United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Shareholder Derivative Complaint against "'death spiral' or 'toxic' lenders" and "unregistered securities dealers that make unlawful, predatory loans to publicly traded companies in need of cash" in Shadwrick Vick, derivatively on behalf of Vinco Ventures, Inc. v. Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Sander R. Gerber, Yoav Roth, BHP Capital NY, Inc., and Bryan Pantofel, as Defendants, and Vinco Ventures, Inc., as Relief Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint that "arises out of Canoo’s unjustified and illegal refusal to remove restrictive legends on 17,189,210 shares of Canoo common stock owned by Champ Key" in Champ Key Limited, described as a British Virgin Islands company based in Hong Kong v. Canoo Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Golden Meditech Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands, to take discovery from Citibank, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, Société Générale, New York Branch, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., BNP Paribas USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas, UBS AG, Bank of America, N.A., Bank of China, New York Branch, Standard Chartered Bank US, Commerzbank AG, New York Branch, and The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C. for use in legal proceedings "brought in Hong Kong against eight foreign defendants, namely: (i) Mr. Yuan Ya Fei (also known as Li Zhen Yuan Adams), (ii) Ms. Yang Huai Zhen, (iii) Mr. Xu Ping, (iv) Mr. Chen Xiao Yang, (v) Nanjing Ying Peng Huikang Medical Industry Investment Partnership, (vi) Nanjing Li Xin Trading Industrial Co Ltd, (vii) Blue Ocean Creation Investment Hong Kong Limited, and (viii) Blue Ocean Structure Investment Company Limited", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Eduardo Cohen Watkins to take discovery from Stephen Lamb, described as "a former employee of Lily Safra and ... currently employed by Mrs. Safra's estate", and Ellesse LLC for use in legal proceedings in Switzerland regarding the estate of Lily Safra, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application b y Eduardo Cohen Watkins, described as "the son of Lily Safra and ... a collector and dealer of antiques", to take discovery from Richard Rothberg and Stephen Gardner for use in "two lawsuits pending in Switzerland related to the estate of Lily Safra", described as "a philanthropist and art collector" who died in 2022, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint "to recover the amounts owed by Defendants under two substantively identical promissory notes" in FNZ Group Limited, of New Zealand v. Adam Green and Shlomo Gross at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint "to recover damages and hold Defendants accountable for their deceptive and fraudulent practice of misleading investors, including Pentivm, into investing large sums of money without any intention of complying with stated investment objectives or investor redemption rights" in SCP Pentivm Group, described as "a foreign holding company based in Monaco that is owned and managed by Vicente Zaragoza" v. Next Alpha Management LLC, Next Alpha Holding LLC, Next Alpha Offshore Feeder Fund Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands", and John 'Kanan' Flowers at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in HTI Financial Solutions Limited, described as a "Hong Kong based investment manager" v. Manhattan SMI KG Properties Finance Limited, described as a British Virgin Islands-domiciled company based in New York, USA; SMI USA Group LLC, formerly known as Shanghai Municipal Investment Group USA LLC; SMI 520 Fifth Ave LLC, 520 Fifth Owner LLC, and KG Fifth Ave Investment LLC, all of Delaware, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Future FinTech Group Inc. (“Future FinTech”), a Nasdaq-listed corporation, manipulated the stock price of Future FinTech by buying hundreds of thousands of Future FinTech shares to artificially increase the company’s stock price shortly before and after he became CEO in March 2020" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Shanchun Huang, described as a resident of London, England, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint "to remedy Defendant AJH Films’ breach of an agreement to use best efforts to complete by December 2019 a documentary film which Reel Thing paid AJH Film hundreds of thousands of dollars to finish" in Reel Thing LLC v. AJH Films Limited, of England, and Alex Holder at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint alleging "legal malpractice action involving shockingly negligent litigation conduct by a law firm that claimed, without Plaintiff’s knowledge or authority, to represent Plaintiff then failed to make the most basic argument on Plaintiff’s behalf that would have avoided the subsequent entry of a $31 million judgment against Plaintiff", in