.k.a. Peter Kyriacou, both of the United Kingdom, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Application by Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co., Ltd., of South Korea, to take discovery from Liberty Maritime Corporation for use in legal proceedings in Egypt involving Damietta International Port Company S.A.E., of Egypt, and Kuwait Gulf Link Ports International, a.k.a. KGL International For Ports, Warehousing and Transport K.S.C.C., of Kuwait, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.