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Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint in LC YF Investments LLC v. Paradise One Corporation, of the British Virgin Islands; Claudio Rossi Zampini, of Brazil; 2000 Island Boulevard Condominium Association Inc., and Williams Island Property Owners' Association, Inc. at the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Complaint "to recover losses suffered as a result of illegal and fraudulent acts in connection with two of Mongolia's most prized natural resources, the Erdenet copper mine and the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine" in Agency for Policy Coordination on State Property, Erdenet Mining Corporation, and Erdenes Oyu Tolgoi LLC v. Sükhbaataryn Batbold, of Mongolia; Ganzorig Chimiddorj, of Mongolia; Tuul Ulambayar, of Mongolia; Nyamdalai Ochirbat, of Mongolia; Cheong Choo Young, of Hong Kong; Kim Hak Seon, of Hong Kong; Kim Yoonjung, of Hong Kong; Lee Yu Jeong, of Hong Kong; Rhee Byung Wook, of Hong Kong; Kang Eun Joo, of South Korea; Battushig Batbold, of Mongolia; Baloas Inc., of New York, NY; Baloas Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Lovitas, Inc., of New York, NY; Lovitas Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and Glowassets Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Application by IsZo Capital LP, of Delaware, to take discovery from Peter R. Kellogg, described as "a shareholder and independent director of Nam Tai Property, Inc.", for use in "a trial scheduled for January 2021 in the British Virgin Islands" in IsZo Capital LP v. Nam Tai Property Inc., of the British Virgin Islands; Greater Sail Limited, described as a British Virgin Islands-domiciled wholly-owned subsidiary of Cayman Islands-domiciled Kaisa Group Holdings Limited, and West Ridge Investment Company Limited, of Hong Kong, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Petition to determine the fair value of shares in the matter of FGL Holdings, described as "a subsidiary of Fidelity National Financial, Inc., a company incorporated in Delaware, USA and carrying on business as a title insurance company providing various title-related and transaction-related services in the real estate industry in the USA", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Consolidated Class Action Amended Complaint alleging "a sophisticated scheme to fraudulently inflate the price of cryptocurrencies ..., causing the price of these cryptocommodities to spike far above their legitimate value in the largest bubble in human history, and ultimately resulting in billions of dollars of damage to innocent cryptocommodity purchasers" in Matthew Script, Benjamin Leibowitz, Jason Leibowitz, Aaron Leibowitz, and Pinchas Goldshtein v. iFinex Inc., a.k.a. Bitfinex; BFXNA Inc., BFXWW Inc., Tether Holdings Limited, Tether Operations Limited, Tether International Limited, DigFinex Inc., all of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Limited, of Hong Kong; Philip G. Potter, of New York; Giancarlo Devasini, described as a citizen of Italy; Ludovicus Jan van der Velde, described as a citizen of the Netherlands; Reginald Fowler, of Arizona; Crypto Capital Corp., of Panama; Bittrex, Inc., described as a Delaware company based in Seattle, Washington, and Poloniex, LLC, described as a Delaware company based in Boston, Massachusetts, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Ex Parte Application by JSC United Chemical Company Uralchem, of Russia, to take discovery from TD Bank NA for use in legal proceedings in Russia "against majority shareholders, management, and de facto management of TogliattiAzot" regarding an allegedly fraudulent scheme involving Nitrochem Distribution AG, of Switzerland, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Application by the Republic of Nigeria to take discovery from Citibank, N.A., Allied Irish Banks, HSBC Bank USA, Standard New York, Inc., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, J.P. Morgan Chase, United Bank for Africa, Bank of Cyprus, Fortis Private Banking Singapore Limited., and Standard Chartered International (USA) Ltd. for use in "criminal investigations" in Nigeria regarding "a fraudulent scheme to defraud FRN of almost $10 billion ... carried out by Process & Industrial Developments Limited, a British Virgin Islands shell entity with no technical capabilities, virtually no employees, and no demonstrable financial resources", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The newly-appointed Receiver of former Bahamas resident Peter Nygård's Canada-based clothing group has applied for Chapter 15 recognition of the Canadian insolvency proceedings in New York.

