United Arab Emirates

Complaint alleging the defendants operated as a broker-dealer without being registered in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Wilson J. Rondini III, of Florida, USA; Falcon Capital LLP, of the United Kingdom, and Falcon Capital Partners Limited, of Hong Kong, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation in the matter of MBC International Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application in the matter of O'K Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Criminal Information alleging $744,977 tax fraud in USA v. Robert N. Dooner, described as "a resident of Ibiza, Spain, and/or Abu Dhabi, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates" and "co-owner of a United Arab Emirates-based internet and communications company", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim in Shan-E-Abbas Ashary, Al Jomaih Power Limited, and Denham Investment Ltd. v. KES Power Limited, IGCF SPV 21 Limited, KP Corporate Director Ltd., Mark Skelton, of London, England; Shaheryar Arshad Chishty, of Pakistan; Darin Daniel Baur, of Hong Kong, and Adeeb Ahmad, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

British fugitive fraudster Anthony Constantinou has allegedly been participating in a new forex trading and crypto scheme that may have swindled investors out of tens of millions of dollars and involves entities and individuals in or from the Cayman Islands, England, Greece, Ireland, Malta, Seychelles, United Arab Emirates and USA, including Greek financial broker Ardu Prime and Dubai-based financial technology firm ClearTech Industries, OffshoreAlert can reveal.

Director Details for BPGIC Holdings Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on August 25th, 2023.

Winding Up Petition in MENA Energy Services Holdings Limited v. BPGIC Holdings Limited, whose shareholders include prominent United Arab Emirates citizen Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition for the Appointment of Restructuring Officers in the matter of AuBit International, formerly known as AuBit Tokens International, which "was originally incorporated to explore opportunities to create and market innovative digital financial products and digital assets using blockchain technology" and later "expanded into creating an innovative digital asset management platform", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Plea Agreement regarding alleged tax evasion involving income of $4.8 million and accounts in Qatar and United Arab Emirates in USA v. Peter J. Tignini at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim in Abraaj SPV 108 Limited and Abraaj SPV 127 Limited v. IGCF SPV 21 Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint alleging forex fraud in Kristoffer Jon Hind, Jason Thomas Waiton, Christopher Campbell, Paul Douglas, Stoeppel Werth, Lucas Longmire, Thomas Blair Phillips, Tyler Jenkins, Jorden David Neil Malcolm, Robert Taylor Yates, and Rafael Reyes Salmeron v. FxWinning Limited, described as a Hong Kong company whose "website lists locations in Hong Kong and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines but provides a contact number with a Cyprus country code" and which appears to operate from Cyprus, Dubai, and Miami; CFT Solutions, LLC, Renan de Rocha Gomes Bastos, Rafael Brito Cutie, Arthur Percy, Roman Cardenas, and David Merino at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Criminal Information alleging obstruction of justice and conspiracy to launder the proceeds of fraud with unidentified co-conspirators in Dubai and Ukraine in USA v. Craig Clayton at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

