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Director Details for Regan International Multi Strategy Fund SPC, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on June 6th, 2023.

Cayman Islands-domiciled, Hong Kong-based Regan International Growth Fund SPC - whose controlling person appears to be Hailong Li - has collapsed with an estimated insolvency of $23.6 million.

Winding Up Petition in Zhen Qiu, a resident of China v. China Beidahuang Industry Group Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands company based in Hong Kong, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint for automatic stay in Wesco Aircraft Holdings Inc., Wolverine Intermediate Holding Corporation, Wolverine Intermediate Holding II Corporation, Haas Group LLC, Haas Holdings LLC, Interfast USA Holdings Inc., Pioneer Holding Corporation, Pattonair Holding Inc., Pattonair USA Inc., UNISEAL Inc., Pioneer Finance Corporation, Wolverine UK Holdco Limited, Pattonair Holdings Limited, Quicksilver Midco Limited, Pattonair Group Limited, Pattonair Europe Limited, Adams Aviation Supply Company Ltd., Pattonair (Derby) Limited, Pattonair Limited, Wesco Aircraft Hardware Corp., Wesco LLC 1, Wesco LLC 2, Wesco Aircraft SF LLC, Wesco Aircraft Canada LLC, Wesco Aircraft Canada Inc., Haas Group International LLC, Haas of Delaware LLC, Haas TCM Industries LLC, NetMRO LLC, Haas Corporation of Canada, Haas Group Canada Inc., Wesco 1 LLP, Wesco 2 LLP, Haas Chemical Management of Mexico Inc., Haas TCM de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., Haas Corporation of China, Haas TCM of Israel Inc., Haas International Corporation, Haas TCM Group of the UK Limited, Wesco Aircraft International Holdings Limited, Wesco Aircraft EMEA Ltd., Haas Group International SCM Limited, Flintbrook Limited, and Wesco Aircraft Europe Limited v. SSD Investments Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; JPMorgan Chase Bank, JPMorgan Investment Funds, JPMorgan Funds, IShares Public Limited Company, IShares II Public Limited Company, IShares Trust, BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A., IShares VI Public Limited Company, IShares IV Public Limited Company, IShares U.S. High Yield Fixed Income Index ETF (CAD-Hedged), IShares U.S. High Yield Bond Index ETF (CADHedged), IShares Inc., BlackRock Bank Loan Fund, BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust, BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust, BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio of BlackRock Funds II, BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio of BlackRock Funds V, BlackRock Managed Income Fund of BlackRock Funds II, BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund Inc., PSAM WorldArb Master Fund Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, and Rebound Portfolio Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Director Details for Sina Corporation, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on May 30th, 2023.

Petition by China New Consumption Group Limited to confirm a reduction of the share capital of State Innovation Holdings Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by Beijing TrueLake Culture Development Limited to take discovery from Brent Richard Irvin for use in "a copyright infringement lawsuit" in China "against Tencent Music Entertainment (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., an affiliated company of Tencent Music Entertainment Group", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of China.

Criminal Complaint alleging conspiracy to act as a foreign government agent for China, money laundering, and bribery of "a purported Internal Revenue Service agent who was in fact an undercover officer ... as part of a PRC Government-directed scheme to revoke the tax-exempt status of a 501(c)(3) organization run by Falun Gong practitioners" in USA v. John Chen, a.k.a. Chen Jun, and Lin Feng at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "a sophisticated global internet cryptocurrency fraud and conversion scheme" in Charles Leslie Stilwell v. Defendant '1', a.k.a. Amity Zhang, a.k.a. Zhang Xiaojie, described as "a foreign defendant in China", and John Does 1-20 at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

First Amended Complaint involving allegations of fraud in Elizabeth Y. Chung v. Chung Peng Chih-Mei, described as a citizen of China residing in Taiwan, and Intertrust (Bahamas) Limited at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint alleging "the misappropriation of GeoSolutions' valuable technology and know-how relating to the use of location-based services to enhance and monetize social networking services" in GeoSolutions B.V. and GeoSolutions Holdings N.V., both of the Netherlands v. Sina Corporation, described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, China-based holding company that is "self-described as 'a leading online media company serving China the global Chinese communities'"; Weibo Corporation, described as being domiciled in the Cayman Islands and based in China; SINA.COM Online, Weibo R&D Limited, New Wave MMXV Ltd., described as being domiciled in the British Virgin Islands and based in China; Sina Group Holding Company Ltd., described as being domiciled in the Cayman Islands and based in China; Sina Hong Kong Limited, of Hong Kong; GyPSii (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., of China; Beijing Sina Internet Information Service Company Ltd., of China; Beijing New Media Technology Information Company, of China; Beijing Weimeng Technology Co., Ltd., of China; Sina (Beijing) Information Technology Co. Ltd. of China; SINA.COM Technology (China) Co., Ltd., of China; Cao Guowei, a.k.a. Chao Guowei, a.k.a. Charles Chao, of China, and Wang Gaofei, of China, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint alleging the defendant "failed to disclose her foreign financial accounts to U.S. authorities" in "six foreign financial accounts in China" in USA v. Heidi Hong Pao at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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Director Details for Yongye International Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on May 12th, 2023.

