Dominican Republic

Petition to Vacate Arbitral Award in the Dominican Republic v. Michael Anthony Lee-Chin:, described as a citizen of Canada and Jamaica who "claims to own, through a series of companies incorporated in Panama and the Dominican Republic, 90% of Dominican company Lajun Corporation, S.R.L.", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Celtic Sea Holding Ltd., owner of "a boat called the Marusia", in Gustavo Manuel Martinez Garcia, of the Dominican Republic v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Caribbean Escape Holdings Ltd. in Swanfield Investments Ltd. v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Lady Rose Investments Corp. in Janetty Mercedes Rivera Torres de Mejia v. Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Chrono Time Corporation in Janetty Mercedes Rivera Torres de Mejia v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Heaven Winds Industries Inc. in Eduardo Najri, of the Dominican Republic v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

The U.S. SEC has filed a complaint against 18 individuals and entities in or from Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Nevis, United Kingdom, and United States for their alleged participation in a 'hacking and securities fraud scheme', with some of the conduct allegedly concealed through offshore accounts in the Bahamas, Belize, Switzerland, and U.K.

Complaint alleging hacking and securities fraud in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Rahim Mohamed, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Canada and the Cayman Islands; Davies Wong, described as a citizen and resident of Canada; Glenn B. Laken, described as a resident of Chicago, Illinois; Richard C. S. Tang, described as a citizen and resident of Canada; Zoltan Nagy, described as a citizen and resident of Canada; Jeffrey D. Cox, a citizen and resident of Canada; Phillip G. Sewell, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in Canada; Breanne M. Wong, described as a citizen and resident of Canada; Christophe Merani, described as a resident of Illinois, USA; Anna Tang, described as a citizen and resident of Canada; Robert W. Seeley, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Dominican Republic; Richard B. Smith, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Dominican Republic; Christopher R. Smith, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Dominican Republic; H.E. Capital SA, described as a Nevis-domiciled company based in the Dominican Republic; Pop Holdings Ltd., described as a Nevis-domiciled company based in the Dominican Republic; Maximum Ventures Holdings LLC, Harmony Ridge Corp., and Avatele Group LLC, as Defendants, and 9224-3708 Quebec Inc., a.k.a. Distributions Bano, and Jason Black, as Relief Defendants, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Application for a Temporary Restraining Order regarding an alleged securities fraud involving individuals and entities in or from the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and USA in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Domenic Calabrigo, Curtis Lehner, Hasan Sario, and Courtney Vasseur at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging securities fraud involving individuals and entities in or from the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and USA in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Domenic Calabrigo, Curtis Lehner, Hasan Sario, and Courtney Vasseur at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Wispa Ltd. & Buldy Ltd. in Giuseppe Bonarelli Pascale, of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Masque Ltd. and Myport Investments Limited in Pier Bonarelli Schiffino, of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic v. BVI Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Petition to Quash Summons regarding a tax investigation by Spain in Juan Ramon Gomis Rabassa, described as a citizen and resident of the Dominican Republic v. USA, IRS, and Banco de Sabadell SA at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint alleging securities fraud involving a "prime bank" scheme and entities in the Dominican Republic, Panama, United Kingdom, and USA in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Howard Kleyman, described as a lawyer in Minnesota at the timeof the alleged offense, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Granta Overseas Corp. in Jose Emeterio Hazim Frappier, of the Dominican Republic v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Petition to Confirm In Part and Set Aside In Part An Arbitral Award regarding "a contract between Dominicana Renovables and the Dominican Republic to develop and operate a wind energy complex in a remote area in the Dominican Republic" known as "the “Isabela Wind Energy Complex", in Dominicana Renovables SL v. Dominican Republic at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Ikana Holdings S. de R.L., of Panama, and Consorcio Energetico Punta Cana-Macao S.A., of the Dominican Republic, to take discovery from Darby Overseas Investments, Ltd., of Delaware, for use in legal proceedings in the British Virgin Islands against Putney Capital Management Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Basic Energy (BVI) Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, and Snapper Investments Inc., of the Bahamas, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by Ikana Holdings S. de R.L., of Panama, and Consorcio Energetico Punta Cana-Macao, S.A., of the Dominican Republic, to take discovery from Cobaltum Partners, LLC for use in legal proceedings in the British Virgin Islands, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Henrique Rodriguez Guillen to take discovery from Bank of America and The Northern Trust International Banking Corporation for use in "contemplated civil and criminal proceedings in the Dominican Republic and Barbados" involving HES (Caribbean) International Holdings, SRL, of Barbados, and allegations of "fraud and money laundering", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by HES (Caribbean) International Holdings SRL, of Barbados, to take discovery from The Northern Trust International Banking Corporation regarding Henrique Rodriguez Guillén, a citizen of Venezuela, for use in "contemplated civil and criminal proceedings in the Dominican Republic and Barbados", filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Claim Form for damages of $53 million in Ikana Holdings, S. de R.L., of Panama, and Consorcio Energetico Punta Cana-Macao, SA, of the Dominican Republic v. Putney Capital Management Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Basic Energy (BVI) Ltd., now known as Haina Energy Holdings II, of the BVI, and Snapper Investments, Inc., of the Bahamas, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Reinach Trade Inc. in Manuel Antonio Garcia Arevalo, of the Dominican Republic v. Myrna Herbert, as the Registrar of Companies, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Florencia Industries Inc. in Larissa Llinas Florentino, of the Dominican Republic v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Worldwide Business Corp. in Pedro Jose Purcell Vega v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Companies in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands and Brazil that belong to the insolvent conglomerate Odebrecht Group at the heart of a Brazilian bribery scandal have applied for Chapter 15 recognition at federal bankruptcy court in New York.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Dutrey Limited in Luis Fernando Gutierrez, of the Dominican Republic v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Hurst Green Limited in Luis Garcia Crespo v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Guillermo Capeans, as a former director of Arner Securities Inc., v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs and The Financial Services Commission at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Winding Up Petition in Brian Glasgow, as Bankruptcy Trustee of the State of Harlequin Property (SVG) Limited v. Harlequin Hotels and Resorts Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Rosa Milagros Abreu v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs and The Financial Services Commission at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Antonio Espaillat v. BVI Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Elena Maria Street Mascaro De Lopez v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs and The Financial Secretary at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Criminal Complaint in USA v. John W. Ashe, Francis Lorenzo, Ng Lap Seng, a.k.a. David Ng; Jeff C. Yin, a.k.a. Yin Chuan; Shiwei Yan, a.k.a. Sheri Yan; and Heidi Hong Piao, a.k.a. Heidi Park at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Verdmont Capital's opposition to SEC's asset freeze application in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Caledonian Bank Ltd., Caledonian Securities Ltd., Clear Water Securities, Inc., Legacy Global Markets S.A. and Verdmont Capital S.A. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Spain - for a criminal investigation into Juan Vincente Ferri Guardiola, Jose Salvador Baldo Llorens, Roberto Lopez Abad, and Daniel Gil Mallebrera for suspected misappropriation of the proceeds of a trust and money laundering.

