Asset Recovery

A session on investigating and recovering crypto legally, professionally, and successfully will be held at OffshoreAlert's Miami conference next month. 'The Definitive Guide to Investigating and Recovering Crypto' will be presented by Lilita (Lili) Infante, of CAT Labs; Noy Moshe, of Chainalysis; Syed Rahman, of Rahman Ravelli, and Haydn Jones, of Kroll. It is one of 16 sessions on intelligence, investigations, and recovery in high-value international finance that comprise The 20th Annual OffshoreAlert Miami Conference on April 14-16.

The sophisticated techniques by which proceeds are disguised and moved even through the most tightly-regulated of economies, the multi-jurisdictional crimes which are involved, the emergent risks faced by institutions and individuals alike, and, perhaps most importantly, the trailblazing methods and tools by which practitioners uncover culprits and recover assets will be discussed at OffshoreAlert Bangkok this month in a session entitled 'The Dark Side of the Economy: An Ever-Growing Global Launderette'. February 28-29, Bangkok.

The crypto industry faces unprecedented challenges with fraud and potential major collapses. Join us at OffshoreAlert Bangkok to gain critical insights and prepare for what's ahead. February 28-29, Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok.

This April 14-16, join industry leaders in Miami Beach for the 20th anniversary of one of the leading events on high-value international finance. Featured speaker Brian Simms KC, one of the Bahamas-based liquidators of the FTX crypto group, will discuss the cross-border complexities of the insolvency and how onshore and offshore representatives resolved their differences. Engage in pivotal discussions ranging from the alarming rise of pig butchering scams to the enigmatic world of offshore finance. Hosted at the prestigious Ritz-Carlton, South Beach, this event is a must-attend for professionals seeking to navigate the intricate world of international finance, mitigate risks, and seize opportunity. Early Bird Registration ends February 8.

The upcoming OffshoreAlert conference in Bangkok will feature a session by Ken Gamble of IFW Global, focusing on 'Operation Tropicana', a major operation that dismantled a billion-dollar Asian boiler room gang. Gamble will discuss the gang's operations, including how they laundered money through Hong Kong banks and evaded detection for 15 years. He will also explain how the Anti-Money Laundering unit of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission helped recover millions for victims. The conference, held at the luxurious Siam Kempinski Hotel on February 28-29, includes various sessions on high-value international finance and will attract professionals from diverse fields like fraud investigation, asset recovery, banking, and law enforcement.

Crypto and fraud are a match made in heaven, leading to an unprecedented amount of scams in which investors and clients around the world have been collectively swindled out of tens of billions of dollars. In this video, litigation funding specialists will discuss the industry's appetite for financing crypto-related lawsuits and the factors they consider prior to making a decision.

Leading international fraud and value recovery specialists took your questions and discussed emerging and dominant issues that impact your ability to be successful and effective. This was intended to be informal and interactive and represented an opportunity for you to have your questions answered by experts who have 'been there, seen it, done it'.

Leading international fraud and value recovery specialists took your questions and discussed emerging and dominant issues that impact your ability to be successful and effective. This was intended to be informal and interactive and represented an opportunity for you to have your questions answered by experts who have 'been there, seen it, done it'.

Amid a fraud crimewave unprecedented in the history of finance, this video will discuss techniques to investigate and recover crypto and answer any questions you might have.

Truth and reality will be on display at next week’s OffshoreAlert London conference. Some will like it, some will not, but both will benefit from hearing it. Our eclectic and […]

OffshoreAlert's first Asia conference will be held in Bangkok on February 28-29, 2024. The event will take place at the Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok, a 5-star resort in the heart of the city, near some of Asia’s finest restaurants, shops, and nightlife. There's an emphasis on networking and fun, which is why we're holding our event at a resort in one of the world's most exciting cities that attendees can easily fly into. We want them to combine business with pleasure.

In this episode, OffshoreAlert publisher David Marchant will interview one of the world's most experienced and successful asset recovery attorneys, Ed Davis, of Sequor Law, which is based in Miami, USA.

The first version of the agenda for OffshoreAlert's 10th Annual London Conference on December 4-5 is now available. For more information about OffshoreAlert London 2023, sponsorship opportunities, and tickets, please visit www.oalondon.com.

