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Former MF Global CEO Corzine sued by trustee

Jon Corzine was sued by the bankruptcy trustee liquidating MF Global Holdings Ltd , who accused the former chief executive of engineering a high-risk business strategy that culminated in the commodities brokerage's destruction.Louis Freeh, the trustee, accused Corzine of breaching his duties to shareholders and failing to act in good faith, causing MF Global under his stewardship to lose well over $1 billion in value prior to its October 2011 bankruptcy."The company's procedures and controls for monitoring risk were lacking and in disrepair," Freeh said in a lawsuit filed Monday night in U.S. bankruptcy court in Manhattan. "Corzine engaged in risky trading strategies that strained the company's liquidity and could not be properly monitored."Also named as defendants were former MF Global President and Chief Operating Officer Bradley Abelow and former Chief Financial Officer Henri Steenkamp.A spokesman for Corzine had no immediate comment. Lawyers for the defendants did not immediately r...

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  1. Ex-MF Global CEO Corzine sued by trustee

    Jon Corzine, the former chief executive of MF Global Holdings Ltd , drove the futures and commodities brokerage into collapse by taking excessive risks and ignoring ...

  2. MF Global Trustee Sues Former CEO Corzine

    MF Global Trustee Louis Freeh filed a lawsuit against former Chief Executive Jon Corzine in bankruptcy court, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The lawsui...

  3. Ex-MF Global CEO Corzine Sued by Trustee

    Jon Corzine, a former U.S. Senator and governor from New Jersey, has been sued for his role in the failure of brokerage firm MF Global Holdings, the eighth largest b...

  4. Judge Approves MF Global Liquidation Plan: Reports

    A federal judge on Friday approved a liquidation plan for MF Global Holdings Ltd., a day after the firm's former chief executive, Jon Corzine, was blasted over his c...

  5. MF Global's liquidation plan approved by bankruptcy court

    MF Global on Friday gained court approval of a plan to liquidate its assets, pay back creditors and end the $40 billion bankruptcy that rocked the financial world in...

  6. MF Global Bankruptcy Exit Plan Ready for Court

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