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SEC Accuses Hedge Fund Manager Of Concealing $30 Million In Losses
by Glen Shapiro, LawAndTax-News.com, New York

25 November 2005

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has filed suit against a Massachusetts-based hedge fund manager who fraudulently concealed around $30 million in losses from the fund's investors.

In its suit, filed in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the SEC alleged that when Mark Conway lost the money as a result of a large setback in 2000, he began the cover-up, violating the fund's investment strategies, and falsifying information on financial statements, profit and loss records, and information sent to investors.

The SEC complaint went on to reveal that although the fund's balance sheets show around $43 million in assets, it is really only worth $14 million.

The financial regulator has asked the court to impose a fine, and to make Mr Conway return any illegally obtained gains.

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