Hungary

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Google LLC - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Hungary - for use in a criminal investigation into "an unknown suspect" for suspected investment fraud.

Second Amended Complaint in Hartzella Ventures Ltd., domiciled in the Seychelles, based in Cyprus v. Emmanuil Grinshpun, described as a citizen of Moldova, Romania and USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Petition to partially vacate arbitration award in New Frontier Investment AG and New Frontier Holding GmbH, both of Austria v. BitCenter Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Amended Complaint in Hartzella Ventures Ltd., of the Seychelles v. Emmanuil Grinshpun, described as a citizen of Moldova, Romania, and the USA residing in Miami, Florida, where he “serves as the Honorary Consul for Kazakhstan”, and “Vice President of Latvia’s Rietumu Bank”, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

A Vice President of Latvia's Rietumu Bank - Emmanuil Grinshpun - is being sued in Miami over an alleged $6.6 million debt that involves entities in Anguilla, Australia, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cyprus, England, Scotland, and the Seychelles. It was also alleged that Grinshpun was "associated with" illegal activity.

TRO Motion in Hartzella Ventures Ltd., of the Seychelles v. Emmanuil Grinshpun, described in the accompanying complaint as described as a citizen of Moldova, Romania, and USA residing in Miami, Florida, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint in Hartzella Ventures Ltd., of the Seychelles v. Emmanuil Grinshpun, described as a citizen of Moldova, Romania, and the USA residing in Miami, Florida, where he "serves as the Honorary Consul for Kazakhstan", and "Vice President of Latvia’s Rietumu Bank", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Petition to Enforce Arbitration Award in MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc, of Hungary, described as "a vertically integrated oil and gas company with operations in several countries" v. The Republic of Croatia at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

List of Creditors of 'FTX Trading Ltd. et al' crypto group, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from AT&T Corporation - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Hungary - for a criminal investigation into János Góczi, Ferenc Szepesvari, Ilona Maria Bakro, Olga Baski, and István Nagy for suspected "extortion offenses" involving an alleged scheme in which the suspects were employed by a bar and allegedly prevented customers - believed to be tourists - from leaving "until the customers handed over cash they did not owe".

Sixteen individuals and one company have been charged with securities fraud in New York regarding 'multiple schemes' that allegedly swindled more than $100 million from investors around the world. Those charged are from or operated in many onshore and offshore countries, including Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States.

Complaint alleging securities fraud involving individuals and entities in or from Belize, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Cyprus, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Jersey, in the Channel Islands; Liechtenstein, Monaco, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and USA in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ronald Bauer, Craig James Auringer, Alon Friedlander, Massimilano Pozzoni, Daniel Mark Ferris, Petar Dmitrov Mihaylov, David Sidoo, and Adam Christopher Kambeitz at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging securities fraud and money laundering involving individuals or entities in or from the Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Croatia, Denmark, France, Hungary, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and USA in USA v. Julius Csurgo and Anthony Korculanic at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Bradley D. Sharp, as the Permanent Receiver for the Estate of Direct Lending Investments LLC, Direct Lending Income Fund LP, Direct Lending Income Feeder Fund Ltd., DLI Capital Inc., DLI Lending Agent LLC, and DLI Assets Bravo LLC, which are domiciled in California, Cayman Islands, Delaware, and Nevada v. The Strawberry Peak Trust, of Hungary, and Primus Trust Corporation, of Hungary, as Trustee for The Strawberry Peak Trust, at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Motion for Preliminary Injunction regarding an alleged securities fraud in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Timothy Page, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom; Trevor Page, described as a resident of the United Kingdom residing in the U.K., Switzerland, and Fiji; Ticino Capital Limited, described as a Maltese company "owned on paper by a Swiss attorney"; Wellesley Holdings Limited, of Hungary; Porrima Limited, of Hungary; Emergent Investment Company, of Hungary, and FJ Investments International Inc., of Utah, as Defendants, and Janan Page, described as a resident of the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Fiji, as Relief Defendant, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Complaint alleging securities fraud in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Timothy Page, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom; Trevor Page, described as a resident of the United Kingdom residing in the U.K., Switzerland, and Fiji; Ticino Capital Limited, described as a Maltese company "owned on paper by a Swiss attorney"; Wellesley Holdings Limited, of Hungary; Porrima Limited, of Hungary; Emergent Investment Company, of Hungary, and FJ Investments International Inc., of Utah, as Defendants, and Janan Page, described as a resident of the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Fiji, as Relief Defendant, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Public Notice by the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority that Dolfin Financial (UK) Ltd., described as a "wealth management firm", has entered "Special Administration". Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert at Companies House for England and Wales showed that the directors of Dolfin Financial (UK) Ltd. are Rodney Pennington Baker-Bates and Amir Mohammad Nabi, who are citizens of the United Kingdom, while former directors are Stephen Michael Kinglsey, a citizen of the U.K. and France, who resigned effective March 31st, 2021; Sanjay Maraj, a citizen of the U.K., who resigned effective September 30th, 2020; Denisz Andras Nagy, a citizen of Hungary, who resigned effective April 30th, 2020; Donald Dimitri Percival, a citizen of the U.K., who resigned effective October 25th, 2016; Henrik Segerberg, a citizen of Sweden, who resigned effective September 20th, 2013; Kai Yeu Tang, a citizen of the U.K., who resigned effective September 20th, 2013; Adrian van den Bok, a citizen of the U.K., who resigned effective February 10th, 2014, and Dr. Fadi Zaher, a citizen of Sweden, who resigned effective April 14th, 2016.

