China

Petition in the matter of CBK Holdings Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Press Release by The Family (Holdings) Ltd., of England and Wales, regarding an attempt to recover assets via Cayman Islands legal proceedings as a result of "misappropriation of funds from The Family (Global Godfathers) SPC by Oussama Ammar and his personal holding companies Fabuleo Limited and Aletheis, The First Limited".

Judgment granting applications to appoint Receivers in Applied Investment (Asia) Ltd. v. Green Asia Restructure SP and Green Asia Restructure SP II at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Wells Fargo Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Portugal - for a criminal investigation into an "unknown subject" for suspected fraud.

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.

Chinese-Canadian crypto exchange boss Changpeng Zhao has applied to take discovery from Bloomberg news service in New York for use in a defamation complaint he filed in Hong Kong against one of its local affiliates following the publication of an article whose Chinese headline allegedly translates to "Zhao Changpeng's Ponzi Scheme".

Application by Changpeng Zhao to take discovery from Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Inc. for use in a defamation complaint in Hong Kong against Modern Media Company Limited, of Hong Kong, regarding an article that allegedly "contained false, malicious and defamatory statements about Zhao and his company, Binance Holdings Limited", a cryptocurrency exchange operator that is domiciled in the Cayman Islands, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging breach of contract and fraud in Xiongjian Chen, of Shanghai, China v. Peter Zuguang Wang, Cenntro Automotive Group Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Cenntro Enterprise Limited, of Hong Kong, and Cenntro Electric Group Limited, f.k.a. Naked Brand Group Limited, of Australia, at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Application by FourWorld Event Opportunities LP, of New york, and Genesis Emerging Markets Investment Company, of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands, to take discovery from Fenwick & West LLP and Morrow Sodali International LLC for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands regarding "the fair value of the shares of the company 58.com", described as "China’s largest online classifieds business", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition to determine the fair value of shares in 51job Inc., described as "a leading provider of integrated human resource services in The People's Republic of China" in 405 ACM Ltd., 405 ACM Global Opportunities Fund, Alpine Partners (BVI) L.P., Athos Asia Event Driven Master Fund, BMSF Sub LP, Boothbay Absolute Return Strategies LP, Boothbay Diversified Alpha Master Fund LP, Church Murray Fund LLC, Corbin ERISA Opportunity Fund Ltd., FMAP AGL Limited, FourWorld Event Opportunities LP, FourWorld Special Opportunities Fund LLC, FourWorld Global Opportunities Fund Ltd., FourWorld Global Strategic Opportunities Fund I LLC, FW Deep Value Opportunities Fund I LLC, Integrated Core Strategies (US) LLC, KL Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd., Palliser Capital Master Fund Ltd., Pinehurst Partners L.P., Quadre Investments L.P., and QVT Family Office Fund LP at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition to determine the fair value of shares held by "dissenting shareholders" in the Cayman Islands, England, and the USA, in the matter of 51job Inc., described as "a leading provider of integrated human resource services in the People's Republic of China", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Contempt Order imposing fines totaling CI$150,000 on the Respondents in The Family (Global Godfathers) SPC, on its own behalf and on behalf of The Family (Freya) SP and The Family (Odin) SP v. Oussama Ammar, of Paris, France; Fabuleo Limited, of Hong Kong, and Aletheis, The First Limited, of Hong Kong, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by Blue Ocean Structure Investment Company Ltd. to take discovery from Simrit Pamar, ROCELO LLC, and Cellenkos Inc. for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands involving Global Cord Blood Corporation, described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, Hong Kong-based, New York Stock Exchange-listed company whose "main business is the storage of umbilical cord blood stem cells, principally in the People’s Republic of China", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Director Details for China Huiyuan Juice Group Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on July 12th, 2022.

Class Action Complaint in Juan Chen v. Missfresh Limited, described as a Cayman Islands company based in China; Zheng Xu, of China; Jun Wang, of China; Yuan Sun, of China; Zhaohui Li, of China; Colleen A. DeVries, JPMorgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, China Renaissance Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited, CMB International Capital Limited, AMTD Global Markets Limited, ICBC International Securities Limited, Needham & Company LLC, China Merchants Securities (HK) Co. Limited, ABCI Securities Company Limited, GF Securities (Hong Kong) Brokerage Limited, Futu Inc., Tiger Brokers (NZ) Limited, and Cogency Global Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Application for recognition of liquidation proceedings in the British Virgin Islands by Russell Crumpler and Christopher Farmer, as Joint Liquidators of Three Arrows Capital Ltd., a cryptocurrency hedge fund, at the High Court of the Republic of Singapore.

