Bahamas

Media Release by the Securities Commission of the Bahamas to "once again correct key misstatements made by Mr. John J. Ray III, the representative of the U.S. FTX debtors, which do not appear to be concerned with facts but rather, appear intended only to make headlines and advance questionable agendas".

Complaint alleging crypto-related fraud involving FTX Group in U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Samuel Bankman-Fried, FTX Trading Ltd., d.b.a. FTX.com, of Antigua and Barbuda, and Alameda Research LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "billions of dollars" fraud involving the FTX crypto group in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Samuel Bankman-Fried at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Statement from the Attorney General of the Bahamas announcing the arrest of former FTX crypto group CEO Sam Bankman-Fried following "criminal charges against SBF" in the United States and a "likely" extradition request.

Criminal Indictment alleging fraud, including "Campaign Finance" fraud, and money laundering involving the FTX crypto group in USA v. Samuel Bankman-Fried at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint in Gregg Podalsky, Gary Gallant, Skyler Lindeen, Alexander Chernyavsky, and David Nicol v. Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang, Nishad Singh, Sam Trabucco, Dan Friedberg, Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen, Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors, Shaquille O’Neal, Udonis Haslem, David Ortiz, William Trevor Lawrence, Shohei Ohtani, Naomi Osaka, Lawrence Gene David, and Kevin O’Leary at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Amended Complaint in Michael Norris, Brandon Rowan, Michael Livieratos, Shengyun Huang, Vijeth Shetty, and Bo Yang v. Tom Brady, Kevin O’Leary, and David Ortiz et al at the Circuit Court in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Class Action Complaint alleging crypto fraud involving FTX Group in Michael Elliott Jessup v. Samuel Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Nishad Singh, Gary Wang, and Sam Trabucco at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint alleging crypto fraud involving FTX Group in Samuel Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Zixiang Gary Wang, Nishad Singh, Armanino LLP, and Prager Metis CPAs LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint alleging fraud involving "Silvergate's conduct regarding its most notable customer, the cryptocurrency trading exchange, FTX" in José Tomás Sepúlveda Zuleta, of Chile; Michael Lehrer, and Tristan Newman v. Silvergate Capital Corporation, described as "the parent of Silvergate Bank"; Alan J. Lane, Christopher M. Lane, Tyler J. Pearson, and Jason Brenier at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Amended Complaint involving entities in the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, and Malta in Pretzel Limited, of Malta v. Pecunia Business Development Limited, of the British Virgin Islands. and Alley Maass Rogers & Lindsay P.A., a Florida law firm, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Media Release by the Securities Commission of the Bahamas claiming that, in Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in the U.S., "the new CEO of FTX Trading Ltd. misrepresented" the Bahamas regulator's decision "to transfer all digital assets of FTX into digital wallets under the exclusive control of the Commission for the benefit of clients and creditors of FDM [FTX Digital Markets Ltd.]".

Class Action Complaint alleging "one of the great frauds in history" in Stephen Pierce v. Samuel Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Zixiao Gary Wang, Nishad Singh, Armanino LLP, described as "an accounting and consulting firm that was engaged by the FTX Group to perform corporate audits", and Prager Metis CPAs LLC, described as "an accounting and consulting firm that was engaged by the FTX Group to perform corporate audits", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint in Michael Livieratos v. Thomas Brady and Kevin O'Leary at the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Media Release by the Securities Commission of the Bahamas announcing that it has obtained an order of "Indemnity and Reimbursement" from the Bahamas Supreme Court regarding the regulator's actions concerning the FTX crypto group, including "the transfer of certain digital assets to a digital wallet controlled by the Commission".

Application by LM Property Development Limited, of the Bahamas, and Mirko Kovats, described as "an international real estate investor who has lived in the Bahamas for over 25 years", to take discovery from Craig Roberts, Treasure Cay Services Inc., BDO Americas, Azul Destinations LLC, Noel Thompson, and Lisa Barnes for use in legal proceedings 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.

Class Action Complaint in Sunil Kavuri v. Sam Bankman-Fried, Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen, Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors, Shaquille O’Neal, Udonis Haslem, David Ortiz, William Trevor Lawrence, Shohei Ohtani, Naomi Osaka, Lawrence Gene David, and Kevin O’Leary at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Class Action Complaint alleging "fraud and deceit at a scale rarely seen – causing billions of dollars in value and financial equity to ostensibly disappear overnight" involving FTX crypto group in Elliott Lam, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Hong Kong v. Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, and Golden State Warriors LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint in Vijeth Shetty v. Thomas Brady and Kevin O'Leary at the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Complaint in Shengyun Huang v. Thomas Brady and Kevin O'Leary at the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Ex Parte Application by LM Property Development Limited, domiciled in the Bahamas, and Mirko Kovats, described as a citizen of Austria who is "an international real estate investor, permanently residing in the Bahamas since 1995", to take discovery from Electra America Hospitality Group LLC, CBRE Group, Inc., and Rothschild & Co US Inc. for use in legal proceedings 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 District of Delaware.