First Amended Class Action Complaint alleging that "As a result of Defendants' negligent, fraudulent, and unlawful conduct, countless Atomic Wallet user wallets around the world were hacked by North Korean hackers, resulting in the loss of over $100,000,000.00 USD worth of cryptocurrency related assets on or about June 3, 2023" in Robert Meany, Graham Dickinson, John Briscoe, Todd Gammon, Michael Fisk, Paul Unruh, Jovan Silva Delgado, Gregory Loberg, Vincent D'Amelio, Carter Ruess, Daniel Werter, Jeffrey Rogers, Erik Nelson, Landon Grubb, Sam Breazeale, Brenda Abbley, Dereck Ernest, Eric Jensen, Douglas Edwards, Dustin Falk, and Daniel Hayes v. Atomic Protocol Systems OÜ, d.b.a. Atomic Wallet, of Estonia; Evercode Infinite, d.b.a. Evercode Lab, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Konstantin Gladyshev, a.k.a. Konstantin Gladych; Ilia Brusov, a.k.a. Ilya Berezovsky, a.k.a. Ilya Bere, and Pavel Sokolov, a.k.a. Paul Sokolov, described as citizens and residents of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Chapter 11 Petition by Vesttoo US Inc., Vesttoo Ltd., Vesttoo SPV Holdings LLC, Vesttoo Reinsurance Intermediary Services Inc., Vesttoo Asset Management LLC, Vesttoo Securities (USA) LLC, Vesttoo UK Ltd., Vesttoo Japan Co., Ltd., Vesttoo Korea Inc., Vesttoo Holdings Ltd., Vesttoo Hong Kong Limited, Vesttoo Malta Ltd., Vesttoo Malta Trading Ltd., Vesttoo Marketplace Ltd., Vesttoo Alpha Holdings Ltd., Vesttoo Bermudian Bay Ltd., Vesttoo Alpha P&C Ltd., Vesttoo Alpha Special Purpose Trust, Vesttoo Alpha Manager Ltd., Vesttoo Alpha P&C Fund GP L.P., Vesttoo Alpha P&C Fund L.P., Vescor Bay GP L.P., Vescor Bay L.P., Vesttoo Partners 101 L.P., Vesttoo Partners 102 L.P., Vesttoo Partners 103 L.P., Vesttoo Partners 104 L.P., Vesttoo Partners 105 L.P., Vesttoo Bay One Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay X Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XI Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XII Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XIII Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XIV Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay FIFTEEN Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XVI Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XVII Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XVIII Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XIX Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XX Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XXI Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XXII Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XXIII Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XXIV Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XXV Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay One Hundred Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay One Hundred One Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay One Hundred Two Limited Partnership, and Vesttoo Bay 103 Limited Partnership at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Criminal Information alleging tax evasion involving accounts in Qatar and United Arab Emirates in USA v. Peter J. Tignini, described as a citizen of the United States who "worked in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar during tax years 2012 to 2018", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Republic of Djibouti's Motion to Quash Post-Judgment Discovery Subpoenas in Doraleh Container Terminal SA, of Djibouti, whose "minority owner" was identified as "a private entity based in Dubai called DP World Djibouti FZCO" v. Republic of Djibouti at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has cancelled the Alternative Investment Fund Manager license of Agon Asset Management Limited for regulatory breaches.

The first version of the agenda for OffshoreAlert's 10th Annual London Conference on December 4-5 is now available. For more information about OffshoreAlert London 2023, sponsorship opportunities, and tickets, please visit www.oalondon.com.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Black Sea Partners Limited in G.N. Terminal Enterprises Limited (in Receivership and Provisional Liquidation) v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Motion to Confirm Foreign Arbitration Award totaling $1.6 billion in Iraq Telecom Limited, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on behalf of International Holdings Limited v. Sirwan Saber Mustafa Barzani, Korek Telecom Company LLC, and Korek International (Management) Limited involving "corrupt and fraudulent behavior", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Complaint alleging "misappropriation of trade secrets" in CipherBlade LLC, of Pennsylvania, USA, described as "a blockchain investigation company that investigates cryptocurrency-related matters", and CipherBlade Ltd., of England v. CipherBlade LLC, of Alaska, USA; CipherBlade APAC Pte Ltd., of Singapore; Omega3Zone Global Ltd., of Cyprus; Manuel Kriz, of Cyprus; Michael Krause, of Cyprus; Jorn Henrik Bernhard Janssen, of Cyprus; Ioana Vidrasan, of Cyprus; Jussi Aittola, of Singapore; Justin Maile, of Alaska, USA; Paul Marnitz, of Cyprus; Sergio Garcia, of Belgium; Inquisita Solutions Ltd., of Cyprus, and Green Stone Business Advisory FZ LLC, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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.

