Forfeiture

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.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding an alleged fraud and money laundering scheme involving "the ransomware variant known as Sodinokibi/REvil" in USA v. Crypto valued at $317,252 seized from 'virtual currency wallets held by Daniil Shchukin' at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto "seized from Binance" that is allegedly the proceeds of "a money laundering and unlicensed money transmitting conspiracy" in USA v. 65.08094134 Bitcoin, 247653.48461442 United States Dollar Tether, 9.1345 Ethereum, 25000.461 Unites States Dollar Tether, 1.00000785 Bitcoin, 0.17972627 Bitcoin, and 27892.00185173 United States Dollar Tether at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Complaint for the Forfeiture of 3,972,017 Paxos Standard Tokens seized from Paxos Trust Company that are associated with "the unauthorized procurement and transfer of approximately $160 million in digital assets from the virtual currency wallet of Wintermute, LLC", described as "a UK-based proprietary trading firm that specializes in algorithmic trading of digital assets", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding funds associated with "a suspected conspiracy by foreign entities and entities and individuals in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to commit wire fraud and money laundering" involving entities, inter alia, in Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands in USA v. $271,088 and $39,188 seized from accounts at the Bank of Saipan in the name of a company referred to as "MCS", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding funds allegedly associated with crypto fraud and money laundering in USA v. Funds in accounts at Binance in the names of Abhishek Dixit, Sunil Kumar, and Poonam Singla, described as citizens of India, filed at the U.S. District Court

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of money laundering by two unidentified "Brazilian citizens residing in Boca Raton, Florida" in USA v. $63,804, $11,740, and $99,980 of seized assets, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Forfeiture Complaint associated with suspected bank fraud and money laundering involving Andrii Derkach, a citizen of Ukraine who was "an active Russian agent for over a decade", and Oksana Terekhova, a citizen of Ukraine and "the wife of Derkach", in USA v. Real Property in Beverly Hills, California and Funds in the name of 7D Business Bureau Inc. seized from Stifel Nicolaus & Co. and Citizens Business Bank, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. $2.3 million seized from Metropolitan Commercial Bank in the name of Delacroix Investment Fund, of the British Virgin Islands, which operated "as an unlicensed money transmission business to orchestrate, among other things, capital flight out of Argentina and other countries", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. Funds, Credits and Virtual Currencies associated with suspected fraud and money laundering seized from Binance Account # 441821123 at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud in USA v. 1.10387626 Bitcoin seized from an account at Binance crypto exchange controlled by Patel Ankitbhai Ramanbhai, of India, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. $5.3 million on deposit at Sunflower Bank NA in an "OFAC Blocked Account" belonging to Konstantin Malofeyev, described as a citizen of Russia who was criminally indicted at federal court in New York in April 2022 for alleged violation of the "Ukraine-Related Sanctions Regulations", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

USA's Letter Motion to Amend a Preliminary Order of Forfeiture in USA v. Ross Ulbricht at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judgment for $42.7 million and Forfeiture Order in USA v. James Zhong at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. $105,824 seized from Metropolitan Commercial Bank held in the name of Partners Capital Investment, described as "a British Virgin Islands-incorporated mutual fund that purported to invest in securities", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of "a transnational criminal organization running an exploitation of elderly and social engineering scam" that were seized from a wallet at Binance crypto exchange in the name of Avinash Pal in USA v. 0.24247794 Bitcoin and 38,616.40303284 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of "a transnational criminal organization running an exploitation of elderly and social engineering scam" that were seized from a wallet in the name of Manprett Singh at Binance crypto exchange "by agents with the United States Secret Service during an investigation into in USA v. 726,602.61971034 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of an alleged crypto fraud in USA v. 14.77997889 