China

Criminal Indictment alleging the defendants engaged in illegal intelligence activities on behalf of China in USA v. Shujun Wang, Jie Ji, Ming Li, and Keqing Lu at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint in Dagan Investments LLC v. First High-School Education Group Co. Ltd., described as a Cayman Islands company that "operates private high schools in Western China and provides for-profit tutoring services"; Shaowei Zhang, Lidong Zhu, Guangzhou Zhao, Yuanlin Hu, Longwater Topco B.V., EQT Mid Market Asia III Limited Partnership, EQT Mid Market Asia III GP B.V., EQT Fund Management S.À.R.L., Colleen A. De Vries, Cogency Global Inc., The Benchmark Company LLC, Valuable Capital Group Limited, TFI Securities and Futures Limited, AMTD Global Markets Limited, Maxim Group LLC, Boustead Securities LLC, FUTU Inc., US Tiger Securities Inc., and Fosun Hani Securities Limited at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Director Details for DD Global Holdings Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on May 9th, 2022.

Complaint "to recover so-called 'short-swing profits'" of $61 million in Canoo Inc., described as a Delaware-domiciled, California-based "startup American manufacturer of consumer and commercial electric vehicles founded in 2017" v. DD Global Holdings Ltd., described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, Hong Kong-based "owner of more than 10% of Canoo’s outstanding common shares", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Winding Up Petition in Blue Ocean Structure Investment Company Limited v. Global Cord Blood Corporation, described as a Hong Kong-based company that "carries on the business of the storage of umbilical cord blood stem cells principally in the People's Republic of China", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Consent Order imposing a civil penalty of $10 million on Samuel Reed regarding the operation of the BitMEX cryptocurrency trading platform in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. HDR Global Trading Limited, of the Seychelles; 100x Holdings Limited, of Bermuda; ABS Global Trading Limited, of Delaware; Shine Effort Inc. Limited, of Hong Kong; HDR Global Services (Bermuda) Limited, of Bermuda, all d.b.a. BitMEX; Arthur Hayes, described as a citizen of the United States residing in Hong Kong; Ben Peter Delo, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in Hong Kong, and Samuel Reed, described as a U.S. citizen who resided in Milwaukee, WI, and Boston, MA, during the relevant period, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Consent Order imposing a civil penalty of $10 million on Benjamin Delo regarding the operation of the BitMEX cryptocurrency trading platform in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. HDR Global Trading Limited, of the Seychelles; 100x Holdings Limited, of Bermuda; ABS Global Trading Limited, of Delaware; Shine Effort Inc. Limited, of Hong Kong; HDR Global Services (Bermuda) Limited, of Bermuda, all d.b.a. BitMEX; Arthur Hayes, described as a citizen of the United States residing in Hong Kong; Ben Peter Delo, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in Hong Kong, and Samuel Reed, described as a U.S. citizen who resided in Milwaukee, WI, and Boston, MA, during the relevant period, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Consent Order imposing a civil penalty of $10 million on Arthur Hayes regarding the operation of the BitMEX cryptocurrency trading platform in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. HDR Global Trading Limited, of the Seychelles; 100x Holdings Limited, of Bermuda; ABS Global Trading Limited, of Delaware; Shine Effort Inc. Limited, of Hong Kong; HDR Global Services (Bermuda) Limited, of Bermuda, all d.b.a. BitMEX; Arthur Hayes, described as a citizen of the United States residing in Hong Kong; Ben Peter Delo, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in Hong Kong, and Samuel Reed, described as a U.S. citizen who resided in Milwaukee, WI, and Boston, MA, during the relevant period, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Stop Notice by Blue Ocean Structure Investment Company Ltd. regarding shares in Global Cord Blood Corporation at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Stop Notice in Blue Ocean Creation Investment Hong Kong Ltd., of Hong Kong v. Blue Ocean Structure Investment Company Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Class Action Complaint alleging negligence regarding the theft by hacking of cryptocurrency worth $55 million in Christian Sarcuni, of Italy; Pedro Cunha, of Portugal; Alexander Lloyd, a citizen of Canada and the United Kingdom; Skliar Viktor, of Ukraine; Marc Simon, of France; Pilici Rustam, of Moldova; Daniel Lu, of China; Clément Ométek, of France; Edison Ho, a citizen of China residing in Hong Kong; Kiro Aleksandrov, of Bulgaria; Jonas Wernecke, of Germany; Paolo Leite, of Brazil; Miras Issakhov, of Kazakhstan, and Daniele Penna, of Italy v. bZx DAO, described as "a purported Decentralized Autonomous Organization that is a general partnership" based in San Diego, California; Kyle Kistner, of San Diego, California; Tom Bean, of Alpharetta, Georgia; Hashed International LLC, of Wyoming; AGE Crypto GP LLC, of Nevada; Ooki DAO, described as "a purported Decentralized Autonomous Organization that is a general partnership" based in San Diego, California; Leveragebox LLC, of Delaware, and bZeroX LLC, of Delaware, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Originating Application in SPA II Guangdong Ltd. and SPA II-A Guangdong Ltd., described as Cayman Islands-domiciled companies that are involved in "the investment in real property in People's Republic of China" v. Decent Management Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Winding Up Petition in IMG Media Limited, of London, England, described as being "part of the Endeavor Group, a global sports, events and talent management company" v. Suning Sports Group Limited, described as being "part of the Suning Group, a Chinese retail business", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application by Nathan Mills and Anita So Kit Yee, as the liquidators of City Legend International Limited (in Liquidation), at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Criminal Complaint alleging conspiracy to commit money laundering involving "transferring tremendous amounts of money, primarily to the People's Republic of China" in USA v. Yibin Tan and Jin Lian Chen at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 11 Petition by Formation Group (Cayman) Fund I LP, of the Cayman Islands, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California.

Petition in the matter of China Financial Leasing Group Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award in Apex Nevada Solar LLC, of Delaware v. Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co. Ltd., of China, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging securities fraud in Mark Dias, Shanghai Yonghua Capital Investment Management Co. Ltd., of China; Suzhou Quantong Medical Tech. Co. Ltd., of China; Powerful Anchor (Cayman) Limited, a Cayman Islands company based in Singapore, and Yongyun (Cayman) Limited, a Cayman Islands company based in China v. Spartan Micro Inc., Eric Stoppenhagen, and Thomas Gardner at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Originating Summons in Philip Yuen v. Aurabeat Technology International, of the Cayman Islands; Sze To Gin Nam, of Hong Kong, and Lo Shuk Yee, of Hong Kong, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint in Sabby Volatility Warrant Master Fund Ltd., of the Cayman Islands v. Canaan Inc., described as a Cayman Islands company based in Beijing, China, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Petition for the Court's sanction of a Scheme of Arrangement in the matter of Modern Land (China) Co. Limited, described as "the ultimate holding company of a group of companies ... that carries on the business of real estate investment and development in the People's Republic of China, which for the purpose of this petition does not include Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

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.

Writ of Summons in Asia Private Credit Fund Limited (in Official Liquidation) v. Barry Lau Wang Chi, of Hong Kong, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition in the matter of Aeso Holding Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Administrative Order by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission imposing a suspension on John William Gunn, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in Hong Kong.

Eight months after Cayman Islands judge Raj Parker allowed Obelisk Global Gold Focus Fund to continue operating even though it was insolvent, the Fund is being sued again, this time by another creditor - Hong Kong resident Eryi Xu - who claims she cannot redeem her $600,000 investment. The Fund's principals include Jazeb Jones, Winfield Sifton, and Matthew Ho.

