Prosecutors have announced a second arrest in the fraud case facing a prominent Manhattan lawyer accused of duping hedge funds into making bogus investments.
Broker Kosta Kovachev was charged Tuesday with wire fraud in a criminal complaint unsealed in federal court in Manhattan. It was not immediately clear who will represent him in court.The complaint accused Kovachev of posing as the comptroller for a developer whose offices were used to convince a hedge fund to buy a worthless investment.Earlier this month, lawyer Marc Dreier was accused of causing losses of at least $380 million by scamming hedge funds into buying the worthless securities.As the head of Dreier LLP, Dreier commanded more than 200 attorneys.
He remains jailed without bail.
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Tuesday, 23 December 2008
Marc Dreier ,Prosecutors have announced a second arrest in the fraud case
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Broker Kosta Kovachev was charged Tuesday with wire fraud in a criminal complaint unsealed in federal court in Manhattan
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