United States of America

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Randall Benson, as the Foreign Representative of Pride Group Holdings Inc., 2043002 Ontario Inc., 2554193 Ontario Inc., 2554194 Ontario Inc., 2692293 Ontario Ltd., 1000089137 Ontario Inc., Arnold Transportation Services, Inc., Coastline Holdings, Corp., Dixie Truck Parts Inc., Dixie Truck Parts Inc., DVP Holdings, Corp., Parker Global Enterprises, Inc., Parker Transport Co., Pride Group Logistics International Ltd., Pride Fleet Solutions Inc., Pride Group Logistics Ltd., Pride Fleet Solutions USA Inc., Pride Group EV Sales Ltd., Pride Group Logistics USA, Co., TPine Financial Services Corp., Pride Group Real Estate Holdings Inc., and TPine Financial Services Inc., which "operate a trucking and logistics conglomerate based in Canada with operations in Canada and the United States that is collectively the largest used truck seller in North America", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Complaint in Jonathan Rosen v. Dennis Klemming, a citizen of Sweden residing in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, at the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA.

SEC's Notice of Joint Liability Against Relief Defendant SION Trading FZE, of the United Arab Emirates, regarding an alleged crypto-based investment fraud scheme in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Arbitrade Ltd., of Bermuda; Cryptobontix Inc., of Canada; Troy R.J. Hogg, of Canada; James L. Goldberg, Stephen L. Braverman, and Max W. Barber, as Defendants, and SION Trading FZE, as Relief Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint alleging "the brazen misappropriation of funds held in escrow and breach of an escrow agreement by a New York attorney" in Silent Seas S.A., described as "an investment manager and currently engaged in a large real estate development project in mainland Greece, comprised of multiple integrated golf resorts and residential communities" v. William M. Pinzler, described as an attorney based in New York, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Evgeny Mariashin, a Russian lawyer residing in Cyprus, to take discovery from Google, LLC for use in legal proceedings in England brought by Alexander Gorbachev against Andrey Grigoryevich Guriev, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint in Intercurrency Software LLC v. iFinex Inc., d.b.a. Bitfinex, described as a British Virgin Islands company that "is engaged in research and development, manufacturing, importation, distribution, sales and related technical services for crypto trading", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Emergency Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order and Order to Show Cause "to enjoin Respondents Eleanor De Leon and Alaa Abudawood from trying to thwart the Court’s orders by initiating enforcement proceedings in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" in Sana Ismail Abudawood, Ayman Ismail Abudawood, Anas Ismail Abudawood, and Salwa Ismail Abudawood v. Eleanor de Leon and Alaa Abudawood at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint in SAT Aero Holdings Inc. v. Aerolinea del Estado Mexicano S.A., of Mexico, de C.V. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "Apex’s breach of a note through which Tactical invested $500,000 in connection with a purported commodities transaction and the fraud perpetrated by Willoughby, the President of Apex" in Tactical Infrastructure S.A., of Panama, described as "an investment company that engages in various international investments, mainly in the areas of real estate and corporate finance" v. Apex Energy Alternative Resources Inc. and Robert S. Willoughby at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "SL Green Realty Corporation committed theft in broad daylight" in Bravia Capital Hong Kong Limited, of Hong Kong v. SL Green Realty Corporation, 245 Park Member LLC, Palisades Member 1 LLC, Palisades Member 2 LLC, Palisades Training Center NY LLC, Palisades Fee Owner LLC, Andrew S. Levine, and Harrison Sitomer at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging "the United Arab Emirates and some of its top officials managed, directed, and bankrolled a years-long “dark” public relations campaign through the Swiss private investigative firm, Alp Services S.A., which was founded, owned, and run by Mario Brero and Muriel Cavin" in Dr. Farid Hafez, described as "currently the Class of 1955 Distinguished Visiting Professor of International Studies at Williams College" v. Dr. Lorenzo Vidino, described as "a director of or with the Defendant institutions at all relevant times"; The George Washington University, The Program on Extremism at The George Washington University, Alp Services S.A., of Switzerland; Diligence Sarl, of Switzerland; Mario Brero, described as a citizen and resident of Switzerland; Muriel Cavin, described as a citizen and resident of Switzerland; Lionel Badal, described as a citizen and resident of Luxembourg; Ariaf Studies and Research LLC, of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and John Doe Numbers 1-25 at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Complaint alleging "outrageous conduct and misappropriation of SAF’s confidential information and trade secrets through its unauthorized access and use of SAF’s +Subscribe platform, a proprietary enterprise software platform for the alternative investment industry" in Strategic Alternative Funds Group LLC v. Asset Class Ltd., described as a United Kingdom company based in Ireland, and Asset Class Software Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by SBK ART LLC to take discovery from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP "in connection with a proceeding in Malta and an anticipated action in the Netherlands or some other foreign court", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Mek Global Limited, of the Seychelles; PhoenixFin PTE. Ltd., of Singapore; Flashdot Limited, of the Cayman Islands, and Peken Global Limited, of the Seychelles, "collectively doing business as a centralized digital asset exchange under the name 'KuCoin'", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Huzhou Chuangtai Rongyuan Investment Management Partnership, Huzhou Huihengying Equity Investment Partnership, and Huzhou Huirongsheng Equity Investment Partnership v. Applegreen Family Trust, Applegreen LLC, Bryn Mawr, Duo Liu, Golden Kirin LLC, Golden Land Funds LLC, Golden Little Dragon, Golden Little Elephant Inc., Golden Mermaid LLC, Golden Pegasus LLC, HS-QYNM Family, Inc., Hangyuan Zhang, Harushio LLC, Hatakaze LLC, Hfre, LLC, Hudson Group LLC, Hui Qin, I Love GLE Trust, John and Jane Does 1-20, King Fame Trading (BVI), Luban Construction Inc., Luxury Team, Inc., Masterpiece Holding Group LTD., Maxim Credit Group LLC, New Land Capital LLC, PH2003 Unit LLC, Qin Family Trust, Qynm Family Holding LLC, Ruolei Liu, St. Fortune Group LLC, St. Grand Ceremony LLC, St. Tome LLC, Trident Trust Company, Trust Company of Delaware, Xuemin Liu, Xueyuan Han, and YouYork Management LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from BB&T Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Greece - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subjects for fraud"

