USA v. Ahuja, et al.

  1. June 25, 2019

    Big-Fish Investor Calls $50M Premium Point Loss 'Shocking'

    A Skybridge Capital executive who heavily staked fallen mortgage-debt hedge fund Premium Point Investments over five years told a Manhattan jury Tuesday that Premium Point CEO Anilesh "Neil" Ahuja was positive right up until a "shocking" 2016 writedown that cost Skybridge more than $50 million.

  2. June 20, 2019

    Third Witness Implicates Fund CEO As Gov't Heaps Evidence

    A third witness put the former CEO of Premium Point Investments at the heart of an alleged $100 million fraud scheme Thursday as Manhattan federal prosecutors piled up evidence suggesting he knew of corruption inside the bankrupt mortgage-debt hedge fund.

  3. June 13, 2019

    Crooked Fund CEO Demoted Me, Finance Pro Tells Jury

    A career finance pro told Manhattan jurors Thursday that the CEO of Premium Point Investments became angry and demoted him when he complained about what he called rampant overvaluing of mortgage-debt assets at the now-bankrupt hedge fund.

  4. June 10, 2019

    Witness Struggles To Put CEO At Heart Of $100M Fund Scam

    A cooperating witness in the $100 million fraud case against Anilesh "Neil" Ahuja, CEO of Premium Point Investments, struggled Monday to put Ahuja at the center of an alleged criminal conspiracy to inflate the value of the now-bankrupt hedge fund.

  5. June 06, 2019

    Profit Was Reverse Engineered At Fallen Fund, Jury Hears

    Former Premium Point Investments analyst Ashish Dole testified Thursday that CEO Anilesh "Neil" Ahuja led a plot to "reverse engineer" profits in what prosecutors call a $100 million scheme to game the value of mortgage-debt bundles at the now-bankrupt hedge fund.

  6. June 05, 2019

    'Honest' Fund Boss Tells Jury Ex-Employees Out To Get Him

    Premium Point Investments boss Anilesh "Neil" Ahuja is an honest leader who is being framed by his former underlings, the wealthy investment pro's lawyer told a Manhattan jury Wednesday, rejecting charges that he led a $100 million criminal fraud at his now-bankrupt hedge fund.

  7. May 11, 2018

    Feds Hint At Massive Discovery In $200M Asset Inflation Row

    Federal prosecutors told a Manhattan federal judge Friday their investigation into three men at investment adviser Premium Point Investments LP who allegedly inflated asset values by $200 million involved more than a million records that they may need three weeks to turn over.

  8. May 09, 2018

    Hedge Fund Boss Ran $200M Mismarking Scheme, Feds Say

    A hedge fund boss led a $200 million scheme to overstate the value of his now-bankrupt fund's residential mortgage-backed securities, the federal government said on Wednesday in a newly unsealed indictment that also charged two ​of his ​co-workers.