Platinum Bank

Ukraine's Platinum Bank, which collapsed in 2017 while under the alleged control of Gryhoriy Gurtovy and Boris Kaufman, has applied for Chapter 15 bankruptcy recognition in the United States as its administrator seeks to recover at least $265 million that was allegedly misappropriated by insiders.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Ukraine by Victor Novikov, as the Foreign Representative of PJSC Platinum Bank, described as "an insolvent Ukrainian bank", at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Judgment regarding applications to discharge a freezing order, set aside leave to serve outside the jurisdiction, and to stay the proceedings regarding allegations of fraud in WWRT Limited, described as "an English company which claims to be the indirect assignee of various claims of the Ukrainian bank, JSC Platinum" v. Carosan Trading Ltd. and Boris Kaufman, described as "a prominent Ukrainian businessman", at the British Virgin Islands High Court.