Croatia

Application by SBK ART LLC to take discovery from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP "in connection with a proceeding in Malta and an anticipated action in the Netherlands or some other foreign court", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by SBK ART LLC to take discovery from Kroll LLC "in connection with a proceeding in Malta and an anticipated action in the Netherlands or some other foreign court", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by West African Mineral Trading Ltd., of Nigeria, and Tiberius Group AG, described as "an asset management and non-ferrous metal trading company based in Zug, Switzerland", to take discovery from Citibank N.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, HSBC Bank USA N.A., Bank of New York Mellon, UBS AG, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and Bank of America for use in legal proceedings in Croatia, Nigeria, and United Arab Emirates, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by SBK ART LLC, "which used to be a subsidiary of Sberbank of Russia, and which was acquired by Dubai businessman Saif Alketbi on October 31, 2022", to take discovery from Houlihan Lokey, described as a "Los Angeles-based global investment bank", for use in legal proceedings in Malta alleging that Open Pass Limited, described as a Malta-domiciled company whose "key ultimate owner ... is a Croatian tycoon, Mr. Pavao Vujnovac”, and the management of Fortenova Group, described as "a major food and retail company based in Zagreb, Croatia" that "has annual revenues that exceed 5 billion Euro and employs more than 40,000 people”, engaged in a scheme “to fraudulently remove SBK ART from its rightful ownership in the Fortenova Group", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citibank, N.A. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Croatia - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subject(s) for fraud".

Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint alleging crypto-based investment fraud, in Hrvoje Vejic, of Croatia v. Diana Herrera at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint in John Harney and DGF Investments Inc., of the British Virgin Islands, individually and derivatively on behalf of Layer1 Technologies Inc., described as "a cryptocurrency mining and technology company" whose "parent and sole stockholder" is Enigma Holding AG, of Switzerland, which has "subsidiaries in the United States, Switzerland, Croatia, and the Bahamas" v. Jakov Dolic and Tobias Ebel, Defendants, and Layer1 Technologies, Nominal Defendant, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Petition to Enforce Arbitration Award in MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc, of Hungary, described as "a vertically integrated oil and gas company with operations in several countries" v. The Republic of Croatia at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

List of Creditors of 'FTX Trading Ltd. et al' crypto group, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Judgment regarding the continuation of a freezing injunction against parties suspected of stealing digital assets in ChainSwap Limited, described as a British Virgin Islands company that "provides a service that allows cryptocurrency tokens to be transferred between different blockchains, known as a cross-chain bridge" v. The Owner of Digital Wallet 0X941A9E3B91E1CC015702B897C512D265FAE88A9, The Owner of Digital Wallet 0XEDA5066780DE29D00DFB54581A707EF6F52D8113, The Owner of Digital Wallet 0XB63F0D8B9AA0C4E68D5630F54BFEFC6CF2C2AD19, The Owner of Digital Wallet 0X196593ADE7CC7EDF18981C7A7DBC2E96000004FB, The Owner of Email Address trumanbroughton@gmail.com, and Other Persons Unknown at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Sixteen individuals and one company have been charged with securities fraud in New York regarding 'multiple schemes' that allegedly swindled more than $100 million from investors around the world. Those charged are from or operated in many onshore and offshore countries, including Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States.

Criminal Indictment alleging securities fraud and money laundering involving individuals or entities in or from the Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Croatia, Denmark, France, Hungary, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and USA in USA v. Julius Csurgo and Anthony Korculanic at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging securities fraud and money laundering involving individuals or entities in or from Antigua and Barbuda, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Croatia, Denmark, Monaco, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and USA in USA v. Ronald Bauer, Craig Auringer, Petar Mihaylov, and Daniel Ferris, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging securities fraud and money laundering involving individuals or entities in or from the Bahamas, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and USA in USA v. Curtis Lehner, Courtney Vasseur, Hasan Sario, and Domenic Calabrigo at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Roberto Ravano v. International Advisors and Consultants Limited, The Registrar of Corporate Affairs, and The Financial Secretary at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Decision Notice by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority cancelling the mutual fund registration of Balkan Investment Opportunity Fund. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert showed that Balkan Investment Opportunity Fund is based in Croatia and has a website at www.biof.biz, where its service providers are identified as Balkan Investment Management Limited, investment manager; Vrijednosnice Osijek d.o.o., administrator; Crowe Horwath Cayman Ltd., auditor; and Forbes Hare Trust Company Ltd., registered agent. The individuals identified on the website's 'Our Team' page are Alexander Hrkač, "Director - Fund Manager", and Adisa Balić, "Director - Risk Manager".