Originating Application in the matter of Danube Fund GP at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit that it has imposed a fine of €403,947 on Money + Card Payment Institution Limited for regulatory breaches. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert in the Malta Business Registry showed that Money + Card Payment Institution Limited was incorporated in Malta on July 27th, 2015, went into liquidation on June 13th, 2019, has no current directors, its former directors include Zoltan Bota, who resigned effective May 11th, 2019; Terry Galea, of Malta, who resigned effective May 14th, 2019; Franco Falzan, of Malta, who resigned effective May 9th, 2019, and Dmitrij Kozelkin, of Hungary, who resigned effective August 9th, 2018, and its shareholders are Viktor Hujber, a citizen and resident of Hungary, and Prifolio Holding Limited, which was incorporated in Malta on September 16th, 2010, whose sole director is Otto Hujber, and whose shareholders are Otto Hujber and Viktor Hujber,

Public Notice by the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority that it has "imposed a number of restrictions on Dolfin Financial (UK) Ltd. stopping it from carrying on any regulated activities due to concerns about the way it conducts its business". Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert at Companies House for England and Wales showed that Dolfin Financial (UK) Ltd. was incorporated on November 5th, 2010, its directors are Rodney Pennington Baker-Bates, who is chairman of British insurance broker Willis Ltd.; Stephen Michael Kingsley, a former partner of PR firm FTI Consulting, and Amir Mohammed Nabi, who are all citizens of the United Kingdom, its former directors include Sanjay Maraj, a citizen of the United Kingdom, who resigned effective September 30th, 2020, and Denis Andras Nagy, a citizen of Hungary, who resigned effective April 30th, 2020, and its "person with significant control" is Denis Nagy.

Public Warning by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission that Novasigma Limited "appears to be purporting to offer company management services in Gibraltar" without a license. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert at Companies House Gibraltar showed that Novasigma Limited was incorporated in Gibraltar on May 21st, 2015 and, in its most recent annual return dated May 4th, 2018, the company's sole director was identified as Jussi Olavi Hallikas, described as a Finnish "tax advisor" residing in Tbilisi, Georgia, and its sole shareholder as Novasigma Limited, of the Seychelles. The company's website at www.novasigma.com is no longer operational. In his LinkedIn profile, Hallikas is currently described as "Managing Director" of "Fidelcrest", a company purportedly domiciled in Hungary that offers "forex trading" products and services at www.fidelcrest.com.