Winding Up Petition in China Development Bank, formerly China Development Bank Corporation v. Yongye International Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition in Loop Capital Markets LLC, of Chicago, Illinois, USA v. ICONIQ Holding Limited, described as a Cayman Islands company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Cary Yan's Sentencing Submission regarding a scheme to bribe government officials in the Marshall Islands to pass business legislation in USA v. Cary Yan, a citizen of the Marshall Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Zhongshan Quimica do Brasil Ltda, described as "the Brazilian subsidiary of Zhongshan Chemical, a global leading agrochemical manufacturer", to take discovery from Citibank N.A., The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, and The Federal Reserve Bank of New York "for use in contemplated civil and criminal proceedings in Brazil", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Bank of America N.A. v. John Does, VTB Bank (Europe) SE i.L., of Germany, and VTB Bank PJSC Shanghai Branch, of China, both "majority-owned by the Government of the Russian Federation", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Quadre Investments LP to take discovery from Patrick Dillon for use in an "appraisal proceeding" in the Cayman Islands regarding "the fair value of the shares of SINA Corporation", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Application by 507 Summit LLC vto take discovery from Hisayuki Idekoba for use in "an appraisal proceeding" in the Cayman Islands involving "51job, Inc., a China-based, Cayman incorporated company that traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange in New York City", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Application by Quadre Investments L.P. to take discovery from Yichen Zhang for use in an "appraisal proceeding" in the Cayman Islands regarding "the fair value of its shares in SINA Corporation", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Petition in the matter of Yashili International Holdings Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. Three Accounts at a crypto exchange operated by Binance Holdings Limited that are allegedly associated with "the theft of approximately $10 million in cryptocurrency by Sun Hao, Song Shijie Null, Cheng Han Hsieh, Chun Li Tsao, and potentially others through a wire fraud scheme", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Singapore aircraft owner BOC Aviation has been awarded damages of $406 million against Russian cargo airline AirBridgeCargo Airlines and its Dutch parent, Volga-Dnepr Logistics, for defaulting on leases for three Bermuda-registered Boeing 747s in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year.

Class Action Complaint in S.G., described as a resident of China, and M.G., described as a resident of New York v. Bank of China Ltd., described as "a Chinese state-owned commercial bank" and "the fourth largest bank in the world"; Bank of China U.S.A., BOC International Holdings Ltd., of Hong Kong; BOCI Commodities & Futures (USA) LLC, CME Group Inc., and New York Mercantile Exchange Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Amended Complaint alleging "Defendant stole cryptocurrency from Plaintiff valued at $2,215,118 pursuant to a sophisticated global internet cryptocurrency fraud and conversion scheme" in Benjamin Arthur Bowen v. Xingzhao Li, a.k.a. Aida Top, a.k.a. Yang Lei Lei, described as "a foreign defendant in China", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Third Amended Complaint alleging securities fraud in Marc Chan, a citizen of Canada; Lei Li, of Hong Kong; Strong Wealth Investment Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and Pacific Smile Limited, of the British Virgin Islands v. ArcSoft Inc., described as "a software company whose primary business is licensing software and algorithms to the manufacturers of smartphones and consumer electronics", and Michael Deng at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Director Details for WM Motor Holdings Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on April 4th, 2023.

Director Details for TopGearAsia Capital (Cayman) Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on April 4th, 2023.

Judgment in Tony Bobulinski v. China Branding Group Limited (in Official Liquidation) at the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal.

List of Directors for Techteryx Ltd., obtained from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission on March 31st, 2023.

Petition in the matter of China Wood International Holding Co. Limited (in Provisional Liquidation), described as "an investment holding company whose operating subsidiaries are in Hong Kong and the PRC", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Summons in TopGearAsia Capital (Cayman) Limited v. Maples Corporate Services Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Class Action Complaint in Michael Sizemore, Mikey Vongdara, and Rudy Vazquez v. Changpeng Zhao, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Dubai, UAE; Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, of Ireland; Binance (Services) Holdings Limited, of Ireland; BAM Trading Services Inc., of Delaware; Jimmy Butler, a professional basketball player; Graham Stephan, described as "a YouTube star with over 4.1 million subscribers to his YouTube pages", and Ben Armstrong, described as "a YouTuber with more than 1.5 million subscribers to his YouTube page", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Register of Companies Search Report for Techteryx Ltd., obtained from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission on March 29th, 2023.

