Crypto

Complaint in Patagon Management LLC v. Wei 'Max' Wu at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

First Amended Class Action Complaint in Amanda Houghton, Charles Douglas, and Susan Franklin v. Compound DAO, described as "a business that allows users to borrow and lend crypto assets"; Robert Leshner, Geoffrey Hayes, AH Capital Management LLC, Polychain Alchemy LLC, Bain Capital Ventures (GP) LLC, Gauntlet Networks Inc., and Paradigm Operations LP at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Third Amended Class Action Complaint in Peter Johnson v. Maker Ecosystem Growth Holdings Inc., now known as Metronym Inc., described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled operator of "a cryptocurrency platform", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Amended Complaint alleging the defendants "offered and sold crypto asset securities in unregistered transactions and perpetrated a fraudulent scheme that led to the loss of at least $40 billion of market value" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Terraform Labs Pte Ltd., of Singapore, and Do Hyeong Kwon, described as a resident of South Korea and Singapore, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Register of Companies Search Report for Techteryx Ltd., obtained from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission on March 29th, 2023.

SEC's Notice of Settlement & Motion for Judgment in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Beaxy Digital, Ltd., of Saint Kitts and Nevis; Artak Hamazaspyan, Windy Inc., Nicholas Murphy, Randolph Bay Abbott, Braverock Investments, LLC, Future Digital Markets, Inc., Windy Financial LLC, Future Financial LLC, and Brian Peterson at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Complaint in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Beaxy Digital, Ltd., of Saint Kitts and Nevis; Artak Hamazaspyan, Windy Inc., Nicholas Murphy, Randolph Bay Abbott, Braverock Investments, LLC, Future Digital Markets, Inc., Windy Financial LLC, Future Financial LLC, and Brian Peterson at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Fifth Superseding Indictment alleging fraud, money laundering, operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, making unlawful political contributions, and bribery of "one or more Chinese government officials in order to regain access to Alameda trading accounts that had been frozen by Chinese law enforcement authorities" in USA v. Sam Bankman-Fried at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Specially Indorsed Writ of Summons in Trott & Duncan Limited v. Arbitrade Ltd., Arbitrade Property Holdings Ltd., and Arbitrade Properties (Victoria Hall) Ltd. at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Specially Indorsed Writ of Summons in Trocan Management Limited v. Arbitrade Ltd., Arbitrade Property Holdings Ltd., Arbitrade Properties (Victoria Hall) Ltd., and Arbitrade Exchange Ltd. at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Complaint to recover allegedly unpaid crypto loans in TrustToken Inc., described as "a financial services company at the forefront of the development of new 23 global financial systems, using blockchain technology to facilitate loans and commerce" v. Kbit Global Limited, described as a Chinese company based in Hong Kong, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint regarding "the world’s largest centralized digital asset exchange" in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Changpeng Zhao, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Dubai; Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, of Ireland; Binance (Services) Holdings Limited, of Ireland, and Samuel Lim, described as a resident of Singapore, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding assets allegedly associated with fraud and money laundering in USA v. 32,133.63 Tether seized from an account at Binance held in the name of Koriya Aveshbhai Hanifbhai at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Criminal Indictment alleging crypto fraud involving Singapore-based Terraform Labs in USA v. Do Hyeong Kwon, a citizen of South Korea, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in BlockFi International Ltd., of Bermuda v. Druk Holding and Investments Limited, of Bhutan, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.

Administrative Order by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission imposing penalties totaling $3,820 on Michele Mason Lohan, described as “a film director and internet personality known as 'Kendra Lust'" residing in Michigan, USA, for promoting a crypto security known as “Tronix tokens” without disclosing that she was paid to do so.

Administrative Order by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission imposing penalties totaling $168,000 on Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam, described as "a well-known entertainer and internet personality known as 'Akon'" residing in Georgia, USA, for promoting a crypto security known as “Tronix tokens” without disclosing that he was paid to do so.

Administrative Order by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission imposing penalties totaling $48,000 on Shaffer Smith, described as “a well-known entertainer and internet personality known as 'Ne-Yo'” residing in Georgia, USA, for promoting a crypto security known as “Tronix tokens” without disclosing that he was paid to do so.

Administrative Order by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission imposing penalties totaling $40,000 on Miles McCollum, described as "a well-known recording artist and internet media personality known as 'Lil Yachty'" residing in Georgia, USA, for promoting a crypto security known as “Tronix tokens” without disclosing that he was paid to do so.

Administrative Order by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission imposing penalties totaling $100,000 on Jake Paul, described as "a well-known internet personality and professional boxer" residing in Puerto Rico, for promoting a crypto security known as "Tronix tokens" without disclosing that he was paid to do so.

