United States of America

Complaint alleging defamation regarding an article headlined 'Crypto Companies Behind Tether Used Falsified Documents and Shell Companies to Get Bank Accounts' in Christopher Harborne, described as "a dual British and Thai citizen, businessman, and technology investor with extensive holdings in aviation and cryptocurrency who has lived and worked in Thailand for over two decades"; AML Global Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; AML Global Ltd., of Hong Kong; AML Global (HK) Ltd., of Hong Kong, and AML Global Payments LLC, of Wyoming v. Dow Jones & Company, Inc., d.b.a. The Wall Street Journal, at the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, New Castle County, USA.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto that was seized from an account at Binance in the name of Salaman Shahzada "during an investigation into a transnational criminal organization running an exploitation of elderly and social engineering scam" in USA v. 0.17366943 Bitcoin at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the British Virgin Islands by Matthew Richardson and John Skelton, as the Foreign Representatives of Trendfield Holdings Ltd. (in Liquidation), filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Motion to Compel Compliance with Subpoena in Nina Agdal, described as "a successful Danish model" and "the fiancée of nonparty Logan Paul, a prominent social media influencer, wrestler, boxer, and entrepreneur" v. Joshua Wander at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint in Boothbay Absolute Return Strategies LP, Boothbay Diversified Alpha Master Fund LP, Corbin Hedged Equity Fund L.P., Corbin ERISA Opportunity Fund Ltd., Pinehurst Partners L.P., FW Deep Value Opportunities Fund I LLC, FourWorld Global Opportunities Fund Ltd., and FourWorld Event Opportunities LP v. Belgische Scheepvaartmaatschappij-Compagnie Maritime Belge S.A., of Belgium, described as "a family-owned shipping and clean technology group owned by the Saverys family", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in CSM Securities Sàrl Fiduciary Estate 1, of Luxembourg v. Reel Time Capital LLC and Bradly Spoor at the Circuit Court of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, in and for Hillsborough County, Florida.

USA's Sentencing Memorandum regarding "a retired multimillionaire investment banker" who "schemed to defraud the IRS by concealing over $5 million in income in offshore accounts, which he failed to report on his individual income tax returns and required Foreign Bank Account Reports" in USA v. Stephen Schechter, described as a dual citizen of the United States and United Kingdom residing in Monaco, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Complaint alleging securities fraud in AvantGarde Group SpA and 1AF2, both of Italy v. Stock Loan Solutions LLC, Joe D. Thomas, Camo LLC, Harvey L. Carmichael, and Sanskirt LLC, as Defendants, and Harvey Carmichael Inc., Stock Loan Solutions, described as "a Cayman Islands entity", and Stock Loan Solutions, described as "a Swiss special purpose vehicle", as Relief Defendants, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah.

Complaint in Leonard Licht, described as "a 75-year-old widower" residing in Texas, USA, who "was victimized by a pig butchering scheme spearheaded by a criminal syndicate based in Cambodia" v. Binance Holdings Limited, described as "a Cayman Islands corporation that operates the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance.com"; BAM Trading Services, Inc., and Changpeng Zhao, described as "a Chinese-born citizen of Canada", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Complaint for the extradition of Marianne Smyth from the USA to Northern Ireland to face criminal charges of fraud and theft while she "worked as an independent mortgage adviser for An Independent Mortgage Solution Ltd.".

Judgment in a Criminal Case in USA v. Binance Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands-domiciled operator of a crypto exchange founded by Changpeng Zhao, at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Complaint in Niall Ledwidge, of Stout; Michael Pearson, and Andrew Childe, both of FFP, as Joint Official Liquidators of Silicon Valley Bank (Cayman Islands Branch) v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver of Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A. and Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara; George R. Fritz, Janine D. Henkes, and John Does 1-100 at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Memorandum Opinion and Order Dismissing Chapter 15 Petition in re.: Silicon Valley Bank (Cayman Islands Branch) at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding real property allegedly associated with money laundering and Russian nationals Viktor Pavlovich Perevalov and Valeri Vyacheslovovich Abramov in USA v. Units 1616 and 1617 at 10295 Collins Avenue, Bal Harbour, FL 33154, USA at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Criminal Indictment in USA v. Sergey Lebedenko and Galina Lebedenko, who emigrated to the USA from Ukraine, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

