Russia

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged smuggling involving Clobex Investment Corporation.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into alleged fraud and tax evasion involving Mozhga State Unitary Bridge-Building Entity.

SEC's Closing Argument and Trial Brief in a securities fraud complaint against Agora, Inc., Pirate Investor, LLC and Frank Porter Stansberry at the U. S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged tax fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Russia - that was filed at federal court in the USA on December 6, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Probus, Garley Group LLC, Richard Bell, Harvard Business Services Inc., Alexei Evgeniyevich Leuhin, Igor Iliych Chuvahin, Union Bank California International, European Clearing Bank LLC, and Lateko Bank.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged smuggling - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Russia - that was filed at federal court in the USA on December 22, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Avtokomp-Proekt, Podolskaya Tamojnya, and Dellund LLC.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into suspected money laundering by Anatoly Kazachkov and others.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into alleged fraud, smuggling and tax evasion by Avtokomp-Proekt.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Poland into alleged export fraud and possible money laundering.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into Probus LLC for alleged tax fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ukraine into alleged money laundering, tax evasion and forgery.

Russia has asked that a Kentucky resident be interviewed as part of a criminal investigation into the alleged embezzlement of more than $5 million.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into Alexander Ivanovich Tugushev, who is suspected of paying US$3.7 million in bribes to government officials in return for commercial fishing licenses.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into Vitali Nicolaevich Daginov and others for alleged embezzlement.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ukraine into AC Energy Holding LLC and its director, Volodymyr Liutiy, and others for alleged tax evasion, money laundering, corruption and forgery.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged bribery - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Russia - that was filed at federal court in the USA on September 9, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Yuriy Victorovich Dubrovin, Bloomlake Enterprises LLC, Cord Service LLC, Albert Crater, and Pavel Alexandrovich Prozyaburov.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ukraine into alleged tax fraud involving Chernovy Shovten Private Enterprise.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into Vladimir Valeryevich Menshikh for alleged fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into Yuriy Victorovich Dubrovin, CEO of Customs Security Department and Operations Duty Service of Pulkovo Customs, Russia, for allegedly accepting a US$1,500 bribe from Pavel Alexandrovich Prozyaburov.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged tax fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Russia - that was filed at federal court in the USA on August 16, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance are Firma Vneshtorg, Valery Anatolyevich Kostin, Georgy Aleksandrovich Chernichenko, Alexander Alekseevich Chupranov, VG Euro Ltd., Electroservice, Agrodorstroy, Laston-Eco LLC, Zavod eksperimentalnogo litya, Intertrade Atlantic LLC, Algora, Alfer Holding GmbH, Marco Ltd., I. F. & M. Ltd., Laslo Kalman, Charles Fromm, a.k.a. Carles Fromm, and David Smith.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged tax evasion - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Russia - that was filed at federal court in the USA on July 29, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Raduga LLC, Shteller LLC, a.k.a. Schteller LLC; Kontinent-K LLC, a.k.a. Continent K LLC; USA-Sekret LLC, a.k.a. YuSA-Secret LLC; USA-Luks LLC, a.k.a. YuSA-Lux LLC; Astoria Bancorp LC, Barberan Inc., Tong Cong Ty May & Phu Tung Vietnam National Machinery Import-Export Corporation, Mitabr Trading LLC, Kenton Business Corp., Home GmbH, Avtokar S, Stroyvax M, Svetlana Chukova, M. Schmitt, Maxim Gorodetsky, and Nair Shrileh Vishashvaran.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into suspected tax evasion by Firma Vneshtorg JSC.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into suspected tax fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Russia - that was filed at federal court in the USA on July 7, 2004. Individuals and businesses that are mentioned in the request for assistance include Orsk Custom House, AV Yakovlev, VB Radchenko, EV Dimaev, SI Sharanov, YF Medvedev, SP Savchenko, Amros-Orsk Ltd., Unsped AS, Uluslararasi Nakliyat ve Gumrikleme AS, Rostek Povolzhe, Old Garant Co. Ltd., RemZapChast Co. Ltd., Biznes sklad Co. Ltd., Keylok Co. Ltd., Reotreyd Co. Ltd., Eydans Co. Ltd., Arvaron Co. Ltd., Sanett Co. Ltd., Cortres Co. Ltd., Goldenstroy Co. Ltd., Elegantprofit Co. Ltd, Russtroyhous Co. Ltd., Patterson Systems Inc., Trevorton Trading Corp., and Sitel LLC.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into Raduga LLC, Schteller LLC, Continent K LLC, YuSA-Secret LLC and YuSA-Lux LLC for alleged tax fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into the following officers of Orsk Custom House: AV Yakovlev, VB Radchenko, EV Dimaev, SI Sharanov, YF Medvedev and SP Savchenko.

Section 304 Petition for Assistance in Insolvency Proceedings in the British Virgin Islands by Stephen Akers and Terry Carson, as the Foreign Representatives of Indosuez Eastern Europe Fixed Income Fund Ltd., Clariden Eastern Europe Debt Fund, Ltd., and Safra Eastern Europe Fixed Income Fund, Ltd., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

An application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Russia was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on May 3, 2004. It was

Russia has requested evidence in New York as part of a criminal investigation into the sale of forged credit cards. Details are contained in an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence pursuant to a request for

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into Michael Ilyich Kogan for suspected fraud.

