Citco

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.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding "assets involved in and traceable to an international conspiracy to, among other things, launder money misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad, a strategic investment and development company wholly-owned by the government of Malaysia"  in USA v. Funds allegedly associated with Khadem Abdulla Al Qubais, a citizen of the United Arab Emirates, held in the names of Vasco Investments Services SA, of the British Virgin Islands, and Eagle Strategic Investment Fund at Bank Privée Edmond de Rothschild, in Luxembourg, at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

First Amended Complaint in Fairfield Sentry Limited, Fairfield Sigma Limited, and Fairfield Lambda Limited, all in liquidation, all of the British Virgin Islands v. Citco Global Custody NV, of the Netherlands; Citco Global Custody (NA) NV, of Curaçao; CGC NA, of Curaçao; Citco Banking Corporation NV, of Curaçao; Citco Bank Nederland NV, of the Netherlands; Citco Bank Nederland NV Dublin Branch, of the Netherlands, and Citco Group Limited, of the Cayman Islands, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Winding Up Petition in Non-UCITS Fund Aktia Trade Finance, of Finland v. IIG Global Trade Finance Fund Limited, of the Cayman Islands, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Luke Almond and Cosimo Borrelli, as the Foreign Representatives of White Oak Strategic Master Fund LP and White Oak Strategic Fund Ltd., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California.

Final Judgment in Firefighters' Retirement System, Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana, and New Orleans Firefighters' Pension & Relief Fund v. Alphonse 'Buddy' Fletcher, Jr. and Fletcher Asset Management, Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Michael Penner, as the Foreign Representative of Ascot Fund Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Writ of Summons in Liongate SPC, for and on behalf of its sole segregated portfolio, Liongate Multi-Strategy Fund v. Randall Wayne Dillard, of England; Jeffrey Scott Holland, of England; Liongate Multi-Strategy Fund Enhanced (2X), of the Cayman Islands; RSD Securities Limited, of Malta; Benjamin Funk, of England, and Eduard Onderka, of the Czech Republic, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Stop Notice by Huashan Capital One Inc. regarding shares in Airwallex (Cayman) Limited owned by Hohen Investment Limited, filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Decision Granting Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment Against Alphonse 'Buddy' Fletcher, Jr. in Corinne Ball, as Plan Administrator of Soundview Elite Ltd., Soundview Premium, Ltd., Soundview Star Ltd., Elite Designated, Premium Designated and Star Designated v. Alphonse 'Buddy' Fletcher, Jr., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award in Martin Kenney & Co. v. Roger Corman, Brian Corman, and Bay City Productions, Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Originating Application In the Matter of Fletcher International Partners, Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint in Alceu Antimo Vezozzo Filho, Alceu Antimo Vezozzo, Market Street Corp., Townhouse Ventures Corp., and Grand Bay Assets Inc. v. Raquel Moura Borges, Rita de Cassia Ramoni Tanajura Leao, Global Access Investment Advisor, LLC, Global Access Investment Advisor Brasil S/S Limitada, and Global Access Partners Investimentos Limitada at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Amended Complaint in SPV OSUS Ltd. v. HSBC Holdings Plc, HSBC Bank Plc, HSBC Bank USA, NA, HSBC Securities Services (Bermuda) Limited, HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Bermuda) Limited, HSBC Bank Bermuda Limited, HSBC Securities Services (Luxembourg) SA, HSBC Bank (Cayman) Limited, HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) SA, HSBC Private Ban (Suisse) SA, HSBC Fund Services (Luxembourg) SA, Sonja Kohn, Mario Benbassat, Alberto Benbassat, Stephane Benbassat, 20:20 Medici AG, UniCredit Bank Austria AG, BA Worldwide Fund Management Ltd., UniCredit SpA, Herald Asset Management Limited, Eurovaleur, Inc., Pioneer Alternative Investment Management Limited, Alpha Prime Asset Management Ltd., Regulus Asset Management Limited, Carruba Asset Management Limited, Tereo Trust Company Limited, Genevalor Benbassat et Cie, Hermes Asset Management Limited, Thema Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd., Thema Asset Management Limited, Equus Asset Management Limited, Equus Asset Management Partners, LP, Aurelia Fund Management Limited, Inter Asset Management Inc., T&M Trusteeship & Management Services SA, GTM Management Services Corp. NV, Aurelia Asset Management Partners, Cape Investment Advisors Limited, Erwin Kohn, and HSBC USA Inc. at The Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

In a lawsuit filed in the Cayman Islands, Citco Group CEO Christopher Smeets has been accused of ripping off minority investors in the hedge fund administrator, most of whom are his own employees.

