Preet Bharara

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Benzinga is highlighting nominees for the fifth annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards ahead of the event Nov. 19 in New York City. One nominee is ComplySci, a fintech for regulatory compliance. Background Founded in 2003, the U.S.-based fintech provides web-based regulatory compliance tech and...

Preet Bharara, a notable federal prosecutor in Manhattan who gained notoriety for investigating cases of insider trading, was fired over the weekend. As has become the norm when a new president enters the White House, the President requested federal prosecutors appointed by the prior administration...

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is known for going after big names accused of wrongdoing on Wall Street. According to Reuters, he is now pursuing cases "on a pace not seen since 2012" when 17 people were charged with insider trading. Bharara is the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of...

Citi has downgraded Novartis AG (ADR) (NYSE: NVS) to Neutral from Buy on SAG investigation. Analyst Andrew Baum reported, "The ongoing action of the formidable State Attorney General (SAG) of the Southern District of NY, Preet Bharara, casts a reputational shadow over the incumbent Novartis...

Charlie Shrem, the 24 year old co-founder and CEO of the Bitcoin startup company BitInstant, was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Sunday. He has been charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and contributing to anonymous drug sales. Shrem is also vice...

Yet another former employee of SAC Capital was indicted on insider trading. On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office charged former SAC Capital portfolio manager Mathew Martoma in a $276 million insider trading case -- the largest of its kind. The alleged nefarious trading took place in...

Another bombshell dropped on Tuesday in the sprawling insider trading investigation being run out of Preet Bharara's office. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York unveiled an indictment against former SAC Capital portfolio manager Mathew Martoma accusing him of trading on inside...