Judgment for $114 million in BFAM Asian Opportunities Master Fund LP, of Hong Kong v. China Huiyuan Juice Group Limited, described as a Cayman Islands company based in China; Huiyuan Beijing Holdings Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Huiyuan Shanghai Holdings Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; China Huiyuan Industry Holding Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and China Huiyuan Industry Limited, of Hong Kong, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Complaint alleging fraud involving the 'FINE Token' cryptocurrency in Kassem M. Dakhlallah, Tarik Turfe, and Abedellatif Aoun v. Nicholas Chan, described as a resident of Hong Kong; Maxim Geerinck, described as a resident of Belgium; Jonas Snellinckx, described as a resident of Belgium; Nicholas Au, described as a resident of Hong Kong; Albert Chan, described as a resident of Hong Kong; Benjamin Tse, described as a resident of Pasadena, California; Michael Gu, described as a resident of Hong Kong; Elvin Cheung, described as a resident of Hong Kong, and Refinable, described as being domiciled in Hong Kong, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Amended Petition in the matter of Modern Land (China) Co. Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Class Action Complaint alleging cryptocurrency fraud in Nick Patterson v. TerraForm Labs Pte. Ltd., of Singapore; Jump Crypto, Jump Trading LLC, Republic Capital, Republic Maximal LLC, Tribe Capital, DeFinance Capital/Definance Technologies Oy, GSR Markets Limited, of Hong Kong; Three Arrows Capital Ptd Ltd., of Singapore; Nicholas Platias and Do Kwon, of South Korea, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Notice of Application to Appoint Joint Liquidators in Honghua Investment Fund Limited (in Official Liquidation), of the Cayman Islands v. Great Harmony International Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in Honghua Investment Fund Limited (in Official Liquidation), of the Cayman Islands v. Jovial Spate Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Petition alleging fraud in Worldwide Opportunities Fund SPC (in Official Liquidation) v. Real Estate and Finance Fund at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 15 Petition for the Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Hong Kong by Chu Lai Kuen, as the Foreign Representative of Hidili Industry International Development Limited, described as a Cayman Islands "investment holding company and the ultimate parent of a large number of direct and indirect subsidiaries, which are primarily engaged in coal mine production, mining operations, mine development, and the manufacture and sale of clean coal and coke in the People’s Republic of China", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Ruling regarding a winding up petition in Harbor Sure (HK) Investments Limited, of Hong Kong v. Fullsun International Holdings Group Co. Ltd., a Bermuda company based in Hong Kong, at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Originating Application in the matter of Z Ventures Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Blue Ocean Structure Investment Company Limited, of the British Virgin Islands v. Global Cord Blood Corporation. of the Cayman Islands; Tina Ting Zheng, Albert Bing Chuen Chen, Mark D. Chen, Jack Chow, Ken Lu, Jennifer J. Weng, Jacky Siu Chuen Cheng, Kam Yuen, PAGAC III Holding VII Limited, and GM Precision Medicine (BVI) Limited, all described as being based in Hong Kong, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition in Hu Yan, of China v. Fresh Express Delivery Holdings Group Co. Limited, described as being part of a group which is "involved in the distribution of cold chain foods", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Order in Hangzhou Lingqin Investment Partnership Enterprise v. Harneys Liquidation Services (Cayman) Limited and Harneys Fiduciary (Cayman) Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Judgment regarding a 'Norwich Pharmacal' application in Hangzhou Lingqin Investment Partnership Enterprise v. Harneys Liquidation Services (Cayman) Limited, Harneys Fiduciary (Cayman) Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Zhang Peng, as the Foreign Representative of Modern Land (China) Co. Ltd., described as "the ultimate holding company of a group of companies comprising the Debtor and its subsidiaries, including Great Trade Technology Ltd., a holding company incorporated with limited liability in the British Virgin Islands, the Modern Land HK Companies, and Jiu Yun Development Co., Limited, a holding company incorporated with limited liability in Hong Kong, that carries out the business of real estate investment and development in the People’s Republic of China", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Decision Notice by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority cancelling the mutual fund license of Obelisk Global Fund SPC.

Amended Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim alleging “a corrupt scheme to launder money or conceal corruption and fraud” in Gulf Investment Corporation, of Kuwait, and General Retirement and Social Insurance Authority, of Qatar v. Port Link GP Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Mark Eric Williams, of Georgia, USA; Wellspring Capital Group Inc., of Georgia, USA; KGL Investment Company Asia, of the Cayman Islands; Apache Asia Limited, of Hong Kong; Apache Asia Limited, of Macao; Ronald Henry Ayliffe, of Singapore, and Elite First Investment Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition in the matter of Glory Sun Land Group Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition in Flower SPV 4 Limited v. Fantasia Holdings Group Co. Limited, described as "an investment holding company that has subsidiaries in the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, BVI, USA, Singapore, Cayman Islands, Japan, and Macau", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Florida-based, self-described "asset protection expert" Kevin Wessell has been accused of withholding records from the IRS that it requires for an investigation into his clients for suspected offshore tax evasion involving accounts and entities in several jurisdictions, including the Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Hong Kong, Nevada, Nevis, Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Switzerland, and Turks and Caicos Islands.

