Russia

Application by National Bank Trust PJSC, of Russia, to take discovery from Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Bank of New York Mellon, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS AG, Societe Generale USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, and Citibank NA for use in legal proceedings in the British Virgin Islands alleging fraud "perpetrated by the Russian bank B&N Bank, the Russian businessman Mikail Shishkhanov, and a number of businesses affiliated with Mr. Shishkhanov, with the apparent connivance of a number of commodity brokers and traders", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Patokh Chodiev, described as "a successful and 16 respected international businessperson, author and philanthropist", to take discovery from First Idea International Ltd., "a self-described 'strategic advisory boutique'", for use in legal proceedings in England "against Refinitiv Limited for violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation because Refinitiv published an unsupported, inaccurate, misleading, and damaging report on Mr. Chodiev in its World-Check Risk Intelligence Service database that First Idea appears to have urged Refinitiv to publish", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by Patokh Chodiev to take discovery from RenCap Securities Inc. for use in legal proceedings in England against Refinitiv Limited "under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") and the United Kingdom’s applicable implementing legislation, the Data Protection Act 2018" regarding "Refinitiv’s publication in World-Check of false and misleading information about Mr. Chodiev", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Director Details for Densiarly Enterprises Ltd., obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on December 18th, 2022.

Criminal Information alleging conspiracy to commit bank fraud involving Danske Bank's branch in Estonia in USA v. Danske Bank A/S, described as "the largest bank in Denmark", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint associated with suspected bank fraud and money laundering involving Andrii Derkach, a citizen of Ukraine who was "an active Russian agent for over a decade", and Oksana Terekhova, a citizen of Ukraine and "the wife of Derkach", in USA v. Real Property in Beverly Hills, California and Funds in the name of 7D Business Bureau Inc. seized from Stifel Nicolaus & Co. and Citizens Business Bank, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Application by Forensic News LLC and Scott Stedman to take discovery from HSBC Bank USA NA "in aid of their defense of a defamation action filed in England by British-Israeli "security consultant" Walter Soriano" regarding articles about "alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. $5.3 million on deposit at Sunflower Bank NA in an "OFAC Blocked Account" belonging to Konstantin Malofeyev, described as a citizen of Russia who was criminally indicted at federal court in New York in April 2022 for alleged violation of the "Ukraine-Related Sanctions Regulations", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint that "arises out of the machinations of now deceased Russian billionaire Oleg Bourlakov, his sister Vera Kazakova along with her husband Nikolai Kazakov, and their various co-conspirators and Defendants to unlawfully and fraudulently misappropriate assets and real property" in Loudmila Bourlakova, of Monaco; Elena Bourlakova, of Monaco, and Veronica Bourlakova, of Canada v. Anthony Virgil Raftopol, of Florida, USA; Gerd Schneider, of Luxembourg; Anahill Stiftung, of Panama; Fundacion Cantucci, of Panama; Wlamil Foundation, of Panama; Hemaren Stiftung, of Panama; Mentor Admin LLC, of Delaware; Pasel Corporation, of Delaware; Prora Admin LLC, of Delaware; Ratio Admin LLC, of Delaware; Veronica S.A. SPF, of Luxembourg, and Pasel Anstalt, of Liechtenstein, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Jilport Real Estate Inc., which "owns the freehold interest in the property known as 24 Acacia Way, Sidcup, Kent, England", in Teimuraz Surenovich Bablumian, a.k.a. Teymuraz Bablumyan, of Moscow, Russia v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Criminal Complaint alleging cyber fraud involving ransomware known as LockBit in USA v. Mikhail Vasiliev, described as "a dual national of both Russia and Canada" residing in Ontario, Canada, at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Complaint regarding insurance coverage for aircraft-related losses as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Aircastle Limited, of Bermuda; Aircastle (Ireland) Limited, formerly known as Klaatu Aircraft Leasing (Ireland) Limited, of Ireland; Constitution Aircraft Leasing (Ireland) 3 Limited, of Ireland, and Constitution Aircraft Leasing (Ireland) 5 Limited, of Ireland v. Chubb European Group S.E. et al, described as "the defendant insurers, underwriters, and insurance subscribers", at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

This video will analyze financial crime in Russia, the scale of the problem, and how Russian entities are evading sanctions imposed as a result of its invasion of Ukraine.

Application by Jonah Beer, as the liquidator of Kopist Holding Limited, to take discovery from H.S.B.C. Bank U.S.A., N.A., Bank of New York Mellon, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank N.A., Deutsche Bank and its affiliates Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and Bankers Trust Company, Commerzbank AG, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., Credit Suisse AG, Garanti Bank and Bank Julius Baer for use in legal proceedings in the British Virgin Islands "to recover assets which may have been diverted from the Company", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Sanctions evasion by Russian entities will be scrutinized at this month's OffshoreAlert London conference taking place at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London St Paul's on October 17-18.

Report identifying directors and shareholders of Blockster Holdings Limited, obtained from Companies House Gibraltar on October 2nd, 2022.

