Category Archives: Hedge Fund Fraud

Hedge Fund Manager Mueller Gets 40 Years, Elway Lost $15 Million

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund manager Sean Mueller, who pleaded guilty last month to securities fraud and stealing $71 million from investors, was sentenced yesterday to 40 years behind bars. Mueller Capital’s Over-Under Fund raised more than $20 million from […]

Trustee Seeks $9 Billion For Defendants In Madoff’s Hedge Fund Scam Case

New York (HedgeCo.net) – A Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff’s Investment Securities, Irving H. Picard, has filed a complaint in NY Bankruptcy Court alleging 24 counts of financial fraud and misconduct against HSBC. “All of the defendants […]

Two Hedge Fund Managers Under Investigation In Oregon

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Oregon securities regulators are looking into two Portland hedge funds, Grifphon Asset Management and Sasquatch Capital, after investors reported problems with withdrawls, OregonLive.com reported. The Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities is investigating the two managers, […]

DiamondBack Only One Of Many Hedge Funds Targeted By FBI

New York (HedgeCo.net) – One of three hedge funds raided by the FBI last week, Connecticut based Diamondback Capital Management LLC, has said that the FBI is investigating one of their employees and a portfolio manager, who has peen put on […]

Arrest Made After Hedge Fund Raid

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The SEC has charged an employee of a California research firm with helping a hedge fund get results from a Taiwan telecom company before the revenue was made public, according to the Los Angeles Times. Bloomberg reports that […]

Two New Traders Charged In Hedge Fund Case

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The SEC has charged two more hedge fund managers in the SEC v Galleon Management case, according to Courthouse News Services. Lanexa Management’s Thomas Hardin is alleged to have received around $950,000 from insider trading. The SEC also charged Hardin and […]

Hedge Fund Fraud: Stanford Beaten in Jail

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Texas financier who is being held without bail awaiting trial on charges of an $8 billion fraud scheme, was reported to have been beaten up in prison for talking on the phone. Stanford was connected to […]

Hedge Fund Fraud: Nicholson Gets 40 Years

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund founder James Nicholson pleaded guilty to stealing up to $140 million in a Ponzi type scheme. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Friday by U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan. The New […]

Hedge Fund Manager Chimay Charged Again In Bridge Loan Scheme

New York (HedgeCo.net) – New York hedge fund manager, Guy Albert de Chimay, who was arrested in North Carolina and charged with securities fraud this June has been accused of stealing an additional $690,000, according to Bloomberg. The New York […]

Hedge Fund Fraud: Nadel Sentenced To 14 Years

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Florida hedge fund manager Arthur Nadel was sentenced to 14 years at the same prison where Bernie Madoff is serving his 150 year sentence. Nadel’s lawyer argued for five years because of his client’s heart condition, […]

Broncos Elway Files Against Hedge Fund

New York (Hedgeco.net) – Former quarterback for the Denver Broncoes, John Elway and his partner Mitch Pierce, have filed court documents investigating the $15 million they invested March 2010 with hedge fund manager Sean Mueller, the WSJ reports. The hedge […]

Two Florida Hedge Fund Managers Accused In Petters Scheme

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The SEC has charged two Florida-based hedge fund managers and their funds with defrauding investors out of more than a billion dollars into a Ponzi scheme run by Tom Petters, Reuters reports. The SEC’s complaint filed […]