In this video, investigators and attorneys discuss : Increased lawsuits against Russia/Sanctioned Entities and how to enforce any awards, including seizing money frozen in European clearing houses and seizing private planes; How does the Russia-Ukraine War affect existing litigation and investigations; Confiscation of assets of Russian oligarchs; Inability of Russian banks to pursue debtors who often stole money or haven't returned the loans and who now live abroad; and Proactive Russian sanctions analysis investigations.

In this video, insolvency practitioners, lawyers, and investigators, several of whom are involved in the liquidation of Three Arrows Capital, will discuss how to go about investigating and recovering assets when a global crypto enterprise collapses.

Leading international fraud and value recovery specialists discuss emerging and dominant issues that impact your ability to be successful and effective. This session is intended to be informal and interactive and represents an opportunity for you to have your questions answered by experts who have 'been there, seen it, done it'.

In this video, retired FBI Agent Gregory Coleman discusses how criminals have stolen hundreds of billions of dollars of COVID Relief funds and how the private and public sectors can work together to recover assets. The presentation will include a case study of one state’s aggressive approach to recovering funds stolen through unemployment insurance fraud.

Leading international fraud and value recovery specialists discuss emerging and dominant issues that impact your ability to be successful and effective. This session is intended to be informal and interactive and represents an opportunity for you to have your questions answered by experts who have 'been there, seen it, done it'.

In this special, 90-minute, 'everything you need to know about crypto' video, leading crypto investigators, recovery specialists, and proponents will answer all of your questions regarding the crypto industry and offer advise and expertise to increase your chances of success.

In this video, litigation funders and asset recovery attorneys will discuss the latest developments in litigation funding, including legal rulings that affect the industry, how to go about getting your claims funded, and the appetite for funding crypto-related claims.

We stand on the cusp of the greatest generational wealth transfer in history. Baby boomers are set to pass more than $68 trillion on to their children. Major intra family disputes involving the succession of portions of this wealth will inevitably erupt. Is this the new frontier for asset recovery professionals? This panel session will look at the challenges facing the victims of high value elder abuse; dishonest breach of trust by a family member against siblings or children; and developing a practice in this area.

After some late tweaks, the agenda for next week's OffshoreAlert Miami conference is now final - and it's one of the best that we've ever put on.

During 26 years of exposing investment frauds, tax scams, and money laundering schemes, OffshoreAlert has developed unparalleled experience and expertise in the areas of intelligence, investigations, and recovery in high-value international finance. We've earned our spurs in this business the hardest way possible.

How to investigate crypto, find, freeze and seize assets - and have it financed by third-party litigation funders - will be tackled at next week's OffshoreAlert vGlobal virtual conference. If you've lost money in crypto, whether you're a client of Sequoia Capital or an armchair investor, you will have the opportunity to meet and listen to experts who can help you.

The liquidators of British Virgin Islands-domiciled, Singapore-based crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital will speak at next month's OffshoreAlert vGlobal virtual conference. They will discuss some of the lessons they have learned so far in the relatively new area of liquidating a major global crypto enterprise and attempting to recover value for creditors, who appear to be owed more than $3.5 billion. Dec 5-9—Claim your free pass.

In this video, leading international fraud and value recovery attorneys take your questions and discuss emerging and dominant issues that impact your ability to be successful and effective in offshore and onshore jurisdictions.

In this video, leading international fraud and value recovery attorneys take your questions and discuss emerging and dominant issues that impact your ability to be successful and effective in offshore and onshore jurisdictions.

Judgment regarding the continuation of a freezing injunction against parties suspected of stealing digital assets in ChainSwap Limited, described as a British Virgin Islands company that "provides a service that allows cryptocurrency tokens to be transferred between different blockchains, known as a cross-chain bridge" v. The Owner of Digital Wallet 0X941A9E3B91E1CC015702B897C512D265FAE88A9, The Owner of Digital Wallet 0XEDA5066780DE29D00DFB54581A707EF6F52D8113, The Owner of Digital Wallet 0XB63F0D8B9AA0C4E68D5630F54BFEFC6CF2C2AD19, The Owner of Digital Wallet 0X196593ADE7CC7EDF18981C7A7DBC2E96000004FB, The Owner of Email Address trumanbroughton@gmail.com, and Other Persons Unknown at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Leading international fraud and value recovery attorneys will take your questions and discuss emerging and dominant issues that impact your ability to be successful and effective. Speakers: Aidan Larkin, Chief Executive Officer, Asset Reality; Jonathan Tickner, Partner, Peters & Peters; Polly Sprenger, Partner, Addleshaw Goddard; and Tatiana Markel, Partner, BakerHostetler.

