Cayman Islands

Petition for the Court's sanction of a Scheme of Arrangement in the matter of Hop Hing Group Holdings Limited, described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, Hong Kong-based company "whose principal business activities are the operation of quick service restaurants business under the brand names of Yoshinoya and Dairy Queen in northern China", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Summons seeking to remove the first defendant from his position as Protector of the Roger Trust in Bertrand Stern v. Philippe Michel, as Protector of the Roger Trust, and Scotiabank & Trust (Cayman) Limited, as Trustee of the Roger Trust, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Search Report for Seven Mile Securities, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on October 14th, 2021.

Five months after one of its clients, Canadian Andrew McAlpine, pleaded guilty to securities fraud in the United States, securities broker Seven Mile Securities has been fined CI$250,000 by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority. It is not publicly-known whether the two events are connected.

Director Details for Seven Mile Securities, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on October 14th, 2021.

Application by Michael Pearson, as Administrator of the Estate of the late Sheikh Osama Ismail Abudawood, of Saudi Arabia, to take discovery from Jeffrey M. Trinklein, a lawyer, and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, a law firm, for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint involving a Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-flagged 130-feet commercial motor yacht called Jomar in Haim Yehzkel, of Florida v. Jomar Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; World Yacht Group Inc., of California, and Big I Enterprises LLC, of Pennsylvania, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Public Notice from the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority that it has imposed "discretionary administrative fines" totaling CI$250,000 on Seven Mile Securities for regulatory breaches.

Stipulation to $300 million Settlement in a dispute involving a Cayman Islands company described as the "Facebook of China" in Heng Ren Silk Road Investments LLC, of Massachusetts; Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, and Jodi Arama, derivatively on behalf of nominal defendant Renren Inc., of the Cayman Islands v. Joseph Chen, David K. Chao, DCM III, L.P., DCM III-A, L.P., DCM Affiliates Fund III, L.P., DCM Investment Management III, LLC, Duff & Phelps, LLC, Oak Pacific Investment, Social Finance, Inc., SoftBank Group Capital Limited, SoftBank Group Corp., SB Pan Pacific Corporation, Renren SF Holdings, Inc., and Renren Lianhe Holdings at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Complaint alleging "a fraudulent scheme that sought to, and ultimately did, steal $680,000 worth of cryptocurrency from Plaintiff" in Robert Guarini v. John Doe and Binance, which is domiciled in the Cayman Islands, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint in Benjamin Bin Chow v. Canyon Bridge Capital Partners, LLC, of Delaware; Canyon Bridge Capital Partners, LLC, of the Cayman Islands; Canyon Bridge Management Corp., of Delaware; Canyon Bridge Capital Management, LLC, of Delaware; Canyon Bridge Fund I, LP, of Delaware; Canyon Bridge Fund I, LP, of the Cayman Islands; Hong John Kao, Heber Raymond Bingham, and Peter Chin Kuo at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Liquidators in the Cayman Islands and United Arab Emirates who are investigating the alleged misappropriation of at least $43 million from a Cayman investment vehicle for six Kuwaiti brothers have filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy recognition in the United States.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Eleanor Fisher, of the Cayman Islands, and Hani Bishara, of the United Arab Emirates, as Foreign Representatives of Universal Enterprises Ltd. (in Official Liquidation), described as "an investment vehicle for six brothers [from Kuwait] for the purpose of making investments in the United States", filed at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition in the matter of Aleph Group Inc. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint in Hain Capital Investors Master Fund Ltd., of the Cayman Islands v. Plasti-Paint Inc., described as "a global automotive supplier that designs and manufactures automotive components", at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Alleging "a fraud has been committed", a creditor of two dissolved Cayman Islands firms that are part of British businessman Harvey Boulter's Porton Group has applied for them to be restored to the corporate register and their liquidations continued under court supervision.

Winding Up Petition in Safe Castle Limited, of the British Virgin Islands v. China Silver Asset Management Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Judgment in Intertrust Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited v. Cayman Islands Monetary Authority at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Public Notice by Labuan Financial Services Authority that the Labuan branch of Cayman Islands-domiciled Premier Assurance Group SPC Ltd. has gone into official liquidation.

Administrative Order by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission imposing a fine of $50,000 on Donna M. Silverman to settle allegations of fraud involving TCA Fund Management Group Corp., of Florida, and four TCA funds in the Cayman Islands.

Administrative Order by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission imposing a fine of $50,000 on Donna M. Silverman to settle allegations of fraud involving TCA Fund Management Group Corp., of Florida, and TCA Global Credit Fund GP Ltd., of the Cayman Islands.

