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Jefferies banker who died of suspected overdose was working as much 100 hours a week: sources

Staffers described an increasingly toxic atmosphere as younger bankers were pushed to their limits to close megabucks M&A deals.

Banker found dead at 28 suspected of 'possible overdose' as police report drug evidence at scene

A 28-year-old Jefferies banker who died late last month is suspected to have been the victim of an accidental drug overdose, The Post has learned. Carter McIntosh, a junior tech...

Jefferies loses top litigation-finance banker to rival

New York investment bank Jefferies has lost the banker who led its controversial litigation-financing unit, which looks to profit off class-action settlements, The Post has learned. Justin Brass, a managing...

Ex-Jefferies trader won't face third trial for alleged fraud

The Justice Department has ended its five-year crusade against former Jefferies bond trader Jesse Litvak. Litvak, who twice had been convicted of fraud for misrepresenting to clients how much he...

Jefferies expands risky bond-trading desk with latest hire

Jefferies is doubling down on one of its riskiest bond-trading desks by hiring a top salesman from Angelo Gordon & Co. — just as Wall Street is preparing to binge...

Jefferies brings in new recruit, causes split among traders

Wall Street investment bank Jefferies has recently sidelined a seven-year junk bond veteran to bring in a top trader from Citigroup — and has caused a split among some of...

Bond trading in the latest quarter was even worse than feared

A bellwether for bond trading just delivered some downbeat news. Jefferies, a boutique Wall Street bank, said Tuesday that its second-quarter bond trading business slid by a third from a...

Ex-Jefferies trader Jesse Litvak gets 2 years in prison - again

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — There will be no stay in “Broker Raton” for this crooked Wall Streeter. After four years and two trials, Jesse Litvak, a former Jefferies bond trader,...

Ex-Jefferies trader Jesse Litvak to be sentenced for fraud

A federal judge in Connecticut on Wednesday is set to sentence a former Jefferies Group bond trader after he was found guilty earlier this year of defrauding customers on bond...

Jefferies' 99% loss could be problem for all

Jefferies Group, Wall Street’s bellwether bank, posted its third straight disappointing quarterly results on Tuesday, with revenue from its key stock trading operation coming to an almost complete halt in...