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((Short description|American lawyer and former federal prosecutor (born 1968)))
((Use mdy dates|date=March 2017))
((Infobox officeholder
| name                = Preet Bharara
| image               = Bharara, Preet Headshot.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 2009
| office              = [[United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York]]
| president           = [[Barack Obama]]<br>[[Donald Trump]]
| term_start          = August 13, 2009
| term_end            = March 11, 2017
| predecessor         = [[Michael J. Garcia]]
| successor           = [[Joon Kim]] (acting)
| birth_name          = Preetinder Singh Bharara
| birth_date          = ((birth date and age|1968|10|13))
| birth_place         = [[Firozpur]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| education           = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Columbia University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| spouse              = Dalya Bharara
| children            = 3
| signature           = Preet Bharara signature (cropped).jpg
))

'''Preetinder Singh Bharara''' (((IPAc-en|p|r|iː|t|_|b|ə|ˈ|r|ɑːr|ə)); born October 13, 1968) is an Indian-born American lawyer and former [[Assistant United States Attorney|federal prosecutor]] who served as the [[United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York]] from 2009 to 2017. He is currently a partner at the law firm [[Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr]].<ref>((Cite news |last=Thomsen |first=Jacqueline |date=2022-06-13 |title=Former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Bharara joins Wilmer Hale law firm |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-manhattan-us-attorney-bharara-joins-wilmer-hale-law-firm-2022-06-13/ |access-date=2023-03-07))</ref> He served as an [[Assistant United States Attorney|Assistant U.S. Attorney]] for five years prior to leading the Southern District of New York. 

Bharara first entered the public sector as chief counsel to Senator [[Chuck Schumer]] when Schumer was charged with investigating the [[Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy|2006 presidential dismissal of U.S. attorneys]]. He transferred to the [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]] in 2004 as an assistant U.S. Attorney, beginning his career as a federal prosecutor. His office heavily prosecuted the [[Sicilian Mafia|Italian mafia]], convicting four out of the [[Five Families]]. Bharara similarly headed various counter-terrorism probes and cases, particularly against [[Al-Qaeda]].   

His office used a variety of unconventional tactics to close cases like [[Telephone tapping|wiretapping]] and asset seizure. He prosecuted nearly 100 Wall Street executives for [[insider trading]] and [[securities fraud]] using these legal methods. Bharara closed settlements with the [[Big Four (banking)|four largest banks]] in the country and shut down multiple [[hedge fund]]s. Known for his technocratic approach to prosecution, he routinely convicted both Democratic and Republican politicians on public corruption violations. Bharara occasionally pursued criminals [[Extraterritoriality|extraterritorially]]. Following a [[#Russian money laundering fraud|2013 Russian money laundering investigation]], Russian officials permanently banned him from entering Russia. The [[Devyani Khobragade incident|prosecution of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade]] by his office in 2013 led to a strain in [[India–United States relations]]. Upon the election of former U.S. President [[Donald Trump]], Bharara was dismissed after refusing to submit his resignation as part of the [[2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys]].<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/statement-us-attorney-preet-bharara |title=Statement By U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara |date=March 11, 2017 |access-date=March 11, 2017))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/11/preet-bharara-says-he-was-fired-moments-ago.html|title=Top cop of Wall Street, Preet Bharara, fired after refusing Trump administration's call to resign|first=Marty|last=Steinberg|website=[[CNBC]]|date=March 11, 2017|access-date=March 12, 2017))</ref>

==Early life and career==
Bharara was born in 1968 in [[Firozpur]], [[Punjab, India]], to a [[Sikh]] father and [[Hindu]] mother.<ref name=nytimes_20090810>((cite news | last=Weiser | first=Benjamin | title=For Manhattan's Next U.S. Attorney, Politics and Prosecution Don't Mix | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=August 9, 2009 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/nyregion/10bharara.html | access-date=April 21, 2011))</ref><ref>((Cite web|date=2017-03-13|title=Fired US Attorney Preet Bharara: Everything you need to know|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/world/fired-us-attorney-general-preet-bharara-everything-you-need-to-know-4566252/|access-date=2021-09-27|website=[[The Indian Express]]|language=en))</ref> His parents immigrated to the United States in 1970. Bharara became a U.S. citizen at age 12. He grew up in [[Eatontown, New Jersey|Eatontown]] in suburban [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]]<ref>Lattman, Peter. [https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/the-bhararas-join-an-elite-band-of-brothers/ "The Fabulous Bharara Boys"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 9, 2011. Accessed August 9, 2012. "He told the audience that he and his brother who grew up in Eatontown, N.J., carved similar paths. Preet, 46, graduated from Harvard College, and Vinnie, 39, from the University of Pennsylvania."</ref> and attended [[Ranney School]] in [[Tinton Falls, New Jersey]], where he graduated as [[valedictorian]] in 1986.<ref name=reuters_20091020>((cite news|title=Preet Bharara, the new top federal prosecutor zeroes in on white-collar crime |work=India Times/Reuters |date=October 20, 2009 |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/Preet-Bharara-the-new-top-federal-prosecutor-zeroes-in-on-white-collar-crime/articleshow/5141088.cms |access-date=April 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527024358/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/Preet-Bharara-the-new-top-federal-prosecutor-zeroes-in-on-white-collar-crime/articleshow/5141088.cms |archive-date=May 27, 2010 ))</ref><ref name=wnyc_20110127>((cite web|last=Chang |first=Ailsa |author-link=Ailsa Chang |title=Meet Preet Bharara: New York's Highest-Profile Prosecutor |work=[[WNYC]] News |date=January 27, 2011 |url=http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2011/jan/27/preet-bharara-hard-charging-humble-prosecutor/ |access-date=April 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418232614/http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2011/jan/27/preet-bharara-hard-charging-humble-prosecutor/ |archive-date=April 18, 2011 ))</ref>

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree ''[[magna cum laude]]'' from [[Harvard College]] in 1990. He then received a [[Juris Doctor]] degree from [[Columbia Law School]] in 1993, where he was a member of the ''[[Columbia Law Review]]''.<ref name=nytimes_20090810/>

In 1993, Bharara joined the law firm of [[Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher]] as a litigation associate. In 1996, Bharara joined the firm of [[Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman|Shereff, Friedman, Hoffman & Goodman]], where he did [[White-collar crime|white-collar defense]] work.<ref>Lizz Riggs, [https://today.law.harvard.edu/preet-bharara-and-mindy-kaling-named-harvard-law-school-2014-class-day-speakers/ Preet Bharara and Mindy Kaling are Harvard Law School's 2014 Class Day Speakers], ''Harvard Law Today'' (March 5, 2014).</ref> He was an assistant [[United States Attorney]] in Manhattan for five years, from 2000 to 2005, bringing criminal cases against the bosses of the [[Gambino crime family]], [[Colombo crime family]] and Asian gangs in New York City.<ref name=daily_telegraph_20070603/><ref name=wsj_20090211>((cite news | last=Jones | first=Ashby | title=The Likely Next U.S. Attorney for NY's Southern District: Preet Bharara | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=February 11, 2009 | url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/02/11/the-likely-next-us-attorney-for-nys-southern-district-preet-bharara/ | access-date=April 21, 2011))</ref><ref name=time_20091113>((cite magazine | last=Calabresi | first=Massimo | title=Prosecuting Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: Much Harder Than You Think | magazine=Time| date=November 13, 2009 | url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1939374,00.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115070245/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1939374,00.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=November 15, 2009| access-date=April 21, 2011))</ref> Bharara served as the chief counsel to Senator [[Chuck Schumer]] and played a leading role in the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary investigation into the [[Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy|firings of United States attorneys]].<ref name=daily_telegraph_20070603>((cite news | last=Shipman | first=Tim | title=Mafia prosecutor now has Bush in his sights | work=The Daily Telegraph | date=June 3, 2007 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1553492/Mafia-prosecutor-now-has-Bush-in-his-sights.html | access-date=April 21, 2011 | location=London))</ref>

==U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York==

Bharara was nominated to become [[U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York]] by President [[Barack Obama]] on May 15, 2009, and unanimously confirmed by the [[U.S. Senate]]. He was sworn into the position on August 13, 2009.<ref>((cite web|title=Meet the U.S. Attorney|date=May 13, 2015 |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/meetattorney.html))</ref> In September 2014, when Attorney General [[Eric Holder]] announced his intention to step down, Bharara was speculated as being a potential candidate as the next [[United States Attorney General]], although Holder's ultimate named successor was [[Loretta Lynch]].<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/us/politics/eric-holder-resigning-as-attorney-general.html?_r=0 | title=Attorney General Eric Holder, Prominent Liberal Voice in Obama Administration, Is Resigning | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=September 25, 2014 | access-date=September 25, 2014 | author=[[Matt Apuzzo]] & Michael D. Shear))</ref><ref>((cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/09/25/eric-holder-attorney-general-replacements/16203345/ | title=After Eric Holder: Potential attorney general choices | publisher=[[USA Today]] | date=September 25, 2014 | access-date=September 25, 2014 | author=Camia, Catalina))</ref>