Leading international fraud and value recovery attorneys will take your questions and discuss emerging and dominant issues that impact your ability to be successful and effective. Speakers: Adam Crane, Partner, Baker & Partners; Alex Jay, Partner, Stewarts; Edward H. Davis, Jr., Founding Shareholder, Sequor Law; and Maureen Ward, Partner, Bennett Jones.

Our panelists will explore using the civil Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO") to recover damages for serious frauds, including treble damages and attorney's fees and costs. While civil RICO's remedies are powerful, pitfalls abound for the unwary litigator, including heightened pleading standards and securities transaction bars. Obtaining RICO personal jurisdiction over defendants both in and outside the United States will also be discussed. Speakers: Daniel Treuden, Founding Member, Bernhoft Law Firm; Joshua Bruckerhoff, Partner, Reid Collins & Tsai; and Robert Bernhoft, Founding Partner, Bernhoft Law Firm.

A discussion of the watershed SEC/Offshore Liquidators compromise in the liquidation of Cayman Islands-domiciled Income Collecting 1-3 Months T-Bills Mutual Fund and what it means for future insolvencies. Speakers: Guy Dilliway-Parry, Partner, Pirestleys; Igal Wizman, Partner, EY Bahamas; and Warren Gluck, Partner, Holland & Knight.

In this video, lawyers who have brought lawsuits around the world to recover cryptocurrency from exchanges and other entities will discuss their experiences and offer tips to avoid problems and be effective. Speakers: Amanda Tuminelli, Lawyer, Kobre & Kim; Dani Haston, Head of Global Asset Management, Chainalysis; Daniel Coyle, Counsel, Sequor Law; and Syed Rahman, Partner, Rahman Ravelli.

Having identified who stole the crypto, this video will show you how to recover it and who can be held legally liable, not just the thieves but those who laundered it and provided other services, including crypto exchanges. Speakers: Aidan Larkin, Chief Executive Officer, Asset Reality; Amanda Wick, Senior Investigative Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives; Carmel King, Director, Grant Thornton; and Jean-Michel Verelst, Director, Belgium's Asset Recovery and Asset Management Office.

This video is a how-to guide to liquidating and recovering assets across borders involving both onshore and offshore jurisdictions. Speakers: Hannah van Roessel, Director, Senior Legal Counsel, Omni Bridgeway; Ilan Cohen, Intelligence Analyst, Itur Financial Intelligence; James Pomeroy, Director, Grant Thornton; and Martin Kenney, Managing Partner, Martin Kenney & Co.

Judgment for $142.5 million in Recovery Partners GP Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and Revoker LLP, of England v. Irakli Rukhadze, Igor Alexeev, Benjamin Marson, Hunnewell Partners (UK) LLP, Hunnewell Partners (BVI) Limited, Park Street (GP) Limited, Park Street (BR) Limited, Park Street (GS) Limited, and Park Street (L) Limited at the High Court of Justice for England and Wales.

This video presentation will show you how to go about recovering virtual assets. Speakers: Aidan Larkin (Asset Reality), Daniel Coyle (Sequor Law), Syedur Rahman (Rahman Ravelli)

As part of what its lawyers claim "could become the largest international asset recovery effort of all time", Libya has applied to take discovery from eight major banks in its hunt for an estimated $100 billion allegedly misappropriated by former leader Muammar Gaddafi. The effort is being led by lawyers Oren Warshavsky, of BakerHostetler, and Warren Gluck, of Holland & Knight.

