British Virgin Islands

Application by 507 Summit LLC, Oasis Focus Fund, and Quadre Investments L.P. to take discovery from James Jianzhang Liang for use in "appraisal proceedings pending before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands in relation to the leveraged take-private merger of 51job, Inc.", described as "a leading provider of human resources services in the People’s Republic of China", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint in FTX Trading Ltd., of Antigua and Barbuda, and West Realm Shires Services Inc., of Delaware v. Michael Burgess, Huy Xuan 'Kevin' Nguyen, Jing Yu 'Darren' Wong, Matthew Burgess, Lesley Burgess, described as "former employees of Salameda Ltd."; 3Twelve Ventures Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, and BDK Consulting Ltd., of Hong Kong, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Complaint in Bellrose Marketing Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands v. H2O Cruises LLC, of La Jolla, California, USA, and Samuel Penhos, of San Diego, California, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Complaint in Ryan O'Dell v. Capri Holdings Limited, described as a British Virgin Islands-domiciled, London, England-based company that "designs, markets, distributes, and retails branded women's and men's apparel, footwear, and accessories in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia"; John D. Idol, Marilyn Crouther, Robin Freestone, Judy Gibbons, Mahesh Madhavan, Stephen F. Reitman, Jane Thompson, and Jean Tomlin at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging the defendants operated as "investment advisers for the benefit of a single client: a wealthy former Russian political official living outside the United States" without being registered with the SEC, managing "a private fund securities portfolio with an estimated total value of $7.2 billion", in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Concord Management LLC and Michael Matlin, both of New York, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Editor's Note: The 'Russian client' is not identified in the SEC's complaint but The New York Times reported that it was Roman Abramovich.

Complaint "to recover millions of dollars in fraudulently transferred and misappropriated funds from the parents of FTX Founder Samuel Bankman-Fried" in Alameda Research LLC, a Delaware, USA-domiciled company "that had operations in the United States, Hong Kong, and The Bahamas"; Alameda Research Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; FTX Trading Ltd., of Antigua and Barbuda; West Realm Shires Inc., of Delaware, USA, and West Realm Shires Services Inc., d.b.a. FTX.US, of Delaware, USA v. Allan Joseph Bankman, described as "a tenured Stanford Law School professor with decades of experience in tax law", and Barbara Fried, described as "a Stanford Law School professor who willingly enmeshed herself in the FTX Insiders' world", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Public Notice by the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a fine of $120,000 on TMF (B.V.I.) Ltd. for regulatory breaches.

Amended Complaint in Gemini Trust Company LLC v. Digital Currency Group Inc. and Barry Silbert at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in FTX Trading Ltd., an Antigua and Barbuda company that was based in the Bahamas; Maclaurin Investments Ltd., formerly known as Alameda Ventures Ltd., of the Seychelles, and West Realm Shires Services Inc., of Delaware, USA v. LayerZero Labs Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Ari Litan, described as a resident of Florida, USA, and Skip & Goose LLC, of Kansas, USA, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Originating Summons in Trustbridge Partners III LP, Trustbridge Partners V LP, and Baidu Holdings Limited v. China Medonline Inc., of the Cayman Islands, and Kongfutech Inc., of the British Virgin Islands, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by Cosimo Borrelli, as Joint Provisional Liquidator of Global Fixed Income Fund I Limited (in Official Liquidation), Principal Investing Fund I Limited (in Official Liquidation), Long View II Limited (in Official Liquidation), all of the Cayman Islands, and Real Assets (RA) Global Opportunity Fund I Ltd. (in Provisional Liquidation), of the British Virgin Islands, to take discovery from Citibank N.A. and Brown Brothers Harriman for use in legal proceedings in England regarding the alleged "misdeeds of brothers Mutaz Otaibi and Hussam Otaibi, and James Wilcox, and abuse of their roles within the Floreat group of companies", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding "assets involved in and traceable to an international conspiracy to, among other things, launder money misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (“1MDB”), a strategic investment and development company wholly-owned by the government of Malaysia", in USA v. Pablo Picasso's 'Trois femmes nues et buste d'homme' drawing and All Funds and Assets on deposit in an account in the name of Glen Vine Partners Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, at ONE Swiss Bank S.A., in Switzerland, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Originating Summons in TopGearAsia Capital (Cayman) Limited v. WM Motor Holdings Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

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".

Petition to determine the 'Fair Value' of shares in Diversey Holdings Ltd. in Alpine Partners (BVI), L.P., Corbin ERISA Opportunity Fund, Ltd., FW Deep Value Opportunities Fund I, LLC, FourWorld Event Opportunities, LP, FourWorld Global Opportunities Fund, Ltd., FourWorld Special Opportunities Fund, LLC, and Pinehurst Partners, L.P. v. Diversey Holdings Ltd., described as "a leading provider of hygiene, infection prevention, and cleaning solutions, with its headquarters in Fort Mill, South Carolina, United States of America", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by Moussy Salem to take discovery from Beno Salem for use in legal proceedings in England regarding allegations that "Freddy Salem, Monline UK Limited, Salim Levy and Ezra Aghai engaged in a wrongful pattern of conduct that includes breaches of fiduciary duty, conspiracy, and fraudulent transfers", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by the Republic of Kazakhstan to take discovery from GLAS Trust Company LLC "for use in ongoing and anticipated foreign legal proceedings against Anatolie Stati, his son Gabriel Stati, and their companies Ascom Group S.A. and Terra Raf Trans Traiding Ltd." in Belgium, British Virgin Islands, England, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands alleging "a series of complex, multi-faceted fraud schemes engineered by the Statis", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition for the Court's Sanction of a Scheme of Arrangement in the matter of Trigiant Group Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of Foreign Main Proceedings in the British Virgin Islands and Hong Kong by Jimmy Fong, as the Foreign Representative of China Evergrande Group, of the Cayman Islands, and Tianji Holdings Limited, of Hong Kong, and Anna Silver, as the Foreign Representative of Scenery Journey Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, all of which are part of a group that is "principally engaged in property development, property investment, property management, new energy vehicle development and production, and cultural tourism business in China", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