Criminal Indictment in USA v. Sergey Vitalievich Kurchenko, described as "a citizen of Ukraine believed to be residing in the Russian Federation", at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Complaint in Lejilex and Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas v. Securities and Exchange Commission, Eric Werner, Gary Gensler, Caroline Crenshaw, Jaime Lizarraga, Hester Peirce, and Mark Uyeda at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Dustin Oliver, of FTI Consulting, as the Foreign Representative of Flo-Back Equipment Inc., which "provides full-service well testing, flow-back, and rental services in support of oil and gas producers throughout North America", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Loudmila Bourlakova, described as "a resident of Monaco who was born in Ukraine", and Veronica Bourlakova, who "lives in the United Kingdom, and was born in Ukraine", described as the widow and daughter, respectively, of Oleg Bourlakov, described as "a Ukrainian, Russian and Canadian national" who "developed and set into motion a plan to hide Bourlakov Family Assets from his wife and adult daughters", to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C. for use in legal proceedings in England, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition to Confirm Arbitral Award in Menzies Middle East and Africa SA, of Luxembourg v. Republic of Niger at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Class Action Complaint alleging civil conspiracy, aiding and abetting fraud, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, and RICO regarding the FTX crypto group in Edwin Garrison v. Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, of New York, USA, described as "one of the foremost and most profitable American multinational law firms in the world", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint "to recover $3,000,000 from a Defendant who received such proceeds illegitimately from a contract counterparty to the Fund and despite any known right to receive or retain them" in Income Collecting 1-3 Months T-Bills Mutual Fund (in Official Liquidation), of the Cayman Islands v. Karen Aigen, a.k.a. Keren Katya Aigen, described as a resident of California, USA who "was married to Ofer Abarbanel", at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Decision & Order awarding the plaintiff $364 million and banning Donald Trump, Allen Weisselberg, Jeffrey McConney, Eric Trump, and Donald Trump, Jr. from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation or other legal entity in People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Allen Weisselberg, Jeffrey McConney, The Donald J. Trump Organization Inc., Trump Organization LLC, DJT Holdings LLC, DJT Holdings Managing Member, Trump Endeavor 12 LLC, 401 North Wabash Venture LLC, Trump Old Post Office LLC, 40 Wall Street LLC, and Seven Springs LLC at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging conspiracy to commit money laundering regarding a "phantom hacker scam" in USA v. Anil Mangukia and Yash Navadiya, citizens of India, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Petition to Confirm and Enter Judgment on Interim Measures Arbitration Award in GEM Yield Bahamas Ltd., of The Bahamas, and GEM Global Yield LLC SCS, of Luxembourg v. Mullen Technologies Inc. and Mullen Automotive Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition to Enforce Arbitral Award in Gate Gourmet Korea Co., Ltd., described as "a joint venture company based in the Republic of Korea" v. Asiana Airlines, Inc., described as "an international airline based in the Republic of Korea", at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. Hayman Hong Kong Opportunities Offshore Fund LP, of the Cayman Islands, and Hayman Hong Kong Opportunities Onshore Fund LP, of Delaware, USA, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint against entities in Australia, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, England, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, and USA in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. ACA Capital Group Ltd., Alfa Global Ventures Limited, Alfonso Global Ventures Limited, Anton Development Limited, Bravo Luck Limited, Celestial Tide Limited, China Golden Spring Group (Hong Kong) Ltd., Eastern Profit Corporation Limited, Freedom Media Ventures Limited, G Club International Limited, G Club Operations LLC, G Fashion (CA), G Fashion Hold Co A Limited, G Fashion Hold Co B Limited, G Fashion International Limited, GFashion Media Group Inc., G Music LLC, GF IP, LLC, GF Italy, LLC, GFNY, Inc., Hamilton Capital Holding Limited, Hamilton Investment Management Limited, Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC, Haoran He, Himalaya Currency Clearing Pty Ltd., Himalaya International Clearing Limited, Himalaya International Financial Group Limited, Himalaya International Payments Limited, Himalaya International Reserves Limited, Jovial Century International Limited, K Legacy Ltd., Karin Maistrello, Leading Shine Limited, Major Lead International Limited, Mei Guo, Next Tycoon Investments Limited, Qiang Guo, Rule of Law Foundation III, Inc., Rule of Law Society IV, Inc., Saraca Media Group, Inc., Seven Mission Group LLC, William Je, and Wise Creation International Limited at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint to avoid and recover “fraudulent” transfers of $3,723,302 in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. Rising Sun Capital Ltd., of England, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint to avoid and recover “fraudulent” transfers of $1,296,770 in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. GCP Investment Advisors SL, of Spain, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint to avoid and recover “fraudulent” transfers of $5,531,945 in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. Starling Bank, of England, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the British Virgin Islands by Angela Barkhouse, Toni Shukla, and Carl Jackson, all of Quantuma, as the Foreign Representatives of 1MDB Energy Holdings Limited, Alsen Chance Holdings Limited, Blackrock Commodities (Global) Limited, Aabar International Investments PJS Limited, and Platinum Global Luxury Services Limited, which "formed part of the fraud perpetrated against 1 Malaysia Development Berhad, a sovereign wealth fund owned by the Malaysian Ministry of Finance, in which numerous entities and individuals formed a network to divert and distribute funds to the fraudsters who orchestrated the fraud and to individuals and/or entities connected to them", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in France by Alexis Ravalais, as the Foreign Representative of Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A., Casino Participations France S.A.S., Distribution Casino France S.A.S., Segisor S.A.S., Monoprix S.A.S., Casino Finance S.A., and Quatrim S.A.S., collectively part of "a French retail group that is one of the world’s leading retailers, with over 12,000 stores in France and Latin America", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Clara Moussa Boustany to take discovery from "the President and Fellows of Harvard College, a/k/a Harvard Corporation" for use in legal proceedings in Monaco, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Criminal Indictment alleging false statement and creating a false and fictitious record involving the "Ukrainian industrial conglomerate Burisma Holdings, Limited" and "the Obama-Biden Administration" in USA v. Alexander Smirnov at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Alexander Lawson, of Alvarez & Marsal, as the Foreign Representative of E-House (China) Enterprise Holdings Limited, described as "the ultimate holding company" of a group whose "primary business is real estate agency services in the primary market in the People’s Republic of China, real estate data and consulting services, and real estate brokerage network services", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint to avoid and recover “fraudulent” transfers of $124,105 in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. Forbes Hare, a law firm in the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Second 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.

