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January 08, 2019
Gov't Can't Claim $1B Loss At Platinum Criminal Trial
Prosecutors will not be allowed to introduce evidence of an alleged $1 billion in investor losses at next month's criminal trial for four former Platinum Partners executives accused of defrauding the hedge fund's investors, a New York federal judge ruled Tuesday.
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January 01, 2019
Trials To Watch In 2019
From bouts between familiar foes, such as Johnson & Johnson and consumers of its talcum powder products, to cases of a more unusual nature, like an attorney's alleged murder at the hands of his former courtroom opponent, legal spectators will have plenty of major trials to watch in the coming year. Here, Law360 offers a preview of some of the interesting and important trials scheduled for 2019.
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December 21, 2018
Feds Blast Ex-Platinum Execs' Misconduct Claims
Brooklyn federal prosecutors urged a judge to reject "inflammatory" misconduct claims by former Platinum Partners executives facing fraud charges, saying cooperators were kept secret not to give prosecutors an edge but because of "legitimate fear" of backlash from their cooperation.
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November 25, 2018
2 Platinum Execs Helping Feds After Plea, Filing Reveals
Two men who worked as executives at Platinum Partners have secretly pled guilty and are cooperating in the criminal fraud case against Platinum co-founder Mark Nordlicht and others, a court document has revealed.
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November 09, 2018
Ex-Platinum Insider Dodges Upcoming $1B Fraud Trial
A former Platinum Partners marketing and investor relations staffer charged over an alleged $1 billion securities fraud scheme has secured a deferred prosecution deal with the government and had his case severed on Thursday from four executives accused of deceiving the hedge fund's investors.
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October 22, 2018
Platinum Defendants Battle Receiver For Attys' Fees
Four former employees of defunct hedge fund Platinum Partners say insurance money is running out ahead of their trial on charges of defrauding investors and have asked a Brooklyn federal judge to make the fund's receiver dip into its assets for their defense.
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September 21, 2018
Ex-Platinum Partners Exec Dies Ahead Of $1B Fraud Trial
Former Platinum Partners honcho Uri Landesman, charged for his role in a purported $1 billion securities fraud scheme, died, his lawyer said Friday, ahead of a January trial of hedge fund executives accused of duping bondholders of defunct offshore driller Black Elk.
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June 29, 2018
Platinum Partners Execs Set For New Year Fraud Trial
A New York federal judge set a January trial date for former executives of Platinum Partners accused of a $1 billion securities fraud scheme in which they allegedly inflated the value of investments and duped bondholders of defunct offshore driller Black Elk.
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June 25, 2018
Platinum Boss Parts With Quinn Emanuel, Adds Celeb Lawyer
Mark Nordlicht, accused of defrauding investors in his hedge fund Platinum Partners, parted ways with his defense attorneys from Quinn Emanuel and replaced them with a trio including Jose Baez, who famously defended Casey Anthony and the New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez.
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June 01, 2018
Feds Want Platinum Exec's 'Bad Acts' Admitted In Fraud Trial
Prosecutors have asked a New York federal judge to admit evidence of prior "bad acts" and financial manipulation at a fraud trial against executives of Platinum Partners LP, saying the information is likely to prove they acted intentionally by misrepresenting the value of certain assets held in the company's investment funds.