China

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding an unidentified company in Zhiqian Peng and Lihao Peng, as Administrators of the Estate of Sujuan Li, of China v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Complaint alleging fraud in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Luckin Coffee Inc., described as "a retail coffee provider incorporated in the Cayman Islands with its principal place of business in the Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian, China" and whose securities are listed on NASDAQ, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Consent Motion for Entry of Final Judgment requiring the payment of a civil penalty of $180 million in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Luckin Coffee Inc., of the Cayman Islands, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition for Scheme of Arrangement in the matter of Freeman FinTech Corporation Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition in Toridoll Holdings Corporation, of Japan v. Toridoll and Heyi Group Company Limited, which "engages in the business of establishing, operating and managing a chain of stores and restaurants" in China, Hong Kong, and Singapore, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application in the matter of Wenxiang International Investment Group Co. Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application in Zhang Rui Kang and Le Huan-Hsin v. Tunghsu Venus Holdings Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Petition for the Issuance of a Subpoena in VXI Lux Holdco Sarl, of Luxembourg v. Bain Capital LP for use in legal proceedings in New York, filed at the Superior Court for New Castle County, Delaware.

Petition for the Issuance of a Subpoena in VXI Lux Holdco Sarl, of Luxembourg v. Bain Capital Investors LLC for use in legal proceedings in New York, filed at the Superior Court for New Castle County, Delaware.

Petition for the Issuance of a Subpoena in VXI Lux Holdco Sarl, of Luxembourg v. Bain Capital Private Equity LP, formerly known as Bain Capital LLC, for use in legal proceedings in New York, filed at the Superior Court for New Castle County, Delaware.

Petition to "Initiate A Determination That Certain FISA Surveillance Was Lawfully Authorized And Conducted" in USA v. China Telecom (Americas) Corporation, which is described on its website as "the largest foreign subsidiary of China Telecom Corporation", at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the British Virgin Islands by Xing Guan, of China, as the Foreign Representative of Rock International Investment Inc., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Class Action Complaint alleging fraud in Ed J. Hershewe v. JOYY Inc., formerly known as YY Inc., described as a Cayman Islands company based in China whose shares are listed on NASDAQ; David Xueling Li, Bing Jin, and Eric He at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by Evenstar Master Fund SPC and Evenstar Special Situations Limited, both of the Cayman Islands, to take discovery from Upsky Lighthouse Hotel LLC, Upsky SF Airport Hotel LLC, Upsky US Holdings Ltd., and Best Fang Holdings LLC for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Evenstar Master Fund SPC and Evenstar Special Situations Limited, both of the Cayman Islands, to take discovery from Upsky Long Island Hotel LLC for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Cayman Islands-domiciled cryptocurrency exchange Binance Holdings is suing U.S.-based news provider Forbes and two of its reporters for defamation over a recent article headlined "Leaked 'Tai Chi' Document Reveals Binance's Elaborate Scheme To Evade Bitcoin Regulators".

Director Details for Binance Holdings Limited obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on November 19th, 2020.

Application by Evenstar Master Fund SPC, for and on behalf of Evenstar Master Sub-Fund I Segregated Portfolio, and Evenstar Special Situations Limited to take discovery from Jing Cao, Research Center on Natural Conservation Inc., New York Military Academy, Wall Street Global Training Center Inc., and Best Work Holdings (New York) LLC for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Leung Tat Bor v. Eight Mile Investments Limited, The Registrar of Corporate Affairs, and The Financial Secretary at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in the matter of NewMargin Fund Management Company Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Class Action Complaint in Laura Ciccarello v. Alibaba Group Holding Limited, described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled "online and mobile commerce company" whose securities are listed on the New York Stock Exchange; Daniel Zhang, and Maggie Wu at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Winding Up Petition in Evenstar Master Fund SPC, on behalf of Evenstar Master Sub-Fund I Segregated Portfolio, and Evenstar Special Situations Limited v. Vincent Tianquan Mo and Fang Holdings Limited, described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, China-based company that "holds itself out as conducting the largest real estate internet listing and search portal in the PRC named Fangtianxia" and whose securities are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by IsZo Capital LP, of Delaware, to take discovery from Peter R. Kellogg, described as "a shareholder and independent director of Nam Tai Property, Inc.", for use in "a trial scheduled for January 2021 in the British Virgin Islands" in IsZo Capital LP v. Nam Tai Property Inc., of the British Virgin Islands; Greater Sail Limited, described as a British Virgin Islands-domiciled wholly-owned subsidiary of Cayman Islands-domiciled Kaisa Group Holdings Limited, and West Ridge Investment Company Limited, of Hong Kong, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Petition in the matter of 58.com Inc., which "operates online platforms for classified advertisements in the People's Republic of China via website and mobile platforms, including across the real estate, jobs and automotive sectors", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Nordic Trustee AS, formerly known as Nordic Trustee ASA, of Norway v. Greka Exploration and Production Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint for $1.6 million allegedly owed under a "Finders' Agreement" for introducing investors to an "EB-5 Visa Program" aimed at "foreign investors in China" in Worldway International Investment Holdings Limited, of the British Virgin Islands v. Advanced BioEnergy LP, of California; California Energy Investment Center LLC, of California, and Aemetis Inc., of Nevada, at the Superior Court of California, County of Fresno.

