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".
Criminal Complaint alleging the defendant "concealed millions of dollars in assets and income from the IRS in Swiss bank accounts for several decades that he failed to report" involving, inter alia, individuals and entities in Brazil, British Virgin Islands, France, Hong Kong, Romania and Switzerland in USA v. Dan Rotta at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Criminal Sentencing Order in USA v. Stephen Schechter, described as a retired investment banker who is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and USA residing in Monaco, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Criminal Indictment alleging conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business involving an allegedly fraudulent crypto investment scheme known as HyperFund in USA v. Rodney Burton, a.k.a. Bitcoin Rodney, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
Criminal Indictment charging the defendant with filing false tax returns and structuring cash deposits to avoid currency transaction reporting requirements regarding the sale of Bitcoin worth $4 million in USA v. Frank Richard Ahlgren III at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Greece - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subjects for computer fraud".
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from "online payment platform" Stripe regarding an "account held by “Education Feo Ltd.” and connected to a German bank account ending in -0801" - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Liechtenstein - for a criminal investigation into an alleged fraud perpetrated after the victim "provided his contact information to an online cryptocurrency investment platform"
Criminal Indictment alleging "a global, long-running scheme by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to fund the Government of Iran and the IRGC through black-market sales of Iranian crude oil and other petroleum products produced by the National Iranian Oil Company" whose buyers "include entities in the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation, and the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria" in USA v. Behnam Shahriyari, Morteza Rostam Ghasemi, Mohammadreza Aliakbari, Mohammad Sadegh Karimian, Sitki Ayan, Nahaddin Ayan, and Kasim Oztas at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Criminal Indictment alleging conspiracy to commit securities fraud involving HyperFund, which was described as "an unincorporated organization" that "operated a purportedly legitimate decentralized finance, or "DeFi," cryptocurrency investment platform and touted its investment program to the public through social media and other means", in USA v. Sam Lee, described as "a citizen of Australia and resident of the United Arab Emirates" and "co-founder of HyperFund", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
Transcript of a Guilty Plea Hearing 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.
Superseding Information alleging "the defendant, and other corporate entities under the direction and control of Joseph Lewis, a billionaire businessman and investor, engaged in a scheme to defraud Mirati Therapeutics, the investing public, and the Securities and Exchange Commission by amassing beneficial ownership of more than twenty percent of Mirati Therapeutics' stock in contravention of agreements with the company, by hiding Lewis's undisclosed ownership of Mirati Therapeutics shares through shell corporations in the names of nominees, and by deliberately omitting those entities from SEC filings and falsely reporting Lewis's share ownership of Mirati Therapeutics" in USA v. Broad Bay Ltd., of the Bahamas, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Truist Bank, N.A. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Denmark - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subjects for fraud".
Complaint for the extradition of Lee Morrell from the USA to England to face charges of bribery and misconduct while he worked as a Police Constable with the Metropolitan Police Service, in London, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Editor's Note: The indictment was filed under seal and unsealed on February 9th, 2024 - the day that Morrell was arrested in the U.S.
Criminal Indictment alleging investment fraud, money laundering, theft of government funds, and harboring a fugitive involving Dubai Bridge Investments and Al Zubair Capital in USA v. Zubair Mehmet Abdur Razzaq al Zubair, a.k.a. Zubair Mehmet Abdur Razzaq, described as a former resident of the United Arab Emirates who "falsely claimed to be a member of a royal family in the U.A.E.", and Muzzammil Muhammad al Zubair, a.k.a. Muzzammil Ibn Muhammad, a resident of Ohio who "claimed to be a hedge fund manager", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Criminal Complaint alleging the defendants defrauded an elderly client out of $34 million 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 alleging tax evasion involving entities in Anguilla, Canada, Curaçao, Ireland, Netherlands, and USA in USA v. David V. Erickson, described as "a consultant and technology entrepreneur with an active Certified Public Accountant license through the North Dakota Board of Accountancy", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Stripe Inc. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Bulgaria - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subjects for computer fraud".