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.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding SFVI Limited in Natsuhiro Samejima, of Tokyo, Japan v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Claim Form in Best Grade Ltd. and Early Light Industrial Company Limited, both of Hong Kong v. Cho Kwai Chee, of Hong Kong, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Claim Form in Western Asset Group LLC, of Wyoming, USA v. Platinum Property Partners Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Petition for the Court's sanction of a Scheme of Arrangement in the matter of E-House (China) Enterprise Holdings Limited, described as "the ultimate holding company of a group of more than 300 companies that primarily carries on the business of real estate agency services, real estate data and consulting services and real estate brokerage network services in the People's Republic of China", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding VisionOne Worldwide Ltd. in Accesso Technology Group Plc, of England v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

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Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Black Sea Partners Limited in G.N. Terminal Enterprises Limited (in Receivership and Provisional Liquidation) v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Aquarius International Company Limited in Jun Xu, of Hong Kong v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Complaint "to recoup the substantial funds - at least hundreds of millions of dollars - that insiders brazenly stole from Global Cord Blood" in MW Gestion and MW Optimum, derivatively and on behalf of nominal defendant Global Cord Blood Corporation, of the Cayman Islands v. Golden Meditech Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Ting (Tina) Zheng, Albert Chen, Yuen Kam, Mark Da-Jian Chen, Jennifer J. Weng, Ken Lu, Jack Chow, Jacky Cheng, all of Hong Kong; Celenkos Inc., of Delaware; Golden Meditech Stem Cells (BVI) Company Limited, GM Precision Medicine (BVI) Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Golden Meditech (BVI) Company Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Easton Capital Corp., and Redwood Valuation Partners, both of New York, USA, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

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.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Aabar Investments PJS Limited (in Liquidation), of Samoa v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application to set aside a Statutory Demand for $92,369,220 in Gold Eagle Development Limited v. AASCFII HyalRoute (Sub) Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in NunNow Limited v. App Media Holding Company at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Judgment granting winding up petition in Sasuga Ventures Limited, of Barbados; Treasure Stream Holdings Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and SVB Claims Limited, of the Cayman Islands v. Silicon Valley Bank (Cayman Islands Branch) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application in Jeffery Brown v. Camera Work Inc., d.b.a. Fly BVI, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Claim Form in Jiang Min and Sun Chongchao, both of China v. Jia Lian International Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Complaint "to avoid and recover unlawful transfers of hundreds of millions of dollars that Defendants misappropriated" in FTX Trading Ltd., of Antigua and Barbuda; Alameda Research LLC, Alameda Research Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; North Dimension Inc., Cottonwood Grove Ltd., and West Realm Shires Inc. v. Samuel Bankman-Fried, Zixiao 'Gary' Wang, Nishad Singh, and Caroline Ellison at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Complaint in alameda Research Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, and FTX Trading Ltd., of Antigua and Barbuda v. Platform Life Sciences Inc., of Canada; Lumen Bioscience Inc., GreenLight Biosciences Holdings PBC, Riboscience LLC, Genetic Networks LLC, 4J Therapeutics Inc., Latona Biosciences Group, of the Bahamas; FTX Foundation, Samuel Bankman-Fried, Ross Rheingans-Yoo, and Nicholas Beckstead at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Originating Application in Liam Alexander Short, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Charles Anthony Micklewright v. Asiatic Luck Corporation and Bolder Corporate Services (BVI) Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Complaint alleging the loss of $2 million in an investment fraud that primarily targeted "the Argentine-American community residing in South Florida" in Tzutomo Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands v. Matias Costantini, Juan Cruz Talia Brown, Jonathan Culley, and Capital Force F1 LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Ecoprivate Business Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, and Jean Sebastian Ferrer Funke, a citizen and resident of Switzerland, to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Barclays Bank PLC, and HSBC Bank USA N.A. "a criminal proceeding in Switzerland, which Applicants contemplate bringing against Mr. Sonashah Shivdasani; as well as in recognition and enforcement proceedings that the Applicants contemplate bringing in the UK" regarding "a real estate investment scheme that cost the Applicants well over US $6,175,000.00 in losses plus penalties and interest", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

British/American retired investment banker Stephen Schechter has been criminally charged with tax evasion in the United States involving entities in the British Virgin Islands and bank accounts in Switzerland and Monaco, where he resides.

Complaint in Harp Trading Ltd., described as a British Virgin Islands company based in Honduras v. Birch River Energy LLC, formerly known as Brooks Run Mining Company LLC, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition for the Court's sanction of a Scheme of Arrangement in the matter of Dali Foods Group Company Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Lady Rose Investments Corp. in Janetty Mercedes Rivera Torres de Mejia v. Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Chrono Time Corporation in Janetty Mercedes Rivera Torres de Mejia v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Parkstone Trading Limited in Patricia Omotayo Okunsanya, of Nigeria v. Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Hazelbury Limited in Idowu Olusola Iluyomade v. Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

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.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Shrewbury Development Corp. in Orkney Universal Corp. v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.