November 26, 2014
A hedge fund operated by a man accused of funneling hundreds of milllions of dollars to convicted Ponzi schemer Thomas Petters is being dropped as a defendant in a class action alleging damages from the $3.5 billion scheme.
September 30, 2013
The former president of Acorn Capital Group LLC has agreed to a settlement worth more than $3 million to exit a class action claiming he was partially responsible for the company's alleged funding of Thomas J. Petters' multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, according to documents filed Monday.
March 21, 2012
A Connecticut federal judge on Monday refused to let Acorn Capital Group LLC or its former financial adviser off the hook in a putative shareholder class action that implicates them in Thomas J. Petters' multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.
June 03, 2011
The former chief financial officer of Acorn Capital Group LLC on Friday tried to rebuff a putative shareholder class action in Connecticut implicating him in the multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme operated by Thomas J. Petters.
May 27, 2011
A Connecticut federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss a putative class action claiming that the former president of Acorn Capital Group LLC was partially responsible for the company's alleged funding of Thomas J. Petters' multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.
June 21, 2010
An investor has launched a putative class action against Acorn Capital Group LLC, accusing the hedge fund of recklessly sinking millions of dollars into Thomas J. Petters' Ponzi scheme while claiming to invest responsibly in a diversified portfolio.