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Application by Bertie Mehigan, described as a citizen of Ireland and a lawyer who is "a founder and partner of Mehigan LLP, a law firm with offices in Singapore and Hong Kong", and Olive Mehigan, his wife, to take discovery from International Business Machines Corporation and Promontory Financial Group, LLC for use in legal proceedings in Ireland "against Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. and senior officers of AIB" alleging "their improper and illegal conduct relating to the Belfry 4 investment fund", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

U.S.-based 'distressed business investor' Tony Bobulinski is suing Cayman Islands law firm Walkers, insolvency specialist Grant Thornton, and others in California, alleging he suffered losses totaling "tens of millions of dollars" as a result of a "fraudulent conspiracy" regarding the liquidation of China Branding Group.

Complaint alleging "a coordinated series of material misrepresentations, culminating in a secret, fraudulent transaction that allowed Defendants to avoid making Tony Bobulinski whole on a debt that they all knew he was owed" in Tony Bobulinski, described as "an expert in investing in distressed businesses" who "provided critical bridge funding to a now-defunct Cayman Islands company called China Branding Group" v. Hugh Dickson, of the Cayman Islands; Hickory Grove, LLC, Jake Fisch, described as a resident of Shanghai, China; Don Williams, Grant Thornton Specialist Services Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Robert Roche, Theresa Roche, Phillip Tyrrell, described as a resident of the Cayman Islands; Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Walkers LLP, of the Cayman Islands; MGG Investment Group, LP, and Does 1 through 50 at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Writ of Summons and General Indorsement in Grant Thornton Cayman Islands v. Robert Press, Bernard Sumner, Bruce Wookey, Alyce Schreiber, William Fickling, Tara Antal, and TCA Management Group Corp., all with addresses in the USA, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint "for enabling and failing to prevent the gross mismanagement of the Receivership Entities by certain former insiders of TCA Fund Management Group Corp." in Jonathan E. Perlman, as court-appointed Receiver for TCA Global Credit Fund, LP, TCA Global Credit Fund, Ltd., TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP, and TCA Global Lending Corp. v. Grant Thornton Cayman Islands and Grant Thornton Ireland at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Second Amended Class Action Complaint "for negligent misrepresentation, aiding and abetting fraud, and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty against Grant Thornton for enabling a massive overvaluation scheme orchestrated through a private investment fund that was managed by TCA Fund Management Group Corp." in Todd Benjamin International Ltd., of the United Kingdom; Todd Benjamin, described as a citizen of the USA residing in the United Kingdom; Zbynek Dvorak, a citizen of the Czech Republic residing in Switzerland, and Fawzi Bawab, a citizen of Canada residing in the United Arab Emirates v. Grant Thornton Cayman Islands, of the Cayman Islands, and Grant Thornton Ireland, of Ireland at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Writ of Summons in Grant Thornton, of the Cayman Islands, as auditor of TCA Global Credit Fund, LP, TCA Global Credit Fund, Ltd., and TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP v. Robert Press, Bernard Sumner, Bruce Wookey, William Fickling, Tara Antal, and TCA Management Group Corp., all with c/o addresses in Florida, USA, and Alyce Schreiber, of Florida, USA, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Global Fixed Income Fund I Limited v. Grant Thornton, of Dublin, Ireland, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

An insolvency practitioner who was prevented from leaving Dubai for three months and a bank compliance head who claims she was targeted by Dubai authorities after whistleblowing about suspected money […]

Writ of Summons regarding the liquidation of China Branding Group Limited in Tony Bobulinski v. Hugh Dickson, of the Cayman Islands, and David Bennett, of the British Virgin Islands, both of Grant Thornton, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Amended Class Action Complaint "for negligent misrepresentation, aiding and abetting fraud, and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty" in Todd Benjamin International Ltd., of the United Kingdom, and Todd Benjamin, described as a citizen of the USA residing in the United Kingdom v. Grant Thornton International Ltd., of England; Grant Thornton Cayman Islands, of the Cayman Islands; Grant Thornton Ireland, of Ireland; Bolder Fund Services (USA) LLC, a Delaware, USA-domiciled firm based in Orlando, Florida, USA, and Bolder Fund Services (Cayman) Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Having identified who stole the crypto, this video will show you how to recover it and who can be held legally liable, not just the thieves but those who laundered it and provided other services, including crypto exchanges. Speakers: Aidan Larkin, Chief Executive Officer, Asset Reality; Amanda Wick, Senior Investigative Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives; Carmel King, Director, Grant Thornton; and Jean-Michel Verelst, Director, Belgium's Asset Recovery and Asset Management Office.

