Court Filings

Complaint in William Ballard v. Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., of Bermuda; Thomas A. Bradley, Bernard C. Bailey, Dymphna A. Lehane, Samuel Liss, Carol A. McFate, and Al-Noor Ramji at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging fraud involving the sale of shares in Grupo Gayosso, S.A. de C.V., described as "the largest funeral services company in Mexico", in Servicios Funerarios GG, S.A. de C.V., of Mexico v. Advent International Corporation at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Complaint alleging fraud involving "sponsorship agreements" in Rokit World Inc, of Delaware, and Rokit World Limited, of Ireland v. Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, Claire Williams, Michael O'Driscoll, and Doug Lafferty, all of England, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Superseding Indictment in USA v. Ho Wan Kwok, described as "an exiled Chinese businessman who fled to the United States"; 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 at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Shaun Folpp, as The Plan Administrator of Pacific Andes Resources Development Limited, of Bermuda, et al v. United Overseas Bank Limited, Hong Kong Branch, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Ukraine by Victor Novikov, as the Foreign Representative of PJSC Platinum Bank, described as "an insolvent Ukrainian bank", at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

SEC's Notice of Settlement & Motion for Judgment in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Beaxy Digital, Ltd., of Saint Kitts and Nevis; Artak Hamazaspyan, Windy Inc., Nicholas Murphy, Randolph Bay Abbott, Braverock Investments, LLC, Future Digital Markets, Inc., Windy Financial LLC, Future Financial LLC, and Brian Peterson at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Complaint in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Beaxy Digital, Ltd., of Saint Kitts and Nevis; Artak Hamazaspyan, Windy Inc., Nicholas Murphy, Randolph Bay Abbott, Braverock Investments, LLC, Future Digital Markets, Inc., Windy Financial LLC, Future Financial LLC, and Brian Peterson at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

First Amended Complaint in Smartmatic USA Corp., of Florida; Smartmatic International Holding B.V., of the Netherlands, and SGO Corporation Limited, of England v. Newsmax Media Inc., described as a Delaware company based in Florida, at the Superior Court of the State of Delaware.

Complaint in Matthew Jones v. Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., of Bermuda; Thomas A. Bradley, Bernard C. Bailey, Dymphna A. Lehane, Samuel Liss, Carol A. McFate, and Al-Noor Ramji at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging securities fraud in AE Capital Group LLC v. No-H20 USA Inc., described as "the United States arm of an Irish car-wash franchising company, NO-H2O Holding Limited", and Emmet O'Brien, described as a citizen of Ireland residing in Florida, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Second Amended Class Action Complaint alleging violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act in John Blotzer, Katie Rutherford, and Ryan Wadsworth v. Brock Pierce, described as "a 2020 candidate for President of the United States", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Complaint aleging fraud and misappropriation in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Dichao Xie, described as a citizen of China residing in England, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Fifth Superseding Indictment alleging fraud, money laundering, operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, making unlawful political contributions, and bribery of "one or more Chinese government officials in order to regain access to Alameda trading accounts that had been frozen by Chinese law enforcement authorities" in USA v. Sam Bankman-Fried at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "self-dealing, fraudulent misconduct, and corporate waste that improperly induced Plaintiffs to invest approximately $5,000,000 in Violet Defense" in Iroquois Capital Investment Group LLC, of Delaware; Iroquois Master Fund Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Alpha Capital Anstalt, of Liechtenstein; Shay Capital LLC, of Delaware, and V4 Capital Partners LLC, of Minnesota, derivatively on behalf of Violet Defense Group Inc., Kirenafa SAFE LP, and Central Florida Tech Fund I LP v. Violet Defense Group Inc., Kirenaga Partners LLC, Kirenaga SAFE LP, Kirenaga SAFE GP LLC, Central Florida Tech Fund I LP, Central Florida Tech Fund GP LLC, Kirenaga Management Group Inc., Kirenaga Management LLC, and David Scalzo at the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, Orange County, Florida.

