Preet Bharara

Under Trump, ‘You’re fired!’ even greets federal prosecutors

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and ERIC TUCKERJune 21, 2020 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara had a snickering response to news that his successor as top federal prosecutor was “stepping down” from the job...

Trump’s authoritarian playbook: What’s next?

Ruth Ben-GhiatJuly 29, 2017 GMT

Just before Donald Trump took office, I argued that our new president would likely follow the "authoritarian playbook," an approach toward governance that privileges executive power and makes the leader's personal goals and needs the focus of his public office.

Now-fired Preet Bharara boasts of ‘absolute independence’

By LARRY NEUMEISTERMarch 12, 2017 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A defiant Manhattan federal prosecutor who says "absolute independence" was his touchstone for over seven years as he battled public corruption announced he was fired Saturday after he refused to resign...

Feds say 3 hacked law firms’ networks, made insider trades

December 27, 2016 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged three Chinese nationals accused of profiting from insider information about mergers and acquisitions by hacking into the networks of law firms working on the deals, authorities said Tuesday.

Tough-on-corruption NY prosecutor tells Trump he will stay

By LARRY NEUMEISTERDecember 1, 2016 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Financial cheaters and corrupt politicians beware: One of America's hardest-charging prosecutors isn't going anywhere.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's brief announcement that he has agreed to stay on in the Donald Trump administration signals in at least one way that the president-elect may be serious about keeping his campaign promise to crack down on corruption.

SI physician’s assistant gets 11 years in oxycodone dealing

December 16, 2015 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A physician's assistant who admitted illegally prescribing oxycodone out of a Staten Island clinic has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.

Leonard Marchetta pleaded guilty in January and was sentenced on Tuesday.

US lawyer gets year in prison in Refco fraud

July 16, 2013 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A Chicago-area lawyer convicted in a $2.4 billion fraud that led to the collapse of a giant independent commodities firm was sentenced Monday to a year and a day in prison.