Warrants for the arrest of British Virgin Islands-based, Canadian asset recovery attorney Martin Kenney and Irish litigation funder Garrett Kelleher have been issued by a federal judge in the United States for them to answer a charge of misdemeanor criminal contempt regarding litigation with CIGNA Worldwide Insurance Company on behalf of businesspeople in war-torn Liberia.
Order for the issuance of arrest warrants to face criminal contempt charge in USA v. Martin Kenney and Garrett Kelleher at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Philadelphia.
Order To Show Cause & Notice Charging Criminal Contempt in USA v. Martin Kenney and Garrett Kelleher at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Philadelphia.
Samuel Lohman Settlement in The Abi Jaoudi and Azar Trading Corp. v. CIGNA Worldwide Insurance Co. at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Criminal Indictment for conspiracy to commit tax fraud in USA v. Martin Dunki, a Swiss banker, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Ruling on Admissibility in Tempo Group Limited, Chen Ching Chih, and Maxima Resources Corporation v. Fortuna Development Corporation, New Frontier Development Corporation, Wynner Group Limited, Bates Group Limited, Steven Word Driscoll, and Lii San-Rong at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Fourth Amended Complaint in Irving Picard, as Trustee for the Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC v. Federico Ceretti, an Italian residing in England; Carlo Grosso, an Italian residing in England; Kingate Global Fund Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Kingate Euro Fund Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Kingate Management Limited, of Bermuda; FIM Advisers LLP, of England; FIM Limited, of England; Citi Hedge Fund Services Limited, First Peninsula Trustees Limited, of Liberia, individually and as Trustee of The Ashby Trust; The Ashby Trust, of Jersey, in the Channel Islands; Ashby Investment Investment Services Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Alpine Trustees Limited, of Liberia, individually and as Trustee of El Prela Trust; Port of Hercules Trustees Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, individually and as Trustee of El Prela Trust; El Prela Trust, of Jersey, in the Channel Islands, and then the British Virgin Islands; El Prela Group Holding Services Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Ashby Holdings Services Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; El Prela Trading Investments Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and Bank of Bermuda Limited, of Bermuda, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. assets in the names of Mohammed Sani Abacha, Doraville Properties Corporation, Rayville International, S.A., Standard Alliance Financial Services Limited, Mecosta Securities, Inc., Ridley Group Limited, The Ridley Trust, Blue Holding (1) Pte. Ltd., and Blue Holding (2) Pte. Ltd. at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Order Refusing Leave to Appeal in ACE Limited v. Echemus Investment Management Ltd., Echemus Group, LP, Martin S. Kenney, and CC International Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Re-Issued Costs Ruling regarding Echemus Investment Management Ltd., Echemus Group, LP, Martin S. Kenney, and CC International Limited in CIGNA Worldwide Insurance Company v. ACE Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Application by Dr. Winston Wen-Young Wong to take discovery from William Pan, T.Y. Liao, Alice Nightingale, Joseph Barone, John Young, Edmund Granski, Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A., Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, U.S.A., Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, America, and Inteplast Group, Ltd. for use in a foreign proceeding in Bermuda.
Ruling regarding who should pay costs and legality of service out of the jurisdiction in CIGNA Worldwide Insurance Company v. ACE Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Order adding Echemus Investment Management Ltd., Echemus Group, LP, CC International Limited, and Martin S. Kenney as parties for the purposes of costs only in CIGNA Worldwide Insurance Company v. ACE Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Ruling allowing substituted service on James Little in CIGNA Worldwide Insurance Company, through its court-appointed Receiver, Josie Senesie, regarding its Liberian branch, v. ACE Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Order granting permission to serve costs summons on Echemus Group LP, Echemus Investment Management Ltd., Echemus International, Ltd., Martin S. Kenney, CC International Limited and James Little outside the jurisdiction in CIGNA Worldwide Insurance Company v. ACE Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Statement of Claim in Tempo Group Limited, Chen Ching Chih, and Maxima Resources Corporation v. Fortuna Development Corporation, New Frontier Development Corporation, Wynner Group Limited, Bates Group Limited, Steven Word Driscoll, and Lii San-Rong at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Order transferring the case styled as 'CIGNA Worldwide Insurance Company vs. ACE Limited' to the Financial Services Division of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
British conmen Lincoln Fraser and Jared Brook, who masterminded the $400 million Imperial Consolidated fraud that failed in 2002, are embroiled in yet another international financial scandal involving a group that has done business under several names, including EasyKard, Saphrau, Wharfside, Quatro and G4 Group.