First Amended Class Action Complaint in Michael Sizemore v. Changpeng Zhao, Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; BAM Trading Services Inc., of Delaware, USA; BAM Management US Holdings Inc., of Delaware, USA; Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, of Ireland; Binance (Services) Holdings Limited, of Ireland; Paxos Trust Company LLC, of New York, USA; Jimmy Butler, described as "a star basketball player for the Miami Heat", and Ben Armstrong, described as "a YouTuber with more than 1.5 million subscribers to his YouTube page", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Originating Summons seeking "true and full information regarding the state of the business and financial condition of the Infrastructure and Growth Capital Fund L.P." in White Crystals Ltd. v. IGCF General Partner Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint alleging fraud in Elco Securities Ltd., described as "a brokerage firm in the Bahamas" v. Dear Cashmere Holdings Inc., a.k.a. Swifty Global, described as a Nevada-domiciled, New York-based entity that is controlled "by Nicolas Link and James Gibbons", of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging hacking in Oussama El Omari, a former director of Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone Authority, in the United Arab Emirates v. Dechert LLP, a law firm; Nicholas Paul del Rosso, described as a private investigator, and Vital Management Services Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Director Details for MAM Telford Holdings Ltd., obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on May 31st, 2023.

Claim Form in Globe Investment Holdings Limited, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates v. Westdene Investment Limited, Hortin Holdings Limited, and Lodge Hill Limited at he British Virgin Islands High Court.

