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Summary Judgment in favor of Adare Finance DAC regarding a claim for $10.5 million in Adare Finance DAC, of Ireland v. Yellowstone Capital Management SA, of Luxembourg, and Michael Ohayon, of France, at the High Court of Justice, in London, England.

Indictment against six "officers" of a Russian "military intelligence agency" alleging a computer hacking and fraudulent scheme "to undermine, retaliate against, or otherwise destabilize: (1) Ukraine; (2) the country of Georgia; (3) France's elections; ( 4) efforts to hold Russia accountable for its use of a weapons-grade nerve agent on foreign soil; and (5) the 2018 Winter Olympics after a Russian government-sponsored doping effort led to Russian athletes being unable to participate under the Russian flag" in USA v. Yuriy Sergeyevich Andrienko, Sergey Vladimirovich Detistov, Pavel Valeryevichfrolov, Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev, Artem Valeryevich Ochichenko, and Petr Nikolayevich Pliskinat the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Complaint for $4.95 million alleging fraud regarding a litigation funding agreement in Mitchell NewDelman, described as "a resident of France through 2013, and thereafter Monaco"; Frank B. Holze, of Maine, and Willis E. Higgins, of Monaco v. Burford Capital Investment Management LLC, f.k.a. Gerchen Keller Capital LLC, of Delaware; Burford, f.k.a. GKC Holdings LLC, of New York; Burford Capital LLC, of Delaware; BCIM Partners II LP, f.k.a. GKC Partners II LP, of Delaware; BCIM PII Holdings LLC, f.k.a. GKC Limited Partners II, of Delaware; Ashley C. Keller, described as an attorney based in Chicago; Donald Stern and Richard L. Gilbert, each described as a director of Semiconductors Inc., at the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of Foreign Main Proceedings in Canada by Sai Chu, of Ernst & Young, as the Foreign Representative of UrtheCast Corp., of Canada, "a technology company developing world-first technologies in data services, geo-analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence" whose shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange; Geosys-Int'l Inc., of Delaware; Geosys Australia Pty., of Australia; Geosys Europe SARL, of Switzerland; Geosys S.A.S., of France; Geosys do Brasil Sistemas de Informacao Agriocola Ltda, of Brazil, and Deimos Imaging S.L.U., of Spain, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota.

Public Warning by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority that SAS aquisition & sales AG is suspected of "conducting unauthorised activities in the financial market". Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert in the Swiss Commercial Registry showed that the authorized representative of SAS aquisition & sales AG is Michael Ciuret, a citizen of France, while former representatives include Eric Glatt, a citizen of Germany, and Jean-Pierre Laurent.

Chapter 11 Petition by companies in Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, England, France, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, and the United States, namely Valaris Plc, described as "a leading provider of offshore contract drilling services to the international oil and gas industry"; Alpha Achiever Company, Alpha Admiral Company, Alpha Archer Company, Alpha Offshore Drilling Services Company, Alpha Orca Company, Atlantic Maritime Services LLC, Atwood Australian Waters Drilling Pty Ltd., Atwood Deep Seas Ltd., Atwood Oceanics Australia Pty. Limited, Atwood Oceanics LLC, Atwood Oceanics Pacific Limited, Atwood Offshore Drilling Limited, Atwood Offshore Worldwide Limited, ENSCO (Thailand) Limited, ENSCO Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, ENSCO Associates Company, ENSCO Australia Pty. Limited, ENSCO Capital Limited, ENSCO Corporate Resources LLC, ENSCO Development Limited, ENSCO do Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda., ENSCO Drilling I Ltd., ENSCO Drilling Mexico LLC, ENSCO Endeavors Limited, ENSCO Global GmbH, ENSCO Global Investments LP, ENSCO Global IV Ltd., ENSCO Global Resources Limited, ENSCO Holding Company, ENSCO Holdings I Ltd., ENSCO Holland BV, ENSCO Incorporated, ENSCO Intercontinental GmbH, ENSCO International Incorporated, ENSCO International Ltd., ENSCO Investments