Barclays

Application by Samuel Malamud Eidelman, described as a citizen of Peru, to take discovery from Truist Bank, Credit Lyonnais Miami Agency, Bank Leumi, BNP Paribas Miami Agency, Barclays, Sudameris, Banco Santander International, Grupo Santander, and Blum & Silver LLP for use in legal proceedings in Peru against Jacobo Malamud and his three daughters, Malamud Kessler, Caroline Malamud-Kessler, and Yudith Malamud Kessler de Schneider alleging money laundering and tax evasion involving, inter alia, companies in the British Virgin Islands, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in City of North Miami Beach Police Officers' and Firefighters' Retirement Plan and City of North Miami Beach General Employees' Retirement Plan v. Barclays Plc, of England; James E. Staley, Tushar Morzaria, and C.S. Venkatakrishnan at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by SPS I Fundo de Investimento de Ações, of São Paulo, Brazil, described as "a minority shareholder of one of the largest Brazilian public companies, JBS S.A., which was used by its controlling shareholders for the purpose of conducting an illicit bribery scheme, defrauding JBS and its minority shareholders", to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. and Barclays USA, Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Brazil, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud bleichmarin Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v. Clarivate Plc, described as "an information services and analytics company" domiciled in Jersey, in the Channel Islands, and based in London, England; Jerre Stead, Richard Hanks, Sheryl von Blucher, Kosty Gillis, Balakrishnan S. Iyer, Nicholas Macksey, Anthony Munk, Jane Okun Bomba, Charles J. Neral, Richard W. Roedel, Christine Archbold, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BofA Securities Inc., RBC Capital Markets LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., JPMorgan Securities LLC, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP at the U. s. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Motion to Compel Subpoena Response from FX Transparency LLC for use in legal proceedings "against Barclays and other of 'the world’s largest banks' arising out of an alleged conspiracy to manipulate foreign exchange rates in 'the world’s largest and most active financial market'" in Barclays Plc, Barclays Bank Plc, and Barclays Capital Inc. v. FX Transparency LLC at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

British national Jonathan Ellis has filed a complaint in England against cryptocurrency firms domiciled in the Cayman Islands, Estonia, Lithuania, Seychelles, Switzerland, and United Kingdom, including cryptocurrency exchange Binance.

Summary Judgment in Maria Alessandra Foglia, described as "the victim of a substantial fraud pursuant to which €15m was misappropriated from her account with a Cayman bank, CITCO Bank and Trust Company Ltd." v. The Family Officer Limited, Wechsler & Co Limited, C&C Family Holdings Limited, Matteo Cerri, Italians Clubhouse Limited, ITS Fashion Street Café Limited, Shield Risk Management Limited, and St Charles Luxembourg SA at the High Court of Justice, for England and Wales.

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.

Third Superseding Indictment adding four new defendants, including former executives of 21st Century Fox, Inc., of the United States, and Imagina Media Audiovisual SL, of Spain, alleging racketeering, money laundering, wire fraud, tax fraud, and unlawful procurement of naturalization regarding alleged bribery and corruption involving FIFA and other soccer organizations in USA v. Hugo Jinkis, a citizen of Argentina; Mariano Jinkis, a citizen of Argentina; Full Play Group SA, of Uruguay; Hernan Lopez, a citizen of the U.S. and Argentina; Carlos Martinez, a citizen of the U.S. and Mexico; Gerard Romy, a citizen of Spain; Ariel Alvarado, a citizen of Panama; Manuel Burga, a citizen of Peru; Luis Chiriboga, a citizen of Ecuador; Marco Polo Del Nero, a citizen of Brazil; Eduardo Deluca, a citizen of Argentina; Eugenio Figueredo, a citizen of the U.S. and Uruguay; José Luís Meiszner, a citizen of Argentina; Romer Osuna, a citizen of Bolivia; Ricardo Teixeira, a citizen of Brazil; Reynaldo Vasquez, a citizen of El Salvador, and Jack Warner, a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

British firm Etaireia Investments Plc has gone into administration - four years after being exposed by OffshoreAlert for perpetrating a property-based investment fraud involving firms and individuals in the BVI, England, Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Scotland, Seychelles, and Spain.

Judgment regarding a failed investment in Saimee Bin Jumaat, a retired professional horse jockey in Singapore, v. IPP Financial Advisers Pte, Moi Kok Keong, and Quek Miaw Sian Alice at Singapore High Court.

