Legal

Complaint in MTACC Ltd., d.b.a. ePayService, of Malta v. CHF Corporation, Carlos Flores, David J. Bartone, and Law Offices of David J. Bartone, a.k.a. Bartone Law Offices, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Petition in Henry Orren Merren IV, Hanson Phillip Ebanks, and Alric Jeremy Lindsay v. The Attorney General of the Cayman Islands, the Premier of the Cayman Islands, the Cabinet of the Cayman Islands, the LegislativeAssembly of the Cayman Islands, the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association Ltd., and the Cayman Attorneys Regulation Authority at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint for $130,406 in allegedly unpaid legal fees in Peter M. Levine, a lawyer based in New York, NY v. Ian S. Peck, described as "the director of Art Capital Bermuda and the director of Bluefin Servicing, each a Bermuda exempted company", at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Westchester.

Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint alleging professional malpractice regarding a proposed transaction involving Warid Telecom International, of the United Arab Emirates, in Elko Broadband Ltd., of Reno, Nevada v. HaiderMota BNR, described as a law firm in Pakistan, and A.F. Ferguson & Company, described as an accounting firm in Pakistan, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Nevada.

Complaint alleging fraud in Treasures London Limited and Harjit Singh Athwal, a lawyer, both of London, England v. Poonam Keswani, of New York, NY, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by SPS Corp I - Fundo de Investimento em Direitos Creditórios Não Padronizados, described as "a Brazilian special purpose fund owned by passive investors and exclusively managed by the company SPS Capital Gestão de Recursos Ltda.", to take discovery from Citibank, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, Société Générale, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., BNP Paribas USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank, Bank of America, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, The Claridge's Company LLC, Manhattan Skyline Management Corp., Gabrielle Miranda Fischer, LIM College, Katherine Holman, Humphrey Willard, Andrew M. Klinger, Langen & Langen, P.A., Katz & Matz, P.C., and Tellulah LLC for use in legal proceedings in São Paulo, Brazil involving Eduardo Fischer, described as "a well-known figure of the Brazilian advertising industry" who is suspected of "concealing his assets to defraud his creditors" using entities in Angola, Argentina, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Colombia, Delaware, Florida, and Portugal, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Ruling on an application to vary a freezing injunction in Marshall Diel & Myers Limited, a law firm in Bermuda v. Andrew Crisson at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Cayman Islands-domiciled Benthos Master Fund Ltd. has obtained a $5 million arbitration award against New York attorney Aaron Etra regarding "a purported sale of Bitcoin that turned out to be a scam".

Application by BITO Storage Solutions US, Inc. to take discovery from Henry Roske, a.k.a. Hendrik Roske, a lawyer, and H. Roske & Associates LLP, a law firm, both of New York, "for use in (i) an ongoing criminal investigation conducted by the Public Prosecutors of Duisburg, Lueneburg, and Hamburg, Germany with regard to a fraud scheme of which Applicant is a victim, and (ii) a civil action to be filed by Applicant before the German civil court to recover the funds diverted from Applicant through the aforementioned fraud", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition to Confirm Final Arbitration Award of $5 million regarding "a purported sale of Bitcoin that turned out to be a scam" in Benthos Master Fund Ltd., a Cayman Islands fund based in San Francisco v. Aaron Etra, described as "an attorney licensed to practice law in New York", at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Stop Notice by Harney Westwood & Riegels, of Hong Kong, regarding shares in Huangpu River Ventures Limited owned by Yuanzhe Fu, filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Judgment regarding an appeal against a lower court's dismissal of a claim against a Cayman Islands-based corporate services provider regarding Axiom Legal Financing Fund, described as having committed "a very substantial fraud in which over US$ 120 million ... was misappropriated by Tim Schools", in Steven Goodman, a lawyer specializing in litigation funding v. DMS Governance Limited at the Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint alleging breach of contract, unjust enrichment, fraudulent inducement, and intentional misrepresentation in Law Office of Diana L. Courteau Inc., d.b.a. Courteau & Associates v. Tattersalls Ltd., described as "a blood-stock auctioneer", and Bracher Rawlins LLP, a law firm, both of England, at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Generally Indorsed Writ of Summons for an injunction restraining the defendant from representing Andrew Crisson in Marshall Diel & Myers Limited, a Bermuda law firm v. Cameron Hill, a lawyer, at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Application for Leave to Appeal regarding a "Discretionary Fine" of CI$78,000 in Etienne Blake, a law firm in the Cayman Islands v. Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association and Cayman Attorneys Regulation Authority at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Australian barrister Evatt Tamine has been accused of stealing "more than $20 million" from a Bermuda charitable trust set up by American billionaire Eugene Brockman, while the Trust itself is apparently the target of a $2 billion "tax and money laundering" investigation in the U.S., according to two court judgments.