Petition to Confirm Foreign Arbitration Award in DP World Djibouti FZCO, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which "constructed, developed, and managed a new container terminal facility at the Port of Doraleh" v. Republic of Djibouti at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Notice of Voluntary Dismissal in Cerebellum Networks Inc. v. Kenzi Wang and Does 1-10 at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint by residents of Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and USA alleging a $30 million crypto securities fraud in Brian Abbott, Ian Abbott, Richard Alleyne, Hamza Alshawabka, Brian Angiuli, Ronnie Arefieg, Justin Arends, Alex Atwood, Margarita Ayrapetyan, Narbik Babakhanian, Victor Omar Baez, Michael Bahra, Julian Bailey, Sirus Bakhtiar, Joan Barnard, Lee Barnett, Kevin Barrera, Chrystel Bassett-Simmonds, Drew Bassler, Alyssa Baum, Eric Bell, Alfonso Beltrame, Ryan Benker, Jason Bicknell, Moe Billah, Catherine Blair, David Blumenthal, Tyler Boardman, Guillaume Bouchard, Christopher Bowerbank, Lorenzo Boyice, William Brachey, Judy Brassfield, Peter Burkhard, Matthew Burton, Roy Cabrera, Anthony Caeton, Jo Ann Cantu, Brent Carr, Michael Carr, Peter Celnicker, James Chatziapostolou, Scott Chesley, Bob Chinn, Richard Christie, Eddie Chung, Dominic Cirigliano, Kevin Clancy, Wendi Cocita, Kris Collins, Ryan Cosenza, Allison Cowart, Patricia Cowart, Michael Coyne, Michael Damian, Tara Daniels, Lorenzo de Leo, Jaymie Deboucherville, Mathew DeCesare, Frank Deh, Harsha Dhananjay, Michelle Diaz, John Dick, Owen Dockham, Adrian Doms, Matthias Doms, Galen Drace, Jason Dunning, Abhishek Dwivedi, Matthew Edwards, Kevin Elrod, Edward Emielita, Joanne Evans, Experience Better Living LLC, Mark Fagan, Brandon Farmer, John Ferrone, FL Landco Investments LLC, Santiago Flores Rabasa, Blake Fosenburg, Mark Foster, James Freitas, Ryan Freyling, Hengyi Gao, Rene Garcia, Kyle Geiger, Alexa Genovas, Michelle Girardi, Augustus Gordon-Davy, Darron Grier, Gary Grimm, Josefina Guanchez, Nicholas Habib, Tomas Hajach, Nathaniel Harder, Garreth Hardy, Norbert Hausmann, Tuan Hoang, Stephen Holley, Gary Hoover Jr., Christopher Hubbard, Kent Hulet, Kenneth Hyer, Joe Izzo, Elliott Jarnutowski, Ryan Jarnutowski, Kashif Jawed, Joshua Jones, Melanie Joscelyne, Bartosz Kalisz, Michael Kay, Nicole Keane, Mathias Köttner, Eugene Kramer, Nicholas Kringas, Novak Krueger, Matthew Lau, Nazareno Leon, Stevie Liddington, David G. Littlechild, Stephen Lockhart, Jack Lyle, Pedro Maia, Marian Majer, Lwok Tin Man, Anthony Maniscalco, Justin Margedant, Maja Markovic, Lee Marks, Saundra Marks, Cassandra Mazur, Paola Mazzoni, Sean McLeod, Cyril Means, Eric Mechler, Robert Medina, Simon Melin, Marschall Meusel, Michelle Mikolis, Kenneth Miller, Sjaak Miltenburg, Abdiweli Mohamed, Daniel Montazem, Bas Mulder, Jeffrey Nakamura, Richard Nappi, Steven Natsios, Lee Newsome, Tuyet Nguyen, Alex Norton, Darren O'Sullivan, Christiana Okhipo, Jonathan Ortega, Hayriye Osman, Keira Palmer, Luciano Parisius, Paul Parratt, Ann Marie Patero, Glen Cameron Patrick, Aaron Patterson, Andrew Persaud, Tracey Phillips, Leandri Pieterse, Jimmy Pineda, Pinegate Investments LLC, Batuhan Potukoglu, Ersan Potukoglu, Steven Pound, Andrea Quigley, James Quigley, Amber Quinton, Juma Rajab, Timea Rajko, Bryce Ralph, Louis Raskin, Erna Reid, Heriberto Reynoso, Maureen Richards, Robert Berry Bankruptcy Estate, Stephen Roberts, Norton Robinson, Massiel Rojas, Mary Rose, Viviana Rozo, Dmitry Rutenberg, John Sahli, Neville Samson, Chad Saunders, Brent Schroeder, Carter Schroeder, Alexander Sergeev, David Shapiro, Bryan Shelton, Ankur Shukla, Michael Simpson, Jason Siruchek, Bernard Smith, Dean Smith, John Sniadecki, Chris Spafford, Devin Spaulding, Sam Stamp, Penny Steele, Justin Sterling, Cosmin Stoian, Kenneth Bryn Swartz, Martyn John Taylor, The Node Estate Pty Ltd., Mitchell Tromp, Yiu Ming Tse, Darren Tsuchiya, Robert Urban, Steven van der Peijl, Jaïr van Eer, Dan Van Zandt, Kasio Varma, Jhovany Leon Vazquez, Sean Villa, Anthony Villani, Aron Walker, Ericka Walker, Paul Walsh, Asiark Washington, Derik Washington, Jeremaine Westerlow, Billy Wynn, Noah Zarnow, Daniel Zureikat, and David Zylberberg v. Strongblock, David Moss, Brian Abramson, Corey Lederer, Konstantin Shkut, and John Does 1-5 at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging the theft of $1.3 million derived from the sale of crypto tokens in Cerebellum Networks Inc., described as "a crypto token business" v. Kenzi Wang, described as a resident of Dubai and a former "advisor and independent contractor" to the plaintiff, and Does 1-10 at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by DNG FZE, described as a United Arab Emirates-domiciled "online merchant that sells personal electronic goods", to take discovery from James Michael Lindfelt, described as "a Senior Legal Counsel of PayPal Inc.", for use in legal proceedings in Singapore alleging that PayPal Pte. Ltd. "unlawfully withheld its revenue totaling $1.4 million", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint in Scott Davis, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, "who invests in the debt and equity securities of microcap publicly traded companies located throughout the world" v. Argentum 47 Inc., described as "a publicly traded corporation, domiciled in Nevada, with offices located in the United Kingdom, that markets internet based remote services in the areas of technology", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Winding Up Petition in Loop Capital Markets LLC, of Chicago, Illinois, USA v. ICONIQ Holding Limited, described as a Cayman Islands company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Fixed Date Claim Form for the appointment of a Receiver over shares in the two corporate defendants in Commercial Bank of Dubai v. Mohamed Abdalla Juma Al-Sari, Majid Abdalla Juma Al-Sari, both of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Layyah Holdings Limited, and Majid Investments Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Notice of Motion of Summary Judgment in Lieu of Complaint for the recognition of a $9.3 million judgment issued by the Court of First Instance of the Dubai International Financial Center in Credit Europe Bank (Dubai) Ltd., of Dubai, United Arab Emirates v. Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty, a.k.a. B. R. Shetty, described as "a billionaire" citizen of India residing in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Amended Complaint in Proceedings Supplementary to Execution in Supreme Fuels Trading FZE, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates v. Harry Sargeant III at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Order denying defendants' motions to dismiss a complaint alleging "a crypto asset pump-and-dump scheme" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Arbitrade Ltd., of Bermuda; Cryptobontix Inc., of Canada; Troy R.J. Hogg, of Canada; James L. Goldberg, Stephen L. Braverman, and Max W. Barber, as Defendants, and SION Trading FZE, of the United Arab Emirates, as Relief Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Winding Up Petition in Regulus Capital Ltd. v. AVIVO Group, which is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 11 Petition by Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc., JACM Holdings inc., Vieco USA Inc., Virgin Orbit LLC, and Virgin Orbit National Systems LLC, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Class Action Complaint in Michael Sizemore, Mikey Vongdara, and Rudy Vazquez v. Changpeng Zhao, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Dubai, UAE; Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, of Ireland; Binance (Services) Holdings Limited, of Ireland; BAM Trading Services Inc., of Delaware; Jimmy Butler, a professional basketball player; Graham Stephan, described as "a YouTube star with over 4.1 million subscribers to his YouTube pages", and Ben Armstrong, described as "a YouTuber with more than 1.5 million subscribers to his YouTube page", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Superseding Indictment in USA v. Ho Wan Kwok, described as "an exiled Chinese businessman who fled to the United States"; Kin Ming Je, described as "a dual citizen of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom who principally resided in the United Kingdom", and Yanping Wang at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Winding Up Petition regarding MBC International Ltd. in MBC Group Holdings Limited, of the British Virgin Islands v. Majestic Media Sports Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint regarding "the world’s largest centralized digital asset exchange" in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Changpeng Zhao, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Dubai; Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, of Ireland; Binance (Services) Holdings Limited, of Ireland, and Samuel Lim, described as a resident of Singapore, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Administrative Order by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission imposing penalties totaling $40,000 on Lindsay Lohan, described as "a well-known actress, singer, and internet personality" residing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for promoting a crypto security known as "Tronix tokens" without disclosing that she was paid to do so.

