United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Application by Município de Mariana, in Brazil, and 730,000 other claimants to take discovery from Thomas DeGeorgio and Sondra Sultemeier for use in legal proceedings in England against BHP Group (UK) Ltd. and BHP Group Ltd. regarding the collapse of the Fundão Dam, near Belo Horizonte, Brazil, causing "the worst environmental disaster in Brazil’s history", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Petition to Enforce Foreign Arbitral Award in the Republic of Ecuador v. Worley International Services Inc., formerly WorleyParsons International Inc., at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Sarah Eskandari, as the Foreign Representative of BioSteel Sports Nutrition Inc., BioSteel Manufacturing LLC, and BioSteel Sports Nutrition USA LLC, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Dural Beteilgungs GmbH to take discovery from Demplex Profiles Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Germany, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by TIGER Overseas Holding GmbH, of Austria, to take discovery from Cuong Chi Tran, a.k.a. Ken Tran, described as a citizen and resident of the United States who is "the sole shareholder and managing director of LK & ACS Limited, a company registered in the British Virgin Islands", for use in legal proceedings in Vietnam, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Refinería de Cartagena S.A.S., of Colombia, to take discovery from McDermott International Ltd., described as "a global engineering and construction company", for use "in restructuring proceedings recently commenced in the Netherlands and England by two of McDermott’s principal subsidiaries", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Complaint for $1.5 million in alleged crypto losses due to "unauthorized transactions" in James Zou v. River Financial Inc., which "claims to provide custom Bitcoin brokerage, custody, and mining solution for its customers", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Plea Agreement regarding alleged tax evasion involving income of $4.8 million and accounts in Qatar and United Arab Emirates in USA v. Peter J. Tignini at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Criminal Information alleging tax evasion involving accounts in Qatar and United Arab Emirates in USA v. Peter J. Tignini, described as a citizen of the United States who "worked in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar during tax years 2012 to 2018", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Iraq Telecom Limited to take discovery from Lime Rock Partners "regarding OilServ and its shareholders" for use in "an enforcement proceeding in the British Virgin Islands" against Sirwan Saber Mustafa Barzani, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

First Amended Complaint in Robert C. Vilt v. Foris Dax Inc., d.b.a. Crypto.com, and XR Trading LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Defendant's Notice of Removal in Frontera Resources Corporation, described as "a Houston, Texas based international oil and gas exploration and production company" v. Mourant Ozannes, a Cayman Islands law firm, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Complaint involving "a cross-border dispute by a British innovation, development, and product delivery company against the controlling principals of, broadly speaking, an expansive preexisting U.S. oil and gas enterprise based in Houston, Texas" in Global Advantech Resources Limited, of England v. Dale Hayes, Harlan Chappelle, and James Hackett at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Complaint "to partially vacate and partially confirm the arbitration awards issued on March 23, 2022 and July 21, 2022 in the arbitration between RSM and Defendant Gaz du Cameroun, S.A." in RSM Production Corporation v. Gaz du Cameroun SA, of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Complaint in Drilbane Limited, of the British Virgin Islands. v. Jose Luis Tovar at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Seizure Warrant Application in USA v. Boeing 737-7EM Aircraft "owned and controlled" via entities in Austria, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, and the Netherlands" by PJSC Lukoil, described as "a Russian multinational energy company headquartered in Moscow, Russia that has been subject to sectoral sanctions imposed by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control since September 2014", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Energía Costa Azul, S. de R.L. de C.V., of Mexico, to take discovery from Shell Energy North America (US) L.P., Shell NA LNG LLC, Shell USA, Inc., Shell Trading (US) Company, and Gazprom Marketing & Trading U.S.A. Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Mexico and the Netherlands, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Complaint alleging securities fraud in Orbis Global Equity LE Fund, of Australia; Orbis Global Equity Fund, of Australia; Orbis Global Balanced Fund, of Australia; Orbis SICAV, of Luxembourg; Orbis Institutional Global Equity L.P., of Delaware; Orbis Global Equity Fund Limited, of Bermuda; Orbis Institutional Funds Limited, of Bermuda; Allan Gray Australia Balanced Fund, of Australia; Orbis OEIC, of England and Wales, and Orbis Institutional U.S. Equity L.P., of Delaware v. Alta Mesa Resources, Inc., James T. Hackett, Thomas J. Walker, William Gutermuth, Jeffrey H. Tepper, Diana J. Walters, Stephen Coats, Harlan H. Chappelle, Michael E. Ellis, Ronald Smith, David M. Leuschen, Pierre F. Lapeyre, Jr., William W. McMullen, Don Dimitrievich, Donald Sinclair, Riverstone Holdings LLC, Bayou City Energy Management, LLC, HPS Investment Partners, LLC, and ARM Energy Holdings LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Blue Ocean Structure Investment Company Ltd. to take discovery from Simrit Pamar, ROCELO LLC, and Cellenkos Inc. for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands involving Global Cord Blood Corporation, described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, Hong Kong-based, New York Stock Exchange-listed