Hong Kong

Class Action Complaint in Louis Zhao v. Eqonex Limited, described as "a Singapore-domiciled digital assets financial services company"; Binance Group, described as "the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider"; Bitfinity UAB, described as "a payments technology company, incorporated in the Republic of Lithuania"; Jonathan Farnell, Daniel Ling, Almira Gemmell, Yu Helen Hai, and Changpeng Zhao at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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.

Complaint alleging the defendant "and others orchestrated and carried out a plan to violate and evade and attempt to violate and evade U.S. sanctions against Sergey Vitalievich Kurchenko [a citizen of Ukraine], Kompaniya Gaz-Alyans, OOO, and ZAO Vneshtorgservis" in USA v. John Can Unsalan, a.k.a. Hurrem Can Unsalan, 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.

First Amended Complaint for FBAR Penalties regarding accounts in the British Virgin Islands, Liechtenstein, Panama, Singapore, Switzerland and other countries in USA v. Francis Burga, individually and as the Administrator of the Estate of Margelus Burga, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Director Details for GSN Corporations Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on April 6th, 2023.

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.

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.

Originating Application for the appointment of liquidators regarding an alleged debt of "HK$51,900,000 (approximately US$6,611,000)" in Timothy Ethan Sy v. Foreign Synergy Associates Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

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.

Complaint in Shaun Folpp, as The Plan Administrator of Pacific Andes Resources Development Limited, of Bermuda, et al v. United Overseas Bank Limited, Hong Kong Branch, at the U.S. Bankruptcy 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.

Originating Summons in Osman Mohammed Arab and Lai Wing Lun, a.k.a. Johnathan Lai, both of RSM Corporate Advisory (Hong Kong) Limited, of Hong Kong v. GSN Corporations Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Judgment in Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd., Attestor Value Master Fund LP, Maso Capital Investments Limited, Star V Partners LLC, Blackwell Partners LLC - Series A, Citco Trustees (Cayman) Limited, as Trustee of the Allard Growth Fund; DMS UCITS Platform ICAV, on behalf of its sub-fund, Allard Asia UCITS Fund; Allard Partners Australia Pty Limited, as Trustee of the Allard Investment Fund; Alpine Partner (BVI) LP, acting through its General Partner, Alpine Global Management LLC; 405 ACM Ltd., Athos Special situations Fund SPC, on behalf of its segregated account, Athos Global Opportunities SP-1; FMAP ACL Limited, Athos Asia Event Driven Master Fund, Citadel Equity Fund Ltd., C+F NV, Portus NV, Value Square Fund NV, Cedar SA, AVI Global Trust Plc, Norges Bank, Wakeland Securities LP, Wakefield Securities LLC, FourWorld Global Opportunities Fund Ltd., FourWorld Event Opportunities LP, Boothbay Absolute Return Strategies LP, Boothbay Diversified Alpha Master Fund LP, Integrated Core Strategies (Asia) Pte Ltd., PWCM Master Fund Ltd., Pentwater Equity Opportunities Master Fund Ltd., Pentwater Merger Arbitrage Master Fund Ltd., Crown Managed Accounts SPC, Pentwater Metric Merger Arbitrage Fund LP, through its General Partner, Pentwater Metric Merger Arbitrage CP LLC; Pentwater Unconstrained Master Fund Ltd., Helium Fund, on behalf of its sub-funds, Helijm Selection and Helium Performance; Helium Opportunities, Merlin Fidelis Emerging Markets Fund, Hildene Opportunities Master Fund II Limited, Stonehill Master Fund Ltd., Stonehill Institutional Partners LP, APS Holdings Corporation, Sunrise Partners Limited Partnership, The Funicular Fund LP, Shay Capital LLC, One68 Global Master Fund LP, Golden Chance Goldsmith Pte Ltd., Qube Master Fund Ltd., QRT Master Fund SPC - Torus Fund SP; Lakeville Capital Investors (enhanced) Master Limited, Lakeville Capital Investors Limited, Prelude Opportunity Fund LP, Davidson Kempner Partners, M.H. Davidson & Co., Davidson Kempner International Ltd., Davidson Kempner Institutional Partners LP. Schonfeld IR Master Fund Pte Ltd., Schonfeld Global Master Fund LP, Samson Rock Event Driven Master Fund Limited, Pictet TR - Diversified Alpha, Alphanatics Master Fuind Limited, Indus Select Master Fund Ltd., Vitruvius - Asian Equity, a sub-fund of Vitruvius SICAV; Cambridge University Endowment Fund, FMI International Fund, FMI International Fund II - Currency Unhedged, Man Funds XII SPC-Man 1783 II SP, Man GLG Credit Multi Strategy Master Fund, Graham Leigh Collins, Beral Holdings Pte Ltd., Wong Hong Yen, Hong Sun Wong, Clifford Cheah King Mun, Stephanie Vanessa Ling-Tsu Cheah, Albert Neo Po Soon, Lau Mei Leng, The Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund, The Gabelli Equity Income Fund, The Gabelli Asset Fund, Gabelli Associates Limited, Gabelli Associates Fund, Gabelli Associates Ltd. II E, The Gabelli Multimedia Trust Inc., GGCP Inc., Gabelli Associates Fund II LP, The Gabelli Global Rising Income and Dividend Fund, The Gabelli Global Global Utility & Income Trust, The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., The Gabelli Dividend and Income Trust, Gabelli Arbitrage Holdings, and Gabelli Global Small and Mid Cap Value Trust v. Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited and Jardine Strategic Limited at Bermuda Court of Appeal.