Notice of Filing of Supplemental Exhibit - a transcript of a 'Status Conference' on November 17th, 2022 - to Emergency Motion to Transfer and Stay Chapter 15 Proceedings filed by the Joint Provisional Liquidators of Bahamas-domiciled FTX Digital Markets Ltd., filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Complaint in Bo Yang v. Thomas Brady and Kevin O'Leary at the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Media Release by the Securities Commission of the Bahamas titled 'Securities Commission of The Bahamas Assumes Control of Assets of FTX Digital Markets Ltd.'.

Affidavit of John J. Ray III, including statements that "Never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete absence of trustworthy financial information as occurred here" and "related party loans" were made to Sam Bankman-Fried, $1 billion; Nishad Aingh, $543 million, and Ryan Salame, $55 million, in support of Chapter 11 Petitions by 102 entities comprising the FTX crypto group, including those in Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Egypt, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Nigeria, Panama, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, USA, and Vietnam, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Emergency Motion to Stay and Transfer Chapter 15 Petition from New York to Delaware by 101 entities (reduced from 134 identified in the Chapter 11 Petition) comprising the FTX crypto group, including those in Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Egypt, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Nigeria, Panama, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, USA, and Vietnam, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. In the motion, FTX's new management accused the Bahamas government and regulators of, essentially, misappropriating the group's assets, in conjunction with former FTX principals Samuel Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang, as part of an attempt to "undermine these Chapter 11 Cases".

Emergency Motion to "secure and protect the Debtor's assets" by Brian Simms, Kevin Cambridge, and Peter Greaves, as the Joint Provisional Liquidators of FTX Digital Markets Ltd., who stated that their "findings to date indicate that serious fraud and mismanagement may have been committed", at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Pretzel Limited, of Malta v. Pecunia Business Development Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

A class action complaint alleging an $11 billion fraud by the FTX crypto exchange group has been filed at federal court in Miami against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and others, including NFL legend Tom Brady, supermodel Gisele Bundchen, basketball stars Shaquille O'Neal, Stephen Curry, and Udonis Haslem, baseball stars David Ortiz and Shohei Ohtani, tennis player Naomi Osaka, NFL quarterback Trevor Lawrence, comedian Larry David, and the Golden State Warriors basketball team.

The liquidators of Bahamas-based FTX Digital Markets Ltd. - described as as the "manager and operator" of the FTX Group - have applied for Chapter 15 bankruptcy recognition in New York as they begin the process of gathering evidence and recovering assets for the crypto exchange group's creditors, who were estimated at "more than one million" by the group's management in Chapter 11 filings in Delaware last week that the liquidators claim were unauthorized.

Class Action Complaint claiming "$11 billion dollars in damages" as a result of a "fraudulent scheme" involving crypto exchange FTX in Edwin Garrison v. Sam Bankman-Fried, Thomas Brady, Gisele Bundchen, Udonis Haslem, Kevin O'Leary, David Ortiz, Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors LLC, Shaquille O'Neal, William Trevor Lawrence, Shohei Ohtani, Naomi Osaka, and Lawrence Gene David, a.k.a. Larry David, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Bahamas by Brian Simms, Kevin Cambridge, and Peter Greaves, as the Foreign Representatives of FTX Digital Markets Ltd., which operates "a digital assets business", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Media Release by the Securities Commission of the Bahamas titled 'Update on FTX'.