Application by the Libyan Asset Recovery and Management Office to take discovery from Bank of America N.A., Citigroup Inc. d.b.a. Citibank; JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., UBS Group A.G., HSBC Bank, Credit Suisse Bank N.A., Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas for use in foreign legal proceedings regarding "tens of billions of dollars stolen by Muammar Muhammed Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi over the course of his 32-year dictatorship", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

In this video, leading international fraud and value recovery attorneys take questions and discuss emerging and dominant issues that impact one's ability to be successful and effective. This session was intended to be informal and interactive and represented an opportunity for the audience to have their questions answered by experts who have 'been there, seen it, done it'. Speakers: Martin Kenney (Martin Kenney & Co. Solicitors), Sebastian Said (Appleby), William Kraus (Butzel Long), Yves Klein (Monfrini Bitton Klein)

In this video, leading international fraud and value recovery attorneys take questions and discuss emerging and dominant issues that impact one's ability to be successful and effective. This session was intended to be informal and interactive and represented an opportunity for the audience to have their questions answered by experts who have 'been there, seen it, done it'. Speakers: Danny Ong (Rajah & Tann), Greg Grossman (Sequor Law), Henrique Forssell (Duarte Forssell Advogados), Rebecca Hume (Gateley Legal)

This video presentation introduces some of the primary online databases that are useful in identifying assets for companies and individuals globally. Included is a discussion about public and private corporate disclosures, land registries, litigation and procurement records, as well as more creative tools such as construction and fire permits, satellite imagery, leaked and breached data and people search engines. Most of this data is free, but accessing it can sometimes be challenging due to technical, geographical and language barriers or sheer volume. The presentation will also show you how to build your own tools to access these records or, alternatively, buy ready-made commercial solutions that do it for you. Throughout, the presenter will include several examples from real cases, illustrating a wide array of tools, techniques and skills required for asset tracing. Presented by Cristopher Uglea (FTI Consulting).

In this video, litigation funders discuss trends and developments in the industry and offer tips on how to get your claim funded. Barry Kamar (Westfleet Advisors), David Kerstein (Validity Finance), Paul Neufeld (Locke Lord), Wendie Childress (Validity Finance).

Announcement by Intel Suisse, a financial investigation and asset recovery firm, that it "has been engaged to investigate and seek recovery of financial losses arising from multiple trading platform failures at online tradng platform Thinkmarkets, a global portal offered by Think Capital Limited of Bermuda".

Application by Recovery Partners GP Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and Revoker LLP, of England, to take discovery from Fisher Island Investments, Inc., Fisher Island Holdings, LLC, PDS Development LLC, and PDS HOLDCO I LLC for use in legal proceedings in England "against Irakli Rukhadze, Igor Alexeev, Benjamin Marson, Hunnewell Partners (UK) LP, Hunnewell Partners (BVI) Limited, Park Street (GP) Limited, Park Street (BR) Limited, Park Street (GS) Limited, Park Street (L) Limited" regarding "the identification and recovery of assets belonging directly or indirectly to the members of the family of the late Georgian businessman, Arkadi Patarkatsishvili", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the "proceeds of a wire fraud scheme to steal, among other things, cryptocurrency using a cell phone SIM-swapping scheme" that allegedly involved Colton Jurisic, Ricky Handschumacher, and Conor Freeman in USA v. 60.20371501 Bitcoins at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Application by Makhpal Karibzhanova, described as "a citizen of Kazakhstan and is the former wife of a wealthy and politically-connected Kazakh businessman, Aidan Karibzhanov" whose "wealth is held in offshore structures and through nominee ownership around the world, making it necessary to gather evidence from a number of countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, and Singapore, as well as Kazakhstan and a number of offshore jurisdictions", including the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, and Singapore, to take discovery from Mubadala Fund, Extell Developrnent, Edward Mermelstein, One and Only Realty, Eduard Ogai, Credit Suisse, American Express and others for use in legal proceedings in Kazakhstan, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Application by Roman Vladimirovich Spiridonov to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase Bank and Citibank N.A. for use in "a pending Russian Bankruptcy Proceeding concerning Igor Vladislavovich Soglaev", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

A British Virgin Islands company that is part of the Dubai-based Exential Group of forex trading companies that perpetrated a $200 million Ponzi scheme has applied for Chapter 15 bankruptcy recognition in the United States.