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Ex-Goldman director Rajat Gupta fails to void conviction
July 15th, 2014
Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc director Rajat Gupta, serving a two-year prison term, has failed to persuade a federal appeals court to overturn his insider trading conviction. In a brief order, the full 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
Judge Denies Madoff Trustee Recovery of Foreign Transfers
July 8th, 2014
Transfers made abroad between a foreign transferor and a foreign transferee cannot be recovered by the trustee administering the estate of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, a federal judge has ruled. Dealing a win to foreign banks and investment ...
Energy Future Should Kill Borrowing Plan, Creditors Say
June 25th, 2014
Energy Future Holdings Corp.’s official creditors’ committee said the company should scrap a plan to borrow another $2 billion to help it restructure because the loan wouldn’t save it any money. By using its available cash instead to refinance ...
Bankruptcy protection for bitcoin exchange Mt Gox
June 18th, 2014
The failed Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange, Mt Gox, received court approval on Tuesday to begin Chapter 15 bankruptcy proceedings in the United States as it awaits approval of a settlement with U.S. customers and a sale of its business. Mt ...
BNP Paribas, U.K. Fraud Raids, Taiwan Rules: Compliance
June 17th, 2014
BNP Paribas SA (BNP) has given investors scant information about how much it expects to pay to settle a criminal probe of U.S. sanctions violations. The bank told shareholders at an annual meeting on May 14 that the settlement ...
SEC Says Investor Accused of Fake Gold Bid Fled to China
June 12th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said the man behind a fake $750 million bid for Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (ANV) profited from selling an undisclosed stake in the mining company and has fled the country. Luis Chang and ...
SEC Charges Chicago-Based Investment Fund Manager With Stealing Investor Money and Conducting Ponzi Scheme
May 30th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against a Chicago-based investment fund manager accused of stealing money he raised from investors to pay personal and business expenses. The SEC alleges that Neal ...
Detroit Creditors Seek to Defend Pension Debt in Lawsuit
May 16th, 2014
A bond insurer wants the chance to fight Detroit’s effort to cancel $1.4 billion in pension debt, while the city is asking a judge to take a bus tour of its blighted areas before ruling on its $18 billion ...
Portions of conflict minerals rule stayed by SEC
May 5th, 2014
Companies will not have to explicitly declare whether their products contain minerals that originated in mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo or its neighboring countries, according to the SEC. The SEC issued an order Friday staying the effective ...
Energy Future Files for Bankruptcy Protection in Delaware
April 29th, 2014
Energy Future Holdings Corp., the Texas power company Henry Kravis and David Bonderman took private in 2007 with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in the biggest-ever leveraged buyout, filed for bankruptcy after reaching a deal with stakeholders to cut billions ...