===International investigations===
[[File:Preet Bharara 2011.jpg|thumb|Bharara (''right'') waits with Attorney General [[Eric Holder]] to announce charges related to the [[2011 alleged Iran assassination plot]].]]
Bharara's office sent out agents to more than 25 countries to investigate suspects of arms and narcotics trafficking and terrorists, and bring them to Manhattan to face charges. One case involved [[Viktor Bout]]. Bout was an arms trafficker, who lived in Moscow and had a deal involving selling arms to Colombian terrorists. Bharara argued that this aggressive approach is necessary in post 9/11 era. Defense lawyers criticized the stings, calling Bharara's office "the Southern District of the World." They also argued that American citizens would not appreciate other countries' treating them in such ways. Countries have not always rushed to cooperate. This is according to a review of secret State Department cables released by WikiLeaks.<ref name=International>((cite news|last1=Weiser|first1=Benjamin|title=A New York Prosecutor With Worldwide Reach|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/28/nyregion/28prosecutor.html|access-date=March 1, 2015|work=New York Times|date=March 27, 2011))</ref>

On April 13, 2013, Bharara was on a list released by the [[Russian Federation]] of Americans banned from entering the country over their alleged [[human rights violation]]s. The list was a direct response to the so-called [[Magnitsky Act|Magnitsky]] list revealed by the United States the day before.((Citation needed|date=December 2020))

===Actions against financial crime===

====Insider trading====
In 2012, Bharara was featured on a cover of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine entitled "This Man is Busting Wall Street" for his office's prosecutions of insider trading and other financial fraud on Wall Street.<ref>((cite news|url= http://www.time.com/time/covers/europe/0,16641,20120213,00.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120203153019/http://www.time.com/time/covers/europe/0,16641,20120213,00.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= February 3, 2012|title= This Man is Busting Wall Street |publisher=Time Magazine |date=February 13, 2012))</ref> From 2009 to 2012 (and ongoing), Bharara's office oversaw the [[Raj Rajaratnam/Galleon Group, Anil Kumar, and Rajat Gupta insider trading cases|Galleon Group insider trading]] investigation against [[Raj Rajaratnam]], [[Rajat Gupta]], [[Anil Kumar]] and more than 60 others. Rajaratnam was convicted at trial on 14 counts related to insider trading.<ref>((cite press release|title=Hedge Fund Billionaire Raj Rajaratnam Found Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court Of Insider Trading Charges |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/index.html |publisher=US Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York |access-date=June 22, 2011 |date=May 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528211734/http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/index.html |archive-date=May 28, 2011 ))</ref> Bharara is said to have "reaffirmed his office’s leading role in pursuing corporate crime with this landmark [[insider trading]] case, which relied on aggressive prosecutorial methods and unprecedented tactics."<ref>((cite news|title=U.S. Attorney Sends a Message to Wall Street|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/05/12/u-s-attorney-sends-a-message-to-wall-street/|access-date=June 22, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 12, 2011|author=Weiser, Benjamin|author2=Lattman, Peter))</ref>

In 2011 when hedge fund portfolio manager [[Chip Skowron]] pleaded guilty to insider trading, Bharara said: "Chip Skowron is the latest example of a portfolio manager willing to pay for proprietary, non-public information that gave him an illegal trading edge over the average investor. The integrity of our market is damaged by people who engage in insider trading...."<ref name="auto"/> Skowron was sent to prison for five years.<ref name="auto">((cite web|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/skowron-pleads-guilty-in-insider-trading-scam-2011-08-15|title=Skowron pleads guilty in insider trading scam|first=William|last=Spain|website=MarketWatch|date=15 August 2011))</ref><ref name="auto1">((cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/business/2012/11/harvard_doctor_turned_hedge_fu.html|title=Harvard doctor turned hedge fund felon lured by ambition, riches|date=27 November 2012|website=nj.com))</ref> Bharara has often spoken publicly about his work<ref>((cite news|last=Beeson|first=Ed|title=When U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara speaks, Wall Street and the world listens|url=http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2012/08/when_us_attorney_preet_bharara.html|newspaper=New Jersey Star-Ledger|date=August 19, 2012))</ref> and written an op-ed about the culture surrounding corporate crime and its effect on market confidence and business risk.<ref>((cite web|author=Bharara, Preet |url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/48286908 |title=Why Corporate Fraud Is So Rampant: Wall Street's Cop |publisher=CNBC |date=July 23, 2012))</ref>

After 85 straight convictions for insider-trading cases, he finally lost one on July 17, 2014. This was when a jury acquitted Rajaratnam's younger brother, [[Rengan Rajaratnam|Rengan]], of such charges.<ref name="nytimes.com">[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/19/business/Rengan-Rajaratnam-case-shows-limits-of-insider-trading-laws.html "The Limits of the Law in Insider Trading"]. ''The New York Times'' (July 18, 2014). Retrieved March 18, 2015.</ref>

On October 22, 2015, Bharara dropped seven insider-trading cases two weeks after the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] refused to a review a lower court decision that would make it harder to pursue wrongful-trading cases. The conviction of Michael S. Steinberg was dropped; Steinberg was the highest-ranking officer of [[SAC Capital Advisors]] who had previously been convicted of insider trading.<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/business/dealbook/us-prosecutor-to-drop-insider-trading-cases-against-seven.html|title=U.S. Prosecutor to Drop Insider Trading Cases Against Seven|first=Matthew|last=Goldstein|newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 22, 2015|access-date=March 12, 2017))</ref>

In 2013, Bharara announced criminal and civil charges against one of the largest and most successful hedge-fund firms in the United States, SAC Capital Advisors LP, and its founder Steven A. Cohen.<ref name="WSJ SAC Capital">((cite news|first1=Jenny|last1=Strasburg|first2=James|last2=Sterngold|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324564704578627680475592130|title=U.S. Attorney Alleges 'Rampant Insider Trading' at SAC |access-date=October 8, 2015|work=Wall Street Journal|date=July 25, 2013))</ref><ref>((cite news|title=SAC Capital pleads guilty |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/08/us-sac-plea-entered-idUSBRE9A710M20131108=Reuters ))((dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic))((cbignore|bot=medic))</ref> At USD$1.8 billion, it was the largest settlement ever for insider trading, and the firm also agreed to close down.<ref name="ABC SAC funds">((cite news|last1=Jarvis|first1=Rebecca|last2=Katersky|first2=Aaron|last3=Kim|first3=Susanna|title=Indicted Hedge Fund SAC Capital 'Magnet for Market Cheaters'|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/criminal-charges-filed-hedge-fund-insider-trading-11/story?id=19769212|access-date=October 8, 2015|work=abc News|date=July 2013))</ref><ref>((cite news|title=Meet Preet Bharara Who Just Won the Biggest Insider Trading Case Ever|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/11/04/meet-preet-bharara-who-just-won-the-biggest-insider-trading-case-ever/|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 4, 2013))</ref>

====Citibank====
[[Citibank]] was charged numerous times by Bharara's office and other federal prosecutors. In 2012, the bank reached a settlement with Bharara's office to pay $158 million for misleading the government into insuring risky loans.<ref name="Suit against Citibank">((cite news|last1=Associated press|title=Citigroup to Pay $158 Million in Mortgage Fraud Settlement|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/business/citigroup-to-pay-158-million-in-mortgage-fraud-settlement.html|access-date=October 8, 2015|work=New York Times|date=February 15, 2012))</ref> Bharara also made a criminal inquiry into Citibank's Mexican banking unit<ref>((cite news|last1=Protess|first1=Ben|last2=Corkery|first2=Michael|title=Criminal Inquiry Said to Be Opened on Citigroup|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/04/02/crime-inquiry-said-to-open-on-citigroup/?_r=0|access-date=October 8, 2015|date=April 2, 2014))</ref> In 2014, Citi settled with federal prosecutors for $7 billion for ignoring warnings on risky loans.<ref>((cite news|title=Citibank reaches $7 billion mortgage probe settlement|url=http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/07/citibank-reaches-7-billion-mortgage-securities-inquiry-settlement.php|access-date=October 8, 2015|work=Jurist.org|date=July 15, 2014))</ref>

====JPMorgan Chase====
Almost as soon as he took office, Bharara began investigating the role of [[Bernie Madoff]]'s primary banker, [[JPMorgan Chase]]. This investigation was in the fraud.<ref>((cite web|author=Scott Cohn |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/business/jpmorgans-price-tag-settle-madoff-case-2-6b-or-2-2D11869160 |title=JPMorgan settles Madoff case for $2.6B, or 2 weeks revenue |publisher=NBC News.com |date=January 7, 2014 |access-date=January 19, 2014))</ref> Eventually Bharara and JPMorgan reached a [[deferred prosecution]] agreement that called for JPMorgan to forfeit $1.7 billion, the largest forfeiture ever demanded from a bank in American history—to settle charges that it and its predecessors violated the [[Bank Secrecy Act]] by failing to alert state and federal authorities about Madoff's actions.<ref name="Vardi">((cite news|last=Vardi|first=Nathan|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2014/01/07/jpmorgan-chase-to-pay-1-7-billion-in-largest-bank-forfeiture-in-history-settles-criminal-madoff-charges/|title=J P Morgan Chase pays $1.7 billion and settles Madoff related criminal case|date=January 7, 2014|work=Forbes))</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25641476 JP Morgan to pay $1.7bn to victims of the Madoff fraud] BBC January 7, 2014</ref><ref>[http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1003069/jpmorgan-federal-settlement-in-madoff-case.pdf Text of deferred prosecution agreement] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108002915/http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1003069/jpmorgan-federal-settlement-in-madoff-case.pdf |date=January 8, 2014 )) in Madoff case</ref><ref>Protess, Ben; Silver-Greenberg, Jessica. [https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/madoff-action-seen-as-possible-for-jpmorgan JPMorgan Faces Possible Penalty in Madoff Case].  [[The New York Times]], October 23, 2013.</ref>