Administrative Order by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission imposing penalties totaling $40,000 on Lindsay Lohan, described as "a well-known actress, singer, and internet personality" residing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for promoting a crypto security known as "Tronix tokens" without disclosing that she was paid to do so.

Complaint alleging securities fraud involving crypto in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Justin Sun, described as "a Chinese national and crypto asset entrepreneur"; Tron Foundation Limited, of Singapore; BitTorrent Foundation Ltd., of Singapore; Rainberry Inc., Austin Mahone, described as "a U.S. citizen and a singer and songwriter residing in Miami, Florida", and Deandre Cortez Way, a.k.a. Soulja Boy, a U.S. citizen and a singer and record producer residing in Calabasas, California", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Second Amended Class Action Complaint alleging fraud involving BitMEX crypto exchange in Brett Messieh and Drew Lee v. HDR Global Trading Ltd., of the Seychelles; ABS Global Trading Limited, of Delaware; 100X Holdings Limited, of Bermuda; Shine Effort Inc Limited, of Hong Kong; HDR Global Services (Bermuda) Limited, of Bermuda, collectively referred to as BitMEX, "one of the world’s largest crypto-asset exchanges"; Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo, Greg Dwyer, and Samuel Reed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judgment in Angela Barkhouse and Toni Shukla, as Receivers of Emergent Fidelity Technologies Ltd. v. Emergent Fidelity Technologies Ltd., as Respondent, and Sam Bankman-Fried and BlockFi Inc., as Interested Parties, at the High Court of Justice of Antigua and Barbuda.

Plaintiffs' Request for Status Conference regarding "Harassment Towards Counsel" by defendant Ben Armstrong, a.k.a. 'BitBoy Crypto', in Edwin Garrison, Gregg Podalsky, Skyler Lindeen, Alexander Chernyavsky, Sunil Kavuri, Gary Gallant, and David Nicol v. Kevin Paffrath, Graham Stephan, Andrei Jikh, Jaspreet Singh, Brian Jung, Jeremy Lefebvre, Tom Nash, Ben Armstrong, Erika Kullberg, and Creators Agency LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint for a declaratory judgment that "(a) since at least the spring of 2021, the Defendants have been operating their businesses as a Ponzi scheme, (b) the Defendants’ books, records, and businesses are so hopelessly intertwined that the Defendants’ estates should be substantively consolidated, and (c) as a consequence of adjudicating that the Defendants operated as a Ponzi scheme, all contracts with the Defendants on and after the date the Ponzi scheme began, including, without limitation, Terms of Use, are deemed null and void" in Ignat Tuganov, of Cyprus v. Celsius Network LLC, Celsius KeyFi LLC, Celsius Lending LLC,, Celsius Mining LLC, Celsius Network Inc., Celsius Network Limited, of the United Kingdom; Celsius Networks Lending LLC, Celsius US Holding LLC, GK8 Ltd., of Israel; GK8 UK Limited, of Israel, and GK8 USA LLC at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

FTX U.S. is suing the group's Bahamas arm and its liquidators - Brian Simms, Kevin Cambridge and Peter Greaves - in a legal battle over where the fraudulently-operated crypto group will be liquidated.

Complaint "in response to serial threats by the JPLs to attempt to relocate these global bankruptcy cases to The Bahamas" in Alameda Research LLC, Alameda Research Ltd., FTX Trading Ltd., West Realm Shires Inc., and West Realm Shires Services Inc. v. FTX Digital Markets Ltd., Brian C. Simms, Kevin G. Cambridge, and Peter Greaves at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Complaint in which "the victim of an elaborate “advance-fee" scam ... seeks to identify the fraudsters and recover millions of dollars' worth of fiat and cryptocurrency that were stolen from her" in Min Ji Goo Dyer, a citizen of the United Kingdom v. John Does at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Schedules and Statements filed by Alameda Research LLC in its Chapter 11 proceedings at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

A $1 billion class action complaint alleging conspiracy to commit fraud has been filed by residents of Australia, Canada, England, and USA against ten "FTX Influencers" who allegedly promoted the Bahamas-based crypto scam to their millions of "followers" and "subscribers" on YouTube and other social media without disclosing they were paid to do so, namely Kevin Paffrath, Graham Stephan, Andrei Jikh, Jaspreet Singh, Brian Jung, Jeremy Lefebvre, Tom Nash, Ben Armstrong, Erika Kullberg, and Creators Agency.

