USA

Complaint "to hold VTB to its contractual promises, and enjoin it from continuing litigation in Russia, in violation of the parties’ forum selection clause" in JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. v. VTB Bank, P.J.S.C., of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by LM Property Development Ltd., of the Bahamas, and Mirko Kovats to take discovery from Lisa Barnes for use in "a series of litigations in the Bahamas involving the Government of the Bahamas and other private parties relating to Applicants’ attempts to purchase lucrative real estate that they could then develop", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Carlos Lazo Reyes to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company LLC and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for use in legal proceedings in Mexico, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint in Craig Beisner v. Perion Network Ltd., of Israel, described as "a global technology company that provides digital advertising products and services"; Doron Gerstel, Tal Jacobson, and Maoz Sigron at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Banco Azteca S.A., of Mexico, to take discovery from X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, Inc.; Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly known as Facebook, Inc., and Google LLC for use in legal proceedings in Mexico regarding "a coordinated multi-national financial terrorism campaign effectuated by mostly anonymous posters", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in England by Mark Riley, as the Foreign Representative of Alicia Schmidt Tucker, filed at the U.S., Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Randall Benson, as the Foreign Representative of Old National Highway Holding Corp., High Prairie Texas Holding Corp., PGED Holding, Corp., Terminal Road Holding, Corp., Highway 46 McFarland Holding Corp., Ternes Drive Holding Corp., Loop 820 Forth Worth Holding Corp., Valley Boulevard Fontana Holding Corp., Di Miller Drive Bakersfield Holding Corp., Manheim Road Holding Corp., East Brundage Lane Bakersfield Holding Corp., Oakmont Drive IN Holding Corp., Eastgate Missouri Holding Corp., French Camp Holding Corp., 102098416 Saskatchewan Ltd., Frontage Road Holding Corp., Alexis Investments, LLC, 2837229 Ontario Inc., Bishop Road Holding Corp., 2863283 Ontario Inc., 12944154 Canada Inc., Corrington Missouri Holding Corp., Crescentville Road Cincinnati Holding Corp., 13184633 Canada Inc., 13761983 Canada Inc., 11670 Interstate Holding, Corp., 933 Helena Holdings Inc., 30530 Matsqui Abbotsford Holding Inc., 963 Sweetwater Holding Corp., 2029909 Ontario Inc., 1450 Meyerside Holding Inc., 2076401 Ontario Inc., 2108184 Alberta Ltd., 87th Avenue Medley FL Holding Corp., 131 Industrial Blvd Holding Corp., 162 Route Road Troy Holding Corp., 177A Street Surrey Holding Inc., 401 South Meridian OKC Holding Corp., 3000 Pitfield Holding Inc., 8201 Hwy 66 Tulsa Holding Corp., 13th Street Pompano Beach FL Holding Corp., 52 Street Edmonton Holding Corp., 59th Ave Phoenix Holding Corp., 68th Street Saskatoon Holding Corp., and 84 St SE Calgary Holdings Inc., filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Director Details for Knight Insurance Company Ltd., obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on April 13th, 2024.

Director Details for Knight Insurance Company SPC, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on April 13th, 2024.

Complaint for the extradition of Nomalanga Moroadi Selina Cholota from the USA to South Africa to face allegations of "fraud, corruption, and/or money laundering in connection with the procurement of and monetary kickbacks related to an illicit contract to eradicate asbestos within Free State Province in South Africa", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Application by Deloraze Limited to take discovery from Kotaro Shimogori for use in legal proceedings in England against Pan Digital Network Limited alleging "misappropriated funds" totaling $290,000, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Application by Gregory Gliner, described as "a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and United States, has worked tirelessly for years to become, and earn a reputation as, a successful and ethical businessman and entrepreneur", to take discovery from Dynadot, Inc. "for use in a lawsuit in the United Kingdom against the person(s) who operate the website PoliticalLore.com and anonymously authored and/or caused to be published on PoliticalLore.com an article defaming him", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Director Details for Fat Projects Acquisition Corp., obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on April 11th, 2024.

Complaint for the extradition of Derya Dikici, a.k.a. Derya Terzioglu, from the USA to Turkey to face allegations of "aggravated embezzlement while working as a Portfolio Manager at DenizBank A.S. Gunesli Branch".

Complaint alleging 'breach of restricted share unit agreement' in Samir Mammadov, described as "a former employee and Chief Growth Officer" of Galaxy US Opco Inc. d.b.a. Vialto Partners v. CD&R Galaxy Jersey Holding Limited, of Jersey, in the Channel Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Originating Application in the matter of UPC Re at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint "to (1) reduce to judgment unpaid federal tax liabilities owed by Stanley L. Alexander and Ruth A. Alexander; and (2) enforce the federal tax liens against certain real properties titled in the name of Anna E. Alexander" in USA v. Stanley L. Alexander, Ruth A. Alexander, described as "a plastic surgeon"; Anna E. Haller, formerly known as Anna E. Alexander; Associated Enterprises Ltd., of the Isle of Man; State of Ohio, Treasurer of Warren County, Ohio, and Treasurer of Montgomery County, Ohio at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Complaint alleging the defendant "acted as an unregistered broker" for Charlie Abujudeh, who is a convicted securities fraudster, and others in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Mark Borden, described as "an attorney licensed to practice law in Canada and a resident of Thornhill, Ontario, Canada", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Another letter from Germany-based IBFS Europe, apparently acting as a reputation manager for Igor Riel, again threatening legal and other action against OffshoreAlert unless we removed details of legal action against Riel from our website.

