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Class Action Complaint in MW Gestion, described as "an institutional asset manager based in France" v. Global Cord Blood Corporation, described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, Hong Kong-based company that "provides umbilical cord blood storage and ancillary services in the in the Beijing Municipality, Guangdong Province, and Zhejiang Province of the People’s Republic of China"; Ting Zheng, Bing Chuen, a.k.a. Albert Chen; Yuen Kam, Mark Da-Jian Chen, Jennifer J. Weng, Ken Lu, Jack Chow, Jacky Cheng, Golden Meditech Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Golden Meditech Stem Cells (BVI) Company Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; GM Precision Medicine (BVI) Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Golden Meditech Precision Medicine Limited, of Hong Kong; Golden Meditech (BVI) Company Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and KPMG Huazhen LLP at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition in Africa Investments LLC v. One Thousand & One Voices Africa Fund I Investors, Ltd., as General Partner for and on behalf of One Thousand & One Voices Africa Fund I Investors, L.P., as General Partner for and on behalf of One Thousand & One Voices Africa Fund I, L.P. (in Voluntary Liquidation), at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Another Cayman Islands mutual fund - SCF Brazil, Cayman Feeder SPC - associated with the Miami-based, Brazil-focused Prudent Group has collapsed, this one operated by Swedish national Jon Malmsäter, who has a history of dubious investment schemes, indebtedness, tax problems, and even domestic violence.

Class Action Complaint in Gregory A. Stevenson v. Richard E. Thornburgh, Bradley W. Dougan, John G. Popp, Brian Chin, Jay Kim, Albert Sohn, Mirko Bianchi, Urs Rohner, John Tiner, Severin Schwan, Iris Bohnet, Lydie Hudson, Kaikhushru S. Nargolwala, Seraina Macia, Joaquin J. Ribeiro, Michael Klein, Noreen Doyle, James L. Amine, Eric Varvel, Romeo Cerutti, David L. Miller, David R. Mathers, Lara J. Warner, Timothy P. O'Hara, Robert S. Shafir, Pamela A. Thomas-Graham, Sean T. Brady, Robert Jain, Philip Vasan, Credit Suisse Holdings (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Credit Suisse Capital LLC, Credit Suisse Management LLC, KPMG LLP, KPMG LLC, Paul Knopp,, William Thomas, Larry Bradley, Laura M. Newinski, Regina H. Mayor, John B. Veihmeyer, Brian J. Sweet, David Britt, Scott Marcello, David Middendorf, Thomas Whittle, Cynthia Holder, and Jeffrey Wada at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Offering Memorandum for SCF Brazil, Cayman Feeder SPC, dated "December 2022".

Application by Associação dos Profissionais dos Correios, described as "a Brazilian non-profit association that defends and represents the interests of present and former/retired postal worker employees of Correios, a state-owned public postal company", to take discovery from The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation for use in legal proceedings in São Paulo, Brazil "against Instituto de Seguridade Social dos Correios e Telégrafos, Empresa Brasileira de Correio e Telégrafos, KPMG Auditores Independentes, and BNY Mellon Serviços Financeiros Distribuidora de Títulos e Valores Mobilários S.A." alleging "misconduct, malfeasance, breaches of fiduciary duties, and corruption", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

A court in Estonia is seeking evidence from a crypto wallet provider in the United States for a fraud investigation into bankrupt crowdfunding platform Envestio SI OÜ, which allegedly stole investors' funds before being declared bankrupt on June 3rd, 2020, and its former CEO, Anton Kaletin.

Order granting a motion by Eleanor Fisher, of the Cayman Islands, and Hani Bishara, of the United Arab Emirates, as the Foreign Representatives of Universal Enterprises Ltd. (in Official Liquidation), for the issuance of subpoenas to Fawzi Musaed Al Saleh, Ahmad Fawzi Al Saleh, Yasmine Al Saleh, John I. Snow, III, Steve Leese, Quabbin Capital Inc., Shields & Company, Inc., Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Loeb, Block & Partners LLP, KPMG LLP, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Bank of America, Royal Bank of Canada, Morgan Stanley, and Société Générale to conduct discovery for use in legal proceedings at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, filed at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Liquidators in the Cayman Islands and United Arab Emirates who are investigating the alleged misappropriation of at least $43 million from a Cayman investment vehicle for six Kuwaiti brothers have filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy recognition in the United States.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Eleanor Fisher, of the Cayman Islands, and Hani Bishara, of the United Arab Emirates, as Foreign Representatives of Universal Enterprises Ltd. (in Official Liquidation), described as "an investment vehicle for six brothers [from Kuwait] for the purpose of making investments in the United States", filed at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Public Notice by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission that it has revoked the license of D&V Pegasus Real Estate AIF VCIC Plc. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert at the Cyprus Registrar of Companies showed that the directors of D&V Pegasus Real Estate AIF VCIC Plc were identified as Gunther Glatzel, Gunter Jurgen Vorbauer, and Andreas Dimitriou, while the company's website at pegasusfm.com identified its "Board of Directors" as "Gunter J Vorbauer - Chairman; Andreas Demetriou - Vice Chairman; Christos Vakis - Member; Dr. Gunther Glatzel - Member", "External Manager" as MFO Asset Management Ltd., "Depositary" as Eurobank Cyprus Ltd., "External Auditors" as KPMG Ltd., "Legal Advisor" as Clerides Anastassiou Neophytou LLC, and "Investment Advisors" as Planet Properties (London) Ltd. and PPM Valuations LLC.

