United Arab Emirates

Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint regarding "an uncompleted, in-progress development of a luxury resort in the city of Cartagena, Colombia", in Obra Pia Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Obra Pia (US) Feeder LP, of the British Virgin Islands; Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, of New York, and KIT Capital Ltd., of Dubai v. Seagrape Investors LLC, of Boca Raton, Florida, and Edward V. Mullen, of Florida, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint for alleged breach of contract in Don David Gold Mexico SA de CV, of Mexico, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gold Resource Corporation, whose shares are listed on the NYSE American exchange v. SION Trading FZE, of Ras Al Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates, and Scotia International of Nevada Inc., of Utah, at the Third Judicial District Court for the County of Salt Lake, State of Utah.

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority has issued a "Public Warning" against Swiss Global Investments Sàrl, a self-described "financial intermediary and advisory" that was or is controlled by Irishman Paul Kavanagh and Briton Stuart Hamon, whose sprawling offshore group includes firms in the British Virgin Islands, Dubai, England, Malta, Nevis, and Switzerland.

Public Warning by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority regarding Swiss Global Investments Sàrl, which is owned by Kavmon Limited, of Saint Kitts and Nevis, evidently owned by or affiliated with Paul Kavanagh, a citizen of Ireland apparently residing in France, and Stuart Hamon, a citizen of the United Kingdom, and which claims on its website at www.swissglobalgroup.com to have offices in Geneva and Dubai.

First Amended Class Action Complaint regarding an alleged cryptocurrency fraud in which much of the proceeds were allegedly laundered in the Cayman Islands and Ireland in Donald Berdeaux, of Montana, and Christine Grablis, of Tennessee v. OneCoin Ltd., of Bulgaria; Ruja Ignatova, of Bulgaria; Konstantin Igantov, of Bulgaria; Sebastian Greenwood, of Sweden; Mark Scott, of Coral Gables, Florida; Irina Andreeva Dilinska, David Pike, of Coral Gables, Florida, and Nicole J. Huesmann, of Coral Gables, Florida, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Originating Application in Donald Harry Bunker Legal Consultants, of Dubai v. Sorinet Aviation Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Re-Amended Particulars of Claim alleging tax fraud involving entities in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dubai, Jersey, Luxembourg and other jurisdictions in Skatteforvaltningnen, a.k.a. SKAT, (the Danish Customs and Tax Administration) v. Solo Capital Partners LLP, Solo Capital Ltd., Agrius Capital Ltd., AESA Sarl, Anupe Dhorajiwala, Old Park Lane Capital Ltd., Telesto Markets LLP, Anthony Mark Patterson, Graham McKenzie Horn, Priyan Shah, Sanjay Shah, Gerard O'Callaghan, Elysium Global Ltd., Goal TaxBack Ltd., Koi Associates Ltd., Syntax GIS Ltd., Acupay System LLC, Global Equities GmbH, West Point Derivatives Ltd., North Channel Bank Gmbh, Salgado Capital, ED&F Man Capital Markets Ltd., Indigo Global Partners Ltd., Lindisfarne Partners LLP, Khajuraho Equity Trading Sarl, Treefrog Capital Ltd., Arche Cayman Ltd., Trillium Capital Sarl, Ganymede Cayman Ltd., VEM Holdings Sarl, Colbrook Ltd., Elysium Global (Dubai) Ltd., T&S Capital, Darren Lui, Hooloomooloo Holdings Ltd., Ampersand Capital Ltd., Usha Shah, Michael Stephen Murphy, James Edward Hoogewerf, Charles Joseph Knott, Polaris Capital Ltd., Polaris Capital (One) Ltd., Edo Barac, Robyn Llewellyn, North Channel Bank GmbH & Co. KG, Mankash Jain, Paul Preston, Daksha Bhudia, Jas Bains, Anne Christine Stratford, Europa LLP Executive Pension Scheme, Honey Jersey Ltd., Jonathan Godson, Daniel Fletcher, Alasdair Gavin Gonzalez Brown, Janice Allgrove, Godson Consulting LLC 401 Plan, Lawler Noble 401 K Plan, Watts Street Capital 401 K Plan, Roxy Ventures Solo 401 K Plan, Alba Gonzalez Brown, Fiveways Consulting FZE, Trixor Holdings One Ltd., FGC Elysium Holdings Ltd., IPIS UK (Battersea London 1) Ltd., Martin Smith, Guenthar Grant-Klar, West Point Derivatives Ltd., Bellview Financial Ltd., Rivera One Ltd., Astella Capital Ltd., PCM Ltd., Eris Investments Ltd., Silvercouk Ltd., Darren Wang Lip Yiu, Solo Group (Holdings) Ltd., Solo Group Services Ltd., Luna Capital Partners LLP, Copella Capital Ltd., Zuben Capital Ltd., Serafine Capital Ltd., Serafine Investments Ltd., Kenna Capital Ltd., Kenna Investments Ltd., Silver Fox Holdings Ltd, Ace City Holdings Ltd., Araya Holdings Ltd., Oberix International Corporation, Trillium Holdings (BVI) Ltd., Woodfields Holdings Capital Ltd., DoubleTwo Holdings Ltd., and Double Two Investments Ltd. at the High Court for England and Wales.