Amended Statement of Claim in CIGNA Worldwide Insurance Company, by and through its court-appointed Receiver Foday Sesay and in respect of the assets, undertakings, and affairs of its licensed Liberian branch and business, v. ACE Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
A Bermuda domiciled protection and indemnity is being sued in New Orleans following an incident involving a cargo vessel.Details are contained in a civil complaint that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
A Bermuda-based protection and indemnity club has taken action to seize a motor vessel owned by a Liberian company that allegedly owes it approximately $1.2 million awarded by a court and an arbitration tribunal in England.Hellenic Mutual War Risks Association (Bermuda) Limited filed a civil complaint against Sea Trade Maritime Corporation, owner of the M/V Athena, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on August 29, 2008.
ACE Ltd. is being sued for US$133 million at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands by the Receiver of the Liberian operations of CIGNA Worldwide Insurance Company.The action was brought on July 9, 2008 - one day before ACE's shareholders approved - at the company's AGM in Bermuda - a proposal to move ACE's domicile from the Cayman Islands to Switzerland. Two days prior to the completion of its re-domestication being announced on July 18, ACE gave a written undertaking to the Cayman court that its Swiss successor would submit to the jurisdiction following the transfer and pay any sum that the court might order in the case. Without such an undertaking, it is questionable whether ACE would have been allowed to move to Switzerland.
Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged war crimes - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Netherlands - that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Colombia on November 28, 2007. Individuals mentioned in the request for assistance include Gus Kouwenhoven and John Senior Tarnue.
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into the alleged embezzlement of the proceeds of the sale of a ship named Rybak Komchatki which were allegedly transferred to a company domiciled in Oregon called SV Financial, which was owned by Victor Kaganov and managed by Oregon dentist Anna Shimanovsky and her husband, Roman Shimanovsky, according to the request for assistance.
As a Russian court prepares to issue a verdict in the tax evasion trial of Russian mogul Mikhail Khodorkovsky, documents show that his Menatep holding company and Yukos Oil shorted Russia of billions of dollars in taxes by using shell companies for transfer pricing.They also allegedly cheated minority shareholders. A U.S. lawsuit is charging that Yukos auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers knew of the false invoicing scheme and failed in its duty to report it. Documents obtained by OffshoreAlert, but not cited in the suit, indicate that PwC knew of Yukos' offshore marketing structure, called "Jurby Lake," which used Menatep shell companies in Switzerland, Liberia and Dublin to sell Yukos oil.
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in France into Jean-Pierre Ablard for alleged distribution of child pornography.
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Belgium into Samih Ossaily, Aziz Nassour, Nora Vlasselaerts, Abbas Macky and others for suspected participation in a criminal organization involved in money laundering, arms dealing and illegal diamond trading.
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into alleged fraud by Martin Brian Tobias-Gibbins, Jimmy Barnard Sanchez, William Deluce, Imdad Ullah, Carl Tessier, Michael Wilson-Smith, Peter Barnett, Minesh Ruparelia, Wilson-Smith & Co., Rhodes Barlow and Ruparelia Thaker.
Injunction on Consent in The International Trust Company of Liberia, International Registries Inc., Liberian Services Inc., Marshall Islands Maritime & Corporate Administrators Inc., The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands Inc., Administrative Control Services Inc., Archibald N. Stewart, F.A. Guida, and Guy E.C. Maitland v. Lester S. Hyman, Kenneth I. Schaner, Yoram 'Jay' Cohen, Richard W. Fields, and Liberia International Ship & Corporate Registry LLC at the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
Amended Complaint in The International Trust Company of Liberia, of Liberia; International Registries Inc., of Virginia; Liberian Services Inc., of Liberia; Marshall Islands Maritime & Corporate Administrators Inc., of Virginia; The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands Inc., of the Marshall Islands; Administrative Control Services Inc., of Virginia; Archibald N. Stewart, of Virginia; F. A. Guida, of Washington, D.C., and Guy E. C. Maitland, of New York, NY v. Lester S. Hyman, of Washington, D.C.; Kenneth I. Schaner, of Maryland; Yoram 'Jay' Cohen, of Maryland; Richard W. Fields, of Virginia, and Liberia International Ship & Corporate Registry LLC, of Delaware, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware.