Crypto

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the suspected proceeds of fraud in State of Florida Office of the Attorney General v. 0.35984416 Bitcoin in an account in the name of Ankur Jain, a resident of Delhi, India, at Polo Digital Assets Ltd., d.b.a. Poloniex, at the Circuit Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, in and for Duval County, Florida.

Letter from Gabriel Hay demanding the removal from OffshoreAlert's website of a filing at federal court in the United States that disclosed there was a criminal investigation into him and others who were “suspected of creating several Non-Fungible Token (NFT) rug pull scams that have defrauded investors of millions of dollars in various cryptocurrencies”.

Complaint alleging "a sophisticated global internet cryptocurrency fraud and conversion scheme" in Virginia S. Chow v. John Does 1-20 at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Complaint alleging "a fraudulent scheme that lured Plaintiff into transferring cryptocurrency to various individuals associated with an online cryptocurrency trading websites, wap.ameritrbp.com (impersonating TD Ameritrade), Bitmartch, and Kine Protocol" in Dennis Keplin v. John Does 1-4 at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

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 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.

Director details for Flashdot Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on March 26th, 2024.

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.

A global crime-wave known as 'Pig Butchering' and the role of crypto in laundering its tens of billions of dollars annual proceeds will be scrutinized at next month's OffshoreAlert Miami conference. A session entitled 'The New Financial Plague: 'Pig Butchering' will be presented by Erin West , Deputy District Attorney for Santa Clara County, California; Professor John Griffin, a Finance Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and Benedict Hamilton, Managing Director, Forensic Investigations and Intelligence, at 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.

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.

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 "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.

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.

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.

USA's Sentencing Memorandum in USA v. Samuel Bankman-Fried at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of pig butchering fraud in USA v. 299,457.4 USDC, 162.5354 USDT, 6,941.648 TRX, 1,455,143.462248 USDT, 3,032.1689461 SOL, 67.79400436 BNB, 95,336.8670150 TRX, 703.955431 ADA, and 0.54151495 ETH at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of 'Pig Butchering' scams "by an individual or group of individuals portraying themselves as Li SISI and David WU" in USA v. 3,400,000 USDT, 2,439,232.19 USDT, and 2,899,226.90 USDT at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Public Warning by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority that DexTech AG “is suspected of conducting unauthorised activities in the financial market”.

Class Action Complaint regarding the alleged promotion of a crypto fraud by FTX in Edwin Garrison, Brandon Orr, Leandro Cabo, Ryan Henderson, Michael Livieratos, Gregg Podalsky, Alexander Chernyavsky, Vijeth Shetty, Chukwudozie Ezeokoli, Michael Norris, Shengyun Huang, Vitor Vozza, Kyle Rupprecht, and Sunil Kavuri v. FURIA Esports LLC, FURIAGG Corporation, and FURIA Experience LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

British/Thai businessman Christopher Harborne has filed a defamation complaint against The Wall Street Journal over an article headlined 'Crypto Companies Behind Tether Used Falsified Documents and Shell Companies to Get Bank Accounts'.

Complaint alleging defamation regarding an article headlined 'Crypto Companies Behind Tether Used Falsified Documents and Shell Companies to Get Bank Accounts' in Christopher Harborne, described as "a dual British and Thai citizen, businessman, and technology investor with extensive holdings in aviation and cryptocurrency who has lived and worked in Thailand for over two decades"; AML Global Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; AML Global Ltd., of Hong Kong; AML Global (HK) Ltd., of Hong Kong, and AML Global Payments LLC, of Wyoming v. Dow Jones & Company, Inc., d.b.a. The Wall Street Journal, at the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, New Castle County, USA.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto that was seized from an account at Binance in the name of Salaman Shahzada "during an investigation into a transnational criminal organization running an exploitation of elderly and social engineering scam" in USA v. 0.17366943 Bitcoin at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Search Report for Megalodon Capital SPC, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on February 27th, 2024.

