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Complaint regarding "a massive $2 billion fraud to embezzle monies from the Bank [Vneshprombank Ltd.] and then hide the funds in foreign countries" in Yuri Vladimirovich Rozhkov, a citizen and resident of Russia, and The State Corporation Deposit Insurance Agency, of Russia, as Trustee and Foreign Representative of Foreign Economic Industrial Bank Limited, a.k.a. Vneshprombank Ltd. v. LARMAR Foundation, of Panama; Ilya Bykov, BG Atlantic, Inc., LM Realty 31B, LLC, LM Realty 31C, LLC, LM Realty 27D, LLC, LM Realty 24C, LLC, LM Realty 20A, LLC, LM Realty 18 West, LLC, LM Realty 10C, LLC, LM Realty 23H, LLC, LM Property Management LLC, Innovative Construction Group, Inc., First integrated Construction, Inc., and Larisa Ivanovna Markus, a citizen and resident of Russia, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint regarding tax liabilities in Cecile Bouskila, a participant in the IRS' 'Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program' v. USA at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Editor's Note: Bouskila was a shareholder in British Virgin Islands-domiciled, Switzerland-based Dorchester Gallery Limited, according to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, per its 'Panama Papers' leaked data.

Complaint regarding allegations that "investment bankers in London, England ... participated in an international insider trading scheme that netted its participants tens of millions of dollars in illicit profits from trading in the securities of U.S. companies" in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Benjamin Taylor, a resident of France; Darina Windsor, a citizen of Thailand, and Joseph Abdul Noor El-Khouri, described as a citizen of Lebanon residing in Monaco and England, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Letter to OffshoreAlert from Abdelrahim Mahamat Badaoui, of Sociétè Complexe Industriel Rahma, complaining and warning about Lebanese national Mahmoud El Chahal, of Qatar Finance House, an advance fee fraudster whom we have previously exposed.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in France by Kevin Tatum McDonald, as the Foreign Representative of EuropaCorp Films USA Inc., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Warning by the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority that Smart Valor AG, of Switzerland, which claims to provide "a digital trading platform approved by regulators in Switzerland and Liechtenstein", "does not have approval by the FMA to offer financial services". Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert showed that, according to records in the Swiss Commercial Registry, the directors of Smart Valor AG have included Julien Armand Roger Bringer, a citizen of France; Cyrill Osterwalder, of Switzerland; Alexandra Daniela Sowa, Olga Feldmeier, Oliver Feldmeier, and Thomas Carl Felber, all citizens of Germany.

Chapter 11 Petition in Wansdown Properties Corporation N.V., of the Netherlands, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging securities fraud regarding Japanese automobile manufacturer Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Carlos Ghosn, a citizen of Brazil, France, and Lebanon, and Gregory L. Kelly, a resident of Brentwood, Tennessee, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Final Judgment imposing a $1 million fine in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Carlos Ghosn, a citizen of Brazil, France, and Lebanon, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Letter to OffshoreAlert from Jean-Philippe Grange, of France, requesting the removal of content regarding Grange, Sam Zumbe, of England, and Newport Enterprises Group LLC, of Delaware, the latter of which was held out as a bank licensed by "the Pentagon" in the United States.

Complaint alleging failure to file with the IRS a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts regarding accounts at BNP Paribas, France; Swed Bank, Sweden; SEB, Sweden; Nordea, Denmark, and Handelsbank, Sweden in USA v. Margareta B. Tonisson, a resident of Oregon who, according to the complaint, opted in, then out of, the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

Judgment in CAT SA v. Priosma Limited at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Japanese auto manufacturer Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. has obtained an order in the British Virgin Islands to preserve a yacht called 'Twig' that is linked with its former Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn, who is a citizen of Brazil, France, and Lebanon.

