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USA v. Watson et al

  1. March 28, 2025

    Trump Grants Clemency To Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson

    President Donald Trump has granted clemency to former Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson, who was facing nearly a decade in prison for lying to banks and investors to secure funding for his now-shuttered multimedia company, the White House confirmed Friday.

  2. January 07, 2025

    Ex-Ozy Media Exec Who Testified Against Founder Avoids Jail

    A Brooklyn federal judge allowed a former Ozy Media executive to avoid prison Tuesday for furthering a fraud that sunk the high-profile media startup, citing his cooperation with prosecutors who convicted company founder Carlos Watson of swindling tens of millions of dollars.

  3. December 16, 2024

    Ozy Media CEO Gets Almost 10 Years For Investor Fraud

    A New York federal judge on Monday sentenced former Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson to nearly 10 years in prison following his conviction at trial for lying to banks and investors to secure tens of millions of dollars in funding for the nascent multimedia company.

  4. December 11, 2024

    Ozy Media Ex-CEO's Atty Seeks More Time Or OK To Quit

    An attorney for former Ozy Media Inc. CEO Carlos Watson asked a New York federal judge Wednesday for permission to withdraw from Watson's fraud and identity theft case unless he and other defense counsel can have more time to prepare for sentencing proceedings set to begin Friday.

  5. November 19, 2024

    NY Judge Rejects Ozy Media CEO's DQ Bid Over Investments

    U.S. District Judge Eric R. Komitee of New York's Eastern District on Tuesday refused to step aside from former Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson's fraud and identity theft case, slamming as meritless Watson's effort to undo his convictions over the judge's financial investments.

  6. November 18, 2024

    Ozy Media CEO Turns To 2nd Circ. Over Judge's Investments

    The "atypical" conflict and threat to public confidence in the judiciary created by a New York federal judge's financial investments warrant the Second Circuit stepping in to undo former Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson's fraud and identity theft convictions sooner rather than later, Watson told the appellate court on Monday.

  7. November 04, 2024

    Feds Slam Ozy Media CEO's 'Last-Ditch' Effort To DQ Judge

    Prosecutors have pushed back against Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson's "last-ditch effort" to get his fraud and identity theft convictions undone, insisting that investments owned by the New York federal judge overseeing his case are in hedge funds and not in Watson's victims, and are too small to matter.

  8. October 28, 2024

    Ozy Media CEO Wants Conviction Nixed Over Judge's Assets

    The New York federal judge who presided over the fraud and identity theft trial of former Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson should be disqualified from the case because he failed to disclose that he had investments in four of the companies victimized by Watson, according to the onetime executive, who is trying to get his conviction overturned.

  9. July 16, 2024

    Former Ozy Media CEO Convicted Of Defrauding Investors

    A New York federal jury on Tuesday convicted former Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson of fraud and identity theft in a case alleging the charismatic startup founder lied to banks and investors to secure tens of millions of dollars in funding for the multimedia company.

  10. July 11, 2024

    Ozy Media CEO Urges Jury To Reject 'Shady' Fraud Case

    Counsel for Carlos Watson on Thursday told a Brooklyn federal jury not to trust prosecutors' "shady" claims that the Ozy Media founder and CEO defrauded lenders and investors by falsely inflating the news and entertainment startup's bottom line.

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