Category Archives: Hedge Fund Fraud
Private Equity, Hedge Funds Warned Of “Pay-to-Play” Violations
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Private equity firm TL Ventures has agreed to agreed to settle SEC charges by paying nearly $300,000 in a SEC case where the firm is charged with continuing to receive advisory fees from the city and […]
Hedge Fund Manager Balboa Gets 4 Years In Prison
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A portfolio manager for the now collapsed hedge fund Millennium Global Investments has been sentenced to 4 years in prison and 3 years of supervised release, The Wall Street Journal reports. Michael Balboa, a London-based hedge fund manager, was […]
More Than One Hedge Fund Hacked In Sophisticated Cybercrimewave
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – An unnamed hedge fund was attacked by cybercriminals in 2013, causing them to lose millions of dollars and disrupting the firm’s high-speed trading, CNBC reports. Tech company BAE Systems reported the hack, saying “It’s pretty amazing, the […]
SAC Affiliate Settles SEC Insider Trading Charges For $600 Million
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The US courts have approved a $600 million fine to settle SEC charges that hedge fund advisory firm CR Intrinsic Investors participated in an insider trading scheme involving a clinical trial for an Alzheimer’s drug, Reuters reports. […]
Rengan Rajaratnam’s Hedge Fund Fraud Charges Go To Trial
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Rengan Rajaratnam’s trial for hedge fund insider trading has begun. Rengan Rajaratnam was charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud and six counts of securities fraud. He has been charged with conspiring with his older brother Raj, to cheat on […]
Hedge Fund Firm Paradigm Settles Whistleblower Retaliation Charges For $2.2 Million
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – NY hedge fund advisory firm Paradigm Capital Management and its owner Candace King Weir have agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle SEC charges of engaging in prohibited behavior and then retaliating against the employee who […]
Chicago-Based Hedge Fund Manager Caught Conducting A Ponzi Scheme
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Chicago-based investment fund manager Neal V. Goyal and two hedge fund advisers that he owned and controlled –Blue Horizon Asset Management and Caldera Advisors – are being charged with violating the antifraud provisions of the Securities Act […]
Hedge Fund Manager Steven Cohen’s Case Delayed
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – People from US prosecutor Preet Bharara’s office have asked for a extension on a stay that has been in place since August in the case against Steven Cohen, the NYT reports. “Prosecutors want the proceeding stayed pending the […]
Eric Holder: Credit Suisse Pleads Guilty in Felony Tax Case
New York (Hedgeco.Net) – Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday announced that the Department of Justice filed a criminal information against one of the largest wealth managers in the world. Credit Suisse AG, “has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges […]
Michael Steinberg Gets 3 1/2 Years For Hedge Fund Insider Trading
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A portfolio manager at Steven A. Cohen’s hedge fund, SAC Capital Advisors, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for his alleged involvement in an insider trading scheme, TIME magazine reports. “Michael […]
Hedge Fund Advisory Firm Accused Of Distributing Falsified Performance Results
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A New York-based investment advisory firm and two executives have had fraud charges and an asset freeze filed against them by the SEC for distributing falsified performance results to investors in two hedge funds they managed. The […]
SEC Chair: 1,800 Hedge Fund Advisers Registered With SEC
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – SEC Chairman Chair Mary Jo White said that hedge fund and private equity fund managers have been charging improper fees to portfolio companies or the funds they manage. “Since the effective date of the Dodd-Frank Act, approximately […]
