Barclays

Amended Originating Summons in Barclays Private Bank & Trust (Cayman) Limited v. "Mr. C" and "Mr. K" at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

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.

Judgment regarding strike out applications in Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi and Brothers Company v. Saad Investments Company Limited, Maan Al-Sanea, Awal Trust Company Limited, as Trustee of the Saad Star Trust; Barclays Private Bank and Trust (Cayman) Ltd., as Trustee of the Saad Settlement; SaadGroup Ltd., Golden Belt 2 Limited, Golden Belt 3 Limited, Singularis Holdings Limited, Singularis Holdings (No. 2) Limited, Singularis (No. 3) Limited, Singularis Holdings (No. 4) Limited, Singularis Holdings (No. 5) Limited, Awal Feeder 1 Fund, Awal Finance Company Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 2) Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 3) Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 4) Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 5) Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 6) Limited, Saad Air Limited, Saad Air (A340-600) Limited, Saad Air (A320) Limited, Saad Air (A320 No. 2) Limited, Saad Air (A320 No. 3) Limited, Saad Air (A320 No. 4) Limited, Saad Air (A320 No. 5) Limited, Saad Air (A380) Limited, Saad International Bank Limited, Saad Advisory Holdings Limited, Saad Cayman Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 2) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 3) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 5) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 8) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 9) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 10) Limited, SaadGroup Finance Company Limited, SaadGroup Finance Company (No. 2) Limited, SaadGroup Finance Company (No. 3) Limited, SaadGroup Finance Company (No. 4) Limited, SaadGroup Finance Company (No. 5) Limited, and SaadGroup Financial Services Company Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

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.

Judgment in George Davidson, Maureen Davidson, and Allendale Limited v. Khaldoun Moualem, Starmount Securities Limited, Martin Slowe Estates Limited, Martin Slowe, and Finer Homes Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Offshore providers in the Cayman Islands, Isle of Man, and Switzerland face huge liabilities after allowing insiders to loot Axiom Legal Financing Fund of tens of millions of pounds. Those most at risk from being sued by Axiom's eventual liquidators appear to be DMS Group, JP Funds Group, BDO Cayman, and Ogier, all in the Cayman Islands; Turnstone Group, in the Isle of Man; and Portland Financial Management, of Switzerland.

Criminal Information in USA v. John C. Tausche at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania regarding an alleged scheme to defraud Barclays Bank through investment funds in the Bahamas and Cayman Islands.

Plaintiff's Motion for Default Judgment in Dr. Harry Peeler v. British Medical Trust Company Ltd., Paul Freeman, Ryan Ferreira, Global Biohealth Solutions Ltd., Daniel Bartlett, Beth M. Freeman, and Carly Freeman at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

Stop Notice by Barclays Bank Plc regarding shares in Regent Acquisitions Limited held by Regent Acquisitions (Holdings) Limited, filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Class Action Complaint in George M. Mounger v. Kosmos Energy Ltd., domiciled in Bermuda; Brian F. Maxted, W. Greg Dunlevy, Sylvia Manor, John R. Kemp III, David I. Foley, Jeffrey A. Harris, David B. Krieger, Prakash A. Melwani, Adebayo O. Ogunlesi, Chris Tong, Christopher A. Wright, Warburg Pincus LLC, The Blackstone Group LP, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Class Action Complaint alleging fraud involving European Interbank Offered Rates in Karen Kalaway v. Barclays, Plc, Barclays Bank Plc, Barclays Capital, Inc., Citigroup, Inc., Citibank, NA, Deutsche Bank, AG, JPMorgan Chase & Co., HSBC Holdings Plc, HSBC Bank Plc, Cooperative Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank, BA, UBS, AG, and UBS (Luxembourg) SA at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Government's Sentencing Memorandum in USA v. Martin Weisberg at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Fourth Application for Order to Issue Subpoenas by Otkritie International Investment Management Limited, Otkritie Securities Limited, and Otkritie Financial Corporation JSC to obtain discovery from the Bank of New York Mellon, Barclays Capital, Inc., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

USA's Ex Parte Application to Enforce and Register Foreign Restraining Orders in connection with an investigation in the United Kingdom into an alleged money laundering scheme by James Onanefe Ibori, former Governor of Nigeria's Delate State, and Bhadresh Gohil, an English attorney, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Criminal Indictment alleging securities fraud and money laundering involving a boiler room in that "used a variety of names, beginning with Newbridge International, then Brecon Global, then Strategic Energy Partners, and then Hammerson Equity Group" in USA v. Arnold Wrobel, a.k.a. Jim Palmer; a citizen of the United States residing in Spain; Martin Rhys Jones, a.k.a. Martin Reece, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in Spain; Monica Romaszako, a.k.a. Monica Wrobel; Gene Clark Foland, Jeffrey G. Klein, Walter Tatum, Joel Marcus, Saad Shuaib, a citizen of Kuwait; David Cole, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in Spain; Raymond Malizio, a citizen of the United States residing in Spain; Kyle Clayton, a.k.a. Kyle Swift, a.k.a. Richard Walker, a.k.a. Kyle McCauley, and Jamie Lee Church, a.k.a. Charlotte Keys, a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in Spain, at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of New York.