Complaint to recover allegedly unpaid crypto loans in TrustToken Inc., described as "a financial services company at the forefront of the development of new 23 global financial systems, using blockchain technology to facilitate loans and commerce" v. Kbit Global Limited, described as a Chinese company based in Hong Kong, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint in Dr. Ruth C. May and Donna E. Ledgerwood v. Barclays Plc and Barclays Bank Plc, both of England, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint regarding "the world’s largest centralized digital asset exchange" in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Changpeng Zhao, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Dubai; Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, of Ireland; Binance (Services) Holdings Limited, of Ireland, and Samuel Lim, described as a resident of Singapore, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Criminal Complaint alleging fraud, identify theft, and agent of a foreign power (Russia) in USA v. Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov, a.k.a. Victor Muller Ferreira, described as "a Russian citizen who falsely represented himself in the United States, Brazil and other countries to be a Brazilian citizen", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Complaint alleging securities fraud in Measure 8 Ventures LP, Gron Ventures Fund I LP, Zola Global Investors Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Anson Advisors Inc., of Canada, on behalf of Anson East Master Fund LP, AC Anson Investments Ltd., Anson Investments Master Fund LP, and Anson Opportunities Master Fund LP; Serendipity SPC – Trimble Fund SP, of the Cayman Islands, on behalf of Emerald Spur Limited; Lapid US Investments LLC, and Hadron Healthcare and Consumer Special Opportunities Master Fund, of the Cayman Islands v. Nitin Khanna, Karan Khanna, Angelo Lombardi, Sam Knapp, David Thompson, Nicholas J. Slinde, Benjamin C. Stoller, and Allan Goodman, of Canada, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Complaint alleging breach of contract and fraud in Mobileum Inc. v. Kibott Sàrl, Olaf Funke, and Celine Dellis, all of Luxembourg, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Defendant's Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea in USA v. James Velissaris at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judgment in Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd., Attestor Value Master Fund LP, Maso Capital Investments Limited, Star V Partners LLC, Blackwell Partners LLC - Series A, Citco Trustees (Cayman) Limited, as Trustee of the Allard Growth Fund; DMS UCITS Platform ICAV, on behalf of its sub-fund, Allard Asia UCITS Fund; Allard Partners Australia Pty Limited, as Trustee of the Allard Investment Fund; Alpine Partner (BVI) LP, acting through its General Partner, Alpine Global Management LLC; 405 ACM Ltd., Athos Special situations Fund SPC, on behalf of its segregated account, Athos Global Opportunities SP-1; FMAP ACL Limited, Athos Asia Event Driven Master Fund, Citadel Equity Fund Ltd., C+F NV, Portus NV, Value Square Fund NV, Cedar SA, AVI Global Trust Plc, Norges Bank, Wakeland Securities LP, Wakefield Securities LLC, FourWorld Global Opportunities Fund Ltd., FourWorld Event Opportunities LP, Boothbay Absolute