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OffshoreAlert London Conference to Analyze Roman Abramovich’s Offshore Structures

November 21, 2023
The financial dealings of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, particularly his newly revealed offshore structures, are set to be a key focus at the upcoming OffshoreAlert conference in London. These revelations, part of the 'Cyprus Confidential' investigative project, have shed light on complex financial arrangements involving high-profile individuals.
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‘Cyprus Confidential’ session added to OffshoreAlert London

November 13, 2023
A series of major investigative news articles from a project known as 'Cyprus Confidential' will be breaking globally this week and, to accommodate this significant development, a session on it has been added to the agenda of next month's OffshoreAlert London conference. December 4-5, Leonardo Royal London St. Paul's, London.

Cyprus: JPMorgan Chase Bank (‘Fraud’)

November 8, 2023
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from JPMorgan Chase Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Cyprus - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subjects for fraud and false pretenses".

Cyprus: Petros Zacharia et al (‘Drugs Trafficking’)

October 31, 2023
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from UPS - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Cyprus - for a criminal investigation into Petros Zacharia and Anatoli Angelov for "conspiracy to commit a felony and illegal importation and possession of controlled drugs with the intention to supply them to others".

CipherBlade LLC (PA) v. CipherBlade LLC (AK) et al: Complaint (‘Fraud’)

October 19, 2023
Complaint alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, fraud, and unfair competition in CipherBlade LLC, of Pennsylvania, USA, described as "a blockchain investigation company that investigates cryptocurrency-related matters, often involving cybercrime" v. CipherBlade LLC, of Alaska, USA; Manuel Kriz, of Cyprus; Michael Krause, of Cyprus; Jorn Henrik Bernhard Janssen, of Cyprus; Justin Maile, of Cyprus; Ioana Vidrasan, CipherBlade APAC Pte Ltd., of Singapore; Jussi Aittola, of Singapore; Omega3Zone Global Ltd., of Cyprus; Paul Marnitz, of Cyprus; Inquisita Solutions Ltd., of Cyprus, and Green Stone Business Advisory FZ LLC, of the United Arab Emirates, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska.

KMG Capital Markets Ltd.: License Revocation (Cyprus)

October 16, 2023
Public Notice by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission that it has revoked the "operation licence" of KMG Capital Markets Ltd., described as a "Management Company of Open-ended Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities", because "it has not made use of the license within twelve months since the granting of the license was notified to it".

USA v. Kyriacos Photiou: Extradition Complaint (Cyprus)

October 3, 2023
Complaint for the extradition of Kyriacos Photiou from the USA to Cyprus to face charges of fraud and obtaining goods by false pretenses, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Binance Cyprus Ltd.: Crypto Register Deletion (Cyprus)

September 11, 2023
Public Notice by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission that it has deleted Binance Cyprus Ltd. from the "Register of Service Providers of Crypto-assets" because "it has not provided services on Crypto-assets for a continuous period of six months".

Alfa Capital Markets Ltd.: Voting Rights Suspension (Cyprus)

September 1, 2023
Public Notice by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission that it has suspended the voting rights of Alfa-Bank JSC, of Russia, regarding Alfa Capital Markets Ltd., of which Alfa-Bank is the "sole direct shareholder".

‘I didn’t try to mislead you about Gibraltar’s Novasigma Ltd.’, writes Cyprus attorney Angelos Shakas

August 24, 2023
Letter from Cyprus attorney Angelos Shakas in which he claimed "there was no intention to mislead" OffshoreAlert in a previous letter in which he claimed that the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission had removed a public warning against Gibraltar-domiciled Novasigma Limited, which was operated by Shakas' client, Georgia-based, Finnish tax advisor Jussi Hallikas, "due to the inaccuracy of its content" - an apparently false claim that led to the GFSC contacting Shakas after reading it in OffshoreAlert.

