Securities fraud
Archegos owner Bill Hwang, former CFO Patrick Halligan charged with fraud
Archegos Capital Management owner Bill Hwang and its former chief financial officer, Patrick Halligan, were arrested Wednesday in connection with the implosion of the family office last year. The men are expected to appear in Manhattan federal court later Wednesday, and are being charged with racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud and wire fraud, according to a […]
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Judge orders Cushman & Wakefield to comply with Trump property subpoenas for NY attorney general probe
Anti-Trump demonstrators gather outside of the New York County Supreme Court in New York City, U.S., April 25, 2022. David Dee Delgado | Reuters A New York judge Monday ordered commercial real-estate services giant Cushman & Wakefield to comply with subpoenas about its appraisals of several Trump Organization properties that are being eyed in a […]
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DOJ announces $150 million in Covid health fraud, bogus vaccination prosecutions nationwide
Signage is seen at the United States Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C., August 29, 2020. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday announced criminal charges against two people in California in a scheme that allegedly made $144 million in false and fraudulent health claims to federal programs for unnecessary […]
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2 men accused of impersonating DHS agents hit with weapons charges in new indictment
Arian Taherzadeh, sketch from detention hearing for the two men charged with impersonating DHS agents. Source: Bill Hennessy Two Washington, D.C., men accused of impersonating federal agents were hit with weapons charges Tuesday in a new grand jury indictment. The men, Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and 35-year-old Haider Ali, previously were charged in a criminal complaint […]
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Fintechs are under pressure to stop Russian sanctions evasion. This start-up raised $94 million to help
Fintechs have come under increased pressure to address Russian sanctions evasion, particularly amid concerns that their controls may be more lax than that of banks. Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — Seon, a start-up that helps fintech companies like Revolut tackle online fraud, has raised $94 million to develop new tools for […]
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Investor sells big stakes in Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank: Bookrunner
The headquarters of German banks Deutsche Bank (L) and Commerzbank in Frankfurt, Germany. FRANK RUMPENHORST | DPA | Getty Images An undisclosed investor is selling shares in Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, a bookrunner said on Monday, stakes that amount to more than 5% in Germany’s top two lenders. The sale is for 116 million shares […]
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Binance deepens Middle East expansion with ‘in-principle’ Abu Dhabi approval; CEO says ‘more to come’
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said the company is “not shunned elsewhere” and that there’s “more to come.” Wei Leng Tay | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has obtained a provisional green light from Abu Dhabi regulators, deepening its expansion in the Middle East. The company said Sunday it was given approval “in principle” […]
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Ex-Goldman banker Roger Ng convicted in U.S. court in 1MDB case
Roger Ng, a former banker for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., left, exits from federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Monday, May 6, 2019. Wes Bruer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng was convicted by a U.S. jury on Friday of corruption charges related to his […]
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Manhattan DA says Trump criminal investigation continues despite two prosecutors quitting
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Florence Regional Airport in Florence, South Carolina, U.S., March 12, 2022. Randall Hill | Reuters The Manhattan district attorney, in an unusual statement Thursday, sought to assure the public that his criminal investigation of former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization is continuing despite […]
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World’s biggest darknet marketplace, Russia-linked Hydra Market, seized and shut down, DOJ says
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks to the press at the Justice Department after all three defendants were found guilty of federal hate crimes for murder of a young Black man, Ahmaud Arbrey in Washington, DC, U.S., February 22, 2022. Nicholas Kamm | Reuters Hydra Market, which was considered to be the world’s largest and […]
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