His office also handled the criminal prosecutions of several employees at Madoff’s firm and their associates. They were convicted by a jury on March 24, 2014.<ref>((cite web|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/03/24/5-former-madoff-employees-found-guilty-of-fraud/|title=Jury Says 5 Madoff Employees Knowingly Aided Swindle of Clients' Billions|last1=Abrams|first1=Rachel|last2=Henriques|first2=Diana B.|date=March 24, 2014 |access-date=March 12, 2017))</ref>

====Bank of America====
In 2012, federal prosecutors under Bharara sued [[Bank of America]] for $1 billion, accusing the bank of carrying out a mortgage scheme that defrauded the government during the depths of the financial crisis in 2008.<ref name="Protess">((cite news|last=Protess|first=Ben|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/federal-prosecutors-sue-bank-of-america-over-mortgage-program/|title=Federal Prosecutors Sue Bank of America Over Mortgage Program|date=October 24, 2012|newspaper=New York Times))</ref> In 2013, the jury found Bank of America liable for selling [[Fannie Mae]] and [[Freddie Mac]] thousands of defective loans in the first mortgage-fraud case brought by the U.S. government to go to trial.<ref>((cite web|title= Statement Of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara On The Countrywide, Bank Of America, And Rebecca Mairone Verdict|url= http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/October13/BoAVerdictStatement.php/|publisher=Department of Justice|date=October 23, 2013))</ref> The civil verdict also found the bank’s Countrywide Financial unit and former Countrywide executive Rebecca Mairone liable.<ref>((cite news|title=B of A's Countrywide Found Liable for Defrauding Fannie Mae|url=http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-MV4ZPL6TTDST01-6UVBNL9Q27URGNPOQJN103OL25/|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 24, 2013|access-date=May 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312064207/http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-MV4ZPL6TTDST01-6UVBNL9Q27URGNPOQJN103OL25%2F|archive-date=March 12, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all))</ref> However, in 2016 the [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]] ruled that the finding of fact by the jury that low-quality mortgages were supplied by Countrywide to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac supported only "intentional breach of contract," not fraud. The action, for civil fraud, relied on provisions of the [[Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989#Use with respect to the subprime mortgage crisis|Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act]]. This decision turned on lack of intent to defraud at the time the contract to supply mortgages was made.<ref name="WSJ52316">((cite news|author1=Aruna Viswanatha and Christina Rexrode|title=Bank of America Penalty Thrown Out in Crisis-Era 'Hustle' Case Appeals court says government didn't prove case, bank doesn't have to pay $1.27 billion|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/appeals-court-throws-out-1-27-billion-penalty-against-bank-of-america-1464018896|access-date=May 24, 2016|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=May 23, 2016))</ref>

==== Russian money laundering fraud ====
In 2013, Bharara began investigating a [[money laundering]] fraud scheme in New York City operated by a Russian criminal organization.<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financial-crime/10311071/Sheriff-of-Wall-Street-pursues-case-linked-to-death-of-Russian-lawyer.html|title='Sheriff of Wall Street' pursues case linked to death of Russian lawyer|work=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=2017-03-22|language=en))</ref> The alleged fraud links a $230 million Russian tax refund fraud scheme from 2008 to eleven U.S. real estate corporations.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-announces-civil-forfeiture-complaint-against-real-estate|title=Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Civil Forfeiture Complaint Against Real Estate Corporations Allegedly Involved In Laundering Proceeds Of Russian Tax Refund Fraud Scheme|website=www.justice.gov|date=May 13, 2015 |language=en|access-date=2017-03-22))</ref> The underlying tax refund fraud was first discovered by whistleblower and Russian lawyer. His name was [[Sergei Magnitsky]], who was arrested under tax evasion charges, and within a year he was found dead in his prison cell—a suspicious circumstance.<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-magnitsky-idUSBRE96A09V20130711|title=Russia convicts lawyer Magnitsky in posthumous trial|date=2017-07-11|work=Reuters|access-date=2017-03-22))</ref> Bharara and his office stated that some of the illicit proceeds were laundered in the U.S. by purchasing luxury [[Manhattan]] and [[Brooklyn]] real estate, including a 35-story block that has a pool, roof terrace, [[Turkish bath]] and indoor golf course. One&nbsp;of the companies named in the complaint, Prevezon, at the time had assets that included four condo units in the Financial District, each valued close to or in excess of $1 million, a $4.4-million condo at 250 East 49th Street in Turtle Bay, and an unknown amount of funds on deposit in eight separate [[Bank of America]] accounts in the name of different limited-liability companies registered in New York.

In April 2013, Bharara gave the authorization to the FBI for the raid on the businessman, [[Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov]]'s apartment in [[Trump Tower]].<ref name="snyder91">((cite book|last1=Snyder|first1=Timothy|author-link=Timothy Snyder|title=[[The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America]]|date=2018|publisher=The Bodley Head|location=London, U.K.|isbn=978-1-847-92526-8|pages=102–103|quote=Just a few weeks earlier, in April 2013, the FBI had arrested twenty-nine men suspected of running two gambling rings inside Trump Tower. According to investigators, the operation was overseen by Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov, a Russian citizen who also ran a money-laundering operation from a condo directly under Trump's own. As the FBI searched for him, Tokhtakhounov attended the Miss Universe pageant and sat a few seats away from Trump. (The United States attorney who had authorized the Trump Tower raid was Preet Bharara. Upon becoming president, Trump fired Bharara.)))</ref>

In April 2013, the case was personal for Bharara after Russia included him on the list 18 U.S. individuals banned from entering Russia in retaliation to the [[Magnitsky Act|Magnitsky act]].<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russia-bans-american-officials-in-retaliatory-move/2013/04/13/9de797ae-a429-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html|title=Russia retaliates against U.S., bans American officials|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2017-03-22))</ref>

On September 10, 2013, with help from the [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement|Immigration and Customs Enforcement]]’s Homeland Security Investigations and [[Cyrus Vance Jr.]], the District Attorney for New York County, Bharara's office announced that they had filed a [[Asset forfeiture|civil forfeiture]] complaint, freezing $24 million in assets.<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financial-crime/10300395/New-York-freezes-24m-of-Magnitsky-fraud-assets.html|title=New York freezes $24m of Magnitsky fraud assets|work=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=March 22, 2017|language=en))</ref> If the court upholds the complaint, the government will seize the assets.

====Holocaust survivor fund fraud====
During his first year in office, Bharara charged 17 managers and employees of the [[Claims Conference|Conference on Jewish Material Claims]] for defrauding Germany $42.5 million by creating thousands of false benefit applications for people who did not suffer in [[the Holocaust]]. This fraud had been going on for 16 years, was related to the $400 million that Germany pays out each year to Holocaust survivors.<ref name="NYDaily News - Holocaust survivor fund fraud">((cite news|first= Robert | last= Gearty|title=Holocaust survivor scam nets $42.5 million, 17 charged in swindle: prosecutors|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/holocaust-survivor-scam-nets-42-5-million-17-charged-swindle-prosecutors-article-1.453150|access-date= February 25, 2016|work=New York Daily News|date=November 9, 2010))</ref><ref name= "CNN Bharara charges holocaust surviver fund">((cite news| first=Vivienne | last= Foley|title= NY holocaust fund bilked of $42.5 million, prosecutor says|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/11/09/new.york.holocaust.fund.fraud/|access-date=February 25, 2016|work= CNN.com|date=November 12, 2010))</ref>

====Art fraud====
During his time in office, Bharara oversaw multiple notable art-fraud cases including the $80-million [[Knoedler]] Gallery case, which was the largest art-fraud scheme in American history involving forged masterworks. of artists [[Mark Rothko]], [[Robert Motherwell]] and others.<ref name="FBOI-Rosales-pleads-guilty">((cite web|title=Art Dealer Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to $80 Million Fake Art Scam, Money Laundering, and Tax Charges|url=https://www.fbi.gov/newyork/press-releases/2013/art-dealer-pleads-guilty-in-manhattan-federal-court-to-80-million-fake-art-scam-money-laundering-and-tax-charges|website=Federal Bureau of Investigation|publisher=U.S. Government|access-date=8 February 2016))</ref> Bharara brought charges in the $2.5-million case of John Re, a man from [[East Hampton, New York]], who sold forged artwork by [[Jackson Pollock]] and others<ref name=NewYorkTimes-Re1>Emma G. Fitzsimmons, "Seller of Art Fakes Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud," New York Times, Dec. 1, 2014</ref> and was sentenced to five years in federal prison.<ref name=EastHamptonStar-Re1>T.E. McMorrow, "Sentenced in Fake-Pollock Scam; John D. Re gets five years from federal judge for bilking unwary buyers," East Hampton Star, May 14, 2015</ref> Also Bharara charged [[Eric Spoutz]], an American [[art dealer]]. Spoutz was charged with selling hundreds of fake paintings falsely attributed to American masters. Spoutz was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison and ordered to forfeit the $1.45 million he made from the scheme and to pay $154,100 in restitution.<ref name=FBI1>"Forging Papers to Sell Fake Art," Federal Bureau of Investigation (press release), April 6, 2017</ref>

====Toyota deferred prosecution====

In March 2014, the U.S. Attorney's Office charged [[Toyota]] by information with one count of wire fraud for lying to consumers about two safety-related issues in the company’s cars, each of which caused [[2009–11 Toyota vehicle recalls|unintended acceleration]]. Under the terms of a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) that Toyota entered into the same day the information was filed, Toyota agreed to pay a $1.2-billion financial penalty, the largest criminal penalty ever imposed on an auto manufacturer. The company also admitted the truth of a detailed statement of facts accompanying the DPA, and agreed to submit to a three-year monitorship.<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/20/business/toyota-reaches-1-2-billion-settlement-in-criminal-inquiry.html|title=Toyota Is Fined $1.2 Billion for Concealing Safety Defects|last1=Vlasic|first1=Bill|date=2014-03-19|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-03-22|last2=Apuzzo|first2=Matt|issn=0362-4331))</ref>

