Archegos Founder Bill Hwang Arrested for Fraud in US

Archegos Founder Bill Hwang Arrested for Fraud in US

Bill Hwang, founder of collapsed family office Archegos Capital Management, has been arrested by US authorities and charged with racketeering, fraud and market manipulation. The indictment released on Wednesday accuses Hwang, 58, and former chief financial officer Patrick Halligan, 45, of using archegos as an “instrument of market manipulation and fraud” with “considerable consequences for…

Four charged in connection with multi-billion dollar collapse of Archegos Capital Management

Four charged in connection with multi-billion dollar collapse of Archegos Capital Management

An indictment was released today accusing Sung Kook (Bill) Hwang, the founder and head of a private investment firm known as Archegos, and Patrick Halligan, Chief Financial Officer of Archegos, racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud and wire fraud offenses in connection with interrelated torts. schemes to illegally manipulate the prices of publicly traded securities in Archegos’…