Application by China Medical Technologies Inc. (in Liquidation), described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled "holding company of a group of companies incorporated in Hong Kong, Mainland China, the British Virgin Islands and Singapore", and CMED Technologies Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, to take discovery from KPMG LLP for use in legal prceddings in Hong Kong, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Originating Application in EganaGoldpfeil (Holdings) Limited, of Hong Kong v. Glorious Concept Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation by Jason Robinson and Jeffrey Stower, of KPMG, as Joint Voluntary Liquidators of Ginger Capital Fund SPC (in Voluntary Liquidation), at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Public Notice by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority that it has revoked the license of Premier Assurance Group SPC Ltd. (in Official Liquidation).

Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint alleging the defendants "are conspiring with, and aiding and abetting, a fraudulent scheme led by Moldovan oligarch Anatolie Stati, his son Gabriel Stati, and a murky web of companies that they control, often secretly", in Republic of Kazakhstan and Outrider Management LLC v. Daniel Chapman, Argentem Creek Holdings LLC, Argentem Creek Partners LP, Pathfinder Argentem Creek GP LLC, and ACP I Trading LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Winding Up Order in Cayman Islands Monetary Authority v. Premier Assurance Group SPC Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Bermuda by Michael Morrison and Mark Allitt, of KPMG Advisory, as the Foreign Representatives of VL Assurance (Bermuda) Ltd., Valor Group Ltd., and Valor Management Ltd., described as Bermuda companies that are part of a group that also includes companies in Barbados, Ireland, Liechtenstein, and the United States and which are "victims of activity perpetrated between 2013 and 2016 by Jason Sugarman - a former director of the VL Bermuda Debtor - and others, including Jason Galanis, that ultimately led to the insolvency of the VL Bermuda Debtors", filed at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Middle East-based British polo players led by Richard Fagan who fund their lavish lifestyles through investment fraud have set up a fake 'Swiss bank' and are trying to take over a Cayman Islands fund, OffshoreAlert can reveal.

Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation in the matter of Kelip-Kelip II Cayman Limited (in Voluntary Liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition in Amissima Assicurazioni Multi-Credit Strategy Fund, a Sub-Fund of Amissima Diversified Income ICAV, of Ireland; Amissima Vita Multi-Credit Strategy Fund, a Sub-Fund of Amissima Diversified Income ICAV, of Ireland; Multi Credit Strategy, a compartment of Athora Lux Invest S.C.Sp., of Luxembourg, and Tranquilidade Multi-Credit Strategy Fund, a Sub-Fund of Tranquilidade Diversified Income ICAV, of Ireland, all of whose portfolio manager is Apollo Management International LLP v. BAF Latam Credit Fund at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Public Notice by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission announcing the appointment of an administrator for Century Global Ltd. and Century Sharia Fund Ltd. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert in the Corporate and Business Registration Department for Mauritius showed that Century Sharia Fund Ltd. was incorporated on May 19th, 2014, its sole director is Shah Nawaz Abdool Rahim Paraouty, of Mauritius, and its sole shareholder is Century Global Ltd.; Century Global Ltd. was incorporated on April 10th, 2012, its sole director is Shah Nawaz Abdool Rahim Paraouty, of Mauritius, its management company is Bramer Global Services Ltd., and its sole shareholder is Century Banking Corporation Ltd.; and Century Banking Corporation Ltd. was incorporated on May 21st, 2008, its directors are Waleed Qassim Bangash, of Bahrain; Charles Mark Broadley, of Hong Kong; Shakil Ibrahim Moollan, and Rajendra Kumar Ujoodha, both of Mauritius; its secretary is Rawat Muhammad Houmayd Sulleman, of Mauritius, and its shareholder is CBC Capital Limited, whose domicile is not identified.

