New York Attorney convicted for securities fraud
Evan Greebel, a former partner at the New York office of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP who served as outside counsel to Retrophin Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of two counts of a superseding indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit securities fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The verdict followed an 11-week trial before United States District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto. Bridget M. Rohde, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney, Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI), announced the verdict. “By helping Retrophin CEO Martin Shkreli steal millions of dollars and cover up Shkreli’s fraud, the defendant Evan Greebel betrayed the trust placed in him by Retrophin’s board of directors to represent the company’s best interests,” stated Acting United States Attorney Rohde. “Today’s verdict sends a powerful message tha