Application by Arempa International Ltd. FZC, of Dubai, to take discovery from Tucows Inc. for use in proceedings in the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom against Barclays Bank and others regarding an alleged phishing fraud, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Application by Arempa International Ltd. FZC, of the United Arab Emirates, to take discovery from Wells Fargo Bank NA for use in criminal proceedings in the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong and in anticipated lawsuits in the United Kingdom, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Amended Particulars of Claim alleging tax fraud involving entities in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dubai, Jersey, Luxembourg and other jurisdictions in SKAT (the Danish Customs and Tax Administration) v. Solo Capital Partners LLP, Solo Capital Ltd., Agrius Capital Ltd., AESA Sarl, Anupe Dhorajiwala, Old Park Lane Capital Ltd., Telesto Markets LLP, Anthony Mark Patterson, Graham McKenzie Horn, Priyan Shah, Sanjay Shah, Gerard O'Callaghan, Elysium Global Ltd., Goal TaxBack Ltd., Koi Associates Ltd., Syntax GIS Ltd., Acupay System LLC, Global Equities GmbH, West Point Derivatives Ltd., North Channel Bank Gmbh, Salgado Capital, ED&F Man Capital Markets Ltd., Indigo Global Partners Ltd., Lindisfarne Partners LLP, Khajuraho Equity Trading Sarl, Treefrog Capital Ltd., Arche Cayman Ltd., Trillium Capital Sarl, Ganymede Cayman Ltd., VEM Holdings Sarl, Colbrook Ltd., Elysium Global (Dubai) Ltd., T&S Capital, Darren Lui, Hooloomooloo Holdings Ltd., Ampersand Capital Ltd., Usha Shah, Michael Stephen Murphy, James Edward Hoogewerf, Charles Joseph Knott, Polaris Capital Ltd., Polaris Capital (One) Ltd., Edo Barac, Robyn Llewellyn, North Channel Bank GmbH & Co. KG, Mankash Jain, Paul Preston, Daksha Bhudia, Jas Bains, Anne Christine Stratford, Europa LLP Executive Pension Scheme, Honey Jersey Ltd., Jonathan Godson, Daniel Fletcher, Alasdair Gavin Gonzalez Brown, Janice Allgrove, Godson Consulting LLC 401 Plan, Lawler Noble 401 K Plan, Watts Street Capital 401 K Plan, Roxy Ventures Solo 401 K Plan, Alba Gonzalez Brown, Fiveways Consulting FZE, Trixor Holdings One Ltd., FGC Elysium Holdings Ltd., IPIS UK (Battersea London 1) Ltd., Martin Smith, Guenthar Grant-Klar, West Point Derivatives Ltd., Bellview Financial Ltd., Rivera One Ltd., Astella Capital Ltd., PCM Ltd., Eris Investments Ltd., Silvercouk Ltd., Darren Wang Lip Yiu, Solo Group (Holdings) Ltd., Solo Group Services Ltd., Luna Capital Partners LLP, Copella Capital Ltd., Zuben Capital Ltd., Serafine Capital Ltd., Serafine Investments Ltd., Kenna Capital Ltd., Kenna Investments Ltd., Silver Fox Holdings Ltd, Ace City Holdings Ltd., Araya Holdings Ltd., Oberix International Corporation, Trillium Holdings (BVI) Ltd., Woodfields Holdings Capital Ltd., DoubleTwo Holdings Ltd., and Double Two Investments Ltd. at the High Court for England and Wales.

Forfeiture complaint concerning the laundering of funds misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad, a.k.a. 1MDB, in USA v. Funds in Barclays Bank of Delaware and Fidelity Investments Inc. associated with Riza Shariz Bin Abdul Aziz, Christopher Joey McFarland, Nina Partners, LLC, Red Granite Investment Holdings, LLC, and Red Granite Pictures, LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the United Kingdom by Stephen Hunt, as the Foreign Representative of Total Debt Relief Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Petition for the Recall of a Voluntary Liquidation In the Matter of FirstCaribbean International Finance Corporation (Cayman) Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award in Gretton Limited, of Guernsey, v. The Republic of Uzbekistan at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Winding Up Petition In the Matter of Golden Key Ltd. (in Receivership) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the United Kingdom by Howard Woodcock, as the Foreign Representative of Bibby Offshore Services PLC, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Originating Application in Structured Portfolio I Sub Trust and Infiniti Capital Proprietary Matrix10 Sub-Trust v. Phoenix Lake Ltd. (in liquidation) at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the United Kingdom by Kevin Read, as the Foreign Representative of Patrick Thomas Shine, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Petition in Samuel Voldemar Morland and ManagementPlus (Cayman) Limited v. OVS Capital Management (Cayman) Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Judgment in Primary Development Fund (Cayman) SPC v. Helvetia Trading Fund Segregated Portfolio at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Cayman Islands-based DMS Bank and a BVI-domiciled client are being sued by 318 victims of a £50 million investment fraud that was committed by Anthony Constantinou's CWM Group.

Writ of Summons in Nicola Locke et al v. DMS Bank & Trust Limited and CWM Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Armenia - for a criminal investigation into Arsen Abrahamyan and Arsen Toros Avetisyan for suspected fraud and theft.

Winding Up Petition in Dhabi One Investments Services LLC, of Abu Dhabi v. Mara Investment Corporation SPC Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Order recognizing foreign judgment in ENRC NV v. Zamin Ferrous Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

OffshoreAlert's continuing investigation into Belvedere Management Group and its affiliates has uncovered another ongoing investment fraud, this one involving British firm Etaireia Investments Plc, whose shares are listed on the London-based ICAP Securities & Derivatives Exchange and which has raised at least £1.5 million over the last 15 months.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Hugh Dickson and Mark Byers, of Grant Thornton, as the Foreign Representatives of Saad Investments Company Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Ex Parte Petition for Leave to Serve 'John Doe' Summonses on Federal Express Corporation, FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., DHL Express, United Parcel Service , Inc., Western Union Financial Services, Inc., the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Clearing House Payments Company LLC, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association regarding a tax investigation into clients of Sovereign Management & Legal, Ltd., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Greece - for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud involving Green Ventures, LLC.

