United Arab Emirates

Complaint alleging fraud in Crypto Poker Exchange Inc., a Delaware company based in Virginia that is "a start-up business involved in developing a cryptocurrency exchange and blockchain network for gaming" v. HashCash Consultants LLC, of California; Eashwer Kollata, and Raj Chowdhury, a.k.a. Roy Aich, at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles. Editor's Note: On its website at www.hashcashconsultants.com, HashCash Consultants claims to have offices in Australia, Ras Al-Khaimah, Singapore, and the United States.

Summons With Notice regarding alleged fraud in Arbitrade Ltd., of Bermuda v. Max Barber, of Utah, and SION Trading FZE, of Ras Al Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Judgment on application for summary judgment in Centaur Ventures Ltd. v. Akash Garg, of Dubai, at Bermuda Supreme Court.

A complaint alleging fraud has been filed in New York regarding a deal to sell purported "gold casts of President Nelson Mandela's hands" to the Bermuda/Canada-domiciled Arbitrade Group, whose cryptocurrency scam was exposed by OffshoreAlert last year.

Winding Up Petition in Campbells, a Cayman Islands law firm v. Mara Investment Corporation SPC Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint alleging fraud regarding "gold casts of President Nelson Mandela's hands" and a Bermuda/Canada-based cryptocurrency group known as 'Arbitrade' in Malcolm Duncan, of Texas v. Max Barber, of Utah; SION Trading FZE, of Ras Al Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates, and Barlan Enterprises Ltd., d.b.a. Guernsey's, of New York, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Complaint alleging racketeering regarding "the largest bank fraud in Indian history" and involving companies and individuals in Belgium, the British Virgin Islands, Delaware, Dubai, England, Hong Kong, New York, South Dakota, and Texas in Firestar Diamond Inc., Firestar Diamond Inc., Fantasy Inc., and Old AJ Inc., f.k.a. Jaffe Inc. v. Ami Javeri, a.k.a. Ami Modi; Purvi Mehta, a.k.a. Purvi Modi; Nehal Modi, Neeshal Modi, Central Park Real Estate LLC, Central Park South 50 Properties LLC, Trident Trust Company (South Dakota) Inc., as Trustee of the Ithaca Trust; Twin Fields Investments Ltd., Auragem Company Ltd., Brilliant Diamonds Ltd., Eternal Diamonds Corporation Ltd., Fancy Creations Company Ltd., Hamilton Precious Traders Ltd., Sino Traders Ltd., Sunshine Gems Ltd., Unique Diamond and Jewellery FZC, World Diamond Distribution FZE, Vista Jewelry FZE, Empire Gems FZE, Universal Fine Jewelry FZE, Diagems FZC, Tri Color Gems FZE, Pacific Diamonds FZE, Himalayan Traders FZE, Unity Trading FZE, Fine Classic FZE, and DG Brothers FZE at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Decision Notice by the Dubai Financial Services Authority regarding Enness Limited - DIFC Representative Office.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in England by Steven Parker and Trevor Binyon, of Opus Restructuring, as the Foreign Representatives of Dooga Ltd., a Maltese-owned British firm whose "Cubits" cryptocurrency exchange closed down in 2018 following an alleged €27 million fraud involving "payment processor" Pay Secure Online Limited, d.b.a. Paysec, and "three Chinese nationals called Lui Caifeng, Liu Lin, and Yajuan She", at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert showed that, in the Malta Business Registry, the owner of Pay Secure Online Limited is identified as David Murphy, a British national with an address in Thailand, while directors have included Richard John Barry, a British national residing in Dubai, and Dimitar Stefanov Georgiev, a citizen and resident of Bulgaria, who both resigned on March 2nd, 2018, and the auditor is Antoine Borg, of Malta. On May 15th, 2019, the Malta Financial Services Authority issued a "warning" that Paysec "is NOT licenced NOR authorised by the MFSA to provide any investment or other financial services which are required to be licenced or otherwise authorised under Maltese law".

Complaint in Jetex FZE, of Dubai v. Fox Management International LLC, of Opa Locka, Florida, at the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Judgment following a guilty plea for a money laundering offense in The Attorney General v. Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC Jersey Branch at the Royal Court of Jersey, in the Channel Islands.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Citibank regarding an account at ABC Banking Corporation Ltd., of Mauritius - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Poland - for a criminal investigation into Jan Putkowski and others for suspected money laundering.

Judgment approving a Deferred Prosecution Agreement and imposing a "total financial sanction" of €990,963,712 for suspected bribery in Director of the Serious Fraud Office v. Airbus SE at the Crown Court, in Southwark, England.

Ex Parte Application by Kuwait Ports Authority to take discovery from Citibank and E-Trade Financial Corporation for use in "impending litigation" in the Cayman Islands regarding "fraud and other wrongdoing related to KPA's investments in and business dealings with: (1) KGL Investment Company KSCC; and (2) the private equity fund, The Port Fund L.P." estimated at "hundreds of millions of dollars", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

A €12 million bond offering by British nationals Minette Coetzee, a.k.a. Minette Compson, and Paul Segal via their Symtomax Group for a purported medical cannabis production facility in Portugal is fraudulent, OffshoreAlert can reveal. The scheme involves entities and individuals in the BVI, Canada, Dubai, England, Gibraltar, Morocco, Netherlands, Panama, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, South Africa, and Switzerland.

