Wells Fargo

Third Superseding Indictment adding four new defendants, including former executives of 21st Century Fox, Inc., of the United States, and Imagina Media Audiovisual SL, of Spain, alleging racketeering, money laundering, wire fraud, tax fraud, and unlawful procurement of naturalization regarding alleged bribery and corruption involving FIFA and other soccer organizations in USA v. Hugo Jinkis, a citizen of Argentina; Mariano Jinkis, a citizen of Argentina; Full Play Group SA, of Uruguay; Hernan Lopez, a citizen of the U.S. and Argentina; Carlos Martinez, a citizen of the U.S. and Mexico; Gerard Romy, a citizen of Spain; Ariel Alvarado, a citizen of Panama; Manuel Burga, a citizen of Peru; Luis Chiriboga, a citizen of Ecuador; Marco Polo Del Nero, a citizen of Brazil; Eduardo Deluca, a citizen of Argentina; Eugenio Figueredo, a citizen of the U.S. and Uruguay; José Luís Meiszner, a citizen of Argentina; Romer Osuna, a citizen of Bolivia; Ricardo Teixeira, a citizen of Brazil; Reynaldo Vasquez, a citizen of El Salvador, and Jack Warner, a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Complaint alleging investment fraud based around cryptocurrency that was "sent to an offshore digital currency trading platform incorporated in the British Virgin Islands" in Q3 Investments Recovery Vehicle LLC v. James Seijas, of New Jersey; Quan Tran, of Florida; Michael Ackerman, of Ohio; Donna Seijas, of New Jersey; Steve Saunders, of Florida; Q3 Holdings LLC, of Delaware; Q3 I LP, of Delaware; Q3 Crypto LLC, of Florida; Skyway Capital Markets LLC, of Florida; Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC, and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC, d.b.a. Wells Fargo Advisors, of Delaware, at the Circuit Court of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, in and for Hillsborough County, Florida.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Wells Fargo Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Portugal - for a criminal investigation into "an unknown person" using the name 'Larry Ryan' for suspected fraud involving bank accounts in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Wells Fargo Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Poland - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subject(s)" for suspected fraud.

Application by Coöperatieve Rabobank UA, of Argentina; Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, of New York; ING Bank NV, of Brazil; the International Finance Corporation, of Washington, DC; Natixis, New York Branch, and Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij Voor Ontwikkelingslanden NV, of the Netherlands, to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, of New York; Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentina SA, of Spain; Banco do Brasil SA, of Brazil; Bank Leumi US, of New York; Bank of America, NA, of North Carolina; Barclays Bank PLC, of England; Citibank, NA, of New York; Deutsche Bank AG, of Germany; Deutsche Bank Trust Co Americas, of New York; HSBC Bank USA, of New York; Itau Unibanco SA - New York Branch, of Brazil; JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, of New York; Mizuho Bank, Ltd., of Japan; MUFG Bank, Ltd., of Japan; MUFG Union Bank, NA, of New York; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, of Japan; The Bank of New York Mellon, of New York; UBS AG, of Switzerland; Wells Fargo Bank NY INTL, of New York, and Wells Fargo Bank, of California, for use in legal proceedings in Argentina regarding suspected "major international financial impropriety" involving Vicentin SAIC, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Wells Fargo Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Bulgaria - for a criminal investigation into "unknown subjects" for suspected fraud.

Class Action Complaint alleging fraud involving Bitcoin cryptocurrency in Joseph Ebanks, of Stow, Ohio v. iFinex Inc., BFXNA Inc., DigFinex Inc., Tether Holdings Limited, Tether Limited, and Tether Operations Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Jean-Louis van der Velde, of Hong Kong; Giancarlo Devasini, of France, and Philip Potter, of Ocean Beach, NY, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

In an application to take discovery from 12 US banks, a financial institution owned by six Arab nations claims that "hundreds of millions of dollars are missing" from a Cayman Islands investment fund that was set up to invest in "port-related assets around the world".