Chapter 11 petitions by companies in Angola, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Hungary, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States, specifically Seadrill Limited, Seadrill Limited, Asia Offshore Drilling Limited, Asia Offshore Rig 1 Limited, Asia Offshore Rig 2 Limited, Asia Offshore Rig 3 Limited, Eastern Drilling AS, North Atlantic Alpha Ltd., North Atlantic Elara Ltd., North Atlantic Epsilon Ltd., North Atlantic Linus Charterer Ltd., North Atlantic Navigator Ltd., North Atlantic Phoenix Ltd., North Atlantic Venture Ltd., Scorpion Courageous Ltd., Scorpion Deepwater B.V., Scorpion Deepwater Ltd., Scorpion Drilling Ltd., Scorpion Freedom Ltd., Scorpion International Ltd., Scorpion Nederlandse B.V., Scorpion Offshore Inc., Scorpion Resolute Ltd., Scorpion Rigs Ltd., Scorpion Servicos Offshore Ltda, Scorpion USA Expats, Inc., Scorpion Vigilant Ltd., SDS Drilling Ltd., Sea Dragon de Mexico S de R.L. de CV, Seadrill Abu Dhabi Operations Limited, Seadrill Americas, Inc., Seadrill Angola LDA, Seadrill Ariel Ltd., Seadrill Australia Pte Ltd., Seadrill Brunei Ltd., Seadrill Callisto Ltd., Seadrill Carina Ltd., Seadrill Castor Ltd., Seadrill Castor Pte Ltd., Seadrill Common Holdings Ltd., Seadrill Cressida Ltd., Seadrill Deepwater Charterer Ltd., Seadrill Deepwater Contracting Ltd., Seadrill Deepwater Crewing Ltd., Seadrill Deepwater Holdings Ltd., Seadrill Deepwater Units Pte Ltd., Seadrill Dione Ltd., Seadrill Eclipse Ltd., Seadrill Eminence Ltd., Seadrill Equatorial Guinea Ltd., Seadrill Europe Management AS, Seadrill Far East Limited, Seadrill Freedom Ltd., Seadrill GCC Operations Ltd., Seadrill Gemini Ltd., Seadrill Global Services Ltd., Seadrill Gulf Operations Neptune LLC, Seadrill Holdings Singapore Pte Ltd., Seadrill Hyperion Ltd., Seadrill Indonesia Ltd., Seadrill Insurance Ltd., Seadrill International Resourcing DMCC, Seadrill Investment Holding Company Limited, Seadrill Jack Up Holding Ltd., Seadrill Jack Up I B.V., Seadrill Jack Up II B.V., Seadrill Jack-Ups Contracting Ltd., Seadrill Jupiter Ltd., Seadrill Labuan Ltd., Seadrill Management (S) Pte Ltd., Seadrill Management AME Ltd., Seadrill Management Ltd., Seadrill Mimas Ltd., Seadrill Mira Hungary Kft., Seadrill Mira Ltd., Seadrill Neptune Hungary Kft., Seadrill Newfoundland Operations Ltd., Seadrill Nigeria Operations Limited, Seadrill North Atlantic Holdings Limited, Seadrill North Sea Crewing Ltd., Seadrill Norway Crew AS, Seadrill Norway Operations Ltd., Seadrill Offshore AS, Seadrill Offshore Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., Seadrill Offshore Nigeria Limited, Seadrill Operations de Mexico S de R.L. de CV, Seadrill Orion Ltd., Seadrill Pegasus (S) Pte Ltd., Seadrill Prospero Ltd., Seadrill Proteus Ltd., Seadrill Rhea Ltd., Seadrill Rig Holding Company Limited, Seadrill Saturn Ltd., Seadrill Saudi I B.V., Seadrill Saudi II B.V., Seadrill Servicos de Petroleos Ltda., Seadrill Sevan Holdings Limited, Seadrill Telesto Ltd., Seadrill Tellus Ltd., Seadrill Tethys Ltd., Seadrill Titan Ltd., Seadrill Titania Sarl, Seadrill Treasury UK Limited, Seadrill Triton Ltd., Seadrill Tucana Ltd., Seadrill UK Ltd., Seadrill UK Operations Ltd., Seadrill UK Support Services Ltd., Seadrill Umbriel Ltd., Sevan Brasil Ltd., Sevan Developer Ltd., Sevan Driller Ltd., Sevan Drilling Limited, Sevan Drilling North America LLC, Sevan Drilling Pte Ltd., Sevan Drilling