===Public corruption===

Bharara has said that "there is no prosecutor’s office in the state that takes more seriously the responsibility to root out public corruption in Albany and anywhere else that we might find it, and I think our record speaks for itself."<ref>((cite news|last=Dovere|first=Isaac-Edward|title=On Fighting Public and Financial corruption in New York, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Takes the Lead|url=http://www.cityhallnews.com/2010/12/department-of-justice/|access-date=August 25, 2011|newspaper=City Hall News|date=December 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001125008/http://www.cityhallnews.com/2010/12/department-of-justice/|archive-date=October 1, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all))</ref> During his tenure, Bharara has charged several current and former officials in public corruption cases, including Senator [[Vincent Leibell]], Senator [[Hiram Monserrate]], NYC Councilman [[Larry Seabrook]], and Yonkers City Councilwoman Sandy Annabi.<ref>((cite press release|title=Former New York State Senator and Putnam County Executive-Elect Pleads Guilty in White Plains Federal Court to Obstruction of Justice and Tax Charges|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/December10/leibellvincentpleapr.pdf|publisher=U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York|date=December 6, 2010|access-date=March 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124153309/http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/December10/leibellvincentpleapr.pdf|archive-date=January 24, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all))</ref><ref>((cite press release|title=Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Former New York State Senator and New York City Council Member Hiram Monserrate with Conspiracy and Mail Fraud Crimes|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/October10/monserratehiramarrestpr.pdf|publisher=U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York|date=October 19, 2010|access-date=March 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217085208/http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/October10/monserratehiramarrestpr.pdf|archive-date=December 17, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all))</ref><ref>((cite press release|title=Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Bronx City Councilman with Public Corruption Crimes|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/February10/seabrooklarryindictmentpr.pdf|publisher=U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York|date=February 9, 2010|access-date=March 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016045907/http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/February10/seabrooklarryindictmentpr.pdf|archive-date=October 16, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all))</ref><ref>((cite press release|title=United States Attorney Charges Former Democratic Majority Leader of Yonkers City Council, Former Yonkers Republican Party Chief, and Attorney with Public Corruption Crimes|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/January10/annabisandyetalindictmentpr.pdf|publisher=U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York|date=January 6, 2010|access-date=March 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607005924/http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/January10/annabisandyetalindictmentpr.pdf|archive-date=June 7, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all))</ref><ref>((cite web|last=Glenza|first=Jessica|title=Jury Finds Yonkers Officials Guilty in Corruption Trial|url=http://rivertowns.dailyvoice.com/news/jury-finds-annabi-jereis-guilty-corruption|publisher=The Rivertowns Daily Voice|date=March 29, 2012))</ref><ref>((cite news|title=Sandy Annabi holds 'head up high' as she enters prison|url=http://newyork.newsday.com/nation/sandy-annabi-holds-head-up-high-as-she-enters-prison-1.4747092|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411121743/http://newyork.newsday.com/nation/sandy-annabi-holds-head-up-high-as-she-enters-prison-1.4747092|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 11, 2013|access-date=March 4, 2013|newspaper=Newsday Westchester|date=March 4, 2013))</ref> Bharara’s office uncovered an alleged corruption ring involving New York State Senator [[Carl Kruger]]. In April 2012, Kruger was sentenced to seven years in federal prison.<ref>((cite press release|title=Former New York State Senator Carl Kruger Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 7 Years in Prison for Bribery Schemes|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/April12/krugercarlandmichaelturanosentencing.html|publisher=U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York|access-date=May 4, 2012|date=April 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627074019/http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/April12/krugercarlandmichaelturanosentencing.html|archive-date=June 27, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all))</ref> In February 2011, Bharara announced the indictment of five consultants working on New York City’s electronic payroll and timekeeping project, [[CityTime payroll scandal|CityTime]], for misappropriating more than $80 million from the project. The investigation has expanded with five additional defendants being charged, including a consultant who allegedly received more than $5 million in illegal kickbacks on the projects.<ref>((cite press release|title=Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Four New Defendants in an Unprecedented Scheme to Defraud New York City in Connection with Citytime Project|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/June11/citytimes2indictmentpr.pdf|publisher=U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York|date=June 20, 2011|access-date=March 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226042743/http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/June11/citytimes2indictmentpr.pdf|archive-date=December 26, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all))</ref>

In early 2013, Bharara oversaw the conviction of [[New York City Police Department]] officer [[Gilberto Valle]], who was part of an alleged plot to rape and then cook and eat (cannibalize) women.<ref name="Weiser 3/13/13 N.Y. Times A1">((cite news|last=Weiser|first=Benjamin|title='Ugly Thoughts' Defense Fails; Officer Guilty in Cannibal Plot|newspaper=New York Times|date=March 12, 2013|author2=Daniel Krieger|author3=Jack Styczynski|page=3/13/13 N.Y. Times A1))</ref> Bharara and his team argued that Valle had done more than hypothesize, think, or speculate (in online networks where such fantasies are discussed), but had moved on from being a possible danger to others to the criminal planning phase and had even visited the street where one of the women lived, at the behest of another defendant. However, the defense and others who objected to the verdict argued that all he had done was fantasize, not plan, and that such thoughts or online posts, however twisted, were still protected.<ref name="Weiser 3/13/13 N.Y. Times A1"/> The defense team (Robert Baum and Julia L. Gatto)<ref name="Weiser 3/13/13 N.Y. Times A1"/> may ask the judge to set aside the verdict, or may appeal. If he does keep the felony conviction and is sentenced, Valle would automatically no longer serve in law enforcement.<ref name="Weiser 3/13/13 N.Y. Times A1"/><ref>[http://www.pjstar.com/free/x1037521435/NYC-policeman-convicted-in-plot-to-kidnap-cook-women NYC policeman convicted in plot to kidnap, cook women – News – Journal Star – Peoria, IL]. Pjstar.com (March 12, 2013). Retrieved on December 26, 2013.</ref>

On April 2, 2013, Bharara unsealed federal corruption charges against New York State Senator [[Malcolm Smith (U.S. politician)|Malcolm A. Smith]], New York City Councilman [[Dan Halloran]], and several other Republican party officials. The federal complaint alleged that Smith attempted to secure a spot on the Republican ballot in the 2013 New York City mayoral election through bribery and fraud.<ref>((cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Manhattan U.S. Attorney And FBI Assistant Director-In-Charge Announce Federal Corruption Charges Against New York State Senator Malcolm Smith And New York City Council Member Daniel Halloran |date=April 2, 2013 |publisher=[[United States Department of Justice]], US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/April13/SmithetalPR.php |access-date=April 2, 2013 ))</ref>

====New York Moreland Commission====
In 2014, Bharara's office began an inquiry into Gov. [[Andrew Cuomo]]'s decision to end the work of the [[Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption|Moreland Commission]], an anticorruption panel. After a ''New York Times'' report documenting Cuomo's staff's involvement with the commission and subsequent statements by commissioners defending the Governor, Bharara warned of obstruction of justice and witness tampering.<ref name="The New York Times">((cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/01/nyregion/cuomo-responding-to-us-attorney-seeks-to-justify-recent-contacts-with-corruption-panel.html|title=Cuomo, Responding to U.S. Attorney, Seeks to Justify Recent Contacts With Corruption Panel|last1=Santora|first1=Marc|date=August 1, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times))</ref>

====Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver====
Bharara made national headlines after investigating 11-term [[Speaker of the New York State Assembly]] [[Sheldon Silver]] for taking millions of dollars in payoffs, leading to Silver's arrest in January 2015.<ref>((cite news|author1=William Rashbaum|author2=Thomas Kaplan|title=Sheldon Silver, Assembly Speaker, Took Millions in Payoffs, U.S. Says|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/nyregion/speaker-of-new-york-assembly-sheldon-silver-is-arrested-in-corruption-case.html|access-date=January 25, 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 22, 2015))</ref> Silver was subsequently convicted on all counts, triggering his automatic expulsion from the Assembly.<ref>((cite news |last1=Campanile |first1=Carl |title=Sheldon Silver elected to 11th term as speaker, despite probe |url=https://nypost.com/2015/01/07/sheldon-silver-elected-to-11th-term-as-speaker-despite-probe/ |access-date=February 23, 2015 |newspaper=New York Post |date=January 7, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite news |url=http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2015/01/30/silver-to-resign-as-speaker-on-monday.html |title=Silver to Resign as Speaker on Monday |publisher=NY1 News |date=January 30, 2015 |access-date=January 30, 2015))</ref><ref name=":0">((Cite news|title = Sheldon Silver, Ex-New York Assembly Speaker, Is Found Guilty on All Counts|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/01/nyregion/sheldon-silver-guilty-corruption-trial.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = November 30, 2015|access-date = November 30, 2015|first1 = Benjamin|last1 = Weiser|first2 = Susanne|last2 = Craig))</ref> Silver was replaced by the first African-American speaker [[Carl Heastie]].<ref name="Al Sharpton's Community">((cite news|last1=Chayes|first1=Matthew|title=At meeting with Al Sharpton, new Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie says a person of color will now 'sit at the table'|url=http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/carl-heastie-new-ny-speaker-meets-with-al-sharpton-1.9915154|access-date=March 1, 2015|publisher=News Day|date=July 2, 2015))</ref><ref>((cite news|title=Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie Joins Sharpton's Saturday Morning NAN Rally|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/02/07/assembly-speaker-carl-heastie-joins-sharptons-saturday-morning-nan-rally/|access-date=March 1, 2015|publisher=CBS|date=July 2, 2015))</ref> During the Silver prosecution, Judge [[Valerie Caproni]] criticized Bharara's public statements, writing that "while castigating politicians in Albany for playing fast and loose with the ethical rules that govern their conduct, Bharara strayed so close to the edge of the rules governing his own conduct."<ref>((cite news|last1=Stewart|first1=James B.|title=Some Fear Fallout From Preet Bharara's Tension With Judges|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/business/preet-bharara-and-federal-judges-trade-barbs-and-some-fear-consequences.html|work=The New York Times|date=16 April 2015))</ref><ref name="Creating">((cite news|last1=Bennett L. Gershman|title=Preet Bharara is an entertaining speaker, but he goes too far.|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2015/03/preet_bharara_on_sheldon_silver_the_prosecutor_could_prejudice_a_jury.html|access-date=December 16, 2015|work=Slate|date=March 2, 2015))</ref>