Application by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce to take discovery from Yahoo Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Canada in which MSA International Management Limited alleged that "alleging that CIBC both negligently permitted unauthorized fund transfers from an MSA account and that CIBC froze the balance of the account without justification", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by SBK ART LLC to take discovery from Kroll LLC "in connection with a proceeding in Malta and an anticipated action in the Netherlands or some other foreign court", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging fraud involving "the sale of securities owned by Rosen in Steem Monsters, Corp." in BFF II Pte Ltd., of Singapore, and Side Door Ventures LP v. Matthew Rosen and Blair Jesse Reich at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Applicants' Motion to Have Respondents Held in Contempt in Sana Ismail Abudawood, Ayman Ismail Abudawood, Anas Ismail Abudawood, and Salwa Ismail Abudawood, described as "the siblings of Sheikh Osama Ismail Abudawood, a prominent Saudi Arabian businessman" v. Eleanor de Leon and Alaa Abudawood at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by Patrick Dannacher, described as "a Swiss citizen residing in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates", to take discovery from Cloudflare Inc. for use in legal proceedings in the United Arab Emirates alleging extortion, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint in Axis Bank Limited, DIFC Branch, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Axis Bank Limited, IBU Gift City Branch, of India, and Axis Trustee Services Limited, of India v. Veria Lifestyle Inc. and Veria Lifestyle Capital LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Notice of Motion to Compel Production of Documents for use in the defense of a class action complaint in the USA in Vega Capital London Limited, of England, and Adrian Spires, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in England v. Glencore Ltd., of New York, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment in USA v. Dan Rotta, described as a Romania-born citizen and resident of USA, and Sergio Cernea, described as a citizen and resident of Brazil, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Defendant's Sentencing Memorandum in USA v. Joseph Lewis, a.k.a. Joe Lewis, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Bahamas, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging the defendants "stole 16.48867144 Bitcoin (BTC) from Plaintiff pursuant to a sophisticated global internet cryptocurrency fraud and conversion scheme" in Michael J. Thornton v. John Does 1-20 at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

Complaint in Anna Povinelli, described as "a former Managing Director of Kroll" v. Kroll LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Cedrick Redula, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Benoit Clouâtre, of Deloitte Restructuring Inc., as the Foreign Representative of Goli Nutrition, Inc., of Montreal, Canada, and Goli Nutrition, Inc. of Delaware, USA, described as "a distributor and retailer of organic, vegan and gluten-free nutritional products and supplements that are sold in the form of gummies and bites", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Frederick Farrel, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Archie Thomas, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Troy Rejda, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Carlos Baltazar, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Satoshi Show, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Sabina Romanowska, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint in Lucid Alternative Fund LP, of the Cayman Islands v. Innoviz Technologies Ltd., of Israel; Omer David Keilaf, and Eldar Cegla at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Global Fidelity Bank Limited (in Official Liquidation), of the Cayman Islands, to take discovery from Bank of America for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands against Natural Capital Limited, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint "to protect and recover its trade secrets and its confidential and proprietary information which Defendant misappropriated" in Kroll LLC v. Anna Povinelli at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