Class Action Complaint alleging crypto promotional fraud by "FTX Influencers", most of whom were described as 'YouTube stars', in Edwin Garrison, of Oklahoma; Gregg Podalsky, of Florida; Skyler Lindeen, of Florida; Alexander Chernyavsky, of Florida; Sunil Kavuri, of the United Kingdom; Gary Gallant, of Canada, and David Nicol, of Australia v. Kevin Paffrath, Graham Stephan, Andrei Jikh, Jaspreet Singh, Brian Jung, Jeremy Lefebvre, Tom Nash, of Australia; Ben Armstrong, Erika Kullberg, and Creators Agency LLC, described as a Delaware-domiciled, Japan-based "talent management firm and digital ad network which promoted FTX", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

A £5 million asset freeze order has been entered in Gibraltar against local accountant Karel Manasco - who is currently involved with a crypto trading firm called BitQuin - following allegations that he misappropriated millions of pounds and euros from Mansion Gibraltar online gaming firm while serving as its CEO and CFO.

Complaint alleging "multiple offering frauds orchestrated by Guo, an exiled Chinese businessman living in the United States who targeted retail investors through online and social media posts and videos" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ho Wan Kwok, a.k.a. Miles Guo, Miles Kwok, Wengui Guo, and Brother Seven, described as a citizen of Hong Kong residing in New York; Kin Ming Je, a.k.a. William Je, described as a dual citizen of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom residing in London, England; Mountains of Spices LLC, d.b.a. New York Farm, and G Club Operations LLC, of Puerto Rico, as Defendants, and Mei Guo, described as a citizen of Hong Kong residing in New York, England; Qiang Guo, described as a citizen of Hong Kong residing in London, England; Hing Chi Ngok, described as a citizen of China residing in Connecticut, and Sin Ting Rong, described as a citizen of Hong Kong residing in London, England, as Relief Defendants, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

First Amended Complaint in Yongjun Chu v. John Doe, a.k.a. coinbestex.site, described as "an individual or group of individuals who purport to be a subject or subjects of the foreign state of Singapore", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Class Action Complaint in Justin Dufoe v. DraftKings Inc., Jason D. Robins, Jason K. Park, and Matthew Kalish at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Winding Up Petition in Kalaivani Kandesan, a resident of Singapore, and Ulf Parpart-Hergesell, a citizen of Germany v. Atom Holdings, which "carried on business as a cryptocurrency exchange", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint alleging crypto exchange firm Coinbase "continues to refuse to pay" an "outstanding balance" of $3,832 on a "total" bill of $28,374 for "a hotel stay and banquet at Resort World Las Vegas" in April 2022 in International Collection Corporation v. Coinbase Global Inc. at the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco.

Complaint "to compel production of books and records" in 210K Capital LP, of Delaware v. Grayscale Investments LLC and Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (BTC), both of Delaware, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Notice of Motion to Quash Subpoena issued to James Fallon, a.k.a. Jimmy Fallon, a comedian and host of 'The Tonight Show', by Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen in connection with litigation styled as 'Yuga Labs Inc. v. Ripps et al' "concerning a nonfungible token (“NFT”) collection created by Yuga and known as the “Bored Ape Yacht Club"", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Letter from 'Joe Juan' requesting the removal from OffshoreAlert's website of an article about Cayman Islands-domiciled crypto fund manager BBShares Capital Management Ltd., claiming that a motion for the appointment of Inspectors filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands was "withdrawn ... because it is baseless".

Complaint alleging "Defendants’ brazen abuse of their control over nearly $19 billion of digital assets held in two trusts to enrich themselves at the expense of trust shareholders" in Alameda Research Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands v. Grayscale Investments LLC, Digital Currency Group Inc., Michael Sonnenshein, and Barry Silbert at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Class Action Complaint alleging crypto fraud in Trey Greene v. Zac Prince, Flori Marquez, Tony Laura, Jennifer Hill, and Gemini Trading LLC at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Superseding Information alleging fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to make unlawful political contributions involving FTX crypto group in USA v. Nishad Singh at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Georges Georgiou, Philip Harris Stewart, and Gilbert Castillo v. Celsius Network LLC, of the Cayman Islands; Celsius KeyFi LLC, Celsius Lending LLC, Celsius Mining LLC, Celsius Network Inc., Celsius Network Limited, of England; Celsius Networks Lending LLC, and Celsius US Holding LLC at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Nishad Singh at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Nishad Singh at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judgment dismissing defendant's application for dismissal of a defamation complaint regarding allegations that "Craig Wright is a liar and a fraud" in Craig Wright, a citizen of Australia described as "a computer scientist and entrepreneur" v. Roger Ver, described as a citizen of Saint Kitts and Nevis residing in Japan and "an angel investor and commentator within the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency industries", at the High Court of Justice of Antigua and Barbuda High Court.

Criminal Information in USA v. Muhammad Umer Khan at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.