This video is a how-to guide to liquidating and recovering assets across borders involving both onshore and offshore jurisdictions. Speakers: Hannah van Roessel, Director, Senior Legal Counsel, Omni Bridgeway; Ilan Cohen, Intelligence Analyst, Itur Financial Intelligence; James Pomeroy, Director, Grant Thornton; and Martin Kenney, Managing Partner, Martin Kenney & Co.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Igal Wizman and Keiran Hutchison, as the Joint Official Liquidators of Income Collecting 1-3 Months T-Bills Mutual Fund, of the Cayman Islands, filed 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 Cayman Islands by Russell Homer and Karen Scott, as the Joint Voluntary Liquidators of Income Collecting 1-3 Months T-Bills Mutual Fund, of the Cayman Islands, filed at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Liquidation Application regarding an alleged debt of $9 million in Fortune Arts Limited, of Hong Kong v. Cordia Global Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Man Proceeding in England by Nicholas Wood, Colin Diss, and Michael Leeds, as the Foreign Representatives of Oceanroad Global Services Limited, which allegedly "took part in laundering the proceeds of a significant, complex, and multinational fraud believed to have been committed against SCB [Standard Chartered Bank] (and other banks) originating with one of its customers, Winsome Diamonds and Jewellery Limited" and, inter alia, involved activity in England, India, the United Arab Emirates, and the USA, filed at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation by Margot MacInniss and John Henry, of Grant Thornton, in the matter of Eridamis II  (in Voluntary Liquidation), described as "a holding company for a yacht" whose shares are held by Emil Pirumov and whose "liabilities exceed its assets by approximately €5.6 million", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application in Baosteel Resources International Company Limited, of China v. Golden Flourish Holdings Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in Baosteel Resources International Company Limited, of China v. Shining Leader International Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Winding Up Petition in Lee Kwok Wah, of Hong Kong v. Q-TZG Leasing Holding Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 11 Petition by Greensill Capital Inc., a Delaware-domiciled "financial services company" that "arranged factoring and reverse factoring programs for clients globally" and which is directly owned by Greensill Capital Management (UK) Limited, of the United Kingdom, and indirectly owned by Greensill Capital Pty Limited, of Australia, and is part of a group that includes companies in Australia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Germany, India, Isle of Man, Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom, 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 United Kingdom by Colin Diss, Hannah Davie, and Michael Leeds, of Grant Thornton, as the Foreign Representatives of Talal Qais Abdulmunem Al Zawawi, described as a citizen of Oman residing in the U.K. who was ordered to pay £24 million in spousal and child support to his former wife in 2019 and "was adjudicated bankrupt on June 29, 2020", filed at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Originating Application regarding an alleged debt of $390 million in PT Ventures SGPS S.A., of Portugal v. Vidatel Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in Tom Johannes Cornelis van Dam v. Grand Decade Finance Limited at the British Virgin Islands.

Application by Hugh Dickson and Mark McDonald, as Joint Liquidators of Stanford International Bank Limited, of Antigua and Barbuda, to take discovery from Richard Closs and John Ward, described as former and current, respectively, employees of Pershing LLC, both residing in New Jersey, for use in legal proceedings in Canada "against TD Bank for negligence, breach of contract, and knowing assistance" regarding a "Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Robert Allen Stanford and his affiliates", filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Petition for Restoration and Winding Up in State Development Corporation, described as a Russian "state corporation" v. Nutcracker Holdings Limited,  whose "sole shareholder" was Andrey Konchalovsky, a.k.a. Andrey Mikhalkov, and which allegedly owes $127 million regarding the financing of "The Nutcracker" movie that, inter alia, involved an entity in the British Virgin Islands that "may have been owned and/or controlled by Mr. Konchalovsky", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Application by Hugh Dickson and Mark McDonald, as Joint Liquidators of Stanford International Bank Limited, of Antigua and Barbuda, to take discovery from Joel Landis, a former employee of JPMorgan Chase, residing in Houston, Texas, for use in legal proceedings in Canada "against TD Bank for negligence, breach of contract, and knowing assistance" regarding a "Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Robert Allen Stanford and his affiliates", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Hugh Dickson and Mark McDonald, as Joint Liquidators of Stanford International Bank Limited, of Antigua and Barbuda, to take discovery from Michael Rafa, described as a former employee of Toronto-Dominion Bank, residing in Massachusetts, for use in legal proceedings in Canada "against TD Bank for negligence, breach of contract, and knowing assistance" regarding a "Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Robert Allen Stanford and his affiliates", filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Winding Up Petition in Toridoll Holdings Corporation, of Japan v. Toridoll and Heyi Group Company Limited, which "engages in the business of establishing, operating and managing a chain of stores and restaurants" in China, Hong Kong, and Singapore, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition in Guanghua SS Holdings Limited v. CBD Aether Center Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application in Sunway Financial Management Limited, of Hong Kong v. Charmate Development Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in Sunway Financial Management Limited, of Hong Kong v. Tailor Wealth Group Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Notice that David Ingram and Michael Leeds, both of Grant Thornton, have been appointed as liquidators of Privilege Wealth Plc, filed at Companies House for England and Wales.