the Republic of Haiti v. Harris Sliwoski LLP, Dan Harris, and John McDonald at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Ibiuna Crédito Gestão de Recursos Ltda., Travessia Securitizadora de Créditos Financeiros S.A., and Travessia Securitizadora de Créditos Financeiros XXXII S.A. to take discovery from Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Santander Bank, N.A., The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for use in "foreign civil and criminal proceedings pending in Brazil concerning the business operations of Starbucks and Subway in that country, held through the SouthRock Group, a group of U.S. and Brazilian companies controlled and owned by Kenneth Steven Pope", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Alpine Partners (BVI) LP, described as an "investment fund" domiciled in the British Virgin Islands, to take discovery from Pfizer Inc. for use in an "appraisal proceeding" in Bermuda "concerning the take-private merger of Myovant Sciences Ltd.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint that "arises out of former BDO employee Rojas’s departure to Armanino LLP - a competitor of BDO - and subsequent raiding of BDO clients and employees in violation of Rojas's restrictive covenant obligations to BDO" in BDO USA P.C. v. Justin Rojas at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging the defendants "operate an international criminal enterprise which violates the laws and regulations of the United States of America in extorting and defrauding U.S. citizens and in defrauding U.S. business enterprises, as well as Omnia’s own international investors" in Iron Horse Acquisitions Corp. and Bengochea Capital LLC v. Omnia Global, a.k.a. Omnia Schweiz GmbH, of Switzerland; Daniel Hansen, of Switzerland; Mette Abel Hansen, and James Mair Findlay at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Second Superseding Indictment in USA v. Ho Wan Kwok, described as "an exiled Chinese businessman who fled to the United States in or about 2015 and purchased a penthouse apartment at a New York City hotel for approximately $67.5 million"; Kin Ming Je, described as "a dual citizen of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom who principally resided in the United Kingdom", and Yanping Wang, described as "a citizen of China who principally resided in New York, New York", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Moussy Salem to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase Bank NA for use in legal proceedings in England regarding "allegations by Applicant that Freddy Salem, Monline UK Limited, Salim Levy, and Ezra Aghai engaged in a wrongful pattern of conduct that includes breaches of fiduciary duty, conspiracy, and fraudulent transfers", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Superseding Indictment alleging corruption by a U.S. Senator and his wife "to benefit the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Qatar" in USA v. Robert Menendez, described as "the senior U.S. Senator from the State of New Jersey"; Nadine Menendez, a.k.a. Nadine Arslanian; Wael Hana, a.k.a. Will Hana; Jose Uribe, and Fred Daibes at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Opinion and Order granting, inter alia, SEC's motion for summary judgment "involving defendants’ unregistered offers and sales of LUNA and MIR in violation of Sections 5(a) and (5c) of the Securities Act" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Terraform Labs Pte Ltd., of Singapore, and Do Hyeong Kwon, described in the complaint as a resident of South Korea and Singapore, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging the corporate defendants operates as "unregistered securities dealers" and that their "business model is illegal" in Mullen Technologies Inc. and Mullen Automotive Inc. v. GEM Global Yield LLC SCS, of Luxembourg; GEM Yield Bahamas Limited, of the Bahamas, and Christopher F. Brown at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint "for recovery of short-swing profit" in Calenture LLC and Revive Investing LLC v. Barry Shiff, Aleta Shiff, and Symetryx Corporation, all of Toronto, Canada, as Defendants, and NeuBase Therapeutics Inc., as Nominal Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint for $20 million under a loan agreement alleging the defendants "engaged in sham, self-dealing transactions" in Bridge Financial Pty Ltd., of Australia v. Republic Financial Corporation and RPE Investor I LLC, both of Colorado, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Respondent's Cross-Petition to Confirm Arbitral Award in Risen Energy Co. Ltd., of China v. Focus Futura Holding Participações S.A., of Brazil, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition to Vacate Arbitral Award in Risen Energy Co. Ltd., of China v. Focus Futura Holding Participações S.A., of Brazil, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Notice of Motion to enforce "judgments against Defendants