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Hedge Fund CFO Says Boss Made Him Fall Guy

July 23, 2009 : Permalink

Courthouse News Service – The founder and general partner of a $5 billion hedge fund used the company’s CFO as a scapegoat when investors found out he used their money to buy a private Gulfstream jet, the former CFO claims […]

Hedge Fund Fraudster Faces Up To 10 Years

July 7, 2009 : Permalink

HedgeCo.net (West Palm Beach) – ‘Hedge fund operator’ Rod Stringer has pleaded guilty to money laundering in a $14 million Ponzi scheme, federal prosecutors say. He allegedly took money from 44 victims over 8 years, claiming to be "a day […]

Obama’s Overhaul Would Register Hedge Funds

June 18, 2009 : Permalink

Courthouse News Service – President Obama’s plan to overhaul financial regulations, to prevent a repeat of the country’s credit and banking catastrophe, is laid out in a "nearly final" 85-page document the president is expected to reveal today.      Among […]

SEC Goes After Hedge Fund Managers

May 22, 2009 : Permalink

Courthouse News Service – Hedge fund operates took more than $2.5 million in kickbacks while putting clients into grossly overstated Wealth Management LLC accounts, the SEC claims in Federal Court. It sued the hedge fund, its managers James Putman and […]

Hedge Fund Manager Swiped $44M, Feds Say

May 18, 2009 : Permalink

Courthouse News Service – A Beverly Hills man defrauded his family and friends of $44 million by persuading them to invest in his two nearly worthless hedge funds and spent the money on a Malibu Beach home, Porsches, and poker, […]