Third Application by Otkritie International Investment Management Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Otkritie Securities Limited, of England, and Otkritie Financial Corporation JSC, of Russia, to take discovery from the Bank of New York Mellon, Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Standard Chartered Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. for use in legal proceedings in England, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

UBS AG's Memorandum of Contentions of Law and Fact in Igor Olenicoff and Olen Properties Corp. v. UBS AG, UBS Bank USA, Bradley Birkenfeld, Michel Guignard, Raoul Weil, Martin Liechti, Gilbert Benz, Christian Bovay, Roger Hartman, Jacques Beuchat, Peter Kurer, Mario Staggl, New Haven Trust Company Limited, Dr. Jur. Klaus Biedermann, Neil Smith, Scott Macaw, Union Charter, Ltd., David Schwedel, Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., Michael Storey, Timothy Vail, David Eichinger, Rene Marty, Jason Sundar, and Martin Hochschorner at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application for Temporary Restraining Order in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Brian Raymond Callahan, Horizon Global Advisors, Ltd., and Horizon Global Advisors, LLC 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 Avendis Global Strategies Trading Ltd. (in Voluntary Liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation In the Matter of Avendis Enhanced Fixed Income Trading Ltd. (in Voluntary Liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Erika Droste and Comerica Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Zambia - for a criminal investigation into shareholders of Finance Bank Zambia Limited (FBZL), specifically Finsbury Investments Limited and Dr. Rajan Lekraj Mahtani, for suspected money laundering.

Credit Suisse (Guernsey), three of its trust officers and a BVI-domiciled IBC are being sued for allegedly concealing the proceeds of corruption by former Ukraine Prime Ministers Pavlo Lazarenko and Yulia Tymoshenko and avoiding paying debts, including an $18 m judgment. At least $2.6 m in "bribes" went into accounts at Barclays Bank, in the Cayman Islands, it was alleged.

Summons With Notice in Knott Partners LP, of New York; Knott Partners Offshore Master Fund LP, of the Cayman Islands; and Commonfund Hedged Equity Co., of the Cayman Islands v. Barclays Capital, Inc. at New York State Supreme Court.

Complaint in Special Purpose Vehicle, a.k.a. JCW-Rodale Limited, domiciled in the British Virgin Islands, and James C. Wagner v. Marc A. Celello, and The Celello Law Group, LLC at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Complaint in Universal Trading & Investment Co., Inc., of Massachusetts, v. Bassington, Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Class Action Complaint in Rafat Kishtah v. HCA Holdings, Inc., Richard Bracken, Milton Johnson, Christopher Birosak, John Connaughton, James Forbes, Kenneth Freeman, Thomas Frist III, William Frist, Chrostopher Gordon, Michael Michelson, James Momtazee, Stephen Pagliuca, Nathan Thorne, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., JPMorgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co., Wells Fargo Securities, Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Mizuho Securities USA Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, RBS Securities Inc., SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc., Avondale Partners, LLC, Robert Baird & Co. Inc., Cowen and Company LLC, CRT Capital Group LLC, Lazard Capital Markets LLC, Leerink Swann LLC, Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Susquehanna Financial Group LLLP, Samuel A. Ramirez & Company Inc., The Williams Capital Group, LP, Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc., Loop Capital Markets, LLC, Glecher & Company Securities, Inc., CastleOak Securities LP, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC, Caris & Company Inc., and Ernst & Young LLP at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Complaint in Universal Trading & Investment Co., Inc. v. Yulia Tymoshenko at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Indictment in New York State v. Scott Kupersmith, Northbrae Capital Group Inc., Fullerton Capital Group Inc., Atlantic Southern Capital Group Inc., Antibe Arbitrage Group Inc., and Oxford Smith Advisors LLC at New York State Supreme Court.

Complaint in Dr. Harry Peeler v. British Medical Trust Company Ltd., Cathy Freeman, Beth M. Freeman, Daniel Bartlett, Global Biohealth Solutions Ltd., Ryan Ferreira, and Paul Freeman at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

Writ of Summons in Cedar Development & Finance Co. Ltd. v. Dorothy Scott at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

USA's Motion For Leave to File First Amended Complaint in a civil complaint filed by the USA against PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, Ultimate Bet, Oldford Group Ltd., Rational Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., PYR Software Ltd., Stelekram Ltd., Sphene International Ltd., Tiltware LLC, Kolyma Corporation AVV, Pocket Kings Ltd., Pocket Kings Consulting Ltd., Filco Ltd., Vantage Ltd., Ranston Ltd., Mail Media Ltd., Full Tilt Poker Ltd., SGS Systems Inc., Trust Services Ltd., Fiducia Exchange Ltd., Blue Water Services Ltd., Absolute Entertainment SA, Blanca Games Inc. of Antigua, Raymond Bitar, Howard Lederer, Christopher Ferguson, a.k.a. Jesus Ferguson; and Rafael Furst at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application of Anton Stoeckl for Judicial Assistance for an investigation into alleged fraud involving GK Finance, George Kallis, Brian Rance, and Fintop Ltd. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Reply to Defense and Defense to Counterclaim of the GT Defendants in Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi and Brothers Company v. Saad Investments Company Limited (in Official Liquidation), Maan Al Sanea, Awal Trust Company Limited, Barclays Private Bank and Trust (Cayman) Ltd. (as Trustee of the Saad Settlement); Saadgroup Limited, Golden Belt 2 Limited, Golden Belt 3 Limited, Singularis Holdings Limited, Singularis Holdings (No. 2) Limited, Singularis Holdings (No. 3) Limited, Singularis Holdings (No. 4) Limited, Singularis Holdings (No. 5) Limited, Awal Feeder 1 Fund, Awal Finance Company Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 2) Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 3) Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 4) Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 5) Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 6) Limited, Saad Air Limited, Saad Air (A340-600) Limited, Saad Air (A320) Limited, Saad Air (A320 No. 2) Limited, Saad Air (A320 No. 3) Limited, Saad Air (A320 No. 4) Limited, Saad Air (A320 No. 5) Limited, Saad Air (A380) Limited, Saad International Bank Limited, Saad Advisory Holdings Limited, Saad Cayman Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 2) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 3) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 5) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 8) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 9) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 10) Limited, Saadgroup Finance Company Limited, Saadgroup Finance Company (No. 2) Limited, Saadgroup Finance Company (No. 3) Limited, Saadgroup Finance Company (No. 4) Limited, Saadgroup Finance Company (No. 5) Limited, and Saadgroup Financial Services Company Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Bermuda by Michael Morrison, Charles Thresh, and Richard Heis, as the Foreign Representatives of Millennium Global Emerging Credit Master Fund Limited and Millennium Global Emerging Credit Fund Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

British conmen Lincoln Fraser and Jared Brook, who masterminded the $400 million Imperial Consolidated fraud that failed in 2002, are embroiled in yet another international financial scandal involving a group that has done business under several names, including EasyKard, Saphrau, Wharfside, Quatro and G4 Group.

Defense of Saad Investments Company Limited, Singularis Holdings Limited, Saad Cayman Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 2) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 3) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 4) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 5) Limited,  Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 8) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 9) Limited, and Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 10) Limited in Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi and Brothers Company v. Saad Investments Company Limited (in Official Liquidation), Maan Al Sanea, Awal Trust Company Limited, Barclays Private Bank and Trust (Cayman) Ltd. (as Trustee of the Saad Settlement); Saadgroup Limited, Golden Belt 2 Limited, Golden Belt 3 Limited, Singularis Holdings Limited, Singularis Holdings (No. 2) Limited, Singularis Holdings (No. 3) Limited, Singularis Holdings (No. 4) Limited, Singularis Holdings (No. 5) Limited, Awal Feeder 1 Fund, Awal Finance Company Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 2) Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 3) Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 4) Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 5) Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 6) Limited, Saad Air Limited, Saad Air (A340-600) Limited, Saad Air (A320) Limited, Saad Air (A320 No. 2) Limited, Saad Air (A320 No. 3) Limited, Saad Air (A320 No. 4) Limited, Saad Air (A320 No. 5) Limited, Saad Air (A380) Limited, Saad International Bank Limited, Saad Advisory Holdings Limited, Saad Cayman Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 2) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 3) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 5) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 8) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 9) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 10) Limited, Saadgroup Finance Company Limited, Saadgroup Finance Company (No. 2) Limited, Saadgroup Finance Company (No. 3) Limited, Saadgroup Finance Company (No. 4) Limited, Saadgroup Finance Company (No. 5) Limited, and Saadgroup Financial Services Company Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Civil complaint filed by the USA against PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, Ultimate Bet, Oldford Group Ltd., Rational Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., PYR Software Ltd., Stelekram Ltd., Sphene International Ltd., Tiltware LLC, Kolyma Corporation AVV, Pocket Kings Ltd., Pocket Kings Consulting Ltd., Filco Ltd., Vantage Ltd., Ranston Ltd., Mail Media Ltd., Full Tilt Poker Ltd., SGS Systems Inc., Trust Services Ltd., Fiducia Exchange Ltd., Blue Water Services Ltd., Absolute Entertainment SA and Blanca Games Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on April 20, 2011.

Complaint in Cooperhill Investments Limited and Kazou BV v. Republic of Seychelles, Financial Intelligence Unit of Seychelles, Liam Hogan, Barry Galvin, Declan Barber, Barclays Bank (Seychelles) Ltd., Barclays Bank Plc, Joe Cully, BMI Bank, and BMI Offshore Bank at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judgment in Barclays Bank v. Andrew J. Zahn at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Judgment in Barclays Capital Inc. v. Scott Kupersmith at New York State Supreme Court.

Writ of Summons in Asia Fund Limited v. Naresh Nanubhai Desai at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Approved Judgment in Innovatis Investment Fund Limited v. Ejder Group Limited at the UK High Court.

Writ of Summons filed by Saad Investments Company Limited (in Official Liquidation) against Montpelier Global Funds Limited and Deutsche Bank (Suisse) SA at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.