Plea Agreement and Factual Proffer for tax evasion and failure to report foreign bank accounts in Croatia, Germany, Serbia, and Switzerland in USA v. Dusko Bruer, described as "a Croatian national and naturalized citizen of the United States", at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Croatia by Jelena Kordic, as the Foreign Representative of Adria MM Productions Ltd., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Criminal Information alleging tax evasion and failure to report a Foreign Bank or Financial Account regarding accounts in Croatia, Germany, and Switzerland in USA v. Dusko Bruer at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

SEC's Motion for an Order Freezing and Repatriating Assets in the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Steve M. Bajic, Rajesh Taneja, Norfolk Heights Ltd., Fountain Drive Ltd., Island Fortune Global Ltd., Crystalmount Ltd., Wisdom Chain Ltd., SSID Ltd., Sure Mighty Ltd., Tamarind Investments Inc., Kenneth Ciapala, Anthony Killarney, BlackLight SA, Christopher Lee McKnight, and Aaron Dale Wise at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging securities fraud in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Steve M. Bajic, described as a dual citizen of Canada and Croatia; Rajesh Taneja, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Vietnam; Norfolk Heights Ltd., described as "a Seychelles company owned by a dual Mexican and Canadian citizen"; Fountain Drive Ltd., Island Fortune Global Ltd., Crystalmount Ltd., and Wisdom Chain Ltd., each described as "a Seychelles corporation with a registered address in Hong Kong"; SSID Ltd., of Hong Kong; Sure Mighty Ltd., described as "a Seychelles corporation owned by a Japanese citizen"; Tamarind Investments Inc., described as "an Anguillan corporation with registered addresses in Hong Kong and Thailand"; Kenneth Ciapala, described as "a citizen of Switzerland and the United Kingdom"; Anthony Killarney, described as "a citizen of the United Kingdom, a resident of Switzerland"; Blacklight SA, of Switzerland; Christopher Lee McKnight, of Canada, and Aaron Dale Wise, of Florida, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Croatia by Fabris Perusko, as the Foreign Representative of Agrokor d.d., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Liquidation Petition in Landmark Property Management S.A. v. Walford Assets Management Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in Landmark Property Management S.A. v. Walford Assets Management Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Ministry of Finance v. Adriatic Shipbrokers Ltd. - Bermuda Supreme Court

Claim Form in Landmark Property Management S.A. v. Walford Assets Management Limited, Matthew Hurley, Dominic Roberts, and Niall Brooks at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Asset Freezing Order in Landmark Property Management SA v. Walford Assets Management Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in Landmark Property Management SA v. Walford Assets Management Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Winding-Up Petition filed by Michael Edward George Saville In the Matter of UCF Fund Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

A breakdown by jurisdiction and amounts of accounts held at Stanford International Bank.

Croatia has requested information about companies in Delaware, Florida and Nevada as part of a criminal investigation into alleged fraud, conspiracy and money laundering.Details are contained in an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Croatia into Drago Macek, Goran Vukasovic, Ante Luetic, Mateo Tramontana, Ivica Donkov, Ivan Cesarec, Danijel Nikolic and Hrvoje Matovinovic for alleged fraud and money laundering involving Brodosplit-Brodogradiliste.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Slovak Republic into Vladimir Fruni, Frantisek Matik, Marian Sebescak and Anna Molcanova for alleged fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Spain into Benito Gallego Valladares and Mustapha El Abboubi for alleged money laundering and narcotics trafficking.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Croatia into Nikica Jelavic for allegedly committing several offenses, including murder, attempted murder and extortion.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner for a criminal investigation in South Africa into Dr. Wouter Basson for alleged fraud, murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, possession of prohibited substances (Cocaine, Mandrax and Ecstasy) and "defeating the ends of Justice".

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Magda Medina Perez for alleged forgery and money laundering.