Category Archives: Hedge Fund Fraud
Hedge Fund Manager & Accomplice Charged With Portfolio Pumping
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Minneapolis-based hedge fund manager Steven R. Markusen and an accomplice Jay C. Cope have been charged by the SEC with bilking investors in two hedge funds out of more than $1 million under the guise of […]
Hedge Fund Trader Mathew Martoma Gets 9 Years Behind Bars
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Former SAC Capital trader Mathew Martoma has been sentenced to nine years in prison for his part in a scheme involving an Alzheimer’s Disease drug trial to make his hedge fund approximately $276 million. “I cannot and will […]
SEC: Brokerage Firm Worked With A Hedge Fund To Hide $45 Million
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge fund manager Nikolai Battoo is again under investigation, this time for his inappropriate business dealings with Bahamas-based brokerage firm Alliance Investment Management Limited. The SEC alleges that Julian R. Brown and his firm Alliance Investment Management Limited […]
The Hedge Fund Manager On The FBI’s Most Wanted List
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Florian Wilhelm Jürgen Homm, a German hedge fund manager who was on the run for more than five years, is wanted by the FBI for his alleged involvement in a market manipulation scheme designed to artificially […]
Harbinger’s Former CEO Fined For Assisting Hedge Fund Scheme
New York (Hedgeco.Net) – The former chief operating officer at Capital Partners LLC has agreed to settle charges that he assisted a scheme by the firm and its owner Philip A. Falcone to misappropriate millions of dollars from a hedge […]
Morgan Stanley Fined $275 Million For Inappropriate RMBS Offerings
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Three Morgan Stanley entities have been charged by the SEC for misleading investors in a pair of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) securitizations that the firms underwrote, sponsored, and issued. Morgan Stanley agreed to settle the charges […]
Senate: Hedge Funds Used “Basket Options” To Dodge Taxes
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Over a dozen hedge funds are accused of misusing a complex financial structure to claim billions of dollars in unjustified tax savings and to avoid leverage limits that protect the financial system from risky debt, a Senate […]
Louisiana Hedge Fund Manager Pleads Guilty To Fraud
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A hedge fund manager has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of mail fraud based on his executing a $13 million investment fraud scheme that included victims in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Florida, The Times-Picayune reports. He is scheduled […]
Citigroup To Pay $7 Billion In Sub-Prime Mortgage Settlement
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Citigroup has agreed to pay approximately $7 billion for its part in the financial crisis of 2008, the WSJ reports. Citigroup is accused of downplaying the risks of sub-prime mortgages when packaging them selling them to hedge funds, […]
Two Executives and A Hedge Fund Portfolio Manager Sentenced To Federal Prison
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Eric M. Martin, Mark Megalli, and Richard T. Posey have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a multi-million-dollar insider trading conspiracy involving childrens clothing company Carter’s, Inc. stock. Mark Megalli worked at New […]
Investors Told of Class Action Against Hedge Fund OCH-ZIFF
New York (Hedge Co.Net) – A class action lawsuit is taking place on behalf of investors in hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC securities between February 9, 2012 and April 25, 2014. The complaint alleges that throughout the Class […]
Hedge Fund Charged With Manipulating Futures Contract Prices
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Federal Judge Analisa Torres has rejected arguments put forward by a hedge fund-like firm and cleared the way for a lawsuit filed by the FTC in New York, Reuters reports. The CFTC claims that Donald R. Wilson […]