company whose "main business is the storage of umbilical cord blood stem cells, principally in the People’s Republic of China", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Dismissal Motion and Order in USA v. Iain Nigel MacKellar at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Complaint alleging fraud involving "the sustained and intentional abuse by Defendants of the corporate form known as a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) - in which a blank-check company conducts an initial public offering and then subsequently merges with an operating company that then becomes publicly traded - in order to mislead public investors" in Alyeska Master Fund LP, Alyeska Master Fund 2 LP, and Alyeska Master Fund 3 LP, all of the Cayman Islands v. Alta Mesa Resources, Inc., James T. Hackett, Thomas J. Walker, William Gutermuth, Jeffrey H. Tepper, Diana J. Walters, Stephen Coats, Harlan H. Chappelle, Michael E. Ellis, Ronald Smith, David M. Leuschen, Pierre F. Lapeyre, Jr., William W. McMullen, Don Dimitrievich, Donald Sinclair, Riverstone Holdings LLC, Bayou City Energy Management, LLC, HPS Investment Partners, LLC, and ARM Energy Holdings LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Transcript of Competency Hearing in USA v. Robert T. Brockman, who has been criminally charged with conspiracy to defraud the USA, tax evasion, wire fraud, FBAR violations, money laundering, evidence tampering, and destruction of evidence regarding an alleged scheme to conceal approximately $2 billion of capital gains income and involving entities and accounts in Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Nevis, and Switzerland, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Third Eye Capital Corporation to take discovery from Trafigura Trading LLC for use in legal proceedings in Hong Kong, the Marshall Islands, and Singapore involving Parakou Tankers Inc., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Third Eye Capital Corporation to take discovery from Peter Bell for use in legal proceedings in the Marshall Islands, Singapore and Hong Kong involving Parakou Tankers Inc., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Venequip SA, of Venezuela, to take discovery from Mustang Machinery Company LLC for use in legal proceedings in Switzerland "between Venequip and Caterpillar, S.A.R.L.", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

USA's Opposition to Motion to Strike by Bermuda-domiciled Tangarra Consultants Ltd. in USA v. Robert T. Brockman at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.Editor's Note: This document, which is publicly-available from federal court in the United States, is the subject of ongoing legal proceedings at Bermuda Supreme Court in which Tangarra's principal, Evatt Tamine, an Australian lawyer who provided services to Brockman (a software tycoon who was criminally indicted in the US for an alleged $2 billion tax fraud), obtained an injunction that legally prohibits Bermuda Press (Holdings) Ltd., the publisher of local daily newspaper The Royal Gazette, from publishing an exhibit to the document, specifically a 56-page affidavit by Tamine, who is a self-described "cooperating witness" in the US criminal action against Brockman. Bermuda Judge Larry Mussenden ruled that “the confidentiality” of Tamine’s affidavit had not been lost by its “limited publication” on the US Court’s website. To eliminate that as a credible argument, OffshoreAlert has today not only published the contentious document but made it available to everyone for free (both subscribers and non-subscribers). We do so in the public interest. Bermuda Supreme Court has a long history of draconian secrecy, first by denying the general public access to any writs for over 40 years and then, after Bermuda’s Chief Justice acknowledged in 2015 that the practice was essentially illegal, continuing to seal entire business-related cases and writs on a disturbingly-high scale, an inevitable consequence of which is that questionable conduct by Bermuda entities is concealed from existing clients, potential clients, and everyone else.

Final Judgment in Commodity Futures Commission v. Laino Group Limited, d.b.a. PayForex, of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Sentencing Minutes regarding a 10-year prison term for involvement in a $7 billion investment fraud masterminded by Allen Stanford in USA v. Leroy King, a former CEO of the Financial Services Regulatory Commission, of Antigua and Barbuda, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Hugh Dickson and Mark McDonald, as Joint Liquidators of Stanford International Bank Limited, of Antigua and Barbuda, to take discovery from Joel Landis, a former employee of JPMorgan Chase, residing in Houston, Texas, for use in legal proceedings in Canada "against TD Bank for negligence, breach of contract, and knowing assistance" regarding a "Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Robert Allen Stanford and his affiliates", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Frederick Warren to take discovery from Seadrill Americas Inc. for use in an arbitration that Frederick Warren and "26 other U.S. shareholders of Integradora de Servicios Petroleros Oro Negro, S.A.P.I. de C.V., a Mexican oil-service company, initiated in June 2018 under the North American Free Trade Agreement against the United Mexican States for destroying the value of their investment in Oro Negro in violation of its NAFTA obligation", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Banoka Sarl, of Luxembourg; ATYS S.A., of Luxembourg; Renato Picciotto, a citizen of Italy; Jacques Champy, and Jean Bissonnet, both citizens of France, from Westmont International Development Inc. "for use in a contemplated foreign proceeding" in England, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Defendants' Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint, in Steven Means v. FTI LLC and FTI Consulting Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Complaint alleging the defendant "is illegally soliciting or accepting orders for leveraged, margined or financed retail off-exchange foreign