Order in Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., of Japan v. Carlos Ghosn, a citizen of Brazil, France and Lebanon and a former chairman and CEO of Nissan; his wife, Carole Nahas Ghosn, and Beauty Yachts Pty Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, as Respondents, and Virgin Islands Shipping Registry, and Hauteville Trust (BVI) Limited, as Third Parties, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings, Making Findings, & Imposing Remedial Sanctions in the Matter of Richard Targett-Adams, a resident of France, regarding Wintercap SA, of Switzerland, before the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Petition to Enforce Arbitral Award in Frederique Levy and Xavier Brouard, as liquidators of Getma International, Necotrans Holding, formerly known as NCT Necotrans; Getma International Investissements, and NCT Infrastructure & Logistique, all of France v. The Republic of Guinea at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority has issued a "Public Warning" against Swiss Global Investments Sàrl, a self-described "financial intermediary and advisory" that was or is controlled by Irishman Paul Kavanagh and Briton Stuart Hamon, whose sprawling offshore group includes firms in the British Virgin Islands, Dubai, England, Malta, Nevis, and Switzerland.

Public Warning by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority regarding Swiss Global Investments Sàrl, which is owned by Kavmon Limited, of Saint Kitts and Nevis, evidently owned by or affiliated with Paul Kavanagh, a citizen of Ireland apparently residing in France, and Stuart Hamon, a citizen of the United Kingdom, and which claims on its website at www.swissglobalgroup.com to have offices in Geneva and Dubai.

The closure of the Malta operations of Argentarius Group, which now operates in the Cayman Islands as iMaps Capital, coincided with preliminary legal action against it by the Bank of Valletta regarding an alleged investment fraud that resulted in losses of at least €79 million, OffshoreAlert can reveal.

Plaintiff's Motion for Judicial Assistance to effect service in Saint Kitts and Nevis on Saint Bitts LLC, d.b.a. Bitcoin.com, for a complaint alleging cryptocurrency fraud in United American Corp. v. Bitmain Inc., of Delaware; Saint Bitts LLC, d.b.a. Bitcoin.com, of Saint Kitts & Nevis; Roger Ver, of Japan; Bitmain Technologies Ltd., of Hong Kong; Bitmain Technologies Holding Company, of the Cayman Islands; Jihan Wu, of California; Payward Ventures Inc., d.b.a. Kraken, of Delaware; Jesse Powell, of California; Amaury Sechet, of France; Shammah Chancellor, of California; and Jason Cox, of California, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