===Gang crimes and organized crime===
From 2009 to 2014, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has convicted more than 1,000 of approximately 1,300 people charged in 52 large-scale takedowns of [[street drug]] and [[drug trafficking organizations]].<ref name="BeekmanStreetGang">((cite news|author=Daniel Beekman|title=Preet Bharara wages war on street gangs, reducing violence in hotspots for gang activity|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bharara-wages-war-street-gangs-article-1.1731521|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=March 24, 2014))</ref> On lowering violent crime rates, Bharara has said, "You can measure the number of people arrested and the number of shootings, but success is when you lift the sense of intimidation and fear."<ref name="BeekmanStreetGang"/> Bharara also oversaw the largest criminal sweep of gangs in [[Newburgh, New York]], working with the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security's [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] and local law enforcement agencies to bring charges against members of the Newburgh [[Bloods]] and Newburgh [[Latin Kings (gang)|Latin Kings]] gangs, among others.<ref>((cite press release|title=United States Charges 78 Members and Associates of Newburgh Bloods and Latin Kings with Narcotics-Trafficking Crimes|url=https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyork/press-releases/2010/nyfo051310a.htm|publisher=U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York|date=March 13, 2010))</ref> In 2010, Bharara oversaw the prosecution of eight longshoremen on charges of participation in a multimillion-dollar [[cocaine trafficking]] enterprise along the [[Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor|Waterfront]], operated by a [[Illegal drug trade in Panama|Panamanian drug organization]].<ref>John Eligon, [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/nyregion/06longshore.html 8 Longshoremen Charged With Smuggling Cocaine], ''New York Times'' (October 5, 2010).</ref><ref>Scott Shifrel, [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/longshoremen-busted-helping-push-ton-panamanian-cocaine-ny-nj-port-article-1.189379 Longshoremen busted for helping push a ton of Panamanian cocaine through NY, NJ port], ''New York Times'' (October 5, 2010).</ref>

In January 2011, Bharara's office participated in a multi-state organized crime takedown, charging 26 members of the [[Gambino crime family]] with [[racketeering]] and murder, as well as narcotics and firearms charges.<ref>((cite press release|title=Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 26 Gambino Crime Family Leaders, Members, and Associates on Racketeering, Murder, Narcotics, Firearms, and Other Charges|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/January11/gambinotakedownpr.pdf|publisher=U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York|date=January 20, 2011|access-date=March 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410234401/http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/January11/gambinotakedownpr.pdf|archive-date=April 10, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all))</ref> This action was part of a coordinated effort that also involved arrests in Brooklyn; [[Newark, New Jersey]], and [[Providence, Rhode Island]]; according to the FBI, this was the largest single-day operation against the [[Italian-American Mafia|Mafia]] in U.S. history.<ref>
*[https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/91-leaders-members-and-associates-la-cosa-nostra-families-four-districts-charged-racketeering 91 Leaders, Members and Associates of La Cosa Nostra Families in Four Districts Charged with Racketeering and Related Crimes, Including Murder and Extortion], United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs (January 20, 2011). 
*William K. Rashbaum, [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/nyregion/21mob.html Nearly 125 Arrested in Sweeping Mob Roundup], ''New York Times'' (January 20, 2011).</ref> In August 2016, Bharara's office charged 46 leaders, members, and associates of [[La Cosa Nostra]]&mdash;including four out of the [[Five Families]] (Gambino, [[Genovese family|Genovese]], [[Lucchese family|Lucchese]], and [[Bonanno family|Bonanno]])&mdash;in an extensive racketeering conspiracy.<ref>
*[https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-charges-46-leaders-members-and-associates-several-organized-crime 46 Leaders, Members, and Associates of Several Organized Crime Families Of La Cosa Nostra With Wide-Ranging Racketeering Charges] (press release), United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (August 4, 2016).
*Eli Rosenberg, [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/05/nyregion/mafia-five-families-racketeering-conspiracy.html 46 Charged in Mafia Racketeering Conspiracy], ''New York Times'' (August 4, 2016).</ref>

At a news conference on September 7, 2016 following the arrests of Shimen Liebowitz and Aharon Goldberg, which were two [[rabbi]]s implicated in the [[Kiryas Joel murder conspiracy]], Bharara called it a "chilling plot," wherein the plotters "met repeatedly to plan the kidnapping and to pay more than $55,000 to an individual they believed would carry it out."<ref name="Orthodox Jewish">Gajanan, Mahita (September 7, 2016). [http://time.com/4483189/orthodox-jewish-men-arrested-kidnap-murder-plot/ "Rabbi and Orthodox Jewish Man Plotted to Kidnap and Murder Husband to Get Divorce for his Wife, Officials Say"], ''Time''</ref><ref>(September 7, 2016). [https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-announces-arrest-rabbi-and-member-satmar-community-conspiring "Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Arrest of Rabbi and Member of Satmar Community for Conspiring to Kidnap and Murder"], ''United States Department of Justice''</ref> The rabbis were convicted and sentenced to prison in 2017.<ref>Eberhart, Christopher J. (December 1, 2017). [https://www.lohud.com/story/news/crime/2017/11/30/rockland-kidnap-murder-plot/911339001/ "Rockland Man Among Three Sentenced for Kidnap and Murder Plot"], ''lohud"</ref>

===Terrorism prosecutions===
Under Bharara, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York "won a string of major terrorism trials."<ref name="WeiserProtess">((cite news|last1=Weiser|first1=Benjamin|last2=Protess|first2=Ben|title=In Five Years, a Federal Prosecutor Has Taken On Terrorism, Corruption and Cuomo|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/nyregion/in-five-years-in-office-us-prosecutor-touches-new-yorks-biggest-story-lines.html|access-date=30 March 2017|work=New York Times|date=August 19, 2014|page=A17))</ref> Bharara was an advocate of trying terrorists in civilian federal courts rather than in the [[Guantanamo military commissions|military commissions]] at the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]. He contrasted his office's record of successfully convicting terrorists with the lengthy, secretive, and inefficient Guantanamo practice.<ref name="WeiserProtess"/> In a 2014 interview, Bharara said the historical record would show that "greater transparency and openness and legitimacy" leads to "more serious and appropriate punishment."<ref name="WeiserProtess"/> Citing his success in terrorism trials, Bharara stated: "These trials have been difficult, but they have been fair and open and prompt...in an American civilian courtroom, the American people and all the victims of terrorism can be vindicated without sacrificing our principles."<ref name="MostafaConvicted">Benjamin Wesier, [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/10/nyregion/british-cleric-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-in-terror-case.html Life Sentence for British Cleric Who Helped Plan 1998 Kidnappings in Yemen], ''New York Times'' (January 9, 2015).</ref>

Some of the high-profile terrorist figures convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment during Bharara's term include [[Sulaiman Abu Ghaith]], Osama bin Laden's son-in-law.;<ref>Benjamin Weiser, [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/nyregion/abu-ghaith-a-bin-laden-adviser-is-sentenced-to-life-in-prison.html Abu Ghaith, a Bin Laden Adviser, Is Sentenced to Life in Prison], ''New York Times'' (September 23, 2014).</ref> They also included [[Khalid al-Fawwaz]] and [[Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani]], Osama bin Laden aides who plotted the [[1998 United States embassy bombings]] that killed 224 people;<ref>Denis Slattery, [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/preet-bharara-nailed-criminals-dirty-pols-terrorists-article-1.2994834 Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has nailed countless criminals from thieving politicians to terrorists], ''New York Daily News'' (March 10, 2017).</ref><ref>Joseph Ax, [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-fawwaz-idUSKBN0O01LF20150515 Saudi man gets life in U.S. prison for ties to Africa embassy bombings], Reuters (May 15, 2015).</ref><ref>David Ariosto, [http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/25/new.york.guantanamo.sentencing/ Guantanamo detainee sentenced to life for Africa bombings], CNN (January 25, 2011).</ref> [[Abu Hamza al-Masri|Mostafa Kamel Mostafa]], a cleric who masterminded the 1998 kidnappings of 16 American, British and Australian tourists in Yemen;<ref name="MostafaConvicted"/> and [[Faisal Shahzad]], the [[2010 Times Square car bombing attempt|attempted Times Square bomber]].<ref name="SullivanHosenball">Andy Sullivan & Mark Hosenball, [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-justice-idUSKBN16I0PZ Top U.S. prosecutor says he is fired by Trump administration], Reuters (March 11, 2017).</ref> Bharara also won a massive conviction and 25-year sentence for international arms smuggler [[Viktor Bout]].<ref name="SullivanHosenball"/>

