Lebanon

Public Notice by the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission that it has revoked the Financial Dealers Licence of FxGrow Limited.

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.

Application by Clara Moussa Boustany to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and JPMorgan Private Bank for use in "divorce proceedings" in Monaco "initiated by her husband, Fadi Boustany", who was described as a citizen of Lebanon and Switzerland who controls the "Metropole Group", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Writ of Summons and General Indorsement in Christopher Kennedy and Alexander Lawson, as Joint Official Liquidators for and on behalf of Adenium Energy Capital Ltd. (in Official Liquidation) v. Viscom Investments Ltd., of the Bahamas; Infinity World Investments SA, of Panama; Maymouna Holding SAL, of the Republic of Lebanon; Wassef Sawaf, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and KSB Capital (Offshore) SAL, of the Republic of Lebanon, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Director Details for Telford Offshore Holdings Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on March 9th, 2023.

Application by Clara Moussa Boustany to take discovery from Antonio Ellek for use in "divorce proceedings her husband, Fadi Boustany, initiated in Monaco in 2022", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Clara Moussa Boustany to take discovery from Stephen Valkenborg and Makram Abboud for use in divorce proceedings in Monaco, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judgment regarding an application by the claimants to "re-re-amend their Statement of Claim" and by the defendants to "strike out the claim, or parts of it and/or for reverse summary judgment" in Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and Nissan Middle East FZE v. Carlos Ghosn, Carole Nahas Ghosn, and Beauty Yachts Pty Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Summons and Temporary Restraining Order in Nuri Musaed Al Saleh, of Kuwait, and Sandra Holding Ltd., of the Cayman Islands v. Fawzi Musaed Al Saleh, described as a citizen of Kuwait; Ahmed Fawzi Al Saleh, described as a citizen of Kuwait and the United Kingdom; Yasmine Fawzi Al Saleh, described as a citizen of Kuwait residing in the USA, and Farah El Merabi, described as a citizen of Lebanon residing in Kuwait, at Massachusetts Superior Court, for Middlesex County.

Complaint in Nazem Chaar, Souheil Elia, Overseas Investment Group Ltd., The Financil Investment Trust, Randa Garrana, Samir Hafza, Samar Yasser Hafza, a.k.a. Samar Hafza Lazkani; Bilal Kttan, Kattan Family Revocable Trust, Joseph Maroun Sr., Rabih Nachabe, Imad Tabry, and Nadim Toufic Zakharia v. Arab Bank Plc, Bank Audi SAL, Byblos Bank, Blom Bank, Bank of Beirut SAL, Credit Libanais SAL, and Fenicia Bank SAL, all of Lebanon, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Motion to Ex Parte Recognition of Foreign Freezing Order "issued on November 30, 2021 by the Court of the Dubai International Financial Centre in the United Arab Emirates" in Nuri Musaed Al Saleh, of Kuwait, and Sandra Holding Ltd., of the Cayman Islands v. Fawzi Musaed Al Saleh, described as a citizen of Kuwait; Ahmed Fawzi Al Saleh, described as a citizen of Kuwait and the United Kingdom; Yasmine Fawzi Al Saleh, described as a citizen of Kuwait residing in the USA, and Farah El Merabi, described as a citizen of Lebanon residing in Kuwait, at Massachusetts Superior Court, for Middlesex County.

Complaint to recognize "a worldwide freezing order issued by the Court of the Dubai International Financial Centre of the United Arab Emirates against the Defendants" in Nuri Musaed Al Saleh, of Kuwait, and Sandra Holding Ltd., of the Cayman Islands v. Fawzi Musaed Al Saleh, described as a citizen of Kuwait; Ahmed Fawzi Al Saleh, described as a citizen of Kuwait and the United Kingdom; Yasmine Fawzi Al Saleh, described as a citizen of Kuwait residing in the USA, and Farah El Merabi, described as a citizen of Lebanon residing in Kuwait, at Massachusetts Superior Court, for Middlesex County.

