Bermuda

Judgment in Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd., Attestor Value Master Fund LP, Maso Capital Investments Limited, Star V Partners LLC, Blackwell Partners LLC - Series A, Citco Trustees (Cayman) Limited, as Trustee of the Allard Growth Fund; DMS UCITS Platform ICAV, on behalf of its sub-fund, Allard Asia UCITS Fund; Allard Partners Australia Pty Limited, as Trustee of the Allard Investment Fund; Alpine Partner (BVI) LP, acting through its General Partner, Alpine Global Management LLC; 405 ACM Ltd., Athos Special situations Fund SPC, on behalf of its segregated account, Athos Global Opportunities SP-1; FMAP ACL Limited, Athos Asia Event Driven Master Fund, Citadel Equity Fund Ltd., C+F NV, Portus NV, Value Square Fund NV, Cedar SA, AVI Global Trust Plc, Norges Bank, Wakeland Securities LP, Wakefield Securities LLC, FourWorld Global Opportunities Fund Ltd., FourWorld Event Opportunities LP, Boothbay Absolute Return Strategies LP, Boothbay Diversified Alpha Master Fund LP, Integrated Core Strategies (Asia) Pte Ltd., PWCM Master Fund Ltd., Pentwater Equity Opportunities Master Fund Ltd., Pentwater Merger Arbitrage Master Fund Ltd., Crown Managed Accounts SPC, Pentwater Metric Merger Arbitrage Fund LP, through its General Partner, Pentwater Metric Merger Arbitrage CP LLC; Pentwater Unconstrained Master Fund Ltd., Helium Fund, on behalf of its sub-funds, Helijm Selection and Helium Performance; Helium Opportunities, Merlin Fidelis Emerging Markets Fund, Hildene Opportunities Master Fund II Limited, Stonehill Master Fund Ltd., Stonehill Institutional Partners LP, APS Holdings Corporation, Sunrise Partners Limited Partnership, The Funicular Fund LP, Shay Capital LLC, One68 Global Master Fund LP, Golden Chance Goldsmith Pte Ltd., Qube Master Fund Ltd., QRT Master Fund SPC - Torus Fund SP; Lakeville Capital Investors (enhanced) Master Limited, Lakeville Capital Investors Limited, Prelude Opportunity Fund LP, Davidson Kempner Partners, M.H. Davidson & Co., Davidson Kempner International Ltd., Davidson Kempner Institutional Partners LP. Schonfeld IR Master Fund Pte Ltd., Schonfeld Global Master Fund LP, Samson Rock Event Driven Master Fund Limited, Pictet TR - Diversified Alpha, Alphanatics Master Fuind Limited, Indus Select Master Fund Ltd., Vitruvius - Asian Equity, a sub-fund of Vitruvius SICAV; Cambridge University Endowment Fund, FMI International Fund, FMI International Fund II - Currency Unhedged, Man Funds XII SPC-Man 1783 II SP, Man GLG Credit Multi Strategy Master Fund, Graham Leigh Collins, Beral Holdings Pte Ltd., Wong Hong Yen, Hong Sun Wong, Clifford Cheah King Mun, Stephanie Vanessa Ling-Tsu Cheah, Albert Neo Po Soon, Lau Mei Leng, The Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund, The Gabelli Equity Income Fund, The Gabelli Asset Fund, Gabelli Associates Limited, Gabelli Associates Fund, Gabelli Associates Ltd. II E, The Gabelli Multimedia Trust Inc., GGCP Inc., Gabelli Associates Fund II LP, The Gabelli Global Rising Income and Dividend Fund, The Gabelli Global Global Utility & Income Trust, The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., The Gabelli Dividend and Income Trust, Gabelli Arbitrage Holdings, and Gabelli Global Small and Mid Cap Value Trust v. Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited and Jardine Strategic Limited at Bermuda Court of Appeal.

Complaint in BlockFi International Ltd., of Bermuda v. Druk Holding and Investments Limited, of Bhutan, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.

