U.S. Probes Hedge Fund Manager Ribotsky (Fund News)
U.S. criminal authorities are probing whether Corey Ribotsky, Managing Member of NIR Group, a Roslyn, N.Y., hedge-fund, defrauded investors about their returns and the holdings of his various funds, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Ahmed Hamad Algosaibi and Brothers Company (AHAB), one of Saudi Arabia??s most powerful family-owned companies, has filed a lawsuit in which it accuses Maan Al-Sanea, the Saudi billionaire, of ??massive fraud? and alleges that he ??misappropriated approximately $10bn as a result of his frauds?.
Feeder fund assets with link to Petters frozen (Fund News)
A federal judge froze the assets of a hedge fund manager accused of acting as a $2bn feeder fund for a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme operated by Minnesota businessman Thomas Petters, federal regulators said on Friday.
The chief executive of Keydata, the collapsed specialist investment firm, made personal loans worth several million dollars to the man behind the investment vehicles that Keydata is blaming for a £103m shortfall in client funds.