Application by Gulf Investment Corporation, of Kuwait, described as "a supranational financial institution owned equally by the six Gulf Cooperation Council states: The Kingdom of Bahrain; The State of Kuwait; The Sultanate of Oman; The State of Qatar; The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and The United Arab Emirates", to take discovery from Bank of America, NA, The Bank of New York Mellon, Citibank, NA, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch; Deutsche Bank Trust Company USA, Goldman Sachs and Co., HSBC Bank USA, NA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, Mashreqbank PSC, New York Branch; National Australia Bank Limited, New York Branch; Standard Chartered Bank, New York Branch; and Wells Fargo Bank NA for use in "contemplated litigation in the Cayman Islands" regarding "hundreds of millions of dollars that have gone missing", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Duranda Mae Ash to take discovery from William Henry Gay, Jr., described as "a commercial pilot with United Airlines" residing in Miami Beach, Florida; United Airlines Inc., Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo Bank NA, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company for use in "foreign divorce proceedings currently taking place in The Bahamas", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint in VICOF II Trust, a Delaware Statutory Trust beneficially owned by Cayman Islands-domiciled Vida Insurance Credit Opportunity Fund II, LP; Vida Longevity Fund, LP, Life Assets Trust II S.A. Delaware Trust; Vidaquant Sub-Fund Delaware Trust, Vida Insurance Fund II Series Interests of the SALI Multi-Series Fund, LP, Wells Fargo Bank, NA, DLP Master Trust, DLP Master Trust II, GWG DLP Master Trust, Life Funding Trust, PF Participation Funding Trust, and Palm Beach Settlement Company v. John Hancock Life Insurance Company (USA) at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by Helena Chartering Inc., of the Bahamas, to take discovery from The Bank of New York Mellon, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a.k.a. Deutsche Bank USA; Wells Fargo Bank NA, and Citibank NA for use in contemplated legal proceedings in Greece against Liberia-domiciled Cronus Maritime Inc., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by HRC-Hainan Holding Company, LLC, of Delaware; D&W Holding Company, LLC, of Delaware, and Hainan HRC Hospital Management and Consulting Co., Ltd., of China, to take discovery from Yihan Hu, a citizen of China residing in California; her parents, Dr. Xiaohong Han and Dr. Bo 'Paul' Hu; Hu-HanOne LLC, Hu-HanTwo LLC, and Hu-HanThree LLC, all of California, and Wells Fargo Bank for use in arbitration and legal proceedings in China involving Ciming Bo'ao International Hospital Co. Ltd., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Criminal Information alleging Violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, Tax Evasion, and Foreign, Conduit, and Other Illegal Campaign Contributions in USA v. Imaad Shah Zuberi at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

The BVI operator of Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange, which was sued 12 days earlier for allegedly perpetrating a multi-billion dollar fraud, has applied to take discovery in California for a purported attempt to recover $880 million of client funds that its Swiss payments processor has allegedly failed to remit.

Application by iFinex Inc., a British Virgin Islands-domiciled, Hong Kong-based company that operates the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange from Rondell Clyde Monroe, a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, for use in legal proceedings in Poland, Portugal, and the United Kingdom regarding an attempt to recover $880 million, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by iFinex Inc., a British Virgin Islands-domiciled, Hong Kong-based company that operates the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange from Citibank NA for use in legal proceedings in Poland, Portugal, and the United Kingdom regarding an attempt to recover $880 million, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Amended Application by Nicholas James Poulton, James Alexander Poulton, and Michelle Poulton to take discovery from Fifth Third Bank, JP Morgan Chase, NA, Citigroup, Inc., American Express Company, Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Jackson National Life Insurance Company, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc., Brooks Rehabilitation Clinical Research Center, Inc., Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Marsh Landing Management Company, Inc., Marsh Landing at Sawgrass Homeowners Association I., Inc., First Coast Security Services, Inc., and First Coast Security Solutions, Inc. for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Complaint alleging securities violations in City of Coral Springs Police Officers' Retirement Plan v. Farfetch Limited, a Cayman Islands-domiciled, London-based "online luxury fashion marketplace operator" whose shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange; José Neves, Elliot Jordan, Frederic Court, Dana Evan, Jonathan Kamaluddin, Richard Liu, Dame Natalie Massenet, DBE, Jonathan Newhouse, Daniel Rimer, Michael Risman, David Rosenblatt, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, JPMorgan Securities LLC, Allen & Company LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Wells Fargo Securities LLC, Cowen and Company LLC, and BNP Paribas Securities Corp. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Complaint alleging securities fraud in Jeff Omdahl v. Farfetch Limited, a Cayman Islands-domiciled, London-based firm whose shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange; Jose Neves, Elliot Jordan, Frederic Court, Dana Evan, Jonathan Kamaluddin, Richard Liu, Natalie Massenet, Jonathan Newhouse, Daniel Rimer, Michael Risman, David Rosenblatt, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, JPMorgan Securities LLC, Allen & Company LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Wells Fargo Securities LLC, Cowen and Company LLC, and BNP Paribas Securities Corp. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Notice of Removal regarding an alleged 'spoofing' fraud in Grand Bayman Belize Ltd., domiciled in the Seychelles, based in Belize v. Wells Fargo & Company at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Taiwan - for a criminal investigation into Ying-lan Chen, Chang-lung Lee, and Stephen Julias for suspected fraud.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding a criminal investigation into a classified advertising website known as Backpage in USA v. Funds at AMRO Bank NV and Plains Capital Bank associated with Ad Tech BV, Scheef & Stone, LLP, James Larkin, Michael Lacey, Scott Spear, and John Brunst at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Wells Fargo Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Poland - for a criminal investigation into unknown subjects for fraud.