Amended Complaint in BOC Aviation Limited, of Singapore v. AirBridgeCargo Airlines LLC, of Russia, and Volga-Dnepr Logistics B.V., of the Netherlands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, destruction of records, and false statements in USA v. Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska, a.k.a. Oleg Mukhamedshin, described as a citizen of Russia; Olga Shriki, described as "a naturalized United States citizen living in the United States"; Natalia Mikhaylovna Bardakova, described as a citizen of Russia, and Ekaterina Olegovna Voronina, a.k.a. Ekaterina Lobanova, described as a citizen of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging sanctions violations, bank fraud, money laundering in USA v. Andrii Derkach, described as a citizen of Ukraine who was "an active Russian agent for over a decade", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging "a fraud, illegal export and money laundering operation under the umbrella of NDA GmbH", described as "a privately-held industrial equipment and commodity trading company located in Hamburg, Germany", in USA v. Yury Orekhov, described as "a Russian national who resided in Germany and the United Arab Emirates"; Artem Uss, described as "a Russian national" and "the son of a Russian politician who served as the governor of Russia's Krasnoyarsk Krai region"; Svetlana Kuzurgasheva, a.k.a. Lana Neumann, a citizen of Russia; Juan Fernando Serrano Ponce, a citizen of Spain; Juan Carlos Soto, of Venezuela; Timofey Telegin, a citizen of Russia, and Sergey Tulyakov, of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging that the defendant conspired to help Oleg Deripaska, described as "a Russian national who has been subject to economic sanctions in the United States since April 2018", to evade those sanctions in USA v. Graham Bonham-Carter, a citizen of the United Kingdom, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Seizure Warrant Application in USA v. Boeing 737-7EM Aircraft "owned and controlled" via entities in Austria, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, and the Netherlands" by PJSC Lukoil, described as "a Russian multinational energy company headquartered in Moscow, Russia that has been subject to sectoral sanctions imposed by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control since September 2014", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Criminal Complaint alleging securities fraud in USA v. Joseph A. Padilla at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Application by Forensic News LLC and Scott Stedman to take discovery from Mark Rossini, described as "a former FBI Agent" who worked for "security consultancy firm USG Security Limited", for their "defense of a defamation action filed in England by British-Israeli "security consultant" Walter Soriano" regarding "alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Second Superseding Indictment alleging cryptocurrency money laundering of proceeds of ransomware attacks in USA v. Denis Mihaqlovic Dubnikov, a citizen of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Jersey, in the Channel Islands, by Andrew Wood, as the Foreign Representative of Golden Sphinx Limited, described as a "passive investment-holding" vehicle whose ultimate beneficiaries are Alexander Sabadash, "formerly an elected Senator in Russia", his wife, Larisa Sabadash, and their two adult children and whose "principal assets" are a $45 million residence in Beverly Hills, California, and "certain debts from various parties", including Garry Itkin, described as a former director of the debtor who "engaged in fraudulent and unauthorized self-dealing actions", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Application for Search/Seizure Warrant in USA v. An Account at Twitter Inc. in the name of @BitcoinFog as part of a criminal investigation into “an illicit Bitcoin money transmitting and money laundering service called Bitcoin Fog” at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Application for Search/Seizure Warrant in USA v. Two accounts at BitcoinTalk.org in the names of Akemashite Omedetou and Killdozer as part of a criminal investigation into "an illicit Bitcoin money transmitting and money laundering service called Bitcoin Fog" at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Application for Seizure Warrant in USA v. Airbus A319-100 Aircraft, which was "purchased ... through a series of shell companies and trusts" in Aruba, Belize, Cyprus, and Jersey, in the Channel Islands involving accounts in England, Isle of Man, Switzerland, and USA and in which "an interest" is allegedly held by Andrei Skoch, described as "a member of Russia's State Duma" since 1999 and "a Deputy of the Duma", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging the defendant was "a member of a criminal conspiracy that used malicious software and other mechanisms to take control of bank accounts of unsuspecting victims and misappropriate funds from those accounts" in USA v. Dmitry Ukrainskiy, described as "a Russian national residing in Thailand", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Complaint alleging a $300 million crypto-based investment fraud involving an "unincorporated entity" in Russia called Forsage in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Vladimir Okhotnikov, described as a citizen of Russia residing in Tbilisi, Georgia; Jane Doe, a.k.a. Lola Ferrari, who "is believed to be a Russian national residing in Bali, Indonesia"; Mikhail Sergeev, who "is believed to reside in Moscow, Russia; Sergey Maslakov, who "is believed to reside in Gelendzhik or Moscow, Russia"; Samuel D. Ellis, of Kentucky; Mark F. Hamlin, of Virginia; Sarah L. Theissen, of Wisconsin; Carlos L. Martinez, of Chicago, Illinois; Ronald R. Deering, of Idaho; Cheri Beth Bowen, of Mississippi, and Alisha R. Shepperd, of Florida, at the U.S. District Court for the northern District of Illinois.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that Matthew Wright and Andrew Duncan, both of Leonard Curtis CI Limited, have been appointed as Joint Administration Managers of ITI Trade Limited.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it intends to apply to the Royal Court for an "administration management order" regarding ITI Trade Limited.

