USA

Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award in Michele Vives, as Federal Equity Receiver of 1inMM Capital LLC, its subsidiaries and affiliates, including Rogue Black, LLC and Minamata Film, LLC v. Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment SpA, of Rome, Italy, and Orion Releasing LLC, of California, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

USA's Sentencing Submission in USA v. Joseph Lewis, a.k.a. Joe Lewis, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Bahamas, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 11 Petition by Kenbourne Invest S.A., of Luxembourg; NC Telecom II AS, of Norway; WOM Mobile S.A., WOM S.A., Conect S.A., and Multikom S.A., all of Chile, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Randall Benson, as the Foreign Representative of Pride Group Holdings Inc., 2043002 Ontario Inc., 2554193 Ontario Inc., 2554194 Ontario Inc., 2692293 Ontario Ltd., 1000089137 Ontario Inc., Arnold Transportation Services, Inc., Coastline Holdings, Corp., Dixie Truck Parts Inc., Dixie Truck Parts Inc., DVP Holdings, Corp., Parker Global Enterprises, Inc., Parker Transport Co., Pride Group Logistics International Ltd., Pride Fleet Solutions Inc., Pride Group Logistics Ltd., Pride Fleet Solutions USA Inc., Pride Group EV Sales Ltd., Pride Group Logistics USA, Co., TPine Financial Services Corp., Pride Group Real Estate Holdings Inc., and TPine Financial Services Inc., which "operate a trucking and logistics conglomerate based in Canada with operations in Canada and the United States that is collectively the largest used truck seller in North America", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

U.S.-based 'distressed business investor' Tony Bobulinski is suing Cayman Islands law firm Walkers, insolvency specialist Grant Thornton, and others in California, alleging he suffered losses totaling "tens of millions of dollars" as a result of a "fraudulent conspiracy" regarding the liquidation of China Branding Group.

Complaint in Jonathan Rosen v. Dennis Klemming, a citizen of Sweden residing in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, at the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA.

