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Winding Up Petition in Dr. Xiaohu Fan, of China v. Aquapoint L.P. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Motion to Approve $27.5 Million Class Action Settlement regarding the alleged sale of cryptocurrency tokens that were not registered with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Chase Williams, William Zhang, Crypto Assets Opportunity Fund LLC, and Johnny Hong v. Block.one, of the Cayman Islands; Brendan Blumer, Daniel Larimer, Ian Grigg, and Brock Pierce at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert in the Cayman Islands General Registry showed that the directors of Block.one are Andrew Christopher Bliss, Brendan Francis Blumer, and Kokuei Yuan.

Originating Application in Baosteel Resources International Company Limited, of China v. Shining Leader International Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in Baosteel Resources International Company Limited, of China v. Golden Flourish Holdings Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Sunlit Trading Inc. in Mee Fan Louisa Lau Cheung, of Hong Kong v. Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Class Action Complaint in Alex Garnett v. RLX Technology Inc., which "manufactures and sells vaping products in China" and and whose securities are listed on the New York Stock Exchange; Ying Kate Wang, Long David Jiang, Yilong Wen, Yueduo Rachel Zhang, Colleen A. DeVries, Cogency Global Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and China Renaissance Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, based in China, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the British Virgin Islands by Philip Smith, of the British Virgin Islands, and Cosimo Borelli, of Hong Kong, as the Foreign Representatives of KG Manhattan 126 Finance Limited, which has "failed to repay a secured US$85,000,000 loan given by Bank of Shanghai (Hong Kong) Limited and China Minsheng Bank Corporation Ltd., HK Branch" and was involved in "suspicious transactions", filed at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Winding Up Petition in Chong Chin and Yai Sze Ling, both of Hong Kong v. Guoan International Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition in the matter of CAA Resources Limited, described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, Hong Kong-based company whose shares are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and which is "unable to pay" debts of US$182 million, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition in Andrew Charles Main, of England v. Adamas Heracles Multi Strategy Fund at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint in Ogier, a Hong Kong law firm v. SPI Energy Co. Ltd., described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, Hong Kong-based "renewable energy" company whose shares are listed on NASDAQ, at the Summary Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition in the matter of Adamas Asian Origin Fund SPC at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint in Gold Chaser Holding Limited, a Cayman Islands company based in Hong Kong v. Seaon Global LLC and Seaon LLC, both of Delaware, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Originating Application alleging fraud by Guosheng Xu, "founder of the Zhaoheng Group", which is "involved in the energy business, owning and controlling a number of hydroelectric power plants across the People's Republic of China", in Hydro Energy Holdings B.V., described as a Netherlands-domiciled "corporate vehicle used by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners" v. Zhaoheng (BVI) Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Complaint alleging investment fraud in Leo Middle East FZE, of the United Arab Emirates, and Leo Holdings Hong Kong Limited, of Hong Kong v. EWI Capital LLC, of Delaware, and Zhe Zhang, described as a resident of San Mateo County, California, USA, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Paul Pretlove and Charlotte Caulfield, as Joint Liquidators of Barrington International Trading Limited v. Barrington International Trading Limited (in Liquidation) at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Petition to reduce the share capital in the matter of Global Strategic Group Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Summons in Kwok Hiu Kwan, of Hong Kong v. Convoy Global Holdings Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Asia Private Credit Fund Limited (in Official Liquidation) v. Kiang Tien Sik David, of Hong Kong, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by Howard Shapiro, of Hollywood, Florida, to take discovery from Toula Varvitsiotis and Georgia Varvitsiotis for use in legal proceedings in Hong Kong involving "corporate governance irregularities and the use of corporate funds at a Hong Kong corporation called Asia Interactive Services (Hong Kong) Ltd.", filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Writ of Summons in Asia Private Credit Fund Limited (in Official Liquidation) v. Adamas Global Alternative Investment Management Inc. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Asia Private Credit Fund Limited (in Official Liquidation) v. Barry Lau Wang Chi, of Hong Kong, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by Makhpal Karibzhanova, who "is a citizen of Kazakhstan and is the former wife of a wealthy and politically-connected Kazakh businessman, Aidan Karibzhanov", for an order of judicial assistance "to obtain testimony and documentary evidence to assist in discovery for use in prospective Kazakhstan civil proceedings" involving her former husband, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Benchmark Interest (Asia) Limited, described as a subsidiary of British Virgin Islands-domiciled Absolute Success Holdings Limited and "a significant investor in certain funds within the Pacific Harbor group", to take discovery from Philip G. Groves, described as the Founder, Chairman and CEO of the DAC Group, for use in "a court proceeding that will be commenced shortly in Barbados" involving "loss as a result of the wrongful conduct of DAC China SOS (Barbados) SRL", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Originating Application by Nathan Mills and Frank Yuen, as Liquidators of Bintan Mining Corporation, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application by Christopher Farmer and Lui Yee Man, as the Liquidators of Nisi (HK) Limited (in Liquidation), at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Complaint alleging fraud involving "foreign exchange trading" in Donald Dobkin v. RS Finance Limited, of Hong Kong; World Yesheng International Trade Limited, of Hong Kong; Bestviewyeer Limited, of Hong Kong; Daixiu Jing, Tier Resources, of Nevada; Prime Trust LLC, of Nevada, and Global Guarantees Inc., of Nevada, at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert in the Hong Kong Companies Registry showed that RS Finance Limited was incorporated on August 26th, 2020, its sole director and shareholder is Hua Chen, and its corporate secretary is QBB HK Limited; World Yesheng International Trade Limited was incorporated on September 29th, 2020, its sole director and shareholder is "Zheng Zhang", and its corporate secretary is Hangtung International Limited; and Bestviewyeer Limited was incorporated on October 27th, 2020, its sole director and shareholder is "Yin Yongwei", and its corporate secretary is World Enterprise Management Limited, while records maintained by the Nevada Secretary of State showed that Prime Trust LLC was incorporated on April 13th, 2016 and its managers are Robert F. List, Jeffrey Ren, Scott D. Purcell, J. Max Jiles, Jon P. Jiles, all with the same address in Las Vegas, Nevada; Jor L. Law, of Sherman Oaks, California, and Brent C. Beeman, of Perryton, Texas; Tier Resources was incorporated on October 27th, 2020 and its officers are Ziang Xue, President and Secretary, of Flushing, New York, and John Xue, Treasurer, of San Ysidro, California; and Global Guarantees Inc. was incorporated on March 16th, 2004 and its officers and directors are Boyd R. Stephens, President and Secretary; Walter L. Stephens, Treasurer; Cedric C. Burns, Craig M. Stephens, Mark W. Barlow, Diane Tinker, Nicholas Toliver, and Raymond Ma, directors, all with the same address in Beverly Hills, California

Petition for the Court's sanction of a Scheme of Arrangement in the matter of Sun Cheong Creative Development Holdings Limited, described a Hong Kong-based company that "is principally engaged in the design, development, manufacturing and selling of plastic household products" and whose shares are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition in the matter of Trans-China Automotive Holdings Limited, which appears to be based in Hong Kong, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Jaime Che, of Hong Kong v. Union Grace Holdings Limited and Sinopoly Strategic Investment Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in the matter of Guosheng Internet Investment L.P. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation by Jason Robinson and Jeffrey Stower, of KPMG, as Joint Voluntary Liquidators of Ginger Capital Fund SPC (in Voluntary Liquidation), at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition in Adamas Asia Strategic Opportunity Fund Limited v. Adamas Asian Opportunity Fund Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. Funds held at Hang Sang Bank, of Hong Kong, in the name of Mare Dey Import and Export Trading Co. that are associated with "an investigation of a money laundering/drug trafficking conspiracy whose members included Jorge Hugo Zavala-Lopez, Abel Bustamante-Duran also known as Prieto, Hong Zeng also known as Alondra China, Marco Antonio Mendez-Guzman aka Acelerin, Rafael Omar Cruz-Valedon aka Parce, an individual whose first and last name are unknown and is also known as Alvarez, Erick Giovanny Garcia also known as Juanito, Diana Quiroz Garcia, Juan Carlos Arreola and Ramon Antonio Lopez-Llamas" at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint alleging "misappropriation of investor funds and material misrepresentations in connection with the offering of equity and digital asset securities to investors in Alchemy Finance, Inc., Alchemy Company, Ltd., and Alchemy Coin, Ltd.", which are domiciled in Delaware and Hong Kong, in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Sheng-Wen Cheng, of New York, USA, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Public Notice by the Bermuda Monetary Authority that it "successfully petitioned the Supreme Court of Bermuda to wind up Greins Global Ltd.", which was described as "a Class 1 insurer". Editor's Note: The Directors Register section of the Government of Bermuda's website identified the sole director of Greins Global Limited as Randeep S. Grewal, of Hong Kong.

