Marshall Islands

Application by Nike Shipholding Corporation, of the Marshall Islands to take discovery from Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc., Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, and Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC for use in legal proceedings in Switzerland against Credit Suisse AG regarding an alleged investment loss of $13.5 million in Wirecard AG, described as "a large German payment-processing company that became insolvent shortly after Applicant’s investment - upon CSAG's advice", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Marshall Islands firm Nike Shipholding Corporation has filed a discovery application in New York as it prepares to sue its investment adviser, Credit Suisse, in Switzerland after investing $15 million in fraudulently-operated German payment-processor Wirecard AFTER Wirecard had already been exposed by the Financial Times newspaper and not long before it filed for bankruptcy, allegedly suffering a loss of $13.5 million.

Application by N.P.S.SF. Debt Co., S.à.r.l., of Luxembourg, to take discovery from Standard Chartered Bank, Citigroup, d.b.a. Citibank; The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, Bank of America, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, HSBC Bank, Société Générale, UniCredit Bank AG, Credit Suisse Bank N.A., UBS Group AG, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C., Bank of China, BNP Paribas USA, Commerzbank AG, Mashreq Bank PSC, and Habib American Bank for use in legal proceedings in Germany, India, Marshall Islands, Pakistan, St. Kitts & Nevis, and United Arab Emirates regarding an alleged $36.6 million fraud by Muhammad Tahir Lakhani and Muhammad Ali Lakhani, both described as residents of Dubai, UAE, and Pakistan, and their Astir Group, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint alleging "an unlawful coordinated scheme by Defendants to harm and ultimately to destroy each of the Plaintiffs, their businesses, and their reputations", in Eletson Holdings Inc., a Liberia company based in Greece; Eletson Finance (US) LLC, of Delaware, and Agathonissos Finance LLC, of the Marshall Islands v. Murchinson Ltd., of Canada; Nomis Bay Ltd., described as a Bermuda mutual fund; BPY Limited, described as a Bermuda mutual fund, and John Does at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

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USA's Sentencing Submission regarding a scheme to bribe government officials in the Marshall Islands to pass business legislation in USA v. Cary Yan, a citizen of the Marshall Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Cary Yan's Sentencing Submission regarding a scheme to bribe government officials in the Marshall Islands to pass business legislation in USA v. Cary Yan, a citizen of the Marshall Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

A £5 million asset freeze order has been entered in Gibraltar against local accountant Karel Manasco - who is currently involved with a crypto trading firm called BitQuin - following allegations that he misappropriated millions of pounds and euros from Mansion Gibraltar online gaming firm while serving as its CEO and CFO.

Involuntary Petition in Pach Shemen LLC, of Delaware; VR Global Partners, L.P., of the Cayman Islands, and Alpine Partners (BVI) L.P., of the British Virgin Islands v. Agathonissos Finance LLC, of the Marshall Islands; Eletson Holdings Inc., of Liberia, and Eletson Finance (US) LLC, of Delaware, described as being part of a "family-owned international shipping" group that "touts itself as having "a global presence with headquarters in Piraeus, Greece as well as offices in Stamford, Connecticut, and London"", at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Public Notice by the Bermuda Monetary Authority that it has "successfully petitioned the Supreme Court of Bermuda to wind up British Steamship Protection and Indemnity Association (Bermuda) Limited", described as "a wholly owned subsidiary of British Steamship Protection & Indemnity Association Limited, a company incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands", for regulatory breaches.

Judgment issuing a £5 million worldwide asset freeze order for alleged "serious misconduct" by Karel Manasco in Mansion (Gibraltar) Ltd. and Onisac Limited, which "are part of a wider group of companies (“the Mansion Group”) which together comprise and operate an online gaming enterprise known as “Mansion”" v. Karel Christian Manasco, described as "a qualified accountant and Fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants" who served as Mansion Gibraltar's "Chief Executive Officer and de facto Chief Financial Officer", and KM Accountants Limited, of Gibraltar, at the Supreme Court of Gibraltar.

