According to court filings, Caspersen in 2015 closed a major deal to recapitalize a private equity fund and then embezzeled an $8.1 million fee the fund had paid to PJT.
To recoup the money owed to PJT, Caspersen defrauded Moore, which supports environmental nonprofits, into investing $25 million in the deal even though it had already been completed.
The foundation sued PJT the following year, claiming the bank had been negligent in failing to more closely supervise Caspersen after he delayed in remitting the $8.1 million fee to the bank.
Caspersen's fraud should have been foreseeable in light of the missing $8.1 million fee "and Caspersen’s purportedly sloppy attempt to cover up his embezzlement," Cannataro wrote.
The case is The Moore Charitable Foundation v PJT Partners Inc, New York Court of Appeals, No.
Persons:
Andrew Caspersen, Anthony Cannataro, Moore, Caspersen, PJT, Cannataro, Madeline Singas, Singas, Michael Garcia, Stephen Shackelford, Susman Godfrey, Aidan Synnott, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton, Garrison Read
Organizations:
Bank, NY, The New, Appeals, PJT Partners, Moore Charitable, Park Hill Group, Caspersen, New, Thomson
Locations:
The New York, PJT, Caspersen, New York