Marshall Islands

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.

Complaint in Rybovich Boat Company LLC, of Florida v. M/Y Daybreak, registered in the Marshall Islands, and Bigger Boat, LLC, a.k.a. Bigger Boat of Missouri, LLC, of Missouri, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Amended Claim Form in Myntrade Offshore Inc., of the Marshall Islands v. Pinnacle Summit Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings in the matter of Medisun Precision Medicine, Ltd., of the Marshall Islands, whose shares are listed on OTC Link; Next Graphite, Inc., of Nevada, and Omni Shrimp, Inc., of Nevada, before the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Complaint for "an illegal and fraudulent 'binary options' trading scheme" involving companies in Anguilla, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Israel, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United Kingdom in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Yukom Communications Ltd., of Israel; Linkopia Mauritius Ltd., of Mauritius; Wirestech Limited, d.b.a. BigOption, of the Marshall Islands; WSB Investments Ltd., d.b.a. BinaryBrook, of Anguilla, Gibraltar, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United Kingdom; Zolarex Ltd., d.b.a. BinaryOnline, of the Marshall Islands; Yakov Cohen, an Israeli residing in Israel and Mauritius; Yossi Herzog, of Israel; Lee Elbaz, of Israel, currently incarcerated in the USA, and Shalom Peretz, of Israel, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Class Action Complaint in Steven Monosson and Mark Whiting, both of California v. Teekay Offshore Partners LP, of the Marshall Islands; Teekay Offshore GP LLC, a Marshall Islands entity owned by Brookfield TK TOGP LP, of Bermuda; Brookfield Asset Management Inc., domiciled in Canada, listed on the New York Stock Exchange; Brookfield Business Partners LP, of Bermuda; William Utt, Ian Craig, Kenneth Hvid, Craig Laurie, David Lemmon, Jim Reid, Denis Turcotte, Greg Morrison, William Transier, Walter Weathers, Ingvild Saether, Jane Rune Steinsland, and Cyrus Madon at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Admiralty in Mayhem Crude Inc., of the Marshall Islands v. Borrelli Walsh Pte Ltd., of Singapore; Cosimo Borrelli, described as a citizen of Australia and resident of Hong Kong; Jason Kardachi, described as a citizen of Australia and resident of Singapore, and Standard Chartered Bank, of England, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint alleging a diamond-based cryptocurrency fraud involving an Initial Coin Offering by a company in the Marshall Islands in SG Family Investments LLC, Hector Collazo Canedo, Manuel Sanchez Navarro, T. Transporta Inc., all of Florida; Nelson Vasconcelos, Pedro Rafael Trias Betancourt, Diana Mercedes Camaripano Carballo, Carlos Longo Bixio, and Manuel Carvalho, all of Venezuela v. Argyle Coin LLC, Eagle Financial Diamond Group, of Florida; Jose Aman, Xiomara Aman, Harold Seigel, and Jonathan Seigel, all of Florida, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint in J. Deal Partnership I LP, of California; Noster Capital Master Fund, of the Cayman Islands, and Aquamarine Master Fund LP, of the British Virgin Islands, on behalf of themselves and unitholders of Teekay Offshore Partners LP v. Teekay Offshore Partners LP, based in Bermuda, domiciled in the Marshall Islands; Teekay Offshore GP LLC, a Marshall Islands company owned by a Bermuda limited partnership; William Utt, of Houston, Texas; Ian Craig, of the United Kingdom; Kenneth Hvid, of Vancouver, Canada; Craig Laurie, of New York. NY; David Lemmon, of Las Vegas; Jim Reid, of Toronto, Canada; Denis Turcotte, of Montreal, Canada; Gregory Morrison, of Bermuda; Bill Transier, of Houston, Texas; Brookfield Asset Management Inc., of Toronto, Canada; and Brookfield Business Partners LP, of Bermuda, listed on NYSE and Toronto Stock Exchange, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Admiralty in Arc Controls Inc. v. M/V Nor Goliath, of the Marshall Islands, and Goliath Offshore Holdings Pte. Ltd., of Singapore, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. Funds in the names of Milenyum Energy SA, domiciled in Panama, based in Turkey, and Blue Energy Trade Ltd. Company, domiciled in St. Kitts and Nevis, based in Turkey, regarding a suspected scheme to launder via U.S. correspondent banks to evade U.S. sanctions concerning Syria, at the U. S.District Court for the District of Columbia.

Complain in Sarga International Limited, of the Marshall Islands v. JSC Murmansk Shipping Company, of Russia, as owner of the M/V Pomorye, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Application by Moon Limited, of the Marshall Islands, to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase Bank NA and Citibank NA for use in legal proceedings in Hong Kong against Roderick Thomson, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Mario Epelbaum v. Dynagas LNG Partners LP, Dynagas GP LLC, and Dynagas Holding Ltd., all of the Marshall Islands; Tony Lauritzen, Michael Gregos, and George J. Prokopiou at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Kingstown Capital Management LP, Kingstown Partners Master Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Kingstown Partners II LP, Ktown LP, Kingstown Capital Partners LLC, Investhold Ltd., of the Marshall Islands; and Verali Limited, of Cyprus v. Radovan Vitek, of the Czech Republic; CPI Property Group SA, of Luxembourg; J&T Banka AS, Postova Banka AS, Jean-Francois Ott, of France; Jan Gerner, Milada Mala, Lumir Safranek, Pavel Spanko, and Julius Strapek, all of the Czech Republic, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in BSR Fund SA, of the Marshall Islands; United Capital Trust Inc., of Liberia; Volterra Investment Inc., of the Marshall Islands; B Angel Investment Corp., of the Marshall Islands; Galactica FX Trading Corp., of the Marshall Islands; Victor Restis, of Greece, and Bella Resti, of Greece v. Diwakar Jagannath, Ikon Global Holding Company LLC, Ikon Global Markets Inc., Ftechnics Inc., Ikon Europe Ltd., of the United Kingdom; Ikon Finance Ltd., of the United Kingdom; Ikon Atlantic Ltd., of Bermuda; Ioannis Litinas, of Greece; George Daskaleas, of Greece; Maria Kitromilidou, of Cyprus; and Patrick Cunningham alleging fraud regarding Gstar FX Inc., of Belize, and PK Investments Equity Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Confession of Judgment in Yanama Investment Ltd., of the Marshall Islands v. Alex Fleyshmakher at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Kings.

