Ukraine

Complaint alleging the defendants, "doing business under multiple brand names including Trade2Get, Coinbull, Cryptonxt, Tradenix, Cryptobravos, Nittrex, Wobit, and Pinance", perpetrated a crypto-based investment fraud in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Or Patreanu, of Israel; Snir Hananya, of Italy; Artem Prokopenko, of Ukraine; Elijah Samson, of Germany, and Expected Value Plus Ltd., of Seychelles, at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Complaint alleging "Plaintiffs were victimized by cybercriminals who intentionally and unlawfully utilized a fake cryptocurrency trading website called 'Blammo'", causing them to lose their "entire retirement portfolio, all of their cash, and ... incur at least $250,000.00 in debts" in Oleg Koziar, and Rimma Koziar, described as "retirees of Ukrainian extraction in their 60s" v. Blammo Ltd., Alamas Group Europe OÜ, of Estonia; John Doe and Jane Doe at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

An email offering OffshoreAlert $25,000 for the removal from our website of an article and documents about a bizarre and seemingly-frivolous lawsuit filed by four Ukraine citizens and 35 suspiciously-named firms purportedly domiciled in some of the seediest offshore jurisdictions, including "Bear Stearns Companies", "Blackrock Capital", “Cornelius Vanderbilt Capital”, “Dreyfus Corporation”, and “State Street Global Advisors”, against Bahamas-domiciled securities broker Weiser Global Capital Markets Ltd. and others.

Criminal Information alleging obstruction of justice and conspiracy to launder the proceeds of fraud with unidentified co-conspirators in Dubai and Ukraine in USA v. Craig Clayton at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Black Sea Partners Limited in G.N. Terminal Enterprises Limited (in Receivership and Provisional Liquidation) v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Motion for Temporary Restraining Order in Sergey Gaponyuk v. Evgeny Alferov, described as a citizen of Ukraine; Sergey Gaponyuk, described as a citizen of Ukraine; Sergei Kolosovskii, Mihail Vershinin, Alexander Chernov, David Brown, and Natalia Abramova at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Complaint in Sergey Gaponyuk v. Evgeny Alferov, described as a citizen of Ukraine; Sergey Gaponyuk, described as a citizen of Ukraine; Sergei Kolosovskii, Mihail Vershinin, Alexander Chernov, David Brown, and Natalia Abramova at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Petition to Confirm Foreign Arbitration Award in which "The underlying dispute arises from the Russian Federation’s unlawful expropriation of the Petitioners' investments in Crimea" in NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, National Joint Stock Company Chornomornaftogaz, JSC Ukrtransgaz, JSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya, JSC Ukrtransnafta, and Subsidiary Company Gaz Ukrainy, all of Ukraine v. The Russian Federation at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Complaint in Volodymyr Braychenko, a resident of Ukraine v. Vladimir A. Rodionov at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles.

Second Amended Complaint in Hartzella Ventures Ltd., domiciled in the Seychelles, based in Cyprus v. Emmanuil Grinshpun, described as a citizen of Moldova, Romania and USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Amended Complaint in Hartzella Ventures Ltd., of the Seychelles v. Emmanuil Grinshpun, described as a citizen of Moldova, Romania, and the USA residing in Miami, Florida, where he “serves as the Honorary Consul for Kazakhstan”, and “Vice President of Latvia’s Rietumu Bank”, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

A Vice President of Latvia's Rietumu Bank - Emmanuil Grinshpun - is being sued in Miami over an alleged $6.6 million debt that involves entities in Anguilla, Australia, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cyprus, England, Scotland, and the Seychelles. It was also alleged that Grinshpun was "associated with" illegal activity.

TRO Motion in Hartzella Ventures Ltd., of the Seychelles v. Emmanuil Grinshpun, described in the accompanying complaint as described as a citizen of Moldova, Romania, and USA residing in Miami, Florida, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint in Hartzella Ventures Ltd., of the Seychelles v. Emmanuil Grinshpun, described as a citizen of Moldova, Romania, and the USA residing in Miami, Florida, where he "serves as the Honorary Consul for Kazakhstan", and "Vice President of Latvia’s Rietumu Bank", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Motion to Quash Discovery Application in Cargill Inc. v. National Bank Trust PJSC, described as "a majority owned subsidiary of the Russian Central Bank", regarding legal proceedings in the British Virgin Islands, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Bank of America N.A. v. John Does, VTB Bank (Europe) SE i.L., of Germany, and VTB Bank PJSC Shanghai Branch, of China, both "majority-owned by the Government of the Russian Federation", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Second Amended Complaint alleging "improper commercial activities, including the illegal misappropriation of millions of dollars of Plaintiffs' bank-deposited funds in an elaborate money laundering scheme", in Oleg Zhukovskiy, described as "a U.S. permanent resident"; ZUKK Trading Limited, of Cyprus; Intertransgroup LLC, of Ukraine; Nikolay Kovzel, a citizen of Ukraine, and Vitaly Didylivsky, a citizen of Ukraine v. National Bank of Ukraine at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint alleging the defendant "and others orchestrated and carried out a plan to violate and evade and attempt to violate and evade U.S. sanctions against Sergey Vitalievich Kurchenko [a citizen of Ukraine], Kompaniya Gaz-Alyans, OOO, and ZAO Vneshtorgservis" in USA v. John Can Unsalan, a.k.a. Hurrem Can Unsalan, at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Ukraine's Platinum Bank, which collapsed in 2017 while under the alleged control of Gryhoriy Gurtovy and Boris Kaufman, has applied for Chapter 15 bankruptcy recognition in the United States as its administrator seeks to recover at least $265 million that was allegedly misappropriated by insiders.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Ukraine by Victor Novikov, as the Foreign Representative of PJSC Platinum Bank, described as "an insolvent Ukrainian bank", at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Order and Memorandum Opinion Authorizing Enforcement of Judgment and Granting Motion to Compel Production of Documents and Answers to Interrogatories in Stileks LLC SPS, formerly Energoalliance LLC, of Ukraine v. Republic of Moldova at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Ukraine's state-owned Oschadbank, a.k.a. State Savings Bank of Ukraine, has filed a petition at federal court in the United States to confirm a $1.1 billion French arbitration award against Russia for losses it incurred as a result of Russia's invasion of Crimea in 2014.

Petition to Confirm Foreign Arbitration Award of $1.1 billion "arising from events in the Crimean Peninsula that occurred in the first half of 2014" in State Savings Bank of Ukraine, a.k.a. JSC Oschadbank v. Russian Federation at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Complaint for $385,427 "for the sale and delivery of aviation fuel and services" in Associated Energy Group LLC, of Texas v. Ukraine International Airlines PJSC, of Ukraine, described as "the flag carrier and the largest airline of Ukraine", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Bank of America N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. regarding accounts in the names of Marie Elaine Leon, Dolores Martin, and Aura Angelica Gonzales Munoz - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Latvia - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subjects for fraud".

List of Creditors of 'FTX Trading Ltd. et al' crypto group, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Forfeiture Complaint associated with suspected bank fraud and money laundering involving Andrii Derkach, a citizen of Ukraine who was "an active Russian agent for over a decade", and Oksana Terekhova, a citizen of Ukraine and "the wife of Derkach", in USA v. Real Property in Beverly Hills, California and Funds in the name of 7D Business Bureau Inc. seized from Stifel Nicolaus & Co. and Citizens Business Bank, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. $5.3 million on deposit at Sunflower Bank NA in an "OFAC Blocked Account" belonging to Konstantin Malofeyev, described as a citizen of Russia who was criminally indicted at federal court in New York in April 2022 for alleged violation of the "Ukraine-Related Sanctions Regulations", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Amended Complaint alleging "a scheme by Defendants to publish a defamatory and baseless news article about Kovalenko in order to create the opportunity to extort money from him in return for its removal" in Dmytro Kovalenko, described as "Ukrainian national who currently resides in Monaco" v. Epik Holdings Inc., Anonymize Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Complaint alleging "a scheme by Defendants to publish a defamatory and baseless news article about Kovalenko in order to create the opportunity to extort money from him in return for its removal" in Dmytro Kovalenko, described as "a Ukrainian national who currently resides in Monaco" v. Epik Holdings Inc. and Anonymize Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Application by the Deposit Guarantee Fund of Ukraine, as the liquidator of Fidobank PJSC, to take discovery from the Bank of New York Mellon for use in legal proceedings in Ukraine against Oleksandr Yevhenovych Adarich, described as Fidobank's beneficial owner; Iryna Vilinivna Maryanko, Denis Viktorovich Mikhov, Alexander Arkadyevich Sobolev, Ivan Alexandrovich Istomin, Roman Serhiyovych Shevtsiv, Oksana Ivanivna Voloshyna, Igor Pavlovich Grigorov, and Oleg Vasilyevich Litvinenko regarding suspected "wrongful transfers", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Report identifying directors and shareholders of Blockster Holdings Limited, obtained from Companies House Gibraltar on October 2nd, 2022.

Criminal Indictment alleging conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, destruction of records, and false statements in USA v. Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska, a.k.a. Oleg Mukhamedshin, described as a citizen of Russia; Olga Shriki, described as "a naturalized United States citizen living in the United States"; Natalia Mikhaylovna Bardakova, described as a citizen of Russia, and Ekaterina Olegovna Voronina, a.k.a. Ekaterina Lobanova, described as a citizen of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging sanctions violations, bank fraud, money laundering in USA v. Andrii Derkach, described as a citizen of Ukraine who was "an active Russian agent for over a decade", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging "a fraud, illegal export and money laundering operation under the umbrella of NDA GmbH", described as "a privately-held industrial equipment and commodity trading company located in Hamburg, Germany", in USA v. Yury Orekhov, described as "a Russian national who resided in Germany and the United Arab Emirates"; Artem Uss, described as "a Russian national" and "the son of a Russian politician who served as the governor of Russia's Krasnoyarsk Krai region"; Svetlana Kuzurgasheva, a.k.a. Lana Neumann, a citizen of Russia; Juan Fernando Serrano Ponce, a citizen of Spain; Juan Carlos Soto, of Venezuela; Timofey Telegin, a citizen of Russia, and Sergey Tulyakov, of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging that the defendant conspired to help Oleg Deripaska, described as "a Russian national who has been subject to economic sanctions in the United States since April 2018", to evade those sanctions in USA v. Graham Bonham-Carter, a citizen of the United Kingdom, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint regarding "missing funds" totaling $590,000 in Ekopel D.O.O., of Slovenia, described as an exporter of medical equipment v. BNY Mellon N.A. at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Application for Seizure Warrant in USA v. Airbus A319-100 Aircraft, which was "purchased ... through a series of shell companies and trusts" in Aruba, Belize, Cyprus, and Jersey, in the Channel Islands involving accounts in England, Isle of Man, Switzerland, and USA and in which "an interest" is allegedly held by Andrei Skoch, described as "a member of Russia's State Duma" since 1999 and "a Deputy of the Duma", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judgment regarding the Court's authority to make block transfers of insolvency appointments, whether a licence is required "to permit the transfer of receiverships over assets frozen by the sanctions imposed against Russian entities following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine", and whether to seal and anonymize the case "given the sensitive nature of his appointment" in the matter of Wesley Edwards, formerly of Begbies Traynor (BVI) Ltd., now with CVR Global LLP, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Notice of Motion for Summary Judgment In Lieu of Complaint alleging the defendant "has conspired to launder and conceal billions of dollars stolen from Plaintiff in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and to evade asset freezing and receivership orders issued against him and his co-conspirator (and father-in-law) Mukhtar Ablyazov by courts of the United Kingdom" in BTA Bank JSC v. Ilyas Khrapunov at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

A federal court in New York has authorized the United States Government to seize two U.S. manufactured airplanes worth an estimated $410 million allegedly owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich via "shell companies" in the British Virgin Islands, Cyprus, and Jersey.