An entry in the Malta Government Gazette dated July 12th, 2019 that constitutes "Service" of a "judicial letter" filed at Malta's Civil Court First Hall in Bank of Valetta Plc v. Emil Amir Ingmanson, a.k.a. Max Serwin; Dzemo Neslanovic, Afram Gergeo, Reditum SA, Agate Assets SA, Astartes Sverige AB, Viceroy Industrials SA, QV Capital AB, Oxxy Technoloġies Plc, formerly known as Oxxy Group Plc; Asama AB, formerly known as Strategi Placering i Skandinavien AB, Hic Salta AB, formerly known as Konsumentkraft Norden AB, Exane Finance, Emma Amanda Lidberg, Jelena Saalismaa, Åsa Ylva Magdalena Hildestål, Björn Andreas Svansberg, Lars Anders Daniel Egon Landelius, Anna Ruth Marilyn Lee Winter, Jack Alison, Wilhelm Per Anesater, Joakim Gabay, Hessam Esfahani Moghaddam, David Ulf Axel Fredriksson, Mahnaz Choubini, Par Christer Olle Abrahamsson, Philip Beril Eriksson, Lars Martin Inge Lindergren, Bertil Lennart Johansson, Karl Jonas Johansson, Theodora Gergeo, John Anthony Farrell, Christian Grob, Median Trust SA, Commerzbank AG, Mark Bishop, BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance BV, BNP Paribas Issuance BV, Daniel Ivanier, Catherine Benoît, Bertrand Léonard, Nicolas Chanut, Emmanuelle Bobin Benoist, Stéphanie Bianco, Vincent Rouvière, Olivier Stéphanopoli, Pierre Lasserre, Marc Le Guern, Robert Arthur Arnold, Barbaros Okten, Peter Corner, Damste Sinninghe, Laurent Belik, Danielle Delnoije, Olivier Lansac, Eric-Jan Van de Laar, Salvatore Rosato, Catherine Trapani, Ricardo Incani, Dr Marcus Johannes Chromik, Stephan Engels, Ralph Michael Mandel, Michael Reuther, Martin Zielke, Frank Annuscheit, Markus Beumer, Martin Blessing, Stefan Schmittmann, Jochen Klösges, Ulrich Sieber, Eric Strutz, Dr. Achim Kassow, Wolfgang Hartmann, Bernd Knobloch, Nicholas Teller, Klaus-Peter Müller, Klaus M. Patig, Andreas de Maizière, Mehmet Dalman, Stephan Blohm, Peter Schruden, Rolf Caspers, Heike Kubica, Anja Lakoudi, Fabian Frieg, Claus Walter Bering, Yves Stocklausen, Ina Mangelsdorf, Friedhelm Von Zieten, Steven John Brown, Charlotte Lahaije-Hultman, Peter Lundin, Zuzanna Zielinski-Rousseau, Ajit Singh Rai, Nadine Gloesener, Hugo Pieraggi, Lei Peijing, Lars-Erik Magnusson, Dick Koster, Katia Von Hoyer, Aston Management (Cyprus) Limited, Dimitar Dimitrov, Kazamia Stelios, Charalampos Mina, White November Corporate Services (Cyprus) Limited, Avalon Capital AG, Julien Schoenlaub, Bekim Zemoski, Rock Energy AS, Intex Resources ASA, Neil Grobberlaar, Peter Gerard De Beyer, Kenneth Thomas Hopkins, Derrick Thembinkosi Vusumuzi Msibi, Norman William Thomson, Robert William Baker, Leon Dykman, Mark Angus Barnes, Mthetheleli Lancelot Buya, Christoffer Andreas Hellenas Christenson-Roed, Andre Dawid Coetzer, Craig Graham Davidson, Ronald Alexander Den Besten, Akhter Alli Deshmukh, Eric Du Plessis, Garth Peter Elliott, Shane Trevor Ferguson, Christine Ann Glover, Christian Gouws, Charl Hendrik Kock, Deepak Malik, Tshepidi G Moremong, Arumugam Padachie, Bruce Aubrey Schenk, Heather Gail Van Heerden, Hercules Christiaan Van Heerden, Pieter Willemse Van Heerden, Johannes Van Rooyen, Brian Oscar Weiss, Michael Neville Wilkins, Real People Investment Holdings Limited, Vaneck Vectors ETF Trust, formerly known as Market Vectors ETF Trust and formerly known as Market Vectors – Gold Miners ETF; Jan F. van Eck, John Walter Christmas, Roger Buckley, Antonio Fenech, Joseph Xuereb, Ian Zammit, Jacques Ellul Soler, Andreas Wolfl, Sylvan Sapiano, Commonwealth Securitisation Plc, Delta1 Securities Plc, Lars Beitnes, ETI Securities Plc, Temple Asset Management Limited, RES Malta Limited, Securitisation Consultancy Limited, Argentarius ETI Management Limited, and Michael Portanier.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in England and Wales by Jane Moriarty, as the Foreign Representative of NN2 Newco Limited, an indirect subsidiary of Nyrstar N.V., of Belgium and Switzerland, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Amended Complaint alleging that a Swiss attorney misappropriated an asset in France worth €25 million after a client died in Lilly Lea Perry, 72, the widow of Israel Igo Perry v. Dieter Walter Neupert, described as "Senior Partner" of Neupert Vuille Partners law firm, in Zurich, Switzerland; Côte d'Azur Estate Corporation, of Delaware, and BGO Foundation, of Liechtenstein, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Ernst & Young, as the Foreign Representative of Mundo Media Ltd., 2538853 Ontario Ltd., M Zone Marketing Inc., and AppThis Holdings, Inc., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the British Virgin Islands by Owen Walker and Martin Trott, as the Foreign Representatives of Archetype Investments Fund SPC Ltd., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Amended Complaint in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Roland M. Mathys, of Switzerland, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Stop Notice by Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, of France, regarding shares in Kosmos International Petroleum Inc. owned by Kosmos Energy Equatorial Guinea, filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Criminal Information in USA v. Richard Targett-Adams, a resident of France, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in France by Kevin Tatum McDonald, as the Foreign Representative of EuropaCorp SA, Blue Advertainment SAS, Digital Factory SAS, EuropaCorp Distribution SAS, Orchestra SAS, T5 Production SAS, EuropaCorp Home Entertainment SAS, EuropaCorp Television SAS, Valerian SAS, and Valerian Holding SAS, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint to extradite Hugues Lagadec from the USA to France to face allegations of sexual assault, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