Originating Application in U&D Mining Industry (Australia) Pty Ltd., of Australia v. Flash Lighting Company Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Amended Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Jeffrey Stower and Jason Robinson, of KPMG, as the Foreign Representatives of Premier Assurance Group SPC Ltd. (in Provisional Liquidation), at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint for $12.7 million alleging "Defendant is in receipt of funds as part of a fraudulent investment scheme at the expense of the Claimants" in Dismatrix SPC, Asyndeton, and Polysyndeton, all of the Cayman Islands v. Equiti Capital UK Limited, of England, at the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.

Public Notice by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority announcing that Premier Assurance Group SPC Ltd. has gone into Provisional Liquidation.

Winding Up Petition in Cayman Islands Monetary Authority v. Premier Assurance Group SPC Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Anamika Gadia, of KPMG, as the Foreign Representative of Q'Max Solutions Inc., described as being part of a group that "prior to recent events ... provided provided oilfield services focused on onshore and offshore drilling fluids, solids control, and waste management solutions in the upstream oil and gas drilling and producing industry", at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Reasons for Judgment regarding the appointment of Controllers in the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority v. Premier Assurance Group SPC Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Public Notice by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority announcing it has appointed Jeffrey Stower and Jason Robinson, of KPMG, to assume control of Premier Assurance Group SPC Ltd. and "found Jorge Eduardo Falcon and Leonardo Cornide, two of Premier's directors, not fit and proper to hold the position of director of a licensee".

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Jeffrey Stower and Jason Robinson, as the Foreign Representatives of Premier Assurance Group SPC Ltd. (in Controllership), at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida. Editor's Note: The "Foreign Main Proceeding" in this matter, which includes allegations of fraud, was filed under seal at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands on September 17th, 2020 and remains sealed as of today, with the entry in the Court's public register reading "Confidential Matter". It is often only when Cayman insolvency practitioners seek recognition in the United States that the mere existence of cases becomes publicly-known.

Public Notice by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission that it has revoked the Islamic Banking License of Century Banking Corporation Ltd. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert in the Corporate and Business Registration Department for Mauritius showed that Century Banking Corporation Ltd. was incorporated on May 21st, 2008, its directors are Charles Mark Broadley, of Hong Kong; Waleed Qassim Bangash, of Bahrain; Shakil Ibrahim Moollan, and Rajendra Kumar Ujoodha, all of Mauritius; its secretary is Muhammad Houmayd Sulleman Rawat, of Mauritius, and its sole shareholder is CBC Capital Limited, of Hong Kong. Research in the Hong Kong Companies Registry showed that the sole director of CBC Capital Limited is Charles Mark Broadley; and its sole shareholder is Oryx Investment Limited, of Hong Kong, and that the sole director of Oryx Investment Limited is Kenneth Richard Wyness, a citizen of South Africa residing in Mauritius, and its sole shareholder is Ghanim Saad M. Alsaad Al-Kuwari, of Qatar. Charles Broadley ceased being a director of Oryx Investment Limited on July 31st, 2019.

Supplement to Private Offering Memorandum for Etherbridge Fund, a Segregated Portfolio of New World Global SPC, of the Cayman Islands

Supplement to Private Offering Memorandum for Digital Gold, a Segregated Portfolio of New World Global SPC, of the Cayman Islands.