SEC's Notice of Joint Liability Against Relief Defendant SION Trading FZE, of the United Arab Emirates, regarding an alleged crypto-based investment fraud scheme in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Arbitrade Ltd., of Bermuda; Cryptobontix Inc., of Canada; Troy R.J. Hogg, of Canada; James L. Goldberg, Stephen L. Braverman, and Max W. Barber, as Defendants, and SION Trading FZE, as Relief Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint alleging "the brazen misappropriation of funds held in escrow and breach of an escrow agreement by a New York attorney" in Silent Seas S.A., described as "an investment manager and currently engaged in a large real estate development project in mainland Greece, comprised of multiple integrated golf resorts and residential communities" v. William M. Pinzler, described as an attorney based in New York, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "a coordinated series of material misrepresentations, culminating in a secret, fraudulent transaction that allowed Defendants to avoid making Tony Bobulinski whole on a debt that they all knew he was owed" in Tony Bobulinski, described as "an expert in investing in distressed businesses" who "provided critical bridge funding to a now-defunct Cayman Islands company called China Branding Group" v. Hugh Dickson, of the Cayman Islands; Hickory Grove, LLC, Jake Fisch, described as a resident of Shanghai, China; Don Williams, Grant Thornton Specialist Services Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Robert Roche, Theresa Roche, Phillip Tyrrell, described as a resident of the Cayman Islands; Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Walkers LLP, of the Cayman Islands; MGG Investment Group, LP, and Does 1 through 50 at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Originating Application in the matter of MWAMBA at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by Evgeny Mariashin, a Russian lawyer residing in Cyprus, to take discovery from Google, LLC for use in legal proceedings in England brought by Alexander Gorbachev against Andrey Grigoryevich Guriev, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint in Intercurrency Software LLC v. iFinex Inc., d.b.a. Bitfinex, described as a British Virgin Islands company that "is engaged in research and development, manufacturing, importation, distribution, sales and related technical services for crypto trading", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Originating Application in the matter of GCCL (Cayman) Fleet 1 Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Emergency Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order and Order to Show Cause "to enjoin Respondents Eleanor De Leon and Alaa Abudawood from trying to thwart the Court’s orders by initiating enforcement proceedings in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" in Sana Ismail Abudawood, Ayman Ismail Abudawood, Anas Ismail Abudawood, and Salwa Ismail Abudawood v. Eleanor de Leon and Alaa Abudawood at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint in SAT Aero Holdings Inc. v. Aerolinea del Estado Mexicano S.A., of Mexico, de C.V. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "Apex’s breach of a note through which Tactical invested $500,000 in connection with a purported commodities transaction and the fraud perpetrated by Willoughby, the President of Apex" in Tactical Infrastructure S.A., of Panama, described as "an investment company that engages in various international investments, mainly in the areas of real estate and corporate finance" v. Apex Energy Alternative Resources Inc. and Robert S. Willoughby at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "SL Green Realty Corporation committed theft in broad daylight" in Bravia Capital Hong Kong Limited, of Hong Kong v. SL Green Realty Corporation, 245 Park Member LLC, Palisades Member 1 LLC, Palisades Member 2 LLC, Palisades Training Center NY LLC, Palisades Fee Owner LLC, Andrew S. Levine, and Harrison Sitomer at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging "the United Arab Emirates and some of its top officials managed, directed, and bankrolled a years-long “dark” public relations campaign through the Swiss private investigative firm, Alp Services S.A., which was founded, owned, and run by Mario Brero and Muriel Cavin" in Dr. Farid Hafez, described as "currently the Class of 1955 Distinguished Visiting Professor of International Studies at Williams College" v. Dr. Lorenzo Vidino, described as "a director of or with the Defendant institutions at all relevant times"; The George Washington University, The Program on Extremism at The George Washington University, Alp Services S.A., of Switzerland; Diligence Sarl, of Switzerland; Mario Brero, described as a citizen and resident of Switzerland; Muriel Cavin, described as a citizen and resident of Switzerland; Lionel Badal, described as a citizen and resident of Luxembourg; Ariaf Studies and Research LLC, of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and John Doe Numbers 1-25 at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Dubai-based, Swiss businessman Patrick Dannacher has taken legal action in California in an attempt to discover who is behind an alleged attempt to extort funds from him.

Originating Application in the matter of GCCL Cayman Fleet Management Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application in the matter of GCCL (Cayman) Small Ships Management Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint alleging "outrageous conduct and misappropriation of SAF’s confidential information and trade secrets through its unauthorized access and use of SAF’s +Subscribe platform, a proprietary enterprise software platform for the alternative investment industry" in Strategic Alternative Funds Group LLC v. Asset Class Ltd., described as a United Kingdom company based in Ireland, and Asset Class Software Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by SBK ART LLC to take discovery from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP "in connection with a proceeding in Malta and an anticipated action in the Netherlands or some other foreign court", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Mek Global Limited, of the Seychelles; PhoenixFin PTE. Ltd., of Singapore; Flashdot Limited, of the Cayman Islands, and Peken Global Limited, of the Seychelles, "collectively doing business as a centralized digital asset exchange under the name 'KuCoin'", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Huzhou Chuangtai Rongyuan Investment Management Partnership, Huzhou Huihengying Equity Investment Partnership, and Huzhou Huirongsheng Equity Investment Partnership v. Applegreen Family Trust, Applegreen LLC, Bryn Mawr, Duo Liu, Golden Kirin LLC, Golden Land Funds LLC, Golden Little Dragon, Golden Little Elephant Inc., Golden Mermaid LLC, Golden Pegasus LLC, HS-QYNM Family, Inc., Hangyuan Zhang, Harushio LLC, Hatakaze LLC, Hfre, LLC, Hudson Group LLC, Hui Qin, I Love GLE Trust, John and Jane Does 1-20, King Fame Trading (BVI), Luban Construction Inc., Luxury Team, Inc., Masterpiece Holding Group LTD., Maxim Credit Group LLC, New Land Capital LLC, PH2003 Unit LLC, Qin Family Trust, Qynm Family Holding LLC, Ruolei Liu, St. Fortune Group LLC, St. Grand Ceremony LLC, St. Tome LLC, Trident Trust Company, Trust Company of Delaware, Xuemin Liu, Xueyuan Han, and YouYork Management LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from BB&T Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Greece - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subjects for fraud"

