Saturday, June 19, 2021

Mason Capital Master Fund, L.P. v. EQT Corporation et al: Class Action Complaint

Class Action Complaint alleging fraud in Mason Capital Master Fund, L.P., of the Cayman Islands v. EQT Corporation, Steven T. Schlotterbeck, Robert J. McNally, David L. Porges, and David E. Schlosser, Jr. at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

MAN Corp SA et al v. Innovate Mining Solutions LLC et al: Complaint

Complaint alleging fraud in MAN Corp S.A., of Switzerland, and MAN International DWC-LLC, of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates v. Innovate Mining Solutions LLC, of Florida; Innovate Solutions Ltda RUT, of Chile, and Fernando E. Duque Cardoze, described as a citizen of Panama, at the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, in and for Broward County, Florida.

Canyon Balanced Master Fund Ltd. et al v. EQT Corporation et al: Class Action Complaint

Class Action Complaint alleging fraud in Canyon Balanced Master Fund Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; The Canyon Value Realization Master Fund L.P., of the Cayman Islands; Canyon-GRF Master Fund II, L.P., of the Cayman Islands; EP Canyon Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, and Canyon Value Realization Fund, L.P., of Delaware v. EQT Corporation, described as a Pennsylvania-domiciled "natural gas producer" whose shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange; Steven T. Schlotterbeck, Robert J. McNally, David L. Porges, and David E. Schlosser, Jr. at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

ArcelorMittal North America Holdings LLC v. Essar Steel Ltd.: Judgment Registration

Registration of a Judgment for $1.3 billion, plus $31 million of interest, in ArcelorMittal North America Holdings LLC v. Essar Steel Ltd., of Mauritius, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Jen Zhang et al v. USA: Petition to Quash IRS Summons

Petition to Quash Third-Party Summons Issued to Wells Fargo Bank N.A. by the IRS in Jen (Hwa Yu) Zhang and Charles (Zhi Yu) Zhang, Canadian citizens who are "targets of a criminal investigation in Canada" that alleges "violations of the Customs Act, the Criminal Code, the Excise Tax Act, and the Special Import Measures Act" v. USA at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

'Remove details of my Jersey FSC industry ban,' writes Gufur Hussain

Letter to OffshoreAlert from Gufur Hussain requesting that we remove an announcement that he had been banned by the Jersey Financial Services Commission for "a lack of integrity".

USA v. Aon Plc et al: Antitrust Complaint

Antitrust Complaint alleging "Aon's proposed acquisition of WTW would combine two of the three largest insurance brokers in the world. It would eliminate substantial head-to-head competition and likely lead to higher prices and less innovation, harming American businesses and their customers, employees, and retirees" in USA v. Aon Plc and Willis Towers Watson Plc, both described as Irish companies based in England, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Roman Spiridonov v. JPMorgan Chase Bank et al: Discovery Application

Application by Roman Vladimirovich Spiridonov to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase Bank and Citibank N.A. for use in "a pending Russian Bankruptcy Proceeding concerning Igor Vladislavovich Soglaev", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

European Lithium Ltd.: €160K Fine

Public Notice by the Austrian Financial Market Authority that it has imposed a fine of €160,000 on European Lithium Limited "for the dissemination of information and messages that sent out false and misleading signals to the market in relation to a financial instrument". Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert showed that, on its website at https://europeanlithium.com/, European Lithium's "Directors and Senior Management" are described as Tony Sage – Non-Executive Chairman; Dietrich Wanke – Chief Executive Officer; Kimon Gkomozias – Executive Director; Malcolm Day – Non-Executive Director; and Melissa Chapman – CFO & Company Secretary.

BNP Paribas SA: €235K Fine

Public Notice by the Austrian Financial Market Authority that it has imposed a fine of €235,000 on BNP Paribas SA for "breach of the requirements for honest, clear and non-misleading information with regard to its market presence".

Scopia Windmill Fund LP et al v. EQT Corporation et al: Class Action Complaint

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in Scopia Windmill Fund LP, of Delaware; Scopia PX LLC, of Delaware; Scopia PX International Master Fund LP, of Bermuda; Scopia Partners LLC, of Delaware; Scopia LB LLC, of Delaware; Scopia LB International Master Fund LP, of Bermuda; Scopia International Master Fund LP, of Bermuda; Scopia Long QP LLC, of Delaware; Scopia Long LLC, of Delaware; Scopia Long International Master Fund LP, of Bermuda v. EQT Corporation, Steven T. Schlotterbeck, Robert J. McNally, David L. Porges, and David E. Schlosser, Jr. at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

SEC v. Ali Asif Hamid et al: Complaint

Complaint alleging "a fraudulent and unregistered offering (initial coin offering, or "ICO") of digital asset securities, known during most of the relevant time as BCT Tokens" in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ali Asif Hamid, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Ontario, Canada; Michael Gietz, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Cristine Page, a.k.a. Cristina Page, of Brooklyn, New York, at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Block.one: Directors

Director Details for Block.one, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on June 15th, 2021.

