Offshore fund group Belvedere Management, which claims to have $16 billion of assets under administration, management and advisory, appears to be one of the biggest criminal financial enterprises in history, headed by David Cosgrove, Cobus Kellermann and Kenneth Maillard, OffshoreAlert can reveal.
Winding Up Petition in Contrarian Capital Management, LLC and Roehampton Partners LLC v. China Forestry Holdings Co. Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Investors who have already been swindled out of £98 million in a litigation funding scam by Buttonwood Legal Capital are being asked to invest a further £14.63 million to finance a Cayman Islands-domiciled 'rescue fund' set up by Simon Franklin, Stuart Hackett, and Klaus Selinger, who were all involved with the Buttonwood scheme before its collapse.
British Virgin Islands-domiciled Integrated Whale Media Investment, which appears to have been the vehicle through which Asian investors bought a majority stake in the Delaware firm that owns iconic U.S.-based publication Forbes magazine last year, has been threatened with liquidation by a creditor.
'Confidential Private Placement Memorandum' for Cayman Islands-based Chiron Litigation Funding Limited set up by Simon Franklin, Stuart Hackett and Klaus Selinger, of Dequity Partners Pty Ltd., in Australia, to recover assets on behalf of investors in Centaur Litigation Limited, Centaur Litigation SPC, and Centaur Litigation Unit Series 1 Limited who were swindled in a litigation funding fraud perpetrated by Buttonwood Legal Capital and the Argentum Capital Group.
Writ of Summons in Shanghai International Capital Management Limited v. Shanghai International Capital Management (Cayman) Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Winding Up Petition in TB International Limited and Trustbridge Partners II LP v. Boshiwa International Holding Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Claim Form in Lilian Oung, a patient, by Te Ming Chen, her Next Friend v. Margaret Uon, a.k.a. Maragret Oung; Da Ming Oung, a.k.a. Andrew Oung; Shih Hua Oung, a.k.a. James Oung; Gold Seal Holdings Limited, Basurto Holdings Limited, Next Level Corporate Limited, Cityguard Holdings Limited, and The Estate of Liang Fund Oung Chin.
Nineteen more claw-back lawsuits seeking a combined US$65 m have been filed in the Cayman Islands by the liquidators of Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund against banks, investment funds and other firms in Bermuda, Canada, Cayman, Curacao, France, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey, Luxembourg, Singapore, and Switzerland.
Writ of Summons in Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited v. Fortis Prime Fund Solutions Bank (Ireland) Limited and Martello Nominees Limited (formerly known as Fortis Nominees (Guernsey) Limited) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Ex Parte Petition for Leave to Serve 'John Doe' Summonses on Federal Express Corporation, FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., DHL Express, United Parcel Service , Inc., Western Union Financial Services, Inc., the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Clearing House Payments Company LLC, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association regarding a tax investigation into clients of Sovereign Management & Legal, Ltd., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Complaint in Taupita Investments, Ltd., a subsidiary of Bahamas-domiciled EFG Bank & Trust (Bahamas) Ltd., and Segue Corporation v. Benny Ping Wing Leung and First Toronto Realty Corp. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Originating Summons in HSBC International Trustee Limited v. Kam Tam Mei, Rusmund Mui Pak Ning, Wai Mui Pak, Ho Poon Chun, Ho Poon Man, Eddie Lau Kai, and New Horizon Buddhist Association Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Hong Kong - to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into Yuk-Kwan Wong, Mon-hung Lew, Siu-hung Yik and Sui-kuen Kitty Yip for suspected conspiracy to defraud.
Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Eleanor Fisher and Tammy Fu, as the Foreign Representatives of LDK Solar Co. Ltd., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Hong Kong - for a criminal investigation into Yuk-Kwan Wong, Monhung Lew, Siu-hung Yik, and Kitty Sui-kuen Yip for suspected conspiracy to defraud.
Fixed Date Claim Form in Zhang Zhenzhong v. Keen Wood Group Ltd., China Cambodia Resources Limited, and Forest Glen Group Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.
More than £27 million of the £80 million raised from investors by the Cayman Islands-domiciled Centaur Group may have been misappropriated by insiders Scott Williams, Duane McGaw, Brendan Terrill and others, according to the Joint Provisional Liquidators.