The liquidators of ABRAAJ Investment Management Ltd. have applied to take discovery from 17 banks and a clearing house in the U.S. for "contemplated litigation" in the Cayman Islands to recover more than $385 million allegedly misappropriated by the Dubai-based ABRAAJ Group's founder, Arif Naqvi.
Petition for restoration and winding-up regarding a claim for $199 million in ABRAAJ Investment Management Limited (in Official Liquidation) v. Silverline Holdings Limited, whose sole shareholder was allegedly Arif Masood Naqvi, a citizen of Pakistan, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.