USA v. Roman Sterlingov: Criminal Indictment

Criminal Indictment alleging money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business known as "Bitcoin Fog" in USA v. Roman Sterlingov, a citizen of Russia residing in Sweden, at that U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Capstone Capital Group LLC et al v. dck worldwide holdings Inc. et al: Complaint

Complaint in Capstone Capital Group LLC, Capstone Business Funding, LLC, and Capstone Credit, LLC, which claim to be owed $71 million v. dck worldwide holdings, Inc., DCK Worldwide, LLC, DCK North America LLC, DCK International LLC, DCK International SKN Limited, DCK California Construction, Inc., James Todman Construction (SPV) Limited, DCK Building Solutions Jamaica Limited, DCK Pacific Region, LLC, DCK Pacific Construction, LLC, dck Jamaica, LLC, DCK Carribbean Holding, Ltd., DCK Bermuda, Ltd., DCK/Bird Group, LLC, DCK Antigua Limited, Arena Investors, L. P., Arena Limited SPV, LLC, Daniel Zwirn, Andre Fang, Vincent DeVito, Jeff Hoopes, Purlin 2, LLC, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

LeGuide.com SAS v. Google LLC et al: Discovery Application

Application by LeGuide.com SAS, described as a French wholly-owned subsidiary of British firm Whitewater Capital Limited, to take discovery from Google LLC and Alphabet Inc. for use in legal proceedings "against Google LLC, Alphabet, Inc., Google Ireland Ltd. and Google France before the Paris Commercial Court filed on February 10, 2017 regarding the defendants' anti-competitive practices in the online comparison shopping market", filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Whitewater Capital Ltd. v. Google LLC et al: Discovery Application

Application by Whitewater Capital Limited, described as a United Kingdom-domiciled company that "holds the assets of the online comparison shopping business known as Ciao", to take discovery from Google LLC and Alphabet, Inc. for use in legal proceedings in the United Kingdom regarding "anti-competitive conduct and breaches of competition law by Google", filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Apis Token Ltd.: Directors

Director Details for Apis Token Ltd., obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on June 14th, 2021.

SEC v. Ramiro Sugranes et al: Complaint

Complaint alleging fraud in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ramiro Jose Sugranes, described as a citizen of Nicaragua residing in Miami, Florida; UCB Financial Advisers Inc., of Florida, and UCB Financial Services Limited, of Chile, as Defendants, and Ramiro Sugranes Hernandez and Thelma Lanzas de Sugranes, residents of Nicaragua, as Relief Defendants, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Champion Perfect Investment Ltd.: Restoration Application

Originating Application in the matter of Champion Perfect Investment Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chase Williams et al v. Block.one et al: Motion to Approve $27.5M Settlement

Motion to Approve $27.5 Million Class Action Settlement regarding the alleged sale of cryptocurrency tokens that were not registered with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Chase Williams, William Zhang, Crypto Assets Opportunity Fund LLC, and Johnny Hong v. Block.one, of the Cayman Islands; Brendan Blumer, Daniel Larimer, Ian Grigg, and Brock Pierce at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert in the Cayman Islands General Registry showed that the directors of Block.one are Andrew Christopher Bliss, Brendan Francis Blumer, and Kokuei Yuan.

SEC v. Edgar Radjabli et al: Complaint

Complaint alleging fraud involving, inter alia, digital assets issued by Cayman Islands-domiciled Apis Token Ltd. in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Edgar Radjabli, Apis Capital Management LLC, and My Loan Doctor LLC at the U. S. District Court for the District of North Carolina.

Andrew Crisson v. Marshall Diel & Myers Ltd.: Appeal Judgment

Judgment allowing Andrew Crisson's appeal and discharging a freezing order against him in Andrew Crisson v. Marshall Diel & Myers Limited at Bermuda Court of Appeal.

Qatar Financial Centre Authority v. Encryptics Data Security LLC: Judgment

Judgment in Qatar Financial Centre Authority v. Encryptics Data Security LLC at the Qatar International Court.

Corvus Delta Offshore Fund Ltd.: Restoration Application

Originating Application in the matter of Corvus Delta Offshore Fund Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Corvus Delta Master Fund LP: Restoration Application

Originating Application in the matter of Corvus Delta Master Fund LP at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

CFTC v. Jiongsheng Zhao: Consent Order

Consent Order for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Jiongsheng Zhao, a resident of New South Wales, Australia, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Gridsum Holding Inc.: 'Fair Value' Petition

Petition in the matter of Gridsum Holding Inc., whose securities are listed on NASDAQ, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Ease Scent Wine and Culture Co. Ltd.: Restoration Application

Originating Application in the matter of Ease Scent Wine and Culture Co. Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Burkian Capital Management Ltd.: Restoration Application

