Peter Weinzierl, ehemaliger Chef der Meinl Bank, sitzt seit Freitag in einer Strafvollzugsanstalt in New York in Untersuchungshaft. https://t.co/ckEthObLOy https://t.co/Js6VsfQinI
Glamorous Miami hedge funder banned from US after lying to immigration officials https://t.co/nIhG0JUVs3
A Los Angeles man appeared before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Las Vegas on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in a transnational financial fraud organization. https://t.co/ePQxzff9cm
Peter Weinzierl, the former chief of Austria's Meinl Bank, has been extradited to the United States to face federal charges related to corruption and money laundering. He is accused of conspiring to launder over $170 million through the American financial system as part of a scheme involving bribes paid to government officials by a Brazilian construction conglomerate. Weinzierl fought his extradition from the UK for four years before arriving in the US, where he pleaded not guilty and was ordered detained. He is currently held in a New York detention facility. Separately, a Los Angeles man appeared before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Las Vegas for alleged involvement in a transnational financial fraud organization, and a Miami hedge funder was banned from the US after lying to immigration officials.