Application by FW Deep Value Opportunities Fund I LLC, described as "an investment fund incorporated in Delaware", to take discovery from The Carlyle Group Inc. and Carlyle Investment Management LLC for use in "appraisal proceedings" in Germany regarding "the fair value of Schaltbau Holding AG", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Petition to Enforce International Arbitration Award in Volvo Construction Equipment AB, of Sweden, and Volvo do Brasil Veículos Ltda, of Brazil v. Commercial Laeisz, Honduras S.A., of Honduras, and MAQSA Maquinaria Salvadoreña S.A., of El Salvador, at the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit, in and for Palm Beach County, Florida.

Complaint alleging "a sophisticated global internet cryptocurrency fraud and conversion scheme" in Virginia S. Chow v. John Does 1-20 at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Motion for Ex Parte Pre-Judgment Writ of Attachment in Hybrid International LLC v. ENT International LLC, GSE Global LLC, Aura X LLC, MSB International LLC, MSB Trust, Scotia International of Nevada Inc., and Sarah Grace Navarra, a.k.a. Grace Barber, at the Third Judicial District Court, Salt Lake County, State of Utah, USA.

Post-Sentencing Order in USA v. Joseph Lewis, a.k.a. Joe Lewis, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Bahamas, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Bertie Mehigan, described as a citizen of Ireland and a lawyer who is "a founder and partner of Mehigan LLP, a law firm with offices in Singapore and Hong Kong", and Olive Mehigan, his wife, to take discovery from International Business Machines Corporation and Promontory Financial Group, LLC for use in legal proceedings in Ireland "against Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. and senior officers of AIB" alleging "their improper and illegal conduct relating to the Belfry 4 investment fund", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Barry Lynch and Christopher Kennedy, both of Alvarez & Marsal, as the Foreign Representatives of Business Finance Opportunities Fund L.P., described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled mutual fund, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging breach of subscription agreements in Pioneer Capital Anstalt, of Liechtenstein v. Super League enterprises Inc., formerly known as Super League Gaming Inc., at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Amended Complaint alleging fraud involving "the sale of securities owned by Defendant in Steem Monsters, Corp." in BFF II Pte Ltd., of Singapore, and Side Door Ventures LP v. Matthew Rosen at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Application by Vinmar Overseas Ltd., a Bahamas company based in Texas, USA, to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company LLC for use in legal proceedings in Indonesia "against certain individual shareholders and directors of PT Sumi Asih, Mr. Alexius Darmardi Karjantoputro, Mr. Markus Susanto, and Mr. Muljadi Budiman, as well as its corporate shareholders PT Mulia Darma Sarana and Stargate Trading Limited", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint seeking "a declaratory judgment that a joint defense agreement between Plaintiffs and TMTG is enforceable and TMTG is bound by certain confidentiality obligations in that agreement" in Patrick Orlando and Benessere Investment Group LLC v. Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., formerly Digital World Acquisition Corp., at the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Complaint alleging "a fraudulent scheme that lured Plaintiff into transferring cryptocurrency to various individuals associated with an online cryptocurrency trading websites, wap.ameritrbp.com (impersonating TD Ameritrade), Bitmartch, and Kine Protocol" in Dennis Keplin v. John Does 1-4 at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence concerning "four Miami-based corporations" - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Peru - for a criminal investigation into Gustavo Fernando Salazar Delgado for allegedly laundering over $6 million allegedly derived from "illegal activities, including illegal mining, public corruption and drug trafficking".

Letter from Grigorij Ginzburg, of IBFS Europe, in Germany, threatening legal action unless OffshoreAlert removed from its website information about Igor Riel that "discredits" his "honor and dignity".

Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award in Michele Vives, as Federal Equity Receiver of 1inMM Capital LLC, its subsidiaries and affiliates, including Rogue Black, LLC and Minamata Film, LLC v. Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment SpA, of Rome, Italy, and Orion Releasing LLC, of California, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

USA's Sentencing Submission in USA v. Joseph Lewis, a.k.a. Joe Lewis, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Bahamas, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 11 Petition by Kenbourne Invest S.A., of Luxembourg; NC Telecom II AS, of Norway; WOM Mobile S.A., WOM S.A., Conect S.A., and Multikom S.A., all of Chile, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Randall Benson, as the Foreign Representative of Pride Group Holdings Inc., 2043002 Ontario Inc., 2554193 Ontario Inc., 2554194 Ontario Inc., 2692293 Ontario Ltd., 1000089137 Ontario Inc., Arnold Transportation Services, Inc., Coastline Holdings, Corp., Dixie Truck Parts Inc., Dixie Truck Parts Inc., DVP Holdings, Corp., Parker Global Enterprises, Inc., Parker Transport Co., Pride Group Logistics International Ltd., Pride Fleet Solutions Inc., Pride Group Logistics Ltd., Pride Fleet Solutions USA Inc., Pride Group EV Sales Ltd., Pride Group Logistics USA, Co., TPine Financial Services Corp., Pride Group Real Estate Holdings Inc., and TPine Financial Services Inc., which "operate a trucking and logistics conglomerate based in Canada with operations in Canada and the United States that is collectively the largest used truck seller in North America", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

U.S.-based 'distressed business investor' Tony Bobulinski is suing Cayman Islands law firm Walkers, insolvency specialist Grant Thornton, and others in California, alleging he suffered losses totaling "tens of millions of dollars" as a result of a "fraudulent conspiracy" regarding the liquidation of China Branding Group.

SEC's Notice of Joint Liability Against Relief Defendant SION Trading FZE, of the United Arab Emirates, regarding an alleged crypto-based investment fraud 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, as Relief Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint alleging "the brazen misappropriation of funds held in escrow and breach of an escrow agreement by a New York attorney" in Silent Seas S.A., described as "an investment manager and currently engaged in a large real estate development project in mainland Greece, comprised of multiple integrated golf resorts and residential communities" v. William M. Pinzler, described as an attorney based in New York, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "a coordinated series of material misrepresentations, culminating in a secret, fraudulent transaction that allowed Defendants to avoid making Tony Bobulinski whole on a debt that they all knew he was owed" in Tony Bobulinski, described as "an expert in investing in distressed businesses" who "provided critical bridge funding to a now-defunct Cayman Islands company called China Branding Group" v. Hugh Dickson, of the Cayman Islands; Hickory Grove, LLC, Jake Fisch, described as a resident of Shanghai, China; Don Williams, Grant Thornton Specialist Services Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Robert Roche, Theresa Roche, Phillip Tyrrell, described as a resident of the Cayman Islands; Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Walkers LLP, of the Cayman Islands; MGG Investment Group, LP, and Does 1 through 50 at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Originating Application in the matter of MWAMBA at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by Evgeny Mariashin, a Russian lawyer residing in Cyprus, to take discovery from Google, LLC for use in legal proceedings in England brought by Alexander Gorbachev against Andrey Grigoryevich Guriev, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint in Intercurrency Software LLC v. iFinex Inc., d.b.a. Bitfinex, described as a British Virgin Islands company that "is engaged in research and development, manufacturing, importation, distribution, sales and related technical services for crypto trading", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Originating Application in the matter of GCCL (Cayman) Fleet 1 Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Emergency Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order and Order to Show Cause "to enjoin Respondents Eleanor De Leon and Alaa Abudawood from trying to thwart the Court’s orders by initiating enforcement proceedings in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" in Sana Ismail Abudawood, Ayman Ismail Abudawood, Anas Ismail Abudawood, and Salwa Ismail Abudawood v. Eleanor de Leon and Alaa Abudawood at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint in SAT Aero Holdings Inc. v. Aerolinea del Estado Mexicano S.A., of Mexico, de C.V. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "Apex’s breach of a note through which Tactical invested $500,000 in connection with a purported commodities transaction and the fraud perpetrated by Willoughby, the President of Apex" in Tactical Infrastructure S.A., of Panama, described as "an investment company that engages in various international investments, mainly in the areas of real estate and corporate finance" v. Apex Energy Alternative Resources Inc. and Robert S. Willoughby at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "SL Green Realty Corporation committed theft in broad daylight" in Bravia Capital Hong Kong Limited, of Hong Kong v. SL Green Realty Corporation, 245 Park Member LLC, Palisades Member 1 LLC, Palisades Member 2 LLC, Palisades Training Center NY LLC, Palisades Fee Owner LLC, Andrew S. Levine, and Harrison Sitomer at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging "the United Arab Emirates and some of its top officials managed, directed, and bankrolled a years-long “dark” public relations campaign through the Swiss private investigative firm, Alp Services S.A., which was founded, owned, and run by Mario Brero and Muriel Cavin" in Dr. Farid Hafez, described as "currently the Class of 1955 Distinguished Visiting Professor of International Studies at Williams College" v. Dr. Lorenzo Vidino, described as "a director of or with the Defendant institutions at all relevant times"; The George Washington University, The Program on Extremism at The George Washington University, Alp Services S.A., of Switzerland; Diligence Sarl, of Switzerland; Mario Brero, described as a citizen and resident of Switzerland; Muriel Cavin, described as a citizen and resident of Switzerland; Lionel Badal, described as a citizen and resident of Luxembourg; Ariaf Studies and Research LLC, of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and John Doe Numbers 1-25 at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.