Complaint in Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, solely as securities intermediary for Financial Credit Investment II Trust D, Financial Credit Investment III Trust A, and Financial Credit Investment III SPV-A (Cayman), L.P.; U.S. Bank National Association, solely as securities intermediary for Financial Credit Investment II Trust A, Financial Credit Investment II Trust C, Financial Credit Investment III Trust B, and Financial Credit Investment III SPV-B (Cayman), L.P.; Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, solely as securities intermediary for Financial Credit Investment II Limited; Wilmington Trust, National Association, solely as securities intermediary for FCI III SPV-A; FCI II Trust A, FCI II Trust C, FCI II Trust D, Financial Credit Investment II Trust WT, FCI II Ltd., FCI III Trust A, FCI III Trust B, FCI III SPV-A, and FCI III SPV-B v. Transamerica Life Insurance Company at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

SEC's Application for an Order to Show Cause, Temporary Restraining Order, and Order Freezing Assets regarding an alleged securities fraud scheme involving Canada, Malta, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, and the USA in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Garrett M. O'Rourke and Michael J. Black at the U. S District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Application by Arempa International Ltd. FZC, of Dubai, to take discovery from Tucows Inc. for use in proceedings in the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom against Barclays Bank and others regarding an alleged phishing fraud, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Application by Salvatore Rocco Nisi, beneficial owner of British Virgin Islands-domiciled Weddin Group Ltd., to conduct discovery from Wells Fargo Bank for use in proceedings in Panama involving National Advisors Corporation, whose sole director was identified as Luis Alberto Laguna Delgado, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Hermitage Capital Management Limited to conduct discovery from Bank of America NA, Bank of China, Bank of New York Mellon, BNP Paribas USA, Citibank NA, Commerzbank AG, Credit Agricole CIB, Deutsche Bank Trust Co Americas, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Mashreqbank Psc., Standard Chartered Bank, UBS AG, and Wells Fargo Bank NA for use in criminal proceedings brought by Russia on December 11th, 2018 against Hermitage, its Founder & CEO, Bill Browder; Ivan Cherkasov, and others for alleged tax fraud, filing of a false bankruptcy, and embezzlement, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Liquid Legacy Ltd., of Antigua & Barbuda; Liquid Legacy Bottlers and Distributors Ltd., Derek Soo Yee, and Roger Ible, all of Trinidad & Tobgao, v. Keith Hall Barkley, Phil Donnahue Williamson, Chestnut Street Holding and Management Group LLC, Chestnut Street Group LLC, and Songhai Enterprise Consortium LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Application by Fernando Celso de Aquinho Chad, as Judicial Administrator in Bankruptcy of Proema Automotiva SA, Bowden Industrial Ltda., and Interamna Patricipações SA, to take discovery from Citibank, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, Société Générale, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., BNP Paribas USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank Plc, Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas, Bank of Nova Scotia, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., UBS AG;Bank of America, N.A., Standard Chartered Bank, Commerzbank AG, Bank of China USA - New York Branch, Safra National Bank of New York, and The Clearing House Payments Company LLC for use in bankruptcy proceedings in Brazil, where the debtors' beneficial owner, Paolo Paparoni, is suspected of fraud, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Mark McDonald and David Holukoff, as Joint Official Liquidators of REDS Caribbean Ltd., to take discovery from Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of Baroda, and The Federal Reserve Bank of New York regarding individuals and legal entities in the British Virgin Islands, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United Kingdom for use in legal proceedings in Trinidad and Tobago, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Arempa International Ltd. FZC, of the United Arab Emirates, to take discovery from Wells Fargo Bank NA for use in criminal proceedings in the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong and in anticipated lawsuits in the United Kingdom, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Ex Parte Application for Relief pursuant to General Business Law in New York Attorney General v. iFinex Inc., BFXNA Inc., BFXWW Inc., and Tether Holdings Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Operations Limited, Tether Limited, and Tether International Limited, all of Hong Kong, regarding a criminal investigation into Bitfinex and Tether, filed at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Application by ALROSA, a Russian diamond-mining company, to take discovery from Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, Capital One NA, Capital One Bank (USA) NA, Citibank NA, Commerzbank NA, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, HSBC Bank USA NA, JPMorgan Chase NA, Wells Fargo NA, PNC Bank NA, Standard Chartered Bank, Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas SA, and UBS AG for use in contemplated legal proceedings in Angola or the United Kingdom against former or current executives of Catoca Ltd., a diamond-mining company in Angola, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Wells Fargo Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Spain - for a criminal investigation into Sergio Pujol Fernandez for suspected fraud and misappropriation.