Complaint alleging "violation of a regulatory cap on certain securities that it offered and sold" in Euroinvest Securities Ltd., of the Marshall Islands, and Murat Safin, of England v. Barclays Bank Plc, of England, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Hangzhou Biaoba Trading Co. Ltd., described as a Chinese company that is "engaged in the business of providing working capital and equity investments", to take discovery from TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc. for use in legal proceedings in England and Wales "against a debtor named Kei Kin Hung f/k/a Qi Jianhong for the enforcement and recognition of a foreign civil judgment ... in favor of Petitioner, issued by the People's Court of Jianggan District of Hangzhou City of Zhejiang Province", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah.

Application by Third Eye Capital Corporation to take discovery from Cambridge Capital LLC for use in legal proceedings in Hong Kong, Marshall Islands, and Singapore to enforce arbitration awards totaling $10.6 million against Parakou Tankers Inc., filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Letter from Mourant Ozannes law firm, on behalf of "Joseph Borkowski, a director of RF Investment Holdings Limited (formerly Rasia)", requesting the removal from OffshoreAlert's website of a "Strike Out Judgment and the findings of fact" at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands that has been "set aside" by the Court because it was "improperly obtained" by the plaintiff, claiming that our continued publication of the judgment was "defamatory" and a "breach" of a Court order.

Complaint to Compel Inspection of Books and Records in Oceanic Hedge Fund, which appears to be a Cayman Islands fund based in the Isle of Man; Dymic Investments (Cyprus) Limited, of Cyprus; Mark D. Elliott, and John L. Hage v. Höegh LNG Partners LP, described as "a Marshall Islands limited partnership" whose "common units are listed on the NYSE" but also described as having an address in Bermuda, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Order Setting Aside a "Strike Out Judgment and the findings of fact" in Red Wolf Resources Ltd. v. Rasia at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

News Release by the United Kingdom's Serious Fraud Office announcing that Timothy Schools has been "jailed for 14 years" after being convicted of a "no-win-no-fee fraud" involving entities in the Cayman Islands, England, France, Isle of Man, Marshall Islands, Panama, Spain, and Switzerland.

Application by N.P.S.SF. Debt Co. Sàrl, of Luxembourg, to take discovery from Standard Chartered Bank, Citigroup, d.b.a. Citibank; The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, Bank of America N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, HSBC Bank, Société Générale, UniCredit Bank AG, Credit Suisse Bank N.A., UBS Group AG, Wells Fargo Bank N.A., The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C., Bank of China, BNP Paribas USA, Commerzbank AG, Mashreq Bank PSC, and Habib American Bank for use in legal proceedings in Germany, India, Marshall Islands, Pakistan, Saints Kitts and Nevis, and United Arab Emirates, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by New Pax Maritime Ltd., described as a Marshall Islands company based in Hamburg, Germany, to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase Bank NA for use in legal proceedings to enforce an arbitration award of $563,596 against Erna Denizcilik Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti., a.k.a. Erna Shipping & Trading Ltd. Co., of Turkey, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Originating Application in Malcolm Chang, of Singapore v. Atlantic Venture Inc. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Application by Third Eye Capital Corporation to take discovery from Peter Bell for use in legal proceedings in the Marshall Islands, Singapore and Hong Kong involving Parakou Tankers Inc., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Third Eye Capital Corporation to take discovery from Gregory McGrath for use in "judicial enforcement proceedings" in Hong Kong, the Marshall Islands, and Singapore regarding an arbitral award "in the amount of $10,652,065" against Parakou Tankers Inc., described as "an industrial shipping company engaged in the seaborne transportation of liquid petroleum products that, until recently, owned a fleet of medium range vessels", filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Complaint alleging breach of contract in Caetano Rosa Holding Corp., described as a Marshall Islands company owned by Jobelino Locatelli, who "died on February 17, 2020" and was "the patriarch of the Locatelli family; a prominent family from Sao Paulo, Brazil, with extensive business interests" v. Kravitz Law PA and Genilde Guerra at the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Complaint for damages of $69 million alleging breach of contract and unjust enrichment in Logistica y Operaciones OTM SA de CV, of Mexico v. Up Offshore (Bahamas) Ltd., of the Bahamas, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Russia's National Bank Trust is seeking records from three New York banks as part of its attempt to recover the proceeds of "a multi-billion dollar banking fraud perpetrated by two brothers, Dmitri and Alexei Ananyev", who are allegedly linked with entities in several jurisdictions, including Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Cyprus, Marshall Islands, and Seychelles.