Complaint for damages of $9.9 million alleging the default of Notes in Lebanese Company for Financial Investment SAL, of the Lebanon v. Córporación Eléctrica Nacional, as successor by merger to C.A. La Electricidad de Caracas, a.k.a. Corpoelec, described as being "owned 75% by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (the “Republic”) and 25% by Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (“PDVSA”), which is, in turn, majority owned by the Republic", at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Deferred Prosecution Agreement in USA v. Credit Suisse Group AG, of Switzerland, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Plea Agreement regarding a fraud involving Mozambique in USA v. Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, described as "a wholly-owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse headquartered in London, United Kingdom", at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Information alleging conspiracy to commit wire fraud involving Mozambique in USA v. Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, described as "a wholly-owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG headquartered in London, United Kingdom", at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Information alleging conspiracy to commit wire fraud involving Mozambique in USA v. Credit Suisse Group Ag at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Press Release by the Bermuda Monetary Authority announcing that it has imposed "civil penalties" totaling $1.7 million on Allianz Life Bermuda Limited for regulatory breaches, including the Proceeds of Crime (Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2008, and that the company has agreed to go into liquidation. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert showed that, on the Allianz Group's website, the address for Allianz Life Bermuda Limited is given as "105, Allianz SNA Bldg 56, Jisr el Bacha Hazmieh Beirut, Lebanon P.O.Box: 16-6516".

Allianz Life Bermuda Limited, a Bermuda company that was operated from Lebanon in the Middle East, has been fined $1.7 million by the Bermuda Monetary Authority for regulatory breaches and agreed to go into liquidation.

Application by Alberto Safra, of Brazil, to take discovery from Dr. Susan Bressman, Dr. Eli L. Diamond, Dr. Valentin Fuster, Dr. Viviane Tabar, Mount Sinai Health System and Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center for use in "contemplated civil proceedings in Switzerland" regarding "the wills of the late Joseph Yacoub Safra, founder of the Safra banking conglomerate, who passed away in December 2020 after battling numerous health and neurological ailments during the last years of his life", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Amended Decision Notice by the Dubai Financial Services Authority imposing prohibitions on FFA Private Bank (Dubai) Limited, of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, for regulatory breaches.

Application by Majed Amir Al-Attabi to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase Bank, The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, Citibank N.A., and Standard Chartered Bank for use in legal proceedings in Lebanon "against Bank Audi S.A.L.", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Writ of Summons in Neoma Manager (Mauritius) Limited, as the Manager of Neoma Private Equity Fund IV LP v. Neoma Global Growth Markets Fund (B) LP, Bicorp S.A.L., of Lebanon; Crown Global Secondaries III Plc, of Ireland; Falcon Flight LLC, of New York, NY; Raghida Ghandour, of Dubai, and The Public Institution for Social Security, of Kuwait, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint alleging Bank Audi "refuses to honor its obligation to pay" $17.6 million, in Patricia Raad, Stephanie Raad, and David Raad v. Bank Audi S.A.L., of Beirut, Lebanon, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint to recognize judgments totaling $556 million in Pierre Fattouch, Moussa Fattouch, and United Lebanese Quarries and Crushers Company S.A.L., all of the Lebanon v. The Republic of Lebanon and Marie-Claud Najim, as Minister of Justice, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Application by Invest Bank PSC to take discovery from Citibank N.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas, Standard Chartered Bank,  The Bank of New York Mellon, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Société Générale, BNP Paribas USA, The Bank of Nova Scotia, UBS AG, Commerzbank AG, Bank of China, New York Branch, and The Clearing House Payments Company LLC for use in "contemplated proceedings" in Dubai "against Greenline Interiors FZCO, Greenline Yacht Interiors FZCO, Samir Michael Badro, Nabila Iskandar Samir Abboud Badro, Lea Samir Badro Hamadeh, Roy Samir Badro, and Fay Badro Zakhem" involving, inter alia, companies in Bahrain, British Virgin Islands, Dubai, Germany, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Kingdom, and the USA, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging a "Ponzi scheme that is the Lebanese banking system" in Joseph A. Daou and Karen M. Daou, both of Clearwater Beach, Florida v. BLC Bank SAL, Credit Libanais SAL, Al-Mawarid Bank SAL, and Banque du Liban, all of the Lebanon, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Claim Form seeking at least €503,791 in Khaleb Debs, of Beirut, Lebanon v. Strong Media Group Limited and Strong International Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Application by Benjamin Steinmetz, of Israel, described as an "adviser" to BSG Resources Limited, "a Guernsey-based international mining and natural resources company", to take discovery from Vale SA, described as a Brazil company that is "one of the largest mining companies in the world"; Vale Americas Inc., Rio Tinto Plc, and Rio Tinto Limited for use in legal proceedings in the United Kingdom involving Vale S.A., of Brazil; Vale Holdings B.V., of the Netherlands, and Vale International S.A., of Switzerland, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint seeking damages of $457,224 alleging failure to execute wire transfer requests in Jamal Hammoud, described as "the majority owner and principal of Milestones Capital, LLC" v. Société Générale de Banque au Liban, of Lebanon, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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.

