Criminal

Criminal Information alleging $744,977 tax fraud in USA v. Robert N. Dooner, described as "a resident of Ibiza, Spain, and/or Abu Dhabi, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates" and "co-owner of a United Arab Emirates-based internet and communications company", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Criminal Information alleging conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act "by engaging in a scheme to bribe Venezuelan officials to obtain and retain contracts and other business advantages, including obtaining multi-million-dollar contracts with entities and instrumentalities owned and controlled by the Venezuelan government for the production, importation, and distribution of food and medicine to the people of Venezuela", in USA v. Orlando Alfonso Contreras Saab, described as a citizen of Venezuela, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint to extradite Irina Barrett, a citizen of Germany, from the USA to Germany, to "serve the remainder" of a prison sentence for fraud and, in a separate case, face "154 counts of commercial fraud", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Criminal Complaint alleging the defendants "engaged in unlicensed money transmitting business [coinexchange.am], in that they are exchanging cryptocurrency for funds in the form of United States currency, charging a fee as a percentage of the amount of the transfer" in USA v. Samvel Grigoryan and Hayk Martirosyan, both citizens of Armenia, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Wells Fargo Bank N.A. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Bulgaria - for a criminal investigation into suspected fraud by an unknown subject(s) allegedly posing as a representative of "a South Korean media company".

Criminal Indictment alleging international money laundering and the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business in USA v. Melik Najm, described as a resident of Brazil, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Forfeiture Application regarding the "proceeds of a wire fraud/romance scheme, also known as 'pig butchering'" in USA v. 489,269.52 Tether on deposit in a Kraken account in the name of OSL SG Pte Ltd., described as a Singapore company established by "a United Kingdom citizen, Suzanne Jensen", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from International Union Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Liechtenstein - for a criminal investigation into "an international money laundering scheme allegedly involving Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (“PDVSA”), Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled oil company".

Application by Ai Cheng to take discovery from Bank of America N.A. for use in legal proceedings in China against An Ning, a.k.a. Kelvin An, described as a citizen of China who "is a business-television anchorwoman and entrepreneur", for alleged "financial crimes related to a financial fraud perpetrated against Petitioner", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging the defendants laundered "at least over $1 billion in criminal proceeds through the Tornado Cash service" in USA v. Roman Storm, a citizen of the USA, and Roman Semenov, a citizen of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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 obstruction of justice and conspiracy to launder the proceeds of fraud with unidentified co-conspirators in Dubai and Ukraine in USA v. Craig Clayton at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Application by Victor Andrés Vargas Selman, Pablo Patricio Gutierrez Fuentes, and Santorini Capital LLC to take discovery from Merama Holdings LLC and Merama Inc. "for use as evidence in criminal proceedings pending in Chile", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from JPMorgan Chase N.A. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Portugal - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subject(s) for fraud".

Criminal Indictment in The State of Georgia v. Donald Trump, Rudolph Giuliani, a.k.a. Rudy Giuliani; John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Jenna Ellis, Ray Smith III, Robert Cheeley, Michael Roman, David Shafer, Shawn Still, Stephen Lee, Harrison Floyd, Trevian Kutti, Sidney Powell, Cathleen Latham, Scott Hall, and Misty Hampton, a.k.a. Emily Misty Hayes, at the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia.

Sixth Superseding Indictment alleging fraud and money laundering in USA v. Samuel Bankman-Fried at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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.

Defendant's Objections to Pre-Sentence Investigation Report in USA v. Kadeem Stephan Maynard, of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Wells Fargo - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Germany - for a criminal investigation

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Truist Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Portugal - for a criminal investigation into an "unknown suspect(s) for fraud".

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. $21.8 million "that constitutes proceeds of foreign bribery offenses, property involved in money laundering or a conspiracy to commit money laundering" involving Naman Wakil, described as "a Venezuelan citizen who became a permanent resident in the United States in or around 2012", and accounts in the Cayman Islands and Switzerland, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Plea Agreement and Statement of Offense regarding an offense of "conspiring to launder approximately 119,754 BTC in wire fraud proceeds, worth approximately $71 million at the time of the wire fraud" in USA v. Heather Rhiannon Morgan at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Plea Agreement and Statement of Offense regarding an offense of "conspiring to launder approximately 119,754 BTC in wire fraud proceeds, worth approximately $71 million at the time of the wire fraud" in USA v. Ilya Lichtenstein at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Criminal Information alleging conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in USA v. Corporación Financiera Colombiana SA, described as "a Colombian financial services institution ... that was majority owned and controlled by Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A.", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Criminal Indictment alleging conspiracy to defraud the USA, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights regarding "his criminal efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election and retain power" in USA v. Donald J. Trump at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Superseding Indictment in USA v. Donald Trump, Waltine Nauta, and Carlos de Oliveira at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Motion to Comply with Subpoena in Ilan Shor, described as "a prominent businessman and politician in Moldova" v. Matei Dohotaru for use in Ilan Shor's appeal after being "tried and convicted of various offenses connected to the disappearance of $1 billion from three Moldovan banks in 2014", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Arraignment and Appearance Bond 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 Indictment alleging “multiple schemes to violate the securities laws through insider trading and submitting false and misleading filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission” in USA v. Joseph Lewis, a.k.a. Joe Lewis, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Bahamas; Patrick O'Connor, and Bryan Waugh, a.k.a. Marty Waugh, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging "multiple schemes to violate the securities laws through insider trading and submitting false and misleading filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission" 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.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Cloudflare Inc. regarding "accounts associated with www.brokerchooser.com and www.tradevision-group.net" - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Poland - for a criminal investigation into "unknown suspect(s) for fraud offenses", including a person "who introduced himself as Jan Kobi".