Generally Indorsed Writ of Summons in Priosma Limited, formerly KBS International Limited v. Society of Mutual Insurance Group (SGAM) Covea, MMA IARD Assurances Mutuelles, MAAF Assurances SA, GMF Assurances, and CAT SA, all of France, at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Appellees' Brief in Jean-Michel Paul, founder of England-domiciled Acheron Capital Ltd., v. Furstenberg Finance SAS, of France, and Marc Bataillon concerning discovery orders for intended criminal proceedings against Paul in Luxembourg, filed at the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Complaint alleging insider trading regarding "bonds issued by French retail conglomerate Casino Guichard-Perrachon, S.A." in Muddy Waters Capital LLC v. John Does at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Stop Notice by Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank regarding shares in Kosmos Energy Holdings owned by Kosmos Energy Delaware Holdings LLC, filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Plea Agreement in USA v. Richard Targett-Adams, a resident of France, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Complaint in ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC, of Delaware; Societe Generale, BNP Paribas, and Natixis, New York Branch, all of France; Macquarie Bank Limited, of Australia; Bank Hapoalim BM, of Israel; MUFG Bank Ltd., of Japan; and Israel Discount Bank, of New York v. AMERRA Capital Management LLC, AMERRA Latin America Finance LLC, AMERRA Agri Advantage Fund LP, AMERRA Agri Opportunity Fund LP, AMERRA Multi Strategy Fund LP, and AMERRA Agri Fund II LP, all of Delaware; AMERRA Agri Offshore Master Fund II LP, of the Cayman Islands; and Nancy Obler, of New York, at New York Supreme Court, County of New York.

Complaint in Aberdeen Canada Funds - Global Equity Fund, a series of Aberdeen Canada Funds; Aberdeen Global - World Equity Fund, Aberdeen Global Equity Fund, a series of Aberdeen Funds; Aberdeen Global Equity Fund, a series of Aberdeen Institutional Commingled Funds, LLC; Aberdeen Standard Fully Hedged International Equities Fund, Aberdeen Standard International Equity Fund, Aberdeen Standard Actively Hedged International Equities Fund, Aberdeen Islamic World Equity Fund, Aberdeen Life Global (ex UK) Equity Fund, Aberdeen Life World Equity Fund, Aberdeen Monceau, Aberdeen Multi Asset Fund and Aberdeen World Equity Fund, each a sub-fund of Aberdeen Investment Funds ICVC; Aberdeen Northern American Equity Enhanced Index Fund, a sub-fund of Aberdeen Investment Funds UK ICVC II; Islamic Global Equity Fund, a sub-fund of Aberdeen Islamic SICAV; Aurion International Daily Equity Fund, City and County of Swansea Pension Fund, Devon County Council, Falkirk Council Pension Fund, Hampshire County Council - Global Equity Portfolio; London Borough of Hounslow Superannuation Fund, Staffordshire Pension Fund, Desjardins Global Equity Value Fund, Hydro One Pension Plan, Shell Canada 2007 Pension Plan, I3 Global Equity Fund, LF Greenmount Fund, Permodalan Nasional Berhard, MTR Corporation Limited Retirement Scheme, National Pension Service, and State of Idaho Endowment Fund Investment Board v. Perrigo Company Plc, Joseph C. Papa, and Judy L. Brown at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Complaint in Altimeo Asset Management, of France v. WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc., New WuXi Life Science Limited, WuXi Merger Limited, G&C Partnership LP, Boyu Capital Fund II LP, Hillhouse Capital Fund II LP, G&C IV Limited, and Sequoia Capital China Growth Fund III LP, all of the Cayman Islands; ABG II-WX Limited, Yunfeng II WX Limited, and Constant Cypress Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Yinfu Capital Management Co., and Ping An Life Insurance Company of China Ltd., both of China; SPDB International Holdings Limited, of Hong Kong; Temasek Life Sciences Private Limited, of Singapore; Ge Li, Edward Hu, Ning Zhao, Xiaozhong Liu, and Zhaohui Zhang at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Memorandum Opinion Denying Motion To Dismiss by BGO Foundation regarding allegations alleging that a Swiss attorney misappropriated an asset in France worth €25 million when a client died in Lilly Lea Perry, 72, the widow of Israel Igo Perry v. Dieter Walter Neupert, described as "Senior Partner" of Neupert Vuille Partners law firm, in Zurich, Switzerland; Côte d'Azur Estate Corporation, of Delaware, and BGO Foundation, of Liechtenstein, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Ex Parte Application of Duet Group Limited to take discovery from Bain Capital LLC and Bain Capital LP for use in legal proceedings in England involving Barthelemy Holdings LLC, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Claim Form and Particulars of Claim involving Gable Holdings Inc., of the Cayman Islands, and Gable Insurance AG, of Liechtenstein, in Kevin Alcock, of Surrey, England; Oak Trust (Guernsey) Limited, of Guernsey; Baytree Group Holdings Limited, Morvale Company Limited, and Aggaris Investments Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Christopher Lawrance, of South Africa; Corita Metelerkamp, of Surrey, England; Roy Campbell, of South Africa, and CriSeren Investments Limited, of Wales v. William Dewsall, of London, England, at the High Court for England and Wales.