Originating Application in Tall Trade Ltd. v. Capital WW Investment Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application for the appointment of Matthew Richardson and Mark McDonald, both of Grant Thornton, as Joint Liquidators in Coc Coc Pte Limited, of Singapore v. Millside Consulting Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application for the appointment of Mark McDonald and Matt Richardson, both of Grant Thornton, as Joint Liquidators in Project 11 Limited, of England v. Conqueror Global Holdings Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Antigua and Barbuda by Robert Wilkinson, of Grant Thornton, as the Foreign Representative of Trium Bank & Trust Limited, which had operations in Antigua and Venezuela, filed at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Originating Application for the appointment of Matthew Richardson and Kevin Hellard, of Grant Thornton, in the British Virgin Islands and England, respectively, as Joint Liquidators in West Bromwich Commercial Limited, of England v. Hatfield Property Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application in the matter of Norwind Shipping Ltd. (in Liquidation), which "was established as a holding company to hold a Bombardier Global 5000 aircraft on behalf of the Company's shareholder Mr. Andrey Chernyakov", at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Orders for the appointment of provisional liquidators and asset preservation regarding a suspected Ponzi scheme in Australian Securities and Investments Commission v. M101 Nominees Pty Ltd., James Peter Mawhinney, who, inter alia, "is associated with a British Virgin Island Company, 101 Investments Ltd.", and Sunseeker Holdings Pty Ltd. at the Federal Court of Australia.

Application for winding-up and asset preservation orders in Australian Securities and Investments Commission v. M101 Nominees Pty Ltd., James Peter Mawhinney, and Sunseeker Holdings Pty Ltd. at Federal Court of Australia.

Complaint for Recognition of a Cayman Islands Money Judgment in China Branding Group Limited (in Official Liquidation), of the Cayman Islands, by and through its Joint Official Liquidators, Hugh Dickson, of the Cayman Islands, and David Bennett, of Hong Kong, both of Grant Thornton v. Tony Bobulinski at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Creditors in the British Virgin Islands, England, and Guernsey have applied to wind up the Cayman Islands parent company of insolvent Liechtenstein insurer Gable Insurance AG.

In a series of regulatory actions announced on Friday, the Malta Financial Services Authority cancelled the licenses of three investment firms and imposed fines on a retirement scheme and its administrator.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in Todd Benjamin International Ltd., of the United Kingdom, and Todd Benjamin, of the United Kingdom, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and derivatively on behalf of TCA Global Credit Master Fund LP, TCA Global Credit Fund, LP, and TCA Global Credit Fund, Ltd., all of the Cayman Islands v. TCA Fund Management Group Corp., Robert Press, Alyce Schreiber, William Fickling, Thomas Day, Patrick Primavera, Donna Silverman, and Tara Antal at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Originating Application in C21st Investments Limited v. CNPC International (Algeria) Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Winding Up Petition in Credit Suisse AG, Singapore Branch v. Primus Investments Fund LP, described as "a special purpose vehicles to hold shares in Luckin Coffee Inc.", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition in Credit Suisse AG, Singapore Branch v. Mayer Investments Fund LP, described as "a special purpose vehicle to hold shares in Luckin Coffee Inc.", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Liquidation Application in Credit Suisse AG, Singapore Branch v. Summer Fame Limited, described as "a special purpose vehicle to hold shares in Luckin Coffee Inc.", at the British Virgin Islands High Court.