Motion for Joint Administration and Motion Modifying Certain Creditor List Requirements, Authorizing the Debtors to Serve Certain Parties by E-Mail, and Granting Related Relief in the matter of Alameda Aus Pty Ltd., Alameda Global Services Ltd., Alameda Research (Bahamas) Ltd., Alameda Research Holdings Inc., Alameda Research KK, Alameda Research LLC, Alameda Research Ltd., Alameda Research Pte Ltd., Alameda Research Yankari Ltd., Alameda TR Ltd., Alameda TR Systems S. de R. L., Allston Way Ltd., Altalix Ltd., Analisya Pte Ltd., Atlantis Technology Ltd., B for Transfer Egypt, B Payment Services Nigeria, B Transfer Services Ltd., B Transfer Services Ltd. UAE, B Transfer Services Uganda, Bancroft Way Ltd., BitPesa Kenya Ltd., BitPesa RDC SARL, BitPesa Senegal Ltd., BitPesa South Africa, BitPesa Tanzania Ltd., BitPesa Uganda Ltd., Bitvo, Inc., Blockfolio Holdings, Inc., Blockfolio, Inc., Blue Ridge Ltd., BT Payment Services Ghana, BT Payment Services South Africa, BT Payments Uganda, BT Pesa Nigeria Ltd., BTC Africa S.A., BTLS Limited Tanzania, Cardinal Ventures Ltd., Cedar Bay Ltd., Cedar Grove Technology Services, Ltd., Clifton Bay Investments LLC, Clifton Bay Investments Ltd., CM-Equity AG, Corner Stone Staffing, Cottonwood Grove Ltd., Cottonwood Technologies Ltd., Crypto Bahamas LLC, DAAG Trading, DMCC, Deck Technologies Holdings LLC, Deck Technologies Inc., Deep Creek Ltd., Digital Custody Inc., Euclid Way Ltd., Exchange 4 Free Seychellen, Exchange 4Free Australia Br., Exchange 4Free Ltd., Exchange 4Free South Africa Br., Exchange 4Free Swiss Branch, Finfax Company, FTX (Gibraltar) Ltd., FTX Canada Inc., FTX Certificates GmbH, FTX Crypto Services Ltd., FTX Digital Assets LLC, FTX Digital Holdings (Singapore) Pte Ltd., FTX EMEA Ltd., FTX Equity Record Holdings Ltd., FTX Europe AG, FTX Exchange FZE, FTX Hong Kong Ltd., FTX Japan Holdings K.K., FTX Japan K.K., FTX Japan Services KK, FTX Lend Inc., FTX Marketplace, Inc., FTX Products (Singapore) Pte Ltd., FTX Property Holdings Ltd., FTX Services Solutions Ltd., FTX Structured Products AG, FTX Switzerland GmbH, FTX Trading GmbH, FTX Trading Ltd., FTX TURKEY TEKNOLOJİ VE TİCARET ANONİM ŞİRKET, FTX US Derivatives LLC, FTX US Services, Inc., FTX US Trading, Inc., FTX Vault Trust Company, FTX Ventures Ltd., FTX Ventures Partnership, FTX Zuma Ltd., GG Trading Terminal Ltd., Global Compass Dynamics Ltd., Good Luck Games, LLC, Goodman Investments Ltd., Hannam Group Inc., Hawaii Digital Assets Inc., Hilltop Technology Services LLC, Hive Empire Trading Pty Ltd., Innovatia Ltd., Island Bay Ventures Inc., K-DNA Financial Services Ltd., Killarney Lake Investments Ltd., Ledger Holdings Inc., LedgerPrime Bitcoin Yield Enhancement Fund, LLC, LedgerPrime Bitcoin Yield Enhancement Master Fund LP, LedgerPrime Digital Asset Opportunities Fund, LLC, LedgerPrime Digital Asset Opportunities Master Fund LP, Ledger Prime LLC, LedgerPrime Ventures, LP, Liquid Financial USA Inc., LiquidEX LLC, Liquid Securities Singapore Pte Ltd., LT Baskets Ltd., Maclaurin Investments Ltd., Mangrove Cay Ltd., North Dimension Inc., North Dimension Ltd., North Wireless Dimension Inc., Paper Bird Inc., Pioneer Street Inc., Quoine India Pte Ltd., Quoine Pte Ltd., Quoine Vietnam Co. Ltd., SNG INVESTMENTS YATIRIM VE DANIŞMANLIK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ, Strategy Ark Collective Ltd., Technology Services Bahamas Limited, Tigetwit Ltd., TransferZero, Verdant Canyon Capital LLC, West Innovative Barista Ltd., West Realm Shires Financial Services Inc., West Realm Shires Services Inc., Western Concord Enterprises Ltd., and ZUBR Exchange Ltd. at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Chapter 11 Petition by 134 entities comprising the FTX Group, including those in Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Egypt, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Nigeria, Panama, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, USA, and Vietnam, namely Alameda Aus Pty Ltd., Alameda Global Services Ltd., Alameda Research (Bahamas) Ltd., Alameda Research Holdings Inc., Alameda Research KK, Alameda Research LLC, Alameda Research Ltd., Alameda Research Pte Ltd., Alameda Research Yankari Ltd., Alameda TR Ltd., Alameda TR Systems S. de R. L., Allston Way Ltd., Altalix Ltd., Analisya Pte Ltd., Atlantis Technology Ltd., B for Transfer Egypt, B Payment Services Nigeria, B Transfer Services Ltd., B Transfer Services Ltd. UAE, B Transfer Services Uganda, Bancroft Way Ltd., BitPesa Kenya Ltd., BitPesa RDC SARL, BitPesa Senegal Ltd., BitPesa South Africa, BitPesa Tanzania Ltd., BitPesa Uganda Ltd., Bitvo, Inc., Blockfolio Holdings, Inc., Blockfolio, Inc., Blue Ridge Ltd., BT Payment Services Ghana, BT Payment Services South Africa, BT Payments Uganda, BT Pesa Nigeria Ltd., BTC Africa S.A., BTLS Limited Tanzania, Cardinal Ventures Ltd., Cedar Bay Ltd., Cedar Grove Technology Services, Ltd., Clifton Bay Investments LLC, Clifton Bay Investments Ltd., CM-Equity AG, Corner Stone Staffing, Cottonwood Grove Ltd., Cottonwood Technologies Ltd., Crypto Bahamas LLC, DAAG Trading, DMCC, Deck Technologies Holdings LLC, Deck Technologies Inc., Deep Creek Ltd., Digital Custody Inc., Euclid Way Ltd., Exchange 4 Free Seychellen, Exchange 4Free Australia Br., Exchange 4Free Ltd., Exchange 4Free South Africa Br., Exchange 4Free Swiss Branch, Finfax Company, FTX (Gibraltar) Ltd., FTX Canada Inc., FTX Certificates GmbH, FTX Crypto Services Ltd., FTX Digital Assets LLC, FTX Digital Holdings (Singapore) Pte Ltd., FTX EMEA Ltd., FTX Equity Record Holdings Ltd., FTX Europe AG, FTX Exchange FZE, FTX Hong Kong Ltd., FTX Japan Holdings K.K., FTX Japan K.K., FTX Japan Services KK, FTX Lend Inc., FTX Marketplace, Inc., FTX Products (Singapore) Pte Ltd., FTX Property Holdings Ltd., FTX Services Solutions Ltd., FTX Structured Products AG, FTX Switzerland GmbH, FTX Trading GmbH, FTX Trading Ltd., FTX Turkey Teknoloji ve Ticaret AŞ, FTX US Derivatives LLC, FTX US Services, Inc., FTX US Trading, Inc., FTX Vault Trust Company, FTX Ventures Ltd., FTX Ventures Partnership, FTX Zuma Ltd., GG Trading Terminal Ltd., Global Compass Dynamics Ltd., Good Luck Games, LLC, Goodman Investments Ltd., Hannam Group Inc., Hawaii Digital Assets Inc., Hilltop Technology Services LLC, Hive Empire Trading Pty Ltd., Innovatia Ltd., Island Bay Ventures Inc., K-DNA Financial Services Ltd., Killarney Lake Investments Ltd., Ledger Holdings Inc., LedgerPrime Bitcoin Yield Enhancement Fund, LLC, LedgerPrime Bitcoin Yield Enhancement Master Fund LP, LedgerPrime Digital Asset Opportunities Fund, LLC, LedgerPrime Digital Asset Opportunities Master Fund LP, Ledger Prime LLC, LedgerPrime Ventures, LP, Liquid Financial USA Inc., LiquidEX LLC, Liquid Securities Singapore Pte Ltd., LT Baskets Ltd., Maclaurin Investments Ltd., Mangrove Cay Ltd., North Dimension Inc., North Dimension Ltd., North Wireless Dimension Inc., Paper Bird Inc., Pioneer Street Inc., Quoine India Pte Ltd., Quoine Pte Ltd., Quoine Vietnam Co. Ltd., SNG Investments Yatirim ve Danişmanlik AŞ, Strategy Ark Collective Ltd., Technology Services Bahamas Limited, Tigetwit Ltd., TransferZero, Verdant Canyon Capital LLC, West Innovative Barista Ltd., West Realm Shires Financial Services Inc., West Realm Shires Services Inc., Western Concord Enterprises Ltd., and ZUBR Exchange Ltd. at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Media Release by the Securities Commission of the Bahamas that it "took action to freeze assets of FTX Digital Markets and related parties".