===Cybercrime===
In June 2012, ''[[The New York Times]]'' published an op-ed written by Bharara about the threat posed to private industry by [[cybercrime]] and encouraged corporate leaders to take preventive measures and create [[contingency plan]]s.<ref>((cite news|last=Bharara|first=Preet|title=Asleep at the Laptop|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/opinion/preventing-a-cybercrime-wave.html?_r=1|access-date=June 4, 2012|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 4, 2012))</ref>

Bharara's tenure saw a number of notable prosecutions for [[Security hacker|computer hacking]]:
*Bharara's office worked with [[Hector Xavier Monsegur]] ("Sabu"), a computer hacker who later became a federal informant. Because Monsegur's cooperation "helped the authorities infiltrate the shadowy world of computer hacking and disrupt at least 300 cyberattacks on targets that included the United States military," Bharara's office recommended a greatly reduced sentence to the judge, and in 2014 Monsegur was freed with only some of the [[time served]].<ref>Benjamin Weiser, [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/nyregion/hacker-who-helped-disrupt-cyberattacks-is-allowed-to-walk-free.html Hacker Who Helped Disrupt Cyberattacks Is Allowed to Walk Free], ''New York Times'' (May 27, 2014).</ref>
*In May 2014, Bharara's office was part of an international crackdown, led by the FBI and authorities in 19 countries, on the "[[Blackshades]]" [[creepware]] hacking, in which hackers illicitly access users' systems remotely to steal information.<ref>Evan Perez, Shimon Prokupecz & Tom Cohen, [http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/19/justice/us-global-hacker-crackdown/ More than 90 people nabbed in global hacker crackdown], CNN (May 19, 2014).</ref>
*In November 2015, Bharara's office charged three Israeli men in a 23-count indictment that alleged that they ran an extensive computer hacking and fraud scheme that targeted [[JPMorgan Chase]], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', and ten other companies. According to prosecutors, the operation generated "hundreds of millions of dollars of illegal profit" and exposed the personal information of more than 100 million people.<ref>Jonathan Stempel & Nate Raymond, [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hacking-indictment-idUSKCN0SZ1VM20151110 U.S. charges three in huge cyberfraud targeting JPMorgan, others], Reuters (November 10, 2015).</ref> 
*In May 2016, Bharara's office secured a guilty plea from Alonzo Knowles, a [[Bahamas|Bahamian]] man who had hacked into the email accounts of celebrities and athletes in order to steal unreleased movie and television scripts, unreleased music, "nude and intimate images and videos," financial documents, and other personal and sensitive information. Knowles was sentenced to five years in prison.<ref>Benjamin Weiser, [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/nyregion/alonzo-knowles-celebrity-hacker.html Man Who Hacked Celebrities' Email Accounts Gets 5 Years in Prison], ''New York Times'' (December 6, 2016).</ref> 
*In November 2016, Bharara's office filed charges against a [[Phoenix, Arizona]] man, Jonathan Powell, for hacking into thousands of email accounts at [[Pace University]] and another university and mining those accounts for users' confidential information.<ref>Nate Raymond, [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-universities-idUSKBN12X2MG Arizona man arrested for hacking email accounts at universities], Reuters (November 2, 2016).</ref> 
*In December 2016, Bharara's office charged three Chinese citizens with hacking into the system of New York law firms advising on [[mergers and acquisitions]], and making more than $4 million by trading on information they gained.<ref>Leslie Picker, [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/27/business/dealbook/new-york-hacking-law-firms-insider-trading.html 3 Men Made Millions by Hacking Merger Lawyers, U.S. Says], ''New York Times'' (December 27, 2016).</ref> 
*Also in December 2016, Bharara's office charged an executive of the Pakistani-based company [[Axact]] with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated [[identity theft]] in connection. Prosecutors say that the company carried out a $140 million [[diploma mill]] that defrauded thousands of consumers across the world.<ref>Rezaul H. Laskar, [http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-attorney-bharara-charges-pakistani-man-in-140-mn-fake-diploma-mill-scam/story-itjEXigyi6qYVXZaG3RasO.html US attorney Bharara charges Pakistani man in $140-mn fake diploma mill scam], ''Hindustan Times'' (December 22, 2016).</ref>

Bharara moved to shut down several of the world's largest [[Internet poker]] companies.<ref>Nathan Vardi, [https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2011/04/15/founders-of-worlds-biggest-online-poker-companies-indicted/#7fe3032aaca9 U.S. Government Moves To Shut Down World's Biggest Online Poker Companies], ''Forbes'' (April 15, 2011).</ref> He prosecuted several payment processors for Internet poker companies. He effectively secured guilty pleas for [[money laundering]].<ref>[https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyork/press-releases/2012/payment-processor-for-internet-poker-companies-pleads-guilty-in-manhattan-federal-court-to-bank-fraud-money-laundering-and-gambling-offenses Payment Processor for Internet Poker Companies Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Bank Fraud, Money Laundering, and Gambling Offenses] (press release), U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (February 28, 2012)</ref><ref>[https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyork/press-releases/2012/payment-processor-for-online-poker-companies-pleads-guilty-to-laundering-internet-poker-funds Payment Processor for Online Poker Companies Pleads Guilty to Laundering Internet Poker Funds] (press release), U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (January 12, 2012)</ref> In April 2011, Bharara charged 11 founding members of internet gambling companies and their associates involved with pay processing with bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling under the [[Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006]] (UIGEA). The case is ''[[United States v. Scheinberg]]''.<ref name=bloomberg_20110415>((cite news | last1=Hurtado | first1=Patricia | last2=Van Voris |first2=Bob | title=Eleven Charged in Manhattan for Fraud in Online-Gambling Money Laundering | work=Bloomberg | date=April 15, 2011 | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-15/internet-poker-entrepreneurs-charged-with-fraud-money-laundering-by-u-s-.html | access-date=April 26, 2011))</ref>

===Devyani Khobragade incident===
((main|Devyani Khobragade incident))
Bharara and his office came to the limelight again in December 2013 with the arrest of [[Devyani Khobragade]], the Deputy Consul General of India in New York, who was accused by prosecutors of submitting false work visa documents for her housekeeper and paying the housekeeper "far less than the [[Minimum wage in the United States|minimum legal wage]]."<ref name="Harris">((cite news|author=Gardiner Harris|title=Outrage in India, and Retaliation, Over a Female Diplomat's Arrest in New York|date=December 17, 2013|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/18/world/asia/outrage-in-india-over-female-diplomats-arrest-in-new-york.html|newspaper=New York Times))</ref> The ensuing incident caused protests from the Indian government and a rift in [[India–United States relations]]; Indians expressed outrage that Khobragade was strip-searched (a routine practice for all [[United States Marshals Service|U.S. Marshals Service]] arrestees) and held in the general inmate population.<ref name="Harris"/> The Indian government retaliated for what it viewed as the mistreatment of its consular official by revoking the ID cards and other privileges of U.S. consular personnel and their families in India and removing security barriers in front of the [[U.S. Embassy in New Delhi]].<ref name=DB4>((cite news|title=India removes U.S. Embassy security barriers in spat|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-india-diplomat-idUSBRE9BG1A820131218|access-date=December 29, 2013|work=Reuters|date=December 18, 2013))</ref>

Khobragade was subject to prosecution at the time of her arrest because she had only [[consular immunity]] (this which gives one [[immunity from prosecution]] only for acts committed in connection with official duties) and not the more extensive [[diplomatic immunity]].<ref name="Harris"/><ref name="McKelvey">Tara McKelvey, [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-25458531 Who, What, Why: Does Devyani Khobragade have diplomatic immunity?], BBC News (December 19, 2013).</ref> After her arrest, the Indian government moved Khobragade to the Indian's mission to the U.N., upgrading her status and conferring diplomatic immunity on her; as a result, the federal indictment against Khobragade was dismissed in March 2014, although the door was left open to refiling of charges.<ref>Jonathan Stempel & Shyamantha Asokan, [https://www.reuters.com/article/india-usa-diplomat-idINL2N0M92BW20140313 Update 3 – Indian diplomat in U.S. row wins indictment dismissal], Reuters (March 13, 2014).</ref> A new indictment was filed against Khobragade, but by that point she had left the country.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/new-indictment-filed-against-indian-diplomat-devyani-khobragade-in-us-visa-fraud-case/2014/03/14/0074dd80-abb0-11e3-adbc-888c8010c799_story.html New indictment filed against Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade in U.S. visa-fraud case], ''Washington Post'' (March 14, 2014).</ref>

Speaking at [[Harvard Law School]] during its 2014 Class Day ceremony, Bharara said that it was the [[U.S. Department of State]], rather than his office that initiated and investigated proceedings against Khobragade and who asked his office to prosecute.<ref>((cite news| url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/preet-bharara-talks-khobragade-case-at-harvard-law-school/1/364729.html|title=Preet Bharara talks Khobragade case at Harvard Law School| publisher=India Today| date=June 1, 2014))</ref><ref>((cite news| url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/international/bharara-talks-khobragade-case-114060100160_1.html|title=Bharara talks Khobragade case| publisher=Business Standard & Press Trust of India| date=June 2, 2014))</ref><ref>((cite news| url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/bharara-says-upset-by-criticism/|title=Bharara says upset by criticism| publisher=Indian Express| date=June 1, 2014))</ref>