Judgment in Alexis Maitland-Hudson v. Solicitors Regulation Authority at the High Court of Justice for England and Wales.

Complaint in Martine Leone Ollier, a.k.a. Martine Leone Ollier Mekni, of Switzerland, individually and as a shareholder of EMACO Trading Limited v. Barclay Pharmaceuticals Limited, Burford Capital LLC, Kellner Herlihy Gerry & Friedman LLP, Sequor Law, Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP, Neville Paul Byford, and Grant Thornton at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Complaint to enforce $42M Arbitration Award in Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Europe, of France v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Petróleos de Venezuela SA, a.k.a. PDVSA, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Complaint in United American Corp. v. Bitmain Inc., of Delaware; Saint Bitts LLC, d.b.a. Bitcoin.com, of Saint Kitts & Nevis; Roger Ver, of Japan; Bitmain Technologies Ltd., of Hong Kong; Bitmain Technologies Holding Company, of the Cayman Islands; Jihan Wu, of California; Payward Ventures Inc., d.b.a. Kraken, of Delaware; Jesse Powell, of California; Amaury Sechet, of France; Shammah Chancellor, of California; and Jason Cox, of California, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Norway by Tom Hugo Ottesen, as the Foreign Representative of Norske Skogindustrier ASA, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition to Appoint an Umpire in AXA Versicherung AG, on its own behalf and as Successor-in-Interest to Albignia Versicherung AG, and Colisee Re, on its own behalf and as Successor-in-Interest to AXA Reassurance, v. The New Hampshire Insurance Company, American Home Assurance Company, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, and American International Overseas Ltd., of Bermuda, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

SEC's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Roger Knox, Wintercap SA, Michael T. Gastauer, WB21 US Inc., Silverton SA Inc., WB21 NA Inc., C Capital Corp., Wintercap SA Inc., and B2 Cap Inc., as defendants, and Raimund Gastauer, Simone Gastauer Foehr, and B21 Ltd., as relief defendants, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Complaint in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Roger Knox, Wintercap SA, Michael T. Gastauer, WB21 US Inc., Silverton SA Inc., WB21 NA Inc., C Capital Corp., Wintercap SA Inc., and B2 Cap Inc., as defendants, and Raimund Gastauer, Simone Gastauer Foehr, and B21 Ltd., as relief defendants, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Complaint in Accent Delight International Ltd. and Xitrans Finance Ltd., both of the British Virgin Islands v. Sotheby's and Sotheby's Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.