Application by Sandoz Canada Inc., of Canada, to take discovery from Ronald Vladyka for use in legal proceedings against Sandoz in Canada brought by Hoffmann-La Roche Limited and InterMune, Inc., filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Maxime Codère, of KMPG (Quebec), as the Foreign Representative of Motorcycle Tires & Accessories LLC, Money Holding Company, Inc., Money Financial Services Company, lnc., Money LLC, and Nichols Motorcycle Supply, Inc., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Miami-based self-described "financial crime consultant" Kenneth Rijock "falsely" accused Israeli attorney Steven Slom of involvement in serious financial crime, a Florida judge has determined.

Stock broker Oliver-Barret Lindsay, a Canadian residing in the Cayman Islands, and stock promoter Gannon Giguiere, of California, have admitted securities fraud at federal court in San Diego.

Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation in the matter of Direct Lending Income Feeder Fund Ltd. (in Voluntary Liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Criminal Information in USA v. Richard Targett-Adams, a resident of France, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Guernsey by William Callewaert and Malcolm Cohen, as the Foreign Representatives of BSG Resources Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Ireland by Adrian Masterson, as the Foreign Representative of Ballantyne Re Plc, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in India by Neeraj Saluja, as the Foreign Representative of SEL Manufacturing Co. Ltd., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Complaint in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Gannon Giguiere, Oliver-Barret Lindsay, Andrew Hackett, Kevin Gillespie, and Annetta Budhu at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Ex Parte Application by VEON Ltd., formerly VimpelCom Ltd., to take discovery from The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, JPMorgan Chase, N.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas, Bank of China, Barclays Bank Plc, BNP Paribas USA, Citibank NA, The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, Commerzbank AG, HSBC Bank USA, NA, Société Générale SA, Standard Chartered Bank USA, UBS AG, Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Beltone Financial USA, LLC, and Auerbach Grayson and Company, LLC for use in proceedings in England, Malta, and the Cayman Islands, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for an order to obtain discovery from MTU Aero Engines North America, Inc. for use in litigation in Ireland brought by NRC Holding Ltd. and Alpstream NG against MTU Aero Engines North America, Inc. against Michael Souvorov, an individual and citizen of Russia and/or Switzerland; Allied Irish Bank Capita International Services (Ireland), Ltd., and KPMG Ireland, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Application by Anna Aleksandrovna Sergeeva to take discovery from Trident Corporate Services Inc. and Gabriella Pugh for use in legal proceedings in Russia involving Gabriella Pugh's "former husband", Mikhail Leopoldovich Dubin, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Taylor Moor Ltd., which received commissions of more than £1.8 million from distributing Axiom Legal Financing Fund before going into liquidation last month, did not ultimately benefit from the Fund and is a "victim", says the firm's Managing Director, Malcolm Dixon. 

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Kazakhstan by Askhat Niyazbekovich Beisenbayev, as the Foreign Representative of JSC BTA Bank, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Komet Group, SA, described as a British Virgin Islands-domiciled, Moldova-based "independent oil and gas exploration and production company that principally operates in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq", to take discovery from Hunt Oil Company, Hunt Oil USA, Inc., and Afren USA, Inc., all of Delaware, USA, for use in "an international arbitration tribunal in London against the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq", filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Amended Complaint in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Quorne Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and Michael Sarkesian, a resident of Switzerland, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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.

BVI-domiciled Thor Optima Fund, Ltd., Thor Guarant Real Estate Fund, Ltd., Systematic Alpha Diversified Fund, LLC, Alpha Diversified Master Fund, LLC, and Systematic Alpha Futures Fund, Ltd. and Nevis-domiciled Thor United Corp. are being sued by 479 investors from Eastern Europe who claim to have been defrauded of over $20 million.

Three individuals in the United States, Spain and Canada have been accused of committing a $63 million fraud against investors in several hedge funds domiciled in the Cayman Islands, where their registered agent is Lainston International Management (Cayman) Ltd.The allegations

Application by the USA for the issuance of a letter rogatory to San Marino to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into David H. Brooks, Sandra Hatfield, Jeffrey Brooks and others for suspected securities fraud, tax fraud and other offenses.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Turnberry Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Germany - for a criminal investigation into Josef Muller, a.k.a. Leon Deane, for suspected investment fraud.