Judgment regarding "a US Department of Justice Mutual Legal Assistance Request" that led to evidence being "seized from the residence and storage unit of Evatt Tamine, a barrister" in Medlands (PTC) Limited, as Trustee of the A. Eugene Brockman Charitable Trust; Spanish Steps Holdings Limited, and Point Investments Limited v. The Commissioner of the Bermuda Police Service, as Defendants, and Evatt Tamine, apparently a citizen of Australia, and St. John's Trust Company (PVT) Limited, as Interested Parties, at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Judgment in St. John's Trust Company (PVT) Limited, whose "sole shareholder is another private trust company, domiciled in Nevis, called Cabarita" v. James Watlington, Glenn Ferguson, Cabarita (PTC) Limited, in its personal capacity and as Trustee of The Waterford Charitable Trust, and The Attorney General at Bermuda Supreme Court. Editor's Note: In the judgment, it is stated that Evatt Tamine, an Australian barrister, was being sued for allegedly "stealing trust assets of the value of more than $20 million" and that he was a "co-operating witness" in a "tax and money laundering investigation" by the U. S. Department of Justice and IRS into "more than USD 2 billion of unreported gains" involving the Bermuda-domiciled A. Eugene Brockman Charitable Trust.

Application by the Republic of Kazakhstan to take discovery from King & Spalding LLP for use in criminal proceedings in Kazakhstan regarding suspected fraud, tax evasion, and money laundering involving Anatolie Stati and Gabriel Stati and "their group of affiliated companies which they have owned or controlled", including Ascom Group SA, of Moldova; Terra Raf Trans Traiding Ltd., of Gibraltar, and Hayden Intervest Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Jones Law Firm PC, of New York v. Ian Peck, of New York; Patriot Credit Company LLC, BlueFin Capital Partners LLC, Modern Art Services LLC, and Bluefin Servicing Ltd. at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Winding Up Petition in Campbells, a Cayman Islands law firm v. Global-IP Cayman, which is allegedly owned by STM Atlantic NV, of the Netherlands; Steadyspace Limited, of the British Virgin Islands and the Netherlands, and Umar Javed, of Anaheim, California, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Specially Endorsed Writ of Summons in Moniz & George Ltd., a law firm v. Rick Thompson at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Complaint alleging fraud, theft, conversion, and breach of fiduciary duty, in Sky Stream Corp., of the British Virgin Islands v. Arkadiy Kats, residing in Miami-Dade County, Florida;Alexander Pleshakov, described as "residing in Russia, somewhere in Europe or Azerbaijan"; Sergey Tkachenko, described as "residing in Russia and Switzerland"; The Behar Law Firm PA, Samuel M. Sheldon, and Howard R. Behar, all of Florida, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Ruling regarding misappropriation, breach of trust, and breach of fiduciary duty in Tanzania Tobing Tanzil, an applicant under a "Citizenship by Investment Programme" v. Lindsay F.P. Grant and Jonel F. H. Powell, partners in the law firm of Grant, Powell & Co., at the High Court of Justice for Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Winding Up Petition in Campbells, a Cayman Islands law firm v. Mara Investment Corporation SPC Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Order Approving Plaintiffs' Attorneys' Fees of $15.9 million under a 25% contingency fee arrangement in Ralph Janvey, as Receiver for the Stanford Receivership Estate; The Official Stanford Investors Committee, Sandra Dorrell, Samuel Troice, and Michoacan Trust v. Greenberg Traurig, LLP and Greenberg Traurig P.A. at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Generally Indorsed Writ of Summons in Mexico Infrastructure Finance LLC v. Terra Law Limited at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Specially Endorsed Writ of Summons in Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited v. Tawanna Wedderburn at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Second Amended Complaint alleging defamation and trademark infringement regarding the movie 'The Laundromat' about the 'Panama Papers' investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Mossack Fonseca & Co. SA, Bufete MF & Co., Jürgen Mossack, and Ramón Fonseca, all of Panama v. Netflix Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Ruling regarding Defendant's application for a Stay of Proceedings in Fidelity National Title Insurance Company v. Trott & Duncan Limited at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Motion by the Law Offices of Dominquez & Associates PA to withdraw as counsel for Kenneth Rijock "regarding the payment of legal services" in Steven Slom, of Israel v. Kenneth Rijock at the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Application by Shigekazu Torikai, a lawyer in Japan, to take discovery from Google LLC for use in contemplated legal proceedings in Japan "for trespass, privacy invasion, unlawful business interference under Japanese civil law, related torts, and to prevent harm to Mr. Torikai, his staff or clients", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Transcript of Hearing on Motion To Dismiss by Côte d'Azur Estate Corporation and BGO Foundation regarding allegations that a Swiss attorney misappropriated an asset in France worth €25 million after a client died in Lilly Lea Perry, 72, the widow of Israel Igo Perry v. Dieter Walter Neupert, described as "Senior Partner" of Neupert Vuille Partners law firm, in Zurich, Switzerland; Côte d'Azur Estate Corporation, of Delaware, and BGO Foundation, of Liechtenstein, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