===''Reason'' magazine subpoena===
During Bharara's term, the U.S. Attorney's Office investigated six Internet comments made on the website of ''[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]'' magazine in which anonymous readers made comments about U.S. District Judge [[Katherine B. Forrest]] of the [[Southern District of New York]] like "Its [sic] judges like these that should be taken out back and shot" and "Why waste ammunition? Wood chippers get the message across clearly." (The comments were made under an article in the magazine of Forrest's sentencing of [[Silk Road (marketplace)|Silk Road]] owner [[Ross William Ulbricht]] to life in prison without parole.) In June 2015, a [[federal grand jury]] issued a subpoena to the [[libertarian]] magazine, demanding that it provide identifying information for the commenters.<ref name="WSJ">((cite news| url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/06/09/reason-magazine-subpoenaed-over-reader-comments-on-silk-road-judge/|title=Reason magazine subpoenaed over reader comments on Silk Road judge|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal| date=June 9, 2015))</ref><ref name="DB5">((cite news| url=http://reason.com/blog/2015/06/19/government-stifles-speech|title=How Government Stifled Reason's Free Speech| publisher=Reason| date=June 19, 2015))</ref> Following the issuance of the subpoena, federal prosecutors applied for an order from a [[U.S. magistrate judge]] forbidding the magazine from disclosing the existence of the subpoena to the commenters.<ref name="DB5"/>

The subpoena became public after being obtained by [[Popehat]]'s Ken White.<ref name="WSJ"/> The nondisclosure order caused controversy, with critics saying that it infringed the constitutional right to free speech<ref name="Clifford">Stephanie Clifford, [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/01/nyregion/prosecutorssecrecy-orders-on-subpoenas-stir-constitutional-questions.html Prosecutors' Secrecy Orders on Subpoenas Stir Constitutional Questions], ''New York Times'' (January 1, 2016).</ref> and questioning whether the comments were actually serious threats or merely hyperbolic "[[Internet trolling|trolling]]."<ref>
*((cite news| url=http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-06-09/reason-magazine-subpoena-stomps-on-free-speech|title=Reason Magazine Subpoena Stomps on Free Speech| publisher=Bloomberg View| date=June 9, 2015))
*((cite news|last1=Welch|first1=Matt|title=There's a special place for those who quash hyperbole in online comments|url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-welch-reason-magazine-gag-order-20150628-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=27 June 2015))
*((cite news|title=Glenn Reynolds: U.S. attorney chills Reason-able speech|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/06/21/reason-magazine-free-speech-suppression-column/29070279/|work=USA Today|language=en))
*((cite news| url=https://www.wired.com/2015/06/feds-want-id-web-trolls-threatened-silk-road-judge/|title=Feds Want to ID Web Trolls Who 'Threatened' Silk Road Judge| publisher=Wired| date=June 8, 2015))</ref> Federal prosecutors dropped the matter as moot.<ref name="Clifford"/> ''Reason'' magazine editors [[Matt Welch]] and [[Nick Gillespie]] characterized the subpoena and nondisclosure order as "suppressing the speech of journalistic outlets known to be critical of government overreach."<ref name="DB5"/>

==Dismissal==
((See also|2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys))

Following the [[United States presidential election|2016 election]], Bharara met with then-[[President elect of the United States|president-elect]] [[Donald Trump]] at [[Trump Tower]] in November 2016.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2016/11/30/donald-trump-to-meet-with-preet-bharara/|title=Donald Trump to meet with Preet Bharara|last1=Schram|first1=Jamie|last2=Whitehouse|first2=Kaja|date=November 30, 2016|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|access-date=March 13, 2017))</ref> Bharara said that Trump asked him to remain as U.S. Attorney, and he agreed to stay on.<ref>((cite web|author=Victoria Bekiempis & Adam Edelman|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-meet-manhattan-attorney-preet-bharara-source-article-1.2892952|title=Preet Bharara will stay on as US Attorney at Trump's request|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|date=November 30, 2017))</ref><ref>Matthew Nussbaum, [http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2016/11/manhattan-us-attorney-preet-bharara-to-meet-trump-232003 Trump opts to keep Preet Bharara as U.S. attorney for Manhattan], ''Politico'' (November 30, 2016).</ref>

On March 10, 2017, [[U.S. Attorney General]] [[Jeff Sessions]] ordered all 46 remaining [[United States Attorney]]s who were holdovers from the [[Obama administration]], including Bharara, to submit letters of resignation.<ref>((cite web|author1=Kenneth Lovett |author2=Victoria Bekiempis |author3=Nancy Dillon |newspaper=New York Daily News|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ag-jeff-sessions-asks-46-u-s-attorneys-resign-article-1.2994635|title=AG Sessions seeks 46 U.S. attorney resignations including Bharara|date=March 10, 2017))</ref> Bharara declined to resign and was fired the next day from Trump's administration.<ref name="CNNStandoff">((cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/11/politics/bharara-not-resigning/index.html|title=US Attorney Bharara fired in standoff with Trump|author1=Laura Jarrett |author2=Jake Tapper |publisher=CNN|date=March 12, 2017))</ref><ref name="BuzzFired">((Cite news |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/davidmack/preet-bharara|title=Federal Prosecutor Preet Bharara Fired After Refusing To Comply With Trump Admin Order To Resign |last1=Mack |first1=David |date=March 11, 2017 |work=BuzzFeed |access-date=March 11, 2017 |last2=Geidner |first2=Chris))</ref> In a statement, Bharara said that serving as U.S. Attorney was "the greatest honor of my professional life" and that "one hallmark of justice is absolute independence and that was my touchstone every day that I served." He was succeeded by his deputy attorney, [[Joon Kim]], as acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.<ref name="CNNStandoff"/><ref name="BuzzFired"/>

There were expressions of dismay over the firing from [[Howard Dean]], U.S. Senators [[Chuck Schumer]] and [[Elizabeth Warren]], and New York State Republican Assemblymen Steve McLaughlin and Brian Kolb, the Assembly Minority Leader.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-republicans-condemn-us-attorney-preet-bharara-fired/story?id=46075693 Democrats, some Republicans, condemn Preet Bharara being 'fired'], ''[[ABC News]]'', David Caplan & Michael Edison Hayden, Mar 12, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2017.</ref>

It has been reported that in spring 2017, Trump's personal attorney [[Marc Kasowitz]] told associates that he had been personally responsible for getting Bharara fired. It is alleged that Kasowitz had warned Trump, "This guy is going to get you."<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-personal-lawyer-boasted-that-he-got-preet-bharara-fired|title=Trump's Personal Lawyer Boasted That He Got Preet Bharara Fired|last1=Eisinger|first1=Jesse|last2=Elliott|first2=Justin|date=June 13, 2017|publisher=[[ProPublica]]|access-date=June 13, 2017))</ref> Bharara said a series of conversational phone calls from Trump made him increasingly uncomfortable about the appearance of potential improper contact between his office and Trump's.<ref>((cite web|url=https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vVk1QNTQ4OTczNDcwMg/episode/aHR0cDovL3d3dy53bnljLm9yZy9zdG9yeS90aGF0LXRpbWUtcHJlc2lkZW50LXRydW1wLWZpcmVkLW1lLWxlb24tcGFuZXR0YS8?ep=14|title=That Time President Trump Fired Me|date=September 19, 2017|via=podcasts.google.com))</ref> He claims he finally refused to take a phone call from Trump, and was dismissed 22 hours later.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bharara-says-trump-phone-calls-made-him-uncomfortable/2017/06/11/53d4b090-4ebe-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html|title=Bharara says Trump phone calls made him uncomfortable|first1=Sandhya|last1=Somashekhar|first2=Jenna|last2=Johnson|date=June 11, 2017|via=www.washingtonpost.com))</ref>

==Later career==
On April 1, 2017, Bharara joined [[New York University School of Law]] as a distinguished scholar in residence.<ref name="NYU">((Cite news |url=http://fortune.com/2017/03/21/preet-bharara-nyu-law-school/ |title=Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney Ousted by Trump, Already Has a New Job |last=Abramson |first=Alana |magazine=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|date=March 21, 2017 | access-date=April 10, 2017))</ref> In September 2017 he started a weekly [[podcast]] called "Stay Tuned with Preet", which features long-form interviews with prominent guests.<ref>((cite web|url=https://cafe.com/ss_series/stay-tuned/|title=Stay Tuned with Preet|website=cafe.com))</ref> In 2018, Bharara started a second podcast with former New Jersey Attorney General and fellow law professor [[Anne Milgram]], "Cafe Insider", which also provides legal commentary on the latest news.<ref>[https://www.cafe.com/cafe-insider-episode1/ CAFE Insider, 11/9: Sessions Out. Whitaker In. What’s next for Mueller? – CAFE<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> After Milgram was nominated by President [[Joe Biden]] to serve as Administrator of the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]], she was replaced as co-host with former U.S. Attorney for the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama|Northern District of Alabama]] [[Joyce Vance]].<ref>((Cite web |last=Media |first=Vox |date=2021-04-19 |title=Joyce Vance Named Co-Host for the Cafe Insider Podcast |url=https://www.voxmedia.com/2021/4/19/22392173/joyce-vance-named-co-host-for-the-cafe-insider-podcast |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=Vox Media |language=en))</ref>