Hedge fund administrator Citco Group and related parties have agreed to pay $26.25 million to settle litigation brought on behalf of investors in funds domiciled in the Cayman Islands and BVI that Citco sold to fraudster Buddy Fletcher's Fletcher International Group, which then allegedly looted them.

Winding Up Petition in Andre Visser v. FFC Fund Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation In the Matter of Old Park Capital Maestro Fund Limited (in Voluntary Liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Liquidation Application in Everglory Energy Limited v. Shih-Hua Investment Co. Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Catherine A. Goldinger v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Application by Kenneth Krys and Charlotte Caulfield, as Joint Liquidators and Foreign Representatives of Fairfield Sentry Limited, Fairfield Sigma Limited and Fairfield Lambda Limited, to take discovery from Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Carlos Gerardo Dominguez Graterol v. Lakemont Inc., The Registrar of Companies, and The Financial Secretary at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

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.

Complaint in Corinne Ball, as Chapter 11 Trustee of Soundview Elite Ltd., Soundview Premium, Ltd., Soundview Star Ltd., Elite Designated Premium Designated and Star Designated, and John Ayres and Matthew Wright, as Joint Liquidators of America Alternative Investments Inc., Optima Absolute Return Fund Ltd., Richcourt Allweather B Inc., Richcourt Allweather Fund Inc., Richcourt Composite Inc. and Richcourt Euro Strategies Inc. v. Citco Group Limited, Ermanno Unternaehrer, Soundview Capital Management Ltd., Richcourt Capital Management Ltd., Citco Fund Services (Cayman Islands) Limited, Citco Fund Services (Europe) B.V., Citco Global Custody (NA) N.V., Citco Banking Corporation N.V., Citco Trading Inc., Richcourt Holding Inc., CFS Company Ltd., CFS Corporation Ltd., Christopher G. Smeets, Robert A. Voges, Alphonse Fletcher, Jr., Fletcher Asset Management, Inc., Fletcher International, Inc., George Ladner, Enrico Laddaga, Gabriele Magris, Yves Bloch, Denis Kiely, Stewart Turner, Gerti Muho, and Floyd Saunders 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 British Virgin Islands by John Ayres and Matthew Wright, as the Foreign Representatives of America Alternative Investments Inc., Optima Absolute Return Fund Ltd., Richcourt Allweather B Inc., Richcourt Allweather Fund Inc., Richcourt Composite Inc., and Richcourt Euro Strategies Inc., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for Judicial Assistance in Stephen Margulies v. Holland & Knight, LLP and Steve Hagen at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Nineteen more claw-back lawsuits seeking a combined US$65 m have been filed in the Cayman Islands by the liquidators of Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund against banks, investment funds and other firms in Bermuda, Canada, Cayman, Curacao, France, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey, Luxembourg, Singapore, and Switzerland.

Citco Trustees (Cayman) Ltd. is suing one of its former trust officers - Reynaldo Beluso II - for allegedly disclosing confidential information about a client to third parties.