Kristoffer Hind et al v. FxWinning Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘$26M Forex Fraud’)

August 17, 2023
Complaint alleging forex fraud in Kristoffer Jon Hind, Jason Thomas Waiton, Christopher Campbell, Paul Douglas, Stoeppel Werth, Lucas Longmire, Thomas Blair Phillips, Tyler Jenkins, Jorden David Neil Malcolm, Robert Taylor Yates, and Rafael Reyes Salmeron v. FxWinning Limited, described as a Hong Kong company whose "website lists locations in Hong Kong and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines but provides a contact number with a Cyprus country code" and which appears to operate from Cyprus, Dubai, and Miami; CFT Solutions, LLC, Renan de Rocha Gomes Bastos, Rafael Brito Cutie, Arthur Percy, Roman Cardenas, and David Merino at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Robert Meany et al v. Atomic Wallet et al: First Amended Class Action Complaint (‘$100M Crypto Fraud’)

August 16, 2023
First Amended Class Action Complaint alleging that "As a result of Defendants' negligent, fraudulent, and unlawful conduct, countless Atomic Wallet user wallets around the world were hacked by North Korean hackers, resulting in the loss of over $100,000,000.00 USD worth of cryptocurrency related assets on or about June 3, 2023" in Robert Meany, Graham Dickinson, John Briscoe, Todd Gammon, Michael Fisk, Paul Unruh, Jovan Silva Delgado, Gregory Loberg, Vincent D'Amelio, Carter Ruess, Daniel Werter, Jeffrey Rogers, Erik Nelson, Landon Grubb, Sam Breazeale, Brenda Abbley, Dereck Ernest, Eric Jensen, Douglas Edwards, Dustin Falk, and Daniel Hayes v. Atomic Protocol Systems OÜ, d.b.a. Atomic Wallet, of Estonia; Evercode Infinite, d.b.a. Evercode Lab, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Konstantin Gladyshev, a.k.a. Konstantin Gladych; Ilia Brusov, a.k.a. Ilya Berezovsky, a.k.a. Ilya Bere, and Pavel Sokolov, a.k.a. Paul Sokolov, described as citizens and residents of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

CipherBlade LLC v. CipherBlade LLC et al: Stipulation and Order

August 9, 2023
Stipulation and Order in CipherBlade LLC, of Pennsylvania, USA v. CipherBlade LLC, of Alaska, USA; Manuel Kriz, Michael Krause, Jorn Henrik Bernhard Janssen, Sergio Garcia, Justin Maile, CipherBlade APAC Pte Ltd., of Singapore; Jussi Aittola, Omega3Zone Global Ltd., of Cyprus; Paul Marnitz, Inquisita Solutions Ltd., of Cyprus, and Green Stone Business Advisory FZ LLC, of Singapore, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Greenmont AIFLNP Ltd.: License Revocation (Cyprus)

August 4, 2023
Public Notice by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission that it has revoked the alternative investment fund license of Greenmont AIFLNP Ltd. because the company "no longer fulfils the conditions under which authorisation was granted".

Riverview Energy Corporation v. Bethel Capital Investment Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘Fraud’)

July 18, 2023
Complaint "to remedy the false statements and substantial unmet financial commitments of Bethel Capital Investment and its principal owner, Antoine Ingandu" in Riverview Energy Corporation v. Bethel Capital Investment Ltd., of England; Antoine Ingandu, a citizen of France residing in England; Batsela Asset Management, of France, and Joel Nzali, of France, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

CipherBlade LLC v. CipherBlade LLC et al: First Amended Complaint (‘Scheme to Steal Business’)

July 18, 2023
First Amended Complaint alleging “misappropriation of trade secrets” in CipherBlade LLC, of Pennsylvania, USA, described as “a blockchain investigation company that investigates cryptocurrency-related matters” v. CipherBlade LLC, of Alaska, USA; CipherBlade APAC Pte Ltd., of Singapore; Omega3Zone Global Ltd., of Cyprus; Manuel Kriz, a.k.a. Matthew Greene, of Cyprus; Michael Krause, of Cyprus; Jorn Henrik Bernhard Janssen, of Cyprus; Ioana Vidrasan, of Cyprus; Jussi Aittola, of Singapore; Justin Maile, of Alaska, USA; Paul Marnitz, of Cyprus; Sergio Garcia, of Belgium; Inquisita Solutions Ltd., of Cyprus, and Green Stone Business Advisory FZ LLC, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Sergey Gaponyuk v. Evgeny Alferov et al: TRO Motion (‘$3M CryptoKG Fraud’)

July 5, 2023
Motion for Temporary Restraining Order in Sergey Gaponyuk v. Evgeny Alferov, described as a citizen of Ukraine; Sergey Gaponyuk, described as a citizen of Ukraine; Sergei Kolosovskii, Mihail Vershinin, Alexander Chernov, David Brown, and Natalia Abramova at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Sergey Gaponyuk v. Evgeny Alferov et al: Complaint (‘$3M CryptoKG Fraud’)