Claim Form in Ramon Baez Romano v. Bearpark International Ltd., Ramon Caceres Troncoso, and Troncoso & Caceres Abogados at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Writ of Summons in Emerald Isles of the Caribbean Ltd. v. Yesenia Lopez, Jose Rojas, and Ramona Peralta at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Netherlands - for a criminal investigation into suspected money laundering by Silverio Mesa Beltre, C. Peralta Castillo, W. M. Rodriguez Peralta, and others. This case was unsealed on January 15, 2013.

Writ of Summons in Century 21 of the Caribbean v. Century 21 Norte Real Estate, Yesenia Lopez, Joe Rojas, and Ramona Peralta of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Criminal Complaint alleged international telemarketing fraud and money laundering in USA v. Mike Mouyal, a Canadian national a.k.a. Michael Mouyal, a.k.a. Michael Cohen, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Request from Turkey for Judicial Assistance for a fraud investigation into Juan Francisco Sanchez, Jokayra Mateo Urena and Danna Ramirez Mateo.

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

Litigation that has been taking place in Florida over the last 22 months on behalf of victims of various get rich quick investment schemes that substantially targeted Jamaican nationals or their descendants in the Caribbean and the United States is

ARGENTINA & VENEZUELA Extradition for Antonini WilsonGuido Alejandro Antonini Wilson, a Venezuelan US entrepreneur involved in the so called "suitcase scandal", may still be extradited to Argentina to stand trial for smuggling and money laundering, according to Assistant US Attorney

Latin America Round-Up: BOLIVIA: Phony Phone Cards Come to Bolivia; CENTRAL AMERICA: Gangs and Corruption; COLOMBIA & VENEZUELA: Colombia Threatens to Denounce Venezuela; THE CARIBBEAN: Crime Wave; PANAMA: Drug Bust; PERU & VENEZUELA: Funds for Covert Meddling?; REGIONAL: 11 out of 20 countries cited for involement in narcotics trafficking.

Two companies that at one time or another have been controlled by imprisoned offshore fraudster Terry Neal are plaintiff and defendant in litigation filed recently in the United States.One of them, Crowne Gold Inc., claims that the other, Nevis American Trust Company Ltd., was involved in a conspiracy to defraud it of at least US$2.5 million.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Germany into Hans-Jurgen Kliebenstein for alleged tax evasion.

BRAZIL Complicated campaignIt looked like an easy first round victory for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva until Brazil's election campaign was shaken by a convoluted corruption scandal. The president's party, the Workers Party (known as PT), has been accused

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Richard Fogerty and James Cleaver, as the Foreign Representatives of Bancredit Cayman Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

ARGENTINA: New Anti-Money Laundering unit; BRAZIL: PineBank under Scrutiny in Miami; CHILE: More controls over casinos; COLOMBIA: Businessman accused of money laundering; Rodríguez Orejuela's son in trouble; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: The Anti-Laundering Unit fever goes on; GUATEMALA: US to help in anti-laundering efforts; INTERNATIONAL: New guidelines for correspondent banks; REGIONAL: In the footsteps of their fathers; and PERU: Laundered money is about $550 Million.