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Auditor BDO's operations in the Cayman Islands, Trinidad & Tobago and the United States are being sued for $280 million in damages by the liquidators of Cayman-domiciled Argyle Funds, which collapsed due to alleged fraud.

Complaint in Argyle Funds SPC Inc. v. BDO USA LLP, BDO Cayman Ltd., BDO Trinity Ltd., d.b.a. BDO Trinidad & Tobago, and Schwartz & Company LLP at New York State Supreme Court.

Complaint in Starr Russia Investments III BV v. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, Deloitte LLP, Deloitte CIS Limited, Deloitte CIS Holdings Limited, and ZAO Deloitte & Touche CIS at The Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Originating Summons in Medley Capital LLC v. CK Pearl Fund, Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Ex Tempore Ruling in BDO Cayman Ltd., Deloitte and Touche, Ernst & Young Ltd., KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers v. The Governor in Cabinet and The Attorney General at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review in BDO Cayman Ltd., Deloitte and Touche, Ernst & Young Ltd., KPMG, and PricewaterhouseCoopers v. The Governor in Cabinet and The Attorney General at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

First Amended Complaint in Leo Ford v. KPMG LLP, KPMG BVI Limited, KPMG Cayman, James Drury, Russell Crumpler, Belmont Insurance Management, Casey McDonald, Kris Beighton, Andrea Douglas, Greenberg Traurig, PA., Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Jerome Hesch, GFAN, ABG, Bancroft Property & Casualty, Ltd. (a.k.a. Bancroft Life & Casualty, Ltd. and Bancroft Life & Casualty ICC, Ltd.), Bradley Barros, and Philip Sigel at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Accountants in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands have been accused of conspiring with Miami-based law firm Greenberg Traurig and others to swindle one group of clients in favor of another in a scheme involving two offshore insurers - BVI-based Boston Life and Annuity and Bancroft Life & Casualty, of St. Lucia.

Complaint in Leo Ford and Boston Life and Annuity Company Limited v. KPMG LLP, Belmont Insurance Management Ltd., Kris Beighton, Casey McDonald, Andrea Douglas, Bancroft Property & Casualty, Ltd., a.k.a. Bancroft Life & Casualty Ltd. and Bancroft Life & Casualty ICC, Ltd.; Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Jerome Hesch, Bradley Barros, Philip Sigel, Global Financial Advisors Network, LLC, and Association Benefits Group, Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Specially Endorsed Writ of Summons in Lynda Sharon Swan v. Arthur Morris and Company Limited at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Lynda Swan v. Arthur Morris & Company Ltd. at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Combined Order in Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited v. Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants, Ernst & Young Ltd., and Ernst & Young at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Alex Bodden, Managing Partner of Cayman Islands-based audit, accounting and business advisory firm RSM Cayman Ltd. is being sued for US$600,000 in damages by former business partner Ian Lomas.

Writ of Summons in Ian Lomas v. Alexander S. Bodden at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

More than one-third of the nearly €200 million of assets reported by one of Belvedere Management Group's offshore fund vehicles in 2013 was doubtful, according to auditor BDO (Mauritius).

Decision Notice by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission disqualifying Minette Compson for being "not a fit and proper person".

Order Staying Action Against Kerry Tibbetts and Approving Deed of Settlement and Release in Ernst & Young Ltd., MaplesFS Limited, KPMG, and Butterfield Bank (Cayman) Limited v. Kerry Tibbetts and Persons Unknown at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited (in Official Liquidation) v. Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants, of Ireland; Ernst & Young Ltd. and Ernst & Young, both of the Cayman Islands, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Ernst & Young Ltd., MaplesFS Limited, KPMG, and Butterfield Bank have taken legal action in the Cayman Islands to prevent public disclosure of "commercially sensitive and/or personal information" that the Cayman Compass newspaper obtained under the Freedom of Information Law.

Writ of Summons in Ernst & Young Ltd., MaplesFS Limited, KPMG, and Butterfield Bank (Cayman) Limited v. Kerry Tibbetts and Persons Unknown at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review in Ernst & Young Ltd., MaplesFS Limited, KPMG, and Butterfield Bank (Cayman) Limited v. The Information Manager of The Department of Immigration of the Cayman Islands Government at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Accounting firm Grant Thornton (Cayman) is suing local telecommunications provider TeleCayman Limited for allegedly failing to pay a nine-month-old invoice for $40,000. The lawsuit was filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands on December 23.

Writ of Summons in Grant Thornton v. TeleCayman Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Kingate Global Fund Ltd. (in liquidation) and Kingate Global Euro Fund Ltd. (in liquidation) v. PricewaterhouseCoopers (a firm) at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim in Claudia Pinder v. PricewaterhouseCoopers (Bahamas) Limited at Bahamas Supreme Court.

Application for an order to obtain discovery from MTU Aero Engines North America, Inc. for use in litigation in Ireland brought by NRC Holding Ltd. and Alpstream NG against MTU Aero Engines North America, Inc. against Michael Souvorov, an individual and citizen of Russia and/or Switzerland; Allied Irish Bank Capita International Services (Ireland), Ltd., and KPMG Ireland, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint in Ian Stokoe and David Walker, in their capacity as the Joint Official Liquidators of AJW Offshore Ltd., AJW Master Fund, Ltd., AJW Offshore II Ltd. and AJW Master Fund II, Ltd. v. Marcus & Kliegman LLP, Marcum & Kliegman (Cayman), and Marcum LLP at the New York State Supreme Court.