Complaint in Adin Gess, Noach Newman, Maya Parizer, Natalie Sanandaji, Yoni Diller, Hagar Almog, Lishay Lavi, David Bromberg, and Ariel Ein-Gal v. BAM Trading Services Inc., d.b.a. Binance.us; Binance Holdings Ltd., d.b.a. Binance, and Changpeng Zhao at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Complaint in Leonard Licht, described as "a 75-year-old widower" residing in Texas, USA, who "was victimized by a pig butchering scheme spearheaded by a criminal syndicate based in Cambodia" v. Binance Holdings Limited, described as "a Cayman Islands corporation that operates the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance.com"; BAM Trading Services, Inc., and Changpeng Zhao, described as "a Chinese-born citizen of Canada", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Judgment in a Criminal Case in USA v. Binance Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands-domiciled operator of a crypto exchange founded by Changpeng Zhao, at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Complaint in Lejilex and Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas v. Securities and Exchange Commission, Eric Werner, Gary Gensler, Caroline Crenshaw, Jaime Lizarraga, Hester Peirce, and Mark Uyeda at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Order for the Appointment of Interim Receivers in Hector Enterprise Inc., acting through its director, DLT Solutions Limited v. Hector DAO, Farooq Hassan, Bartosz Rudzinski, Thach Nguyen, and Keiichi Kojima at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Director Details for Megalodon Capital SPC, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on February 19th, 2024.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Hector Enterprise Inc., acting through its director, DLT Solutions Limited v. Hector DAO, Farooq Hassan, Bartosz Udzinski, Thach Nguyen, and Keiichi Kojima at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Class Action Complaint alleging civil conspiracy, aiding and abetting fraud, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, and RICO regarding the FTX crypto group in Edwin Garrison v. Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, of New York, USA, described as "one of the foremost and most profitable American multinational law firms in the world", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Public Warning by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority that ECUREX GmbH, which appears to have operated as a crypto exchange, “is suspected of conducting unauthorised activities in the financial market”.

Second Amended Complaint in Higround Co. Ltd., of South Korea, and Higround Pte. Ltd., of Singapore v. Henry Han-Woong Lee, described as a U.S. citizen residing in New York, USA; Genesis Digital Assets Pte. Ltd., of Singapore; Genesis Group Partners LLC, Neon Partners LLC, and Genesis-Neon Group LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Three Arrows Fund - the offshore feeder fund for British Virgin Islands-domiciled, Singapore-based failed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital - has applied for Chapter 15 bankruptcy recognition in New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the British Virgin Islands by Paul Pretlove, James Drury, and David Standish, all of Interpath, as the Foreign Representatives of Three Arrows Fund, Ltd. (in Liquidation), which was "founded by Kyle Davies and Su Zhu" and was "the offshore feeder fund of Three Arrows Capital, Ltd.", which was described as "one of the largest crypto and digital asset venture capital firms in the world", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment in USA v. Okolade Olajide Komolafe, a.k.a. Steve David, described as a citizen of Nigeria, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order in Newton AC/DC Fund L.P. v. Hector DAO, Farooq Hassan, and John Doe at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Complaint alleging "waste and failure to protect investor funds" in Newton AC/DC Fund L.P. v. Hector DAO, Farooq Hassan, and John Doe at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Complaint alleging defamation in an article on Forbes.com headlined "A Cryptocurrency Named After The Fictional Money In Star Trek Is 'Worthless' And 'A Scam,' New Lawsuit Alleges" in GIBF GP Inc., d.b.a. Bitcoin Platinum, described as "the distributor of Bitcoin Latinum Tokens", and Donald Basile v. Cyrus Farivar at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Complaint seeking the removal of an article about a complaint filed against the plaintiffs that was headlined "“Hellmuth-promoted cryptocurrency Bitcoin Latinum and founder sued in California" in GIBF GP Inc., d.b.a. Bitcoin Latinum, described as "the promoter of Bitcoin Latinum Tokens", and Donald Basile v. Triple Barrel Media Ltd., d.b.a. Poker.org, and Haley Hintze at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Criminal Indictment alleging conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business involving an allegedly fraudulent crypto investment scheme known as HyperFund in USA v. Rodney Burton, a.k.a. Bitcoin Rodney, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Hear firsthand from FTX CEO John J. Ray III and one of FTX's offshore liquidators, Bahamas-based lawyer Brian Simms KC, as they delve into the gripping narrative of FTX's dramatic liquidation at The 20th Annual OffshoreAlert Miami Conference. Dive into their journey through complex legal battles and jurisdictional tug-of-war between Delaware and The Bahamas, culminating in a groundbreaking global settlement. April 14-16, Miami Beach.

