October 26, 2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has urged a federal judge to grant it an early win in its $5 million fraud suit against a con man who faked being a hedge fund manager and the heir to the Genovese Drug Stores family fortune, arguing that his guilty plea in a parallel criminal suit by the Department of Justice was the final nail in the coffin.
February 02, 2018
A New York hedge fund manager illegally raised at least $4 million from investors by lying about his professional background, allegedly saying he once worked in top positions at both Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns, and by concealing an extensive criminal history, federal prosecutors said Friday in a complaint unsealed in Manhattan federal court.