Rig II AS, Sevan Drilling Rig II Pte Ltd., Sevan Drilling Rig IX Pte Ltd., Sevan Drilling Rig V Pte Ltd., Sevan Louisiana Hungary Kft., and Sevan Marine Servicos de Perfuracao Ltda at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Petition for Restoration and Winding Up in State Development Corporation, described as a Russian "state corporation" v. Nutcracker Holdings Limited,  whose "sole shareholder" was Andrey Konchalovsky, a.k.a. Andrey Mikhalkov, and which allegedly owes $127 million regarding the financing of "The Nutcracker" movie that, inter alia, involved an entity in the British Virgin Islands that "may have been owned and/or controlled by Mr. Konchalovsky", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition by Seadrill Polaris Ltd., of Bermuda; Seadrill Partners LLC, of England; Seadrill OPCO Sub LLC, of England; Seabras Rig Holdco Kft., of Hungary; Seadrill Operating GP LLC, of England; Seadrill Auriga Hungary Kft., of Hungary; Seadrill Operating LP, of the Marshall Islands; Seadrill Canada Ltd., of Canada; Seadrill Partners B.V., of the Netherlands; Seadrill Capricorn Holdings LLC, of the Marshall Islands; Seadrill Partners Finco LLC, of England; Seadrill China Operations Ltd., of Luxembourg; Seadrill Partners Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., of Malaysia; Seadrill Deepwater Drillship Ltd., of England; Seadrill Partners Operating LLC, of the Marshall Islands; Seadrill Ghana Operations Ltd., of England; Seadrill Mobile Units (Nigeria) Ltd., of Nigeria; Seadrill T-15 Ltd., of Bermuda; Seadrill Gulf Operations Auriga LLC, of England; Seadrill T-16 Ltd., of Bermuda; Seadrill Gulf Operations Sirius LLC, of England; Seadrill Texas LLC, of England; Seadrill Gulf Operations Vela LLC, of England; Seadrill US Gulf LLC, of England; Seadrill Hungary Kft., of Hungary; Seadrill Vela Hungary Kft., of Hungary; Seadrill International Ltd., of England; Seadrill Vencedor Ltd., of Bermuda, and Seadrill Leo Ltd., of England, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Chapter 11 Petition by Pacific Drilling LLC, Pacific Drilling Operations Inc., Pacific Drilling Inc., and Pacific Drilling Company Limited, all of Houston, Texas; Pacific Drilling SA, Pacific Drilling Finance S.À.R.L., Pacific Sharav S.À.R.L., and Pacific Drillship S.À.R.L., all of Luxembourg; Pacific Drilling Limited, Pacific Scirocco Ltd., Pacific Mistral Ltd., and Pacific Bora Ltd., all of Liberia; Pacific Drilling Operations Limited, Pacific Drilling V Limited, Pacific Drilling VII Limited, Pacific Drillship Nigeria Limited, and Pacific Santa Ana Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Pacific Sharav Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság, of Hungary, and Pacific Drilling Holding (Gibraltar) Limited, of Gibraltar, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Noleum Holdings Partners LP v. Miros Development Group Inc at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from JPMorgan Chase Bank regarding Kratos LLC - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Hungary - for a criminal investigation into Zsolt Kurányi for tax fraud and money laundering.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from JPMorgan Chase Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Hungary - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subjects for fraud" committed against companies in China and Hungary.

