Malta

Announcement by the Malta Financial Services Authority regarding regulatory action against Ariadne Capital ECO2 VC Limited Partnership and its four sub-funds, 2SQRS Venture Fund, ECO2 Fund, JGV Tamar Fund, and Sustainable Aviation Fund.

Reply Memorandum of Law by Garrett Kelleher in support of his motion for Leave to File Third-Party Complaint, Reopen the Record, and Conduct an Evidentiary Hearing 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.

Regulatory Action by the Malta Financial Services Authority against Confiance Malta Limited, Gareth O'Connell, and David Mason.

Announcement by the Malta Financial Services Authority that the license of Ariadne Capital Malta Limited has been suspended.

Irish litigation funder Garrett Kelleher intends to sue Deloitte Ireland, four of its principals, and Deloitte Malta over "advice" concerning his $2.85 million investment in a Cayman Islands claim that led to an arrest warrant and estimated $12 million liability against him in the U.S. He is also exploring suing law firms in the U.S., U.K., and Cayman, including Walkers.

OffshoreAlert has uncovered more red flags concerning the Argentarius Group, which operates investment platforms in Malta, Gibraltar and the Cayman Islands. PwC has become the second auditor to be 'removed' in less than three years, while Argentarius' predecessor firm - Minerva Investments - collapsed amid a fraud investigation by the financial regulator in Liechtenstein.

Malta Financial Services Authority announcement of an administrative penalty against Ferratum Bank Plc.

Malta Financial Services Authority announcing the cancellation of the investment services license of Intrepid Capital Ltd.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority regarding Ali Sadr Hasheminejad and Pilatus Bank Plc.

Ex Parte Application by VEON Ltd., formerly VimpelCom Ltd., to take discovery from Falcon Edge Global LP, Namesco, Inc., and New Frontier Securities, LLC for proceedings in England, Malta and the Cayman Islands, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Ex Parte Application by VEON Ltd., formerly VimpelCom Ltd., to take discovery from The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, JPMorgan Chase, N.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas, Bank of China, Barclays Bank Plc, BNP Paribas USA, Citibank NA, The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, Commerzbank AG, HSBC Bank USA, NA, Société Générale SA, Standard Chartered Bank USA, UBS AG, Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Beltone Financial USA, LLC, and Auerbach Grayson and Company, LLC for use in proceedings in England, Malta, and the Cayman Islands, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Malta-domiciled investment fund firm Excellence Investment Umbrella SICAV Plc, which is managed by Swiss investment manager Novium AG, has been ordered to go into liquidation by its local regulator, the Malta Financial Services Authority.

Public Notice regarding Directive to Excellence Investment Umbrella SICAV Plc by the Malta Financial Services Authority.

Former Malta Finance Minister Tonio Fenech has been banned from accepting any new appointments with regulated entities by the Malta Financial Services Authority for failing to adequately supervise a company of which he is a director and whose investors were allegedly swindled out of up to €247 million. Fellow Malta nationals Ian Zammit and Joseph Xuereb were similarly penalized.

Regulatory penalties in Malta Financial Services Authority v. Anthony Fenech, Ian Zammit, and Joseph Xuereb.

Complaint in HNW Family Office AG v. Art Assure Ltd., LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

A Cayman Islands company - Managing Partners Investment Management - operated by dubious British fund manager Jeremy Leach is suing a Bermuda firm - SWZ Funds - for allegedly breaching a joint venture agreement in Malta - Smart Capital SCC.

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.

Banned company director and serial fraudster Brett Jolly has resurrected his failed Privilege Wealth investment scheme under a new name - Creditech - using as fronts two well-connected British nationals who quickly resigned after being contacted by OffshoreAlert, we can reveal.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Chile by Carlos Antonio Parada Abate, as the Foreign Representative of Alberto Samuel Chang Rajii, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

A Cayman Islands fund - Traded Life Policies Fund - has become the latest investment scheme operated by Marbella-based, British fund manager Jeremy Leach to collapse in dubious circumstances.

Ex Parte Motion for Statutory Restraining Order in U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Jason B. Scharf, d.b.a. Citrades.com and AutoTradingBinary.com; CIT Investments LLC, Brevspand EOOD, C I T Investments Ltd., A&J Media Partners, Inc., Michael Shah, and Zilmil, Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Chapter 15 Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Romania by Marina Cornelia Saita, as the Foreign Representative of Banca Turco Romana SA, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint in Philippa Okoye, formerly known as Philippa Jayne Burke v. deVere Group Ltd., deVere USA, Inc., and Benjamin J. Alderson at New York Supreme Court, New York County.

Originating Application in Ulmart Holdings Inc.. v. Templeton Strategic Emerging Markets Fund IV, Inc. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in Ulmart Holdings Inc. v. Templeton Asset Management Inc. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Transcript of Winding Up Hearing in Platinum Management (NY) LLC v. Platinum Partners Value Arbitrage Fund L.P. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint in Quality Investment Fund, Malta 1, Ltd., and Quality Investment Fund v. Martin Schuermann at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Liquidation Application in Banco Popolare Societa Cooperativa v. Blue Square Equity Investments Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

A British affiliate of Belvedere Management Group that is ultimately-owned by Cayman Islands-domiciled Brighton SPC has been wound up "in the public interest" in London for involvement in a boiler room fraud that swindled investors out of £36 million. Another Belvedere affiliate is fighting a similar winding-up petition.

