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Complaint in Casa Express Corp., as Trustee of Casa Express Trust v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Winding Up Petition in Beng Seng v. Kuo Investments Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Freezing and Disclosure Order in Jorge Yarur Bascunan, Tarascona Corp., Hofstra Corp., Inmobiliaria Milano S.A., and Inmobiliaria e Inversiones Tauro S.A., as applicants v. Daniel Yarur Elsaca, Fintair Finance Corp., Hay's Finance Corp., Cary Equity's Corp., Alapinjdp Investing Corp., and Euweland Corp., as respondents, and Icaza Gonzales-Ruiz & Aleman (BVI) Trust Limited and Citco B.V.I. Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Application to take discovery from CBS News, Inc. for use in a defamation action in France in John Malkovich v. Louis Dreyfus, Gérard Davet, Fabrice Lhomme, and Societe Editrice du 'Monde', publisher of Le Monde newspaper, regarding an article that allegedly accused Malkovich of evading U.S. taxes via HSBC (Switzerland).

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.

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

Complaint to extradite Taiwanese national Jack Hsu, a.k.a. Lin Lin Hsu and Ling Ling Hsu, from Taiwan to the USA, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

India has requested evidence in Delaware for a criminal investigation into an alleged US$1.4 billion fraud and money laundering involving a company whose securities were once listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Nearly US$9 million of the alleged criminal

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in India into Ramalinga Raju and others for alleged fraud and money laundering involving former NYSE-listed Satyam Computer Services Ltd.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Poland into Vladyslav Hubenko for alleged tax evasion and money laundering.

United Kingdom law enforcement investigating the theft of $15 million from Commerzbank AG in Germany by members of its own staff and the subsequent laundering of the criminal proceeds to accounts in several countries, including Australia, Austria, the Bahamas, Costa

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud, theft and money laundering involving Roger Bryer, Yulia Bryer, Herbert Austin, Susan Austin and others.

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged credit card fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Lithuania - that was filed at federal court in the USA on October 21, 2008. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Lev Arutiunian, Igor Provosinskij, Tomas Gecas, eBay, PayPal, Citibank, MBNA America Bank, Bank of America, Banknorth, Bank One, Chase Manhattan Bank, Zions First National Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, U of C Federal Credit Union, and Direct Merchants Credit Card Bank.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Lithuania into Lev Arutiunian, Igor Provosinskij and Tomas Grecas for alleged credit card fraud.

Mexico has requested account records from BBV Bancomer Securities International, Inc. in Houston for use in a criminal investigation into the alleged embezzlement of investments structured in the Cayman Islands.Details are contained in an application to collect evidence - pursuant

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Mexico into Aida Araceli Sanchez Crespo, Aldo Armando Ochoa Sanchez, Juan Ochoa Villarruel and Olga Gutierrez for alleged fraud to the detriment of Vianney Diana Sanchez Crespo and Elsa Graciela Crespo Ramirez.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Czech Republic into Malaysian nationals Kean Cheun Teh and Siew Choo Hoh for alleged credit card fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Czech Republic into Kean Cheun Teh and Siew Choo Hoh for alleged credit card fraud.

Nine people have been indicted for fraud in the United States regarding an investment scheme that was perpetrated through a Bahamas shell company. The indictment was brought at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia on February 28, 2007 against Shinder Singh Gangar, 45, a United Kingdom national residing in England; Alan White, 48, a U.K. national residing in England; Birgit Mechlenburg, a.k.a. Gitte Mechlenburg, a resident of Massachusetts; Kenneth Mason, a U. S. national residing in Chicago, Illinois; Michael Hardesty, a U. S. national residing in Utah; Mark Smyth, a U. S. national residing in California; Gregory Smyth, 56, a U. S. national residing in California; Mary Dowdell, 49, a U. S. national residing in Charlottesville, Virginia and wife of Terry L. Dowdell, who is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to related fraud charges in June, 2004; and Rebecca Dowdell, 30, the daughter of Terry Dowdell and a U. S. national residing in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Germany - that was filed at federal court in the USA on January 10, 2007. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Shoukat Hayat Piracha, Moazzam Piracha, Global Telekommunikation Service GmbH, Alpha Omega International Inc., Jabbeen Zeurs, nee Quarashi; Shahabuddin Saadi, Munir Afzal, and Chase Manhattan Bank.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Germany into Shoukat Hayat Piracha and others for alleged fraud.

