Liquidations & Insolvencies

Public Warning by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority that Atlas Administration AG (in Liquidation) “is suspected of conducting unauthorised activities in the financial market”.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in England by Mark Riley, as the Foreign Representative of Alicia Schmidt Tucker, filed at the U.S., Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Randall Benson, as the Foreign Representative of Old National Highway Holding Corp., High Prairie Texas Holding Corp., PGED Holding, Corp., Terminal Road Holding, Corp., Highway 46 McFarland Holding Corp., Ternes Drive Holding Corp., Loop 820 Forth Worth Holding Corp., Valley Boulevard Fontana Holding Corp., Di Miller Drive Bakersfield Holding Corp., Manheim Road Holding Corp., East Brundage Lane Bakersfield Holding Corp., Oakmont Drive IN Holding Corp., Eastgate Missouri Holding Corp., French Camp Holding Corp., 102098416 Saskatchewan Ltd., Frontage Road Holding Corp., Alexis Investments, LLC, 2837229 Ontario Inc., Bishop Road Holding Corp., 2863283 Ontario Inc., 12944154 Canada Inc., Corrington Missouri Holding Corp., Crescentville Road Cincinnati Holding Corp., 13184633 Canada Inc., 13761983 Canada Inc., 11670 Interstate Holding, Corp., 933 Helena Holdings Inc., 30530 Matsqui Abbotsford Holding Inc., 963 Sweetwater Holding Corp., 2029909 Ontario Inc., 1450 Meyerside Holding Inc., 2076401 Ontario Inc., 2108184 Alberta Ltd., 87th Avenue Medley FL Holding Corp., 131 Industrial Blvd Holding Corp., 162 Route Road Troy Holding Corp., 177A Street Surrey Holding Inc., 401 South Meridian OKC Holding Corp., 3000 Pitfield Holding Inc., 8201 Hwy 66 Tulsa Holding Corp., 13th Street Pompano Beach FL Holding Corp., 52 Street Edmonton Holding Corp., 59th Ave Phoenix Holding Corp., 68th Street Saskatoon Holding Corp., and 84 St SE Calgary Holdings Inc., filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

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.

Chapter 11 Petition by Kenbourne Invest S.A., of Luxembourg; NC Telecom II AS, of Norway; WOM Mobile S.A., WOM S.A., Conect S.A., and Multikom S.A., all of Chile, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Randall Benson, as the Foreign Representative of Pride Group Holdings Inc., 2043002 Ontario Inc., 2554193 Ontario Inc., 2554194 Ontario Inc., 2692293 Ontario Ltd., 1000089137 Ontario Inc., Arnold Transportation Services, Inc., Coastline Holdings, Corp., Dixie Truck Parts Inc., Dixie Truck Parts Inc., DVP Holdings, Corp., Parker Global Enterprises, Inc., Parker Transport Co., Pride Group Logistics International Ltd., Pride Fleet Solutions Inc., Pride Group Logistics Ltd., Pride Fleet Solutions USA Inc., Pride Group EV Sales Ltd., Pride Group Logistics USA, Co., TPine Financial Services Corp., Pride Group Real Estate Holdings Inc., and TPine Financial Services Inc., which "operate a trucking and logistics conglomerate based in Canada with operations in Canada and the United States that is collectively the largest used truck seller in North America", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

U.S.-based 'distressed business investor' Tony Bobulinski is suing Cayman Islands law firm Walkers, insolvency specialist Grant Thornton, and others in California, alleging he suffered losses totaling "tens of millions of dollars" as a result of a "fraudulent conspiracy" regarding the liquidation of China Branding Group.