Originating Application in the matter of Burkian Capital Management Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Neoma Manager (Mauritius) Ltd. v. Abraaj ABOF IV Ltd. et al: Writ of Summons

Writ of Summons in Neoma Manager (Mauritius) Ltd., as manager of Neoma Private Equity Fund IV L.P v. Abraaj ABOF IV Limited, Mark Longbottom and Geoffrey Varga, as Trustees of the creditors or members of ABOF IV Fund Investor Limited (Dissolved); Columbus Ventures Limited, acting by its Joint Receivers, Mark Shaw, Sarah Rayment, and Russell Smith; Mena Finance Holdings, Mena Vehicle Limited, acting by its Joint Receivers, Mark Shaw, Sarah Rayment, and Russell Smith; Perfect Holding Limited, Sahara Ventures Limited, Sea Shell Investments Limited, and Abraaj General Partner VIII Limited, as General Partner of Neoma Private Equity Fund IV L.P. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Kwok Hiu Kwan v. Convoy Global Holdings Ltd.: Originating Summons

Originating Application Kwok Hiu Kwan, of Hong Kong v. Convoy Global Holdings Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Donald Dobkin v. RS Finance Ltd. et al: Complaint

Complaint alleging fraud involving "foreign exchange trading" in Donald Dobkin v. RS Finance Limited, of Hong Kong; World Yesheng International Trade Limited, of Hong Kong; Bestviewyeer Limited, of Hong Kong; Daixiu Jing, Tier Resources, of Nevada; Prime Trust LLC, of Nevada, and Global Guarantees Inc., of Nevada, at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert in the Hong Kong Companies Registry showed that RS Finance Limited was incorporated on August 26th, 2020, its sole director and shareholder is Hua Chen, and its corporate secretary is QBB HK Limited; World Yesheng International Trade Limited was incorporated on September 29th, 2020, its sole director and shareholder is "Zheng Zhang", and its corporate secretary is Hangtung International Limited; and Bestviewyeer Limited was incorporated on October 27th, 2020, its sole director and shareholder is "Yin Yongwei", and its corporate secretary is World Enterprise Management Limited, while records maintained by the Nevada Secretary of State showed that Prime Trust LLC was incorporated on April 13th, 2016 and its managers are Robert F. List, Jeffrey Ren, Scott D. Purcell, J. Max Jiles, Jon P. Jiles, all with the same address in Las Vegas, Nevada; Jor L. Law, of Sherman Oaks, California, and Brent C. Beeman, of Perryton, Texas; Tier Resources was incorporated on October 27th, 2020 and its officers are Ziang Xue, President and Secretary, of Flushing, New York, and John Xue, Treasurer, of San Ysidro, California; and Global Guarantees Inc. was incorporated on March 16th, 2004 and its officers and directors are Boyd R. Stephens, President and Secretary; Walter L. Stephens, Treasurer; Cedric C. Burns, Craig M. Stephens, Mark W. Barlow, Diane Tinker, Nicholas Toliver, and Raymond Ma, directors, all with the same address in Beverly Hills, California

USA v. Roman Sterlingov: Criminal Complaint

Criminal Complaint alleging money laundering and unlicensed money transmission involving a "darknet money laundering service" called "Bitcoin Fog" in USA v. Roman Sterlingov, described as a citizen of Russia and Sweden, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Adamas Asia Strategic Opportunity Fund Ltd. v. Adamas Asian Opportunity Fund Ltd.: Winding Up Petition

Winding Up Petition in Adamas Asia Strategic Opportunity Fund Limited v. Adamas Asian Opportunity Fund Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Iberdrola Energy Projects v. Oaktree Capital Management LP et al: Complaint

Complaint alleging fraudulent misrepresentation in Iberdola Energy Projects, of Delaware v. Oaktree Capital Management LP, of Delaware; Oaktree Capital Group, LLC, of Delaware; Oaktree IX Salem Holdings, LLC, Highstar Capital GP IV, L.P., of the Cayman Islands; Highstar Capital IV, L.P., of Delaware; Highstar Capital IV-A, L.P., of Delaware; Highstar Capital IV Prism, L.P., of the Cayman Islands; Highstar Capital IV Prism Feeder, L.P., of the Cayman Islands; Highstar Capital IV Prism AIF, L.P., of Delaware; Footprint Main Blocker LLC, of Delaware; Footprint Prism/IV-A Blocker (Cayman), L.P., of the Cayman Islands; Footprint Prism/IV-A Blocker LLC, of Delaware; Footprint Prism AIF Blocker LLC, of Delaware; Highstar Footprint Main Interco LLC, of Delaware; Highstar Footprint Prism/IV-A Interco LLC, of Delaware; OCM-Highstar Footprint Aggregator LLC, of Delaware; Highstar Footprint Holdings GP, LLC, of Delaware; Highstar Footprint Power Holdings L.P., of Delaware; Ian Schapiro, Scott Litman, Andrew Nevin, Ian McLean, and Ryan Lee at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

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