Decision Notice by the Dubai Financial Services Authority regarding a fine imposed on Abraaj Capital Limited (in Provisional Liquidation), of Dubai.

Decision Notice by the Dubai Financial Services Authority regarding a fine imposed on Abraaj Investment Management Limited (in Provisional Liquidation), of the Cayman Islands.

Application by Ras Al Khamah Investment Authority, of the United Arab Emirates to take discovery from Apple Inc. for use in legal proceedings involving Farhad Azima in England, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Petition in Deepak Raswant, of New Delhi, India v. Centaur Ventures Ltd., The Centaur Group Limited, and Daniel James McGowan at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Complaint alleging fraud in Barrakuda Limited, of Dubai v. Zazaby Jewels Inc., of Florida; Duty Free World Inc., of Florida, and Mayra Del Valle, d.b.a. Triana LLC, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Decision Notice by the Dubai Financial Services Authority imposing penalties for dishonesty on Dr. Mubashir Ahmed Sheikh regarding MAS ClearSight Ltd., of which Sheikh was chairman, director and acting Senior Executive Officer. Editor's Note: Mubashir Ahmed Sheikh currently operates CS Global Capital SA, of Switzerland, which is "a multi-line Investment Banking, Private Equity and Real Estate Advisory Business", according to its website at http://csglobalcapital.com.

Transcript of Guilty Plea Hearing in USA v. Mustafa Abdel-Wadood at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Utah-domiciled Scotia International of Nevada Inc. a.k.a. SION, which is part of a group that Bermuda cryptocurrency firm Arbitrade claims provided it with $14 billion of gold bullion, and its president, Max Barber, are being sued in the United States over an unrelated alleged $4 million securities fraud.

Complaint in William J. Friedman v. Government of Abu Dhabi, Janata Bank Ltd., and Sheikh Khalifa bin Mohammed al Nehyan at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

The liquidators of Gibraltar-domiciled Kijani Resources Ltd. and Ratio Ltd. intend to sue NatWest Bank for "dishonest assistance" to a $98 million fraudulent scheme headed by Irishman Richard Fagan that collapsed in 2015 after being exposed by OffshoreAlert.

Dubai-based, Swiss investment manager BearBull Global Investments Group, whose "Leadership" includes a member of the Abu Dhabi Royal Family, has been soliciting investors in Mauritius with offers of double-digit annual returns - without a license, warns the Mauritius Financial Services Commission.

Application by Arempa International Ltd. FZC, of Dubai, to take discovery from Tucows Inc. for use in proceedings in the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom against Barclays Bank and others regarding an alleged phishing fraud, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Two years after suspending unsecured bonds issued by British firm European Investment Grade Properties Plc "to protect investors", the Gibraltar Stock Exchange has delisted them. Research by OffshoreAlert showed that the firm's chairman, Bodo Laux, is now involved with a cryptocurrency exchange in Dubai.

Investor Alert by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission regarding GEODE Group and BearBull Global Investments Group Limited.

Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation in Christopher Kennedy, of the Cayman Islands, and Neil Hayward, of Dubai, v. Fulcrum Diversified Income Note Fund (in Voluntary Liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Ex Parte On Notice Originating Summons in Butterfield Fiduciary Services (Cayman) Limited, as Trustee of the Orchid II Trust v. Syed Arif Masood Naqvi, founder of the Abraaj Group and a convicted fraudster in the United Arab Emirates; Fayeeza Naqvi, Syed Ashan Ali Naqvi, and Syed Faaris Ali Naqvi, as Members of the Family Committee of the Orchid II Trust, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Ernst & Young, as the Foreign Representative of Mundo Media Ltd., 2538853 Ontario Ltd., M Zone Marketing Inc., and AppThis Holdings, Inc., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Judgment regarding a criminal investigation in Norway into tax evasion by Berge Gerdt Larsen involving entities in Abu Dhabi, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Dubai, England, Jersey, Liberia, Panama, Singapore, and Saint Kitts and Nevis in Volaw Trust and Corporate Services Ltd., of Jersey, in the Channel Islands; North East Oil Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Larsen Oil and Gas Drilling Ltd., of Jersey; Network Drilling Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Independent Oilfield Rentals IOR Ltd., of Jersey; Petrolia Drilling Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; OPS Personnel Services Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, et al v. The Office of the Comptroller of Taxes, The Attorney General for Jersey, in the Channel Islands, et al at the Privy Council, in the United Kingdom.

