Ecuador

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Wells Fargo Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Ecuador - for a criminal investigation into Marcelo Antonio Espin Cunha, Maria Sol Larrea Sanchez, and Carlos Ricardo Espin Cunha for suspected money laundering.

Third Superseding Indictment adding four new defendants, including former executives of 21st Century Fox, Inc., of the United States, and Imagina Media Audiovisual SL, of Spain, alleging racketeering, money laundering, wire fraud, tax fraud, and unlawful procurement of naturalization regarding alleged bribery and corruption involving FIFA and other soccer organizations in USA v. Hugo Jinkis, a citizen of Argentina; Mariano Jinkis, a citizen of Argentina; Full Play Group SA, of Uruguay; Hernan Lopez, a citizen of the U.S. and Argentina; Carlos Martinez, a citizen of the U.S. and Mexico; Gerard Romy, a citizen of Spain; Ariel Alvarado, a citizen of Panama; Manuel Burga, a citizen of Peru; Luis Chiriboga, a citizen of Ecuador; Marco Polo Del Nero, a citizen of Brazil; Eduardo Deluca, a citizen of Argentina; Eugenio Figueredo, a citizen of the U.S. and Uruguay; José Luís Meiszner, a citizen of Argentina; Romer Osuna, a citizen of Bolivia; Ricardo Teixeira, a citizen of Brazil; Reynaldo Vasquez, a citizen of El Salvador, and Jack Warner, a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Complaint alleging conspiracy to launder the proceeds of bribery involving Ecuador in USA v. Roberto Heinert, described as a dual citizen of Ecuador and the USA, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Criminal Complaint alleging conspiracy to launder the proceeds of bribery involving, inter alia, companies in the Cayman Islands, Panama, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom in USA v. Juan Ribas Domenech, a citizen of Ecuador; Jose Vicente Gomez Aviles, a citizen of Colombia, and Felipe Moncaleano Botero, a citizen of Ecuador, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Motransa SA to take discovery from Navistar, Inc. for use in "contemplated" legal proceedings in Ecuador against Austral Cia. Ltda., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Winding Up Petition in LAM Global Management Ltd. I v. IIG Structured Trade Finance Fund Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Savile Holdings Inc. in Roberto Load Doumet Eljuri, of Ecuador v. Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Petition to Enforce Arbitral Award in the amount of $411 million in Perenco Ecuador Ltd., of the Bahamas v. The Republic of Ecuador at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

British Virgin Islands-based corporate services provider Amicorp is being sued in the United States for damages of up to $20 million arising from a suspected fraud against residents of Ecuador who invested in a scheme by the 'Vanguardia Group' that involved individuals and legal entities in the Bahamas, Bermuda, BVI, Cayman Islands, and USA.

Complaint alleging negligence and fraud regarding the Vanguardia Trust and the SBH Assets Trust, both of the Cayman Islands, in Insight Securities Inc., of Delaware v. Amicorp (BVI) Trustees Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

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.

Ex Parte Application by Empresa Pública de Hidrocarburos del Ecuador - EP PetroEcuador to take discovery from WorleyParsons International Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Ecuador "related to a complex, cross-border illegal bribery and corruption scheme perpetrated against Petroecuador" using "a complex web of offshore shell entities" and accounts, including those in the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Panama, and Switzerland, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Winding Up Petition in Non-UCITS Fund Aktia Trade Finance, of Finland v. IIG Global Trade Finance Fund Limited, of the Cayman Islands, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by Maria Fernanda Rigail Pons to take discovery from UBS Financial Services Inc., UBS AG, CA Indosuez Wealth, Amke Registered Agents LLC, and Philippe Larmier regarding individuals and legal entities in several jurisdictions, including the British Virgin Islands, Isle of Man, Nevis, and the United States, for use in legal proceedings in Ecuador against Carlos Alberto Avellán Areta, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Amicorp Management Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and Amicorp Limited, of Hong Kong v. InSight Securities Inc. and Carlos Legaspy at U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Reasons for Decision in Dramiston Ltd., Carlos Pareja Cordero, and Carlos Pareja Dassum v. Financial Intelligence Unit at the Bahamas Court of Appeal.

Notice of Application for a Temporary Restraining Order and Motion for a Preliminary Injunction in Occidental Exploration and Production Company v. Encana Corporation, of Canada, and Encana International Finance (Bermuda) Limited, of Bermuda, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Occidental Exploration and Production Company v. Encana Corporation, of Canada, and Encana International Finance (Bermuda) Limited, of Bermuda, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Memorandum Opinion regarding an application by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for the unsealing of judicial records "related to what the Committee believes is a criminal prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Brazil by Frederico Pedreira, as the Foreign Representative of Oceanair Linhas Aereas S/A, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of Foreign Main Proceedings in Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islands by Hadley Chilton, Michael Pearson, and Stephen Briscoe, as Foreign Representatives of North Pointe Holdings (BVI) Ltd., Biscayne Capital (BVI) Ltd., Vanguardia Holdings Ltd., Spyglass Investment Management Ltd., Vanguardia Group Inc., Sports Aficionados Ltd., SG Strategic Income Ltd., GMS Global Market Step Up Note Ltd., Diversified Real Estate Development Ltd., Preferred Income Collateralized Interest Ltd., Sentinel Investment Fund SPC, and Biscayne Capital Holdings Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Second Amended Complaint in Ralph S. Janvey, as court-appointed receiver for the Stanford receivership estate; Sandra Dorrell, Samuel Troice, and Michoacan Trust, individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated, v. Greenberg Traurig LLP, Greenberg Traurig PA, and Yolanda Suarez at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Application by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for the unsealing of court records concerning "the United States government's sealed criminal prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Seven Cayman Islands firms whose beneficial owners appear to be accused fraudsters in the United States have gone into liquidation, joining affiliates in the British Virgin Islands and the Bahamas.

First Amended Complaint in Ralph S. Janvey, as court-appointed receiver for the Stanford receivership estate; Sandra Dorrell, Samuel Troice, and Michoacan Trust, individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated, v. Greenberg Traurig LLP, Greenberg Traurig PA,  and Yolanda Suarez at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Martin Trott and Christopher Smith, as the Foreign Representatives of Madison Asset LLC, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment in USA v. Frank Roberto Chatburn Ripalda and Jose Larrea at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Reply to Winding Up Petition in Westwood Capital Markets SA and Seguros Sucre SA v. Madison Asset LLC at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands

Class Action Complaint in Rigoberto Vasquez and Eva Garcia, on behalf of investors in WCM777, v. Hong Kong and Shanghai Corporation Ltd., and HSBC USA, NA, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Winding Up Petition in Westwood Capital Markets SA and Seguros Sucre SA v. Madison Asset LLC at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition to Recognize Arbitration in Burlington Resources, Inc. v. Republic of Ecuador at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Manta Port Authority v. Terminales Internacionales De Ecuador SA, Hutchison Port Investments Ltd., and Hutchison Port Holdings Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Order in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Biscayne Capital International LLC, Roberto G. Cortes, Ernesto H. Weisson, Juan Carlos Cortes, and Frank R. Chatburn.

Petition to permit discovery prior to arbitration in Girobank NV, of the Netherlands Antilles v. IIG Capital LLC, of New York, and IIG Trade Opportunities Fund NV, of the Netherlands Antilles, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Originating Application In the Matter of Energy Ecuador Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by the Republic of Ecuador to Issue Subpoenas on Stratus Consutling, Inc. and related individuals, Douglas Beltman, Ann S. Maest, David J. Chapman, Jennifer M.H. Peers, and David M. Mills, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Complaint in The Official Stanford Investors Committee v. BDO USA, LLP, BDO International Ltd., BDO Global Coordination BV, and Brussels Worldwide Services BVBA at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

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

Complaint filed by Llewellyn Connolly, Dodgar Partners Ltd., Edward Razek, Ocean Villa 4 (D.C.) Ltd., Thomas Walker III, Beach Villa V. D.C. Ltd., Andrey Ivanov-Galitsyn, Villa 7 Dellis Cay Ltd., Estefano Isaias, Salinas on the Beach Ltd., Stephane Pictet, Sandrine Pictet, Thomas Singh, Upwey Ltd., Michael Topr, Ocean Villa 2 (D.C.) Ltd., Mikal Watts, Tammy Watts, and 313TW Caribbean Investment Ltd. against defendants Cem Kinay, Oguz Serim, O Property Collection USA, Inc., O Property Collection GmbH, ), O Property Collection TCI Ltd., Turks Development L.P., Turks General Partners Ltd., Turks (B.V.I.) Holdings Ltd., Turks Ltd., Dellis Construction Ltd., William Tacon as Receiver of Turks Development L.P. and Turks Ltd., Stephen Katz as Provisional Liquidator of Dellis Construction Ltd., Marjorie Kinay, Cenk Kinay, The SUU Hotels, Trinidad and Tobago Unit Trust Corporation, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group International Ltd., Mandarin Oriental Management (BVI) Ltd., Mer Insaat, Halis Sumer and Avatar Real Estate Services, LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.  

BRAZIL Football and fraud Brazil has committed to billions of dollars worth of infrastructure investments in preparation for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games. The opportunities for foreign suppliers, contractors and investors are considerable. So, too, are

Ecuador has requested account records from Bank of America as part of a criminal investigation into alleged check fraud.Details are contained in an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ecuador into Diego Cisneros Tamayo for alleged fraud.

CENTRAL AMERICA Fight against Trafficking Creates Crime Niches in Central AmericaIncreased efforts against drug trafficking in Colombia and Mexico are driving drug mafias into Central America, where drug related corruption, money laundering and violence are growing. President Alfaro Colom of

Ecuador is seeking information at Merrill Lynch in Miami as part of a criminal investigation into alleged fraud against a pension fund. Details are contained in an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to

Ecuador has requested evidence at the International Finance Bank in Miami as part of a criminal investigation into a scheme that defrauded US$1.7 million from banks in Ecuador, including Banco Internacional SA. Details are contained in an application for the

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ecuador into Jorge Ignacio Moran Rosero for suspected fraud and embezzlement while serving as Financial Administrative Manager of Canaciet.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ecuador into Galo Alfonso Troya Villacorta for allegedly defrauding Banco Internacional.

Ecuador has requested account records from U. S. Century Bank for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud.Details are contained in an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from

ARGENTINA President defends her assets President Cristina Fernández rejected accusations of illicit enrichment after the publication of her and her husband's assets revealed an increase of almost 160 percent in the last year. In their asset statement Fernández and

Ecuador is seeking records of an account at the Bank of America, in Miami, held by a now dissolved Florida corporation that was used in a suspected $300,000 advance fee fraud. Details are contained in an application for the appointment