周三,2021年倒閉的對沖基金Archegos資本管理公司(Archegos Capital Management)的創(chuàng)始人被判證券和市場操縱欺詐罪成立。檢察官稱,他的行為給全球投資銀行造成了價值數(shù)十億美元的損失。
在法院宣讀判決書時,比爾·黃目視前方,喝了幾口水。陪審團裁決他10項刑事罪名成立。其中一項市場操縱罪名不成立,其他六項罪名被判成立。
紐約聯(lián)邦檢察官表示,比爾·黃和他的同謀在投資崩盤前人為抬高近十只股票的價值,導(dǎo)致市值損失1,000億美元,他創(chuàng)建的公司也因此倒閉。
他的律師辯護稱,他的委托人是一名誠實的投資者,投資的是他信任的股票。
檢察官稱,大衛(wèi)·黃對銀行撒謊,從而獲得數(shù)十億美元用于發(fā)展他在紐約成立的投資公司。該公司的資產(chǎn)組合規(guī)模從100億美元增長到1,600億美元。
美國助理檢察官亞歷山德拉·羅斯曼在案件開始審理之前對陪審團表示,億萬富翁大衛(wèi)·黃“希望成為華爾街的傳奇人物”,并參與了一項涉及股票衍生品交易的陰謀,在多家公司秘密建立了超大倉位。
大衛(wèi)·黃的代理律師巴里·伯克在開庭陳述中表示,他的委托人“并沒有過億萬富翁的生活”,也沒有向任何銀行虛報自己開展的業(yè)務(wù)。
在本周早些時候的結(jié)案陳詞中,伯克對陪審團稱,他的委托人是無辜的。他表示:“黃先生大量投資他信任的股票。這不是犯罪?!?/p>
起訴書稱,大眾投資者并不知道,Archegos已經(jīng)主導(dǎo)了多家公司的交易和股票所有權(quán),因為它所使用的證券沒有公開披露要求。檢察官表示,大衛(wèi)·黃和他的公司一度秘密控制了維亞康姆CBS公司(ViacomCBS)50%以上的股份。
然而,這種高風(fēng)險的做法使他的公司的投資組合,容易因為幾只股票的股價波動而受到影響。
起訴書稱,2021年3月末的追加保證金要求,導(dǎo)致該公司的市值在短短幾天內(nèi)減少了超過1,000億美元。
起訴書稱,近十家公司以及被Archegos欺騙的銀行和主要券商,因此損失了數(shù)十億美元。
此外,陪審團還判決該公司前財務(wù)官帕特里克·哈利根有罪。(財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
周三,2021年倒閉的對沖基金Archegos資本管理公司(Archegos Capital Management)的創(chuàng)始人被判證券和市場操縱欺詐罪成立。檢察官稱,他的行為給全球投資銀行造成了價值數(shù)十億美元的損失。
在法院宣讀判決書時,比爾·黃目視前方,喝了幾口水。陪審團裁決他10項刑事罪名成立。其中一項市場操縱罪名不成立,其他六項罪名被判成立。
紐約聯(lián)邦檢察官表示,比爾·黃和他的同謀在投資崩盤前人為抬高近十只股票的價值,導(dǎo)致市值損失1,000億美元,他創(chuàng)建的公司也因此倒閉。
他的律師辯護稱,他的委托人是一名誠實的投資者,投資的是他信任的股票。
檢察官稱,大衛(wèi)·黃對銀行撒謊,從而獲得數(shù)十億美元用于發(fā)展他在紐約成立的投資公司。該公司的資產(chǎn)組合規(guī)模從100億美元增長到1,600億美元。
美國助理檢察官亞歷山德拉·羅斯曼在案件開始審理之前對陪審團表示,億萬富翁大衛(wèi)·黃“希望成為華爾街的傳奇人物”,并參與了一項涉及股票衍生品交易的陰謀,在多家公司秘密建立了超大倉位。
大衛(wèi)·黃的代理律師巴里·伯克在開庭陳述中表示,他的委托人“并沒有過億萬富翁的生活”,也沒有向任何銀行虛報自己開展的業(yè)務(wù)。
在本周早些時候的結(jié)案陳詞中,伯克對陪審團稱,他的委托人是無辜的。他表示:“黃先生大量投資他信任的股票。這不是犯罪。”
起訴書稱,大眾投資者并不知道,Archegos已經(jīng)主導(dǎo)了多家公司的交易和股票所有權(quán),因為它所使用的證券沒有公開披露要求。檢察官表示,大衛(wèi)·黃和他的公司一度秘密控制了維亞康姆CBS公司(ViacomCBS)50%以上的股份。
然而,這種高風(fēng)險的做法使他的公司的投資組合,容易因為幾只股票的股價波動而受到影響。
起訴書稱,2021年3月末的追加保證金要求,導(dǎo)致該公司的市值在短短幾天內(nèi)減少了超過1,000億美元。
起訴書稱,近十家公司以及被Archegos欺騙的銀行和主要券商,因此損失了數(shù)十億美元。
此外,陪審團還判決該公司前財務(wù)官帕特里克·哈利根有罪。(財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
The founder of Archegos Capital Management, a hedge fund that collapsed in 2021, was convicted Wednesday of securities and market manipulation fraud in a scheme that prosecutors said cost global investment banks billions of dollars.
Bill Hwang looked straight ahead as the verdict was read, taking several sips of water as the jury found him guilty of 10 criminal counts. He was acquitted of one charge of market manipulation but was convicted of six others.
Federal prosecutors in New York said Hwang and his co-conspirators artificially inflated the values of nearly a dozen stocks before the investments collapsed, wiping out $100 billion in market value along with the company he created.
Hwang’s lawyer had argued that his client was an honest investor who put money into stocks he believed in.
Prosecutors said Hwang lied to banks to get billions of dollars to grow his investment firm, which was based in New York. Its portfolio grew from $10 billion to $160 billion.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexandra Rothman told jurors at the start of the case that Hwang, who was a billionaire, “wanted to be a legend on Wall Street” and engaged in a scheme involving trades of stock derivatives to secretly build extraordinarily large positions in just a few companies.
Hwang’s attorney, Barry Berke, said in his opening statement that his client “didn’t live the life of a billionaire” and didn’t make any misrepresentations to any banks about his business.
In a closing argument earlier this week, Berke told the jury that his client was innocent, saying, “Mr. Hwang bet big on stocks he believed in. That is not a crime.”
The indictment said the investment public did not know Archegos had come to dominate the trading and stock ownership of multiple companies because it used securities that had no public disclosure requirement. At one point Hwang and his firm secretly controlled over 50 percent of the shares of ViacomCBS, prosecutors said.
The risky maneuvers, however, made the firm’s portfolio vulnerable to price fluctuations in a handful of stocks.
Margin calls in late March 2021 wiped out more than $100 billion in market value in just days, the indictment said.
Nearly a dozen companies as well as banks and prime brokers duped by Archegos lost billions as a result, according to the indictment.
The jury also convicted the company’s former financial officer, Patrick Halligan.