Ethereum seized from an account at Binance crypto exchange in the name of Efeoghene Greatnes Oboghenemiepha, described as the holder of a Nigerian driver's license who appears to operate from Nigeria and South Africa, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding "the theft of more than $2 million in cryptocurrency by Zin Ko Oo [a 30-year-old citizen of Myanmar], Wing San Tse [a 33-year-old resident of Hong Kong], Shen Chee Kok [a 34-year-old citizen of Singapore], and potentially others through a wire fraud scheme affecting multiple victims" in USA v. Approximately 503,349.86 Tether, 1,379,999 Cardano, and 163,118 Binance USD formerly held in accounts at cryptocurrency exchange Binance at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding an investigation into alleged fraud and money laundering in USA v. 32,133.63 Tether (USDT) cryptocurrency from a Binance account in the name of Koriya Aveshbhai Hanifbhai at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. 270,771.29 USDT, a.k.a. Tether, seized from an account at Binance Holdings Limited that are allegedly the proceeds of "a financial scam" committed against an "elderly couple", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of wire fraud in USA v. USA v. 34.5 Bitcoin from a Coinbase account at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of narcotics trafficking "seized ... from Jeremy Hamilton in Bremen, Georgia" in USA v. 0.29645317 Bitcoin, 0.1385109 Bitcoin, and 290.60903 Kyber Network Coins at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Judgment and Order of Forfeiture in favor of the USA regarding crypto that "five parties" claimed ownership to, namely "Ross William Ulbricht, Caleb Bradberry, Roman Hossain, Lucas E. Buckley, First 100 LLC, Battle Born Investments Company LLC, and 1st One Hundred Holdings LLC" in USA v. Approximately 69,370 Bitcoin, Bitcoin Gold, Bitcoin SV, and Bitcoin Cash at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. 73,586.17 USDT (Tether) that are "proceeds of a cryptocurrency fraud scheme" and were seized from an account at Binance cryptocurrency exchange, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Forfeiture Complaint alleging "an 87-year-old man living in Tyler, Texas, fell prey to a cleverly designed international fraud scheme when he initiated transfer of 0.51071532 Bitcoin (then-worth approximately $15,000 USD) via a Bitcoin ATM to Vineet Singh Banga", an individual located in India" in USA v. 0.51071532 Bitcoin seized from Paxful at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Application for a Warrant to Seize cryptocurrency up to $351,000 that is believed to be the proceeds of fraud in USA v. Binance Holdings Limited, described as a cryptocurrency exchange with an address in Malta, at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Application to seize funds not to exceed $54,006 in a cryptocurrency account belonging to Brjesh Kirtibhai Thakkar that are suspected of being the proceeds of fraud in USA v. Binance Holdings Limited, of Malta, at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. 40.997711 Ethereum digital currency in an account at Binance cryptocurrency exchange that is believed to be the proceeds of a fraud against the operator of "an investment vehicle which invests in digital currencies, including Ethereum" who had an account at another cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding a "multi-million dollar mansion located in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California" that is "traceable to unlawful bribes paid for the benefit of Gagik Khachatryan, the former minister of finance of the Republic of Armenia, and his sons Gurgen Khachatryan and Artyom Khachatryan, and related money laundering transactions" in USA v. Real Property in Los Angeles, California at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Forfeiture Complaint that "arises out of an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations of the use of United States correspondent accounts to transfer funds through a network that circumvented U.S. sanctions" involving "three arms-trading companies, Partizan Tech DOO, Tehnoglobal Systems DOO Beograd, and Grawit Limited", which are domiciled in Serbia and Cyprus, in USA v. $34 million in the names of Falcon Strategic Solutions, Finrost Limited, and Vectura Trans at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Forfeiture Complaint for the alleged proceeds of narcotics trafficking in USA v. "All Bitcoin" owned by Ka Tsz Yip at LocalBitcoins, described as a cryptocurrency exchange in Finland, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding an alleged "online romance" fraud in which the victim was swindled out of cryptocurrency worth $324,635 in USA v. Crypto at Binance in the name of Han Bing, filed at the the U. S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.

