Legal Opinion
United States v. Prange
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 8, 2013No. Criminal No. 11-10415-NMGPublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
GORTON, District Judge.
On January 11, 2012, the Grand Jury returned a 14-count superceding indictment charging, inter alia, defendants Steven Berman (“Berman”), Karen Persons (“Persons”) and John Jordan (“Jordan”) (collectively “the moving defendants”) in three separate conspiracies to commit securities fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349.
I. Background
The three conspiracies charged in the superceding indictment stem from the defendants’ relationship with defendant James Prange (“Prange”), who recruited them to participate in an illegal kick-back program with a hedge fund…
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