A California venture capitalist pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he helped his company land a lucrative deal with New York's public pension fund by giving nearly $1 million worth of illegal gifts to state officials. Markstone Capital Partners chairman Elliott Broidy made an unannounced appearance ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York criminal court judge on Friday said Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's fraud charges against a central figure in a major pension kickback case partly rested on a "novel" use of the state securities law. New York's securities law, called the Martin Act, gives the attorney general broad powers over financial fraud. Judge Lewis ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former head of New York's Liberal Party and a founding partner of Aldus Equity have pleaded guilty to taking part in a kickback scheme that corrupted how the state pension fund chose investment managers, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday. The two-year probe, joined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and ...

Former New York power broker Raymond Harding has pleaded guilty to security fraud charges in the "pay-to-play" scandal at the state's public pension fund. State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (KWOH'-moh) says Harding entered the plea Tuesday in Manhattan. Harding was the longtime head of New ...