USA v. Connolly

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Case Number:

1:16-cr-00370

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Firms

  1. May 15, 2018

    DOJ 'Sandbagging' With New Theory In Libor Trial, Judge Says

    A Manhattan federal judge said Tuesday that she may push the trial of two former Deutsche Bank traders accused of rigging the Libor to September, saying she felt "sandbagged" by U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors' new theories a month before trial.

  2. May 01, 2018

    Ex-Traders Fight DOJ Bid To Get UK Testimony In Libor Case

    Two former Deutsche Bank traders on Monday pressed the federal judge overseeing their upcoming criminal fraud trial to deny a bid by prosecutors to interview a former British banking official about the London Interbank Offered Rate, saying they are seeking testimony that will help present a false narrative about how the benchmark was intended to operate.

  3. April 24, 2018

    FCA Investigator Disputes Boss' Statements In Libor Case

    An investigator for the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority testified in a marathon hearing in Manhattan federal court Tuesday that his boss at the financial regulator seems to have made a misrepresentation in the case of two former Deutsche Bank traders accused of rigging the London Interbank Offered Rate.

  4. April 10, 2018

    DOJ Seeks UK Banking Group Testimony In Libor-Rigging Suit

    Prosecutors on Monday sought to get a last-minute interview with a former British banking group official in a case against two ex-Deutsche Bank traders accused of rigging the London Interbank Offered Rate after a Manhattan federal judge suggested the case may hinge on such evidence.

  5. March 29, 2018

    Libor Judge Surprises Feds With 'Thoughts' On Case

    A Manhattan federal judge overseeing the prosecution of two former Deutsche Bank traders on charges of rigging the London Interbank Offered Rate made a surprising move Thursday when she handed down not a ruling, but her "thoughts" suggesting prosecutors beef up their arguments or risk losing their case.

  6. January 09, 2018

    Ex-Deutsche Traders Say Case Hinges On UK Libor Overseers

    Two former derivatives traders at Deutsche Bank argued in a brief filed on Tuesday that prosecutors must call in someone from the U.K. industry association that set the London Interbank Offered Rate in order to prove the traders conspired with others to manipulate the lending benchmark.

  7. January 01, 2018

    White Collar Cases To Watch In 2018

    The coming year will see a slew of corruption trials in New York, continued criminal cases against college coaches and apparel company representatives, and the U.S. Department of Justice's continued pursuit of big cases overseas.

  8. December 14, 2017

    Ex-Deutsche Traders' Libor Trial Delayed By Taint Inquiry

    A frustrated Manhattan federal judge on Thursday pushed the criminal trial of two former Deutsche Bank traders from early to mid-2018, making more time to examine whether the London Interbank Offered Rate rigging case was tainted by testimony compelled in the U.K.

  9. December 13, 2017

    Ex-Deutsche Bank Trader's Libor Case Tainted, Judge Told

    Lawyers for former Deutsche Bank AG trader Gavin Black sought to undermine the U.S. Department of Justice in a Manhattan federal court on Wednesday at a hearing in which the government must show its London Interbank Offered Rate-rigging case wasn't tainted by Black's compelled testimony in the U.K.

  10. December 08, 2017

    US Says It Needn't Show Deutsche Traders Duped Libor Body

    Prosecutors seeking to convict two former Deutsche Bank traders on Libor rigging charges told a New York federal court Thursday that the case doesn't rely on proving the pair meant to deceive the U.K. banking organization that actually set the global lending benchmark.