issued by the Algerian Supreme Court in the amount of $585,755,007.97 plus interest" in Algeria Longleap Asset Holdings, LLC v. Banque de l'Agriculture et du Developpement Rural, Bank of Algeria, and Algeria Ministry of Finance at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in Jasmine Wu v. Farfetch Limited, described as a publicly-listed Cayman Islands firm based in London, England that "operates a global platform for the luxury fashion industry"; José Neves, Elliot Jordan, and Stephanie Phair at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging negligent breach of duties against "former Credit Suisse directors and senior executives" in Peter Schur, individually and on behalf of other Credit Suisse Group AG ATI Bondholers v. Brady W. Dougan, Eric Arvel, James L. Amine, Timothy P. O'Hara, David Miller, Brian Chin, Christian Meissner, Gaël de Boissard, Urs Rohner, Tidjane Thiam, Thomas Gottstein, António Horta-Osório, Robert S. Shafir, Lara J. Warner, Richard E. Thornburgh, Andreas Gottschling, Michael Klein, and Noreen Doyle at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint "halt an ongoing fraud carried out by three related companies" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye, a.k.a. Dozy Mmobuosi, described as a resident of London, England; Tingo Group Inc., described as a Delaware company based in New Jersey; Agri-Fintech Holdings Inc., f.k.a. Tingo Inc., described as a Nevada company based in Utah, and Tingo International Holdings Inc., described as a Delaware company based in Stamford, Connecticut, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

First Amended Complaint in Higround Co. Ltd., of South Korea, and Higround Pte. Ltd., of Singapore v. Henry Han-Woong Lee, described as a U.S. citizen residing in New York, USA; Genesis Digital Assets Pte. Ltd., of Singapore; Genesis Group Partners LLC, Neon Partners LLC, and Genesis-Neon Group LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Superseding Information alleging "a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $9 million worth of cryptocurrency from a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange" in USA v. Shakeeb Ahmed, described as "a United States citizen who was residing in Manhattan, New York", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint "for breach of contract to recover amounts due on securities issued by the Republic" by entities in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, and Delaware in Aurelius Capital Master, Ltd., ACP Master, Ltd., Aurelius Opportunities Fund, LLC, 683 Capital Partners, LP, Adona LLC, Egoz I LLC, Egoz II LLC, Mastergen, LLC, Erythrina, LLC, AP 2016 1, LLC, AP 2014 3A, LLC, AP 2014 2, LLC, WASO Holding Corporation, Two Seas Global (Master) Fund LP, Virtual Emerald International Ltd., and The Bank of New York Mellon, solely in its capacity as Trustee v. The Republic of Argentina at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in PDB Limited, of the British Virgin Islands v. Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. and PDVSA Petróleo S.A., both of Venezuela, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Girard Street Investment Holdings LLC v. Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. and PDVSA Petróleo S.A. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in G&A Strategic Investments I LLC, G&A Strategic Investments II LLC, G&A Strategic Investments III LLC, G&A Strategic Investments IV LLC, G&A Strategic Investments V LLC, G&A Strategic Investments VI LLC, and G&A Strategic Investments VII LLC v. Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. and PDVSA Petróleo S.A. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Notice of Removal by the defendants in Weatherford Switzerland Trading and Development GmbH, of Switzerland, and Weatherford Latin America, S.C.A., of Venezuela v. PDVSA Petróleo S.A., of Venezuela, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging securities fraud in Safety Shot Inc. v. Capybara Research, described as "a short selling research firm with an unknown principal place of business"; Igor Appelboom, described as a resident of Brazil, and Accretive Capital LLC, d.b.a. Benzinga, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Information alleging conspiracy to defraud the United States in USA v. Banque Pictet & Cie S.A., described as "a privately held Swiss financial institution, headquartered in Geneva", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by CE Line One Corporation Ltd., formerly known as Five Ocean’s Trading Asia Limited, of Hong Kong, to take discovery from Citigroup Inc. and Jonathan C. Goldstein, P.C. for use in "civil and criminal proceedings to be initiated in England and Wales" against "Jeremy Bennett, a British solicitor; 7 Legal and Finance Limited, a British “national business; and Darren Neil Masters, a financial consultant living in Naples, Florida" regarding an alleged $11.3 million investment