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Business Finance Opportunities Fund L.P.: Chapter 15 Petition (Cayman Islands)

April 4, 2024
Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Barry Lynch and Christopher Kennedy, both of Alvarez & Marsal, as the Foreign Representatives of Business Finance Opportunities Fund L.P., described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled mutual fund, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Dennis Keplin v. John Does 1-4: Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud’)

April 2, 2024
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 v. SION Trading FZE: Notice of Joint Liability (‘$37M Crypto Fraud’)

March 29, 2024
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.

Amrit Singh et al v. Kristina Charles-Jones et al: Complaint (‘$2M Investment Fraud’)

March 19, 2024
Complaint in Amrit Singh and 1SatnamWaheguru, LLC v. Kristina Jones, a.k.a. Kristina Anne Charles-Jones, a.k.a. Krissy Jones, who is a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in California, USA; Options Trading LLC, of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Bellablanc LLC, and Peak Foreclosure Services, Inc. at the Superior Court of the State of California, for the County of Los Angeles, California, USA.

SEC v. Michael Caridi: Letters Rogatory (Fabio Gesufatto et al, Canada)

March 14, 2024
SEC's unopposed motion for the issuance of letters rogatory to Fabio Gesufatto, Blu Stella Consulting Group Inc., Ommid Faghani, Kevin Rod, Scott Reeves, Elie Boustani, and Francois Latreille, who were described as citizens of Canada residing in Quebec, Canada, for a complaint alleging securities fraud in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Michael Caridi at the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Obra Capital Management LLC et al v. 777 Partners LLC et al: Complaint (‘Fraudulent Transfer’)

March 7, 2024
Complaint alleging "777 transferred two cash-rich subsidiaries – Sutton Specialty Insurance Company and Sutton National Insurance Company – to Defendant Pasko for no consideration to shield those assets from creditors" in Obra Capital Management LLC, Vida Longevity Fund LP, Vida Insurance Credit Opportunity Fund II LP, of the Cayman Islands, and Vida Insurance Credit Opportunity Fund III LP, of the Cayman Islands v. 777 Partners LLC and Steven W. Pasko at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Edwin Garrison et al v. FURIA Esports LLC et al: Class Action Complaint (‘FTX Crypto Fraud Promotion’)

March 7, 2024
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.

Orient Plus International Ltd. et al v. Baosheng Media Group Holdings Ltd. et al: First Amended Complaint (‘Material Misstatements or Omissions’)

March 5, 2024
Amended Complaint in Orient Plus International Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Union Hi-Tech Development Limited, of the Marshall Islands, and Golden Genius International Limited, of the British Virgin Islands v. Baosheng Media Group Holdings Limited, described as a publicly-listed, Cayman Islands firm that provides “an online marketing solution provider based in China”; Wenxiu Zhong, Sheng Gong, Yu Zhong, Zuohao Hu, Adam ‘Xin’ He, Yue Jin, Yanjun Hu, Univest Securities LLC, The Benchmark Company LLC, WestPark Capital Inc., Friedman LLP, and Marcum LLP at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

AvantGarde Group SpA et al v. Stock Loan Solutions LLC et al: Complaint (‘Securities Fraud’)

February 23, 2024
Complaint alleging securities fraud in AvantGarde Group SpA and 1AF2, both of Italy v. Stock Loan Solutions LLC, Joe D. Thomas, Camo LLC, Harvey L. Carmichael, and Sanskirt LLC, as Defendants, and Harvey Carmichael Inc., Stock Loan Solutions, described as "a Cayman Islands entity", and Stock Loan Solutions, described as "a Swiss special purpose vehicle", as Relief Defendants, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah.

Leonard Licht v. Binance Holdings Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘$2.7M Pig Butchering Crypto Fraud & Laundering’)

February 23, 2024
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.

Bankruptcy Trustee of indicted Chinese ‘$1B fraudster & launderer’ Ho Wan Kwok sues Ogier BVI for $350K & others for $28M

February 12, 2024
The U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee of New York-based, Chinese national Ho Wan Kwok, who is in custody awaiting trial for allegedly laundering more than $1 billion of fraud proceeds, has sued British Virgin Islands law firm Ogier in an attempt to recover $350,000 in 'unauthorized transfers', one of 23 recently-filed complaints against entities in Australia, BVI, England, Italy, Japan, and U.S. seeking to recover a total of $28.7 million in 'unauthorized or fraudulent' transfers.

