New York-based online funding platform Yieldstreet is pursuing huge claims against alternative financier Four Wood Capital Partners, its principal Steven Baffico and its maritime boss Andrew Simmons for allegedly helping cash buyer Tahir Lakhani defraud it in a series of ship-recycling finance deals.

TradeWinds has reported in depth on the spectacular series of defaults in 2020 by the North Star Group and other Lakhani-controlled entities and their legal aftermath.