LLC, ENSCO Jersey Finance Limited, ENSCO Limited, ENSCO Management Corp., ENSCO Maritime Limited, ENSCO Mexico Services, S. de RL de CV, ENSCO Ocean 2 Company, ENSCO Oceanics Company LLC, ENSCO Oceanics International Company, ENSCO Offshore Company, ENSCO Offshore International Company, ENSCO Offshore International Holdings Limited, ENSCO Offshore International Inc., ENSCO Offshore U.K. Limited, ENSCO Overseas Limited, ENSCO Transcontinental II LP, ENSCO Transnational I Ltd., ENSCO UK Drilling Limited, ENSCO United Incorporated, ENSCO Universal Limited, ENSCO Vistas Limited, ENSCO Worldwide GmbH, Great White Shark Limited, Green Turtle Limited, Offshore Drilling Services LLC, Pride Foramer SAS, Pride Forasol SAS, Pride Global II Ltd., Pride International LLC, Pride International Management Company LP, Ralph Coffman Limited, Ralph Coffman Luxembourg SA RL, RCI International Inc., RD International Services Pte. Ltd., RDC Arabia Drilling Inc., RDC Holdings Luxembourg SA RL, Rocal Cayman Limited, Rowan Companies Limited, Rowan Companies LLC, Rowan Drilling (Trinidad) Limited, Rowan Drilling (U.K.) Limited, Rowan Drilling, S. de RL de CV; Rowan International Rig Holdings Sarl, Rowan Marine Services LLC, Rowan N-Class (Gibraltar) Limited, Rowan No. 1 Limited, Rowan Norway Limited, Rowan Offshore (Gibraltar) Limited, Rowan Offshore Luxembourg Sarl, Rowan Rex Limited, Rowan Rigs Sarl, Rowan Services LLC, Rowan, S. de RL de CV, and Rowandrill LLC, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Class Action Complaint involving allegations of fraud, bribery, and corruption in Andrew J. Kornecki v. Airbus SE, described as a Netherlands-based "multinational aerospace corportion, operating through its Commercial Aircraft, Defense and Space, and Helicopters divisions"; Guillaume M.J.D. Faury, Tom Enders, Dominik Asam, and Harald Wilhelm at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in France by Jean Mizrahi, as the Foreign Representative of Ymagis SA, described as "a French-based company engaged in the digital cinema sector, specializing in digital technologies for the film and audiovisual industry", at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging fraud involving, inter alia, a "straw account" in the name of "a French citizen" at "a Cayman Islands-based precious metals dealer" in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. The Alista Group LLC, Marvin W. Courson III, Christopher A. Kertatos, and Luis M. Pineda Palacios at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding "assets involved in and traceable to an international conspiracy to, among other things, launder money misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad, a strategic investment and development company wholly-owned by the government of Malaysia" in USA v. Real Property Located in Paris, France Titled In The Name Of Ave Raphael (Paris) SCI at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by Evison Holdings Limited, of Cyprus, to take discovery from BrokerCreditService Cyprus Ltd., of Cyprus, and BrokerCreditService Americas Inc., of New York, for use in "an English arbitration... and in Criminal Proceedings in Russia" involving allegations of fraud, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint to recognize and enforce an arbitral award of €33.7 million in losses, plus costs of €1.5 million and $262,500, in Cube Infrastructure Fund SICAV, of Luxembourg; Cube Infrastructure Managers SA, of Luxembourg; Cube Energy SCA, now Cube Energy Sarl, of Luxembourg; Demeter Partners SA, of France, and Demeter 2 FPCI, of France v. The Kingdom of Spain at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in France by Laurent Carozzi, as the Foreign Representative of Technicolor SA, which "is among the world's leading content creation-to-distribution companies", at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Intelligence and investigations firm Diligence has accused its former CEO, Nick Day, of trying to "sink the business with his outrageous legal spending" after it was forced to advance him $788,377 to satisfy legal bills that he incurred at a rate of approximately $12,500 per day in the first two months of defending a lawsuit that the company brought against him for allegedly swindling it out of "millions of dollars".

Stipulation to file Amended Complaint regarding allegations of "corporate looting" involving Switzerland-domiciled Diligence Global Business Intelligence SA in Diligence Inc., a Delaware company majority owned by Cayman Islands-domiciled Information Security Investments Company v. Nicholas Day, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in Chamonix, France, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Application by ViaSat Inc., described as "a satellite operator based in Carlsbad, California, with offices in Switzerland and elsewhere", and ViaSat Broadband Holdings BV, of the Netherlands, to take discovery from Hughes Network Systems LLC "for use in pending civil proceedings in the Switzerland and in arbitral proceedings seated in London, England" regarding a dispute with "their joint venture partner, Eutelsat SA [of France], and their joint venture vehicle, Euro Broadband Infrastructure Sàrl [of Switzerland]", filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Complaint alleging securities fraud in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Damon Elliott, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in France, and Piptastic Limited, of England, as Defendants, and DSE Retail Limited, of England; Paul Rose, a citizen of the United Kingdom; Unique Asset Management Limited, of England, and Sharon Elliott, a citizen of the United Kingdom, as Relief Defendants, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Application by Meril GmbH, of Germany, and Meril Life Sciences Private Limited, of India, to take discovery from Edwards Lifesciences Corp., Edwards Lifesciences LLC, and Edwards Lifesciences Pvt Inc., all of Delaware, for use in legal proceedings in Italy, France, and the United Kingdom against Meril by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation and its subsidiary Edwards Lifesciences Limited, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition by SpeedCast Communications, Inc., of Texas; SpeedCast International Limited, of Australia; SpeedCast UK Holdings Limited, of England; CapRock UK Limited, of Scotland; CapRock Communications Pte. Ltd., of Singapore; CapRock Communications Pte. Ltd., of Singapore; Speedcast Cyprus Ltd., of Cyprus; SpeedCast Limited, of Hong Kong; SpeedCast Group Holdings Pty Ltd., of Australia; SpaceLink Systems, LLC, of Texas; SpeedCast Australia Pty Limited, of Australia; Satellite Communications Australia Pty Ltd., of Australia; Oceanic Broadband Solutions Pty Ltd., of Australia; SpeedCast Managed Services Pty Limited, of Australia; Maritime Communication Services, Inc., of Texas; Telaurus Communications LLC, of New Jersey; CCI Services Corp., of Texas; HCT Acquisition, LLC, of New York; Cosmos Holdings Acquisition Corp., of New York; Globecomm Network Services Corporation, of New York; Hermes Datacommunications International Limited, of England; SpeedCast Singapore Pte. Ltd., of Singapore; SpaceLink Systems II, LLC, of Texas; CapRock Comunicacoes do Brasil Ltda., of Brazil; CapRock Participacoes do Brasil Ltda., of Brazil; Speedcast Canada Limited, of Canada; CapRock Communications (Australia) Pty Ltd., of Australia; SpeedCast Norway AS, of Norway; Globecomm Europe BV, of the Netherlands; NewCom International, Inc., of Miami; Evolution Communications Group Limited, of New York; Speedcast Netherlands BV, of the Netherlands; SpeedCast Americas, Inc., of Texas; and SpeedCast France SAS, of France, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Transcript of Argument and Ruling on Defendant's Motion To Dismiss regarding a dispute over the alleged misappropriation of Switzerland-domiciled Diligence Global Business Intelligence SA in Diligence Inc., a Delaware company majority owned by Cayman Islands-domiciled Information Security Investments Company v. Nicholas Day, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in France, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Diligence Inc.'s Opposition to Nicholas Day's Motion to Dismiss regarding a dispute over ownership of Switzerland-domiciled Diligence Global Business Intelligence SA in Diligence Inc., a Delaware company majority owned by Cayman Islands-domiciled Information Security Investments Company v. Nicholas Day, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in France, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Application by Valitus Ltd., of England, to take discovery from Bain Capital Holdings (GP) LLC for use in legal proceedings in France brought by Valitus against Maisons du Monde, Bain Capital Ltd., and Bain Capital Private Equity (Europe), LLP, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Diligence Inc.'s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment regarding a dispute over ownership of Switzerland-domiciled Diligence Global Business Intelligence SA in Diligence Inc., a Delaware company majority owned by Cayman Islands-domiciled Information Security Investments Company v. Nicholas Day, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in France, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Complaint alleging "an international insider trading scheme" involving individuals and companies in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, England, France, Hong Kong, Switzerland, and Thailand in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Tomer Feingold, and Dov Malnik, both described as citizens of Israel residing in Switzerland, as Defendants, and Adamas Healthcare Fund, of the Cayman Islands; Amiservice Development Limited, Ample Vantage Trading Limited, Bravo Business Limited, Kuray Investments Limited, Mignon Group Limited, and Upbeat Worldwide Investments Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands, as Relief Defendants, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Amended Complaint alleging "a scheme by a tight knit network of individuals and organizations to manipulate the cryptocurrency market for Bitcoin Cash" in United American Corp., of Florida v. Bitmain Inc., of Delaware; Roger Ver, described as a resident of Japan; Bitmain Technologies Ltd., described as a Hong Kong company based in China; Jihan Wu, described as a resident of China; Payward Ventures Inc., d.b.a. Kraken, of Delaware; Jesse Powell, Shammah Chancellor, and Jason Cox, all of California, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Announcement by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has reprimanded Altarius Asset Management Limited and its directors "at the time of the deficiencies identified by the Authority", Heinz Daxl, a citizen of Austria; Pierre Maliczak, a citizen of France, and Peter Mitterlehner, a citizen of Austria.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. $56.5 million in proceeds from the sale of a bond belonging to Airbus SE, domiciled in the Netherlands, based in France, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Complaint to recover insurance "arising out of a catastrophic incident" whose losses "will likely exceed" $1.25 billion in PES Holdings LLC, North Yard GP, LLC, North Yard Logistics LP, PES Administrative Services, LLC, PES Energy Inc., PES Intermediate, LLC, PES Ultimate Holdings, LLC, and Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining and Marketing LLC v. Allianz Global Risks US Insurance Company, of Illinois; AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance, of France; Lloyd's of London Underwriters, of England; General Security Indemnity Company of Arizona, Great Lakes Insurance SE, of Germany; HDI Global Insurance Company, of Illinois; HDI Global Specialty SE, of Germany; Helvetia Swiss Insurance Company in Liechtenstein Ltd., of Liechtenstein; Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited, of England; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, of Massachusetts; Mapfre Re Compania de Reaseguros, SA, of Spain; PartnerRe Ireland Insurance DAC, of Ireland; Starr Technical Risks Agency, Inc., of New York; Westport Insurance Corporation, of Missouri; XL Insurance America, Inc., of Connecticut, and Zurich American Insurance Company, of New York, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Complaint for Advancement of Legal Fees & Expenses in Nicholas Day, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in France v. Diligence, Inc. at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Judgment approving a Deferred Prosecution Agreement and imposing a "total financial sanction" of €990,963,712 for suspected bribery in Director of the Serious Fraud Office v. Airbus SE at the Crown Court, in Southwark, England.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. CHF 2.3 million in accounts in the name of Roland Mathys, a citizen of Switzerland, at Credit Suisse (Switzerland) AG that are allegedly the proceeds of fraud, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging fraud involving Bitcoin cryptocurrency in Joseph Ebanks, of Stow, Ohio v. iFinex Inc., BFXNA Inc., DigFinex Inc., Tether Holdings Limited, Tether Limited, and Tether Operations Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Jean-Louis van der Velde, of Hong Kong; Giancarlo Devasini, of France, and Philip Potter, of Ocean Beach, NY, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Transcript of Hearing on Motion To Dismiss by Côte d'Azur Estate Corporation and BGO Foundation regarding allegations that a Swiss attorney misappropriated an asset in France worth €25 million after a client died in Lilly Lea Perry, 72, the widow of Israel Igo Perry v. Dieter Walter Neupert, described as "Senior Partner" of Neupert Vuille Partners law firm, in Zurich, Switzerland; Côte d'Azur Estate Corporation, of Delaware, and BGO Foundation, of Liechtenstein, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Application by Chapter 4 Corp., d.b.a. Supreme, to take discovery from Gibson Brands Inc. for use in "international trademark proceedings in France and the European Union Intellectual Property Office against a Swiss company that is engaged in counterfeiting and trademark infringement, Supreme Italfigo SAGL", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Complaint alleging "a deceptive scheme to manipulate the prices of U.S. dollar interest rate basis swaps published on screens displaying prices from an interdealer broker firm" in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Christophe Rivoire, a citizen of France and a former senior officer with HSBC Global Banking and Markets, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in England and Wales by Andrea Minguzzi, of Barcelona, Spain, as the Foreign Representative of Lecta Paper UK Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Letter from Delaware judge suggesting crimes may have been committed regarding allegations that a Swiss attorney misappropriated an asset in France worth €25 million after a client died in Lilly Lea Perry, 72, the widow of Israel Igo Perry v. Dieter Walter Neupert, described as "Senior Partner" of Neupert Vuille Partners law firm, in Zurich, Switzerland; Côte d'Azur Estate Corporation, of Delaware, and BGO Foundation, of Liechtenstein, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Motion to Compel Discovery from non-parties Bank of America Corporation and Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corporation in an attempt to identify alleged insider traders in "corporate bonds issued by French retail conglomerate Casino Guichard-Perrachon, S.A." for use in Muddy Waters Capital LLC v. John Does at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint regarding "a massive $2 billion fraud to embezzle monies from the Bank [Vneshprombank Ltd.] and then hide the funds in foreign countries" in Yuri Vladimirovich Rozhkov, a citizen and resident of Russia, and The State Corporation Deposit Insurance Agency, of Russia, as Trustee and Foreign Representative of Foreign Economic Industrial Bank Limited, a.k.a. Vneshprombank Ltd. v. LARMAR Foundation, of Panama; Ilya Bykov, BG Atlantic, Inc., LM Realty 31B, LLC, LM Realty 31C, LLC, LM Realty 27D, LLC, LM Realty 24C, LLC, LM Realty 20A, LLC, LM Realty 18 West, LLC, LM Realty 10C, LLC, LM Realty 23H, LLC, LM Property Management LLC, Innovative Construction Group, Inc., First integrated Construction, Inc., and Larisa Ivanovna Markus, a citizen and resident of Russia, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint regarding tax liabilities in Cecile Bouskila, a participant in the IRS' 'Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program' v. USA at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Editor's Note: Bouskila was a shareholder in British Virgin Islands-domiciled, Switzerland-based Dorchester Gallery Limited, according to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, per its 'Panama Papers' leaked data.

Complaint regarding allegations that "investment bankers in London, England ... participated in an international insider trading scheme that netted its participants tens of millions of dollars in illicit profits from trading in the securities of U.S. companies" in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Benjamin Taylor, a resident of France; Darina Windsor, a citizen of Thailand, and Joseph Abdul Noor El-Khouri, described as a citizen of Lebanon residing in Monaco and England, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Letter to OffshoreAlert from Abdelrahim Mahamat Badaoui, of Sociétè Complexe Industriel Rahma, complaining and warning about Lebanese national Mahmoud El Chahal, of Qatar Finance House, an advance fee fraudster whom we have previously exposed.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in France by Kevin Tatum McDonald, as the Foreign Representative of EuropaCorp Films USA Inc., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Warning by the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority that Smart Valor AG, of Switzerland, which claims to provide "a digital trading platform approved by regulators in Switzerland and Liechtenstein", "does not have approval by the FMA to offer financial services". Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert showed that, according to records in the Swiss Commercial Registry, the directors of Smart Valor AG have included Julien Armand Roger Bringer, a citizen of France; Cyrill Osterwalder, of Switzerland; Alexandra Daniela Sowa, Olga Feldmeier, Oliver Feldmeier, and Thomas Carl Felber, all citizens of Germany.

Chapter 11 Petition in Wansdown Properties Corporation N.V., of the Netherlands, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging securities fraud regarding Japanese automobile manufacturer Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Carlos Ghosn, a citizen of Brazil, France, and Lebanon, and Gregory L. Kelly, a resident of Brentwood, Tennessee, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Final Judgment imposing a $1 million fine in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Carlos Ghosn, a citizen of Brazil, France, and Lebanon, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Letter to OffshoreAlert from Jean-Philippe Grange, of France, requesting the removal of content regarding Grange, Sam Zumbe, of England, and Newport Enterprises Group LLC, of Delaware, the latter of which was held out as a bank licensed by "the Pentagon" in the United States.

Complaint alleging failure to file with the IRS a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts regarding accounts at BNP Paribas, France; Swed Bank, Sweden; SEB, Sweden; Nordea, Denmark, and Handelsbank, Sweden in USA v. Margareta B. Tonisson, a resident of Oregon who, according to the complaint, opted in, then out of, the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

Judgment in CAT SA v. Priosma Limited at Bermuda Supreme Court.