Consent Order in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. 1Pool Ltd., of the Marshall Islands, and Patrick Brunner, of Austria, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Complaint in Rudersdal EOOD, of Denmark; All Seas Property 2 EOOD, Asset Management EAD, and Zahari Tomov, all of Bulgaria v. Philip Robert Harris, and Ayr Logistics Inc., both of Texas; Anthony Dennis Harriott, and Grant Capital Investments Ltd., both of New Jersey; First Investment Bank AD, Tseko Todorov Minev, Ivailo Dimitrov Mutafchev, Chavdar Angelov Angelov, Delyan Slavchev Peevski, NSN Investment EOOD, Bulgartabac Holding AD, Bulgarian National Bank, Stanislav Georgiev Lyutov, Elena Zdravkova Kostadinchev, Tabak Market AD, Cibole Services Incorporated Bulgaria EOOD, Asteria BG EOOD, a.k.a. Droslian Bulgaria EOOD; Vili Vist EAD, and Promishleno Stroitelstvo Holding EAD, all of Bulgaria; All Seas Management Ltd., and Blue Finance Limited, both of the Marshall Islands; The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, and Eaton Vance Structured Emerging Markets Equity Fund LLC, both of New York; and The Bank for Foreign Trade of the Russian Federation, a.k.a. VTB Bank, at New York Supreme Court, County 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 Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. 1Pool Ltd., of the Marshall Islands, and Patrick Brunner, of Austria, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Conyers Directors (Cayman) Ltd., as the Foreign Representative of Schahin II Finance Company (SPV) Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Complaint in USA v. Roger Knox, a citizen of the United Kingdom, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Notice of Motion for Summary Judgment in Lieu of Complaint recognizing judgments for 166 million and $478 million in England in Tatiana Akhmedova, a British citizen residing in England v. Farkhad Akhmedov, "believed to be domiciled in and a resident of Azerbaijan"; Cotor Investment SA, of Panama; Qubo 1 Establishment, Qubo Establishment, Straight Establishment, all of Liechtenstein, and Avenger Assets Corporation, of Panama, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Petition for sanction of a Scheme of Arrangement in Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas v. Schahin II Finance Company (SPV) Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Notice of Removal, plus copy of complaint, in FTechnics, Inc., IKON Global Markets, Inc., IKON Global Holdings Company, LLC, and Engin Yikilmazoglu v. Victor Restis, Victor Restis, Bella Resti, Ioannis Litinas, George Daskaleas, Patrick Cunningham, Diwakar Jagannath, United Capital Trusts, Inc., Volterra Investments, Inc., B. Angel Investment Corp., Galactica FX Trading Corp., and BSR Fund, SA at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Consent Order in Horndom Limited v. White Sail Shipping Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Summons in Ocean Rig UDW Inc. v. Highland Loan Master Fund, L.P. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

A Cayman Islands company - Managing Partners Investment Management - operated by dubious British fund manager Jeremy Leach is suing a Bermuda firm - SWZ Funds - for allegedly breaching a joint venture agreement in Malta - Smart Capital SCC.

Petition In the Matter of Drillships Ocean Ventures Inc. (in provisional liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition In the Matter of Drill Rigs Holdings Inc. (in provisional liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition In the Matter of Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (in provisional liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition In the Matter of Drillships Financing Holding Inc. (in provisional liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Simon Appell and Eleanor Fisher, as the Foreign Representatives of Ocean Rig UDW Inc., Drill Rigs Holdings Inc., Drillships Financing Holding Inc., and Drillships Ocean Ventures Inc., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Winding Up Petition In the Matter of Drill Rigs Holdings Inc. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition In the Matter of Ocean Rig UDW Inc. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition In the Matter of Drillships Ocean Ventures Inc. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition In the Matter of Drillships Financing Holding Inc. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Judgment in Solicitors Regulation Authority v. Alan George Hutson and Rachel Mary Hutson at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

Claim Form in White Sail Shipping Limited v. Horndom Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Public Notice by Guernsey Financial Services Commission announcing regulatory penalties against Marlborough Trust Company Limited, Marlborough Nominees Limited, Nicholas Robert Hannah, Adrian Bradley Howe, David Charles Enevoldsen, and Benjamin John Tustin regarding Arch Guernsey ICC Limited.

Liquidation Application in Navig8 Pool Inc. v. Tadema Shipping & Logistics Inc. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Liquidation Application in Navig8 Pool Inc. v. Taleveras Petroleum Trading Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.