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Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in England by Mark Riley, as the Foreign Representative of Alicia Schmidt Tucker, filed at the U.S., Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

Complaint "to (1) reduce to judgment unpaid federal tax liabilities owed by Stanley L. Alexander and Ruth A. Alexander; and (2) enforce the federal tax liens against certain real properties titled in the name of Anna E. Alexander" in USA v. Stanley L. Alexander, Ruth A. Alexander, described as "a plastic surgeon"; Anna E. Haller, formerly known as Anna E. Alexander; Associated Enterprises Ltd., of the Isle of Man; State of Ohio, Treasurer of Warren County, Ohio, and Treasurer of Montgomery County, Ohio at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a fine of £210,000 and corporate disqualification on Ginette Louise Blondel for regulatory breaches.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed fines totaling £266,000 and/or corporate disqualifications against Fides Corporate Services Limited, David Charles Housley Whitworth, Paul Conway, and Stuart Turner for regulatory breaches.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has issued a £10,000 fine and two-year prohibition against Iskander Karam, a.k.a. Alexander Karam, a.k.a. Alexander Kaymen, who appears to be a citizen and resident of the United Kingdom, after finding that he "deliberately or recklessly made a number of false and/or misleading statements in his Personal Questionnaire submitted in connection with an application for a licence and for the authorisation of a collective investment scheme".

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Judgment allowing an appeal by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission in Guernsey Financial Services Commission v. Ian Charles Domaille, Ian Geoffrey Clarke, and Margaret Helen Hannis at the Court of Appeal of Guernsey.

Application by Moussy Salem to take discovery from BS Gestcom Holdings Corp. for use in legal proceedings in England regarding "allegations by Applicant that Freddy Salem, Monline UK Limited, Salim Levy, and Ezra Aghai engaged in a wrongful pattern of conduct that includes breaches of fiduciary duty, conspiracy, and fraudulent transfers", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

'Statement of the Register' for GIG Insurance Limited, obtained from the Guernsey Registry on December 26th, 2023.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that GBG Insurance Limited has gone into administration, nine months after its directors informed the FSC that "they had discovered that assets shown in the accounts representing many millions of pounds did not actually exist".

Judgment setting aside an order to serve defendants ADM Asia-Pacific Trading Pte. Ltd., ADM Germany GmbH, Grove Services Inc., Bunge SA, Bunge CIS LLC, Dauren Bekbergenov, Ekaterina Kuzmicheva, Mukhtar Ablyazov, Roman Solodchenko, and Zhaksylyk Zharimbetov out of the jurisdiction in JSC BTA Bank, of Kazakhstan v. Timur Sabyrbaev, Dilara Dyusembayeva, Assel Zhaxybayeva, Asel Suindikova, Marina Aitzhanova, Janelle Utemuratova, Svetlana Chvanova, Veronika Efimova, Saduakas Mameshtegi, Dina Abdykalykova, Akzholtay Mukanovna Kalenova, Kairat Sadykov, Irina Kanaphina, Madina Nurgozhina, AEG Systems Inc., Calernen Finance Inc., Zathen Holding Investments Limited, formerly Carsonway Limited; Comwork Ltd.,Kinmate Trading Limited, Estar Developments Limited, Lingard Industry Limited, Daniels Tradecorp Inc., Mabco Inc., Klostrade Financial Group Ltd., Dana Trade Corp., Global Team Company, Tramlanes Investments Limited, formerly Bergtrans Contracts Corp.; Moranta Invest (Cyprus) Limited, John Wortley Hunt, Luis Davis, Stan Gorin, Vasiliki Argyrou, Labonte Elisana Marie-Antoinette, Diego Jacinto Batista Valdes, Carlos Alberto Mendoza Murillo, Suseth Walthia Parris, Kellee France, Geoffrey Taylor, Belinda Lanyon, Christopher Blythe, Roger Alberto Santamaria, Nicholetta Christodoulidou, ADM-ACTI Trade Resources Inc., ADM Asia-Pacific Trading Pte. Ltd., formerly Toepfer International Asia Pte. Ltd.; ADM Germany GmbH, formerly Alfred C. Toepfer International GmbH; Eric Richardson, Grove Services Inc., Bunge SA, Bunge CIS LLC, Dauren Bekbergenov, Ekaterina Kuzmicheva, Mukhtar Ablyazov, Roman Solodchenko, and Zhaksylyk Zharimbetov at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Application by CT Group Holdings Limited, described as "a private investigative and consulting firm that provided its clients, Alon and Anna Laniado, a report concerning the financial resources of their stepmother, Linda May Laniado", to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company LLC and The Federal Reserve Bank of New York for use in legal proceedings in England "concerning the administration of their father and Linda’s late husband’s estate before the Royal Court of Jersey and the Royal Court of Guernsey", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judgment suspending a fine of £150,000, prohibition order, and "the issue of the public statement" until the outcome of an appealin Paul Randall Pybus and Adjure Global Limited v. The Chairman of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission at the Royal Court of Guernsey Financial Services Commission.

Originating Application in FX Choice Ltd., Ilya Lysenak, LFR Present Ltd., Veles Management Corp., and Solum Capital Ltd. v. Long Mountain Services Inc. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a fine of £40,000 and three-year disqualification on Linda Dowding "following her failure to meet the Minimum Criteria for Licensing".

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission regarding penalties against Chamberlain Heritage Services Limited and Deborah Anne Ellis.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission regarding penalties against Chamberlain Heritage Services Limited, Christopher Henry Shaw, John Adam Robilliard, and Bruce David McNaught.

Application by Moussy Salem to take discovery from Beno Salem for use in legal proceedings in England regarding allegations that "Freddy Salem, Monline UK Limited, Salim Levy and Ezra Aghai engaged in a wrongful pattern of conduct that includes breaches of fiduciary duty, conspiracy, and fraudulent transfers", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a fine of £30,000 and three-year disqualification on Paul Conway for regulatory breaches.

Application by N.P.S.SF. Debt Co., S.à.r.l., of Luxembourg, to take discovery from Standard Chartered Bank, Citigroup, d.b.a. Citibank; The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, Bank of America, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, HSBC Bank, Société Générale, UniCredit Bank AG, Credit Suisse Bank N.A., UBS Group AG, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C., Bank of China, BNP Paribas USA, Commerzbank AG, Mashreq Bank PSC, and Habib American Bank for use in legal proceedings in Germany, India, Marshall Islands, Pakistan, St. Kitts & Nevis, and United Arab Emirates regarding an alleged $36.6 million fraud by Muhammad Tahir Lakhani and Muhammad Ali Lakhani, both described as residents of Dubai, UAE, and Pakistan, and their Astir Group, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Administrative Order by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission imposing a fine of $1.4 million on RTW Investments LP for regulatory breaches involving entities in the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, and USA.

Public Statement by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a fine of £45,000 and disqualification on Trevor James Kelham, a resident of Arizona, USA, and a fine of £13,500 on Sarah Jayne Sarre for regulatory breaches.

Public Announcement by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it is "preparing to ask the Guernsey Court of Appeal to review legal aspects of the judgment handed down" by The Royal Court of Guernsey in Ian Charles Domaille, Ian Geoffrey Clarke, and Margaret Helen Hannis v. Guernsey Financial Services Commission.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed fines and prohibitions on William Stephen Cairns and Du Preez Gert Vermeulen.

Originating Summons in Sakab Saudi Holding Company, Alpha Star Aviation Services Company, Enma Al Ared Real Estate Investment and Development Company, Kafa'at Business Solutions Company, Security Control Company, Armour Security Industrial Manufacturing Company, Saudi Technology & Security Comprehensive Control Company, Technology Control Company, and New Dawn Contracting Company v. New East International Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a fine of £280,000 on GFG Limited (in Voluntary Liquidation) for "the firm’s failure to meet the minimum criteria for licensing under the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020".

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a disqualification on Hamish Jebb Hamilton Few.

Public Statement by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed penalties on Crescendo Advisors International Limited and Hamish Jebb Hamilton Few.

News Release by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a fine of £87,500 and disqualification on Geoffrey John Trebert for "his failure to meet the Minimum Criteria for Licensing".

News Release by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a fine of £35,000 on corporate service provider Gary William Jason Durkin "following his failure to meet the Minimum Criteria for Licensing".

Application by FourWorld Event Opportunities LP, of New york, and Genesis Emerging Markets Investment Company, of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands, to take discovery from Fenwick & West LLP and Morrow Sodali International LLC for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands regarding "the fair value of the shares of the company 58.com", described as "China’s largest online classifieds business", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that Matthew Wright and Andrew Duncan, both of Leonard Curtis CI Limited, have been appointed as Joint Administration Managers of ITI Trade Limited.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it intends to apply to the Royal Court for an "administration management order" regarding ITI Trade Limited.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a fine of £450,000 on Artemis Trustees Limited for "their failure to meet the minimum criteria for licensing".

Letter from Bruce McNaught requesting the removal of details of regulatory penalties imposed on him by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission on the basis that they have "expired".

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €11,000 on Bourse Pension Administrators (Malta) Limited.

Complaint "to collect unpaid federal civil penalty assessments and interest" from a "sophisticated taxpayer" who "established a maze of offshore entities to conceal his beneficial ownership of entities and foreign financial accounts holding millions of dollars", including those in the Bahamas, Guernsey, and Nevis, in USA v. Raymond Galliani, of Moraga, California, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

News Release by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has successfully applied for the administration of VTBC Asset Management International Limited "in order to protect the interests of investors and the reputation of the Bailiwick as a financial centre given the ongoing impact of sanctions resulting from the Russo-Ukrainian war".

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €750 on Trireme Pension Services (Malta) Limited for a regulatory breach.

Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a fine of £196,000 and disqualification on Robert Archibald Gilchrist Sinclair.

Guernsey-based corporate services provider Hansard Ltd. and five of its directors, including its chairman, Philip Blows, have been fined a total of £398,300 following an investigation in which the firm told its local regulator that 75% of its clients were "high-risk".

Public Statement by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed fines totaling £398,300 on Hansard Limited, Andrew Neil Parr, Alan Peter Northmore, Philip Clive Blows, David Samuel Lloyd, and Lynn Giovinazzi for regulatory breaches.

Chapter 11 Petition by Nordic Aviation Capital Designated Activity Company, of Ireland, part of a group that is "the world’s largest regional aircraft lessor and the sixth largest commercial aircraft lessor, offering leasing and lease management solutions to airlines and aircraft investors worldwide" and comprises companies in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Guernsey, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, and United States, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €2,500 on Solon Director (Malta) Limited for a regulatory breach.

In a complaint filed at the British Virgin Islands High Court, Kazakhstan's BTA Bank has accused 53 defendants in the BVI, Cyprus, Germany, Guernsey, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Panama, Russia, Seychelles, Singapore, Switzerland, and USA, including its former chairman, Mukhtar Ablyazov, of defrauding the bank of $231 million.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed an administrative fine of €2,500 on Sarnia Yachts (Malta) Limited, which is owned by a company in Guernsey, for failure to submit its "Audited Financial Statements and Auditor’s Management Letter within the regulatory deadline".

Complaint seeking damages "in excess of $300 million" against entities in Guernsey, Luxembourg, Qatar, and the USA in Catherine E. Youngman, Litigation Trustee for ASHINC Corporation et al, as successor to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of ASHINC Corporation and its Affiliated Debtors v. Yucaipa American Alliance Fund I LLC, Yucaipa American Management LLC, American Airlines Master Fixed Benefit Pension Plan Trust, American Private Equity Partners II LP, Automotive Machinists Pension Trust, Board of Fire and Police Pension Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles, California Public Employees’ Retirement System, Carpenters Pension Trust Fund for Northern California, Coller Partners 702 LP Inc., Clouse S.A., Consolidated Retirement Fund, Lam Private Equity LLC, ILGWU Death Benefit Fund 4, International SIF SICAV SA, Locals 302 & 612 of The International Union of Operating Engineers - Employers Construction Industry Retirement Trust, Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System, National Retirement Fund, New Mexico State Investment Council, New Mexico State Investment Council Land Grant Permanent Fund, New Mexico State Investment Council Severance Tax Permanent Fund, New York City Employees’ Retirement System, New York City Fire Department Pension Fund, New York City Police Pension Fund, Northeast Carpenters Pension Fund, Pacific Coast Roofers Pension Plan, Sanba II Investment Company, State Street Bank and Trust Company (as Trustee on behalf of American Airlines Master Fixed Benefit Pension Plan Trust), Steamship Trade Association of Baltimore Inc. - International Longshoremen’s Association (AFL-CIO) Pension Fund, Teachers’ Retirement System of the City of New York, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Pension Plan for Employees, and Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust at the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Complaint alleging fraud involving an "illegal" $200 million loan in Roger W. Kirby, individually and as sole Trustee of The Augustus R. A. Kirby 2020 Revocable Trust and The Jane A. Kirby 2020 Revocable Trust v. David W. Zalaznick, described as a resident of Florida; John W. Jordan II, of Illinois; JZ Capital Partners Ltd., of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands; JZCP Realty Fund Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Jordan/Zalaznick Advisors Inc., JZ 184-204 Bedford LLC, Red Zky JZ Fulton Holdings LLC, RS JZ Greenpoint LLC, and RS JZ Wynwood Holdings LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Claim Form alleging conspiracy to commit fraud, dishonest assistance, breaches of fiduciary duty, and unjust enrichment against defendants in the British Virgin Islands, Cyprus, Germany, Guernsey, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Panama, Russia, Seychelles, Singapore, Switzerland, and USA in JSC BTA Bank, of Kazakhstan v. Timur Sabyrbaev, Dilara Dyusembayeva, Assel Zhaxybayeva, Asel Suindikova, Marina Aitzhanova, Janelle Utemuratova, Svetlana Chvanova, Veronika Efimova, Saduakas Mameshtegi, Dina Abdykalykova, Akzholtay Mukanovna Kalenova, Kairat Sadykov, Irina Kanaphina, Madina Nurgozhina, AEG Systems Inc., Calernen Finance Inc., Zathen Holding Investments Limited, formerly Carsonway Limited; Comwork Ltd.,Kinmate Trading Limited, Estar Developments Limited, Lingard Industry Limited, Daniels Tradecorp Inc., Mabco Inc., Klostrade Financial Group Ltd., Dana Trade Corp., Global Team Company, Tramlanes Investments Limited, formerly Bergtrans Contracts Corp.; Moranta Invest (Cyprus) Limited, John Wortley Hunt, Luis Davis, Stan Gorin, Vasiliki Argyrou, Labonte Elisana Marie-Antoinette, Diego Jacinto Batista Valdes, Carlos Alberto Mendoza Murillo, Suseth Walthia Parris, Kellee France, Geoffrey Taylor, Belinda Lanyon, Christopher Blythe, Roger Alberto Santamaria, Nicholetta Christodoulidou, ADM-ACTI Trade Resources Inc., ADM Asia-Pacific Trading Pte. Ltd., formerly Toepfer International Asia Pte. Ltd.; ADM Germany GmbH, formerly Alfred C. Toepfer International GmbH; Eric Richardson, Grove Services Inc., Bunge SA, Bunge CIS LLC, Dauren Bekbergenov, Ekaterina Kuzmicheva, Mukhtar Ablyazov, Roman Solodchenko, and Zhaksylyk Zharimbetov at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Re-Amended Complaint alleging fraud involving Gable Holdings Inc., of the Cayman Islands, and Gable Insurance AG, of Liechtenstein, in Kevin Alcock, Corita Metelerkamp, both of Surrey, England; Oak Trust (Guernsey) Limited, of Guernsey; Baytree Group Holdings Limited, Morvale Company Limited, Aggaris Investments Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Christopher Lawrance, Roy Campbell, both of South Africa, and CriSeren Investments Limited, of Wales v. William Dewsall, of London, England, at the High Court for England and Wales.