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Peter Georgiou: $980K Fine & Disqualification (Dubai)

August 19, 2024
Decision Notice by the Dubai Financial Services Authority imposing a fine of $980,020 and disqualification on Peter Georgiou for regulatory breaches while employed as a "Relationship Manager" with Mirabaud (Middle East) Limited, specifically that he "engaged in conduct that was misleading, deceptive or was likely to mislead or deceive in connection with a Financial Service".

GTLK Europe DAC et al: Chapter 15 Petition (Ireland)

August 6, 2024
Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Ireland by Damien Murran and Julian Moroney, of Teneo, as the Foreign Representatives of GTLK Europe DAC (in Liquidation) and GTLK Europe Capital DAC (in Liquidation), described as being part of a group that "operated as an international transport company and had a portfolio of passenger and freight aircraft and sea vessels that it leased to customers in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and Asia", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona.

Equiom (Guernsey) Ltd.: £455K Fine (Guernsey)

July 26, 2024
Public Notice by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that it has imposed a fine of £455,000 on Equiom (Guernsey) Limited, described as "a large business with a high-risk appetite and a significant number of high-risk relationships", for regulatory breaches, including those involving citizens of Russia.

Vitaly Smagin v. Natalia Tsagolova: Complaint (‘$170M Fraud’)

May 28, 2024
Complaint "to recover more than $170 million" in Vitaly Ivanovich Smagin, described as a "Russian citizen and businessman" residing in Moscow, Russia v. Natalia Nikolaevna Tsagolova, described as a resident of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Musaib Ismailov et al v. Mykhailo Hutseriev et al: Complaint to Enforce Foreign Judgment ($200M)

April 30, 2024
Complaint "to recognize and enforce a money judgment that was adjudicated and rendered by Ukrainian courts against Defendants in the amount of USD $200,000,000.00" in Musaib Ismailovych Ismailov, described as a citizen and resident of Ukraine, and Akhmed Hadzhyiovych Bilalov, described as "a Russian citizen and politician" residing in New York v. Mykhailo Safarbekovych Hutseriev, a.k.a. Mikail Safarbekovich Gutseriev, a.k.a. Mikhail Safarbekovic, described as "a citizen of Russia, and a businessman"; Stanislav Kostiantynovych Kuznetsov, described as "a citizen of Russia, and a businessman", and PJSC Sberbank of Russia at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

‘Remove negative content about Konstantin and Natalya Kagalovsky’, requests Italian ‘reputation manager’

April 26, 2024
Letter to OffshoreAlert from Italian reputation manager Ufficio Legale Tutela Digitale requesting the removal or de-indexing of negative content concerning their Russian clients Konstantin Kagalovsky and his wife, Natalya Kagalovsky, claiming publication violates their "right to be forgotten as enshrined in Italian and EU jurisprudence and, even more concretely, in the new "Regulation (EU) 2016/679" specifically its Article 17".

Evgeny Mariashin v. Google LLC: Discovery Application (England)

March 28, 2024
Application by Evgeny Mariashin, a Russian lawyer residing in Cyprus, to take discovery from Google, LLC for use in legal proceedings in England brought by Alexander Gorbachev against Andrey Grigoryevich Guriev, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Nakula Management Ltd. v. 777 Partners LLC et al: Petition (‘€9M Guarantees’)

March 14, 2024
Petition "to preclude any sale or transfer of assets, including any real estate assets in Florida, owned by Defendants 777 Partners LLC and Joshua Craig Wander pending the arbitration in London, United Kingdom" in Nakula Management Limited, of Cyprus, described as part of a group whose "founder and principal investor" was "Oleg Viktorovich Boyko, a Russian and Italian citizen residing in Switzerland" v. Joshua Wander and 777 Partners LLC, described as "guarantors owing more than EURO 9 million to Petitioner" at the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA.

Carlyle Aviation Management Ltd. et al v. Best Meridian Insurance Company et al: Writ of Summons (‘$186M Indemnity’)

February 23, 2024
Writ of Summons in Carlyle Aviation Management Limited, SASOF IV (E) Aviation Ireland DAC, SASOF II (A10) Aviation Ireland DAC, Lapis Aircraft Leasing Limited, Ltd., SASOF III (A21) Aviation Ireland DAC, and Fly Aircraft Holdings Thirty-One Limited, who "are the owners, lessors, trustees and/or assignees in respect of the financing of airframes and engines" v. Best Meridian Insurance Company, of Miami, Florida, USA; Best Meridian International Insurance Company SPC, c/o Hyperion Insurance Management (Cayman) Limited; Global BRG LLC, of Sunrise, Florida, USA; Ingosstrakh Insurance Company Ltd., of Moscow, Russia, and JSC Group of Insurance Companies Ugoria, of Ugra, Russia, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands

Loudmila Bourlakova et al v. The Clearing House Payments Company LLC: Discovery Application (England)

February 20, 2024
Application by Loudmila Bourlakova, described as "a resident of Monaco who was born in Ukraine", and Veronica Bourlakova, who "lives in the United Kingdom, and was born in Ukraine", described as the widow and daughter, respectively, of Oleg Bourlakov, described as "a Ukrainian, Russian and Canadian national" who "developed and set into motion a plan to hide Bourlakov Family Assets from his wife and adult daughters", to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C. for use in legal proceedings in England, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

USA v. Alexander Smirnov: Criminal Indictment (‘FBI Informant Fraud’)

February 14, 2024
Criminal Indictment alleging false statement and creating a false and fictitious record involving the "Ukrainian industrial conglomerate Burisma Holdings, Limited" and "the Obama-Biden Administration" in USA v. Alexander Smirnov at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

SBK ART LLC v. Houlihan Lokey: Discovery Application (Malta)

February 12, 2024
Application by SBK ART LLC, "which used to be a subsidiary of Sberbank of Russia, and which was acquired by Dubai businessman Saif Alketbi on October 31, 2022", to take discovery from Houlihan Lokey, described as a "Los Angeles-based global investment bank", for use in legal proceedings in Malta alleging that Open Pass Limited, described as a Malta-domiciled company whose "key ultimate owner ... is a Croatian tycoon, Mr. Pavao Vujnovac”, and the management of Fortenova Group, described as "a major food and retail company based in Zagreb, Croatia" that "has annual revenues that exceed 5 billion Euro and employs more than 40,000 people”, engaged in a scheme “to fraudulently remove SBK ART from its rightful ownership in the Fortenova Group", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Vitaly Smagin v. CMB Monaco et al: Second Amended Complaint (‘$170M Fraud’)

February 9, 2024
Second Amended Complaint in Vitaly Ivanovich Smagin, described as a citizen and resident of Russia v. Compagnie Monégasque de Banque, a.k.a. CMB Bank, of Monaco; Ashot Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Ashot Egiazaryan, described as "a Russian criminal on the Interpol “Red” list living amongst us in a luxury estate in Beverly Hills as a citizen of California"; Suren Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Suren Egiazarian; Artem Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Artem Egiazaryan; Stephan Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Stephan Egiazaryan; Vitaly Gogokhia, described as a resident of London, England; Natalia Dozortseva, described as a citizen of Russia residing in France; Murielle Jouniaux, described as a resident of France; Alexis Gaston Thielen, described as a resident of Luxembourg; Ratnikov Evgeny Nikolaevich, described as a citizen of Russia who "falsely and fraudulently held himself out to be an impartial Russian bankruptcy officer overseeing Plaintiff’s bankruptcy filing in Russia"; H. Edward Ryals, described as a lawyer residing in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, and Prestige Trust Company, Ltd., described as "a Nevis company" whose "managing director, Stevyn L. Bartlette, is an individual residing in Florida", at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

USA v. Behnam Shahriyari et al: Criminal Indictment (‘Black Market Sales of Iranian Crude Oil’)

January 25, 2024
Criminal Indictment alleging "a global, long-running scheme by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to fund the Government of Iran and the IRGC through black-market sales of Iranian crude oil and other petroleum products produced by the National Iranian Oil Company" whose buyers "include entities in the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation, and the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria" in USA v. Behnam Shahriyari, Morteza Rostam Ghasemi, Mohammadreza Aliakbari, Mohammad Sadegh Karimian, Sitki Ayan, Nahaddin Ayan, and Kasim Oztas at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Moset International Company Ltd. v. Qiwi Plc et al: Consolidated Second Amended Class Action Complaint (‘Securities Fraud’)

December 21, 2023
Consolidated Second Amended Class Action Complaint alleging "a fraudulent scheme and course of conduct that operated as a fraud or deceit on purchasers of Qiwi’s publicly traded securities by disseminating materially false and misleading statements and concealing material adverse facts" in Moset International Company Limited, as Lead Plaintiff v. Qiwi Plc, described as a Cyprus company that "provides online, mobile, and physical payment services to consumers and merchants primarily in Russia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Belarus, Romania, the United Arab Emirates, and other overseas markets"; Boris Kim, Sergey Solonin, Andrey Protopopov, Alexander Karavaev, Varvara Kiseleva, Vladislav Poshmorga, and Pavel Korzh at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Andrew Samuels v. Lido DAO et al: Class Action Complaint (‘Unregistered Crypto Securities’)

