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A New York federal judge on Tuesday refused to delay the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust trial against Martin Shkreli, finding that the incarcerated former pharmaceutical executive tried too late to use his participation in a prison drug rehabilitation program to push the proceedings back from mid-December to May.

August 6, 2021 — Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jacqueline Maguire, the Acting Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and Thomas Fattorusso, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation ("IRS-CI"), announced that Tourey Ahmed Rufai, a/k "Joe Thompson," a/k/a "Joe Terry,&quo...

The suspect who was extradited from Ghana to the US on August 21, 2020, pleaded guilty in court on April 2, 2021, before US District Judge Denise L. Cote, conspiring to commit money laundering. A Manhattan US Attorney Audrey Strauss said "Deborah Mensah was a member of an international criminal enterprise that stole millions of dollars from businesses and vulnerable individuals across the United States, and laundered that money through a network of bank accounts in the Bronx. Ha...

In 2017, the 56-year-old was awarded 21 months of prison time after he pled guilty to transferring indecent material to a minor girl

Hedge fund founder Dan Kamensky gets prison sentence for fraud during Neiman Marcus bankruptcy Kamensky had previously fought the retailer in Dallas courts over the transfer of its former Germany-based Mytheresa unit to the retailer’s private equity owners. An exterior view of the Neiman Marcus store at NorthPark Center in Dallas.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) 10:14 AM on May 10, 2021 CDT The New York hedge fund founder who was charged with committing fraud during Neiman Marcus’ bankruptcy ...

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Ex-BigLaw Atty Gets Prison For Conduct In Bankruptcy Case Law360, New York (May 7, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT) -- A Manhattan federal judge hit a hedge fund pro and onetime BigLaw lawyer with six months in prison Friday for illegally pressuring Jefferies Financial Group not to challenge his bid for assets sold by retailer Neiman Marcus in a Texas bankruptcy. U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote said Daniel Kamensky, who has shut down his $1 billion Marble Ridge Capital LP fund...

Litigation Release No. 25028 / February 10, 2021 Securities and Exchange Commission v. David Hu, Civil Action No. 1:20-cv-05496 (S.D.N.Y. filed July 17, 2020) On February 1, 2021, Judge Denise L. Cote of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a partial judgment against David Hu, the co-founder and chief investment officer of International Investment Group (IIG), a formerly registered investment adviser, enjoining Hu from violating the antifraud provisions of the ...

A hedge fund founder and onetime BigLaw attorney accused of illegally pressuring Jefferies Financial Group not to challenge his bid for assets sold by insolvent retailer Neiman Marcus copped to a count of bankruptcy fraud in Manhattan federal court Wednesday.

+ Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Jonathan D. Larsen, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”), announced that ALHASSAN IDDRIS LARI, a/k/a Hassan Lari, pled guilty today to conspiring to commit money laundering and operating an ...

Anthony Guzzone, a former Director of Global Construction at Bloomberg, LP ("Bloomberg"), was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 38 months in prison for evading taxes on more than $1.45 million in bribes he received from building sub-contractors. Guzzone previously pled guilty to those charges, and was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman. In related proceedings, co-conspirator Michael Campana, a subordinate construction manager at Bloomberg, was sentenced on Jul...