Application by PJSC National Bank Trust, of Russia, to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase NA, Bank of New York Mellon, and Citibank NA for use in legal proceedings in Cyprus regarding "a multi-billion dollar banking fraud perpetrated by two brothers, Dmitri and Alexei Ananyev", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The bankruptcy trustees of London-based Russian suspected fraudster Anatoly Motylev are seeking records from seven banks in New York as they hunt for the "billions of Rubles" he is accused of misappropriating from failed Russian banks and pension funds he once controlled.

Complaint in Noster Capital Master Fund Ltd., of the Cayman Islands v. Teekay LNG Partners LP, of the Marshall Islands, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Application by Kevin Hellard and Jonathan Thielmann, as Joint Trustees in the English bankruptcy proceedings of Anatoly Leonidovich Motylev, who "is responsible for the collapse of several Russian banks and pension funds that he controlled and has been held liable for these institutions’ debts as a result of the fraud he and his associates perpetrated", to take discovery from Bank of America NA, Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., HSBC Bank, Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, Standard Chartered Bank, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, and Commerzbank AG, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The alleged fraud and money laundering scheme involves entities and accounts in several jurisdictions, including Austria, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, England, Germany, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Marshall Islands, Panama, Russia, Scotland, Seychelles, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and USA, it was stated in the application.

Application by JSC BTA Bank, of Kazakhstan, to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company LLC and "thirteen intermediary banks", namely Bank of America NA, Bank of China, The Bank of New York, BNP Paribas USA, Citibank NA, Commerzbank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company, HSBC Bank USA NA, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Société Générale AG, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS AG, and Wells Fargo Bank NA regarding Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-domiciled Panolos Limited for use in legal proceedings in England "against BTA Bank's former chairman, and primary shareholder, Mukhtar Ablyazov, upon BTA Bank's discovery that Ablyazov had illegally misappropriated as much as $7.5 Billion of BTA Bank’s assets and subsequently laundered the proceeds through multiple financial institutions all over the world", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging fraud by Guillermo Sanchez v. Höegh LNG Partners LP, described as a Marshall Islands entity based in Bermuda; Sveinung J. S. Støhle, Håvard Furu, and Steffen Føreid, all of Norway, at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Judgment in Red Wolf Resources Ltd., described as "an investment holding company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands" v. Rasia at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. Editor's Note: This judgment and the findings of fact were subsequently set aside by the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands on September 15th, 2022.

Stop Notice by Dorset Limited, of the Marshall Islands, regarding shares in Trax Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, registered to Panagiotis Triantafyllidis, filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint alleging "misconduct" involving an unidentified "hedge fund" that is "organized under the laws of Bermuda and headquartered in Toronto, Canada" in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. BTIG LLC, described as a broker-dealer based in San Francisco, California, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit that it has imposed a fine of €259,927 on Merkanti Bank Limited, formerly MFC Merchant Bank Limited, for regulatory breaches. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert at the Malta Business Registry showed that Merkanti Bank Limited was incorporated on June 17th 2003, its directors are Christian Farrugia, a citizen of Malta; Friedrich Hondl, a citizen of Austria; Otto Karasek, a citizen of Austria; Samuel Morrow, a citizen of the United States, and George Portanier, a citizen of Malta, and its shareholders are Merkanti Holding Plc, of Malta, and Scully Royalty Ltd., of the Cayman Islands. Merkanti Holding Plc was incorporated on May 28th, 2015, its directors are Mario P. Galea, a citizen of Malta; Samuel Morrow, Benjamin Muscat, a citizen of Malta; Silke Stenger, a citizen of Germany, and Martin Ware, a citizen of the United Kingdom, and its shareholders are Merchants Employees Incentive Corp., of the Marshall Islands; Scully Royalty Ltd., and MFC 2017 II Ltd., of the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands General Registry showed that Scully Royalty Ltd.'s directors are Dr. Shuming Zhao, Friedrich Hondl, Indrajit Chatterjee, Jochen Dümler, Michael J. Smith, and Silke S. Stenger. There was no record of any company with the name MFC 2017 II Ltd. when OffshoreAlert searched the Cayman companies register.

