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Celsius Founder, Former CEO Arrested Over Fraud Charges as SEC Sues Crypto Firm
Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, was arrested and charged with fraud, a US prosecutor in New York said Thursday morning, as three federal regulatory agencies sued him and his company. Mashinsky, 57, was charged with seven criminal counts while Celsius' former chief revenue officer, Roni C...
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Sam Bankman-Fried Barred From Contacting FTX Employees Using Signal, Encrypted Messages
A US judge on Wednesday temporarily barred FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried from contacting current or former employees of the cryptocurrency exchange or his Alameda Research hedge fund, and from using encrypted messaging tools including Signal. The ruling by US District Judge Lewis Kaplan came after federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Bankman-Fri...
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Very Proud Of My Indian Heritage, Says Federal Prosecutor Preet Bharara
India-born former top federal prosecutor in Manhattan Preet Bharara said he is very proud of his Indian heritage which made him more compassionate and tolerant towards other people.
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Preet Bharara, The Tenacious Prosecutor Fired By Donald Trump
An Indian-born, New Jersey-raised Bruce Springsteen fan, former Manhattan federal attorney Preet Bharara ascended to rock-star status in the straitlaced world of law for his aggressive skewering of public corruption and Wall Street crime.
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Preet Bharara, The Tenacious Prosecutor Fired By Donald Trump
An Indian-born, New Jersey-raised Bruce Springsteen fan, former Manhattan federal attorney Preet Bharara ascended to rock-star status in the straitlaced world of law for his aggressive skewering of public corruption and Wall Street crime.
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US Charges Former UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon's Relatives In Bribery Case
US prosecutors on Tuesday accused two relatives of former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon of engaging in a scheme to bribe a Middle Eastern official in connection with the attempted $800 million sale of a building complex in Vietnam.
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Donald Trump To Keep Manhattan Federal Prosecutor Preet Bharara In Post
Preet Bharara, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan known for pursuing a series of cases targeting public corruption and crime on Wall Street, said on Wednesday he has agreed to remain in his post after Donald Trump becomes U.S. president.
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US Prosecutors Seek 8-Year Sentence for Indian-Origin Fund Manager Martoma
An Indian-origin portfolio manager, convicted for his role as the "central figure" in one of the most lucrative insider trading schemes in US history, should be sentenced to more than eight years in prison, Manhattan's top federal prosecutor Preet Bharara has said.
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'Indian American Accused of Insider Trading Must be Jailed,' Says Preet Bharara
An Indian-origin portfolio manager, convicted for his role as the "central figure" in one of the most lucrative insider trading schemes in US history, should be sentenced to more than eight years in prison, Manhattan's top federal prosecutor Preet Bharara has said.
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Devyani Khobragade's claim of immunity challenged by US prosecutors
Devyani Khobragade, the Indian diplomat whose December arrest led to a major international dispute, holds no immunity from U.S. prosecution and should continue to faces charges of visa fraud, Manhattan federal prosecutors said in court papers filed on Friday.
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US Judge dismisses Indian-origin student's lawsuit against Preet Bharara
A US court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Indian-origin law student against Manhattan's top federal prosecutor Preet Bharara and the Justice Department for unlawfully questioning her and seizing the phone during Rajat Gupta's insider trading trial.
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Indian-origin law student sues Preet Bharara
An Indian-origin law student is suing Manhattan's top federal prosecutor Preet Bharara and the US Justice Department claiming she was unlawfully questioned, and her cell phone confiscated after she sent letters to the presiding judge during Rajat Gupta's insider trading trial.
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Rajat Gupta trial defense asks: "Where's the beef?"
Evidence of insider trading against businessman Rajat Gupta is "overwhelming," a prosecutor told jurors at the trial's close on Wednesday, while a defense lawyer countered that the government had a weak, circumstantial case without direct proof. "Where is the beef in this case?" defense lawyer Gary Naftalis asked the Manhattan federal court jury. ...
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On day 4 of Rajat Gupta trial, jurors hear wiretapped conversations
Prosecutors played a series of FBI wiretapped phone conversations in a bid to show that Goldman Sachs' former Indian-American director Rajat Gupta shared confidential information with convicted hedge-fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam. Gupta wasn't a participant on any of the calls played for the jury Thursday at his trial for insider-trading at Man...
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Rajat Gupta trial: How close was he to Raj Rajaratnam?
On the second day of Gupta's insider-trading trial in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, prosecutors tried to establish for the jury his ties to now-imprisoned Rajaratnam.