Second Amended Class Action Complaint alleging fraud involving BitMEX crypto exchange in Brett Messieh and Drew Lee v. HDR Global Trading Ltd., of the Seychelles; ABS Global Trading Limited, of Delaware; 100X Holdings Limited, of Bermuda; Shine Effort Inc Limited, of Hong Kong; HDR Global Services (Bermuda) Limited, of Bermuda, collectively referred to as BitMEX, "one of the world’s largest crypto-asset exchanges"; Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo, Greg Dwyer, and Samuel Reed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging securities fraud involving PG&E Corporation in Orbis Capital Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Orbis Global Balanced Fund, of Australia; Orbis Global Equity Fund, of Australia; Orbis Global Equity LE Fund, of Australia; Orbis Global Equity Fund Limited, of Bermuda; Orbis Institutional Global Equity (OFO) Fund, of Bermuda; Orbis Institutional Global Equity Fund, of Bermuda; Orbis Institutional Global Equity L.P., of Delaware; Orbis Institutional U.S. Equity L.P., of Delaware; Orbis OEIC Global Balanced Fund, of England and Wales; Orbis OEIC Global Equity Fund, of England and Wales; Orbis Optimal Global Fund LP, of Delaware; Orbis Optimal SA Fund Limited, of Bermuda; Orbis SICAV Global Balanced Fund, of Luxembourg; Orbis SICAV Global Equity Fund, of Luxembourg, and Allan Gray Australia Balanced Fund, of Australia v. Geisha J. Williams, Nickolas Stavropoulos, Julie M. Kane, Patrick M. Hogan, Barbara L. Rambo, David S. Thomason, Lewis Chew, Fred J. Fowler, Richard C. Kelly, Roger H. Kimmel, Richard A. Meserve, Forrest E. Miller, Rosendo G. Parra, Anne Shen Smith, and Eric D. Mullins, described as officers and directors of PG&E Corporation, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Chapter 11 Petition by Loyalty Ventures Inc., of Texas; LVI Lux Holdings Sàrl, of Luxembourg; LVI Sky Oak LLC, of Texas, and Rhombus Investments LP, of Bermuda, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Complaint in Ryan O'Dell v. Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., of Bermuda; Thomas A. Bradley, Bernard C. Bailey, Dymphna A. Lehane, Samuel Liss, Carol A. McFate, and Al-Noor Ramji at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint "to enjoin Defendants from taking any steps to consummate ... the proposed acquisition of Argo Group by affiliates of Brookfield Reinsurance Ltd." in Shiva Stein v. Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., of Bermuda; Thomas A. Bradley, Bernard C. Bailey, Dymphna A. Lehane, Samuel Liss, Carol A. McFate, and Al-Noor Ramji at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Public Notice by the Bermuda Monetary Authority that it has "successfully petitioned the Supreme Court of Bermuda to wind up The Wine Investment Fund Limited" for regulatory breaches.

Complaint in FTI GP I LLC, on behalf of Falcata Tech Investment Fund I LP, of the Cayman Islands v. Point Investments Ltd. (in Liquidation), of Bermuda, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Amended Complaint in The Dugaboy Investment Trust v. Highland Select Equity Master Fund LP, of Bermuda, and Highland Select Equity Fund GP LP, of Delaware, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Public Notice by the Bermuda Monetary Authority that it has "successfully petitioned the Supreme Court of Bermuda to wind up British Steamship Protection and Indemnity Association (Bermuda) Limited", described as "a wholly owned subsidiary of British Steamship Protection & Indemnity Association Limited, a company incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands", for regulatory breaches.

Criminal Indictment alleging fraud involving entities in, among others, Bermuda and Malta in USA v. Greg E. Lindberg at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.

Originating Summons in APS Holding Corporation v. Myovant Sciences Ltd. at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Originating Summons in Alpine Partners (BVI) LP, of the British Virgin Islands, acting through its general partner, Alpine Global Management LLC v. Myovant Sciences Ltd. at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Notice of Winding-Up Order and Appointment of Provisional Liquidators for PB Life and Annuity Co. Ltd., published by The Royal Gazette newspaper on February 21st, 2023.

Petition to remove Bernard Eder as an arbitrator in Endurance Specialty Insurance Limited, of Bermuda v. Horseshoe Re Limited, of Bermuda, on behalf of and for the benefit of its Separate Accounts HS0083 and HS0084, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Legal Notice regarding the appointment of Joint Provisional Liquidators for The Wine Investment Fund Limited (in Provisional Liquidation) at Bermuda Supreme Court, published by The Royal Gazette on February 13th, 2023.

Legal Notice about the filing of a winding up petition by the Bermuda Monetary Authority against The Wine Investment Fund Limited (in Provisional Liquidation) at Bermuda Supreme Court, published by The Royal Gazette on February 13th, 2023.

The Wine Investment Fund has gone into provisional liquidation in Bermuda following a petition by local regulator the Bermuda Monetary Authority - two months after OffshoreAlert revealed the Fund was part of a wine-based investment group that was insolvent by at least £7.8 million and four months after an investor asked the regulator to investigate the Fund.