Complaint for "an illegal and fraudulent 'binary options' trading scheme" involving companies in Anguilla, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Israel, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United Kingdom in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Yukom Communications Ltd., of Israel; Linkopia Mauritius Ltd., of Mauritius; Wirestech Limited, d.b.a. BigOption, of the Marshall Islands; WSB Investments Ltd., d.b.a. BinaryBrook, of Anguilla, Gibraltar, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United Kingdom; Zolarex Ltd., d.b.a. BinaryOnline, of the Marshall Islands; Yakov Cohen, an Israeli residing in Israel and Mauritius; Yossi Herzog, of Israel; Lee Elbaz, of Israel, currently incarcerated in the USA, and Shalom Peretz, of Israel, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Application by the Probate Court in Gödöllö, Hungary, to take discovery from San Diego County Credit Union for use in probate proceedings in Hungary involving the Estate of Vince Richter, Deceased, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Germany by Rolf Pohlmann, as the Foreign Representative of NCI New Capital Invest Oil & Gas 11 GmbH, NCI New Capital Invest Oil & Gas 16 GmbH, and NCI New Capital Invest Oil & Gas 19 GmbH, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Regulatory Penalty by the Malta Financial Services Authority regarding Money + Card Payment Institution Ltd.

Transcript of Sentencing Hearing in USA v. Adrian Baron at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Transcript of Plea Hearing in USA v. Adrian Baron at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Judgment in USA v. Adrian Baron at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

USA's Sentencing Memorandum in USA v. Adrian Baron at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Defendant's Sentencing Memorandum in USA v. Adrian Baron at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Offshore banker Adrian Baron faces up to five years in prison after becoming the first-ever person to be convicted in the United States under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

Offshore banker Adrian Baron, Chief Business Officer of Caribbean-based Loyal Bank, is in custody in New York after being extradited from Hungary to face fraud and money laundering charges.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Poland - for a criminal investigation into Accepting Proceeds of a Criminal Act and Using a Forged Document.

In a superseding indictment returned on Tuesday in New York, four offshore bankers and service providers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Mauritius, Hungary and England were charged with conspiring to defraud the USA by "obstructing" the IRS' ability to collect tax revenue via FATCA.

Superseding Indictment in USA v. Panayiotis Kyriacou, a.k.a. Peter Kyriacou; Arvinsingh Canaye, a.k.a. Vinesh Canaye; Adrian Baron, Linda Bullock, Aristos Aristodemou, Matthew Green, Beaufort Securities Ltd., Beaufort Management Services Ltd., Loyal Bank Ltd., and Loyal Agency and Trust Corp. at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Caribbean-based Loyal Bank and its two British managers, Linda Bullock and Adrian Baron, have been criminally indicted in the U.S. for allegedly laundering the proceeds of securities fraud.

Criminal Indictment in USA v. Panayiotis Kyriacou, a.k.a. Peter Kyriacou; Arvinsingh Canaye, a.k.a. Vinesh Canaye; Adrian Baron, Linda Bullock, Aristos Aristodemou, Matthew Green, Beaufort Securities Ltd., Beaufort Management Services Ltd., Loyal Bank Ltd., and Loyal Agency and Trust Corp. at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Hungary - for a criminal investigation into Csilla Ildiko Fekete, Sacramento Packing Inc. and others for suspected money laundering.

Argentarius Group, which operates investment platforms in Malta, Gibraltar and the Cayman Islands on which several suspect schemes have been trying to raise funds, has been kicked off the Gibraltar Stock Exchange.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Czech Republic - for a criminal investigation into suspected fraud and money laundering involving an account at the Bank of America.

Forfeiture Complaint against funds in the names of Moonbigtwo, Glendown Holdings, Exellit Sales LLP, Exgold Import LLP, Deltaway Systems LP, Burgenland AG Inc., Nokletto Industries Limited, Max Crown S.A., Avikom Ltd., Torir Inter LP, Dingseng HK Co. Ltd., Romantick Style Ltd., Ideals Solutions Group SA, Privaled Construction LP, and Corwald Transit LP in USA v. Funds at Eurobank Cyprus Ltd., Hellenic Bank, ABLV Bank AS, Trasta Komercbanka, Meridian Trade Bank, Baltikum Bank AS, Reitumu Banka, AB BND Bankas, Postova Bank AS, CIB Bank ZRT, Danske Bank, HSBC Bank, MKB Bank ZRT, and Norvik Banka JSC at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment in USA v. Peter Amrein at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Amended Complaint in Universal Trading & Investment Co., Inc. v. Yulia Tymoshenko, Alexander Tymoshenko, and Andrey Vavilov at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.