First Superseding Indictment in USA v. Ho Wan Kwok, described as "an exiled Chinese businessman who fled to the United States"; 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 at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint aleging fraud and misappropriation in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Dichao Xie, described as a citizen of China residing in England, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Fifth Superseding Indictment alleging fraud, money laundering, operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, making unlawful political contributions, and bribery of "one or more Chinese government officials in order to regain access to Alameda trading accounts that had been frozen by Chinese law enforcement authorities" in USA v. Sam Bankman-Fried at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Originating Application for the appointment of a liquidator regarding an alleged debt of "HK$956,884,228.16, which was equivalent to US$121,734.800.79" in China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong Branch v. Cheer Source Trading Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Complaint to recover allegedly unpaid crypto loans in TrustToken Inc., described as "a financial services company at the forefront of the development of new 23 global financial systems, using blockchain technology to facilitate loans and commerce" v. Kbit Global Limited, described as a Chinese company based in Hong Kong, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint alleging securities fraud involving crypto in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Justin Sun, described as "a Chinese national and crypto asset entrepreneur"; Tron Foundation Limited, of Singapore; BitTorrent Foundation Ltd., of Singapore; Rainberry Inc., Austin Mahone, described as "a U.S. citizen and a singer and songwriter residing in Miami, Florida", and Deandre Cortez Way, a.k.a. Soulja Boy, a U.S. citizen and a singer and record producer residing in Calabasas, California", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "multiple offering frauds orchestrated by Guo, an exiled Chinese businessman living in the United States who targeted retail investors through online and social media posts and videos" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ho Wan Kwok, a.k.a. Miles Guo, Miles Kwok, Wengui Guo, and Brother Seven, described as a citizen of Hong Kong residing in New York; Kin Ming Je, a.k.a. William Je, described as a dual citizen of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom residing in London, England; Mountains of Spices LLC, d.b.a. New York Farm, and G Club Operations LLC, of Puerto Rico, as Defendants, and Mei Guo, described as a citizen of Hong Kong residing in New York, England; Qiang Guo, described as a citizen of Hong Kong residing in London, England; Hing Chi Ngok, described as a citizen of China residing in Connecticut, and Sin Ting Rong, described as a citizen of Hong Kong residing in London, England, as Relief Defendants, 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 AAG Energy Holdings Ltd, a Cayman Islands company based in Hong Kong that belongs to a group whose "principal activities ... are coal-bed methane exploration and development in the People's Republic of China", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint alleging "retaliatory" employment termination for complaining about "PPP loan fraud, insurance fraud, USCIS Fraud, SEC Fraud and Academic Fraud", in Hong Danielle Accettola v. Linda Mei He, described as a citizen and resident of China; WL Global Corp., of Delaware; WeEducation Group Inc., of Delaware, and Wailian Overseas Consulting Group Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Winding Up Petition in Kalaivani Kandesan, a resident of Singapore, and Ulf Parpart-Hergesell, a citizen of Germany v. Atom Holdings, which "carried on business as a cryptocurrency exchange", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Criminal Indictment for securities fraud and money laundering with "hundreds of millions of dollars of the fraudulent scheme's proceeds" going into "bank accounts in the United States, Bahamas, and United Arab Emirates, among other places" in USA v. Ho Wan Kwok, a.k.a. Miles Guo, Miles Kwok, Guo Wengui, Brother Seven, and The Principal, described as "an exiled Chinese businessman who fled to the United States", and Kin Ming Je, a.k.a. William Je, described as "a dual citizen of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom who principally resided in the United Kingdom", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Oasis Focus Fund LP and Quadre Investments LP to take discovery from Christopher Hsu for use in sn "appraisal proceeding" in the Cayman Islands regarding "a determination of the fair value of its shares in 51job, Inc.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by Oasis Focus Fund LP and Quadre Investments LP to take discovery from Kathleen Chien and Linda Chien for use in an "appraisal proceeding" in the Cayman Islands regarding "a determination of the fair value of their shares in 51job, Inc.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Letter from 'Joe Juan' requesting the removal from OffshoreAlert's website of an article about Cayman Islands-domiciled crypto fund manager BBShares Capital Management Ltd., claiming that a motion for the appointment of Inspectors filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands was "withdrawn ... because it is baseless".