Seizure Application for two airplanes worth $410 million allegedly beneficially owned by Roman Abramovich, a citizen of Russia, "through a series of shell companies" in the British Virgin Islands, Cyprus, and Jersey, in the Channel Islands, in USA v. Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner Aircraft and Gulfstream G650ER Aircraft at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging negligence regarding the theft by hacking of cryptocurrency worth $55 million in Christian Sarcuni, of Italy; Pedro Cunha, of Portugal; Alexander Lloyd, a citizen of Canada and the United Kingdom; Skliar Viktor, of Ukraine; Marc Simon, of France; Pilici Rustam, of Moldova; Daniel Lu, of China; Clément Ométek, of France; Edison Ho, a citizen of China residing in Hong Kong; Kiro Aleksandrov, of Bulgaria; Jonas Wernecke, of Germany; Paolo Leite, of Brazil; Miras Issakhov, of Kazakhstan, and Daniele Penna, of Italy v. bZx DAO, described as "a purported Decentralized Autonomous Organization that is a general partnership" based in San Diego, California; Kyle Kistner, of San Diego, California; Tom Bean, of Alpharetta, Georgia; Hashed International LLC, of Wyoming; AGE Crypto GP LLC, of Nevada; Ooki DAO, described as "a purported Decentralized Autonomous Organization that is a general partnership" based in San Diego, California; Leveragebox LLC, of Delaware, and bZeroX LLC, of Delaware, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Complaint alleging failure to report "consulting income from Ukrainian sources" that was "deposited into accounts ... opened in the countries of Cyprus, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United Kingdom" in USA v. Paul J. Manafort, Jr. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Fixed Date Claim Form to rectify the register of members in Dale Perry, of Washington State, USA, and Yaroslav Mudryy, of Ukraine v. Sanfort Global Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award in Stabil LLC, Rubenor LLC, Rustel LLC, Novel-Estate LLC, PII Kirkovograd-Nafta LLC, Crimea-Petrol LLC, Pirsan LLC, Trade-Trust LLC, Elefteria LLC, VKF-Satek LLC, and Stemv Group LLC, described as "eleven Ukrainian companies that invested in the petrol retail business in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol prior to 2014, when Crimea was under the jurisdiction of Ukraine" v. The Russian Federation at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Criminal Indictment alleging Ukraine-Russia sanctions violations in USA v. Konstantin Malofeyev, a citizen of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judgment on i). Ogier's application to stop representing VTB Bank following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, ii). whether a Receivership Order requires "the Governor's licence" due to sanctions, and iii) whether Arrowcrest is subject to the Court's jurisdiction in JSC VTB Bank, a Russian state-owned bank v. Sergey Taruta and Arrowcrest Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Notice of Ukraine's Motion to Quash or Modify Third-Party Subpoenas served on 52 financial institutions, claiming that "in the context of Russia’s imminently threatened invasion of Ukraine, a Russian oil company with close ties to the Russian government should not be permitted to use discovery in aid of a judgment as a pretext for demanding sensitive information bearing on Ukraine’s military, national security, and monetary stability" in Ukraine v. PAO Tatneft at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging the defendants "misappropriated at least $58 million as part of a fraudulent scheme" in U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Corporation in Notus LLC, d.b.a. RoFX; Easy Com LLC, d.b.a. RoFX; Global E-Advantages LLC, a.k.a. Kickmagic LLC, d.b.a. RoFX; Grovee LLC, d.b.a. RoFX; Shopostar LLC, d.b.a. RoFX; Jase Davis, Borys Konovalenko, described as a citizen and resident of Ukraine"; Anna Shymko, Alla Skala, described as "a Canadian citizen who was born in Ukraine", and Timothy Stubbs at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.