Malta

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit that it has imposed a fine of €386,567 on Online Amusement Solutions Limited, described as a "Remote Gaming Operator", for regulatory breaches.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €500 on TMF Management and Administrative Services (Malta) Ltd. for a regulatory breach.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit that it has imposed a fine of €303,710 on Southern Cross SICAV Plc for regulatory breaches.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €142,000 and other penalties on Insignia Cards Limited 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 Intelligence Analysis Unit that it has imposed a fine of €2,636,400 on Bank of Valletta Plc for a regulatory breach involving the beneficial ownership of "a number of corporate customers".

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €2,375 on Tradinvest International Limited for a regulatory breach.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €2,000 on Trevor Pace for a regulatory breach.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €4,500 on Triglav Management Ltd. for regulatory breaches.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €2,650 on Mazars Consulting Ltd. for failure "to submit the Audited Financial Statements and the Auditors’ Management Letter for the year ended 31 December 2019 within the regulatory deadline".

Complaint "to obtain the proceeds from a settlement following arbitration" in IIG Global Trade Finance Fund Ltd. (in Official Liquidation) and IIG Structured Trade Finance Fund Ltd. (in Official Liquidation), both of the Cayman Islands v. Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, a law firm in New York; IIG TOF B.V., of the Netherlands; Trade Finance Trust, of Delaware; IIG Bank (Malta) Ltd., of Malta, and TriLinc Global Impact Fund - Trade Finance Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a Directive on NMVA Ltd., a virtual financial assets company, to "cease the on-boarding of new clients with immediate effect".

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €2,500 on W.J. Parnis England Ltd. for failure "to submit the Audited Financial Statements and Auditors’ Management Letter for the year ended 31 December 2019 within the regulatory deadline".

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

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.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €2,500 on Zedra Malta Corporate Services for a regulatory breach.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €5,700 on ACT Advisory Services Ltd. for regulatory breaches.

Letter to OffshoreAlert from Andrea Vianelli, on behalf of Amagis Capital Services Ltd., stating that the company intends to appeal a fine of €2,500 that was imposed by the Malta Financial Services Authority for failure to submit its 2019 audited financial statements on time and that the firm has voluntarily surrendered its 'Company Services Providers' license.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €2,500 on Amagis Capital Services Ltd. for a regulatory breach.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €500 on Mare Services Limited.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €2,000 on Corpserv Ltd. for a regulatory breach.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €500 on Atom Corporate Services for a regulatory breach.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has "directed" The Timeless Uranium Fund SICAV Plc, described as "a collective investment scheme targeting retail investors", to "take all the necessary steps to ensure that a new liquidator is appointed within one month".

Public Notice by the Malta Financial services Authority that it has "directed" The Timeless Precious Metals Fund SICAV Plc, described as "a collective investment scheme targeting retail investors", to "take all the necessary steps to ensure that a new liquidator is appointed within one month"

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has "directed" Sierra Madre Gold & Silver Venture Capital Fund SICAV Plc, described as "a Professional Investor Fund", "to take all the necessary steps to ensure that a new liquidator is appointed within one month"

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit that it has imposed a fine of €60,000 on RGN Malta Limited for regulatory breaches involving a corporate customer's beneficial ownership and suspected involvement in tax evasion.

Notice of Removal of a Class Action Complaint alleging unjust enrichment and violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act in Kamil Kuplineski, a resident of Illinois v. Binance Capital Management Co. Ltd., d.b.a. Binance, described as a cryptocurrency exchange that is domiciled in the British Virgin Islands after being "initially founded in China" before moving to Japan, then Malta, and denying it was domiciled in the Cayman Islands; BAM Trading Services, d.b.a. Binance US, described as a Delaware company based in San Francisco, and Jumio Corporation at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €53,333 on Iosif Galea and ordered him to cease providing corporate services for regulatory breaches.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €310,000 on Integrated-Capabilities (Malta) Limited, a "retirement Scheme Administrator" whose principals are based in the Isle of Man, for regulatory breaches.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €31,740 on Investar Plc for failure "to publish the Annual Financial Returns for years ended 31 December 2017, 2018 and 2019 within the regulatory deadline".

Petition in the matter of Eagle I Limited (in Voluntary Liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €500 on RTS Advisory Limited for failing "to submit the Auditors’ Management Letter within the regulatory deadline".

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of €2,500 on Nouv MT Corporate Ltd. for a failure "to submit the Audited Financial Statements and the Auditors’ Management Letter within the regulatory deadline".