currency, precious metals, and digital asset transactions from U.S. customers without being registered" in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Laino Group Limited, d.b.a. PayForex, of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Complaint alleging securities fraud in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Verley Lee Sembritzky, Jr., of Houston, Texas; Bounty of the Ocean Inc., of the Bahamas, and Ocean Harvest LLC, of Delaware, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Criminal Indictment alleging money laundering involving, inter alia, Petróleos de Venezuela SA, a.k.a. PDVSA; Citgo Petroleum Corporation, and bank accounts in Panama and Switzerland in USA v. Jose Luis de Jongh Atencio, described as a citizen of Venezuela and the United States, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Complaint alleging "a conspiracy of illegal bribery and other criminal acts" regarding Petróleos de Venezuela SA in CITGO Petroleum Corporation, of Delaware v. Petroleum Logistics Service Corp., of Panama, and Jose Manuel Gonzalez Testino, described as "a dual United States and Venezuelan citizen", at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Complaint in Credit Suisse AG, of Switzerland v. SPV Sam Eagle Inc., of Panama, described as the owner of the Liberia-flagged M/V Sam Eagle, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Plea Agreement in which the defendant admits receiving $500,000 in bribes and tickets to two Super Bowls to obstruct an SEC investigation into $7 billion investment fraudster Allen Stanford in USA v. Leroy King, a former CEO of the Financial Services Regulatory Commission, of Antigua and Barbuda, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Inversiones Lugon 48, of Venezuela, to take discovery from Equinor US Operations LLC, described as Texas-based subsidiary of "a publicly traded Norwegian corporation"; Miguel Strauss, and Carlos Izquierdo for use in legal proceedings in Venezuela, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Jury Verdict in USA v. Jack Stephen Pursley, a.k.a. Steve Pursley, an attorney based in Houston, Texas, regarding an offshore tax evasion scheme involving, inter alia, companies in Australia and the Isle of Man and a nominee in Brazil, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Ex Parte Application by Empresa Pública de Hidrocarburos del Ecuador - EP PetroEcuador to take discovery from WorleyParsons International Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Ecuador "related to a complex, cross-border illegal bribery and corruption scheme perpetrated against Petroecuador" using "a complex web of offshore shell entities" and accounts, including those in the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Panama, and Switzerland, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Geophysical Service Inc., of Canada, to take discovery from Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Anadarko US Offshore Corporation, both of Delaware, for use in legal proceedings in Alberta, Canada against Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Anadarko US Offshore Corporation, formerly Kerr McGee Oil & Gas Corporation; and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Ex Parte Application by Mark McDonald and David Holukoff, as the Joint Official Liquidators of REDS Caribbean Ltd., of Trinidad and Tobago, to take discovery from Robert Holloway, REDS Americas Inc., Lavelle Holdings Inc., BBVA Compass, and Frost Bank regarding REDS Caribbean Ltd., REDS Caribbean (BVI) Ltd., Reds Americas Inc., Michael Robert Charbonne, Tricia Charbonne-Downes, Randall Harford, Dayne Harford, Ryan Harford, Daynco Ltd., Robert Holloway, JUKES Group, Raymond Mark McMillan, Global Insurance Services Ltd., Goliath Offshore Services Ltd., Goliath Offshore Holdings Pte Ltd., Goliath Offshore Pte Ltd., Avant Garde Insurance Services Ltd., Penelope Belmontes, a.k.a. Penelope Rahim; Lavelle Holdings Inc., Sherron Harford, and Hayden Borrell for an investigation into suspected fraud involving companies in the British Virgin Islands, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, and USA, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint alleging fraud, in CRG Partners III LP, of Delaware; CRG Partners III - Parallel Fund 'A' LP, of Delaware; CRG Partners III - Parallel Fund 'B' (Cayman) LP, of the Cayman Islands; CRG Partners III (Cayman) LP, of the Cayman Islands; CRG Servicing LLC, of Delaware; CRG Partners III (Cayman) LEV AIV I LP, of the Cayman Islands, and CRG Partners III (Cayman) UNLEV AIV I LP, of the Cayman Islands v. Fred C. Krieger, of Florida, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

USA's Trial Brief in USA v. Jack Stephen Pursley, a.k.a. Steve Pursley, an attorney based in Houston, Texas, regarding an offshore tax evasion scheme involving, inter alia, companies in Australia and the Isle of Man and a nominee in Brazil, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Petition to Confirm Arbitration Awards in Corporativo Grupo R SA de CV, of Mexico v. Marfield Limited Inc. and Shanara Maritime International SA, both of Panama, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Complaint in Gard P&I (Bermuda) Ltd., domiciled in Bermuda, based in Norway, and Assuranceforeningen Gard, of Norway, v. Northern Offshore Drilling Services U.S. Inc. and Northern Offshore U.K. Ltd. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine to conduct discovery from Gazprom Marketing & Trading USA, Inc. for use in legal proceedings involving PJSC Gazprom in the Netherlands and Switzerland, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Indictment in USA v. Jack Stephen Pursley, a.k.a. Steve Pursley, an attorney based in Houston, Texas, regarding an offshore tax evasion scheme involving, inter alia, companies in Australia and the Isle of Man and a nominee in Brazil, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award in Vantage Deepwater Company and Vantage Deepwater Drilling, Inc. v. Petrobras America Inc., Petrobras Venezuela Investments & Services, BV, and Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.