USA's Sentencing Memorandum in USA v. Samuel Bankman-Fried at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Chile by Juan Ignacio Jamarne Torres, as the Foreign Representative of Enjoy S.A., which "owns and/or operates hotels and casinos in South America, primarily in Chile", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition "to preclude any sale or transfer of assets, including any real estate assets in Florida, owned by Defendants 777 Partners LLC and Joshua Craig Wander pending the arbitration in London, United Kingdom" in Nakula Management Limited, of Cyprus, described as part of a group whose "founder and principal investor" was "Oleg Viktorovich Boyko, a Russian and Italian citizen residing in Switzerland" v. Joshua Wander and 777 Partners LLC, described as "guarantors owing more than EURO 9 million to Petitioner" at the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Snap Inc. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Netherlands - for use in the criminal prosecution of "a minor with initials L.S. for attempted murder and attempted manslaughter offenses".

Complaint to void "fraudulent and/or voidable transfers" involving, inter alia, Max Warren Barber and his father, Warren Dunn Barber, in Hybrid International LLC v. ENT International Limited Liability Company, a.k.a. ENT International LLC; GSE Global LLC, Aura X LLC, MSB International LLC, Scotia International of Nevada Inc., Sarah Grace Navarra, a.k.a. Grace Barber, and John Does 1-10 at the Third Judicial District Court, Salt Lake City, State of Utah, USA.

Application by Qatar National Bank and Qatar Charity, both of Qatar, described as "the victims of a fraudulent scheme, pursuant to which a certain individual (or individuals) took advantage of a grieving family and, we are advised, their counsel at the Perles Firm by providing them with a forged bank record, which falsely linked QNB and QC to an alleged wire transfer that supposedly facilitated the heinous murder by terrorists of an American journalist, Steven Sotloff", to take discovery from Perles Law Firm, P.C. for use in legal proceedings in France, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

SEC's unopposed motion for the issuance of letters rogatory to Fabio Gesufatto, Blu Stella Consulting Group Inc., Ommid Faghani, Kevin Rod, Scott Reeves, Elie Boustani, and Francois Latreille, who were described as citizens of Canada residing in Quebec, Canada, for a complaint alleging securities fraud in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Michael Caridi at the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint alleging "a scheme to unlawfully misappropriate the funds of Proporca, the third largest producer of pork in Venezuela" in Dechi C.A., described as "a Venezuelan entity owned and controlled by members of the De Pinto Chimienti family, a prominent Italian and Venezuelan family with business interests in Europe, the United States and South America", derivatively on behalf of Productora Occidental Porcina, C.A., a.k.a. Proporca v. Inversiones Agropecuarias 2209 C.A., of Venezuela; Jesus Armando Hernandez Padron, of Venezuela; and Account Numbers ending in 8906 and 9306 at Amerant, in Miami, Florida, and 8381, 8529, 9345, and 9614 at Banesco, in Miami, Florida, at the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of pig butchering fraud in USA v. 299,457.4 USDC, 162.5354 USDT, 6,941.648 TRX, 1,455,143.462248 USDT, 3,032.1689461 SOL, 67.79400436 BNB, 95,336.8670150 TRX, 703.955431 ADA, and 0.54151495 ETH at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Application by Ativos Especiais II - Fundo de Investimento em Direitos Creditórios - NP and Ativos Especiais III - Fundo de Investimento em Direitos Creditórios - NP, described as "two investment funds organized under Brazilian law", to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC for use in legal proceedings in Brazil "against Silvana Malandrini Mazza", who was described as "a Brazilian businesswoman" who "may be concealing certain funds and assets abroad", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by West African Mineral Trading Ltd., of Nigeria, and Tiberius Group AG, described as "an asset management and non-ferrous metal trading company based in Zug, Switzerland", to take discovery from Citibank N.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, HSBC Bank USA N.A., Bank of New York Mellon, UBS AG, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and Bank of America for use in legal proceedings in Croatia, Nigeria, and United Arab Emirates, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of 'Pig Butchering' scams "by an individual or group of individuals portraying themselves as Li SISI and David WU" in USA v. 3,400,000 USDT, 2,439,232.19 USDT, and 2,899,226.90 USDT at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.