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Director Details for Cithara Global Multi-Strategy SPC, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on November 17th, 2022.

Application by Hangzhou Biaoba Trading Co. Ltd. to take discovery from Credit Suisse AG, Bank of America N.A., and China CITIC Bank International Ltd., New York Branch, for use in legal proceedings in England "against Kei Kin Hung and Beijing Sparkle Investment Co., Ltd. for the enforcement and recognition of a foreign judgment and for the issuance of a Freeze and Disclosure Order", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition in the matter of China Binary New Fintech Group at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Director Details for Logan Group Company Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on November 8th, 2022.

Petition to reduce share capital in the matter of China Silver Technology Holdings Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition in Citicorp International Limited, of Hong Kong v. Logan Group Company Limited, formerly Logan Property Holdings Company Limited, described as "the holding company of a corporate group" that is "principally engaged in property development, property investment, construction and decoration and primary land development, extensively focusing on the residential property market in the Guangdong-Hong Kong SAR-Macau Greater Bay Area in the People's Republic of China", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Director Details for Jutal Offshore Oil Services Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on November 7th, 2022.

Director Details for SPI Energy Co. Ltd., obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on November 4th, 2022.

Petition to Confirm Arbitral Awards in SinSin Europe Solar Asset Limited Partnership and SinSin Solar Capital Limited Partnership, described as Cayman Islands-domiciled "investment vehicles co-owned by two Chinese state-owned entities, namely Xingxing Cathay International Group Co. Ltd and China Railway Trust Co. Ltd." v. SPI Energy Co. Ltd., described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, California-based "global provider of photovoltaic solutions which is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Notice of Originating Motion to Appoint Inspectors in Sanju Environment Protection (Hong Kong) Limited, of Hong Kong v. Jutal Offshore Oil Services Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Defendant's unopposed administrative motion for issuance of letter of request for International Judicial Assistance from Telegram Messenger Inc., described as "cloud-based instant messaging service", in the British Virgin Islands and Tencent Holdings Ltd., described as an "internet technology company", in China in Maximilian Klein et al v. Meta Platforms Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Non-Party New Wave MMXV Limited's Motion to Quash Subpoena regarding discovery for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands in Oasis Focus Fund LP v. New Wave MMXV Ltd., described as "a China-based holding company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Petition in the matter of Energy International Investments Holdings Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Corporate Report for Vantage Global Prime Pty Ltd., obtained from the Australian Securities & Investments Commission on October 25th, 2022.

The Vantage forex brokerage group that comprises entities in Australia, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, and Vanuatu is about to lose its financial license in Vanuatu for alleged fraud.

Complaint "to remedy" an alleged attempt by Chinese businessman Ho Wan Kwok, a.k.a. Guo Wengui, "to use subterfuge to keep valuable property out of the reach of creditors" in Luc A. Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok v. Bravo Luck Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and Qiang Guo at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint "to remedy" an alleged attempt by Chinese businessman Ho Wan Kwok, a.k.a. Guo Wengui, "to use subterfuge to keep valuable property out of the reach of creditors" in Genever Holdings LLC v. Bravo Luck Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Originating Application in Cithara Global Multi-Strategy SPC, on behalf of Bosideng Industry Investment Fund v. Haimen Zhongnan Investment Development (International) Co. Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Director Details for Global Cord Blood Corporation, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on October 10th, 2022.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Margot MacInnis, John Royle, and Chow Tsz Nga Georgia, as the Foreign Representatives of Global Cord Blood Corporation, described as "a holding company that wholly owns certain companies that conduct the business of storing umbilical cord blood, mainly to enable parents to preserve their children’s stem cells", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Claim Form in Qu Haiping, of China v. Window of Trade International Limited, Wu Wei, and Trident Trust (BVI) Limited, as registered agent of the first defendant, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Director Details for Bo Run SPC, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on October 5th, 2022.

Director Details for Brimstone Consulting Company Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on October 5th, 2022.

Director Details for Brimstone SPC, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on October 5th, 2022.

