Banque Cantonale Vaudoise

Judgment in Ben Oldman Special Situations Fund LP v. Karver Investments Limited, Hazeldene Finance Limited, Briarfield International Limited, Dunedin Finance Limited, CJSC VMZ Red October, Igor Zavyalov, and Nikolai Timokhin at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

An offshore fund administrator in the Netherlands Antilles has been caught up in a second hedge fund scandal in less than two years.Citco Fund Services (Curacao) NV is a defendant in a civil lawsuit filed on June 9, 2005 by investors in Dobbins Offshore, which was registered in the British Virgin Islands. KPMG (Netherlands Antilles), as the Fund's auditor, is also a defendant. The plaintiffs include companies in the Cayman Islands, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

Article based on an application to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Ukraine - that was granted by the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware on April 12, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include I. M. Didenko, I. I. Rudenko, Gradobank, Viktor Yu Zherditsky, Y. Peine Protocol, Centurion Industrial Group Ltd., PMB Peine Mahl and Mischanlagen Boxberg GmbH & Co. KG, Association of People's Diplomacy of Ukraine, Von Krause & Partners Ltd., Astro Storm LLC, Khorda Ltd., Estro Kwinlend LLC, Banque Cantonale Vaudoise, Deutsche Verkehrs-Bank AG, Barclays Bank Plc, Parex Bank, and Ukrsozbank.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ukraine into officials of Gradobank for allegedly stealing money received from Germany that was intended to compensate victims of Nazi persecutions.