Reasons for sanction legal action in the USA against DLA Piper LLP in Hugh Dickson and Stephen John Akers, of Grant Thornton Specialist Services (Cayman) Limited; UNC Investment Fund, LLC, SEI Offshore Opportunity Fund Ltd., SEI Offshore Opportunity Fund II Ltd., and SEI Opportunity Fund LP v. ICP Strategic Credit Income Fund Ltd. and ICP Strategic Credit Income Master Fund Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Reasons for Order in UNC Investment Fund, LLC, SEI Offshore Opportunity Fund Ltd., SEI Offshore Opportunity Fund II Ltd., and SEI Opportunity Fund LP, Liquidating Trust as successor in interest to SEI Opportunity Fund LP, v. ICP Strategic Credit Income Fund Ltd. and ICP Strategic Credit Income Master Fund Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

After being suspended on Friday, the shares of London-based litigation fund Argentum Capital Ltd. were today de-listed from the Channel Islands Securities Exchange. The move follows last week's OffshoreAlert exposé of ACL as being part of a £90 million Ponzi scheme.

The Channel Islands Securities Exchange yesterday suspended the listing of London-based Argentum Capital Ltd. - three days after OffshoreAlert exposed the litigation fund as part of a £90 m Ponzi scheme headed by Briton Brendan Terrill, who operates Cayman-domiciled Centaur Litigation and Hong Kong-domiciled Buttonwood Legal Capital.

London-based litigation fund Argentum Capital, whose shares are listed on the Channel Islands Securities Exchange and whose chairman is retired British judge David Keene, is being financed by what appears to be a £90 m Ponzi scheme headed by Briton Brendan Terrill and involving the BVI, Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Jersey, Singapore, Thailand and other jurisdictions, OffshoreAlert can reveal.

Complaint in ICP Strategic Credit Income Master Fund Ltd. (in liquidation), both of the Cayman Islands, and ICP Strategic Credit Income Fund Ltd. v. DLA Piper LLP at the New York State Supreme Court.

Criminal Information in USA v. Charles Blazer, a.k.a. Chuck Blazer, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. assets in the names of Mohammed Sani Abacha, Doraville Properties Corporation, Rayville International, S.A., Standard Alliance Financial Services Limited, Mecosta Securities, Inc., Ridley Group Limited, The Ridley Trust, Blue Holding (1) Pte. Ltd., and Blue Holding (2) Pte. Ltd. at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Defendant's Sentencing Memorandum in USA v. John C. Tausche at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

A law firm that borrowed at least £8.9 million from Axiom Legal Financing Fund was taken over and closed down today by Britain's Solicitors Regulation Authority, which stated that "there is reason to suspect dishonesty".

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Hugh Dickson and Stephen Akers, as the Foreign Representatives of ICP Structured Credit Income Fund Ltd. and ICP Strategic Credit Income Master Fund Ltd., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Petition for the Southern District of New York.

Application for Post-Indictment Restraining Order in USA v. Liberty Reserve SA, Arthur Budovsky, a.k.a. Arthur Belanchuk, a.k.a. Eric Paltz; Vladimir Kats, a.k.a. Ragnar; Ahmed Yassine Abdelghani, a.k.a. Alex; Allan Esteban Hidalgo Jimenez, a.k.a. Allan Garcia; Azzeddine El Amine, Mark Marmilev, a.k.a. Marko; and Maxim Chukharev at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Indictment in USA v. Liberty Reserve SA, Arthur Budovsky, a.k.a. Arthur Belanchuk, a.k.a. Eric Paltz; Vladimir Kats, a.k.a. Ragnar; Ahmed Yassine Abdelghani, a.k.a. Alex; Allan Esteban Hidalgo Jimenez, a.k.a. Allan Garcia; Azzeddine El Amine, Mark Marmilev, a.k.a. Marko; and Maxim Chukharev at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

A judge in California has granted an IRS petition to serve a 'John Doe' summons on Wells Fargo Bank as part of a criminal investigation into suspected tax evasion by clients of Barbados-headquartered CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank, for which Wells Fargo provided a correspondent account.

An investigation by OffshoreAlert has uncovered more red flags concerning Cayman Islands-based CMZ Group Ltd., whose operations include a hedge fund, investment manager, debt recovery firm, precious metals refinery, rum distributor, and pawn shops in the Caribbean.

Indictment in USA v. Helmut Kiener at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for an alleged scheme to defraud Bear Stearns International, Barclays Bank, and BNP Paribas through investment funds in the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands.

Application for Judicial Assistance by Jeremy Outen, John Milsom and David Standish, as Receivers for Mukhtar Ablyazov, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.