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

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed an administrative fine of €500 on Döhle Management (Malta) Limited for a regulatory breach.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed an administrative fine of €3,500 on Lecocqassociate Ltd. for a regulatory breach.

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".

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has imposed an administrative fine of €500 on Vella & Associates Limited for a regulatory breach.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit that it has imposed a fine of €134,500 on NBG Bank Malta Limited for regulatory breaches.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit that it has imposed a fine of €435,576 on Phoenix Payments Limited for regulatory breaches.

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 Malta Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit that it has imposed a fine of €61,573 on Dr. Roderick Caruana for regulatory breaches.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit that it has imposed a fine of €4.9 million on Pilatus Bank Plc for regulatory breaches.

Application by Alpene Ltd., of Hong Kong, described as "the 100% indirect owner of a bank in the Republic of Malta", to take discovery from Elizabeth McCaul, described as a resident of New York, for use in legal proceedings in Malta in which Alpene claimed that "Malta engaged in a series of allegedly retaliatory acts against Alpene's investment, Pilatus Bank", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Retired Olympic speed skating champion Apolo Ohno and companies operating from Cyprus, Hong Kong, Malta, and Singapore that he allegedly founded are being sued in California for an alleged $50 million crypto fraud.

Complaint alleging theft, misappropriation, and securities fraud regarding the raising of $50 million "from investors based around the world, including within the United States" from the sale of "digital tokens" that were "neither registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission nor qualified for any exemption from registration with the SEC, thereby depriving investors of the benefit of the disclosures required by the federal securities laws" in Brian Kang, Skyblock LLC, Mid-Wilshire Consulting LLC, Prasad Hurra, David Kim, Blue Rock Group, Artemio Verduzo, David Kwon, and Young Jae Kwon v. Hybrid Trade Limited, described as operating from addresses in Hong Kong, Malta, and Singapore; Asia Digital Asset Exchange, described as operating from an address in Cyprus; Allysian Sciences, Apolo Ohno, a former Olympic speed skating champion; Rod Jao, Eugenio Pugliese, and Henry Liu at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit that it was imposed a fine of €502,046 on AWS Malta Limited for regulatory breaches. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert at the Malta Registrar of Companies showed that AWS Malta Limited was incorporated in Malta on February 12th, 2014, its directors are Jean-Pie Gauci-Maistre, a citizen and resident of Malta; Kilian Kämpfen, a citizen and resident of Switzerland; Ivo Ferdinando Mathier, a citizen and resident of Switzerland; Mark Portelli, a citizen and resident of Malta, and Steve Zammit Cutajar, a citizen and resident of Malta; former directors include Francis Zammit Dimech, of Malta, who resigned effective February 28th, 2019; Herman Zandt, a citizen of the Netherlands residing in Malta, who resigned effective March 29th, 2017, and Nelson Lopez Centeno, a citizen of Spain, who resigned effective January 30th, 2017; and its shareholders are Ivo Ferdinando Mathier and AWS Switzerland SA, a Swiss company whose representatives include Ivo Mathier, chairman, and Kilian Kämpfen, while a former representative is Urs Füglistaller.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has cancelled the license of Horus Malta Limited for regulatory breaches. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert at the Malta Business Registry showed that Horus Malta Limited was incorporated on September 14th, 2015, its sole director is Gilles Farrugia, described as a citizen of France residing in Switzerland, former directors include Xavier Rubio, who resigned effective June 1st, 2020; David Raphael Busuttil, who resigned effective April 16th, 2020; Thierry Leger, a citizen of France residing in London, England, who resigned effective November 6th, 2017, and Diandra Muscat, who resigned effective September 1st, 2017, and its sole shareholder is Horus Europe Holdings Limited, which was incorporated in Malta on September 10th, 2015, whose directors are Gilles Farrugia and Thierry Leger, and whose shareholders are 5G Limited, a Maltese company whose sole director and shareholder is Gilles Farrugia; Jeanval S.A.R.L., of Luxembourg; Salvino Busuttil, of Malta, and Michael Fornara, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in France.

Public Notice by Malta's Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit that it has imposed a fine of €500,017 on Rebels Gaming Limited, described as a "remote gaming operator", for regulatory breaches. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert at the Malta Business Registry showed that Rebels Gaming Limited was incorporated in Malta on January 26th, 2011, its directors are Yiorgos Metaxas and Grigorios Skornos, both citizens of Greece residing in Malta, and its shareholders are Grigorios Skornos and 15 Steps Limited, a Cyprus company whose sole director is Grigorios Skornos, according to the Cyprus Registrar of Companies.