Petition for the appointment of a Receiver in Eryi Xu, of Hong Kong v. Obelisk Global Fund SPC and Obelisk Global Gold Focus Fund at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition for the Court's sanction of a Scheme of Arrangement in the matter of Suchuang Gas Corporation, described as an "investment holding" company whose subsidiaries are involved with the "distribution and sale of piped natural gas, provision of natural gas transmission and acting as the main contractor of construction and installation of gas pipelines in the People's Republic of China", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition alleging "the Petitioner has justifiably lost all trust and confidence that the assets and affairs of the Company are being properly managed and mutual trust and confidence between the Petitioner and Genimous Group has irretrievably broken down" in Technology Investment Consortium LLC v. Position Mobile Ltd. SEZC, which "was formed to conduct development and commercialization of mobile internet products", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint involving allegations of fraud against David Chung in Elizabeth Y. Chung, of Clara County, California v. Chung Peng Chih-Mei, described as a citizen of China residing in Taiwan, and Intertrust (Bahamas) Limited, of the Bahamas, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Petition in Alpine Partners (BVI) LP v. New Frontier Health Corporation, described as "the operator of United Family Healthcare, a leading private healthcare provider offering comprehensive premium healthcare services in The People's Republic of China through a network of private hospitals and affiliated ambulatory clinics", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award in Zhongtie Dacheng (Zhuhai) Investment Management Co. Ltd., of China v. Jinggang Yan, of Orange County, California, at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Claim Form in Chen Changgai, of Fujian Province, China v. Gain Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and Siu Man Leung, of Hong Kong, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in Kenworth Industrial Limited, of Samoa v. Xin Gang Power Investments Limited, described as "the holding company of a Singapore-incorporated subsidiary, United Power Corporation (Singapore) Pte Ltd.", at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Temporary Restraining Order Application in Jet Experts LLC, described as a California company whose principal is Dr. Bruce Gillis, "a world-renowned doctor" v. Asian Pacific Aviation Limited, described as a British Virgin Islands company based in China, and TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc., of Utah, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Jet Experts LLC, described as a California company whose principal is Dr. Bruce Gillis, "a world-renowned doctor" v. Asian Pacific Aviation Limited, described as a British Virgin Islands company based in China, and TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc., of Utah, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Director Details for Tongfang Investment Fund Series SPC, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on March 25th, 2022.

Originating Application in Xinxing Pipes (Hong Kong) Co. Limited v. Gold Point Development Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Complaint alleging "Defendant Remington Chase and Defendant Kevin Robl engaged in a complex scheme to defraud their investors, claiming that the funds they raised would be used to finance film projects by Plaintiff Base Media Technology Group Limited, when in fact they were siphoning off most of the funds for their own use" in Base Media Technology Group Limited, of China v. Remington 'Bill' Chase, described as "a former child actor and well-known'“bridge financier'"; Kevin Robl, Production Capital Corp., Production Capital LLC, Production Capital Entertainment Inc., Production Capital LLC, Production Capital Legacy Partners LP, Friends of Production Capital, Friends of Production Capital II LLC, The Production House Ltd., Production House of Cinema Inc., Production House International LLC, Knightsbridge Entertainment, Inc., Chasing Air Inc., Base FXD ART Production LLC, of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates; Base FX Inc., and Base Productions Trinidad, of Trinidad and Tobago, at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Originating Summons in Hangzhou Lingqin Investment Partnership Enterprise v. Harneys Liquidation Services (Cayman) Limited and Harneys Fiduciary (Cayman) Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application in China Huarong International Holdings Limited v. State Path Capital Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in the matter of Tsinghua Alumni Capital at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Summons in Paramount Worldwide Investment Ltd. v. Fresh Express Delivery Holdings Group Co. Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Amended Winding Up Petition in CCB International Overseas Ltd., of Hong Kong v. Jian Ying Sample High Growth Investment Fund at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Director Details for Hover4pi Master Fund, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on March 14, 2022.

Director Details for Hover4pi Offshore Feeder Fund, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on March 14, 2022.

Director Details for Seahawk China Dynamic Fund, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on March 14, 2022.

In a petition to wind up Cayman Islands-domiciled Seahawk China Dynamic Fund, 31-year-old investment manager Hao Liang, a.k.a. Henry Liang, has been accused of self-dealing and dishonesty by fellow Hong Kong resident Lau Chun Shun, who says he invested HK$191 million in the Fund.

Petition to Compel Arbitration in Compañia Española de Petróleos SA, of Spain v. Chimbusco Pan Nation Petro-Chemical Co. Ltd., of Hong Kong, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.