Channel Islands

Petition for Directions in the matter of Blue Horizon Structured Products SPC Limited (in Voluntary Liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed fines and prohibitions on William Stephen Cairns and Du Preez Gert Vermeulen.

Originating Summons in Sakab Saudi Holding Company, Alpha Star Aviation Services Company, Enma Al Ared Real Estate Investment and Development Company, Kafa'at Business Solutions Company, Security Control Company, Armour Security Industrial Manufacturing Company, Saudi Technology & Security Comprehensive Control Company, Technology Control Company, and New Dawn Contracting Company v. New East International Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint "to end the Oversight Board and AAFAF’s abuse of power, and PRIDCO's inexcusable refusal to pay its debts" allegedly totaling $90.5 million in Crown Managed Accounts SPC - Crown/GT Segregated Portfolio, of the Cayman Islands; Ginkgo Tree LLC, GN3 SIP Limited, of Jersey, in the Channel Islands; GoldenTree Distressed Fund 2014 LP, of the Cayman Islands; GoldenTree Distressed Master Fund 2014 Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; GoldenTree Insurance Fund Series Interests of The Sali Multi-Series Fund LP, GoldenTree Master Fund Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; GoldenTree V1 Master Fund LP, of the Cayman Islands; GTAM 110 Designated Activity Company, of Ireland, and High Yield and Bank Loan Series Trust, of the Cayman Islands v. Puerto Rico Industrial Development Corporation, The Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority, and The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico at the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a fine of £280,000 on GFG Limited (in Voluntary Liquidation) for "the firm’s failure to meet the minimum criteria for licensing under the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020".

Chapter 11 Petition by Quotient Limited, described as a Jersey, Channel Islands-domiciled company based in Switzerland, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a disqualification on Hamish Jebb Hamilton Few.

Public Statement by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed penalties on Crescendo Advisors International Limited and Hamish Jebb Hamilton Few.

Public Statement by the Jersey Financial Services Commission that Jersey-domiciled Evrensel Capital Partners Public Limited Company is "carrying on ... financial services business" without being authorized to do so.

Public Statement by the Jersey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a corporate disqualification on Christopher Paul Byrne, who was sentenced to "a seven year custodial sentence" in 2018 after being "convicted of several offences relating to his conduct as a financial adviser".

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Higro Trading Ltd. in Accuro Fiduciary Services (Jersey) Ltd. and Accuro Corporate Services (Jersey) Ltd. v. Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

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

News Release by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a fine of £87,500 and disqualification on Geoffrey John Trebert for "his failure to meet the Minimum Criteria for Licensing".

News Release by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a fine of £35,000 on corporate service provider Gary William Jason Durkin "following his failure to meet the Minimum Criteria for Licensing".

Public Statement by the Jersey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a fine of £498,000 on Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Plc (Jersey Branch) for regulatory breaches.

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 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.

Application by FourWorld Event Opportunities LP, of New york, and Genesis Emerging Markets Investment Company, of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands, to take discovery from Fenwick & West LLP and Morrow Sodali International LLC for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands regarding "the fair value of the shares of the company 58.com", described as "China’s largest online classifieds business", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a fine of £450,000 on Artemis Trustees Limited for "their failure to meet the minimum criteria for licensing".

Public Statement by the Jersey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a fine of £803,661 on IQ EQ (Jersey) Limited, formerly known as First Names (Jersey) Limited, for regulatory breaches.

Letter from Bruce McNaught requesting the removal of details of regulatory penalties imposed on him by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission on the basis that they have "expired".

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €11,000 on Bourse Pension Administrators (Malta) Limited.

U.S. funder Therium Litigation Finance has applied to wind up Ron Wahid's Cayman Islands firm Magellan Asset Finance for alleged failure to repay $8 million it borrowed to fund a lawsuit in Jersey by British designer Tatiana Golovina against Moscow-based Rusal, an aluminum producer founded by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

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.

Complaint "to collect unpaid federal civil penalty assessments and interest" from a "sophisticated taxpayer" who "established a maze of offshore entities to conceal his beneficial ownership of entities and foreign financial accounts holding millions of dollars", including those in the Bahamas, Guernsey, and Nevis, in USA v. Raymond Galliani, of Moraga, California, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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.

Summons With Notice alleging professional negligence and willful misconduct in Hunnewell Partners (BVI) Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands v. Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

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".

Sentencing for money laundering in The Attorney General of Jersey, in the Channel Islands v. Muhiddin Umurzokov, of Uzbekistan; Anvarjon Eshonkulov, of Uzbekistan, and Batsukh Bataa, of Mongolia, at the Royal Court of Jersey.