Return Strategies LP, Boothbay Diversified Alpha Master Fund LP, Integrated Core Strategies (Asia) Pte Ltd., PWCM Master Fund Ltd., Pentwater Equity Opportunities Master Fund Ltd., Pentwater Merger Arbitrage Master Fund Ltd., Crown Managed Accounts SPC, Pentwater Metric Merger Arbitrage Fund LP, through its General Partner, Pentwater Metric Merger Arbitrage CP LLC; Pentwater Unconstrained Master Fund Ltd., Helium Fund, on behalf of its sub-funds, Helijm Selection and Helium Performance; Helium Opportunities, Merlin Fidelis Emerging Markets Fund, Hildene Opportunities Master Fund II Limited, Stonehill Master Fund Ltd., Stonehill Institutional Partners LP, APS Holdings Corporation, Sunrise Partners Limited Partnership, The Funicular Fund LP, Shay Capital LLC, One68 Global Master Fund LP, Golden Chance Goldsmith Pte Ltd., Qube Master Fund Ltd., QRT Master Fund SPC - Torus Fund SP; Lakeville Capital Investors (enhanced) Master Limited, Lakeville Capital Investors Limited, Prelude Opportunity Fund LP, Davidson Kempner Partners, M.H. Davidson & Co., Davidson Kempner International Ltd., Davidson Kempner Institutional Partners LP. Schonfeld IR Master Fund Pte Ltd., Schonfeld Global Master Fund LP, Samson Rock Event Driven Master Fund Limited, Pictet TR - Diversified Alpha, Alphanatics Master Fuind Limited, Indus Select Master Fund Ltd., Vitruvius - Asian Equity, a sub-fund of Vitruvius SICAV; Cambridge University Endowment Fund, FMI International Fund, FMI International Fund II - Currency Unhedged, Man Funds XII SPC-Man 1783 II SP, Man GLG Credit Multi Strategy Master Fund, Graham Leigh Collins, Beral Holdings Pte Ltd., Wong Hong Yen, Hong Sun Wong, Clifford Cheah King Mun, Stephanie Vanessa Ling-Tsu Cheah, Albert Neo Po Soon, Lau Mei Leng, The Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund, The Gabelli Equity Income Fund, The Gabelli Asset Fund, Gabelli Associates Limited, Gabelli Associates Fund, Gabelli Associates Ltd. II E, The Gabelli Multimedia Trust Inc., GGCP Inc., Gabelli Associates Fund II LP, The Gabelli Global Rising Income and Dividend Fund, The Gabelli Global Global Utility & Income Trust, The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., The Gabelli Dividend and Income Trust, Gabelli Arbitrage Holdings, and Gabelli Global Small and Mid Cap Value Trust v. Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited and Jardine Strategic Limited at Bermuda Court of Appeal.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding assets allegedly associated with fraud and money laundering in USA v. 32,133.63 Tether seized from an account at Binance held in the name of Koriya Aveshbhai Hanifbhai at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Order and Memorandum Opinion Authorizing Enforcement of Judgment and Granting Motion to Compel Production of Documents and Answers to Interrogatories in Stileks LLC SPS, formerly Energoalliance LLC, of Ukraine v. Republic of Moldova at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Criminal Indictment alleging crypto fraud involving Singapore-based Terraform Labs in USA v. Do Hyeong Kwon, a citizen of South Korea, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in BlockFi International Ltd., of Bermuda v. Druk Holding and Investments Limited, of Bhutan, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.