Complaint alleging fraud in Pelagos Shipping Company Ltd., of Malta v. PB Finance LLC, described as a Marshall Islands company based in Stamford, Connecticut, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Dante Locatelli, a citizen of Brazil, to take discovery from Caetano Rosa Holding Corp., of the Marshall Islands; BHW Alpha LLC, BHW Omega LLC, and Pryor Locatelli Consulting Services LLC, all of Florida, for use in legal proceedings in Brazil and the Marshall Islands involving allegations that "his sister, Cristiane Locatelli, committed various financial improprieties in a covert scheme to take over certain family assets/businesses", at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by The Deposit Guarantee Fund, of Ukraine, to take discovery from Citibank, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, Société Générale, New York, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., BNP Paribas USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas, Bank of Nova Scotia, UBS AG, Bank of America, N.A., Standard Chartered Bank US, Commerzbank AG US and The Clearing House Payments Company, LLC for use in a "contemplated proceeding ... against PJSC National Credit Bank, Eastmond Sales LLP, Bank Frick & Co. AG, and other unknown fraudsters" in England for suspected fraud involving several jurisdictions, including England, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Seychelles, Switzerland, and Ukraine, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition by Seadrill Polaris Ltd., of Bermuda; Seadrill Partners LLC, of England; Seadrill OPCO Sub LLC, of England; Seabras Rig Holdco Kft., of Hungary; Seadrill Operating GP LLC, of England; Seadrill Auriga Hungary Kft., of Hungary; Seadrill Operating LP, of the Marshall Islands; Seadrill Canada Ltd., of Canada; Seadrill Partners B.V., of the Netherlands; Seadrill Capricorn Holdings LLC, of the Marshall Islands; Seadrill Partners Finco LLC, of England; Seadrill China Operations Ltd., of Luxembourg; Seadrill Partners Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., of Malaysia; Seadrill Deepwater Drillship Ltd., of England; Seadrill Partners Operating LLC, of the Marshall Islands; Seadrill Ghana Operations Ltd., of England; Seadrill Mobile Units (Nigeria) Ltd., of Nigeria; Seadrill T-15 Ltd., of Bermuda; Seadrill Gulf Operations Auriga LLC, of England; Seadrill T-16 Ltd., of Bermuda; Seadrill Gulf Operations Sirius LLC, of England; Seadrill Texas LLC, of England; Seadrill Gulf Operations Vela LLC, of England; Seadrill US Gulf LLC, of England; Seadrill Hungary Kft., of Hungary; Seadrill Vela Hungary Kft., of Hungary; Seadrill International Ltd., of England; Seadrill Vencedor Ltd., of Bermuda, and Seadrill Leo Ltd., of England, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Piraeus Bank SA, of Greece, to take discovery from The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC and OTC Markets Group for use in "an anticipated foreign judicial proceeding that will be commenced by Piraeus against Newlead Holdings, Ltd. [of Bermuda] before the High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, Commercial Court pursuant to a Guarantee and Indemnity agreement", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Seawolf Tankers Inc. and Heidmar Inc., both of the Marshall Islands, to take discovery from Riverstone Holdings LLC, DnB Bank ASA, Bank of America NA, Bank of China, The Bank of New York Mellon, Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas SA, Citibank NA, Commerzbank AG, Credit Agricole CIB, Deutsche Bank Trust Company of Americas, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., HSBC Bank (USA) NA, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Societe Generale, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS AG, and Wells Fargo Bank NA for use in legal proceedings in the Marshall Islands and United Arab Emirates against several parties, including Ridgebury V4 Investments LLC, Ridgebury Mike LLC, and Ridgebury Kilo LLC, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 11 Petition by companies in Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, England, France, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, and the United States, namely Valaris Plc, described as "a leading provider of offshore contract drilling services to the international oil and gas industry"; Alpha Achiever Company, Alpha Admiral Company, Alpha Archer Company, Alpha Offshore Drilling Services Company, Alpha Orca Company, Atlantic Maritime Services LLC, Atwood Australian Waters Drilling Pty Ltd., Atwood Deep Seas Ltd., Atwood Oceanics Australia Pty. Limited, Atwood Oceanics LLC, Atwood Oceanics Pacific Limited, Atwood Offshore Drilling Limited, Atwood Offshore Worldwide Limited, ENSCO (Thailand) Limited, ENSCO Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, ENSCO Associates Company, ENSCO Australia Pty. Limited, ENSCO Capital Limited, ENSCO Corporate Resources LLC, ENSCO Development Limited, ENSCO do Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda., ENSCO Drilling I Ltd., ENSCO Drilling Mexico LLC, ENSCO Endeavors Limited, ENSCO Global GmbH, ENSCO Global Investments LP, ENSCO Global IV Ltd., ENSCO Global Resources Limited, ENSCO Holding Company, ENSCO Holdings I Ltd., ENSCO Holland BV, ENSCO Incorporated, ENSCO Intercontinental GmbH, ENSCO International Incorporated, ENSCO International Ltd., ENSCO Investments LLC, ENSCO Jersey Finance Limited, ENSCO Limited, ENSCO Management Corp., ENSCO Maritime Limited, ENSCO Mexico Services, S. de RL de CV, ENSCO Ocean 2 Company, ENSCO Oceanics Company LLC, ENSCO Oceanics International Company, ENSCO Offshore Company, ENSCO Offshore International Company, ENSCO Offshore International Holdings Limited, ENSCO Offshore International Inc., ENSCO Offshore U.K. Limited, ENSCO Overseas