Order granting Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Injunction, with the judge finding that the defendants have "undertaken a systematic campaign of posting false and highly defamatory statements regarding Firer being a Russian spy" and engaged in an "internet onslaught against Firer" that "has caused real professional and personal damage" in Oleg Firer, described in the complaint as a Ukraine-born citizen of the USA and Grenada, a resident of the USA and Russia, and "Grenada's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Russian Federation" v. Everett Stern and Tactical Rabbit Inc., which "describes itself as a private intelligence agency", at the Circuit Court for the 11th Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Judgment regarding the Court's authority to make block transfers of insolvency appointments, whether a licence is required "to permit the transfer of receiverships over assets frozen by the sanctions imposed against Russian entities following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine", and whether to seal and anonymize the case "given the sensitive nature of his appointment" in the matter of Wesley Edwards, formerly of Begbies Traynor (BVI) Ltd., now with CVR Global LLP, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Judgment regarding an application by Apple law firm to be "removed from the record" regarding its representation of a Russian bank that is subject to sanctions in AO Alfa-Bank v. Kipford Ventures Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Winding Up Petition in Therium Litigation Finance Atlas P LLC, of Delaware v. Magellan Asset Finance Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Notice of Motion for Summary Judgment In Lieu of Complaint alleging the defendant "has conspired to launder and conceal billions of dollars stolen from Plaintiff in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and to evade asset freezing and receivership orders issued against him and his co-conspirator (and father-in-law) Mukhtar Ablyazov by courts of the United Kingdom" in BTA Bank JSC v. Ilyas Khrapunov at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

A federal court in New York has authorized the United States Government to seize two U.S. manufactured airplanes worth an estimated $410 million allegedly owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich via "shell companies" in the British Virgin Islands, Cyprus, and Jersey.

Seizure Application for two airplanes worth $410 million allegedly beneficially owned by Roman Abramovich, a citizen of Russia, "through a series of shell companies" in the British Virgin Islands, Cyprus, and Jersey, in the Channel Islands, in USA v. Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner Aircraft and Gulfstream G650ER Aircraft at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Forensic News LLC, described as a U.S.-based company whose "mission is to deliver original long-form journalism focused on national security, espionage, corporate, and political issues", and Scott Stedman, described as "an investigative journalist", to take discovery from Aviram Azari, described as "an Israeli private intelligence veteran who worked closely with Soriano for years", for use in "a defamation action filed against them in England by British-Israeli 'security consultant' Walter Soriano" regarding "news articles about Soriano and his ties to core figures associated with alleged Russian election interference, including Vladimir Putin confidant Oleg Deripaska and other oligarchs", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Claim Form in Elena Varshavskaya v. Omia Holdings Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Iuliia Khesina, of Moscow, Russia; Socmark Nominee Services Limited, of Cyprus, and M&N Services Limited, of Cyprus, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

News Release by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has successfully applied for the administration of VTBC Asset Management International Limited "in order to protect the interests of investors and the reputation of the Bailiwick as a financial centre given the ongoing impact of sanctions resulting from the Russo-Ukrainian war".

Application by GMJ Asset Management Company Inc. to take discovery from KBC Bank NV, New York Branch; KBC Financial Products USA Inc., KBC Securities USA LLC, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for use in legal proceedings "against KBC Bank in relation to violation of banking laws and fraudulent concealment, and potentially conversion", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud involving Credit Suisse's business relationship with "Russian oligarchs" in Carlos de March Bosch v. Credit Suisse Group AG, of Zürich, Switzerland; Thomas P. Gottstein, David R. Mathers at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

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Motion for a Temporary Injunction in Oleg Firer, described as a Ukraine-born citizen of the USA and Grenada, a resident of the USA and Russia, and "Grenada's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Russian Federation" v. Everett Stern and Tactical Rabbit Inc., which "describes itself as a private intelligence agency", at the Circuit Court for the 11th Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award in Stabil LLC, Rubenor LLC, Rustel LLC, Novel-Estate LLC, PII Kirkovograd-Nafta LLC, Crimea-Petrol LLC, Pirsan LLC, Trade-Trust LLC, Elefteria LLC, VKF-Satek LLC, and Stemv Group LLC, described as "eleven Ukrainian companies that invested in the petrol retail business in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol prior to 2014, when Crimea was under the jurisdiction of Ukraine" v. The Russian Federation at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Criminal Indictment alleging Ukraine-Russia sanctions violations in USA v. Konstantin Malofeyev, a citizen of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by JSC Ingtorgstroy, of Russia, to take discovery from Citibank NA, The Bank of New York Mellon, Société Générale, New York Branch; HSBC Bank USA NA, BNP Paribas USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas, The Bank of Nova Scotia, New York Agency; UBS AG, Bank of America NA, Standard Chartered Bank US, Commerzbank AG, New York Branch, and The Clearing House Payments Company LLC for use in legal proceedings "against former CEOs and beneficial owners of OJSC "GK Amazarkan", including Pavel Entin and Bogdan Solodukha before the commercial court of Moscow city and the commercial court of Kaluga Region, Russia", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.