Crypto

Complaint "brought by and on behalf of United States citizens who were murdered, maimed, taken hostage, or otherwise injured in unspeakable acts of terror perpetrated by Hamas and other terrorist groups in the State of Israel on October 7, 2023" in Judith Raanan, Natalie Raanan, Uri Raanan, Estate of Itay Glisko, Oren Glisko, Liat Rasel Glisko, Y.G., Ori Glisko, and Jeffrey Ludmir v. Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Changpeng Zhao, The Islamic Republic of Iran, and The Syrian Republic at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Information regarding Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-domiciled "online trading platform" operator FXPrimary LLC, d.b.a. FXP, in USA v. Ian Taylor Higgins at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of an alleged fraud in which the alleged victim "received a call from a phone number with a Texas area code where another individual with a similar accent claimed to be with the "bank fraud department" and "that child pornography had been traced to her computer and they needed money to remove it" in USA v. Binance Account 505137746 at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from "online payment platform" Stripe regarding an "account held by “Education Feo Ltd.” and connected to a German bank account ending in -0801" - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Liechtenstein - for a criminal investigation into an alleged fraud perpetrated after the victim "provided his contact information to an online cryptocurrency investment platform"

Complaint alleging "a global, crypto asset-related, multi-level marketing pyramid and Ponzi scheme that raised over $1.7 billion from victims worldwide, including millions from U.S. investors" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Xue Samuel Lee, a.k.a. Sam Lee, described as a citizen of Australia residing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Brenda Indah Chunga, a.k.a. Bitcoin Beautee, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Complaint in Halo Mining Limited, of Birmingham, England, described as a "cryptocurrency mining" company v. Monbanc Corporation, NorthData Holdings, Inc., described as "a Canada-based cryptocurrency mining company", and Daniel Rafuse at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

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Criminal Indictment alleging conspiracy to commit securities fraud involving HyperFund, which was described as "an unincorporated organization" that "operated a purportedly legitimate decentralized finance, or "DeFi," cryptocurrency investment platform and touted its investment program to the public through social media and other means", in USA v. Sam Lee, described as "a citizen of Australia and resident of the United Arab Emirates" and "co-founder of HyperFund", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

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Criminal Indictment alleging investment fraud, money laundering, theft of government funds, and harboring a fugitive involving Dubai Bridge Investments and Al Zubair Capital in USA v. Zubair Mehmet Abdur Razzaq al Zubair, a.k.a. Zubair Mehmet Abdur Razzaq, described as a former resident of the United Arab Emirates who "falsely claimed to be a member of a royal family in the U.A.E.", and Muzzammil Muhammad al Zubair, a.k.a. Muzzammil Ibn Muhammad, a resident of Ohio who "claimed to be a hedge fund manager", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto seized from an account at Binance in the name of Rassul Alpyspayev Muratovich in USA v. 17,082.3565 Tether USD at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Chapter 11 Petition by blockchain firm Terraform Labs Pte. Ltd., of Singapore, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Stripe Inc. - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Bulgaria - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subjects for computer fraud".

Amended Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud that were seized from accounts at Cayman Islands-domiciled crypto exchange Binance in USA v. 303,992.547258 USDT, 100.89607743 BNB, and 108,551.008 USDT at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Greek financial broker Ardu Prime Investment Services S.A., which specialized in forex and crypto, has had its license revoked and been forced into "special liquidation" by the Hellenic Capital Market Commission.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Marc-Andre Girolstein, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates v. iFinex Inc., BXNA Inc., BFXWW Inc., NITA Management GmbH, Radoslaw Nikolajuk, and Rafal Piotr Dybowski at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Complaint in Stone Street Capital LLC v. Humanity International Investment LLC, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Marcus du Bois Dukes at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Complaint alleging fraud in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Debiex, as Defendant, and Zhāng Chéng Yáng, described as "a Chinese ntional", as Relief Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Originating Summons in Three Arrows Capital Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands v. Tai Ping Shan Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Criminal Information alleging conspiracy to commit securities fraud involving HyperFund in USA v. Brenda Chunga, a.k.a. Bitcoin Beautee, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Mryland.