Director Details for Coinbase Insurance Company SPC, Ltd., obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on February 4th, 2024.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud in accounts at Binance crypto exchange in USA v. 46.7900 USDT, 29,348.653413 USDT, and 9.9037818 BTC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that OKCoin Europe Ltd. has agreed to pay an "administrative penalty" of €304,000 to settle an investigation in which the regulator "found failings in respect of Article 41 of the Virtual Financial Assets Act".

Complaint by "Customers of FTX.com located outside the United States of America, who held accounts on the FTX.com platform as of the Petition Date" seeking "a declaration that assets customers deposited, held, received, or acquired on the FTX.com platform are customer property and not property of the Debtors’ estates" in Sunil Kavuri, a citizen and resident of the United Kingdom; Ahmed Abd-El-Razek Noia Capital SÀRL, of Luxembourg, and Patrick Rabbitte v. FTX Trading Ltd., Alameda Research LLC, Alameda Research Ltd, Alameda Research Holdings Inc., Clifton Bay Investments LLC, West Realm Shires Services Inc., West Realm Shires Financial Services Inc., Ledger Holdings Inc., FTX Japan Holdings K.K., FTX Europe AG, FTX Property Holdings Ltd, LT Baskets Ltd., Alameda TR Ltd, Allston Way Ltd, Analisya Pte Ltd, Atlantis Technology Ltd., Bancroft Way Ltd, Blue Ridge Ltd, Cardinal Ventures Ltd, Cedar Bay Ltd, Liquid Securities Singapore Pte Ltd, Maclaurin Investments Ltd., Mangrove Cay Ltd, Paper Bird Inc, Pioneer Street Inc., Quoine India Pte Ltd, Quoine Vietnam Co. Ltd, SNG INVESTMENTS YATIRIM VE DANISMANLIK ANONIM SIRKETI, Strategy Ark Collective Ltd., Technology Services Bahamas Limited, Verdant Canyon Capital LLC, West Innovative Barista Ltd., Western Concord Enterprises Ltd., FTX Equity Record Holdings Ltd, FTX Exchange FZE, FTX Hong Kong Ltd, FTX Japan K.K., FTX Japan Services KK, Alameda Aus Pty Ltd, Alameda Research (Bahamas) Ltd, Alameda Research KK, Alameda Research Pte Ltd, Alameda Research Yankari Ltd, Alameda TR Systems S. de R. L., Blockfolio, Inc., Clifton Bay Investments Ltd, Cottonwood Grove Ltd, Crypto Bahamas LLC, Deep Creek Ltd, Digital Custody Inc., FTX Canada Inc, FTX Digital Holdings (Singapore) Pte Ltd, FTX Products (Singapore) Pte Ltd, FTX Services Solutions Ltd., FTX Structured Products AG, FTX Trading GmbH, FTX Zuma Ltd, Global Compass Dynamics Ltd., Goodman Investments Ltd., Hawaii Digital Assets Inc., Innovatia Ltd, Island Bay Ventures Inc, Killarney Lake Investments Ltd, Zubr Exchange Ltd, Alameda Global Services Ltd., Cottonwood Technologies Ltd, Deck Technologies Holdings LLC, Deck Technologies Inc., Euclid Way Ltd, FTX Digital Assets LLC, FTX EMEA Ltd., FTX US Trading, Inc., Hive Empire Trading Pty Ltd, Liquid Financial USA Inc., LiquidEX LLC, North Dimension Inc, North Wireless Dimension Inc., LedgerPrime Bitcoin Yield Enhancement Master Fund, LLC, LedgerPrime Digital Asset Opportunities Fund, LLC, LedgerPrime Digital Asset Opportunities Master Fund LP, LedgerPrime LLC, LedgerPrime Ventures, LP, North Dimension Ltd, Quoine Pte Ltd, Cedar Grove Technology Services, Ltd., DAAG Trading, DMCC, FTX Certificates GmbH, FTX Crypto Services Ltd., FTX EU Ltd., FTX Lend Inc., FTX Marketplace, Inc., FTX Switzerland GmbH, FTX TURKEY TEKNOLOJI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKET, FTX US Services, Inc., FTX Ventures Ltd., GG Trading Terminal Ltd, Good Luck Games, LLC, Hannam Group Inc, Hilltop Technology Services LLC, West Realm Shires Inc., and LedgerPrime Bitcoin Yield Enhancement Fund, LLC at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.