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USA v. Nordlicht et al

  1. December 21, 2018

    Feds Blast Ex-Platinum Execs' Misconduct Claims

    Brooklyn federal prosecutors urged a judge to reject "inflammatory" misconduct claims by former Platinum Partners executives facing fraud charges, saying cooperators were kept secret not to give prosecutors an edge but because of "legitimate fear" of backlash from their cooperation.

  2. November 25, 2018

    2 Platinum Execs Helping Feds After Plea, Filing Reveals

    Two men who worked as executives at Platinum Partners have secretly pled guilty and are cooperating in the criminal fraud case against Platinum co-founder Mark Nordlicht and others, a court document has revealed.

  3. November 09, 2018

    Ex-Platinum Insider Dodges Upcoming $1B Fraud Trial

    A former Platinum Partners marketing and investor relations staffer charged over an alleged $1 billion securities fraud scheme has secured a deferred prosecution deal with the government and had his case severed on Thursday from four executives accused of deceiving the hedge fund's investors.

  4. October 22, 2018

    Platinum Defendants Battle Receiver For Attys' Fees

    Four former employees of defunct hedge fund Platinum Partners say insurance money is running out ahead of their trial on charges of defrauding investors and have asked a Brooklyn federal judge to make the fund's receiver dip into its assets for their defense.

  5. September 21, 2018

    Ex-Platinum Partners Exec Dies Ahead Of $1B Fraud Trial

    Former Platinum Partners honcho Uri Landesman, charged for his role in a purported $1 billion securities fraud scheme, died, his lawyer said Friday, ahead of a January trial of hedge fund executives accused of duping bondholders of defunct offshore driller Black Elk.

  6. June 29, 2018

    Platinum Partners Execs Set For New Year Fraud Trial

    A New York federal judge set a January trial date for former executives of Platinum Partners accused of a $1 billion securities fraud scheme in which they allegedly inflated the value of investments and duped bondholders of defunct offshore driller Black Elk.

  7. June 25, 2018

    Platinum Boss Parts With Quinn Emanuel, Adds Celeb Lawyer

    Mark Nordlicht, accused of defrauding investors in his hedge fund Platinum Partners, parted ways with his defense attorneys from Quinn Emanuel and replaced them with a trio including Jose Baez, who famously defended Casey Anthony and the New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez.

  8. June 01, 2018

    Feds Want Platinum Exec's 'Bad Acts' Admitted In Fraud Trial

    Prosecutors have asked a New York federal judge to admit evidence of prior "bad acts" and financial manipulation at a fraud trial against executives of Platinum Partners LP, saying the information is likely to prove they acted intentionally by misrepresenting the value of certain assets held in the company's investment funds.

  9. April 17, 2018

    Platinum Partners Fraud Case To Be Split Into 2 Trials

    This fall's fraud trial against seven former insiders and kin of the hedge fund Platinum Partners LP will now become two trials, after a Brooklyn federal judge ruled Monday that one defendant's planned defense would amount to an unfair "double prosecution" of the other six.

  10. April 09, 2018

    Split Platinum Trials Back On The Table In $1B Fraud Case

    A New York federal judge on Monday said he was reconsidering his denial of splitting up a criminal case against former Platinum Partners LP executives and others accused of partaking in a $1 billion securities fraud scheme, out of concern that a former energy executive's blame-shifting defense may prejudice his co-defendants.

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