Criminal Information alleging fraud and money laundering involving crypto allegedly stolen from British Virgin Islands-domiciled crypto exchange Bitfinex in USA v. Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Rhiannon Morgan at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Criminal Indictment alleging fraud involving crypto group Celsius Network in USA v. Alexander Mashinsky and Roni Cohen-Pavon at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Germany - for a criminal investigation into "an unknown suspect(s) for fraud".

Criminal Indictment alleging the defendant "orchestrated and executed a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $9 million worth of cryptocurrency from a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange" in USA v. Shakeeb Ahmed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Namecheap Inc. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance in Poland - for a criminal investigation into "unknown suspects for fraud offenses" involving a website at www.expert-financial-solutions.com.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Coinbase Inc. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Germany - for a criminal investigation into August Majewsky for suspected theft of BTC 99.0325307 while he was "an employee of cryptocurrency investment company in Germany".

Criminal Information alleging tax evasion involving entities in the British Virgin Islands and bank accounts in Monaco and Switzerland in USA v. Stephen L. 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.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Germany - for a criminal investigation into "an unknown perpetrator(s) for computer sabotage" perpetrated against a German university.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Google LLC - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Hungary - for use in a criminal investigation into "an unknown suspect" for suspected investment fraud.

Application by the USA for a warrant to seize $19 million at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation in the name of Deltec Bank and Trust (Bahamas) that "represents the proceeds of wire fraud and/or is property involved in money laundering", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Criminal Indictment alleging the defendants "made more than $22 million dollars in illegal profits by trading in securities of a special purpose acquisition corporation named Digital World Acquisition Corporation based on insider information that the SPAC was going to take public a media company owned by former U.S. President Donald J. Trump" in USA v. Michael Shvartsman, Gerald Shvartsman, and Bruce Garelick at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from ConsenSys Software Inc. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Estonia - for use in a criminal investigation into an "unknown perpetrator(s)" for the alleged theft of crypto from a citizen of Estonia.

Criminal Complaint alleging fraud involving a "purported investment company" called QYU that allegedly operated from the Cayman Islands, Panama, and USA in USA v. Darren Robinson at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding assets allegedly traceable to smuggling, fraud, and money laundering involving Douglas Latchford, a.k.a. Pakpong Kriangsak, who "Until his death in 2020, ... was based primarily in Thailand and the United Kingdom" in USA v. $12M in Rathbones Investment Management Portfolio Accounts in Jersey, in the Channel Islands, and 7th Century Bronze Statue Depicting the Four-Armed Goddess Durga at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Defendant's Third Unopposed Motion to Continue Trial Date 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.

Application by the USA for a warrant to seize $27 million at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation in the name of Deltec Bank and Trust (Bahamas) that “represents the proceeds of wire fraud and/or is property involved in money laundering”, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from the Bank of New York - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Peru - for a criminal investigation into Dennis Nicholas Melka, Ruben Antonio Espinoza, Maria Elena Montoya Angulo, Alfredo Cesar Rivera Loarte, Jose Renzo Puyen Rivera, Erick Oscar Mori Cruz, Bernardo Evaristo Agurto Rojas, Wilfredo Caballero Carrasco, Julian Asuncion Agurto Rojas, Fredy Stiwar Noteluz Paima , Harry Canayo Amasifuen, Victor Raul Lanci Amasifuen, Ronald Jean Perez Cruz, Reynaldo Benito Rengifo Rengifo, Willian Canayo Cachique, Lidia Canayo Cachique, Manuel Alberto Ramirez Inuma, Huiley Isuiza Macedo, Jose Luis Rengifo Ramirez, Juan Amasifuen Ynuma, Dialeny Rivera Munoz, Isaac Huaman Perez, Daniel Ruiz Vasquez, Jose Daniel Crespin Sampertegui, Carlos Alvarado Isminio, Alfredo Ortiz Gutierres, Eslander Yahuarcani Murayari, Empresa Plantacoines de Pucallpa S.A.C., of Peru; Ocho Sur P S.A.C., of Peru; United Oils Limited SEZC, of the Cayman Islands, and Peruvian Palm Holding for suspected environmental crimes.

Factual Proffer in USA v. Kadeem Stephan Maynard at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Plea Agreement in USA v. Kadeem Stephan Maynard at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.