Claim Form in Montvale Invest Ltd. v. Terra Raf Trans Traiding Ltd. and Anatolie Stati at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Matthew Wright and Christopher Kennedy, as Foreign Representatives of Niton Fund SPC, U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition to permit discovery prior to arbitration in Girobank NV, of the Netherlands Antilles v. IIG Capital LLC, of New York, and IIG Trade Opportunities Fund NV, of the Netherlands Antilles, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

A Cayman Islands hedge fund - Copperstone Alpha Fund - and its manager have been added as defendants to a lawsuit by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission against a group that allegedly hacked newswire services and profited by more than $100 million in insider trading.

Winding Up Petition in Cayman Islands Monetary Authority v. Brighton SPC at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Amended Complaint in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Arkadiy Dubovoy, Igor Dubovoy, Pavel Dubovoy, Nelia Dubova, David Amaryan, Alexander Fedoseev, Aleksandr Garkusha, Oleksander Ieremenko (a.k.a. Aleksander Eremenko), Vladislav Khalupsky, Vitaly Korchevsky, Roman Lavlinskiy, Oleksandr Makarov, Leonid Momotok, Nikolai Slepenkov, Andriy Supranonok, Ivan Turchynov, Maxim Zakharchenko, APD Developers, LLC, Beratto Group Ltd., Bering Explorer Fund Ltd., Concorde (Bermuda) Limited, Escada Logistics Ltd., Exante Ltd., Global Hedge Capital Group, Guibor S.A., Intertrade Pacific S.A., Memelland Investments Ltd., Jaspen Capital Partners Limited, NTS Capital Fund, Ocean Prime Inc., Omega 26 Investments Ltd., Southeastern Holding and Investment Company LLC, Copperstone Alpha Fund, and Copperstone Capital at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Motion for Temporary Restraining Order in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Arkadiy Dubovoy, Igor Dubovoy, Pavel Dubovoy, Nelia Dubova, David Amaryan, Alexander Fedoseev, Aleksandr Garkusha, Oleksander Ieremenko (a.k.a. Aleksander Eremenko), Vladislav Khalupsky, Vitaly Korchevsky, Roman Lavlinskiy, Oleksandr Makarov, Leonid Momotok, Nikolai Slepenkov, Andriy Supranonok, Ivan Turchynov, Maxim Zakharchenko, APD Developers, LLC, Beratto Group Ltd., Bering Explorer Fund Ltd., Concorde (Bermuda) Limited, Escada Logistics Ltd., Exante Ltd., Global Hedge Capital Group, Guibor S.A., Intertrade Pacific S.A., Memelland Investments Ltd., Jaspen Capital Partners Limited, NTS Capital Fund, Ocean Prime Inc., Omega 26 Investments Ltd. and Southeastern Holding and Investment Company LLC at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Complaint in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Arkadiy Dubovoy, Igor Dubovoy, Pavel Dubovoy, Nelia Dubova, David Amaryan, Alexander Fedoseev, Aleksandr Garkusha, Oleksander Ieremenko (a.k.a. Aleksander Eremenko), Vladislav Khalupsky, Vitaly Korchevsky, Roman Lavlinskiy, Oleksandr Makarov, Leonid Momotok, Nikolai Slepenkov, Andriy Supranonok, Ivan Turchynov, Maxim Zakharchenko, APD Developers, LLC, Beratto Group Ltd., Bering Explorer Fund Ltd., Concorde (Bermuda) Limited, Escada Logistics Ltd., Exante Ltd., Global Hedge Capital Group, Guibor S.A., Intertrade Pacific S.A., Memelland Investments Ltd., Jaspen Capital Partners Limited, NTS Capital Fund, Ocean Prime Inc., Omega 26 Investments Ltd. and Southeastern Holding and Investment Company LLC at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Petition to continue the voluntary liquidation of Niton Fund SPC under the supervision of the court at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Singapore by Kin Chan, as the Foreign Representative of Berau Capital Resources Pte Ltd., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Kijani Resources Limited, which is a key component of international investment frauds committed by Irishman David Cosgrove's and South African Cobus Kellermann's Belvedere Management Group, has gone into liquidation in Gibraltar.

One day after new directors were appointed to 'ensure' that Cayman-domiciled Brighton SPC would be operated legally, the Fund illegally acquired a Gibraltar firm with bogus assets of $125 million, OffshoreAlert can reveal. The transfer allowed Belvedere and its accomplices in Britain, Dubai, Gibraltar, Spain and elsewhere to continue securities frauds involving firms listed on stock exchanges in Denmark, England and Germany.

Complaint in Philippa Okoye, formerly known as Philippa Jayne Burke, v. deVere Group Ltd., deVere USA, Inc., and Benjamin Alderson at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Winding Up Order in Zukiapa Management Limited and Sakaras Holdings Limited v. VC Computer Holdings Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Judgment in Zukiapa Management Limited and Sakaras Holding Limited v. VC Computer Holdings Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Order for Directions, plus Amended Winding Up Petition, in Zukiapa Management Limited and Sakaras Holding Limited v. VC Computer Holdings Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Amended Winding Up Petition in Zukiapa Management Limited and Sakaras Holding Limited v. VC Computer Holdings Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition in Cayman Islands Monetary Authority v. Saadgroup Financial Services Company Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

USA's Ex Parte Petition for Leave to Serve John Doe Summonses on JPMorgan Chase Bank, The Bank of New York Mellon, HSBC Bank USA, Bank of America, and Citibank regarding accounts maintained for Butterfield Bank, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Ex Parte Originating Summons (Sealed Parties) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.