Chapter 11 Petition by Hydro Marine Services, Inc., of Dubai, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in England and Wales by Michael Thomas, of THM Partners, as the Foreign Representatives of Dundee Pikco Ltd., whose subsidiaries include those in the Cayman Islands and Dubai, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

First Amended Complaint alleging fraud regarding "brazen schemes to manipulate the markets of Qatari currency. bonds, and other financial instruments" that "arise out of an illicit blockade of Qatar by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the Kingdom of Bahrain, which seeks to isolate Qatar by land, air, and sea" in State of Qatar v. First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC, of Abu Dhabi, and Samba Financial Group SJSC at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Corporate Information, including names of directors and shareholders, for Morgan Gatsby Limited obtained from the Dubai International Financial Centre.

Decision Notice by the Dubai Financial Services Authority announcing a fine against Morgan Gatsby Limited regarding the promotion of Essel Africa Natural Resource Fund, of Luxembourg, and other matters. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert showed that, according to the website of the Dubai International Financial Centre, Morgan Gatsby Limited went into liquidation on February 5th, 2019, that its directors are Gagan Jawahar Goyal, Shahzaad Siraj Dalal, and Ajay Rajinder Arora, and former directors include Pankaj Prem Gupta, Mazin Mohammad Mohyelddin Alkhatib, Farhan Abdulrahim Mohammed Faraidooni, Ahmad Abdulla Juma Binbyat, and George Zaki George Mushahwar.

In an application to take discovery from 12 US banks, a financial institution owned by six Arab nations claims that "hundreds of millions of dollars are missing" from a Cayman Islands investment fund that was set up to invest in "port-related assets around the world".

Complaint alleging breach of contract in Jetex FZE, of Dubai v. Professional Flight Transport Inc., d.b.a. Windsor Jet Management, at the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, in and for Broward County, Florida.

Complaint alleging Violation of the Anti-Terrorism Act in August Carbera et al v. Black & Veatch Special Projects Corporation, described as a Delaware company based in Kansas; Centerra Group, LLC, described as a Delaware company based in Florida; DAI Global LLC, described as a Delaware company based in Maryland; Environmental Chemical Corporation, described as a Kentucky company based in California; G4S Holdings International (AG) Limited, described as a "wholly owned subsidiary of G4S Plc", of England; G4S Risk Management Limited, of England; Janus Global Operations LLC, described as a Delaware company based in Tennessee; Louis Berger Group, Inc., described as a Delaware company based in New Jersey; Louis Berger International, Inc., described as a Delaware company based in New Jersey; The Louis Berger Group, Inc./Black & Veatch Special Projects Corporation Joint Venture, based in Washington, DC; MTN Group Limited, described as "a South African telecommunications company whose stock trades publicly on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange"; MTN (Dubai) Limited, of Dubai, and MTN Afghanistan, of Afghanistan, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Application by Gulf Investment Corporation, of Kuwait, described as "a supranational financial institution owned equally by the six Gulf Cooperation Council states: The Kingdom of Bahrain; The State of Kuwait; The Sultanate of Oman; The State of Qatar; The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and The United Arab Emirates", to take discovery from Bank of America, NA, The Bank of New York Mellon, Citibank, NA, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch; Deutsche Bank Trust Company USA, Goldman Sachs and Co., HSBC Bank USA, NA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, Mashreqbank PSC, New York Branch; National Australia Bank Limited, New York Branch; Standard Chartered Bank, New York Branch; and Wells Fargo Bank NA for use in "contemplated litigation in the Cayman Islands" regarding "hundreds of millions of dollars that have gone missing", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Two "whistleblowers" in India and England are suing the British, Dubai and New York operations of their former employer, Standard Chartered Bank, for allegedly retaliating against them for exposing "a highly sophisticated money laundering scheme on behalf of Iran".

Complaint alleging "unlawful retaliation" against alleged whistleblowers for exposing a "highly sophisticated money laundering scheme on behalf of Iran" in Anshuman Chandra, of India, and Julian M. Knight, of the United Kingdom v. Standard Chartered Bank, of England; Standard Chartered Bank, of Dubai, and Standard Chartered Bank, of New York, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Order Making Findings and Imposing Sanctions, including disgorgement of $43.7 million, against Tim Leissner, a former senior officer with Goldman Sachs, regarding alleged "bribes and kickbacks to government officials in Malaysia and the Emirate of Abu Dhabi', before the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Final Notice by the Abu Dhabi Financial Services Regulatory Authority regarding a financial penalty against AT Capital Markets Limited.

Final Notice by the Abu Dhabi Financial Services Regulatory Authority regarding a financial penalty of Man Chung Tsui, of AT Capital Markets Limited.