Application by Centripetal Networks LLC to take discovery from Cisco Systems, Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Germany, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Second Amended Complaint in Nadia Zahmoul, described as a citizen of the USA residing in the United Kingdom v. NBH Bank, d.b.a. Bank of Jackson Hole, and Karim Zahmoul, described as a citizen of France residing in Portugal, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming.

Complaint alleging securities fraud involving crypto in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Justin Sun, described as "a Chinese national and crypto asset entrepreneur"; Tron Foundation Limited, of Singapore; BitTorrent Foundation Ltd., of Singapore; Rainberry Inc., Austin Mahone, described as "a U.S. citizen and a singer and songwriter residing in Miami, Florida", and Deandre Cortez Way, a.k.a. Soulja Boy, a U.S. citizen and a singer and record producer residing in Calabasas, California", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Second Amended Class Action Complaint alleging fraud involving BitMEX crypto exchange in Brett Messieh and Drew Lee v. HDR Global Trading Ltd., of the Seychelles; ABS Global Trading Limited, of Delaware; 100X Holdings Limited, of Bermuda; Shine Effort Inc Limited, of Hong Kong; HDR Global Services (Bermuda) Limited, of Bermuda, collectively referred to as BitMEX, "one of the world’s largest crypto-asset exchanges"; Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo, Greg Dwyer, and Samuel Reed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition to Confirm Foreign Arbitral Award in Simplot India LLC, of Idaho, USA, and Simplot India Foods Pvt. Ltd., of India, described as "affiliates of Idaho-based agribusiness J.R. Simplot Company" v. Himalaya Food International Ltd., of India, at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Complaint alleging securities fraud involving PG&E Corporation in Orbis Capital Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Orbis Global Balanced Fund, of Australia; Orbis Global Equity Fund, of Australia; Orbis Global Equity LE Fund, of Australia; Orbis Global Equity Fund Limited, of Bermuda; Orbis Institutional Global Equity (OFO) Fund, of Bermuda; Orbis Institutional Global Equity Fund, of Bermuda; Orbis Institutional Global Equity L.P., of Delaware; Orbis Institutional U.S. Equity L.P., of Delaware; Orbis OEIC Global Balanced Fund, of England and Wales; Orbis OEIC Global Equity Fund, of England and Wales; Orbis Optimal Global Fund LP, of Delaware; Orbis Optimal SA Fund Limited, of Bermuda; Orbis SICAV Global Balanced Fund, of Luxembourg; Orbis SICAV Global Equity Fund, of Luxembourg, and Allan Gray Australia Balanced Fund, of Australia v. Geisha J. Williams, Nickolas Stavropoulos, Julie M. Kane, Patrick M. Hogan, Barbara L. Rambo, David S. Thomason, Lewis Chew, Fred J. Fowler, Richard C. Kelly, Roger H. Kimmel, Richard A. Meserve, Forrest E. Miller, Rosendo G. Parra, Anne Shen Smith, and Eric D. Mullins, described as officers and directors of PG&E Corporation, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Petition to Confirm Foreign Arbitration Award of $1.1 billion "arising from events in the Crimean Peninsula that occurred in the first half of 2014" in State Savings Bank of Ukraine, a.k.a. JSC Oschadbank v. Russian Federation at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Application by Mammoet Salvage B.V., of the Netherlands, to take discovery from Citibank NA, Commerzbank AG, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., MashreqBank PSC, MUFG Bank Ltd., Standard Chartered Bank, and UniCredit Bank AG, described as "correspondent banks of the Trade Bank of Iraq", for use in "currently pending foreign court proceedings in the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates and contemplated enforcement proceedings in Belgium" regarding "efforts to recognize and enforce an arbitral award in excess of a principal amount of US$85 million entered in favor of Mammoet and against BOC [Basra Oil Company]", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Involuntary Chapter 11 Petition by Plenisfer Investments SICAV - Destination Value Total Return, domiciled in Luxembourg, based in Italy; Cyrus Opportunities Master Fund II Ltd.,of the Cayman Islands, and Sandpiper Limited, domiciled in the Cayman Islands, based in Connecticut v. TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V., Alta Empresa, S.A. de C.V., Asesoria Especializada en Aviacion, S.A. de C.V., Equipo de Futbol Mazatlan, S.A. de C.V., Producciones Dopamina, S.A. de C.V., Azteca Records, S.A. de C.V., Ganador Azteca, S.A.P.I. de C.V., Operadora Mexicana de Television, S.A. de C.V., Corporacion de Asesoria Tecnica y de Produccion, S.A., Azteca Sports Rights LLC, Editorial Mandarina, S.A. de C.V., Producciones Azteca Digital, S.A. de C.V., Multimedia, Espectatculos y Atracciones, S.A. de C.V., Producciones Especializadas, S.A. de C.V., Productora de Television Regional de TV Azteca, S.A., Servicios y Mantenimiento del Futuro en Televisión, S.A. De C.V., Promotora de Futbol Rojinegros, S.A. de C.V., TV Azteca Honduras, S.A. de C.V., Mazatlan Promotora de Futbol, S.A. de C.V., Publicidad Especializada en Medios de Comunicacion, S.C.I. de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Servicios Aereos Noticiosos, S.A. de C.V., Servicios Foraneos de Administracion, S.A. de C.V., Servicios Locales de Produccion, S.A. de C.V., Comercializadora de Television de Honduras, S.A., Incotel S.A., Lasimex, S.A. de C.V., Televisora del Valle de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., TV Azteca Global, S.L.U., Servicios Especializados Taz, S.A. de C.V., all of Mexico; Azteca International Corporation, and Stations Group, LLC, both of Los Angeles, California; Azteca Comunicaciones Peru, S.A.C., Redes Opticas, S.A.C., both of Peru, and TVA Guatemala S.A., of Guatemala, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judgment for $500,000 against Scotia International of Nevada Inc. in Hybrid International, LLC and Johnathan Schultz v. Scotia International of Nevada, Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada.