December 17, 2023
Class Action Complaint alleging the sale of an unregistered crypto security known as LDO in Andrew Samuels v. Lido DAO, described as "a general partnership running an "Ethereum staking" business" that "has ended up staking more than twenty billion dollars at a time" and whose "founders" were identified as "are Kasper Rasmussen, who is Danish and lives in Copenhagen; Vasily Shapovalov, who is Russian and lives in Cyprus; Konstantin Lomashuk, who is Russian and lives in the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an external territory of Australia; and Jordan Fish, who is British and whose whereabouts are unknown"; AH Capital Management LLC, d.b.a. Andreesen Horowitz; Paradigm Operations LP, two of whose "agents" were identified as Arjun Balaji and Georgios Konstantopolous; Dragonfly Digital Management LLC, and Robot Ventures LP, described as "an entity used to manage the investments of Robert Leshner and Tarun Chitra", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

BTA Bank v. Timur Sabyrbaev et al: Judgment (‘Setting Aside Out-of-Jurisdiction Service Order’)

December 7, 2023
Judgment setting aside an order to serve defendants ADM Asia-Pacific Trading Pte. Ltd., ADM Germany GmbH, Grove Services Inc., Bunge SA, Bunge CIS LLC, Dauren Bekbergenov, Ekaterina Kuzmicheva, Mukhtar Ablyazov, Roman Solodchenko, and Zhaksylyk Zharimbetov out of the jurisdiction in JSC BTA Bank, of Kazakhstan v. Timur Sabyrbaev, Dilara Dyusembayeva, Assel Zhaxybayeva, Asel Suindikova, Marina Aitzhanova, Janelle Utemuratova, Svetlana Chvanova, Veronika Efimova, Saduakas Mameshtegi, Dina Abdykalykova, Akzholtay Mukanovna Kalenova, Kairat Sadykov, Irina Kanaphina, Madina Nurgozhina, AEG Systems Inc., Calernen Finance Inc., Zathen Holding Investments Limited, formerly Carsonway Limited; Comwork Ltd.,Kinmate Trading Limited, Estar Developments Limited, Lingard Industry Limited, Daniels Tradecorp Inc., Mabco Inc., Klostrade Financial Group Ltd., Dana Trade Corp., Global Team Company, Tramlanes Investments Limited, formerly Bergtrans Contracts Corp.; Moranta Invest (Cyprus) Limited, John Wortley Hunt, Luis Davis, Stan Gorin, Vasiliki Argyrou, Labonte Elisana Marie-Antoinette, Diego Jacinto Batista Valdes, Carlos Alberto Mendoza Murillo, Suseth Walthia Parris, Kellee France, Geoffrey Taylor, Belinda Lanyon, Christopher Blythe, Roger Alberto Santamaria, Nicholetta Christodoulidou, ADM-ACTI Trade Resources Inc., ADM Asia-Pacific Trading Pte. Ltd., formerly Toepfer International Asia Pte. Ltd.; ADM Germany GmbH, formerly Alfred C. Toepfer International GmbH; Eric Richardson, Grove Services Inc., Bunge SA, Bunge CIS LLC, Dauren Bekbergenov, Ekaterina Kuzmicheva, Mukhtar Ablyazov, Roman Solodchenko, and Zhaksylyk Zharimbetov at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Vitaly Smagin v. CMB Monaco et al: First Amended Complaint (‘$165M Fraud’)

December 4, 2023
First Amended Complaint in Vitaly Ivanovich Smagin, described as a citizen and resident of Russia v. Compagnie Monégasque de Banque, a.k.a. CMB Bank, of Monaco; Ashot Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Ashot Egiazaryan, described as "a Russian criminal on the Interpol “Red” list living amongst us in a luxury estate in Beverly Hills as a citizen of California"; Suren Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Suren Egiazarian; Artem Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Artem Egiazaryan; Stephan Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Stephan Egiazaryan; Vitaly Gogokhia, described as a resident of London, England; Natalia Dozortseva, described as a citizen of Russia residing in France; Murielle Jouniaux, described as a resident of France; Alexis Gaston Thielen, described as a resident of Luxembourg; Ratnikov Evgeny Nikolaevich, and H. Edward Ryals, described as a lawyer residing in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
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Luiza Dubrovsky v. Cole Schotz PC et al: Complaint (‘$5.4M Legal Malpractice’)

November 20, 2023
Complaint alleging legal malpractice against the defendants "arising out of their concurrent representation of the adverse interests of two clients in connection with a series of commercial transactions, including secured loans and sales of membership interests related to mixed-use real estate at 172-174 Madison Avenue and 176 Madison Avenue (a/k/a 21 East 33rd Street), New York, New York" in Luiza Dubrovsky v. John Steven Stewart, an attorney, and Cole Schotz PC, a law firm, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.