USA v. Nordlicht et al
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1:16-cr-00640
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April 17, 2018
Platinum Partners Fraud Case To Be Split Into 2 Trials
This fall's fraud trial against seven former insiders and kin of the hedge fund Platinum Partners LP will now become two trials, after a Brooklyn federal judge ruled Monday that one defendant's planned defense would amount to an unfair "double prosecution" of the other six.
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April 09, 2018
Split Platinum Trials Back On The Table In $1B Fraud Case
A New York federal judge on Monday said he was reconsidering his denial of splitting up a criminal case against former Platinum Partners LP executives and others accused of partaking in a $1 billion securities fraud scheme, out of concern that a former energy executive's blame-shifting defense may prejudice his co-defendants.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.