First Amended Complaint "to remedy numerous breaches concerning public warrants issued by Getty Images and misrepresentations made about those warrants" in CRCM Institutional Master Fund (BVI) Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, and CRCM SPAC Opportunity Fund LP, of the Cayman Islands v. Getty Images Holdings Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint for a declaratory judgment that "(a) since at least the spring of 2021, the Defendants have been operating their businesses as a Ponzi scheme, (b) the Defendants’ books, records, and businesses are so hopelessly intertwined that the Defendants’ estates should be substantively consolidated, and (c) as a consequence of adjudicating that the Defendants operated as a Ponzi scheme, all contracts with the Defendants on and after the date the Ponzi scheme began, including, without limitation, Terms of Use, are deemed null and void" in Ignat Tuganov, of Cyprus v. Celsius Network LLC, Celsius KeyFi LLC, Celsius Lending LLC,, Celsius Mining LLC, Celsius Network Inc., Celsius Network Limited, of the United Kingdom; Celsius Networks Lending LLC, Celsius US Holding LLC, GK8 Ltd., of Israel; GK8 UK Limited, of Israel, and GK8 USA LLC at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint "in response to serial threats by the JPLs to attempt to relocate these global bankruptcy cases to The Bahamas" in Alameda Research LLC, Alameda Research Ltd., FTX Trading Ltd., West Realm Shires Inc., and West Realm Shires Services Inc. v. FTX Digital Markets Ltd., Brian C. Simms, Kevin G. Cambridge, and Peter Greaves at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Amended Memorandum of Law in support of Amended Application by the Joint Official Liquidators of ABRAAJ Investment Management Limited, of the Cayman Islands, to take discovery from Bank of America, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, Citibank, N.A., Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch; Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Goldman Sachs and Co., HSBC Bank USA, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mashreqbank PSC, New York Branch; Standard Chartered Bank US, a.k.a. Standard Chartered Bank, New York Branch; Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, New York Branch; Société Generale North America; BNP Paribas USA Inc.; Bank of Nova Scotia, UBS AG, New York Branch, Commerzbank AG, New York Branch; and The Clearing House Payments Company LLC for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands regarding an alleged $385 million fraud by Pakistan citizen Asif Masood Naqvi, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in which "the victim of an elaborate “advance-fee" scam ... seeks to identify the fraudsters and recover millions of dollars' worth of fiat and cryptocurrency that were stolen from her" in Min Ji Goo Dyer, a citizen of the United Kingdom v. John Does at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Second Amended Complaint in 1440 Sports Management Limited, of England v. PGA Tour Inc., Fortinet Inc., and Jay Voelker at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Chapter 11 Petition by SVB Financial Group at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Schedules and Statements filed by Alameda Research LLC in its Chapter 11 proceedings at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Complaint in M/Y Water Jump II, described as "a 2015 70’ Baia Motor Yacht" described as "a documented vessel of the British Virgin Islands"; Water Jump Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Torrey Pines Stable Florida Corp., of Florida, and Eric A. Lamaze, a retired Canadian show jumper and Olympic gold medalist, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint for $385,427 "for the sale and delivery of aviation fuel and services" in Associated Energy Group LLC, of Texas v. Ukraine International Airlines PJSC, of Ukraine, described as "the flag carrier and the largest airline of Ukraine", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from CallWithUs regarding an account associated with 500391267@sip.callwithus.com - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Netherlands - for a criminal investigation into "EBK and others for computer intrusion, fraud, and theft offenses".

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in Elliot Snook v. SVB Financial Group, Greg W. Becker, and Daniel J. Beck at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint alleging crypto promotional fraud by "FTX Influencers", most of whom were described as 'YouTube stars', in Edwin Garrison, of Oklahoma; Gregg Podalsky, of Florida; Skyler Lindeen, of Florida; Alexander Chernyavsky, of Florida; Sunil Kavuri, of the United Kingdom; Gary Gallant, of Canada, and David Nicol, of Australia v. Kevin Paffrath, Graham Stephan, Andrei Jikh, Jaspreet Singh, Brian Jung, Jeremy Lefebvre, Tom Nash, of Australia; Ben Armstrong, Erika Kullberg, and Creators Agency LLC, described as a Delaware-domiciled, Japan-based "talent management firm and digital ad network which promoted FTX", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.