Petition for the appointment of Receivers in Applied Investment (Asia) Ltd., of Hong Kong v. Green Asia Restructure SP II at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition for the appointment of Receivers in Applied Investment (Asia) Ltd., of Hong Kong v. Green Asia Restructure SP at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Criminal Indictment alleging the defendants engaged in illegal intelligence activities on behalf of China in USA v. Shujun Wang, Jie Ji, Ming Li, and Keqing Lu at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding China New Town Development (Changchiun) Company Ltd. in Yang Meiyu, of Beijing, China v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Claim Form in Lam Wo Ping and Lam Kin Chung, both of China v. Chen Jian Yun, of China and Zhong Da Mining Holding Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Class Action Complaint in Dagan Investments LLC v. First High-School Education Group Co. Ltd., described as a Cayman Islands company that "operates private high schools in Western China and provides for-profit tutoring services"; Shaowei Zhang, Lidong Zhu, Guangzhou Zhao, Yuanlin Hu, Longwater Topco B.V., EQT Mid Market Asia III Limited Partnership, EQT Mid Market Asia III GP B.V., EQT Fund Management S.À.R.L., Colleen A. De Vries, Cogency Global Inc., The Benchmark Company LLC, Valuable Capital Group Limited, TFI Securities and Futures Limited, AMTD Global Markets Limited, Maxim Group LLC, Boustead Securities LLC, FUTU Inc., US Tiger Securities Inc., and Fosun Hani Securities Limited at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Director Details for DD Global Holdings Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on May 9th, 2022.

Complaint "to recover so-called 'short-swing profits'" of $61 million in Canoo Inc., described as a Delaware-domiciled, California-based "startup American manufacturer of consumer and commercial electric vehicles founded in 2017" v. DD Global Holdings Ltd., described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, Hong Kong-based "owner of more than 10% of Canoo’s outstanding common shares", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Winding Up Petition in Blue Ocean Structure Investment Company Limited v. Global Cord Blood Corporation, described as a Hong Kong-based company that "carries on the business of the storage of umbilical cord blood stem cells principally in the People's Republic of China", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Consent Order imposing a civil penalty of $10 million on Samuel Reed regarding the operation of the BitMEX cryptocurrency trading platform in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. HDR Global Trading Limited, of the Seychelles; 100x Holdings Limited, of Bermuda; ABS Global Trading Limited, of Delaware; Shine Effort Inc. Limited, of Hong Kong; HDR Global Services (Bermuda) Limited, of Bermuda, all d.b.a. BitMEX; Arthur Hayes, described as a citizen of the United States residing in Hong Kong; Ben Peter Delo, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in Hong Kong, and Samuel Reed, described as a U.S. citizen who resided in Milwaukee, WI, and Boston, MA, during the relevant period, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Consent Order imposing a civil penalty of $10 million on Benjamin Delo regarding the operation of the BitMEX cryptocurrency trading platform in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. HDR Global Trading Limited, of the Seychelles; 100x Holdings Limited, of Bermuda; ABS Global Trading Limited, of Delaware; Shine Effort Inc. Limited, of Hong Kong; HDR Global Services (Bermuda) Limited, of Bermuda, all d.b.a. BitMEX; Arthur Hayes, described as a citizen of the United States residing in Hong Kong; Ben Peter Delo, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in Hong Kong, and Samuel Reed, described as a U.S. citizen who resided in Milwaukee, WI, and Boston, MA, during the relevant period, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Consent Order imposing a civil penalty of $10 million on Arthur Hayes regarding the operation of the BitMEX cryptocurrency trading platform in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. HDR Global Trading Limited, of the Seychelles; 100x Holdings Limited, of Bermuda; ABS Global Trading Limited, of Delaware; Shine Effort Inc. Limited, of Hong Kong; HDR Global Services (Bermuda) Limited, of Bermuda, all d.b.a. BitMEX; Arthur Hayes, described as a citizen of the United States residing in Hong Kong; Ben Peter Delo, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in Hong Kong, and Samuel Reed, described as a U.S. citizen who resided in Milwaukee, WI, and Boston, MA, during the relevant period, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Originating Application in Champion Sage Investments Limited v. High Pressure Resources Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Stop Notice by Blue Ocean Structure Investment Company Ltd. regarding shares in Global Cord Blood Corporation at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.