Petition seeking the Court's sanction for a Scheme of Arrangement in the matter of CIMC-TianDa Holdings Company Limited, a Cayman Islands company based in China, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding a Scheme of Arrangement in the matter of Rock International Investment Inc. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Decision by the National Futures Authority imposing a permanent ban on Dafex Global Ltd., of Colorado, described as "a former NFA Member and current CFTC-registered commodity pool operator and commodity trading advisor that operates mainly from Malaysia", for "engaging in a deceitful course of conduct to obtain NFA membership and CFTC registration and willfully submitting misleading information to NFA". Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert showed that Dafex Global Ltd. has an affiliate with the same name in England and Wales, where Companies House records identify its sole director as Nithyanandan Pushparaja, a citizen and resident of Malaysia who is also the registered agent for the Colorado company, and a former director as Enhe Wang, a citizen and resident of China, who resigned on March 23rd, 2020.

Originating Application in the matter of Crimson Capital China Inc. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Criminal Complaint alleging an $8.2 million wine-based investment fraud involving Bordeaux Cellars Limited and Bordeaux Cellars London Ltd., of Hong Kong and England, respectively, in USA v. Stephen Burton and James Wellesley at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Claim Form in Liandong (Hainan) E-Sports Co., Ltd., of China v. "A", described as "an unknown person controlling a cryptocurrency wallet", and Tether International Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Amended Fixed Date Claim Form in Chao-Hsiou Lin v. Achieva Overseas Corporation and The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Petition for the Court to sanction a Scheme of Arrangement in the matter of TEM Holdings Limited, described as the "investment holding company" for a group that is "principally engaged in the manufacture and sale of wire/cable harnesses and power supply cords assembled products, with its manufacturing operations in Malaysia and the People's Republic of China, and trading of terminals, connectors and others", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint alleging fraud by a "cryptocurrency exchange" in Jia Li, of China, and David Hsiao, of California v. GBM Foundation Company Ltd., d.b.a. BitMart, described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, New Jersey-based "cryptocurrency exchange", at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Chapter 11 Petition by Genever Holdings LLC, described as a subsidiary of British Virgin Islands-domiciled Genever Holdings Corporation and "the owner of the entire 18th Floor Apartment and auxiliary units in The Sherry-Netherland Hotel located at 781 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10022", at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Editor's Note: In its petition, Genever Holdings stated that, since 2017, it has been litigating with Miles Kwok, who was described as "a prominent real estate investor and businessman in China before a host of financial and legal troubles with the Communist Ruling Party forced him to leave the country. Mr. Kwok is currently seeking political asylum in the United States amidst false corruption charges lodged by the Chinese government."

Criminal Information alleging conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act regarding lobbying the U.S. Government "to drop or otherwise favorably resolve its matters against Foreign National A for his role in the embezzlement of billions of dollars from 1 Malaysia Development Berhad" and, separately, "to arrange for the removal and return of People's Republic of China National A - a citizen of the PRC living in the United States - all on behalf of Foreign National A" in USA v. Elliott Broidy at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Winding Up Petition in Hupo Harmony Capital RRC Limited v. Renrenche Internet Technology Inc., described as a China-based operator of "a peer-to-peer second-hand car online trading platform", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition in BCSEAL Ltd., of North Yorkshire, England v. Oriental Dragon Corporation at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by SIC Holdings LLC, of Nevada, to take discovery from Bain Capital LP for use in legal proceedings in New York alleging fraud brought by VXI Lux Holdco Sarl, of Luxembourg, against SIC Holdings LLC, Symbio Investment Corp., of the British Virgin Islands; Flanderit Holding AB, of Sweden; CapMan Equity VII A LP, CapMan Equity VII C LP, CapMan Equity Sweden KB, Maneq 2005 AB, all of Finland; Financial Technology Ventures II (Q) LP, Financial Technology Ventures II LP, both of Delaware; Actua Holdings Inc., formerly known as ICG Holdings Inc., of Delaware; Landtek Corporation, of the British Virgin Islands; Treasure High Holdings, of the British Virgin Islands; Waterton Resources Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; University Ventures Inc., of Taiwan; Randy Lee, of California; Ethos Technologies Holding Ltd., of Delaware; Joning Ta, South China (Jersey) Holdings Limited, of Jersey, in the Channel Islands; Graham Bolton, of China; Michael Keating, of North Carolina; Jean Cholka, of Maine; James Reesing, of Ohio; Paul Machle, of California; Bo Huang, of China; Gagandeep Singh, John Wagster, of Tennessee; Big Bend XI Investments LP, of Texas; Anthony Massa, Deborah Baldini, of California; Susan Kirchhoff, Jacob Hsu, of California, and Qing Lu, of California, filed at the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara.