Petition to Conduct Discovery in Foreign Proceedings regarding Saad Group, Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi and Brothers Company and Maan Al Sanea in FCOF II UB Securities LLC, FTS SIP LP, FCO MA II UB Securities LLC, FCO MA Maple Leaf LP, FCOF UB Investments LLC, FGOY Securities Ltd., FCOF UB Securities LLC, FCO MA II LP, FCO MA LSS LP, FCO Europe MA ML Limited, FCOF II UB Investments LLC, FPFD Corporates Ltd., FPFO Corporates Ltd., and CF SDC LLC v. KPMG LLP, KPMG International Cooperative, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Writ of Summons in Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited v. Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants, Ernst & Young Ltd. and Ernst & Young at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Ernst & Young v. Samantha Widmer and Peter Widmer at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Financial Statements of The Four Elements PCC Limited for the year ended December 31, 2013. In issuing a qualified opinion, auditor BDO stated that more than one-third of the claimed assets of nearly €200 million might not exist or be recoverable.

The Cayman Islands Tax Information Authority acted 'unlawfully' when it provided information to the Australian Taxation Office for an investigation into suspected tax evasion, a Cayman judge has ruled.

Complaint in Maven Assurance Ltd. and Maven Life International Ltd., both of Anguilla, v. Johnson Lambert LLP and Johnson Lambert & Co. LLP at the Circuit Court for Cook County, Illinois.

Notice of Removal, including copy of complaint, in Firefighters' Retirement System, Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana, and New Orleans Firefighters' Pension & Relief Fund v. Citco Group Limited, Citco Fund Services (Cayman Islands) Limited, Citco Fund Services (Bermuda) Limited, Citco Fund Services (Suisse) S.A., Citco Fund Services (Europe) B.V., Citco Global Custody N.V., Citco (Canada) Inc., Citco Bank Nederland N.V. Dublin Branch, Citco Banking Corporation N.V., Citco Curacao N.V., Citco (USA) Holdings Inc., Citco Fund Services (SA) Inc., Citco Technology Management, Inc.,  Fletcher Asset Management, Inc., Alphonse 'Buddy' Fletcher, Jr., Denis Kiely, Duhallow Financial Services, LLC, Lisa Alexander, Peter M. Zayfert, Consulting Group Services, LLC, Joe Meals, Grant Thornton International Ltd., and Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom, LLP at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.

Complaint in SJK Absolute Return Fund, LLC and SJK Absolute Return Fund, Ltd. v. EisnerAmper LLP, f.k.a. Eisner LLP, and EisnerAmper (Cayman) Ltd., f.k.a. Eisner (Cayman) Ltd., at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

Writ of Summons in Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited (in Official Liquidation) v. Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants (Dublin), Ernst & Young Ltd. (Cayman Islands), and Ernst & Young (Cayman Islands) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Request to take evidence from Deloitte BVI in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Brian Raymond Callahan, Horizon Global Advisors Ltd., Horizon Global Advisors LLC, Diversified Global Investments (BVI) LP, The Matsers Global Fund LP, Fiduciary Select Income Fund LP, Horizon Millennium Investments LP, Pangea Offshore High Yield Portfolio LLC, Adam Manson, Distinctive Investments LLC, and Distinctive Ventures LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

The auditor of a British law firm that owes Axiom Legal Financing Fund approximately £50 million has resigned, citing problems obtaining sufficient information to perform its task. OffshoreAlert has uncovered evidence calling into question the auditor's independence.

Letter from Saint & Co. to Ashton Fox Solicitors Resignation as Auditor - December 21, 2012

The Irish and Cayman Islands operations of Ernst & Young are being sued by the liquidators of Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited, which collapsed in 2009 and has an estimated insolvency of more than US$500 million.

Writ of Summons in Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited (in Official Liquidation) v. Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants (a firm), domiciled in Ireland; Ernst & Young Ltd., and Ernst & Young (a firm), both domiciled in the Cayman Islands, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Offshore providers in the Cayman Islands, Isle of Man, and Switzerland face huge liabilities after allowing insiders to loot Axiom Legal Financing Fund of tens of millions of pounds. Those most at risk from being sued by Axiom's eventual liquidators appear to be DMS Group, JP Funds Group, BDO Cayman, and Ogier, all in the Cayman Islands; Turnstone Group, in the Isle of Man; and Portland Financial Management, of Switzerland.

Notice of Originating Motion in Robert Patraulea v. Cayman Islands Society of Professional Accountants at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

First Superseding Indictment in USA v. California-based tax preparers David Almog, David Kalai, and Nadav Kalai who allegedly established and maintained "secret" accounts for clients at Bank Hapoalim and Leumi Bank.

Investors who were defrauded out of approximately US$19 million by four Cayman Islands-based hedge funds known as the Grand Island Funds received an initial dividend of 57 cents in the dollar last month from the liquidators, with the prospect of up to six cents more as a final dividend. The first distribution was made possible after the liquidators received US$7 million from the Funds' former service providers, directors and other insiders to settle disputes.

Complaint in The Official Stanford Investors Committee v. BDO USA, LLP, BDO International Ltd., BDO Global Coordination BV, and Brussels Worldwide Services BVBA at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Application for Discovery in aid of Foreign Litigation in Planck Investments LP v. Ernst & Young LLP at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Sixth Report of Liquidators of Grand Island Funds filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Transcript of Re-Arraignment Hearing in USA v. Malchus Irvin Boncamper at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Writ of Summons in Rye Select Broad Market Insurance Portfolio LDC v. Ernst & Young Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ernst & Young Ltd. (Bermuda), Ernst & Young BBC Limited, Ernst & Young Caribbean Limited, Ernst & Young International Ltd., Ernst & Young, Ernst & Young Services Limited, and Ernst & Young Americas LLC (Delaware) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.