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citibank, N.A. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Croatia - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subject(s) for fraud".
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from eBay - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Brazil - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subjects for smuggling, extraction of Brazilian fossils without authorization, exploitation of raw materials, and extraction of mineral resources without authorization".
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Bank of America - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Denmark - for a criminal investigation into "investigating unknown subjects for fraud" in which the alleged victim was allegedly deceived into sending funds to someone pretending to be "the lead singer of a prominent Canadian rock band".
Criminal Information alleging conspiracy to commit securities fraud involving HyperFund in USA v. Brenda Chunga, a.k.a. Bitcoin Beautee, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Mryland.
Criminal Indictment alleging securities fraud in USA v. Frederick L. Sharp, a resident of Canada; Luis Carrillo, a resident of Mexico; Mike K.G. Veldhuis, a resident of Canada; Paul Sexton, a resident of Canada, and Courtney M. Kelln, a resident of Canada, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Criminal Complaint alleging money laundering and fraud involving NFTs known as 'UndeadApes' and 'Undead Lady Apes' in USA v. Devin Alan Rhoden at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Community Federal Savings Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Switzerland - for a criminal investigation into Martina Zaletel "for criminal misappropriation of funds and criminal mismanagement" while she worked "as a receptionist at a hotel in Zermatt, Switzerland".
Magistrate Judge Removal of Criminal Complaint from District of Maryland alleging the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business in USA v. Rodney Burton, a.k.a. Bitcoin Rodney, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Circle Internet Financial, LLC - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Netherlands - for a criminal investigation into "an unknown subject(s) for unlawful entry and/or access of a computer facility or automated information system (computer hacking) and aggravated theft".
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Poloniex LLC, described as "a U.S. based digital asset exchange service offering cryptocurrency wallets to their clients to facilitate the buying, selling and trading of cryptocurrency" - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Canada - for a criminal investigation into James Grant "and his business, Canadian Bitcoins, 8159181 CANADA INC." on suspicion of "laundering the proceeds of crime (money laundering), failing to report/regulatory offenses, and filing false/deceptive tax returns and tax evasion".
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.
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.
Government Notice of Foreign Law Determination in USA v. Andrew Alturo Fahie, a former Premier of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Government Motion in Limine to Preclude Defendant From Admitting His Own Exculpatory Hearsay Statements in USA v. Andrew Alturo Fahie, a former Premier of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Government Motion in Limine Seeking Admission of Co-Conspirator Statements in USA v. Andrew Alturo Fahie, a former Premier of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Government Motion in Limine to Preclude Defendant from Raising an Entrapment Defense in USA v. Andrew Alturo Fahie, a former Premier of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Criminal Complaint alleging drug trafficking conspiracy, identity theft conspiracy, and money laundering conspiracy involving "the hidden service darknet marketplace named Kingdom Market" that "allows individuals to pay for illegal goods and services by making a cryptocurrency payment to an escrow account that is controlled by Kingdom administrators" in USA v. Alan Bill, a.k.a. Vend0r, a.k.a. KingdomOfficial, described as "a Slovakian national residing in Bratislava, Slovakia", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
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.
USA's Witness and Exhibit List in USA v. Andrew Fahie, a former Premier of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
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 for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Artemis Art Gallery - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Brazil - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subjects for smuggling, extraction of Brazilian fossils, exploration of raw materials without authorization, and mining mineral resources without authorization".
Criminal Information alleging conspiracy to commit securities fraud involving two unidentified co-conspirators in Vietnam and Switzerland who were described as "co-founders and co-operators of Blacklight S.A.m a purported asset management firm in Switzerland" and entities in Anguilla, Hong Kong, Seychelles and USA, in USA v. Steve M. Bajic, described as a resident of Canada, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Criminal Judgment for conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States in USA v. Kadeem Maynard, of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Plea Agreement in USA v. Binance Holdings Limited, d.b.a. Binance.com, of the Cayman Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.