Writ of Summons in Ren CI and Daoyi Holding Limited v. Nebula (Cayman) Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Chang Shuai, of China; Wang Yanzhi, of China; Zhang Fan, of China; Hu Hao, of China; Jiang Yameng, of China; Man Ho Kee Harry, of Hong Kong; LCA Ninja Pte. Ltd., of Singapore; Matrix Partners China VI Hong Kong Limited, of Hong Kong, and Alpha Startup Fund LP, of the Cayman Islands, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Alexander Lawson, of Alvarez & Marsal, as the Foreign Representative of E-House (China) Enterprise Holdings Limited, described as "the ultimate holding company" of a group whose "primary business is real estate agency services in the primary market in the People’s Republic of China, real estate data and consulting services, and real estate brokerage network services", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Ex Tempore Ruling for the appointment of Provisional Liquidators "to prevent mismanagement or misconduct or dissipation or misuse of assets" in Blue Ocean Structure Investment Company Ltd. v. Global Cord Blood Corporation at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint for $7 million share of a $14 million whistleblower reward alleging unjust enrichment and breach of fiduciary duty in Kevin Barnes v. Carson Block and Muddy Waters LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint in Nancy Maeshiro v. Yatsen Holding Limited, described as "a China-based holding company engaged in the production and sale of cosmetics and skincare products"; Jinfeng Huang, Yuwen Chen, Jianhua Lyu, Donghao Yang, Sidney Xuande Huang, Bonnie Yi Zhang, Colleen A. DeVries, Cogency Global Inc., Hillhouse Capital, Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, China Renaissance Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, FUTU Inc., and Tiger Brokers (NZ) Limited at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint "to recover damages caused by Defendants' common law fraud and statutory violations of the federal securities laws as well as breaches of contract" in Hexin Global Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and Viner Total Investments Fund, described as a Cayman Islands entity based in Hong Kong v. Singularity Future Technology Ltd., formerly Sino-Global Shipping America Ltd.; Yang 'Leo' Jie, described as an alleged "fugitive wanted by Chinese law enforcement officials for perpetrating a $300 million Ponzi scheme"; Jing 'Angela' Shan, Tuo 'Tina' Pan, and Lei Cao at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition for the Court's Sanction of a Scheme of Arrangement to privatize a publicly-listed company in the matter of China Binary New Fintech Group at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition to Appoint Receivers in Brimstone SPC v. China Stable Income Fund SP2, described as an "insolvent" segregated portfolio of Brimstone SPC, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by China Financial Services Holdings Ltd., of Hong Kong, to take discovery from Citibank N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, Société Générale, New York Branch; HSBC Bank USA, N.A., BNP Paribas USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Well Fargo Bank, N.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas, UBS AG, Bank of America, N.A., Bank of China, New York Branch; Standard Chartered Bank US, and Commerzbank AG, New York Branch, for use in legal proceedings in Hong Kong against Luo Rui and Guan Zueling, a.k.a. Guan Xue Ling, alleging fraud that caused losses totaling RMB1.37 billion ($198 million), filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Winding Up Petition in Shenwan Hongyuan Strategic Investments (H.K.) Ltd., of Hong Kong v. Shinsun Holdings (Group) Co. Ltd., whose "principal business includes developing and selling properties in the People's Republic of China, through property development, property leasing, hotel operations, and provision of property management services", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by Sailed Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. to take discovery from Amazon.com Inc. and Amazon.com Services LLC for use in legal proceedings "in the Nanjing Intellectual Property Court" in China "alleging that Amazon Echo series products, Fire series products, and Fire tablets infringe one or more Sailed patents", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

The U.S. has filed a forfeiture complaint against crypto that allegedly came from a $2 million investment fraud committed by three citizens or residents of Hong Kong, Myanmar, and Singapore - Wing San Tse, Zin Ko Oo, and Shen Chee Kok - against a financial advisor in California and his family via an allegedly fraudulent investment platform called RiotX using an "emerging fraud" technique known as "Pig Butchering".

Forfeiture Complaint regarding "the theft of more than $2 million in cryptocurrency by Zin Ko Oo [a 30-year-old citizen of Myanmar], Wing San Tse [a 33-year-old resident of Hong Kong], Shen Chee Kok [a 34-year-old citizen of Singapore], and potentially others through a wire fraud scheme affecting multiple victims" in USA v. Approximately 503,349.86 Tether, 1,379,999 Cardano, and 163,118 Binance USD formerly held in accounts at cryptocurrency exchange Binance at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Director Details for CBC Group Investment Management Ltd., obtained form the Cayman Islands General Registry on September 6th, 2022.

Director Details for Adcentrx Therapeutics Cayman Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on September 6, 2022.

Originating Application in the matter of YSPay Network (China) Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Director Details for Redsun Properties Group Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on September 5th, 2022.

Application by Beijing TrueLake Culture Development Ltd., described as a Chinese company that "publishes and distributes audiobooks for the Chinese language market", to take discovery from NetEase, Inc., described as "a Chinese Internet technology company that develops and operates online PC and mobile games, applications, advertising services, email services and e-commerce platforms in China", for use in "copyright infringement proceedings in China against two companies: Hangzhou Ledu Technology Co. Ltd. and Hangzhou NetEase Cloud Music Technology Co. Ltd.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint for $63 million alleging breach of contract in BFAM Asian Opportunities Master Fund LP, of the Cayman Islands v. Hong Seng Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Hong Yang Group Company Limited, of Hong Kong, and Redsun Properties Group (Holdings) Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, at the Supreme Court of New York, County of New York.

Petition for the Court's sanction of a Scheme of Arrangement in the matter of China VAST Industrial Urban Development Company Limited, based in Hong Kong, described as being "principally engaged in the business of (a) planning, development and operation of large-scale industrial towns, (b) property development, and (c) property leasing" in China, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Director Details for NIO Inc., obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on August 26th, 2022.

Class Action Complaint in Ryan McCormack v. Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd., Changlin Liang, Le Yu, Yi Ding, Eric Chi Zhang, Weili Hong, Philip Wai Lap Leung, Colleen A. DeVries, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, BofA Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Mission Capital Management Limited, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Futu Inc., Tiger Brokers (NZ) Limited, and Cogency Global Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in Teddy J. Saye v. NIO Inc., described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, China-based company that "designs, develops, manufactures, and sells smart electric vehicles"; Bin Li, and Wei Feng at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Originating Summons seeking an order requiring the defendants to produce evidence for U.S. legal proceedings in Sorrento Therapeutics Inc., of Delaware, and Levana Suzhou Biopharma Co. Ltd., of China v. CBC Group Investment Management Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Search Report & Director Details for MINISO Group Holding Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on August 17th, 2022.