Investment

List of Directors for Brite Advisory Holdings Limited, obtained from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission on November 1st, 2023.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud regarding alleged statements about the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein, described as "an American financier and a sex offender", and James 'Jes' Staley, described as Barclays Plc's "Group Chief Executive from December 1, 2015 to October 31, 2021", in Stephen Merritt v. Barclays Bank Plc, of England; James E. Staley, a.k.a. Jes Staley; Tushar Morzaria, C.S. Venkatakrishnan, and Anna Cross at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint "seeking a declaration confirming that Ader has been removed as Managing Member of the Company and that he no longer has authority to act on behalf of the Company and to clear the path for Rimu to name a new Manager" in Rimu Capital Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands v. Jason Ader, as Defendant, and 26 Capital Holdings LLC, of Delaware, as Nominal Defendant, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Complaint alleging the defendants "perpetrated a massive fraudulent scheme that generated millions through the unregistered offer and sale of a crypto asset security called the SafeMoon Token" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. SafeMoon LLC, SafeMoon US LLC, Kyle Nagy, Braden John Karony, and Thomas Glenn Smith at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation in the matter of Coinful Capital Master Fund, SPC (in Voluntary Liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Criminal Indictment alleging fraud and money laundering involving crypto known as SafeMoon in USA v. Braden John Karony, Kyle Nagy, and Thomas Smith at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint in Rock Villanueva v. GigaCloud Technology Inc., described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, Hong Kong-based operator of "an end-to-end ecommerce platform for global trade services of heavy and large products, primarily furniture"; Larry Lei Wu, Kwok Hei David Lau, Xin Wan, Frank Lin, Xing Huang, and Aegis Capital Corp. at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by Oasis Core Investments Fund Ltd. to take discovery from Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation, Brookfield Infrastructure Fund V-A, L.P., Brookfield Infrastructure Fund V-B, L.P., Brookfield Infrastructure Fund V-C, L.P., and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC for use in "an appraisal proceeding pending before the Supreme Court of Bermuda concerning the take-private merger of Triton International Limited", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint in Michael Ragan v. Farfetch Limited, a Cayman Islands company based in London, England; José Neves, Elliot Jordan, and Stephanie Phair at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Decision Notice by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority cancelling the securities license of VIA Asset Management Limited for regulatory breaches.

Citing insolvency and the need for a "full investigation" into its activities, Cayman Islands judge David Doyle has granted a petition to wind up crypto/forex investment firm AuBit International, which is suspected of committing a $160 million fraud.

Complaint "for assisting, enabling, and/or failing to prevent the gross mismanagement of the Receivership Entities by certain former insiders of TCA Fund Management Group Corp." in Jonathan E. Perlman, as the court-appointed Receiver for TCA Global Credit Fund, LP, TCA Global Credit Fund, Ltd., TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP, and TCA Global Lending Corp. v. Bolder Fund Services (USA) LLC, formerly known as Circle Investment Support Services (USA), LLC, of Delaware; Bolder Fund Services (Cayman) Ltd., formerly known as Circle Investment Support Services (Cayman), Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, and Bolder Group Holding B.V., of the Netherlands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Ex Tempore Judgment granting the plaintiffs' petition for a winding-up order in LedgerScore International Pte Ltd., of Singapore; LS Litigation Holdings LLC, of Wyoming, USA, and Earn Guild Pte Ltd., of Singapore, collectively described in the winding up petition as “retail investors who utilized an online cryptocurrency trading platform operated by the Company called “Freeway”, and who invested in Freeway’s Supercharger program” v. AuBit International at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition for the Appointment of Restructuring Officers in the matter of HOLT Funds SPC, which "operates a business as an investment fund, regulated by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA), through four segregated portfolios"; HOLT Funds Income Segregated Portfolio 02, whose "principal investments ... comprise collateralised debt obligations, relating to mortgages issued in respect of US real estate", and HOLT Trophy CRE Segregated Portfolio 03, whose "assets ... comprise of a mixed-use real estate portfolio in Boca Raton, Florida", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Stop Notice by Wilmington Trust (London) Ltd., of England, regarding shares in Shelf Drilling Holdings Ltd. in the name of Shelf Drilling Intermediate Ltd., filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Public Notice by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission that it has revoked the "operation licence" of KMG Capital Markets Ltd., described as a "Management Company of Open-ended Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities", because "it has not made use of the license within twelve months since the granting of the license was notified to it".