US law firm Faegre Baker Daniels is being sued for legal malpractice for allegedly advising a cryptocurrency fund that "Crypto Assets are not securities", only for the Fund - controlled by Timothy Enneking - to be later targeted by the SEC, eventually paying $200,000 to settle an Enforcement Action.

Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim in Quality Law Services, a Cayman Islands law firm v. Remmie Elbert Cayasso at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint in Future Media Architects, Inc., of the British Virgin Islands v. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLC at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Letter from Delaware judge suggesting crimes may have been committed regarding allegations that a Swiss attorney misappropriated an asset in France worth €25 million after a client died in Lilly Lea Perry, 72, the widow of Israel Igo Perry v. Dieter Walter Neupert, described as "Senior Partner" of Neupert Vuille Partners law firm, in Zurich, Switzerland; Côte d'Azur Estate Corporation, of Delaware, and BGO Foundation, of Liechtenstein, at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Specially Endorsed Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim in Marshall Diel & Myers Limited, a Bermuda law firm v. Andrew Lundin Crisson at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Judgment regarding professional disciplinary proceedings in Bermuda Bar Council, as Complainant, and Bar Professional Conduct Committee, as Prosecutor v. Norman MacDonald, a lawyer, at Bermuda Supreme Court.

The Malta Financial Services Authority has cancelled the registration of corporate services provider E&S Consultancy Limited for various regulatory breaches, including not being "fit and proper".

Specially Endorsed Writ of Summons in Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited v. Gail Adams at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Public Statement by the Jersey Financial Services Commission that Kevin Robert Manning, a former lawyer, is "not fit and proper to work in any capacity in or for any business regulated by the JFSC".

Amended Class Action Complaint for alleged securities fraud in Stephen Merz v. Burford Capital (UK) Limited, a litigation funding company domiciled in Guernsey, based in England; Peter Middleton, Burford's Chairman during the Class Period; Christopher Bogart, Burford's CEO; Jonathan Molot, Burford's Chief Investment Officer, and Charles Parkinson, a Burford Director, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Specially Endorsed Writ of Summons for alleged negligence in Cori Brown v. Trott & Duncan Ltd., a law firm, at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Writ of Summons in King & Spalding LLP v. Turn8 Innovation Fund GP Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Non-Party Pryor Cashman LLP's Motion Opposing Defendant Alderson's Motion to Authorize Alternative Service of Subpoenas regarding Nigel Green, described as a resident of Dubai; Beverley Yeomans, described as a resident of Malta, and deVere Group Ltd., described as domiciled in Dubai, in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Benjamin Alderson and Bradley Hamilton at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Specially Endorsed Writ of Summons, including an allegation that "client monies were used to pay for the salaries of employees within DV Bermuda Ltd.", in Bruce Dijon Colin Swan, a lawyer v. DV Bermuda Limited, a law firm, at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Specially Endorsed Writ of Summons in Nakia Merano Thompson, a paralegal v. DV Bermuda Limited, a law firm, and Tyrone S. Quinn, a lawyer, at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Claim Form and Particulars of Claim in Lance Dorian Ranger, of Switzerland, described as "a qualified and practising solicitor in England & Wales and the owner and Managing Director of Attendus Trust Company AG" and "founder in 2007 of the Ranger Foundation Trust, a registered Mauritian charity" v. Charles Pycraft, of London, England, at the County Court at Clerkenwell and Shoreditch, England.

Writ of Summons in McGrath Tonner, a law firm v. Khatidja McLean at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.