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.

Japanese auto manufacturer Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. has obtained an order in the British Virgin Islands to preserve a yacht called 'Twig' that is linked with its former Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn, who is a citizen of Brazil, France, and Lebanon.

Order in Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., of Japan v. Carlos Ghosn, a citizen of Brazil, France and Lebanon and a former chairman and CEO of Nissan; his wife, Carole Nahas Ghosn, and Beauty Yachts Pty Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, as Respondents, and Virgin Islands Shipping Registry, and Hauteville Trust (BVI) Limited, as Third Parties, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Indictment in USA v. Jean Boustani, a.k.a. Jean Boustany, a citizen of Lebanon; Najib Allam, a.k.a. Naji Allam, a citizen of Lebanon; Manuel Chang, a citizen of Mozambique and Mozambique's Minister of Finance; Antonio Do Rosario, a citizen of Mozambique and "an official in Mozambique's governmental state intelligence and security service, known as Servico de Informacoes e Seguranca do Estado; Teofilo Nhangumele, "a citizen of Mozambique acting in an official capacity for and on behalf of the Office of the President of Mozambique"; Andrew Pearse, a citizen of New Zealand; Surjan Singh, a citizen of the United Kingdom; and Detelina Subeva, a citizen of Bulgaria, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Ex Parte Application by Iraq Telecom Limited to conduct discovery from HSBC Bank (USA) NA, Standard Chartered International (USD) Ltd., The Bank of New York Mellon NA, and Wells Fargo Bank NA at the U. S. District Court for the Southern 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.

Complaint in Charif Kazal, Adam Kazal, Tony Kazal, and Karl Kazal v. Matthew Price at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Writ of Summons in Lebanese Media Holding (LMH) Limited v. Randa Saad El-Daher at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application In the Matter of HC Mena 1 Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

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

Fixed Date Claim Form in Mohamad Fakih v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs and The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Letter to the editor from Lebanon-based advance fee fraudster Mahmoud Chahal in which he threatens in broken English to harm OffshoreAlert's publisher because of postings by third parties on our message board ten years ago.

Petition of Eleanor Grace Fisher, of Zolfo Cooper (Cayman) Limited, and John Howard Batchelor and Bruno Arboit, of FTI Consulting, to wind-up PAC Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Letter from Tony Habib complaining about OffshoreAlert's reporting of his involvement with Phoenix Financial Ltd., which appeared to be perpetrating advance fee frauds, according to research by OffshoreAlert.

Application by BankMed SAL to withdraw stop notice regarding shares in Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. owned by Amir Abu Ghazaleh, filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application of Solano Lima Pinheiro, a shareholder of now-defunct Brazilian broker-dealer Dinamica Distribuidora de Titulos e Valores Mobiliarios S.A., to take discovery of Citibank NA and NAI Global, a.k.a. Commercial Properties, for litigation in Brazil regarding an alleged securities fraud committed by Naji Nahas.

Petition of MENA Financial Inc., of the British Virgin Islands, for the liquidation of MerchantBridge Managers Inc. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.