==Portrayal in fiction==
The [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] television series ''[[Billions (TV show)|Billions]]'' gives a fictional portrayal of the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York's prosecution of financial crimes.<ref>Eric Orden, [https://www.wsj.com/articles/manhattan-u-s-attorney-preet-bhararas-office-gets-hollywood-treatment-in-showtime-series-1451947972 Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's Office Gets Hollywood Treatment in Showtime Series], ''Wall Street Journal'' (January 5, 2016).</ref> The series is loosely based on the investigation of hedge fund manager [[Steve Cohen (businessman)|Steven A. Cohen]] of [[S.A.C. Capital Advisors]] by Bharara's office.<ref name="CalvarioGig">Liz Calvario, [https://deadline.com/2017/03/billions-creators-react-trump-firing-preet-bharara-1202041746/ 'Billions' Creators React To Trump Firing U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, Offer Him Gig On Showtime Series], ''Deadline Hollywood'' (March 11, 2017).</ref><ref>Joi-Marie McKenzie, [https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/billions-creators-react-firing-us-attorney-preet-bharara/story?id=46079196 'Billions' creators react to the firing of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara], ABC News (March 12, 2017).</ref> The show's fictional SDNY U.S. Attorney Charles "Chuck" Rhoades Jr., played by [[Paul Giamatti]], was partly inspired by Bharara.<ref name="CalvarioGig"/><ref>Cynthia Littleton, [https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/preet-bharara-donald-trump-fired-billions-1202007101/ Trump's Firing of New York U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Evokes 'Billions'], ''Variety'' (March 11, 2017).</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Preet Bahara 2012 Shankbone.JPG|thumb|Bharara with his wife at the [[2012 Time 100]] gala]]
Bharara is married to Dalya Bharara, a non-practicing lawyer. They live in [[Scarsdale, New York]], with their three children.<ref>Jeffrey Toobin, [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/09/the-man-who-terrifies-wall-street The Showman: How U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara struck fear into Wall Street and Albany], ''New Yorker'' (May 9, 2016).</ref> In interviews, Bharara "has reflected on his family's diverse religious heritage: Sikh (his father), Hindu (his mother), Muslim (his wife's father) and Jewish (his wife's grandmother)."<ref name="Altman2009">Alex Altman, Randy James & M.J. Stephey, [http://content.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1939274,00.html 9/11 Prosecutor Preet Bharara], ''Time'' (November 13, 2009).</ref>

Bharara became a naturalized [[Citizenship in the United States|United States citizen]] in 1980.<ref name="Parloff">Roger Parloff, [http://archive.fortune.com/2009/05/22/news/newsmakers/parloff_bharara.fortune/index.htm Nominee for Manhattan U.S. Attorney: A nonpartisan star], ''Fortune'' (August 25, 2009).</ref> Bharara is a [[Voter registration|registered]] Democrat but "not considered a strong partisan."<ref name="Altman2009"/> His nomination to the U.S. Attorney's post in 2009 was welcomed across the political spectrum as Bharara was regarded as an "apolitical and fair-minded" figure.<ref name="Parloff"/>

Bharara's younger brother Vinit "Vinnie" Bharara, also a graduate of Columbia Law School, is an entrepreneur. Vinnie Bharara and [[Marc Lore]] co-founded Quidsi, the parent company of [[Diapers.com]] and Soap.com, which they sold in 2010 to [[Amazon.com]] for $540 million.<ref>Jason Horowitz, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/when-preet-bharara-speaks-the-shady-get-nervous/2013/04/04/07069a92-9d5d-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_story.html When Preet Bharara speaks, the shady get nervous], ''Washington Post'' (April 4, 2013).</ref><ref>Peter Lattiman, [https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/the-bhararas-join-an-elite-band-of-brothers/ The Fabulous Bharara Boys], ''New York Times'' (June 9, 2011).</ref>

Bharara traces his desire to become a lawyer back to the seventh grade, which was when he read the play ''[[Inherit the Wind (play)|Inherit the Wind]]''.<ref>Mishkin, Budd. [http://www.ny1.com/content/shows/one_on_1/206578/one-on-1-profile--from-terrorism-to-corporate-crime--us-attorney-preet-bharara-prosecutes-high-level-cases "One on 1 Profile: From Terrorism to Corporate Crime, US Attorney Preet Bharara Prosecutes High-Level Cases"] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531090429/http://www.ny1.com/content/shows/one_on_1/206578/one-on-1-profile--from-terrorism-to-corporate-crime--us-attorney-preet-bharara-prosecutes-high-level-cases |date=May 31, 2014 )), [[NY1]], New York, April 7, 2014.</ref>

In 2012, Bharara was named by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine as one of "The 100 Most Influential People in the World," and by ''[[India Abroad]]'' as its 2011 Person of the Year.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120419073157/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2112129,00.html The 2012 Time 100], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', "Preet Bharara". By Viet Dinh. Retrieved April 23, 2012.</ref><ref>((cite web|url= http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-preet-bharara-is-india-abroad-person-of-the-year-2011/20120630.htm |title= Preet Bharara, the Man Who Makes Wall Street Tremble, Is India Abroad Person of the Year 2011 |publisher=Rediff |date=June 30, 2012))</ref><ref>((cite web|last=Bharara|first=Preet|title=Person of the Year Acceptance Speech|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-watch-the-best-videos-of-the-week/20120707.htm|publisher=Rediff|access-date=June 29, 2012))</ref><ref>((cite magazine|author1=Calabresi, Massimo  |author2=Saporito, Bill  |name-list-style=amp |url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2105971,00.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120202140150/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2105971,00.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= February 2, 2012 |title= The Street Fighter |magazine=Time |date=February 13, 2012))</ref>

Bharara is a lifelong [[Bruce Springsteen]] fan.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/new-york-state-articles/preet-bharara-dishes-on-springsteen,-yankees-and-his-legal-role-models.html#.WMa6UoWcE2w|title=Preet Bharara dishes on Springsteen, Yankees and his legal role models|last=State|first=City &|website=cityandstateny.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-13))</ref> Springsteen shouted, "This is for Preet Bharara!" before launching into his song "[[Death to My Hometown]]" at an October 2012 concert in [[Hartford, Connecticut]].<ref name="New York Times">((cite news|last=Lattman|first=Peter|title=The Bruce-Bharara Bromance|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/the-bruce-bharara-bromance/ |access-date=November 1, 2012|work=The New York Times|date=November 1, 2012))</ref>

In 2013, Bharara delivered the commencement address at [[Fordham Law School]] in New York and received an [[Honorary degree|honorary]] [[Doctor of Laws]].<ref>[http://fordhamnotes.blogspot.com/2013/05/us-attorney-preet-bharara-honored-by.html Fordham Notes: U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Honored by Fordham Law]. Fordhamnotes.blogspot.com (May 20, 2013). Retrieved on December 26, 2013.</ref> Later that week, Bharara delivered the commencement address at his alma mater, [[Columbia Law School]], during his 20th reunion year.<ref>[http://web.law.columbia.edu/graduation/2013/keynote-address Graduation 2013: Keynote Speaker: Preet Bharara '93], [[Columbia Law School]].</ref> In 2014, Bharara delivered the commencement address at [[Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law]] also in New York and spoke at [[Harvard Law School]]'s Class Day Ceremony.<ref>Harvard Law School. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MsH-ZujqxY "Preet Bharara's Speech at Harvard Law School Class Day 2014"].</ref> In 2016, Bharara delivered the commencement address at [[Seton Hall University School of Law]] in Newark, New Jersey.<ref>Village Green NJ. [https://villagegreennj.com/schools-kids/us-atty-bharara-delivers-commencement-address-seton-hall-law-school/ "US Atty Bharara delivers commencement address Seton Hall Law School"].</ref> In 2018, Bharara delivered the commencement address at [[St. John's University School of Law]] in New York. In 2022, Bharara delivered the commencement address at his alma mater, Columbia Law School.

Bharara was included in ''Bloomberg Markets Magazine''(('))s 2012 [[50 Most Influential (Bloomberg Markets ranking)|"50 Most Influential" list]] as well as ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''(('))s 2012 and 2013 annual "New Establishment" lists.<ref>((cite news|title=Bloomberg Markets' 50 Most Influential|url=http://origin-www.bloomberg.com/slideshow/2012-09-04/bloomberg-markets-50-most-influential.html#slide23|newspaper=Bloomberg Markets Magazine|date=September 5, 2012|access-date=September 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122224932/http://origin-www.bloomberg.com/slideshow/2012-09-04/bloomberg-markets-50-most-influential.html#slide23|archive-date=January 22, 2015|url-status=dead))</ref><ref>((cite news|title=The New Establishment 2012|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/business/new-establishment/2012/17-preet-bharara|newspaper=Vanity Fair |date=October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013100744/http://www.vanityfair.com/business/new-establishment/2012/17-preet-bharara|archive-date=October 13, 2012|df=mdy-all))</ref><ref>((cite news|title=The New Establishment 2013 |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/business/2013/11/new-establishment-2013|newspaper=Vanity Fair|date=November 2013))</ref>

==Works==
* ((cite book |last=Bharara |first=Preet |date=March 19, 2019 |title=Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/567283/doing-justice-by-preet-bharara/|location=New York |publisher=Knopf |isbn=9780525521129 |oclc=1073034857))
* ((cite book |last=Bharara |first=Preet |date=January 25, 2022 |title=Justice Is... A Guide for Young Truth Seekers |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/625338/justice-is-by-preet-bharara-illustrated-by-sue-cornelison|location=New York |publisher=Crown Books for Young Readers |isbn=9780593176627))

==See also==
* [[Indians in the New York City metropolitan region]]
* [[Legal affairs of Donald Trump as president]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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* ((Twitter|id=PreetBharara|name=Preet Bharara))
* [https://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/ U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Official Website]
* [https://www.nyattorneydata.com/attorney/2643955/preetinder-s-bharara NY Attorney Data]
* [https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/federal-prosecutors-sue-bank-of-america-over-mortgage-program DealBook]
* [http://www.wnyc.org/shows/preetbharara ''Stay Tuned with Preet''] from [[WNYC]]
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