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Join the Greater Chicago Chapter of the ACFE this March for an in-depth look at white collar prosecutions with former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti. This webinar will be worth 1 hour of Continuing Professional Education credit.

Renato Mariotti is a partner in Paul Hastings’s Chicago office. Renato has tried and won more than 20 civil and criminal cases in federal and state court, including United States v. Jitesh Thakkar, the first-ever criminal case charging a non-trader with a form of market manipulation. After Renato's cross-examination of the government's star witness caused the witness to admit there was no conspiracy, the judge acquitted Mr. Thakkar of conspiracy, and when 10 out of 12 jurors voted for acquittal on the remaining counts, the Justice Department dismissed them shortly thereafter, resulting in complete acquittal for Mr. Thakkar.

Renato is a former federal prosecutor in the Securities and Commodities Fraud Section of the United States Attorney's Office. In that role, Renato was best known as the lead prosecutor in United States v. Michael Coscia, the nation's first federal prosecution of a high-frequency trader for order entry and the first prosecution nationwide under the anti-spoofing provision of the Dodd-Frank Act. After securing a first-of-its-kind indictment, Renato successfully defended the constitutionality of the spoofing and commodity fraud statutes, and the jury returned a guilty verdict on all 12 counts after less than one hour of deliberation.

During his nine years at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois, Renato tried more than a dozen criminal trials and prosecuted a wide array of white-collar crimes, including commodities and securities fraud, spoofing, cybercrime, bank fraud, investor fraud, health care fraud, mortgage fraud, tax evasion, and internet pharmaceutical sales.

Renato represents a variety of clients in the financial services industry, including trading firms, Futures Commission Merchants, Introducing Brokers, banks, broker/dealers, hedge funds, and individuals in enforcement actions, litigation, arbitrations, investigations, and examinations, including government actions by the DOJ, CFTC, SEC, NFA, FINRA, exchanges, and state regulators.  Renato also has significant experience representing hospitals, pharmacies, and providers in enforcement matters involving civil False Claims Act litigation and parallel criminal investigations.