Winding Up Petition in Lee Kwok Wah, of Hong Kong v. Q-TZG Leasing Holding Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Brazil by Cristina Morgan Cavalcanti, as the Foreign Representation of Samarco Mineração S.A., of Belo Horizonte, described as "a privately held Brazilian mining company that started its operations in 1977", filed at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Oak Trust, Acorn Trust, Eagle Trust, Duffy Trust, Robert J. Parfet Living Trust, Geluk Global Fund Limited SAC, of the Bahamas; Migration Investments, LLC, of Colorado; Boustrophedon International Ltd., of Hong Kong; Michael R. Shea, Erin Shea, Angela Ling, Fuhua Ling, Philip Bullock, Lifang Liu, Justin Payne, Michael Dietzen, Kimberly J. Dietzen, Brian Sly, David K. Sly, Gregory Sly, Karen Sly, Nelson Sly, Helen S. Sly, Sly Family Trust, and Tamara A. Sly Separate Property Trust to take discovery from Jack Pieron, described as "the former Chief Technology Officer at Equity US", residing in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for use in "an anticipated proceeding" in England regarding allegations of "a fraudulent Forex trading scheme" involving Equiti Capital UK Limited, Mediatrix Capital Inc., Blue Isle Markets Inc., and Blue Isle Markets Ltd., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €160,000 on MC Trustees (Malta) Limited for regulatory breaches. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert in the Malta Business Registry showed that MC Trustees (Malta) Limited was incorporated in Malta on December 11th, 2009, its directors are Noel Buttigieg Scicluna, of Malta; William Daniel Dane, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in Portugal, and Edward Thorpe, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in Malta; its former directors include Martin Cadman, a citizen of the United Kingdom who resigned effective December 24th, 2019, and its shareholders are Christine Rhoda Grace Dane, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in Portugal; William Dane, and MC Holdings (Malta) Limited, a Maltese company incorporated on March 14th, 2011 whose sole director is Martin Cadman and whose shareholders are Martin Cadman and Basi & Basi Financial Planning Limited, a British firm whose sole director is Michael Sudagar Basi, a citizen of the United Kingdom, and whose "persons with significant control" are Basi and Brite Advisory Group Limited, of Hong Kong.

The registration of investment fund Remus Horizons PCC Limited, which is part of a group that includes individuals and companies in or from Australia, England, Guernsey, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Texas, and the United Arab Emirates, has been suspended by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission less than five months after it was granted.