Application by SIC Holdings LLC, of Nevada, to take discovery from Frank Yao, described as "Operating Partner" of Bain Capital LP, for use in legal proceedings in New York alleging fraud brought by VXI Lux Holdco Sarl, of Luxembourg, against SIC Holdings LLC, Symbio Investment Corp., of the British Virgin Islands; Flanderit Holding AB, of Sweden; CapMan Equity VII A LP, CapMan Equity VII C LP, CapMan Equity Sweden KB, Maneq 2005 AB, all of Finland; Financial Technology Ventures II (Q) LP, Financial Technology Ventures II LP, both of Delaware; Actua Holdings Inc., formerly known as ICG Holdings Inc., of Delaware; Landtek Corporation, of the British Virgin Islands; Treasure High Holdings, of the British Virgin Islands; Waterton Resources Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; University Ventures Inc., of Taiwan; Randy Lee, of California; Ethos Technologies Holding Ltd., of Delaware; Joning Ta, South China (Jersey) Holdings Limited, of Jersey, in the Channel Islands; Graham Bolton, of China; Michael Keating, of North Carolina; Jean Cholka, of Maine; James Reesing, of Ohio; Paul Machle, of California; Bo Huang, of China; Gagandeep Singh, John Wagster, of Tennessee; Big Bend XI Investments LP, of Texas; Anthony Massa, Deborah Baldini, of California; Susan Kirchhoff, Jacob Hsu, of California, and Qing Lu, of California, filed at the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in Allon Yaroni v. Pintec Technology Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands company based in China whose securities are listed on NASDAQ; Wei Wei, Steven Yuan Ning Sim, Jun Dong, Jing Zhou, Xiaomei Peng, Chao Zhou, Feng Hong, Jiacheng Liu, Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Winding Up Petition alleging insolvency in Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited, of China v. Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, a.k.a. Yingli Solar, of the Cayman Islands, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in Harinath Nampally v. Baidu Inc., a Cayman Islands company based in China; Robin Yanhong Li, Herman Cheng-Chun Yu, and Jennifer Xinzhe Li at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Complaint regarding "Defendants' prosecution of an unprecedented, unbounded, and unlimited trade war impacting over $500 billion in imports from the People's Republic of China" in Chemical Specialty Group Inc., Chemical Specialty Group Inc., C7 Global LLC, Caribbean Commodity Trading LLC, CCMA, LLC, Cellular Masters Inc., d.b.a. FIFO Wireless; Charles Leonard National, Inc., Charles Leonard, Inc., CM International Industries Corp, Components on Demand, Inc., Conros Corporation , and Co-Operative Feed Dealers Inc. v. USA, Office of the United States Trade Representative, Robert E. Lighthizer, U.S. Trade Representative; U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Mark A. Morgan, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner, at the United States Court of International Trade.

Application by Telehealth Products Corporation Ltd., of Hong Kong, to take discovery from C&A Marketing Inc., of New Jersey, for use in legal proceedings in China, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Complaint alleging "blatant violation of its contractual duty to provide $10 million in financing for the film Kung Fury 2" in Kung Fury 2 Europe UG, of Germany v. Creasun Entertainment USA Inc. and Minglu Ma at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles.

Complaint to Forfeit regarding "an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of a scheme by North Korean banks sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to launder U.S. dollars through the United States on behalf of sanctioned entities in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" in USA v. $429,900 of Blocked Funds Associated With Ryer International Trading Ltd., described as a Hong Kong-domiciled, China-based company; $501,771 of Funds Associated With An EB-5 Account, and $24,209.85 of Funds Associated With Tang Xin and Li Xichun at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in Robert Solis v. LexinFintech Holdings, Ltd., a Cayman Islands-domiciled, China-based company whose shares are listed on NASDAQ and which "purports to operate as an online consumer finance platform for young professionals in the People's Republic of China"; Jay Wenjie Xiao, and Craig Yan Zeng at the U. S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

Originating Application in the matter of China Innovation Capital Partners LP at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.