Amended Complaint alleging "the unregistered sale of investment advisory services and/or commodities as a cryptocurrency swindle that is becoming all too familiar in the United States" allegedly involving "Golden Capitals Ltd. d/b/a Golden Cap Ltd.", described as a British firm based in Iceland, in Meg Skelton, Will Skelton, Chris Parrado, Erik Henyon, Francine Loomiller, Megan Maynard, Helen Korb, Travis Manntz, Richard Corcoran, Donald Kurkowski, Colby Dolezal, Brett East, Mark Miyasaki, and William Fox v. Robert Monty, a.k.a. Mikel Huba, as alias for John Doe 1; Matthew Christopher, as alias for John Doe 2, and Sebastian Vettel, as alias for John Doe 3, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Class Action Complaint that "arises out of false and misleading statements that Ledger made about the cryptocurrency hardware wallets it produces" in Edwin Cabrera, Kevin Camorlinga, Austin Richard, Andrew Skalak, and Mark Sullivan v. Ledger SAS and Ledger Technologies Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Class Action Complaint in Gor Gevorkyan, Poonam Gupta, and Eric Molina v. Ledger SAS, of France, and Ledger Technologies Inc., of Delaware, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Criminal Complaint alleging money laundering and fraud involving NFTs known as 'UndeadApes' and 'Undead Lady Apes' in USA v. Devin Alan Rhoden at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

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Complaint alleging breach of contract and unjust enrichment in Coefficient Group Holding Limited, described as "an investment firm incorporated in the Cayman Islands" v. Solana Labs Inc., described as "a blockchain-technology firm incorporated in Delaware", at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Francisco.

Complaint alleging $223,754 is owed on the purchase of a "2019 Lamborghini Urus vehicle" whose "current value" was estimated to be $199,750 in Porsche Financial Services Inc., d.b.a. Lamborghini Financial Services v. Bitcoin Rodney LLC and Rodney Burton, a.k.a. Bitcoin Rodney, at the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Magistrate Judge Removal of Criminal Complaint from District of Maryland alleging the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business in USA v. Rodney Burton, a.k.a. Bitcoin Rodney, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Circle Internet Financial, LLC - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Netherlands - for a criminal investigation into "an unknown subject(s) for unlawful entry and/or access of a computer facility or automated information system (computer hacking) and aggravated theft".

Public Statement by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission that it has cancelled the registration of QuickBit Limited, which had been licensed as "a Virtual Asset Arrangement Provider", for regulatory breaches.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Poloniex LLC, described as "a U.S. based digital asset exchange service offering cryptocurrency wallets to their clients to facilitate the buying, selling and trading of cryptocurrency" - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Canada - for a criminal investigation into James Grant "and his business, Canadian Bitcoins, 8159181 CANADA INC." on suspicion of "laundering the proceeds of crime (money laundering), failing to report/regulatory offenses, and filing false/deceptive tax returns and tax evasion".

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of a fraud involving a "Fraudulent Investment Platform" at sundell-fx.com in USA v. $541,953 seized from an account in the name of Jiawig Trade Inc. at JPMorgan Chase NA at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged laundering of the proceeds of a "Business Email Compromise" fraud in USA v. 32.68342694 Bitcoin at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Opinion and Order granting, inter alia, SEC's motion for summary judgment "involving defendants’ unregistered offers and sales of LUNA and MIR in violation of Sections 5(a) and (5c) of the Securities Act" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Terraform Labs Pte Ltd., of Singapore, and Do Hyeong Kwon, described in the complaint as a resident of South Korea and Singapore, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim in POA Networks Ltd., of the Cayman Islands v. Binance Holdings Limited, described as a Cayman Islands firm that "has owned and operated a centralized virtual asset exchange", and Nest Services Limited, of the Seychelles, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Class Action Complaint alleging the sale of an unregistered crypto security known as LDO in Andrew Samuels v. Lido DAO, described as "a general partnership running an "Ethereum staking" business" that "has ended up staking more than twenty billion dollars at a time" and whose "founders" were identified as "are Kasper Rasmussen, who is Danish and lives in Copenhagen; Vasily Shapovalov, who is Russian and lives in Cyprus; Konstantin Lomashuk, who is Russian and lives in the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an external territory of Australia; and Jordan Fish, who is British and whose whereabouts are unknown"; AH Capital Management LLC, d.b.a. Andreesen Horowitz; Paradigm Operations LP, two of whose "agents" were identified as Arjun Balaji and Georgios Konstantopolous; Dragonfly Digital Management LLC, and Robot Ventures LP, described as "an entity used to manage the investments of Robert Leshner and Tarun Chitra", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

First 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.