First Amended Complaint in Sabby Volatility Warrant Master Fund Ltd., of the Cayman Islands v. Aterian Inc., of Delaware, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Originating Application in the matter of DYJ SPV Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition for the Court's sanction of a Scheme of Arrangement in the matter of Good Friend International Holdings Inc., which is based in Hong Kong, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Mark Laurence Robert Ashurst, Chris Narborough, and Vasile Frank Timis v. Pan African Burkina Limited and Banco BTG Pactual SA at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

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

Complaint alleging fraud involving an "illegal" $200 million loan in Roger W. Kirby, individually and as sole Trustee of The Augustus R. A. Kirby 2020 Revocable Trust and The Jane A. Kirby 2020 Revocable Trust v. David W. Zalaznick, described as a resident of Florida; John W. Jordan II, of Illinois; JZ Capital Partners Ltd., of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands; JZCP Realty Fund Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Jordan/Zalaznick Advisors Inc., JZ 184-204 Bedford LLC, Red Zky JZ Fulton Holdings LLC, RS JZ Greenpoint LLC, and RS JZ Wynwood Holdings LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Great Lakes Insurance SE, of Germany v. Daya Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

An unidentified Swiss "wealth advisory firm" in Zurich helped Mark Gyetvay - the criminally indicted CFO of one of Russia's biggest gas producers, LSE-listed Novatek - evade taxes on over $40 million of income in a scheme also involving firms in Belize, British Virgin Islands, and Cayman Islands, it has been alleged.

Criminal Indictment alleging tax evasion involving companies or accounts in Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Russia, and Switzerland in USA v. Mark Gyetvay, the Chief Financial Officer of Russian gas producer Novatek who is apparently a citizen of Italy, Russia, and the United States, at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Walkers law firms in the Cayman Islands and Dubai are being sued for alleged negligence by two Kuwait state-owned entities regarding a fund whose Arab investors were allegedly swindled out of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Petition for the Court's sanction of a Scheme of Arrangement in the matter of Luckin Coffee Inc. (in Provisional Liquidation), described as "an investment holding company with its direct and indirect subsidiaries located in the British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, the United States and the PRC", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application in the matter of DGW Investment Alpha SPC at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Re-Amended Complaint alleging fraud involving Gable Holdings Inc., of the Cayman Islands, and Gable Insurance AG, of Liechtenstein, in Kevin Alcock, Corita Metelerkamp, both of Surrey, England; Oak Trust (Guernsey) Limited, of Guernsey; Baytree Group Holdings Limited, Morvale Company Limited, Aggaris Investments Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Christopher Lawrance, Roy Campbell, both of South Africa, and CriSeren Investments Limited, of Wales v. William Dewsall, of London, England, at the High Court for England and Wales.

Criminal Judgment imposing a prison-term of seven-and-a-half years for a cryptocurrency-based securities fraud involving two Cayman Islands-domiciled, New York-based investment funds, Virgil Sigma Fund and VQR Multistrategy Fund, in USA v. Stefan He Qin, a citizen of Australia residing in New York, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judgment for CI$105,000 in John Felder v. Sandra Hill at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint in Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corp., now known as The metals company Inc., described as a Texas-based "special purpose acquisition company" that was formed in the Cayman Islands before re-domiciling to Canada v. Ethos Fund I LP, Ethos GP LLC, and Ethos DeepGreen PIPE LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Amended Complaint alleging fraud and dishonest assistance involving the Cayman Islands-domiciled "Porton Group" in Enigma Diagnostics Limited (in Liquidation), Paul David Allen, and Geoffrey Lambert Carton-Kelly, as Liquidators of Enigma Diagnostics Limited, all of England v. Harvey Boulter, DLA Piper UK LLP, a law firm, and Charles Cook, a lawyer, all of England, at High Court of Justice for England and Wales.

Complaint in Best Meridian Insurance Company and Best Meridian International Insurance Company SPC, of the Cayman Islands v. Lake Cecile Resort Inc., CCH FL 2 LLC, Citrus Capital Holdings LLC, Florida Department of Revenue, Keys Funding LLC – 1019, Keys Tax Funding LLC – 19, Kissimmee Utility Authority, Osceola County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida; Bruce Vickers, Osceola County Tax Collector, Premier Elevator Company Inc., Sunbelt Rentals, Inc., TLGFY, LLC, J.T. Shaw, Inc., and Tohopekaliga Water Authority at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Complaint alleging breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract in Jingjing Zhou, of Connecticut v. Youbi Capital (Cayman) GP, of the Cayman Islands; Yaofei Chen, of New Jersey; Hyejin Lee, of New Jersey, and Chen Li, of New York, 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 Russell Homer and Karen Scott, as the Joint Voluntary Liquidators of Income Collecting 1-3 Months T-Bills Mutual Fund, of the Cayman Islands, filed at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Three men have been indicted in New York for allegedly perpetrating a $155 million fraud and money laundering scheme involving entities in or from Argentina, Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Ecuador, Germany, Switzerland, Uruguay, and the United States.

Originating Application in the matter of LP Advance Value Fund II LP at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application in the matter of LP Advance Value Fund LP at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application in the matter of SRG Capital Asset Management Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons regarding YZ Holdings SEZC in Cayman Enterprise City Ltd. v. Andy Zhu and Jason Ching Dat Wu, both of Canada, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Cayman Islands and Delaware components of crypto group Rivetz and their principal, George Sprague, are being sued by the SEC in the U.S. for allegedly selling unregistered digital assets that raised $18 million from 7,200 investors worldwide.

Director Details for TF Global Markets (International) Ltd., obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on September 8th, 2021.

Complaint alleging the sale of unregistered digital assets in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Rivetz Corp., of Delaware; Rivetz International SEZC, of the Cayman Islands, and Steven K. Sprague, described as a resident of the Cayman Islands and Massachusetts, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Director Details for Rivetz Intl. SEZC, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on September 8th, 2021.