Article based on an application to collect evidence into alleged fraud, tax evasion and money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Russia - that was granted by the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware on April 1, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Raduga LLC, Shteller LLC, a.k.a. Schteller LLC; Kontinent-K LLC, a.k.a. Continent K LLC; USA-Sekret LLC, a.k.a. YuSA-Secret LLC; USA-Luks LLC, a.k.a. YuSA-Lux LLC; Astoria Bancorp LC, Barberan Inc., Tong Cong Ty May & Phu Tung Vietnam National Machinery Import-Export Corporation, Mitabr Trading LLC, Kenton Business Corp., Home GmbH, Avtokar S, Stroyvax M, Svetlana Chukova, M. Schmitt, Maxim Gorodetsky, and Nair Shrileh Vishashvaran. 

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged corruption - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Russia - that was granted by the U. S. District Court for the District of Maryland on February 24, 204. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include VI Gorlov, and Final Analysis Inc.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Russia - that was granted by the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware on April 8, 2004.Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Genadiy Dmitrievich Hort, Kompas Overseas Inc., E. Kalnin, Sergui Arbamowitz Belov, Amador Enterprises Inc., and Northern River Shipping Company.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged tax avoidance - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Russia - that was made at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on March 26, 2004.

Articles based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into the alleged illegal transportation of illegal substances - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Russia - that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on February 27, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request include Biddle Sawyer Corporation and John F. Kilroy Co. Inc.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into AN Lyashenko, AT Stroganov, Serguei Podiouk, Pavel Smirnov, Maksim Varatsilin and Pavlo Gorbenko for alleged participation in a credit card fraud scheme.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into Genadiy Dmitrievich Khort for allegedly misappropriating funds belonging to Northern River Shipping Company.

A civil complaint has been filed in the United States against a Bermuda based P&I club regarding a $350,000 claim for a marine incident in which a vessel allegedly collided with a dock.International Marine Terminals Partnership, of Myrtle Grove, Louisiana,

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged embezzlement - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Russia - that was filed at federal court in the USA on January 5, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Vladimir Nikolayevich Makhlai, Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Smykov, and Togliattiazot JSC.

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged kidnapping - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Russia - that was filed at federal court in the USA on October 28, 2003. Individuals mentioned in the request for assistance include Patrick Garmyn, Lolita Yu. Garmyn, Nataliya Yakovlevna Somova, and Amelia Garmyn.

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged theft - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Russia - that was filed at federal court in the USA on March 15, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Russian Public Health Foundation, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Forlog Services SA, ITS Japan JSC, RKS-Rail Khabarovsk LLC, Physio-Control Corporation, Medica Corporation, Barnstead/Thermolyne Corporation, Marco Ophthalmic Inc., Bird Products Corporation, Hewlett Packard, Hudson Respiratory Care Inc, Marus Dental International, and Valtex International Corporation.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into alleged customs fraud by Franz Josef Sedelmayer.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Belarus into SA Dmitriev, AG Shloida, IE Semenov, MN Parkhamovich, EK Matousevich, and customs inspectors identified only by their last names of Sassinovich, Skoroulsky and Nechaev for alleged bribery and customs fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into Raduga LLC for suspected involvement in tax fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into the alleged theft of medical equipment from the Russian Public Health Foundation.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into alleged narcotics trafficking involving Biddle Sawyer Corporation and John F. Kilroy Company Inc.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into VI Gorlov for suspected abuse of authority while serving as Deputy Chief Designer, Designer's Office, at Polyot.

A James Bond-like tale involving allegations of corporate espionage, bribery, corruption, and a Bermuda Government whitewash of a suspected $1 billion money laundering scheme is unfolding in a U. S. court. Among the cast of characters are Russia's Telecommunications Minister, Leonid Reiman; a Bermuda-based, so-called mutual fund in which Reiman appears to be the only investor and which he may have used to launder the proceeds of corruption, IPOC International Growth Fund Ltd.; IPOC's banker, fund administrator, custodian, and accountant, Bermuda Commercial Bank; IPOC's Bermuda representative and provider of various services, including directors and officers, Wakefield Quin; the firm appointed by Bermuda's Minister of Finance to investigate IPOC, KPMG Financial Advisory Services Ltd.; and Diligence LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based intelligence-gathering firm that is headed by a former officer of the U.K. Security Service known as MI5 and whose advisors include a former Director of the CIA and the FBI.

The founding president/director of a Bermuda-registered open-ended mutual fund has resigned after it was disclosed that he had served a prison term in Germany in 1997-99 for fraud and embezzlement. Vidya Sharma, apparently a former Merrill Lynch banker, stepped down from IPOC International Growth Fund Ltd. in October of last year after his criminal conviction came out during court proceedings involving the Fund in the British Virgin Islands.

Section 304 Petition for Assistance in Insolvency Proceedings in Canada by Mintz & Partners Limited, as the Foreign Representative of Energy Innovations Corporation, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Hungary into Sergey Ivashkevich, Konstantyn Kurhanov, Roman Lotarev and Angelica Artemonova for suspected fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into Vladimir Nikolayevich Makhlai and Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Smykov for alleged fraud and embezzlement against Togliattiazot JSC, which is described as "the Russian Federation's biggest producer of nitrogen fertilizer".