BIZARRE ON TOP OF BIZARRE: Andrey C. Hicks, Boston-Area Man Charged Civilly By SEC Last Week In Alleged ‘Locust’ Hedge-Fund Scheme, Now Charged Criminally, Feds Say; Separately, TMZ.com Reports Hicks Was Guest At Kim Kardashasian/Kris Humphries August Wedding — And That Kardashian Filed For Divorce Today
Andrey C. Hicks, accused civilly by the SEC last week of orchestrating a domestic and offshore fraud, now has been charged criminally with wire fraud, federal prosecutors in Massachusetts said. Separately, TMZ.com is reporting that Hicks was a guest at the $10 million, August wedding of reality-TV star Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, a professional […]
SEC: Federal Judge Orders Asset Freeze Amid Allegations That ‘Locust Offshore Fund Ltd.’ Was A Fraud Pulled Off By Man Who Falsely Claimed 2 Harvard Degrees; Andrey C. Hicks Accused Of Faking Academic And Employment Pedigrees And Sanitizing Fraud Through Website
In yet another bizarre and disturbing development on the fraud front, the SEC went to federal court in Massachusetts yesterday, leveling spectacular allegations of financial deceit against Locust Offshore Management LLC of Delaware and Cambridge, Mass., and its principal, Andrey C. Hicks of Boston. Named a relief defendant was Locust Offshore Fund Ltd., a purported […]