July 5, 2023
Complaint in Sergey Gaponyuk v. Evgeny Alferov, described as a citizen of Ukraine; Sergey Gaponyuk, described as a citizen of Ukraine; Sergei Kolosovskii, Mihail Vershinin, Alexander Chernov, David Brown, and Natalia Abramova at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

CipherBlade LLC et al v. CipherBlade LLC et al: Complaint (‘Scheme to Steal Business’)

June 30, 2023
Complaint alleging "misappropriation of trade secrets" in CipherBlade LLC, of Pennsylvania, USA, described as "a blockchain investigation company that investigates cryptocurrency-related matters", and CipherBlade Ltd., of England v. CipherBlade LLC, of Alaska, USA; CipherBlade APAC Pte Ltd., of Singapore; Omega3Zone Global Ltd., of Cyprus; Manuel Kriz, of Cyprus; Michael Krause, of Cyprus; Jorn Henrik Bernhard Janssen, of Cyprus; Ioana Vidrasan, of Cyprus; Jussi Aittola, of Singapore; Justin Maile, of Alaska, USA; Paul Marnitz, of Cyprus; Sergio Garcia, of Belgium; Inquisita Solutions Ltd., of Cyprus, and Green Stone Business Advisory FZ LLC, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Hartzella Ventures Ltd. v. Emmanuil Grinshpun: First Amended Complaint (‘$6.6M Debt’)

May 26, 2023
Amended Complaint in Hartzella Ventures Ltd., of the Seychelles v. Emmanuil Grinshpun, described as a citizen of Moldova, Romania, and the USA residing in Miami, Florida, where he “serves as the Honorary Consul for Kazakhstan”, and “Vice President of Latvia’s Rietumu Bank”, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

U.S.-based Rietumu Bank officer Emmanuil Grinshpun sued for $6.6M

May 26, 2023
A Vice President of Latvia's Rietumu Bank - Emmanuil Grinshpun - is being sued in Miami over an alleged $6.6 million debt that involves entities in Anguilla, Australia, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cyprus, England, Scotland, and the Seychelles. It was also alleged that Grinshpun was "associated with" illegal activity.

Hartzella Ventures Ltd. v. Emmanuil Grinshpun: TRO Motion

May 25, 2023
TRO Motion in Hartzella Ventures Ltd., of the Seychelles v. Emmanuil Grinshpun, described in the accompanying complaint as described as a citizen of Moldova, Romania, and USA residing in Miami, Florida, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Hartzella Ventures Ltd. v. Emmanuil Grinshpun: Complaint (‘$6.6M Debt’)

May 25, 2023
Complaint in Hartzella Ventures Ltd., of the Seychelles v. Emmanuil Grinshpun, described as a citizen of Moldova, Romania, and the USA residing in Miami, Florida, where he "serves as the Honorary Consul for Kazakhstan", and "Vice President of Latvia’s Rietumu Bank", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

David Hammer v. Fidelcrest Ltd.: Complaint

May 16, 2023
Complaint in David Eric Hammer v. Fidelcrest Ltd., of Cyprus, which describes itself as a "Proprietary Trading Firm that gives retail traders the ability to access larger Capital", at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Frabran Holdings Ltd. et al v. Daventree Trustees Ltd.: Freezing Injunction Application

May 4, 2023
Originating Summons in Frabran Holdings Limited, Husky Trading Co. Ltd., Kestrel Stock Trading Co. Limited, Keyran Holdings Co. Ltd., Gournari Holdings Ltd., Siocaco Holdings Co. Ltd., Calutta Holdings Co. Ltd., Likeit Holdings Co. Ltd., Bruker Holdings Co. Ltd., Worryco Holdings Co. Ltd., Norkema Holdings Co. Ltd., Elobelium Trading Co. Ltd., and Fictio Holdings Co. Ltd. v. Daventree Trustees Limited, of Cyprus, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Oleg Zhukovskiy et al v. National Bank of Ukraine: Second Amended Complaint (‘$300M Criminal Enterprise’)

April 20, 2023
Second Amended Complaint alleging "improper commercial activities, including the illegal misappropriation of millions of dollars of Plaintiffs' bank-deposited funds in an elaborate money laundering scheme", in Oleg Zhukovskiy, described as "a U.S. permanent resident"; ZUKK Trading Limited, of Cyprus; Intertransgroup LLC, of Ukraine; Nikolay Kovzel, a citizen of Ukraine, and Vitaly Didylivsky, a citizen of Ukraine v. National Bank of Ukraine at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

