New Adventures for Hedge Fund Rogue in $200 Million Swiss Fraud Trial (Bloomberg) A German hedge-fund manager who fended off U.S. extradition over an alleged $200-million fraud is finding legal troubles closer to home. Florian Homm’s trial on charges of fraud, criminal mismanagement, money laundering and forgery was due to begin in a Swiss court on Tuesday. Swiss prosecutors, in a 275-page indictment, allege the founder and chief investment officer of Cayman Islands-based Absolute Capital Management Holdings Ltd. made “massive” investments in thinly-traded penny stocks through a series of cross trades to fraudulently inflate their value.