Limited, ENSCO Transcontinental II LP, ENSCO Transnational I Ltd., ENSCO UK Drilling Limited, ENSCO United Incorporated, ENSCO Universal Limited, ENSCO Vistas Limited, ENSCO Worldwide GmbH, Great White Shark Limited, Green Turtle Limited, Offshore Drilling Services LLC, Pride Foramer SAS, Pride Forasol SAS, Pride Global II Ltd., Pride International LLC, Pride International Management Company LP, Ralph Coffman Limited, Ralph Coffman Luxembourg SA RL, RCI International Inc., RD International Services Pte. Ltd., RDC Arabia Drilling Inc., RDC Holdings Luxembourg SA RL, Rocal Cayman Limited, Rowan Companies Limited, Rowan Companies LLC, Rowan Drilling (Trinidad) Limited, Rowan Drilling (U.K.) Limited, Rowan Drilling, S. de RL de CV; Rowan International Rig Holdings Sarl, Rowan Marine Services LLC, Rowan N-Class (Gibraltar) Limited, Rowan No. 1 Limited, Rowan Norway Limited, Rowan Offshore (Gibraltar) Limited, Rowan Offshore Luxembourg Sarl, Rowan Rex Limited, Rowan Rigs Sarl, Rowan Services LLC, Rowan, S. de RL de CV, and Rowandrill LLC, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Tatiana Akhmedova to take discovery from Humaid Abdulla Mohammed al Masaood al Muhairbi for use in "two pending foreign adjudicative proceedings" in Dubai involving the applicant and her "ex-husband" Farkhad Akhmedov, a Russian businessman, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Chapter 11 Petition by Hermitage Offshore Services Ltd., of Monaco; PSV Adminco 2019 LLC, of New York; CB Holdco Limited, Blue Power Limited, Delta Cistern V Limited, Sierra Cistern V Limited, all of Bermuda; Petro Craft 2017-1 Shipping Company Limited, Petro Craft 2017-2 Shipping Company Limited, Petro Craft 2017-3 Shipping Company Limited, Petro Craft 2017-4 Shipping Company Limited, Petro Craft 2017-5 Shipping Company Limited, Petro Craft 2017-7 Shipping Company Limited, Petro Craft 2017-8 Shipping Company Limited, Petro Combi 6030-01 Shipping Company Limited, Petro Combi 6030-02 Shipping Company Limited, Petro Combi 6030-03 Shipping Company Limited, Petro Combi 6030-04 Shipping Company Limited, Hermit Storm Shipping Company Limited, Hermit Viking Shipping Company Limited, Hermit Protector Shipping Company Limited, Hermit Guardian Shipping Company Limited, Hermit Thunder Shipping Company Limited, Hermit Galaxy Shipping Company Limited, Hermit Horizon Shipping Company Limited, Hermit Power Shipping Company Limited, Hermit Prosper Shipping Company Limited, Hermit Fighter Shipping Company Limited, all of the Marshall Islands; Delta PSV Norway AS, and NAO Norway AS, both of Norway, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging corruption and money laundering by "agents of a New York-based non-governmental organization" regarding an alleged scheme "to offer and pay bribes to government officials in the Republic of the Marshall Islands to pass certain legislation that would benefit the business interests" of the defendants "and their associates" in USA v. Cary Yan and Gina Zhou at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Editor's Note: The indictment was filed under seal on August 10th, 2020 and unsealed two years later on September 2nd, 2022.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has cancelled the Collective Investment Scheme Licence of Brightwell Portfolio Fund SICAV Plc, a license that was suspended, on regulatory grounds nearly six years ago, on July 15th, 2014, "following the resignation of key officials and service providers". Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert at the Malta Business Registry showed that Brightwell Portfolio Fund SICAV Plc has not had any directors or a secretary since they resigned in May, 2014. The company was originally incorporated in the British Virgin Islands on May 18th, 2006 as Brightwell Portfolio Fund Ltd. and continued to Malta on May 10th, 2011, changing its name at the same time. In its most recent annual return, dated May 10th, 2013, the company's shareholders were identified as Paolo Faldini, a citizen of Italy residing in Monaco, and Conseulo Nardon, a citizen of Italy with addresses in the Netherlands and Luxembourg; its directors as Faldini, Nardon, and Stephen Muscat, of Malta, and its Secretary as Valetta Fund Services Limited. Faldini committed suicide on his luxury yacht - apparently bought with investors' funds - in Monte Carlo on December 31st, 2013, shortly after which Nardon, Muscat, and Valetta Fund Services all resigned their positions and the company's auditor, KPMG (Malta), represented by partner Ray Azzopardi, withdrew its audit opinions for 2011 and 2012 due to "fraudulent misrepresentations", evidently by Faldini, regarding the company and its subsidiaries, Beaumont Cash Management Limited, Beaumont Systematic Trading Limited, Beaumont Discretionary Trading Limited, Beaumont Equity Trading Limited, and Beaumont Homeland Security Limited. Brightwell Portfolio Fund's professional services providers included Princes Gate Investment Management Ltd., of the BVI, as Investment Manager; Arcari Fund Solutions BV, of the Netherlands, as Administrator; Credit Suisse, of Switzerland, as Custodian, and Ganado & Associates, Advocates, of Malta, as Legal Adviser. In the BVI, the company's directors were Curado Trust (Tortola) Limited, represented by Yuck Leen Sprock-Chang and Mavis Reed-Castro, and GM General Management Limited, represented by Mario Bottiroli, c/o Trust Company Complex, in the Marshall Islands, with Harneys Corporate Services Ltd., represented by Kimberly Crabbe-Adams, serving as registered agent. Corporate records show that the company authorized the following lawyers to obtain its Collective Investment Scheme license in Malta: James Farrugia, Andre Zerafa, Henry Saydon, and Stephanie Micallef, now known as Stephanie Farrugia, all of Ganado & Associates.