Amended Application to liquidate America Alternative Investments Inc., Optima Absolute Return Fund Ltd., Richcourt Allweather B Inc., Richcourt Allweather Fund Inc., Richcourt Composite Inc., and Richcourt Euro Strategies Inc. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Application to liquidate America Alternative Investments Inc., Optima Absolute Return Fund Ltd., Richcourt Allweather B Inc., Richcourt Allweather Fund Inc., Richcourt Composite Inc., and Richcourt Euro Strategies Inc. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Amended Trustee's Report and Disclosure Statement In the Matter of Fletcher International, Ltd. at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Rainer Busch and Mercury Partners SA v. Keystone Private Equity Investments Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Dr. Musallam Bin Ali Bin Musallam v. Ibrahim Bin Ali Bin Musallam, Abdulaziz Bin Ali Bin Musallam, Majed Bin Ali Bin Musallam, Fatima Bint Ali Bin Musallam, Noura Bint Ali Bin Musallam, Nawal Bint Ali Bin Musallam, Dalal Bint Ali Bin Musallam, Lamah Bint Ali Bin Musallam, Wadha Bint Ali Bin Nassib, Sultan Bin Ali Bin Musallam, Faisal Bin Ali Bin Musallam, Hussain Bin Ali Bin Musallam, Khuloud Bint Ali Bin Musallam, Fatimah Bint Mohammad Al-Sharegh, Fayezah Bint Ali Al-Duwaish Al-Jarbaa, Mansour Bin Ali Bin Musallam, Hanouf Bint Ali Bin Musallam, Almaha Bint Ali Bin Musallam, Anoud Bint Ali Bin Musallam, Arafah Bint Ali Bin Musallam, and Nearland Properties Inc. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Not for the first time, hedge fund service provider Citco has been accused of helping a client defraud investors in an offshore hedge fund and then failing to co-operate with investigators. The latest incident involves Bermuda-domiciled Fletcher International Ltd. and its Cayman feeder funds.

Trustee's Report In re. Fletcher International Ltd. at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Fletcher Asset Management, which is suspected of perpetrating a fraud involving hedge funds in the Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and Delaware, is attempting to stymie an investigation by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Motion of Fletcher Asset Management, Inc. for an order enjoining the Bankruptcy Trustee of Bermuda hedge fund Fletcher International, Ltd. from producing documents to the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Winding-Up Petition in Citco Global Custody (N.A.) N.V. v. Soundview Elite Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding-Up Petition in Citco Global Custody (N.A.) N.V. v. Soundview Star Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding-Up Petition in Citco Global Custody (N.A.) N.V. v Soundview Premium Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Fixed Date Claim Form in Maria Helena Moraes Scripilliti v. Clomar Corporation at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Motion to Dismiss in MVP Asset Management (USA) LLC v. Steven Vestbirk, Jeffrey Balliet, Allison Hanslik, James Granat, Ark Royal Asset Management Ltd., Vestbirk Capital Management Ltd., Ark Royal Asset Management LLC, Ark Discovery LLC, Ark Royal Holdings LLC, Ark Royal Services LLC, Ark Royal Capital LLC, Ark Royal Capital Funding LLC, Ark Royal Capital Inc., Ark Royal Resources LLC, Ark Royal Assurance LLC, and Ark Royal Investments LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Stop Notice filed by Bank of America, NA regarding shares in DAI Company Ltd. owned by Albaugh, Inc. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Order to Register the Transfer of Shares in Fulcrum Distressed Partners (BVI) Limited v. Hadley Chilton and John Greenwood, as liquidators of Mount Capital Fund Limited, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in Fulcrum Distressed Partners (BVI) Ltd. v. Hadley Chilton and John Greenwood, liquidators of Mount Capital Fund Limited, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Ian Stokoe and David Walker, as the Foreign Representatives of AJW Offshore Ltd., AJW Master Fund, Ltd., AJW Offshore II, Ltd., and AJW Master Fund II, Ltd., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Petition In the Matter of Kingpak International Inc. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Pratt Limited, Common Well Management, Inc., Marathon Real Estate Opportunity Fund, LLC, Marathon Master Fund Ltd., Marathon Special Opportunity Master Fund Ltd., MRE Roppongi GK II, Inc., and Marathon Asset Management, LP v. CJC Investments, Inc., Central Tokyo Properties, Inc., Lehman Brothers Real Estate Japan Limited, and Alvarez & Marsal Asia Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition by Stella Blu Capital (Cayman) Ltd. and Stella Blu Capital (HK) Ltd. to wind up MG Capital Ltd., formerly T&C Capital Ltd., filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application in Europe Arab Bank Plc v. St. James Capital Hotels Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.