Tag Archives: securities fraud
Feds Charge Dreier Conspirator In Hedge Fund Fraud
North Country Gazette – A former registered broker with the National Association of Securities Dealers has been charged in a criminal information with conspiracy, securities fraud and wire fraud stemming from his participation with attorney Marc Dreier in the sale […]
Pension fund kickback accusation leveled in Albany
Democrat and Chronicle – The former chairman of the state Liberal Party was accused Wednesday of receiving at least $800,000 from the state pension fund as a kickback for helping elect former Comptroller Alan Hevesi and Hevesi’s son. Raymond B. […]
Austrian banker who pleaded guilty in US might walk
SmartBrief – Michael Berger, an Austrian banker accused of securities fraud, might go free without facing any charges, Vienna prosecutors said. Berger pleaded guilty to securities fraud in Manhattan, N.Y., in 2000 after the $400 million collapse of his hedge […]
$100 million recovered in hedge-fund fraud case
Seattle Times – An official appointed to recover the assets of a prominent Manhattan lawyer accused of defrauding hedge funds of at least $400 million says he has safeguarded more than $100 million in assets, including an $18.5 million yacht. […]
US lawyer pleads not guilty to money laundering
BusinessWeek – A prominent Manhattan lawyer accused of peddling $700 million in phony securities to hedge funds will likely forgo a trial and change his plea to guilty, his attorney told a judge Thursday. The defense announcement came at a […]
NY State Pension Fund Linked to Millions in Kickbacks from Private Equity, Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Two high-ranking men who worked in the New York State comptroller’s office were arrested yesterday after it was discovered they took millions of dollars in kickbacks from private equity and hedge funds, said Attorney General Andrew […]
Aviva moves to stop lending shares to hedge funds
Insurance giant Aviva could end the practice of lending shares to hedge funds in a move against short-selling. Aviva shares were battered on the stock market earlier this month – losing 40pc of their value in two days – amid […]
Madoff faces 150-year sentence after guilty plea
Hindustan Times – Bernard Madoff, whose $50-billion fraud devastated individual and institutional investors worldwide, could spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty later this week. In a court hearing Tuesday, defence lawyer Ira Sorkin said that Madoff would […]
Former Merrill execs invested in Madoff funds
Reuters – Top former Merrill Lynch executives, including two former CEOs, invested in hedge funds that lost money with alleged fraudster Bernard Madoff, becoming the highest-level Wall Street victims of the scandal to date, the Wall Street Journal reported on […]