Application by SBK ART LLC, "which used to be a subsidiary of Sberbank of Russia, and which was acquired by Dubai businessman Saif Alketbi on October 31, 2022", to take discovery from Houlihan Lokey, described as a "Los Angeles-based global investment bank", for use in legal proceedings in Malta alleging that Open Pass Limited, described as a Malta-domiciled company whose "key ultimate owner ... is a Croatian tycoon, Mr. Pavao Vujnovac”, and the management of Fortenova Group, described as "a major food and retail company based in Zagreb, Croatia" that "has annual revenues that exceed 5 billion Euro and employs more than 40,000 people”, engaged in a scheme “to fraudulently remove SBK ART from its rightful ownership in the Fortenova Group", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint to avoid and recover “fraudulent” transfers of $1,102,962 in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. Premiere Accounting Solutions Ltd., of New Zealand, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint to avoid and recover "fraudulent" transfers of $46,014 in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. FFP (BVI) Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Second Amended Complaint in Vitaly Ivanovich Smagin, described as a citizen and resident of Russia v. Compagnie Monégasque de Banque, a.k.a. CMB Bank, of Monaco; Ashot Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Ashot Egiazaryan, described as "a Russian criminal on the Interpol “Red” list living amongst us in a luxury estate in Beverly Hills as a citizen of California"; Suren Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Suren Egiazarian; Artem Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Artem Egiazaryan; Stephan Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Stephan Egiazaryan; Vitaly Gogokhia, described as a resident of London, England; Natalia Dozortseva, described as a citizen of Russia residing in France; Murielle Jouniaux, described as a resident of France; Alexis Gaston Thielen, described as a resident of Luxembourg; Ratnikov Evgeny Nikolaevich, described as a citizen of Russia who "falsely and fraudulently held himself out to be an impartial Russian bankruptcy officer overseeing Plaintiff’s bankruptcy filing in Russia"; H. Edward Ryals, described as a lawyer residing in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, and Prestige Trust Company, Ltd., described as "a Nevis company" whose "managing director, Stevyn L. Bartlette, is an individual residing in Florida", at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint alleging the "unauthorized share transfer" of 2.5 million shares in Shengfeng Development Limited in Mid-Castle Development Limited, described as a British Virgin Islands company based in China v. Liqueous LP, of Delaware, USA, and Jacob Fernane, of North Miami Beach, Florida, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. Mary Fashion SpA, of Italy, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. Imperius International Trade Co. Ltd., of Japan, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. Studio Cataldi Group SRL, of Italy, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. Farrant Group Limited, of England, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. TT Resources 1 Pty Ltd., of Australia, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. Ogier, a law firm in the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Application by Plantation Bay Holdings Corporation, described as a Philippines company that is the "sole owner" of "the Plantation Bay Resort & Spa, a five-star report in Lapu-Lapu City", to take discovery from Crawford & Company for use in criminal and civil proceedings in the Philippines against "directors and/or officers of Standard Insurance Co., Inc.; directors and/or officers of Crawford & Company Philippines, Inc., including the general counsel of Crawford US; and the directors and/or officers of Philpacific Insurance Brokers & Managers, Inc." alleging fraud regarding insurance coverage for damage caused by "a Category 5 typhoon", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.