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US tax chiefs target loans from hedge funds offshore
Reuters – U.S. tax authorities have advised staff in New York to pursue legal cases against hedge funds and companies that avoided taxes through loans that originated in the United States but are approved offshore. The Internal Revenue Service, in […]
Kuwait financier facing U.S. fraud suit found dead
Reuters – A brash Kuwaiti financier facing a fraud suit by U.S. authorities was found dead Sunday in an apparent suicide that sent shockwaves through the Gulf Arab financial sector. A security source told Reuters that Hazem Al-Braikan appeared to […]
Highland Park-based hedge fund manager granted bail
Chicago Tribune – Illinois hedge-fund manager Gregory Bell, who was charged with wire fraud for his role in an alleged Ponzi scheme, was granted $1.5 million bail and required to wear an electronic monitor, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled […]
Hedge funds, private equity brace for U.S. reports
Reuters India – Hedge funds, private equity firms and other investors are scrambling to meet a looming deadline to report their offshore income, as U.S. tax collectors boost efforts to track foreign holdings. The reports will give authorities a glimpse […]
US fund manager agrees extradition from HK
Forbes – A Silicon Valley hedge fund manager accused of bilking investors out of at least $5 million has agreed to be extradited from Hong Kong to the United States, a government lawyer said Friday. Fund manager Albert Hu, an […]
SEC lawyers probed for insider trading
Reuters – Two U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement lawyers are under investigation by federal criminal authorities for allegedly using insider information to trade stocks, a report by the SEC’s internal watchdog said. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. […]
Morris Emerges as Key Figure in Probe of New York Pension Fund
Bloomberg – Former Democratic political adviser Hank Morris and New York State Deputy Comptroller David Loglisci may hold the keys as authorities examine whether private equity firms and hedge funds knowingly paid kickbacks to manage state pension money. The pair, […]
Madoff’s wife took out $15M from husband’s firm before his arrest
Grand Forks Herald – The wife of disgraced money manager Bernard Madoff withdrew more than $15 million from a firm co-owned by her husband – including $10 million on the day their children turned her husband over to authorities for […]
Mace Security says it’s owed $2M by missing hedge fund manager
MSN MoneyCentral – Mace Security International Inc. said Tuesday it has only received $1 million of a little more than $3.2 million owed it by a hedge fund managed by missing Florida money manager Arthur Nadel. The Horsham, Pa., maker […]
Grand jury: Ind. man deliberately crashed plane
Philadelphia Inquirer – A federal grand jury indicted an Indiana investment adviser Tuesday on charges of deliberately crashing his small airplane in the Florida Panhandle to try to fake his own death as part of a plan to escape financial […]
Alleged hedge fund scammer is arrested
San Francisco Gate – Friday, January 9, 2009 Alexander James Trabulse, 61, was taken into custody Monday, according to U.S Customs and Border Protection officials. He appeared later that day before U.S. Magistrate Elizabeth Laporte in San Francisco and is […]
