An investment fund, Roxwell Holdings, launched a lawsuit alleging that Yukos had misled investors.

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The defendants are Lance Francis, 25, of no fixed abode, Callum Joseph Powell, 20, from Top Valley, Shaundrie Riccardo Robinson, 22, from Hyson Green, Gregory Hensley Coleman, 20, from Broxtowe, Roxwell Yeboah, 34, from Radford, and Bobby Muers, 18, from St Ann's.

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