April 14, 2017
A Connecticut federal judge has granted a bid by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to force convicted Ponzi schemer Francisco Illarramendi to pay almost $27 million, saying his guilty plea in a related criminal case supports the SEC's victory in its civil suit.
August 15, 2012
Three investment firms that invested over $117 million in a feeder fund tied to Francisco Illarramendi's Ponzi scheme agreed Tuesday to drop their bid to join the government's suit over the fraud, in exchange for immunity from receiver clawback suits and payments from a $200 million settlement fund.
September 12, 2011
Ventures Trust Management LLC sought Monday to intervene in a recovery suit against admitted Ponzi schemer Francisco Illarramendi in order to maintain its ability to pursue claims that NuScale Power Inc. defamed it to block a corporate finance deal.
August 11, 2011
Shareholder groups on Wednesday fought to protect their portion of $230 million in assets formerly controlled by admitted Ponzi schemer Francisco Illarramendi, saying a Connecticut judge had no authority to cut them out of the recovery suit.
June 17, 2011
A federal judge in Connecticut on Thursday froze the offshore funds managed by admitted fraudster Francisco Illarramendi, brushing aside protests from shareholders that claimed $118 million they invested will be wrongly meted out to Ponzi victims.
May 27, 2011
Investment adviser Highview Point Partners LLC bailed on its Chapter 11 reorganization Wednesday in Delaware, leaving a dispute with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over $230 million deposited in its funds to be settled in federal court in Connecticut.
January 14, 2011
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused a hedge fund adviser of siphoning $53 million of investors' money and sinking it into clean energy startups and other private equity ventures.