Special Turnover Petition "to enforce more than a billion dollars in related judgments that UBS obtained after a decade of hard-fought litigation against Highland Capital Management, L.P. and its affiliates" in UBS Securities LLC and UBS AG London Branch, of England v. James Dondero, Scott Ellington, Highland CDO Holding Company, Highland CDO Opportunity Master Fund LP, of Bermuda; Highland Financial Partners LP, Highland Special Opportunities Holding Company, of the Cayman Islands; CLO HoldCo Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Mainspring Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, and Montage Holdings Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Michael Pearson and Nicola Cowan, both of FFP Limited, as the Foreign Representatives of Touradji Private Equity Master Fund Ltd., Touradji Private Equity Offshore Fund Ltd., and Touradji Private Equity Onshore Fund Ltd. at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging, inter alia, that Muhammad Ziaullah Khan Chishti, a.k.a. Zia Chishti, and his wife, Sarah Pobereskin, "set up an array of companies based in China, Pakistan, and elsewhere to improperly convert and commercially exploit Afiniti Trade Secrets" in Afiniti Ltd., of Bermuda, and Afiniti Inc., of Delaware, both part of a group that "provides applied artificial intelligence services and other technologies to help its clients improve interactions in contact centers, such as call centers" v. Muhammad Ziaullah Khan Chishti, "born Wilson Dewy Lear", described as "a dual citizen of the United States and Pakistan"; Qinhe (Hainan) Intelligent Technology Ltd., of China; Isbei Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Isbei (Hainan) Technology Co. Ltd., of China; Isbei AI (Private) Ltd., of Pakistan, and Sarah Pobereskin, described as "a dual citizen of the United States and the United Kingdom", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Winding Up Petition in Bermuda Monetary Authority v. The Wine Investment Fund Limited at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Amended Complaint alleging fraud "in an amount in excess of $50,000,000" in CoVenture – Burt Credit Opportunities GP, LLC v. Joshua William Coleman, Jenna K. Coleman Revocable Trust, Jenna K. Coleman Dynasty Trust, and SEK Holding Co LLC at the Superior Court for the State of Delaware, for New Castle County.

List of Creditors of 'FTX Trading Ltd. et al' crypto group, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Specially Endorsed Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim in Claudia Schwarz v. Alcority Services Limited at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Defendant Stephen Braverman's Motion to Dismiss in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Arbitrade Ltd., of Bermuda; Cryptobontix Inc., of Canada; Troy R.J. Hogg, of Canada; James L. Goldberg, Stephen L. Braverman, and Max W. Barber, as Defendants, and SION Trading FZE, of the United Arab Emirates, as Relief Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Defendant James Goldberg's Motion to Dismiss in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Arbitrade Ltd., of Bermuda; Cryptobontix Inc., of Canada; Troy R.J. Hogg, of Canada; James L. Goldberg, Stephen L. Braverman, and Max W. Barber, as Defendants, and SION Trading FZE, of the United Arab Emirates, as Relief Defendant, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by SCLiquor LLC to take discovery from Equitable Holdings Inc., Gerber Life Insurance Company, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Renaissance Reinsurance U.S. Inc., and SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Company Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Bermuda regarding "a dispute between Bacardi, one of the world’s largest spirits companies, and SCLiquor, LLC, a company majority-owned by the world-renowned musical artist and entrepreneur Shawn Carter - better known as Jay-Z", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint for $735 million in John Johnston and Rachelle Frisby, as Joint Provisional Liquidators of PB Life and Annuity Co. Ltd. (in Provisional Liquidation), Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) Ltd. (in Liquidation), Omnia Ltd. (in Liquidation), and PB Investment Holdings Ltd. (in Liquidation), PB Life and Annuity Co. Ltd., Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) Ltd., Omnia Ltd., and PB Investment Holdings Ltd., all of Bermuda v. Greg Evan Lindberg, Christa M. Miller, Christopher E. Herwig, Devin E. Solow, Eric D. Bostic, Bankers Life Insurance Company, Colorado Bankers Life Insurance Company, Southland National Insurance Corporation, and Southland National Reinsurance Corporation at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding funds associated with "a suspected conspiracy by foreign entities and entities and individuals in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to commit wire fraud and money laundering" involving entities, inter alia, in Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands in USA v. $271,088 and $39,188 seized from accounts at the Bank of Saipan in the name of a company referred to as "MCS", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.