Private Offering Memorandum for New World Global SPC, of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application in Javier Antonio Demarchi and Irene Mukuhi Waruingi v. Exential Investments Inc., described as "the 'offshore unit' of the Exential Group", which "operated a Ponzi scheme between 2011 and 2016", at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Winding Up Petition in the matter of LATAM Finance Limited, described as a "finance vehicle" for  "Latin America's leading airline group", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Winding Up Petition in the matter of Peuco Finance Limited, which is owned by LATAM Airlines Group SA, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has cancelled the Collective Investment Scheme Licence of Brightwell Portfolio Fund SICAV Plc, a license that was suspended, on regulatory grounds nearly six years ago, on July 15th, 2014, "following the resignation of key officials and service providers". Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert at the Malta Business Registry showed that Brightwell Portfolio Fund SICAV Plc has not had any directors or a secretary since they resigned in May, 2014. The company was originally incorporated in the British Virgin Islands on May 18th, 2006 as Brightwell Portfolio Fund Ltd. and continued to Malta on May 10th, 2011, changing its name at the same time. In its most recent annual return, dated May 10th, 2013, the company's shareholders were identified as Paolo Faldini, a citizen of Italy residing in Monaco, and Conseulo Nardon, a citizen of Italy with addresses in the Netherlands and Luxembourg; its directors as Faldini, Nardon, and Stephen Muscat, of Malta, and its Secretary as Valetta Fund Services Limited. Faldini committed suicide on his luxury yacht - apparently bought with investors' funds - in Monte Carlo on December 31st, 2013, shortly after which Nardon, Muscat, and Valetta Fund Services all resigned their positions and the company's auditor, KPMG (Malta), represented by partner Ray Azzopardi, withdrew its audit opinions for 2011 and 2012 due to "fraudulent misrepresentations", evidently by Faldini, regarding the company and its subsidiaries, Beaumont Cash Management Limited, Beaumont Systematic Trading Limited, Beaumont Discretionary Trading Limited, Beaumont Equity Trading Limited, and Beaumont Homeland Security Limited. Brightwell Portfolio Fund's professional services providers included Princes Gate Investment Management Ltd., of the BVI, as Investment Manager; Arcari Fund Solutions BV, of the Netherlands, as Administrator; Credit Suisse, of Switzerland, as Custodian, and Ganado & Associates, Advocates, of Malta, as Legal Adviser. In the BVI, the company's directors were Curado Trust (Tortola) Limited, represented by Yuck Leen Sprock-Chang and Mavis Reed-Castro, and GM General Management Limited, represented by Mario Bottiroli, c/o Trust Company Complex, in the Marshall Islands, with Harneys Corporate Services Ltd., represented by Kimberly Crabbe-Adams, serving as registered agent. Corporate records show that the company authorized the following lawyers to obtain its Collective Investment Scheme license in Malta: James Farrugia, Andre Zerafa, Henry Saydon, and Stephanie Micallef, now known as Stephanie Farrugia, all of Ganado & Associates.

An insolvent Bermuda holding company within the Digicel Group, which provides mobile phone, cable television, Internet, and other communications services in the Caribbean and South Pacific, has filed for Chapter 15 recognition of its Bermuda provisional liquidation at bankruptcy court in Manhattan as part of a plan to restructure debt that totals $7.4 billion.

Winding Up Petition alleging fraud in Sandra Holding Ltd. v. Universal Enterprises Ltd., described as being owned by six brothers who are all citizens of Kuwait, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Originating Application in Rangecroft Limited, of Cyprus v. Lenox International Holdings Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Curaçao by Valerie P. Maria, as the Foreign Representative of IIG Trade Opportunities Fund NV, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Originating Application in Daselina Investments Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands v. Kirkland Intertrade Corp., of the British Virgin Islands, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Originating Application by Russell Crumpler and Christopher Farmer, as Joint Liquidators of Ansager Global Limited (in Liquidation), at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Brazil by Osana Mendonça, as the Foreign Representative of Schahin Holdings SA, Base Engenharia e Serviços de Petróleo e Gás SA, a.k.a. Schahin Engenharia SA; Schahin Empreendimentos Imobiliarios Ltda, Schahin Securitizadora de Créditos Financeiros SA, Schahin Desenvolimento Imobiliários SA, Companhia Schahin de Ativos, MTS Participações SA, Satasch Participações Ltda, and Deep Black Drilling LLP, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida. It is alleged in the petition that the Schahin Group was involved in a bribery scheme involving companies in several jurisdictions, including Austria, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Panama, Uruguay, and the USA.

Complaint alleging fraud in Mathew Clingerman, as Receiver for Silk Road M3 Fund, a segregated account of Silk Road Funds Limited, of Bermuda v. Alisher Ali, apparently a citizen of Saint Kitts and Nevis residing in New York; Eurasia Capital Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Eurasia Capital (Mongolia) LLC, of Mongolia; Silk Road Management Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Silk Road Finance Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Apex Fund Services Ltd., of Bermuda, and Peter Hughes, of Bermuda, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Dubai-based, Swiss investment manager BearBull Global Investments Group, whose "Leadership" includes a member of the Abu Dhabi Royal Family, has been soliciting investors in Mauritius with offers of double-digit annual returns - without a license, warns the Mauritius Financial Services Commission.

Alleging it is owed $3.7 million, Light Medtec Ltd., of China, has filed a winding up petition in the Cayman Islands against Visunex Medical Systems Co. Ltd., which appears to be part of a California-based medical technology group.