Complaint to extradite Manuel Dikran Sassounian from the USA to Lithuania to face allegations of investment fraud and forgery, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint in EFG Bank AG, Cayman Branch, and Wells Fargo Bank, as securities intermediary for EFG Bank AG, Cayman Branch v. John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

USA's Forfeiture Bill of Particulars in USA v. Mark Scott regarding accounts at DMS Bank and Trust Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; FirstCaribbean International Bank, Iberia Bank, RBC Dominion Securities Global Ltd., Dreyfus Sohne & Cie AG, Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod, Northern Trust Company, Ocean Bank, UBS Financial Services, and Wells Fargo Advisors and other property at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. Accounts at Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and Citibank in the names of Anicorn LLC, Artemus Group LLC, and Higginbotham Law PC regarding 1Malaysia Development Berhad, a.k.a. 1MDB, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Ex Parte Application by Shira Israella Klein-Bentsur to take discovery from Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc., Urogen Pharma Ltd., XTL Biophannaceuticals LLC, Nextgen Healthcare Information Systems LLC, E-QURE Corp., Stemline Therapeutics, Inc., Citibank N.A., HSBC Bank Plc, JPMorgan Chase & Co., TD Bank, N.A., Bank Leumi, Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo, Oppenheimer & Co., UBS AG, Bank of New York Mellon, ABN AMRO Securities LLC, First Trade Union Bank, Bank of Ireland, Santander Bank, N.A., RBC Capital Markets, and Cornick, Garber & Sandler, LLP for use in legal proceedings in Israel involving Ron Bentsur, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Ex Parte Petition by the Republic of Kazakhstan to take discovery from Jefferies & Co. for legal proceedings involving Anatolie Stati, Gabriel Stati, Ascom Group, SA, and Terra Raf Trans Traiding Ltd., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Ex Parte Petition by the Republic of Kazakhstan to take discovery from Linklaters LLP for legal proceedings involving Anatolie Stati, Gabriel Stati, Ascom Group, SA, and Terra Raf Trans Traiding Ltd., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Ex Parte Application by Iraq Telecom Limited to conduct discovery from HSBC Bank (USA) NA, Standard Chartered International (USD) Ltd., The Bank of New York Mellon NA, and Wells Fargo Bank NA at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Motion by Marvin Pognon, Kertch Conze, and Jean Cothel Pognon for Return of Property seized by the IRS from Capital Caribbean International, LLC, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Indictment in USA v. Jack Stephen Pursley, a.k.a. Steve Pursley, an attorney based in Houston, Texas, regarding an offshore tax evasion scheme involving, inter alia, companies in Australia and the Isle of Man and a nominee in Brazil, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Christopher Emmott, as the Foreign Representative of Kraus USA Inc., Strudex Inc., Kraus Carpet Inc., Kraus Properties Inc., Kraus Canada Ltd., and Kraus Brands Inc., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Ex Parte Petition by the USA for Leave to Serve 'John Doe' Summons on Kevin Wessell, Lesli Wessell, Sophia Wessell, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo for an IRS investigation into suspected offshore tax evasion, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Petition to Confirm Foreign Arbitral Award in Czech Republic v. A11Y Ltd. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Poland - for a criminal investigation into Accepting Proceeds of a Criminal Act and Using a Forged Document.