Complaint alleging "a coordinated series of material misrepresentations, culminating in a secret, fraudulent transaction that allowed Defendants to avoid making Tony Bobulinski whole on a debt that they all knew he was owed" in Tony Bobulinski, described as "an expert in investing in distressed businesses" who "provided critical bridge funding to a now-defunct Cayman Islands company called China Branding Group" v. Hugh Dickson, of the Cayman Islands; Hickory Grove, LLC, Jake Fisch, described as a resident of Shanghai, China; Don Williams, Grant Thornton Specialist Services Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Robert Roche, Theresa Roche, Phillip Tyrrell, described as a resident of the Cayman Islands; Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Walkers LLP, of the Cayman Islands; MGG Investment Group, LP, and Does 1 through 50 at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Winding Up Petition in Azteca Partners LLC v. Asia Innovations Group Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Restoration and 'Court Supervision' Winding Up Petition in John Greenwood, Roy Bailey, both of the British Virgin Islands, and Tsui Chi Chiu, of Hong Kong, as Joint Liquidators of BGA Holdings Limited v. Cosmic Glory Limited, formerly known as Ausca Group Limited, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Cedrick Redula, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Benoit Clouâtre, of Deloitte Restructuring Inc., as the Foreign Representative of Goli Nutrition, Inc., of Montreal, Canada, and Goli Nutrition, Inc. of Delaware, USA, described as "a distributor and retailer of organic, vegan and gluten-free nutritional products and supplements that are sold in the form of gummies and bites", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation in the matter of TR1 Master Fund (in Voluntary Liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation in the matter of TR1 International Fund (in Voluntary Liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Frederick Farrel, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Archie Thomas, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Troy Rejda, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Carlos Baltazar, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Satoshi Show, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint "to recover ill-gotten purported investment gains monies paid to Defendant as a result of the fraudulent and illegal pyramid scheme" in Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper, as the Foreign Representative of Mirror Trading International (PTY) Ltd., described as "a fund manager trading in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin" v. Sabina Romanowska, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation in the matter of Fat Projects Acquisition Corp. (in Voluntary Liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by Global Fidelity Bank Limited (in Official Liquidation), of the Cayman Islands, to take discovery from Bank of America for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands against Natural Capital Limited, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Chile by Juan Ignacio Jamarne Torres, as the Foreign Representative of Enjoy S.A., which "owns and/or operates hotels and casinos in South America, primarily in Chile", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Peter Kravitz, as the Foreign Representative of Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited, COPL Technical Services Limited, Canadian Overseas Petroleum (Ontario) Limited, Canadian Overseas Petroleum (UK) Limited, Canadian Overseas Petroleum (Bermuda Holdings) Limited, Canadian Overseas Petroleum (Bermuda) Limited, COPL America Holding Inc., COPL America Inc., Atomic Oil & Gas LLC, Southwestern Production Corporation, and Pipeco LLC, described as "an international oil and gas exploration, development, and production company", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Press Release by the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority that "the Liechtenstein Court of Justice opened bankruptcy proceedings in respect of the assets of Sora Bank AG in Liquidation and appointed Deloitte (Liechtenstein) AG as the bank liquidator".

Questions for the Examination of Brian Stuart-Young, CEO of Global Bank of Commerce Limited in Jack Stroll, a citizen of Canada residing in Antigua and Barbuda, and Neverland Services S.A., of Nevis v. Global Bank of Commerce Limited, of Antigua and Barbuda, and Brian Stuart-Young at the High Court of Justice for Antigua and Barbuda.

Winding Up Petition in the matter of Kingkey Financial International (Holdings) Limited, described as "an investment holding company" based in Hong Kong, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the British Virgin Islands by Matthew Richardson and John Skelton, as the Foreign Representatives of Trendfield Holdings Ltd. (in Liquidation), filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

One day after their Chapter 15 bankruptcy recognition petition was dismissed in the United States after an objection by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the liquidators of the Cayman Islands Branch of the U.S.-headquartered Silicon Valley Bank sued the FDIC for allegedly discriminating against Chinese depositors.

Complaint in Niall Ledwidge, of Stout; Michael Pearson, and Andrew Childe, both of FFP, as Joint Official Liquidators of Silicon Valley Bank (Cayman Islands Branch) v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver of Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A. and Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara; George R. Fritz, Janine D. Henkes, and John Does 1-100 at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Memorandum Opinion and Order Dismissing Chapter 15 Petition in re.: Silicon Valley Bank (Cayman Islands Branch) at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Dustin Oliver, of FTI Consulting, as the Foreign Representative of Flo-Back Equipment Inc., which "provides full-service well testing, flow-back, and rental services in support of oil and gas producers throughout North America", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Order for the Appointment of Interim Receivers in Hector Enterprise Inc., acting through its director, DLT Solutions Limited v. Hector DAO, Farooq Hassan, Bartosz Rudzinski, Thach Nguyen, and Keiichi Kojima at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Hector Enterprise Inc., acting through its director, DLT Solutions Limited v. Hector DAO, Farooq Hassan, Bartosz Udzinski, Thach Nguyen, and Keiichi Kojima at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Notice by the Labuan Financial Services Authority that "Topworth Investments Ltd, a Labuan money broker" has been petitioned into liquidation by a creditor.