Application by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce to take discovery from Yahoo Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Canada in which MSA International Management Limited alleged that "alleging that CIBC both negligently permitted unauthorized fund transfers from an MSA account and that CIBC froze the balance of the account without justification", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by SBK ART LLC to take discovery from Kroll LLC "in connection with a proceeding in Malta and an anticipated action in the Netherlands or some other foreign court", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Writ of Summons and General Indorsement in Grant Thornton Cayman Islands v. Robert Press, Bernard Sumner, Bruce Wookey, Alyce Schreiber, William Fickling, Tara Antal, and TCA Management Group Corp., all with addresses in the USA, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint alleging fraud involving "the sale of securities owned by Rosen in Steem Monsters, Corp." in BFF II Pte Ltd., of Singapore, and Side Door Ventures LP v. Matthew Rosen and Blair Jesse Reich at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Applicants' Motion to Have Respondents Held in Contempt in Sana Ismail Abudawood, Ayman Ismail Abudawood, Anas Ismail Abudawood, and Salwa Ismail Abudawood, described as "the siblings of Sheikh Osama Ismail Abudawood, a prominent Saudi Arabian businessman" v. Eleanor de Leon and Alaa Abudawood at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by Patrick Dannacher, described as "a Swiss citizen residing in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates", to take discovery from Cloudflare Inc. for use in legal proceedings in the United Arab Emirates alleging extortion, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint in Axis Bank Limited, DIFC Branch, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Axis Bank Limited, IBU Gift City Branch, of India, and Axis Trustee Services Limited, of India v. Veria Lifestyle Inc. and Veria Lifestyle Capital LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Notice of Motion to Compel Production of Documents for use in the defense of a class action complaint in the USA in Vega Capital London Limited, of England, and Adrian Spires, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in England v. Glencore Ltd., of New York, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment in USA v. Dan Rotta, described as a Romania-born citizen and resident of USA, and Sergio Cernea, described as a citizen and resident of Brazil, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Defendant's Sentencing Memorandum in USA v. Joseph Lewis, a.k.a. Joe Lewis, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Bahamas, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging the defendants "stole 16.48867144 Bitcoin (BTC) from Plaintiff pursuant to a sophisticated global internet cryptocurrency fraud and conversion scheme" in Michael J. Thornton v. John Does 1-20 at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

Complaint in Anna Povinelli, described as "a former Managing Director of Kroll" v. Kroll LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Cedrick Redula, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Benoit Clouâtre, of Deloitte Restructuring Inc., as the Foreign Representative of Goli Nutrition, Inc., of Montreal, Canada, and Goli Nutrition, Inc. of Delaware, USA, described as "a distributor and retailer of organic, vegan and gluten-free nutritional products and supplements that are sold in the form of gummies and bites", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Frederick Farrel, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Archie Thomas, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Director Details for Natural Capital Ltd., obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on March 18th, 2024.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Troy Rejda, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Carlos Baltazar, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Satoshi Show, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Sabina Romanowska, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint in Lucid Alternative Fund LP, of the Cayman Islands v. Innoviz Technologies Ltd., of Israel; Omer David Keilaf, and Eldar Cegla at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Global Fidelity Bank Limited (in Official Liquidation), of the Cayman Islands, to take discovery from Bank of America for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands against Natural Capital Limited, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint "to protect and recover its trade secrets and its confidential and proprietary information which Defendant misappropriated" in Kroll LLC v. Anna Povinelli at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.