Search the Internet for 'Caledonian Offshore Ltd.' and you will receive a plethora of hits for web-sites containing allegations that the firm engages in wholesale illegal activity, specifically that it takes money from residents of third-world countries on the false promise that they will be offered jobs in the offshore oil industry; Tthere is still no sign of the US Postal Service taking any action against another up-front-cash-for-non-existent-jobs fraudster - Rommy Kriplani, a few years after OffshoreAlert handed them more than enough evidence to bring a prosecution for mail fraud; Ten months after the closure of Canada-based OFC Publications Inc., which published Offshore Finance Canada and Offshore Finance USA magazines, another publisher of news about offshore financial centers and issues that affect them has closed down; The Financial Services Authority in the United Kingdom has refused an application for 'permission to carry on regulated activities' by Target Asset Management Limited, whose links with accused fraudster Sendjer Shefket were first revealed by OffshoreAlert on June 30, 2003; The Office of the Public Prosecutor of the Second Circuit in Panama has allowed a request from former employees of the now-defunct Harris Organization to freeze US$800,000 of its assets on the grounds that they were fired illegally, according to a report in El Panama America newspaper on December 27, 2004; Bermuda hotelier and former Minister of Tourism David Dodwell has settled litigation with a former business partner that lasted more than 12 years, spanned courts in three countries and was notable for its acrimony; British solicitor Mark Agombar, who was banned as a company director for six years in the United Kingdom last year for his part in a timeshare scam, was named as a defendant in a civil complaint filed by Johnston International Limited at the Turks & Caicos Islands Supreme Court on April 30, 2004; and The Securities Commission of the Bahamas announced on November 16, 2004 that it was "monitoring" a criminal investigation in Switzerland into suspected investment fraud and money laundering by Dieter Behring and "assessing any possible connections Mr. Behring may have with existing licensees or registrants of the Commission.

A Florida-based firm which processes card transaction payments has been ordered to turn over its records to the IRS as part of an investigation into offshore tax evasion using MasterCard, VISA and American Express. An order issued on September 11, 2003 at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida allows the IRS to serve a "John Doe" summons on Credomatic of Florida Inc., of Brickell Avenue, Miami.

A United States law firm accused of lining its own pockets by cutting an illegal deal with a telemarketing fraudster to the detriment of one of its clients - an asset recovery firm - has been ordered by a court to produce all of its financial statements and tax returns from 2000 to the present; Three men who were accused of kidnapping an offshore investment fraudster in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in 2001 have pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of common assault; David Ballantyne, who became one of the most despised people in the Cayman Islands, finally agreed to resign as Attorney General, effective March 15, 2003, in the aftermath of the collapse of the Euro Bank money laundering trial; A letter to the editor that was published in the Caymanian Compass on February 26, 2003 spoke volumes for the level of animosity among locals towards the people widely believed to be primarily responsible for the Euro Bank fiasco, which is likely to cost Cayman's taxpayers many millions of dollars in legal fees, costs and damages; Bermuda company director Paul Lemmon has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States; A dispute involving two offshore entities and two Canadian firms has arisen over the rights to the domain name 'poker.com'; Thirteen days after OffshoreAlert's article last month about a lawsuit filed at federal court in Miami by Florida-registered Growth Fund Partnership Inc. against Nevis-registered Condor Insurance Ltd., both of whose operations raise red flags, the action was dismissed with prejudice; Three firms have been ordered to pay tens of millions of dollars of restitution for their part in a massive investment fraud; Florida-based crook Rommy Kriplani, who specializes in ripping off residents of Third World countries by taking their money on the promise of jobs in the United States that never materialize, is at it again, once more in partnership with his favorite law firm of Spiegel & Utrera, of Coral Gables, Florida; and James Michael Dwyer, who until last year owned the White Sands Hotel in Bermuda, was criminally indicted for bank fraud on March 4, 2003 in his native New Jersey.