Complaint " concerning an outrageous demand for compensation ... arising from a business relationship between Optimum and the Investment Corporation of Dubai" in W1 Optimum Partners, LLC, of Delaware v. White Rock DMCC, of Dubai, at the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, in and for Osceola County, Florida.

Decision Notice by the Dubai Financial Services Authority regarding Julian Rifat, who "was convicted in the United Kingdom of committing a number of criminal offences".

Winding-Up Order regarding Abraaj Capital Limited (in Provisional Liquidation) at the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts.

Criminal Indictment for alleged money laundering regarding "proceeds of a Venezuelan bribery and corruption scheme" involving bank accounts in Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates in USA v. Bruce Bagley, a University of Miami professor and author of a book called 'Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, and Violence in the Americas Today', at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Non-Party Pryor Cashman LLP's Motion Opposing Defendant Alderson's Motion to Authorize Alternative Service of Subpoenas regarding Nigel Green, described as a resident of Dubai; Beverley Yeomans, described as a resident of Malta, and deVere Group Ltd., described as domiciled in Dubai, in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Benjamin Alderson and Bradley Hamilton at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Information alleging Violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, Tax Evasion, and Foreign, Conduit, and Other Illegal Campaign Contributions in USA v. Imaad Shah Zuberi at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Plea Agreement in USA v. Imaad Shah Zuberi at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Petition for restoration and winding-up regarding a claim for $199 million in ABRAAJ Investment Management Limited (in Official Liquidation) v. Silverline Holdings Limited, whose sole shareholder was allegedly Arif Masood Naqvi, a citizen of Pakistan, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint to stop an "illegal offering of digital-asset securities" involving entities and parties in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, and Dubai in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Telegram Group Inc., described as a British Virgin Islands-domiciled, Dubai-based company owned by Pavel Durov, "a Russian and St. Kitts and Nevis citizen", and TON Issuer Inc., of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Telegram Group Inc., domiciled in the British Virgin Islands, based in Dubai, and TON Issuer Inc., of the British Virgin Islands, whose "principals and owners are citizens of Russia and St. Kitts and Nevis", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Ras Al Khaimah-domiciled SION Trading FZE and Utah-domiciled Scotia International of Nevada Inc., which participated in an apparent pump-and-dump cryptocurrency fraud by Bermuda-domiciled Arbitrade Ltd., are being sued in the US for allegedly failing to pay for gold and silver that underpinned the scheme.

Complaint for damages of $4.5 million alleging defamation regarding the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in Khaled Saffuri, a resident of Virginia, USA described as "a human rights advocate and close personal friend of the late journalist Jamal Khashoggi" v. Al Arabiya, Al Arabiya Al Hadath, and Saudi 24 TV, each described as "a broadcast television station owned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia", and Othman Omar, described as a citizen of Dubai and "an on-air journalist", at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Petition for Removal, including a copy of a complaint alleging securities fraud, in Elko Broadband Ltd., of Nevada v. Dhabi Holdings PJSC, of Abu Dhabi, UAE; Warid Telecom International LLC, of Abu Dhabi, UAE; Dominique Russo, "a United States Citizen who is a resident of the UAE", and Wateen Telecom Limited, of Pakistan, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Nevada.

Complaint for $500,000 alleging breach of contract in L.A. Aviation FZE, of Dubai v. Prince Abdul Aziz bin Turki al Saud, of Dubai, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Decision Notice by the Dubai Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a fine of $3 million against Al Masah Capital Limited, of the Cayman Islands, for regulatory breaches.

Decision Notice by the Dubai Financial Services Authority that it has imposed a prohibition on Don Lim Jung Chiat for regulatory breaches involving Al Masah Capital Management Limited, o the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Sinnalba Group Limited, "a consultancy business" based in Scotland, and Dinosco Group Limited, of the Cayman Islands v. Dirk van Daele, of Switzerland, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

First Amended Complaint alleging securities fraud regarding Environmental Packaging Technologies Holdings, Inc. and CURE Pharmaceutical Holding Corp. in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Morrie Tobin, a resident of Los Angeles, California; Milan Patel, a resident of Miami, Florida; Matthew Ledvina, an attorney residing in Switzerland; Daniel Lacher, a resident of Switzerland; Brian Quinn, a resident of Newport Beach, California, and David Skriloff, a resident of New York, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Grounds of Decision in ED&F Man Capital Markets Ltd., described as "a global brokerage and financial services business with headquarters in England and offices in Dubai, Hong Kong, Switzerland and the US" v. Straits (Singapore) Pte Ltd. at Singapore High Court.

Press Release by the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority regarding a fine of QAR 200 million (US$ 55 million) imposed on First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC for "obstruction of investigation into market manipulation".

Complaint in Jetcraft Corporation, as Beneficial Owner, of North Carolina, and TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc., as Owner Trustee under the Jetcraft Stone Briar Challenger 605-5899 Business Trust, of Utah v. Sovereign Financial Holdings Limited, of Dubai; Caverton Offshore Support Group Plc, of Nigeria, and Adeniyi Makanjuola, of London, England, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County.