Criminal Complaint alleging drug trafficking conspiracy, identity theft conspiracy, and money laundering conspiracy involving "the hidden service darknet marketplace named Kingdom Market" that "allows individuals to pay for illegal goods and services by making a cryptocurrency payment to an escrow account that is controlled by Kingdom administrators" in USA v. Alan Bill, a.k.a. Vend0r, a.k.a. KingdomOfficial, described as "a Slovakian national residing in Bratislava, Slovakia", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

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Superseding Information alleging "a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $9 million worth of cryptocurrency from a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange" in USA v. Shakeeb Ahmed, described as "a United States citizen who was residing in Manhattan, New York", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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Stipulation of Dismissal & Dismissal Order in BlockFi Lending LLC v. Digistar Norway AS, of Norway; Nessim-Sariel Gaon, described in the complaint as a resident of London, England, and Fiorenzo Manganiello, described in the complaint as a resident of Geneva, Switzerland, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.

Winding Up Petition alleging "a serious and demonstrable lack of probity in the conduct of the Fund's affairs" in TGT GP, as General Partner of TGT LP, which are "part of the wider Unifi group of companies" that operates "a digital wealth platform that allows individuals to lend their cryptocurrency assets to Yield App for a fixed interest rate" v. TYR Capital Partners SPC Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Judgment in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Terraform Labs Pte Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Class Action Complaint in Michael Lynn Gabriel v. Block Assets LLC, which "operates a cybercurrency company at the website Blockas.com", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto associated with a "pig butchering" fraud that was seized from an account at Binance in USA v. Approximately 120,084.5390 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Class Action Complaint “for a sum exceeding one billion dollars” for allegedly promoting unregistered securities issued by the FTX crypto group in Edwin Garrison, Brandon Orr, Leandro Cabo, Ryan Henderson, Michael Livieratos, Alexander Chernyavsky, Gregg Podalsky, Vijeth Shetty, Chukwudozie Ezeokoli, Michael Norris, Shengyun Huang, Vitor Vozza, Kyle Rupprecht, Warren Winter, and Sunil Kavuri v. Wasserman Media Group LLC and Dentsu McGarry Bowen LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Class Action Complaint “for a sum exceeding one billion dollars” for allegedly promoting unregistered securities issued by the FTX crypto group in Edwin Garrison, Brandon Orr, Leandro Cabo, Ryan Henderson, Michael Livieratos, Alexander Chernyavsky, Gregg Podalsky, Vijeth Shetty, Chukwudozie Ezeokoli, Michael Norris, Shengyun Huang, Vitor Vozza, Kyle Rupprecht, Warren Winter, and Sunil Kavuri v. Major League Baseball, Major League Baseball Enterprises Inc., Major League Baseball Properties Inc., Major League Baseball Promotion Corporation, and MLB Players Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Class Action Complaint "for a sum exceeding one billion dollars" for allegedly promoting unregistered securities issued by the FTX crypto group in Edwin Garrison, Brandon Orr, Leandro Cabo, Ryan Henderson, Michael Livieratos, Alexander Chernyavsky, Gregg Podalsky, Vijeth Shetty, Chukwudozie Ezeokoli, Michael Norris, Shengyun Huang, Victor Vozza, Kyle Rupprecht, Warren Winter, and Sunil Kavuri v. Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited, d.b.a. Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Class Action Complaint "for a sum exceeding one billion dollars" on behalf of "consumers who purchased unregistered securities offered or sold by Binance" that were allegedly promoted by the defendant in Michael Sizemore, Mikey Vongdara, and Gordon Lewis v. Cristiano Ronaldo at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.