Manhattan U.S. Attorney and FBI Acting Assistant Director in Charge Announce Arrests of Two Sales Brokers in Broker-Dealer Mark-Up Scheme
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Mary Galligan, the Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), today announced the arrests of Marek Leszczynski and Benjamin Chouchane, who previously worked as sales brokers in the same brokerage firm, on charges of securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud.