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Winding Up Petition in BNP Paribas Singapore v. Mongolian Mining Corporation at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition In the Matter of Mongolian Mining Corporation at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

The International Tropical Timber Organization, which was established by the United Nations to protect rain forests, is one of the biggest victims of an apparent fraudulent scheme involving hedge funds in the Cayman Islands, an investment manager in Barbados and factoring firms in New York.

Petition In the Matter of Oprah Fund SPC at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

A Cayman fund group set up by Barbados-based Canadian attorney Jeffrey Lipton has collapsed, putting US$89m of investors' funds at risk. Argyle Funds SPC, ARC (Euro) Fund, ARC (USD) Fund, and Ardent Harmony Fund went into liquidation apparently due to problems with loans of approximately $40m to NY-based factoring firm RMP Capital Corp.

Complaint to extradite Odera Odabi from the USA to Luxembourg to face allegations of fraud and money laundering.

Originating Application in Aircraft Solutions LUX V-B S.A.R.L. v. Fastjet Aviation Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Grant Thornton's Second Report to Creditors and Investors of Centaur Litigation SPC, Centaur Litigation Limited, and Centaur Litigation Unit Series 1 Limited (in Official Liquidation).

Winding Up Petition in Orchard Makira Master Ltd., Orchard Centar Master Limited, BFAM Asian Opportunities Master Fund, LP, and D. E. Shaw Galvanic International, Inc. v. LDK Solar Co., Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application to Take Discovery in Sauren Fonds-Select SICAV v. Pramerica Real Estate Investors at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Ourea Investment SA in Tasameem Strategic Fund, formerly Vasco Strategic Fund SPC, of the Cayman Islands v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs and The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the United Kingdom by David Jimenez Marquez, as the Foreign Representative of Codere Finance (UK) Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Writ of Summons in Primeo Fund v. Bank of Bermuda (Cayman) Limited and HSBC Securities Services (Luxembourg) SA at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. 

Claim Form in Kirkland Intertrade Corp., DZM Gold Mining Ltd., WTG Holdings S.A.R.L., and Maxim Finskiy v. Unique Goals International Ltd., Faith Union Industries Limited, Sergey Yanchukov, and Mangazeya Mining Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Winding Up Petition in Quotidian No 2 Pty Limited v. Duet Real Estate Partners 1 LP at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Consent Order in Ian Stokoe and David Walker, as Joint Official Liquidators of Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited v. BNP Paribas Securities Services at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. Accounts at the Bank of New York Mellon and Clearstream Banking in the name of First Global Investments SPC and related parties at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Stop Notice by ING Luxembourg S.A. regarding shares in VICA Investments Ltd. owned by Arcadia Nominees Ltd., filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Hugh Dickson and Mark Byers, of Grant Thornton, as the Foreign Representatives of Saad Investments Company Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Liquidation Application in Mylan Luxembourg, 8 Sarl v. Venturepharm Holdings Inc. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Non-Prosecution Agreement and Statement of Facts in USA v. Finter Bank Zurich AG.

Writ and Statement of Claim in DMS Bank & Trust Ltd. and dms Organization Ltd. v. Jazeb Jones at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint in Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, as manager and administrator of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, of New Zealand; Andorra Gestió Agricol Reif, S.A.U. S.G.O.I.C., of Andorra; APWIA Fund SPC Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Olifant Fund Ltd., FYI Ltd., FFI Fund Ltd., Elliott International L.P., all of the Cayman Islands; The Liverpool Limited Partnership, of Bermuda; Karrick Limited, of Guernsey; GL Europe Luxembourg Sarl, Silver Point Luxembourg Platform Sarl, both of Luxembourg, and TDC Pensionskasse, of Denmark v. Novo Banco S.A., of Portugal, at the High Court of Justice, in England.

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. Banque Privee Edmond de Rothschild Europe at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited v. HSBC Securities Services (Luxembourg) S.A. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited v. Caceis Bank and Caceis Bank Luxembourg at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited v. SEB Private Bank S.A. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited v. HSH Nordbank Securities S.A. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited v. RBC Dexia Investor Services Bank S.A. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited v. Kredietbank S.A. Luxembourgeoise at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited v. BNP Paribas Securities Services at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited v. UBS (Luxembourg) S.A., UBS Fund Services (Cayman) Ltd., and UBS Fund Services (Ireland) Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Consent Order in Primeo Fund v. Bank of Bermuda (Cayman) Limited and HSBC Securities Services (Luxembourg) SA at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Royal Bank of Canada has agreed to pay a $35 million fine to settle a regulatory lawsuit in the United States in which it was accused of perpetrating a "multi-hundred million dollar" fraud through its operations in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, London, Luxembourg, New York and Toronto.

Consent Order in U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Royal Bank of Canada at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Amended Originating Summons in Aeris Capital Blue Ocean S.A.R.L. v. Silver Reel GP Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Claim Form in NAC KazAtomProm JSC v. Graham Wilson at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Claim Form in NAC KazAtomProm JSC v. Swinton Investment and Finance S.A., Power System International Limited, Energy Asia (BVI) Limited, Dr. Mukhtar Dzhakishev, and Eugene Charyshkin at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

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.

Letter from Salvatore Cugliari denying a claim by the provisional liquidators of fraudulently-operated Cayman Islands-based Centaur Litigation SPC, Centaur Litigation Limited, and Centaur Litigation Unit Series 1 Limited that Royal Luxembourg Soparfi is a "hollow insurer". Royal Luxembourg Soparfi is "a holding company, not an insurer", writes Cugliari.

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.

Grant Thornton's First Report to Creditors and Investors of Centaur Litigation SPC, Centaur Litigation Limited, and Centaur Litigation Unit Series 1 Limited (in Provisional Liquidation).

Claim Form in NAC Kazatomprom JSC v. Graham Wilson at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Duncan Samuel Rothwell Merrin v. Aquim Group Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Royal Bank of Canada has suffered the ignominy of having sanctions awarded against it by a U. S. judge who ruled the bank had "improperly withheld" documents from the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission in a lawsuit regarding an alleged "massive" fraud involving RBC's operations in several jurisdictions, including the Bahamas and Cayman Islands.

Discovery Protocol Order in Primeo Fund v. Bank of Bermuda (Cayman) Limited and HSBC Securities Services (Luxembourg) SA at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Arricano Real Estate Plc, Retail Real Estate S.A., and Hillar Teder v. Stockman Interhold S.A. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

CFTC's Motion to Compel Compliance With Court Order and For Sanctions in CFTC v. Royal Bank of Canada at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Originating Application in Pillar Securitisation S.a.r.l. v. Zaria Global Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.