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Celsius Founder, Former CEO Arrested Over Fraud Charges as SEC Sues Crypto Firm
Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, was arrested and charged with fraud, a US prosecutor in New York said Thursday morning, as three federal regulatory agencies sued him and his company. Mashinsky, 57, was charged with seven criminal counts while Celsius' former chief revenue officer, Roni C...
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Sam Bankman-Fried Barred From Contacting FTX Employees Using Signal, Encrypted Messages
A US judge on Wednesday temporarily barred FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried from contacting current or former employees of the cryptocurrency exchange or his Alameda Research hedge fund, and from using encrypted messaging tools including Signal. The ruling by US District Judge Lewis Kaplan came after federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Bankman-Fri...
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Very Proud Of My Indian Heritage, Says Federal Prosecutor Preet Bharara
India-born former top federal prosecutor in Manhattan Preet Bharara said he is very proud of his Indian heritage which made him more compassionate and tolerant towards other people.
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Preet Bharara, The Tenacious Prosecutor Fired By Donald Trump
An Indian-born, New Jersey-raised Bruce Springsteen fan, former Manhattan federal attorney Preet Bharara ascended to rock-star status in the straitlaced world of law for his aggressive skewering of public corruption and Wall Street crime.
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Preet Bharara, The Tenacious Prosecutor Fired By Donald Trump
An Indian-born, New Jersey-raised Bruce Springsteen fan, former Manhattan federal attorney Preet Bharara ascended to rock-star status in the straitlaced world of law for his aggressive skewering of public corruption and Wall Street crime.
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US Charges Former UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon's Relatives In Bribery Case
US prosecutors on Tuesday accused two relatives of former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon of engaging in a scheme to bribe a Middle Eastern official in connection with the attempted $800 million sale of a building complex in Vietnam.
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Donald Trump To Keep Manhattan Federal Prosecutor Preet Bharara In Post
Preet Bharara, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan known for pursuing a series of cases targeting public corruption and crime on Wall Street, said on Wednesday he has agreed to remain in his post after Donald Trump becomes U.S. president.
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US Prosecutors Seek 8-Year Sentence for Indian-Origin Fund Manager Martoma
An Indian-origin portfolio manager, convicted for his role as the "central figure" in one of the most lucrative insider trading schemes in US history, should be sentenced to more than eight years in prison, Manhattan's top federal prosecutor Preet Bharara has said.
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'Indian American Accused of Insider Trading Must be Jailed,' Says Preet Bharara
An Indian-origin portfolio manager, convicted for his role as the "central figure" in one of the most lucrative insider trading schemes in US history, should be sentenced to more than eight years in prison, Manhattan's top federal prosecutor Preet Bharara has said.
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Devyani Khobragade's claim of immunity challenged by US prosecutors
Devyani Khobragade, the Indian diplomat whose December arrest led to a major international dispute, holds no immunity from U.S. prosecution and should continue to faces charges of visa fraud, Manhattan federal prosecutors said in court papers filed on Friday.
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US Judge dismisses Indian-origin student's lawsuit against Preet Bharara
A US court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Indian-origin law student against Manhattan's top federal prosecutor Preet Bharara and the Justice Department for unlawfully questioning her and seizing the phone during Rajat Gupta's insider trading trial.
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Indian-origin law student sues Preet Bharara
An Indian-origin law student is suing Manhattan's top federal prosecutor Preet Bharara and the US Justice Department claiming she was unlawfully questioned, and her cell phone confiscated after she sent letters to the presiding judge during Rajat Gupta's insider trading trial.
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Rajat Gupta trial defense asks: "Where's the beef?"
Evidence of insider trading against businessman Rajat Gupta is "overwhelming," a prosecutor told jurors at the trial's close on Wednesday, while a defense lawyer countered that the government had a weak, circumstantial case without direct proof. "Where is the beef in this case?" defense lawyer Gary Naftalis asked the Manhattan federal court jury. ...
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On day 4 of Rajat Gupta trial, jurors hear wiretapped conversations
Prosecutors played a series of FBI wiretapped phone conversations in a bid to show that Goldman Sachs' former Indian-American director Rajat Gupta shared confidential information with convicted hedge-fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam. Gupta wasn't a participant on any of the calls played for the jury Thursday at his trial for insider-trading at Man...
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Rajat Gupta trial: How close was he to Raj Rajaratnam?
On the second day of Gupta's insider-trading trial in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, prosecutors tried to establish for the jury his ties to now-imprisoned Rajaratnam.