Specially Endorsed Writ of Summons claiming $855,436 in "outstanding dividend payments" and $889,278 regarding warrants in Trinity Corporate Services Ltd. v. Somers Limited at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Writ of Summons in Taiping Trustees Limited, on its own behalf and on behalf of Valley Stone Industry Fund LP (in Voluntary Liquidation) v. Valley Stone Industry Fund Ltd., in its own capacity and in its capacity as General Partner of Valley Stone Industry Fund LP (in Voluntary Liquidation), Huarong International Asset Management Limited, of China, and Huarong International Financial Holdings Limited, of Bermuda, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint in Adrienne Halbertsam v. Myovant Sciences Ltd., described as a Bermuda company based in London, England; Terrie Curan, Mark Gunan, Adele Gulfo, David Marek, Shigeyuki Nishinaka, Myrtle Potter, and Nancy Valente at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging securities fraud in Martin Schiffenbauer v. Myovant Sciences Ltd., described as a Bermuda "pharmaceutical company" based in London, England; Terrie Curran, Mark Guinan, Adele M. Gulfo, Dave Marek, Shigeyuki Nishinaka, Myrtle Potter, and Nancy Valente at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Originating Summons in the matter of Kingston Financial Group Limited, described as "a leading financial institution in Hong Kong", at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Application by SCLiquor LLC to take discovery from 20 Gates Management LLC, a.k.a. 20 Gates Holding LLC, for use in legal proceedings in Bermuda regarding "a dispute between Bacardi, one of the world’s largest spirits companies, and SCLiquor, LLC, a company majority-owned by the world-renowned musical artist and entrepreneur Shawn Carter - better known as Jay-Z", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Registers of Members and Directors and Officers for Lilliput Holdings Limited, obtained from the company's registered agent in Bermuda, BM Corporate Services, on December 7th, 2022.

A wine-based investment group based in Bermuda and England and controlled by Canadian Rodney Birrell and Briton Andrew della Casa has been accused of impropriety by an investor and appears to be insolvent by at least £7.8 million, OffshoreAlert can reveal.

The Bermuda Monetary Authority and two of its employees - Gerald Gakundi and Susan Davis-Crockwell - are being sued for $25 million in California for allegedly rejecting U.S.-based Newpoint Financial Corp's proposed acquisition of Bermuda's Citadel Reinsurance Company after, among other things, receiving information from "the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority".

Complaint for damages of $25 million alleging "blatant, intentional bad faith malfeasance in denying Plaintiff’s Newpoint Financial Corp. application to obtain a controlling interest in a Bermudian insurance company [Citadel Reinsurance Company Limited] without any, much less good, cause" in Newpoint Financial Corp., a Delaware company based in California v. Bermuda Monetary Authority, Gerald Gakundi, described as "Director for the Insurance Supervision Department at the BMA", and Susan Davis-Crockwell, described as "Deputy Director of Enforcement for the Legal Services and Enforcement Department at the BMA", at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint "to enforce the terms of a pledge agreement and to recover collateral that is property of these bankruptcy estates" in BlockFi Inc., of Delaware; BlockFi Lending LLC, of Delaware, and BlockFi International Ltd., of Bermuda v. Emergent Fidelity Technologies Ltd, of Antigua & Barbuda,. and ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc., of New York, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.

Search Report for BlockFi International Ltd., which continued to Bermuda from the Cayman Islands on January 21st, 2022, obtained from the Bermuda Registrar of Companies on November 28th, 2022.

Eight entities in Delaware and one in Bermuda (formerly in the Cayman Islands) that comprise the BlockFi crypto lending and financial services group have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New Jersey.

Chapter 11 Petition by crypto lending firms BlockFi Inc., BlockFi Wallet LLC, BlockFi Ventures LLC, BlockFi Trading LLC, BlockFi Services Inc., BlockFi Lending LLC, BlockFi Lending II LLC and BlockFi Investment Products LLC, all of Delaware, and BlockFi International Ltd., of Bermuda, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New Jersey. In the proceedings, the group disclosed that "BlockFi Inc. has twelve wholly-owned subsidiary entities that are organized under the laws of Delaware, Bermuda, England and Wales, Cayman, and Singapore."

Registers of Members and Directors and Officers for The Wine Investment Fund Limited, obtained from the Fund's administrator, Krypton Fund Services, on November 23rd, 2022.

Complaint in Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited v. Miguel Paul Cabral at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Public Notice by the Bermuda Monetary Authority that it has canceled the "non-licensed person" registration of HBC Management Limited for regulatory breaches.

Complaint in HSCM Bermuda Fund Ltd., of Bermuda, on behalf of itself, HSCM F1 Master Fund Ltd., HS Select I LLC, and HS Santanoni LP v. Marshal Seeman at the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit, in and for Palm Beach County, Florida.

Application by SCLiquor LLC for leave to serve Hector Ortiz, Michael Green, Scott Roades, Mauricio Vergara, Bacardi USA, Inc., and Bacardi-Martini, Inc. with subpoenas for use in legal proceedings in Bermuda regarding "dispute between Bacardi, one of the world’s largest spirits companies, and SCLiquor, LLC, a company majority-owned by the world-renowned musical artist and entrepreneur Shawn Carter - better known as Jay-Z", filed at the U.S. District Curt fr the Southern District of Florida.