Application by Mammoet Salvage B.V., of the Netherlands, to take discovery from Citibank NA, Commerzbank AG, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., MashreqBank PSC, MUFG Bank Ltd., Standard Chartered Bank, and UniCredit Bank AG, described as "correspondent banks of the Trade Bank of Iraq", for use in "currently pending foreign court proceedings in the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates and contemplated enforcement proceedings in Belgium" regarding "efforts to recognize and enforce an arbitral award in excess of a principal amount of US$85 million entered in favor of Mammoet and against BOC [Basra Oil Company]", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Amended Memorandum of Law in support of Amended Application by the Joint Official Liquidators of ABRAAJ Investment Management Limited, of the Cayman Islands, to take discovery from Bank of America, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, Citibank, N.A., Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch; Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Goldman Sachs and Co., HSBC Bank USA, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mashreqbank PSC, New York Branch; Standard Chartered Bank US, a.k.a. Standard Chartered Bank, New York Branch; Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, New York Branch; Société Generale North America; BNP Paribas USA Inc.; Bank of Nova Scotia, UBS AG, New York Branch, Commerzbank AG, New York Branch; and The Clearing House Payments Company LLC for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands regarding an alleged $385 million fraud by Pakistan citizen Asif Masood Naqvi, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judgment in Neoma Manager (Mauritius) Limited, as manager of Neoma Private Equity Fund IV LP v. Abraaj ABOF IV SPV Limited, Mark Longbottom and Geoffrey Varga, as Trustees of the Creditors of Members of ABOF IV Fund Investor Limited, Dissolved; Columbus Ventures Limited, acting by its Joint Receivers, Mark Shaw and Russell Smith; MENA Vehicle Limited, acting by its Joint Receivers, Mark Shaw and Russell Smith, and Abraaj General Partner VIII Limited, as General Partner of Neoma Private Equity Fund IV LP, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.