Application by Piraeus Bank, of Greece, to take discovery from The Bank of New York Mellon, Citibank NA, HSBC Bank (USA) NA, and JPMorgan Chase Bank NA for use in legal proceedings in England filed by Piraeus Bank against Grand Anemi Limited, of Malta; Grandunion Inc., of the Marshall Islands, and Michail (Michael) Zolotas, described as a Greek national with a last known address in Monaco, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by YS GM Marfin II LLC, YS GM MF VII LLC, YS GM MF VIII LLC, YS GM MF IX LLC, and YS GM MF X LLC to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, Bank of America, Bank of China, The Bank of New York Mellon, BNP Paribas USA, Citibank, Commerzbank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, HSBC Bank USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Societe Generale, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS AG, and Wells Fargo Bank for use in "pending and contemplated proceedings" in England, Malaysia and other countries regarding "a brazen $89.2 million multinational maritime fraud" allegedly by Muhammad Tahir Lakhani, and his two sons, Muhammad Ali Lakhani and Muhammad Hasan Lakhani, who are described as "British and Pakistani dual nationals ordinarily resident in England, Pakistan and//or the United Arab Emirates", and involving several jurisdictions, including Nevis, Marshall Islands, Palau, and Panama, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Malaysia by Datuk Tee Guan Pian, of UHY Advisory, as the Foreign Representative of Lion Diversified Holdings Berhad, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.