USA v. Nordlicht et al

  1. June 07, 2019

    Platinum Judge Grills Feds Over Central Fraud Claims

    A New York federal judge on Friday took a skeptical eye to some key theories of prosecutors' securities fraud case against former top executives of Platinum Partners, questioning whether jurors should consider claims the hedge fund leaders overvalued assets or if alleged lies told to investors were actually material.

  2. June 06, 2019

    Platinum Jury Hears Of Exec's Dread, As Feds Wrap Up Case

    Brooklyn federal prosecutors on Thursday neared the end of their securities fraud case against three former top executives of Platinum Partners, and jurors saw emails depicting trepidation inside the now-defunct hedge fund as it tried in vain to get out of a liquidity crisis.

  3. June 04, 2019

    Platinum Oil Co. Exec Tells Jury Of Downward Spiral

    The founder of Northstar Offshore Group LLC on Tuesday told a New York federal jury of how the Texas oil and gas company took a downward turn after being taken over by Platinum Partners, and of his dim view of the value of certain assets in the hedge fund manager's energy portfolio.

  4. May 31, 2019

    Ex-Black Elk Atty Gives 'Painful' Detail On Bond Vote

    A former attorney for defunct energy firm Black Elk walked jurors through a bond vote that the government alleges former executives at Platinum Partners rigged in their favor, with the prosecutor on the case getting into a level of detail that a judge called "painful" on Friday.

  5. May 30, 2019

    Jurors Hear Of Platinum Boss' Role In Alleged Bond Scheme

    Jurors in the securities fraud trial of former top Platinum Partners executives on Thursday heard of how co-founder Mark Nordlicht floated plans to wield control over bonds of the hedge fund's portfolio company Black Elk Offshore Operations LLC using Platinum affiliates, which prosecutors say was part of a scheme to defraud the oil and gas driller's bondholders. 

  6. May 28, 2019

    Platinum Boss Said Fear Would Tame Investor Ire, Jury Hears

    A former chief financial officer for Platinum Partners on Tuesday told a New York federal jury that Platinum co-founder Mark Nordlicht told him that "mutually assured destruction" would keep aggrieved investors from ratting the hedge fund manager out to regulators, despite Platinum's inability to make timely repayments.

  7. May 23, 2019

    Ex-Platinum CFO Troubled By Business Methods, Jury Hears

    A former chief financial officer of Platinum Partners on Thursday told a New York federal jury weighing the fate of the hedge fund manager's former top executives of his unease with the company's problematic business practices and lack of cash to fund operations and pay back investors.

  8. May 22, 2019

    Platinum Jury Told Of Black Elk Bond Bait-And-Switch

    A hedge fund portfolio manager on Wednesday told jurors in the securities fraud trial of former top Platinum Partners executives of how his fund was burned by an investment in bonds of Platinum portfolio company Black Elk when proceeds from an asset sale were diverted to preferred shareholders of the oil and gas company.

  9. May 17, 2019

    Platinum Exec Says Co-Founder Misled Investors

    A former Platinum Partners executive on Friday told a New York federal jury that the firm's co-founder and others misled potential investors about the financial health of Platinum's main fund while the hedge fund manager was struggling to pay back tens of millions of dollars to its limited partners.

  10. May 15, 2019

    Ex-Platinum Exec Tells Jury He Conned Investors

    A former Platinum Partners executive on Wednesday told jurors he lied to existing and prospective investors in the hedge fund manager's largest fund, the second former insider to testify at trial about misconduct at Platinum's highest levels.

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