Complaint alleging securities fraud involving individuals and entities in or from Belize, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Cyprus, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Jersey, in the Channel Islands; Liechtenstein, Monaco, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and USA in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ronald Bauer, Craig James Auringer, Alon Friedlander, Massimilano Pozzoni, Daniel Mark Ferris, Petar Dmitrov Mihaylov, David Sidoo, and Adam Christopher Kambeitz at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €750 on Trireme Pension Services (Malta) Limited for a regulatory breach.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €11,000 on Dominion Fiduciary Services (Malta) Limited for a regulatory breach.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €6,950 on Aqua Trust Services Malta Limited for regulatory breaches.

Class Action Complaint in Boynton Beach Firefighters' Pension Fund v. Clarivate Plc, described as "an analytics company" that is domiciled in Jersey, in the Channel Islands, and based in London, England; Jerre Stead, and Richard Hanks at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud bleichmarin Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v. Clarivate Plc, described as "an information services and analytics company" domiciled in Jersey, in the Channel Islands, and based in London, England; Jerre Stead, Richard Hanks, Sheryl von Blucher, Kosty Gillis, Balakrishnan S. Iyer, Nicholas Macksey, Anthony Munk, Jane Okun Bomba, Charles J. Neral, Richard W. Roedel, Christine Archbold, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BofA Securities Inc., RBC Capital Markets LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., JPMorgan Securities LLC, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP at the U. s. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Nebahat Evyap İşbilen, described as the 76-year-old wife of an imprisoned former member of parliament in Turkey, is seeking discovery from 11 banks in New York for a civil lawsuit in London against entities in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, England, Jersey, and United Arab Emirates for an alleged £40 million-plus fraud.

Application by Nebahat Evyap İşbilen, described as a 76-year-old "Turkish national resident in the United Kingdom", to take discovery from Standard Chartered Bank, Citigroup Inc. d.b.a. Citibank; Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A., Goldman Sachs and Co., Bank of America N.A., Deutsche Bank A.G., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, HSBC Bank, Société Générale, and M&T Bank Corporation for use in legal proceedings in England against entities in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, England, Jersey, in the Channel Islands, and United Arab Emirates regarding "a multinational fraud committed against her by Mr. Selman Turk", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Star Charm Enterprises Limited in Zhang Chengfei, of Hong Kong v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Writ of Summons in Jameena Limited, of Jersey, in the Channels Islands, and Hassanco SA v. Gary Spiller, of Spain; Andrew Turner, Samuel Knowles, Conrad Nunez, Richard Niguid, Ricardo Fiorilli Lozano, and Michelle Baquit, all of France, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Twenty five years after OffshoreAlert exposed an estimated $1 billion fraud he oversaw with Goldman Sachs, 64-year-old British insurance boss Mark Cooke has been banned from Bermuda's insurance industry for his conduct regarding subsequent businesses whose owners have included entities in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, England, Guernsey, and USA.

Class Action Complaint in Kevin Parot v. Clarivate Plc, described as "an information services and analytics company" based in London, England, and domiciled in Jersey, in the Channel Islands; Jerre Stead, and Richard Hanks at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a fine of £196,000 and disqualification on Robert Archibald Gilchrist Sinclair.

Complaint in Ryan O'Dell v. Mimecast Limited, described as a Jersey, Channel Islands-domiciled, London-based company that "provides cloud security and risk management services for corporate information and email"; Peter Bauer, Aron Ain, Helene Auriol Potier, Alpna J. Doshi, Christopher Fitzgerald, Neil Murray, Robert P. Schechter, Hagi Schwartz, and Stephen Ward at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Guernsey-based corporate services provider Hansard Ltd. and five of its directors, including its chairman, Philip Blows, have been fined a total of £398,300 following an investigation in which the firm told its local regulator that 75% of its clients were "high-risk".

Public Statement by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed fines totaling £398,300 on Hansard Limited, Andrew Neil Parr, Alan Peter Northmore, Philip Clive Blows, David Samuel Lloyd, and Lynn Giovinazzi for regulatory breaches.

Chapter 11 Petition by Nordic Aviation Capital Designated Activity Company, of Ireland, part of a group that is "the world’s largest regional aircraft lessor and the sixth largest commercial aircraft lessor, offering leasing and lease management solutions to airlines and aircraft investors worldwide" and comprises companies in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Guernsey, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, and United States, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €2,500 on Zedra Malta Corporate Services for a regulatory breach.