USA v. Rodney Burton: Criminal Indictment (‘Bitcoin Rodney’)

February 7, 2024
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.

Iskander Karam: £10K Fine & Disqualification (Guernsey)

February 7, 2024
Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has issued a £10,000 fine and two-year prohibition against Iskander Karam, a.k.a. Alexander Karam, a.k.a. Alexander Kaymen, who appears to be a citizen and resident of the United Kingdom, after finding that he "deliberately or recklessly made a number of false and/or misleading statements in his Personal Questionnaire submitted in connection with an application for a licence and for the authorisation of a collective investment scheme".

Avis Mullins v. NovaTech et al: Class Action Complaint (‘$2.3B NovaTechFX Ponzi Scheme’)

February 5, 2024
Class Action Complaint alleging a Ponzi scheme that "resulted in the loss of $2.3 billion" in Avis Mullins v. Novatech, Cynthia Petion, Eddy Petion, Ricardo Roy, Jean Martin Zizi, Travis Bieberitz, NovaTech Ltd., of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Novatech Advisors LLC, Nova Pay LLC, NovaTrading Oü, of Estonia; Smart Bit Inc., Deborah Brasil, Frantz Ciceron, Ciceron Frantz & Associates Inc., Paul J. DeRenzo, John Garofano, Bob St. Louis, James Corbett, and John Does 1-500 at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Wilmington Trust, N.A. v. Farfetch Ltd.: Winding Up Petition (‘$404M Debt’)

February 2, 2024
Winding Up Petition in Wilmington Trust, National Association, of Delaware, USA v. Farfetch Limited, described as "the ultimate holding company of a corporate group, with intermediate holding and operating companies in the United Kingdom, the United States, and other jurisdictions" which "comprises a global retail platform for the luxury fashion industry, a number of other e-commerce platforms, a number of fashion and beauty product labels, and a London department store", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Orient Plus International Ltd. et al v. Baosheng Media Group Holdings Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘Material Misstatements or Omissions’)

February 1, 2024
Complaint in Orient Plus International Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Union Hi-Tech Development Limited, of the Marshall Islands, and Golden Genius International Limited, of the British Virgin Islands v. Baosheng Media Group Holdings Limited, described as a publicly-listed, Cayman Islands firm that provides "an online marketing solution provider based in China"; Wenxiu Zhong, Sheng Gong, Yu Zhong, Zuohao Hu, Adam 'Xin' He, Yue Jin, Yanjun Hu, Univest Securities LLC, The Benchmark Company LLC, WestPark Capital Inc., and Marcum LLP at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Polymath Holdings et al v. Christopher Farmer et al: Complaint (‘$10M Fraud’)

January 31, 2024
Complaint "to recover the $10 million that they never would have transferred to All.Health, absent Defendants’ misconduct" in Polymath Holdings and Lux 2 InvCo, both of the Cayman Islands v. Christopher Farmer, of San Francisco, California, USA; SignalFire II GP, LLC, SignalFire Fund II, LP, and SignalFire Affiliates Fund II, LP, all of Delaware, USA, at the Superior Court of the State of California, for the County of San Francisco.

Nebahat Evyap İşbilen v. Citibank et al: Discovery Application (England)

January 29, 2024
Application by Nebahat Evyap İşbilen, described as a citizen of Turkey residing in the United Kingdom who is "a victim of a multinational fraud committed against her by Mr. Selman Turk" involving entities in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, England, and United Arab Emirates in which the amount lost "exceeds £40 million", to take discovery from Citibank N.A. and M&T Bank Corporation for use in legal proceedings in England "against SG Financial Group Limited, Barton Group Holdings Limited, Sentinel Global Asset Management, Inc., Sentinel Global Partners Limited, AET Global DMCC, Forten Holdings Limited, Forten Limited, Heyman AI Limited (in liquidation), and Gary Bernard Lewis", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Liechtenstein: Education Feo Ltd. (‘€10K Crypto Investment Fraud’)

January 29, 2024
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"

SEC v. Sam Lee et al: Complaint (‘$1.7B HyperFund Crypto Fraud’)

January 29, 2024
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.