Petition to Confirm Arbitral Awards in Hong Kong and Singapore totaling $142 million in La Dolce Vita Fine Dining Company Limited and La Dolce Vita Fine Dining Group Holdings Limited, both of the Cayman Islands v. Zhang Lan, described as a citizen and resident of China; Grand Lan Holding Group (BVI) Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Qiao Jiang Lan Development Limited, formerly South Beauty Development Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and Apex Lead Investment Holdings Limited, of the Seychelles, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Fixed Date Claim Form in CHC Investment Holdings Limited v. Registrar of Corporate Affairs and Harvest Network Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Bermuda by Michael Morrison and Mark Allitt, of KPMG Advisory, as the Foreign Representatives of VL Assurance (Bermuda) Ltd., Valor Group Ltd., and Valor Management Ltd., described as Bermuda companies that are part of a group that also includes companies in Barbados, Ireland, Liechtenstein, and the United States and which are "victims of activity perpetrated between 2013 and 2016 by Jason Sugarman - a former director of the VL Bermuda Debtor - and others, including Jason Galanis, that ultimately led to the insolvency of the VL Bermuda Debtors", filed at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Winding Up Petition in Kinetic Creation Global Investments Limited, of Hong Kong v. Jian Ying Ourgame High Growth Investment Fund, whose "sole purpose" is to hold shares in a company that, inter alia, owns "the World Poker Tour" and "is also involved in online card and board game development and operations in China", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition to Confirm Arbitral Awards in Hong Kong and Singapore totaling $142 million in La Dolce Vita Fine Dining Company Limited and La Dolce Vita Fine Dining Group Holdings Limited, both of the Cayman Islands v. Zhang Lan, described as a citizen and resident of China; Grand Lan Holding Group (BVI) Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Qiao Jiang Lan Development Limited, formerly South Beauty Development Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and Metro Joy International LLC, of New York, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition for the Court's sanction of a Scheme of Arrangement in Xiezhong International Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands "investment holding company" that is based in Hong Kong and China, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by Oak Trust, Acorn Trust, Eagle Trust, Duffy Trust, Robert J. Parfet Living Trust, Geluk Global Fund Limited SAC, of the Bahamas; Migration Investments, LLC, of Colorado; Boustrophedon International Ltd., of Hong Kong; Michael R. Shea, Erin Shea, Angela Ling, Fuhua Ling, Philip Bullock, Lifang Liu, Justin Payne, Michael Dietzen, Kimberly J. Dietzen, Brian Sly, David K. Sly, Gregory Sly, Karen Sly, Nelson Sly, Helen S. Sly, Sly Family Trust, and Tamara A. Sly Separate Property Trust to take discovery from Douglas M. Bassett, for use in legal proceedings in England regarding allegations of "a multi-million dollar fraudulent Forex trading and investment scheme" involving Equiti Capital UK Limited, Mediatrix Capital Inc., Blue Isle Markets Inc., and Blue Isle Markets Ltd., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Application by Winston Wen-Young Wong, of Taiwan, as administrator of the Estate of Yung-Ching Wang, to take discovery from Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. for use in legal proceedings in Bermuda involving "billions of dollars in assets" and styled as "Wen-Young Wong v. Grand View Private Trust Company Limited, et al", filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Application by Oak Trust, Acorn Trust, Eagle Trust, Duffy Trust, Robert J. Parfet Living Trust, Geluk Global Fund Limited SAC, of the Bahamas; Migration Investments, LLC, of Colorado; Boustrophedon International Ltd., of Hong Kong; Michael R. Shea, Erin Shea, Angela Ling, Fuhua Ling, Philip Bullock, Lifang Liu, Justin Payne, Michael Dietzen, Kimberly J. Dietzen, Brian Sly, David K. Sly, Gregory Sly, Karen Sly, Nelson Sly, Helen S. Sly, Sly Family Trust, and Tamara A. Sly Separate Property Trust to take discovery from Hayden Wertz, of Austin, Texas, for use in legal proceedings in England regarding allegations of "a multi-million dollar fraudulent Forex trading and investment scheme" involving Equiti Capital UK Limited, Mediatrix Capital Inc., Blue Isle Markets Inc., and Blue Isle Markets Ltd., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.