Petition in the matter of China Regenerative Medicine International Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint alleging negligent misrepresentation regarding a $5 million investment in "a global digital collective card game that integrated features of a dynamic strategy game with non-fungible tokens (NFTs), a type of cryptocurrency" in WarpSpeed Trading Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands v. AVY Entertainment Inc., of California, and BTSE Holdings Ltd., described as a British Virgin Islands-domiciled "cryptocurrency exchange", at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles.

Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction, Monetary Judgment, and Other Relief in Federal Trade Commission v. Voyager Digital LLC, Voyager Digital Holdings Inc., Voyager Digital Ltd., of Canada, and Stephen Ehrlich, as Defendants, and Francine Ehrlich, as Relief Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Federal Trade Commission v. Voyager Digital LLC, Voyager Digital Holdings Inc., Voyager Digital Ltd., of Canada, and Stephen Ehrlich, as Defendants, and Francine Ehrlich, as Relief Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging the defendant and Voyager Digital, of which he was CEO, "fraudulently solicited participation in and operated a digital asset trading and custody platform in a manner that resulted in Voyager’s bankruptcy, owing its U.S. customers over $1.7 billion" in U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Stephen Ehrlich at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint by residents and citizens of Argentina, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and United Kingdom in Lavinia Arpesella, Pietro Arpesella, Florian Markus Borck, Andreas Michael Boukai, Ermanno Cavara, Marco Cavara, Giancarlo Coiana, Anna Daniela Musiani, Jakob Heichele, Manuela Heimbeck, Massimo Mazzaccone, Juan Carlos Ozores, Hartmut W. Peters, Niccolo Portu, Antonella Raso, Josef Johann Schneider, Marleen Maria Schneider, Giovanni Todesco, Michael Zahn, and Sabine Zahn v. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Dutch national Rutger Janse, 28, has been arrested in Florida following a request to extradite him to the Netherlands, where he has been accused of swindling 23 investors out of €4 million.

Minute Order for the initial appearance of Rutger Janse in USA v. Rutger Janse at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has revoked the investment license of Westsphere SICAV Plc for regulatory breaches.

Director Details for MTBL Global Fund, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on October 9th, 2023.

Class Action Complaint in Kempen International Funds (MercLin Global Equity and MercLin Patrimonium), of Luxembourg, and MercLin Institutional Fund (MercLin Institutional Equity Fund DBI-RDT), of Belgium v. Syneos Health Inc., described as "a multinational clinical research organization that helps biopharmaceutical companies test and develop their products"; Alistair MacDonald, Michelle Keefe, and Jason Meggs at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in David Gavin Francis v. dLocal Limited, described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, Uruguay-based firm that "operates a payment processing platform for merchants worldwide" and which reportedly is being investigated in Argentina "for a possible $400 million fraud"; Sebastian Kanovich, and Diego Carbera Canay at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Complaint for the extradition of Rutger Aad Janse from the USA to the Netherlands to face charges of fraud, embezzlement, money laundering and providing investment services without a license, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Second Amended Class Action Complaint "for negligent misrepresentation, aiding and abetting fraud, and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty against Grant Thornton for enabling a massive overvaluation scheme orchestrated through a private investment fund that was managed by TCA Fund Management Group Corp." in Todd Benjamin International Ltd., of the United Kingdom; Todd Benjamin, described as a citizen of the USA residing in the United Kingdom; Zbynek Dvorak, a citizen of the Czech Republic residing in Switzerland, and Fawzi Bawab, a citizen of Canada residing in the United Arab Emirates v. Grant Thornton Cayman Islands, of the Cayman Islands, and Grant Thornton Ireland, of Ireland at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Judgment dismissing a petition for the appointment of restructuring officers in the matter of AuBit International at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition in FGL Holdings v FGL Holdings v. Kingstown Partners Master Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Class Action Complaint "against Defendants for injury under unfair competition and violations of Security Exchange Commission laws for attempts to monopolize the cryptocurrency platform market by hurting the competitor trading platforms operated by the FTX Entities" in Nir Lahav v. Binance Holdings Limited, described as a Cayman Islands crypto firm based in China; BAM Trading Services Inc., BAM Management US Holdings Inc., and Changpeng Zhao at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint for the extradition of Sotirios Pappas from the USA to Greece to serve a six-year prison sentence after he was convicted of investment fraud, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Complaint alleging the defendants, "doing business under multiple brand names including Trade2Get, Coinbull, Cryptonxt, Tradenix, Cryptobravos, Nittrex, Wobit, and Pinance", perpetrated a crypto-based investment fraud in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Or Patreanu, of Israel; Snir Hananya, of Italy; Artem Prokopenko, of Ukraine; Elijah Samson, of Germany, and Expected Value Plus Ltd., of Seychelles, at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Complaint alleging "a scheme that defrauded Plaintiffs out of a total of over $1.4 Million" in Khaled Elsisi, Najy Kanan, Ahmed Khder, Asher Bomani Lewis, Ricardo Marquez, Christine Linda Masters, of Australia; Luis Pinos, Gabriela Janeta Roman, Barry Rosner, Ahmed Sharafeldin, Stuart Wayne Springfield, Christopher Emanuel Szabo, Linwood Walker, and Robert Yeng v. CFT Solutions, LLC, Renan de Rocha Gomes Bastos, Yvenson Israel, Arthur Percy, Chuck Marshall, Divine-Seven EL, Michael Jex and Elido Santana at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Stockholder Derivative Complaint alleging breach of fiduciary duty, waste of corporate assets, and unjust enrichment in Eric O'Neill and Patrick O'Neill, derivatively and on behalf of nominal defendant Coinbase Global Inc. v. Frederick Ernest Ehrsam II, Tobias Lütke, Fred Wilson, Brian Armstrong, Marc L. Andreesen, Kathryn Haun, Kelly A. Kramer, Gokul Rajaram, Alesia J. Haas, and Jennifer N. Jones, as Defendants, and Coinbase Global Inc., as Nominal Defendant, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Judgment for $475,282 regarding an alleged crypto mining-based investment fraud in Chryskylodon LLC, of Wyoming v. Markus Schneider, Arastra AG, of Switzerland; PetaWatt Holdings Inc., of Wyoming, USA, and Swiss Picturebank (Group) AG, of Switzerland, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Director Details for Kore Fund Ltd., obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry.

Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint alleging "an attempt by a vulture fund, Mezz Lender, to fabricate an event of default and seize Mezz Borrower’s very valuable equity", in 181 Harbor Mezz LLC v. Kore Fund Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Public Warning by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority that ProInvest Equity AG is "suspected of conducting unauthorised activities in the financial market".

Complaint alleging misrepresentation of ownership involving, inter alia, "a Swedish trust" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Vista Financial Advisors LLC and Ruben Cedrick Williams at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by 507 Summit LLC, Oasis Focus Fund LP, and Quadre Investments, L.P. to take discovery from Alex Nanyan Zheng for use in an "appraisal proceeding" in the Cayman Islands "in relation to the leveraged take-private merger of 51job, Inc.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Application by 507 Summit LLC, Oasis Focus Fund, and Quadre Investments L.P. to take discovery from James Jianzhang Liang for use in "appraisal proceedings pending before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands in relation to the leveraged take-private merger of 51job, Inc.", described as "a leading provider of human resources services in the People’s Republic of China", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint alleging "a multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme, affinity fraud, and unregistered offering of securities" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Aras Investment Business Group S.A.P.I. de C.V., of Chihuahua, Mexico; Armando Gutierrez Rosas, Maria de Lourdes Tolentino Roque, Diayanira Rendon Trejo, Efren Norberto Quiroz Gardea, and Luis Ricardo Quiroz Gardea, all citizens of Mexico, at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Florida-based U.S.-Russian investment manager Peter Kambolin has been criminally charged with conspiracy to commit commodities fraud at federal court in Miami involving entities in or from Belarus, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Nevis, Russia, Turkey, and USA.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding virtual assets seized from accounts at Binance crypto exchange in the names of Kosit Sisawigon and Suradet Totsaponvised, both in Thailand, and Low Li Yu, in Malaysia, that "was swindled from victims through the course of an investment fraud scam" in USA v. 5,012,294.90 in TetherUS, 75,589,553.41 in Gala, 226.81 in BNB, 1,264.16 in Bitcoin, 1,495.72 in Litentry, 48,969 in Fantom, 47.17 in Ethereum, and 501.41 in BUSD at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Complaint in Irving Picard, as Trustee for the Substantively Consolidated SIPA Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC and the Chapter 7 Estate of Bernard L. Madoff v. Russell Oasis, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of wire fraud involving a purported crypto exchange known as "ANT Coin", fake tech support, romance, and other alleged scams and whose victims include a "76-year-old widow" in USA v. $161,354.08 at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Criminal Information alleging conspiracy to commit commodities fraud involving entities in or from Belarus, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Nevis, Russia, Turkey, and USA in USA v. Peter Kambolin, described as "a U.S.-Russian national" residing in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.