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Napa Valley Register – The 2009 Festival del Sole will proceed in July as planned despite its founder’s guilty plea to securities fraud.
Hedge fund executive Barrett Wissman has pleaded guilty to felony securities fraud and is cooperating with New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo’s investigation of corruption at the New York State pension fund, according to numerous news reports.
A Dallas business associate of the Hunt family — the wealthy Texas oil family that owns the Kansas City Chiefs football team
New York Times – A hedge fund executive has pleaded guilty to securities fraud and is cooperating with New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo’s investigation of corruption at the state pension fund, according to court records unsealed in Manhattan on Tuesday.
Barrett Wissman, a Dallas business associate of the Hunt family, is the first investment executive to be implicated in the inquiry and will pay $12 million over several years as part of a settlement under his felony plea, people with knowledge of the investigation said.