Originating Summons in Mark Skelton, of Duff & Phelps Limited, in London, England, v. ABRAAJ Investment Management Limited (in Provisional Liquidation), based in Dubai, domiciled in the Cayman Islands, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint alleging "a pattern of creating and using sham companies to steal millions of dollars worth of assets from the plaintiff, to conceal the criminal proceeds and to frustrate plaintiff's ability to recover on civil money judgments rendered against him" in Douglas Italia SpA, formerly Limoni SpA, of Milan, Italy v. Piofrancesco Borghetti, a convicted embezzler, of Italy; Anacod Real Estate LLC, of Delaware; Kellerton Group Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, allegedly controlled by Borghetti through "his Hong Kong-based facilitator and nominee, Nilesh Sajnanivia", and Briguglio & Associates LLP, of New York, NY, at the State of New York Supreme Court, County of New York.

Notice of Removal, including a copy of a complaint alleging "brazen schemes to manipulate the markets for Qatari currency, bonds, and other financial instruments", in State of Qatar v. First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC, of the United Arab Emirates, and Samba Financial Group SJSC, of Saudi Arabia, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Public Notice by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission regarding the license revocation of Milson's Fintech.

Superseding Indictment in USA v. Arif Naqvi, Waqar Siddique, Rafique Lakhani, Mustafa Abdel-Wadood, Ashish Dave, and Sivendran Vettivetpillai at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Ruling on Application for an Order for Pre-Action Disclosure in Edgar Lavarello and Simon Conway, as Joint Liquidators of Kijani Resources Ltd. and Ratio Ltd., v. The Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited at Gibraltar Supreme Court.

Application by Hermitage Capital Management Limited to conduct discovery from Bank of America NA, Bank of China, Bank of New York Mellon, BNP Paribas USA, Citibank NA, Commerzbank AG, Credit Agricole CIB, Deutsche Bank Trust Co Americas, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Mashreqbank Psc., Standard Chartered Bank, UBS AG, and Wells Fargo Bank NA for use in criminal proceedings brought by Russia on December 11th, 2018 against Hermitage, its Founder & CEO, Bill Browder; Ivan Cherkasov, and others for alleged tax fraud, filing of a false bankruptcy, and embezzlement, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Specially Endorsed Writ of Summons in Centaur Ventures Ltd. v. Akash Garg, of Dubai, at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Specially Endorsed Writ of Summons in Centaur Ventures Ltd. v. Agev Investment Limited, of Dubai, at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the British Virgin Islands by Alexander Lawson and Paul Pretlove, as the Foreign Representatives of Limora Investments Limited, filed at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in EVRM Limited, of the United Kingdom v. SDKA North America LLC, Christopher Kelly, and Gurpreet Rai at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Germany by Rolf Pohlmann, as the Foreign Representative of NCI New Capital Invest Oil & Gas 11 GmbH, NCI New Capital Invest Oil & Gas 16 GmbH, and NCI New Capital Invest Oil & Gas 19 GmbH, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Judgment in Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority v. First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC at the Appellate Division in the Civil and Commercial Court of the Qatar Financial Centre.

Decision Notice by the Dubai Financial Services Authority regarding the suspension of the license of Rasan Capital Limited.

License Cancellation by the Malta Financial Services Authority regarding Signature Opportunities Fund SICAV Plc.

Application by Arempa International Ltd. FZC, of the United Arab Emirates, to take discovery from Wells Fargo Bank NA for use in criminal proceedings in the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong and in anticipated lawsuits in the United Kingdom, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

This session will look at examples of corruption, theft, judicial abuse, and the detention of foreign businesspeople conducting business in Dubai and other cities in the Arabian Gulf region.

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding Davado Limited in Mohammed Abdulrahim Mohammed Al Ali, of the United Arab Emirates v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

British businessmen who fronted a failed attempt to keep the collapsed Privilege Wealth investment scheme going under another name in 2017 after it was exposed by OffshoreAlert have launched a look-alike in Florida and England, C-Tech Financial. They are Keith Harris, who is Deputy Chairman of Everton Football Club, and Andrew MacKenzie, who once ran the image rights firm of British politician and Olympic champion Sebastian Coe.

Final Notice of the Abu Dhabi Global Market Financial Services Regulatory Authority regarding a financial penalty against Alexander David Guy, a citizen of the United Kingdom and "Senior Executive Officer and a Licensed Director of Eshara Capital Limited".

Final Notice by the Abu Dhabi Global Market Financial Services Regulatory Authority regarding a financial penalty against Eshara Capital Limited.

Application by Rakhi Bhansali to take discovery from Twin Fields Investments Ltd. for use in legal proceedings in India, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Criminal Indictment in USA v. Mustafa Abdel-Wadood at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment in USA v. Arif Naqvi at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. ABRAAJ Investment Management Limited, of the Cayman Islands, and Arif Naqvi, a Pakistani national, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.