Complaint in Equity Bank Bahamas Limited, of the Bahamas, and Equity Fiduciare SA, of Switzerland v. Castle Harbour Securities Limited at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Director Details for EFG Wealth Management (Cayman) Ltd., obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on October 10th, 2022.

Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim in Enilda Maria Ramsay, described as a citizen of Canada and Cuba residing in Canada v. EFG Bank & Trust (Bahamas) Limited, of the Bahamas, and EFG Wealth Management (Cayman) Limited, of the Cayman Islands, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint alleging breach of contract in Sprume.IO Ltd., described as a British Virgin Islands-domiciled "software development company that offers various blockchain-based services" v. Atlantic International Capital LLC, d.b.a. Digital Assets Group, described as a Florida-domiciled company "that marketed itself to Sprume as an experienced global team of financial experts" that "represented that it had a special relationship with key people at" Deltec Bank and Trust and Delchain Limited, both of the Bahamas, "that would enable it to onboard Spume to these platforms in a much shorter period of time than if Spume sought to obtain Deltec and Delchain services by itself", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Criminal Indictment alleging tax evasion involving entities in the Bahamas, Colombia, Gibraltar, and USA in USA v. Joseph Cammarata at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Memorandum & Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration of Bail Revocation in USA v. Joseph Cammarata at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Superseding Indictment alleging fraud and money laundering involving entities in the Bahamas, Colombia, Gibraltar and USA in USA v. Joseph Cammarata, Erik Cohen, and David Punturieri at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Complaint alleging defamation in Chris Johnson & Associates Ltd., described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled firm of insolvency practitioners v. Keith Kelty, described as "a Director of a Mutual Fund Administrator called "Fundhaven", which is registered in The Bahamas", and Mosaic Financial Ltd., described as "a Licensed Broker-Dealer registered with the Securities Commission of The Bahamas", at Bahamas Supreme Court.

Complaint for breach of contract and unjust enrichment alleging that Keith Herman "failed" to speak at the RF Economic Outlook Conference in the Bahamas despite an "appearance fee" of $25,000 being paid in Gravity Speakers LLC and RF Bank and Trust (Bahamas) Limited v. Keith Herman and Investment Property Advisors Inc. at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Mateo.

The U.S. SEC has filed a complaint against 18 individuals and entities in or from Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Nevis, United Kingdom, and United States for their alleged participation in a 'hacking and securities fraud scheme', with some of the conduct allegedly concealed through offshore accounts in the Bahamas, Belize, Switzerland, and U.K.

Complaint alleging hacking and securities fraud in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Rahim Mohamed, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Canada and the Cayman Islands; Davies Wong, described as a citizen and resident of Canada; Glenn B. Laken, described as a resident of Chicago, Illinois; Richard C. S. Tang, described as a citizen and resident of Canada; Zoltan Nagy, described as a citizen and resident of Canada; Jeffrey D. Cox, a citizen and resident of Canada; Phillip G. Sewell, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in Canada; Breanne M. Wong, described as a citizen and resident of Canada; Christophe Merani, described as a resident of Illinois, USA; Anna Tang, described as a citizen and resident of Canada; Robert W. Seeley, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Dominican Republic; Richard B. Smith, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Dominican Republic; Christopher R. Smith, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Dominican Republic; H.E. Capital SA, described as a Nevis-domiciled company based in the Dominican Republic; Pop Holdings Ltd., described as a Nevis-domiciled company based in the Dominican Republic; Maximum Ventures Holdings LLC, Harmony Ridge Corp., and Avatele Group LLC, as Defendants, and 9224-3708 Quebec Inc., a.k.a. Distributions Bano, and Jason Black, as Relief Defendants, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Complaint in Shoreline Venture Partners III LP, SVP III LP Co-Investment Fund LP, Albany Trading Corporation, of the Bahamas; Synapse Venture Capital Inc., of the British Virgin Islands; Sugarille Investment Fund Ltd., of the Bahamas; William Jude McGrath, Graham Seaton, and Gerard Byrne v. DBM Cloud Systems Inc., Nasuni Corporation, and Dixon Doll, Jr. at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Mateo.

Complaint alleging fraud involving ownership of a motor vessel known as "Yacht Mirage" that provides "a small glimpse into the Kafkaesque world of trust management" in Peter Nygard, a Canadian-Finnish fashion executive v. Andrew Law, described as "a financial advice and asset-protection firm based in the Bahamas"; IPG Family Office Ltd., of the Bahamas; YS Ltd., and Derecktor Florida, Inc., as "bailee (in possession) of the Yacht Mirage", at the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, in and for Broward County, Florida.

Notice of Voluntary Dismissal in Dreamr Labs Limited, of the Bahamas v. Delchain Limited, of the Bahamas; Deltec Bank & Trust Limited, of the Bahamas; Bruno Macchialli, of Porte Vedra, Florida; Suisse Finance Holdings, of Switzerland, and Richard Iamunno, of Boca Raton, Florida, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.