Complaint "to recover $3,000,000 from a Defendant who received such proceeds illegitimately from a contract counterparty to the Fund and despite any known right to receive or retain them" in Income Collecting 1-3 Months T-Bills Mutual Fund (in Official Liquidation), of the Cayman Islands v. Karen Aigen, a.k.a. Keren Katya Aigen, described as a resident of California, USA who "was married to Ofer Abarbanel", at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. Hayman Hong Kong Opportunities Offshore Fund LP, of the Cayman Islands, and Hayman Hong Kong Opportunities Onshore Fund LP, of Delaware, USA, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint against entities in Australia, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, England, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, and USA in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. ACA Capital Group Ltd., Alfa Global Ventures Limited, Alfonso Global Ventures Limited, Anton Development Limited, Bravo Luck Limited, Celestial Tide Limited, China Golden Spring Group (Hong Kong) Ltd., Eastern Profit Corporation Limited, Freedom Media Ventures Limited, G Club International Limited, G Club Operations LLC, G Fashion (CA), G Fashion Hold Co A Limited, G Fashion Hold Co B Limited, G Fashion International Limited, GFashion Media Group Inc., G Music LLC, GF IP, LLC, GF Italy, LLC, GFNY, Inc., Hamilton Capital Holding Limited, Hamilton Investment Management Limited, Hamilton Opportunity Fund SPC, Haoran He, Himalaya Currency Clearing Pty Ltd., Himalaya International Clearing Limited, Himalaya International Financial Group Limited, Himalaya International Payments Limited, Himalaya International Reserves Limited, Jovial Century International Limited, K Legacy Ltd., Karin Maistrello, Leading Shine Limited, Major Lead International Limited, Mei Guo, Next Tycoon Investments Limited, Qiang Guo, Rule of Law Foundation III, Inc., Rule of Law Society IV, Inc., Saraca Media Group, Inc., Seven Mission Group LLC, William Je, and Wise Creation International Limited at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint to avoid and recover “fraudulent” transfers of $3,723,302 in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. Rising Sun Capital Ltd., of England, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint to avoid and recover “fraudulent” transfers of $1,296,770 in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. GCP Investment Advisors SL, of Spain, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint to avoid and recover “fraudulent” transfers of $5,531,945 in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. Starling Bank, of England, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in France by Alexis Ravalais, as the Foreign Representative of Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A., Casino Participations France S.A.S., Distribution Casino France S.A.S., Segisor S.A.S., Monoprix S.A.S., Casino Finance S.A., and Quatrim S.A.S., collectively part of "a French retail group that is one of the world’s leading retailers, with over 12,000 stores in France and Latin America", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Alexander Lawson, of Alvarez & Marsal, as the Foreign Representative of E-House (China) Enterprise Holdings Limited, described as "the ultimate holding company" of a group whose "primary business is real estate agency services in the primary market in the People’s Republic of China, real estate data and consulting services, and real estate brokerage network services", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Winding Up Petition alleging breach of fiduciary duties by directors "Ajit Shetty, Hui (David) Shao, Rachel Yu, Shaojing Tong, Viren Mehta and Bo Tan" in Yi Zhang, of Beijing, China, who "is the founder of the Company’s predecessor and is a director of the Company" v. YS Biopharma Co., Ltd., described as "a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, manufacturing and commercialising new generations of vaccines and therapeutic biologics for infectious diseases and cancer", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint to avoid and recover “fraudulent” transfers of $124,105 in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. Forbes Hare, a law firm in the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint to avoid and recover “fraudulent” transfers of $1,102,962 in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. Premiere Accounting Solutions Ltd., of New Zealand, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

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.

Complaint to avoid and recover "fraudulent" transfers of $46,014 in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. FFP (BVI) Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. Mary Fashion SpA, of Italy, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.

Complaint in Luc Despins, as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Ho Wan Kwok, a citizen of China currently in custody in the United States awaiting trial for an alleged $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme v. Imperius International Trade Co. Ltd., of Japan, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.