BrightMill Inter Corp. et al v. 17 Arm Africa and CIS Opportunity Fund 1 Ltd.: Winding Up Petition (‘Loss of Trust & Confidence’)

March 30, 2023
Winding Up Petition in BrightMill Inter Corp., of the Seychelles, and KSV Ltd., of the Bahamas v. 17 Arm Africa and CIS Opportunity Fund 1 Ltd., described as a United Arab emirates-domiciled company "which purports to specialise in the provision of strategic advice concerning, among other things, legal case management" and whose "principal" is "Patrick James Meade, Earl of Clanwilliam", at the Supreme Court of the Bahamas.

PJSC Platinum Bank: Chapter 15 Petition (Ukraine)

March 29, 2023
Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Ukraine by Victor Novikov, as the Foreign Representative of PJSC Platinum Bank, described as "an insolvent Ukrainian bank", at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Ignat Tuganov v. Celsius Network LLC et al: Complaint (‘Ponzi Scheme Declaration for Crypto Fraud’)

March 20, 2023
Complaint for a declaratory judgment that "(a) since at least the spring of 2021, the Defendants have been operating their businesses as a Ponzi scheme, (b) the Defendants’ books, records, and businesses are so hopelessly intertwined that the Defendants’ estates should be substantively consolidated, and (c) as a consequence of adjudicating that the Defendants operated as a Ponzi scheme, all contracts with the Defendants on and after the date the Ponzi scheme began, including, without limitation, Terms of Use, are deemed null and void" in Ignat Tuganov, of Cyprus v. Celsius Network LLC, Celsius KeyFi LLC, Celsius Lending LLC,, Celsius Mining LLC, Celsius Network Inc., Celsius Network Limited, of the United Kingdom; Celsius Networks Lending LLC, Celsius US Holding LLC, GK8 Ltd., of Israel; GK8 UK Limited, of Israel, and GK8 USA LLC at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Gennady Kochkalda et al v. Dmitri Ananyev et al: Summons with Notice (‘$21.6M Russian Bank Fraud’)

March 13, 2023
Summons with Notice alleging fraud involving a Russian bank and seeking damages of $21.6 million in Gennady Anatolievich Kochkalda, Andrei Vladislavovich Tokarev, Zhanneta Levievna Isakova, Oleg Olegovich Sultanbekov, Mikhail Vicheslavovich Malykhin, Elena Mikhailovna Kazakova, Alexandr Ivanovich Romannikov, Sergey Valentinovich Gorbachev, Leonid Pavlovich Ranchinskiy, Irina Stanislovna Danilova, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Zaikin, Sergey Stansilavovich Drachev, Nataliya Veniaminovna Milova, Tatiana Alexandrovna Belikova, Olga Valentinovna Bukharina, Evgeny Yurievich Atamanov, Oleg Stanislavovich Poltarukha, Evgeny Vladimirovich Trukhin, Yuri Aleksandrovich Sitkov, Alexey Vladimirovich Sobolev, Vladimir Anatolyevich Savelyev, Vladislav Nikolaevich Nazarenko, Evgeny Leonidovich Isaev, Georgiy Zhorzhevich Romanov, and Ramil Rashidovich Khusainov, all described as "depositors with a Russian bank" v. Dmitri Ananyev, Alexei Ananyev, Peters International (Cayman) Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Peters International Investment N.V., of Curaçao; Promsvyaz Capital B.V., of the Netherlands; Postscriptum Capital Ltd., of Cyprus, and Fintailor Investment Limited, of Cyprus, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Anatoly Motylev: Chapter 15 Petition (England)

January 30, 2023
Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in England and Wales by Kevin Hellard, Robert Starkins, and Nick Nicholson, as the Foreign Representatives of Anatoly Leonidovich Motylev, a citizen of Russia who, in his bankruptcy, "disclosed an interest" in companies in several jurisdictions, including Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Seychelles, and Turkey, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Crowd Tech Ltd. et al: Suspension & Prohibition (Cyprus)

January 18, 2023
Public Notice by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission that it has imposed restrictions on Petros Zachariades regarding Crowd Tech Ltd., suspending him from exercising" voting rights" and prohibiting his involvement in "management duties".