Category Archives: Hedge Fund Fraud
Hedge Fund Crime Ring Uncovered, A Dozen Criminals Brought to Justice
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Nearly a dozen fraudsters who conspired to operate the $40 million Black Diamond hedge fund Ponzi scheme will be spending plenty of time behind bars after a joint effort by the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service, […]
Hedge Fund Manager Sentenced To 5 Years For Scamming Veterans, Retirees, Hurricane Katrina Victims
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A Louisiana hedge fund manager has been sentenced to sixty months’ imprisonment as a result of a mail fraud scheme in which he defrauded investors out of millions of dollars, the DOJ reports. Zachary Holdman was […]
“Werewolf” Hedge Fund Manager Charged After Claiming To Be Dead To Avoid Investors
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A New York “hedge fund manager” has been charged with stealing money from his investors by the SEC. USA today reports that Moazzam “Mark” Malik, originally from Pakistan, overdid it a bit with outrageous claims, saying […]
Hedge Fund Fraud: $10 Billion Recovered For Madoff Victims
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Approximately $355 million is being released to victims of the Madoff hedge fund Ponzi scheme, the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) announced today. A separate settlement involving $497 million with “feeder funds” Herald Fund and Primeo Fund, will bring […]
Conneticut Hedge Fund Adviser Sentenced To 13 Years Behind Bars
New York (HedgeCp.Net) – Venezuelan-American Francisco “Pancho” Illarramendi has been sentenced in Bridgeport, Conneticut to 156 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, ABC reports. Illarramendi was convicted of orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors and […]
Connecticut Hedge Fund Controller Admits To Embezzling $9 Million
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Lawrence Herzing, the the former controller of hedge fund Contrarian Capital Management has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud stemming from his theft of more than $9 million from Contrarian, Reuters reports. Contrarian Capital […]
Hedge Fund Manager Gets 21 Years For Black Diamond Fraud, 10 Conspirators Get Jail Time
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Ohio-based hedge fund manager Jonathan D. Davey has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for his role in Ponzi scheme that defrauded victims of more than $40 million, the FBI reports. All federal sentences are […]
Ohio Hedge Fund Manager Accused of Defrauding Investors of $5.5 Million
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – An eight-count federal indictment has been returned charging Geoffrey W. Nehrenz for his role operating a hedge fund Ponzi scheme in which 19 investors were defrauded out of approximately $5.5 million, law enforcement officials said. Between […]
Weavering Hedge Fund Boss Gets 13 Years In Jail
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – After a long and drawn out trial regarding the collapse of the UK’s largest hedge fund, Weavering, which went down in 2009 with more than $530m of losses, founder Magnus Peterson has been sentenced to 13 years […]
SEC Charges Investment Adviser and Manager in South Florida-Based Fraud
New York (Hedgeco.Net) – The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based investment advisory firm, its manager, and three related funds in a scheme that raised more than $17 million […]
Former Citadel Employee Arrested for Theft of Hedge Fund Trade Secrets
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A young science engineer whippersnapper, Yihau Pu, also known as “Ben” has been sentenced to three years in federal prison, the Chicago Tribune reports. The prosecution said he “meticulously planned and brazenly executed” the theft of sensitive trade […]
New York Lawyer Charged With Conducting Ponzi Scheme After Being Rescued From Hudson River
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Manhattan-based attorney with conducting a Ponzi scheme that defrauded some of his legal clients as well as close family members and friends. The SEC alleges that Charles A. […]