Forfeiture Complaint alleging that "criminal actors known and unknown have conspired to open hundreds of bank accounts at Bank of America through corruption and bribery of bank employees responsible for ensuring BofA's compliance with anti-money laundering and customer identification policies during new account openings, thus providing hundreds of unknown or unverified individuals or organizations with virtually-unfettered access to the U.S. financial system" in USA v. Funds Seized From Accounts at Bank of America NA at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding "assets that facilitated, were involved in, and are traceable to an international conspiracy to launder money embezzled and fraudulently obtained from PrivatBank", described as "one of the largest banks in Ukraine" from which its owners, Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Boholiubov, allegedly stole "over $5 billion", in USA v. $5.7 million promissory note executed by 8787 Ricchi LLC payable to 87STE Lending LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding artwork that was part of an allegedly fraudulent scheme by deceased United Kingdom antiques dealer Douglas Latchford "to sell looted Cambodian antiquities on the international art market, primarily by creating false provenance documents and falsifying invoices and shipping documents, including misrepresenting the country of origin of artworks", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. 3879.16242937 Bitcoin that are allegedly the proceeds of a $154 million alleged fraud by Rei Ishii, described as "a dual national of the United States and Japan" and "a former employee of Sony Life Insurance Company Ltd.", involving accounts in Bermuda, Japan and the USA, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. 10.19321397 Bitcoin regarding a "fake cryptocurrency wallet" scheme that defrauded a "single known victim" out of "approximately 12.51 Bitcoin" at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Motion to File Forfeiture Complaint Under Seal in USA v. Bitcoin Tokens, Crypto.com Tokens, Ejin Coin Tokens, Ethereum Tokens, Lisk Tokens, Basic Attention Tokens, Golem Network Tokens, Komodo Tokens, and Monaco Tokens seized from Jerad Colt Barnes, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison on February 25th, 2021 after pleading guilty to narcotics trafficking, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. Cryptocurrency held in an account at cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Inc. that is "derived from proceeds of wire fraud and wire fraud conspiracy ... and property involved in monetary transactions and money laundering conspiracy", at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. 9.881 Bitcoin "voluntarily surrendered to law enforcement" by Fernando Berrocal, who is suspected of laundering the proceeds of "illegal gambling, narcotics trafficking and various financial frauds", at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of ransomeware attacks known as Sodinokibi/REvil "resulting in the receipt of over $200 million dollars in ransom payments" in USA v. 39.89138522 Bitcoin Seized from Exodus Wallet at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. $1 million in the name of Cayman Islands-domiciled Maydaisy Corporation at Forex Capital Markets Ltd. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. $4.9 million belonging to The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited to settle tax evasion allegations, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. $4.9 million belonging to The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited, of Bermuda, to settle tax evasion allegations involving its Bermuda and Cayman Islands operations, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the "proceeds of a wire fraud scheme to steal, among other things, cryptocurrency using a cell phone SIM-swapping scheme" that allegedly involved Colton Jurisic, Ricky Handschumacher, and Conor Freeman in USA v. 60.20371501 Bitcoins at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding $35 million associated with alleged tax evasion activity by "Swiss Life Holding AG, a Swiss insurance holding company, and three of its subsidiaries, Swiss Life (Liechtenstein) AG, Swiss Life (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., and Swiss Life (Luxembourg) S.A." in USA v. $35 Million at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. All Funds in a Merrill Lynch account in the name of Aurelia Infrastructure Inc., of the British Virgin Islands, that are allegedly associated with the laundering of the proceeds narcotics trafficking by "organizations based in Mexico and elsewhere" at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. Funds held at Hang Sang Bank, of Hong Kong, in the name of Mare Dey Import and Export Trading Co. that are associated with "an investigation of a money laundering/drug trafficking conspiracy whose members included Jorge Hugo Zavala-Lopez, Abel Bustamante-Duran also known as Prieto, Hong Zeng also known as Alondra China, Marco Antonio Mendez-Guzman aka Acelerin, Rafael Omar Cruz-Valedon aka Parce, an individual whose first and last name are unknown and is also known as Alvarez, Erick Giovanny Garcia also known as Juanito, Diana Quiroz Garcia, Juan Carlos Arreola and Ramon Antonio Lopez-Llamas" at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding a "fraud conspiracy" involving U.S. taxpayers in USA v. Rahn+Bodmer Co., of Switzerland, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.