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USA v. Nordlicht et al

  1. March 27, 2018

    Platinum Execs Can't Evade Investor Fraud Indictment

    A New York federal judge on Monday denied a bid by Platinum Partners executives to toss an indictment alleging they defrauded investors during a liquidity crisis, saying the bid's singular focus on opposing the government's interpretation of an allegedly incriminating email chain was "unavailing."

  2. March 02, 2018

    Feds Say Platinum Indictment Evidence On The Up-And-Up

    Federal prosecutors insisted Thursday they did not fudge evidence to secure the indictment of a group of leaders of hedge fund Platinum Partners for investor fraud during a liquidity crisis, telling a New York federal judge the dispute is one of evidence interpretation and not morals.

  3. February 02, 2018

    Indictment Hinged On Misleading Word, Platinum Execs Say

    Mark Nordlicht and other hedge fund executives at Platinum Partners who are fighting fraud charges asked a Brooklyn federal judge to dismiss the case against them on Thursday, saying the indictment hinged on prosecutors' use of the word "[sic]" to twist the meaning of an email.

  4. February 01, 2018

    Platinum Partners Judge Says He's 'Unlikely' To Split Trial

    The Brooklyn federal judge hearing the government's fraud cases against hedge fund Platinum Partners told the seven men facing criminal charges on Thursday that he was "unlikely" to try them separately, raising the prospect that they may not face jurors until 2019.

  5. November 27, 2017

    Platinum Execs Charged In $1B Fraud Get 2018 Trial Date

    A Brooklyn federal judge on Monday set an October 2018 start date for the estimated two-month trial of Mark Nordlicht, the co-founder of hedge fund Platinum Partners, and six others accused of a $1 billion fraud.

  6. October 23, 2017

    Platinum Execs' Doc Requests Denied In $1B Fraud Row

    A New York federal judge on Friday rejected requests by seven men charged in the $1 billion Platinum Partners fraud scheme to obtain more evidence and force prosecutors to clarify their allegations, ruling that the charges were clear enough and the case was still at an early stage.

  7. October 17, 2017

    Platinum Judge Suddenly Reassigns $1B Fraud Cases

    The chief federal judge in Brooklyn suddenly reassigned the government's $1 billion fraud cases against several former Platinum Partners executives and others, leaving another judge to handle the nine-month-old parallel civil and criminal cases on Tuesday.

  8. August 28, 2017

    Platinum Founder's Attys Told Not To Lean On Witnesses

    The Brooklyn federal judge overseeing prosecutors' $1 billion securities fraud case against former Platinum Partners executives clarified her order barring the hedge fund's co-founder Mark Nordlicht's lawyers from contacting potential witnesses or their counsel, saying Monday that the order applied to witness tampering, not lawful contacts.

  9. August 24, 2017

    Platinum Co-Founder Asks 2nd Circ. To Nix Witness Gag Order

    Attorneys for Platinum Partners co-founder Mark Nordlicht asked the Second Circuit on Wednesday to reverse a Brooklyn federal judge's order barring them from speaking to lawyers for potential government witnesses in the $1 billion fraud case, saying the order violates his right to mount a defense.

  10. August 18, 2017

    Judge 'Appalled' At Atty's Letter To Ex-Platinum Employee

    The New York federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former Platinum Partners executives threatened to throw the book at one of the defendants' Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP attorneys on Friday if she hears more of what she deemed "reprehensible" and potentially intimidating contact with could-be witnesses.

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