fraud, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint against Peter Nygard , four other citizens of Canada, and entities in the Bahamas, Canada, and USA in Jane Does Nos. 1-13 v. Peter J. Nygard, described as "a Finnish and Canadian citizen"; Nygard Inc., Nygard International Partnership, Nygard International Inc., Nygard Holdings Limited, Tan Jay International Ltd., Nygard Holdings (USA) Limited, Nygard NY Retail LLC, Nygard Partners LLC, Nygard Properties Ltd., Nygard Enterprises Ltd., Nygard Capital Inc., Nygard Capital Inc., Nygard Company LLC, Nygard BioTec Corp., Nygard Ventures Inc., Fashion Ventures Inc., 4093887 Canada Inc., 4093879 Canada Inc., 13700 Saticoy LLC, Brause Investments Ltd., Edson's Investments Ltd., NBH LLC, Dragyn Industries LLC, Orion Asset Management Inc., 9450 Topanga Properties LLC, 14702 South Maple Street LLC, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc., d.b.a. The W New York - Times Square; Gregory Alan Fenske, Tina Tulikorpi, David Paton, Scarlet Nygard Szczepaniak, and James Bennett at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Refinería de Cartagena S.A.S., of Colombia, to take discovery from Mason Capital Management LLC, described as a New York-based "hedge fund manager", for use in "court-supervised restructuring proceedings" that McDermott International Holdings B.B., formerly Comet II B.V., formerly Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V., and CB&I UK Limited "have initiated in the Netherlands and England", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "breach of a Warrant Agreement and Securities Purchase Agreement" in Sabby Volatility Warrant Master Fund Ltd., of the Cayman Islands v. Aditxt Inc., of Delaware, to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "Plaintiffs, longstanding lenders for Defendant Cohen’s boxing business, are victims of an elaborate and long-running fraudulent scheme" in Barry Honig and GRQ Consultants Inc. v. Gregory D. Cohen and Bulldog Boxing Promotions LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging the defendant "has failed and continues to fail to comply with the Commission’s "Custody Rule", which, to ensure the safety of client assets, requires an annual report from an independent public accountant of Brite Australia’s internal controls" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Brite Advisors USA, Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging legal malpractice against the defendants "arising out of their concurrent representation of the adverse interests of two clients in connection with a series of commercial transactions, including secured loans and sales of membership interests related to mixed-use real estate at 172-174 Madison Avenue and 176 Madison Avenue (a/k/a 21 East 33rd Street), New York, New York" in Luiza Dubrovsky v. John Steven Stewart, an attorney, and Cole Schotz PC, a law firm, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Motion for a Temporary Restraining Oder in Adel Y. Al Ghanem, described as "a Kuwaiti businessman and judgment creditor of nominal defendant IAP Worldwide Services, Inc.", v. Intrepid Acquisition Holdings LLC, Black Diamond Capital Management LLC, Black Diamond Commercial Finance LLC, BDCM Opportunity Fund III LP, BDCM Opportunity Fund IV LP, Black Diamond Credit Strategies Master Fund Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; IAP Worldwide Services Inc., and IAP Global Services LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Adel Y. Al Ghanem, described as "a Kuwaiti businessman and judgment creditor of nominal defendant IAP Worldwide Services, Inc.", v. Intrepid Acquisition Holdings LLC, Black Diamond Capital Management LLC, Black Diamond Commercial Finance LLC, BDCM Opportunity Fund III LP, BDCM Opportunity Fund IV LP, Black Diamond Credit Strategies Master Fund Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; IAP Worldwide Services Inc., and IAP Global Services LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Paolo Ranuzzi de Bianchi and Cristina di Carpegna, each described as "a citizen of Italy and a resident of the Republic of Malta" v. Petróleos de Venezuela S.A., a.k.a. PDVSA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Paolo Ranuzzi de Bianchi, described as "a citizen of Italy and a resident of the Republic of Malta" v. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging the defendant "orchestrated a scheme to enrich himself by falsely representing that Nigerian companies he founded, Tingo Mobile and Tingo Foods, were operational, profitable businesses generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue" in USA v. Odogwu Banye Mmobuosi, a.k.a. Dozy Mmobuosi, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Pharo Gaia Fund Ltd., Pharo Macro Fund Ltd., and Pharo Trading Fund Ltd., all of the Cayman Islands v. Petróleos de Venezuela S.A., a.k.a. PDVSA, of Venezuela, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.