May 17, 2017
Former hedge fund boss Chetan Kapur is out of a New York City jail for contempt of two fraud judgments valued at about $10 million, and his Indian passport was released Wednesday, but a court filing also showed the recalcitrant judgment debtor was being held on an immigration detainer.
May 09, 2017
A Manhattan federal judge ruled Tuesday that "deceitful and manipulative" hedge fund founder Chetan Kapur can no longer be jailed for contempt, citing Kapur’s recent efforts to unburden assets that theoretically could help satisfy $30 million of civil judgments.
April 28, 2017
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked a Manhattan federal judge Thursday to keep hedge fund founder Chetan Kapur jailed for contempt of $10 million in civil judgments, asserting that incarceration could still coerce the recalcitrant defendant to lead authorities to $2.2 million stashed in Switzerland.
April 13, 2017
A Manhattan federal judge adopted findings Thursday that could strengthen the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's case for keeping hedge fund founder Chetan Kapur jailed for contempt of $10 million in civil judgments against him and his defunct ThinkStrategy Capital Management LLC.
April 12, 2017
The attorney representing Chetan Kapur, a hedge fund founder who has been jailed for contempt for nearly two years, has himself asked to be freed, filing a motion while out of the country on vacation asking a New York federal judge on Tuesday to allow him to withdraw as counsel.
September 08, 2016
A jailed hedge-fund founder who owes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and others nearly $30 million has "attitudinally made some progress" but not enough to get sprung after spending more than a year behind bars on contempt charges, a New York federal judge said Thursday.
July 07, 2016
A New York federal judge on Thursday said the founder of defunct hedge fund ThinkStrategy Capital Management LLC, who owes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and others nearly $30 million, has taken a first step — albeit an "ineffectual" one — toward ending his yearlong incarceration for contempt of court.
April 12, 2016
A New York federal judge on Tuesday said the founder of defunct hedge fund ThinkStrategy Capital Management LLC, who owes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and others nearly $30 million, is still in contempt of court and must remain incarcerated.
July 02, 2015
A New York federal judge ordered defunct hedge fund ThinkStrategy Capital Management LLC's founder, who owes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and others nearly $10 million in judgments, back to jail until he pays his debts, ruling Wednesday he did not prove an inability to pay.
May 21, 2015
The owner of defunct hedge fund ThinkStrategy Capital Management LLC could face additional jail time after failing to pay a $5 million judgment in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fraud suit, a New York federal judge said Thursday.