Second Amended Class Action Complaint alleging fraud involving BitMEX crypto exchange in Brett Messieh and Drew Lee v. HDR Global Trading Ltd., of the Seychelles; ABS Global Trading Limited, of Delaware; 100X Holdings Limited, of Bermuda; Shine Effort Inc Limited, of Hong Kong; HDR Global Services (Bermuda) Limited, of Bermuda, collectively referred to as BitMEX, "one of the world’s largest crypto-asset exchanges"; Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo, Greg Dwyer, and Samuel Reed 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.

Petition for the Court's sanction of a Scheme of Arrangement in the matter of Jiangnan Group Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands,

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".

Complaint alleging the defendants "falsified contracts, property records and legal judgments in an attempt to fraudulently claim ownership over billions of dollars in real estate owned by Plaintiffs" in Anbang Insurance Group Co., Ltd., of China; Anbang Group Holdings Co. Limited, of Hong Kong; AB Stable IX LLC, and AB Stable VIII LLC v. Haibin Zhou, described as "a serial harasser who has attempted to extract payments from other large companies through bad faith cybersquatting and trademark trolling"; Daniil A. Belitskiy, David C. Traub, Yan Zhao, Law Office of Ning Ye, World Award Foundation Inc., Amer Group LLC, An Ban Group LLC, AB Stable Group LLC, Andy Bang LLC, SHC Group LLC, and SHR Group LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Stop Notice by TopGearAsia Capital (Cayman) Limited regarding shares in WM Motor Holdings Limited registered in the name of Best Model International Limited, which is domiciled in the British Virgin Islands, filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition in the matter of Test Rite Retailing Co. Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Director Details for ICONIQ Holding Ltd., obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on February 21st, 2023.

Petition in the matter of China 33 Media Group Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition in China Renaissance Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, of Hong Kong v. ICONIQ Holding Limited, a Cayman Islands company based in Dubai, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Class Action Complaint alleging "unlawful schemes by a number of state-owned Chinese corporations and individuals, GNC’s Directors of the Board and senior management, and financial advisor" in John Yong Tang, of New Jersey, and Faris Al Kooheji, a citizen of Bahrain v. CITIC Capital Holdings Ltd., of Hong Kong; CITIC Limited, CITIC Capital Partners LLC, GNC Holdings, LLC, ZT Biopharmaceutical LLC, Yichen Zhang, Yong Kai Wong, Hans Allegaert, Kenneth A. Martindale, Tricia K. Tolivar, Cameron Lawrence, Susan M. Canning, Michele S. Meyer, Alan D. Feldman, Michael F. Hines, Amy B. Lane, Philip E. Mallott, Robert F. Moran, Evercore Inc., and Gregory Berube at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Director Details for PrecisioBiotix Inc., obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on February 3rd, 2023.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Cowin Enterprises Limited, of Hong Kong, in Kong Yun Kan v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Winding Up Petition in Tianshi Capital Inc., of Hong Kong v. PrecisioBiotix Inc. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

List of Creditors of 'FTX Trading Ltd. et al' crypto group, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

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

Originating Application in the matter of Aurabeat Technology International at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited to take discovery from The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., The Raine Group LLC, Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., Bain Capital, L.P., Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, Citibank, N.A., BNY Mellon, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., Deutsche Bank AG, and The Clearing House Payments Company LLC regarding, inter alia, "the corporate financing and executive compensation structures of F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A", a.k.a. Inter Milan FC, an Italian soccer club, for use in legal proceedings in Hong Kong and Italy involving an allegation that Inter Milan's president, Zhang Kangyang, a.k.a. Steven Zhang, owes "more than US $300 million to China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Amended Criminal Complaint alleging the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business in the form of Bitzlato Limited, described as "a Hong Kong-registered cryptocurrency exchange", in USA v. USA v. Anatoly Legkodymov, described as a citizen of Russia residing in Shenzhen, China, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Originating Application in Kenworth Industrial Limited. v. Xin Gang Power Investments Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Amended Originating Application in the matter of Proteus Capital Partners Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Director Details for Primavera Capital Acquisition Corporation, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on January 11th, 2023.

Complaint for "an injunction in aid of arbitration requiring Centre to direct the segregation of the $6,000,000 USD supporting the peg for the 6,000,000 USDC and to block and freeze 6,000,000 permanently inaccessible USDC stable coins belonging to FXCH" in FXCH Ltd., described as "a member-based financial utility for Institutional Spot-FX Clearing with its principal place of business in Dublin, Ireland" v. Centre Consortium LLC, which "administers the network for a so-called 'stablecoin' that is pegged 1-to-1 (or 1:1) to the U.S. Dollar, called USD Coin and denominated as USDC", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Complaint in dōTERRA Holdings LLC and dōTERRA International LLC v. JD.com Inc., described as a Cayman Islands company based in Beijing, China; Jingdong E-Commerce (Trade) Hong Kong Corporation Limited, "believed to be incorporated and headquartered in Hong Kong", and 'Bxytonline Seller' at the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah.

Complaint "to recover fees owed to it by its former clients Fosun, Primavera, and LGHL" in Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. v. Fosun Fashion Group (Cayman) Limited, described as a Cayman Islands company based in China; Primavera Capital Acquisition Corporation, described as a Cayman Islands company based in Hong Kong, and Lanvin Group Holdings Limited, described as a Cayman Islands company based in China, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Claiming it cannot redeem an investment of more than US$91 million, Hong Kong-based CMB International Securities has applied for Receivers to be appointed for an "insolvent" segregated portfolio of Eric Wang's Cayman Islands mutual fund Oakwise Value Fund that invested in "the real estate market in China".