A former director of the First International Bank of Grenada has been criminally indicted for a second time concerning another alleged offshore scam.The latest indictment against Robert Skirving was brought at the U. S. District Court for the District of Oregon on March 15, 2005 and amended on April 20, 2005.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into misappropriation of government funds - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Russia - that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on June 30, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Verta-K, Boris Abramovich Furlender, SBF International Inc., Elena Sergeevna Efremova, Chase Manhattan Bank, Alfa Bank, Yury Ovshevich Goltzman-Goman, Valentin Nikolaevich Kisilev, Elena Jurievna Krasheninnikova, Zinaida Vasilievna Pishchugina, Tatiana Petrovna Bobrovskih, Michail Anatolievich Pulavsky, and Alexandre Petrovich Sychev.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged credit card fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Hungary - that was filed at federal court on USA on June 9, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Gheorgina Gruina and Chase Manhattan Bank.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into alleged tax evasion involving Verta-K LLC and SBF International Inc.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Hungary into Gheorgina Gruina for allegedly using counterfeit US bank cards.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged investment fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom - that was filed at federal court in the USA on April 28, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Kevin Dooley, Trevor Prider, Dooley & Co., CFC Finance Ltd., JPMorgan Chase, Chase Manhattan Bank, Citco Banking Corporation, Golconda Partners Ltd., Woodborough Corporation Ltd., Ken Wiseman II, Wiseman Hedge Fund, Barclays Bank, Fiserv Correspondent Services Inc., JD Horwood, Imhoff Clearing Corporation, Imhoff Clearing Corporation, National Westminster Bank, First National Bank, Crystal Cathedral, Somerset Auctions Inc., Steven Thomas Antiques, Nelson Storage, Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center, The Inside Story, Abe Corporation, RAD Industries Inc., Majestic Marble & Granite, and US Remodelers Inc.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into the alleged embezzlement of the proceeds of the sale of a ship named Rybak Komchatki which were allegedly transferred to a company domiciled in Oregon called SV Financial, which was owned by Victor Kaganov and managed by Oregon dentist Anna Shimanovsky and her husband, Roman Shimanovsky, according to the request for assistance.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom - for a criminal investigation into "Kevin Dooley (now deceased), Trevor Prider and others for their involvement in and management of a massive investment fraud scheme resulting in the loss of millions of dollars to original investors".

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into fraud and money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Poland - that was filed at federal court in the USA on December 13, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Profit Service and Commerce, Witold Lila, Izabela Lila Legecka, M&M Agrobroker, Ignacy Soroka, AFC Agrico Food Polska, Tomasz Lila, Warszawskie Biuro Maklerskie, Agropolis LLC, Bankers Trust, Standard Chartered Bank, and Chase Manhattan Bank.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Poland into alleged export fraud and possible money laundering.

Confidential Private Placement Memorandum for securities issued by Strategy International Insurance Group Inc. and Strategy Real Estate Investments Ltd.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ukraine into AC Energy Holding LLC and its director, Volodymyr Liutiy, and others for alleged tax evasion, money laundering, corruption and forgery.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud and money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Brazil - that was filed at federal court in the USA on August 24, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Barcelona Tour Cambio e Turismo Ltda, Barcelona Inc., Offshore Montero Securities Inc., Prima Management LCC, Cambios Gales, Lespan SA, Beacon Hill Service Corp., Lisco Overseas Inc., MIRO, Antonio Oliveira Claramunt, Jose Diogo de Oliveira Campos, Silvio de Almeida e Souza, Altair Inacio de Lima, Marcelo Viana, Valdecir Geraldi, Ussen Ali Chahime, Pine Bank, Wachovia Bank, HSBC Bank, Interbank, and Chase Manhattan Bank.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Brazil into suspected fraud and money laundering by Antonio Oliveira Claramunt, Jose Diogo de Oliveira Campos, Silvio de Almeida e Souza, Altair Inacio de Lima, Marcelo Viana, Valdecir Geraldi, and Ussen Ali Chahime regarding Barcelona Tour Cambio e Turismo, Ltda.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged credit card fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Poland - that was filed at federal court int he USA on July 7, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Krzysztof Janusz Oleszek, First USA Bank, Chase Manhattan Bank USA, Citibank South Dakota NA, Euro Kartensysteme EuroCard und Eurocheq, Direkt Bank Service GmbH, Foreningssparbanken AB BABS, Sebkort, Nordbankenkort, Europay Belgium SCRL, and Summitomo Mitsui Card Company Limited.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Slovak Republic into alleged investment fraud involving  B-Stavreal Inc.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Poland into Krzysztof Janusz Oleszek for alleged bank card fraud.

Section 304 Petition for Assistance in Insolvency Proceedings in the British Virgin Islands by Stephen Akers and Terry Carson, as the Foreign Representatives of Indosuez Eastern Europe Fixed Income Fund Ltd., Clariden Eastern Europe Debt Fund, Ltd., and Safra Eastern Europe Fixed Income Fund, Ltd., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in USA v. All Funds on Deposit at Bank Julius Baer & Company, Ltd., Credit Suisse (Guernsey) Limited, and Eurofed Bank Limited in the names of Pavlo Lazarenko, Pavel Lazarenko, Samante Limited, and Alexander Milchenko at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Fund administrator Citco Fund Services is still "the most significant stumbling block" in the winding-up of the Lancer Group, it has been claimed.Auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers is also not being helpful, according to a report dated April 23, 2004 by SEC-appointed Receiver Marty Steinberg that was submitted to the federal court in Miami, Florida.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Romania into identity fraud and money laundering.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Germany into Bernhard Mockert for alleged fraud.

The United Kingdom has requested evidence from banks in the United States as part of a criminal investigation into the collapse of Versailles Group PLC. Details are contained in an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Austria into Aiyah Saihati for alleged credit card fraud.  

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Portugal into Orlando Xavier Mourao and and others for alleged fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Trinidad & Tobago into Namcaran Singh, Cosmas Bonaparte, Horace Blake, Robert Paladino and others for alleged corruption.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into alleged fraud by Versailles Group Plc.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Germany into Olaf Weiland for alleged investment fraud.

Section 304 Petition for Assistance in Insolvency Proceedings in Grenada by Marcus Wide, as the Foreign Representative of Imperium Bank Ltd., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.