Tag: Joe Lewis

• Thursday, November 13th 2025 - 20:42 UTC

  Trump pardons Lewis in insider trading case

  

  British billionaire Joe Lewis, who has significant business interests in Argentine Patagonia and other parts of South America, has been granted an official pardon by US President Donald Trump, it was confirmed Thursday. The measure came after Lewis, 88, pleaded guilty last year in New York to insider trading charges. He was subsequently sentenced to pay a US$5 million fine and serve three years of probation.

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• Friday, July 28th 2023 - 11:19 UTC

  NYC court US$ 300 million bond for British tycoon and Patagonian landowner

  

  A New York City court has imposed sweeping restrictions on British billionaire Joe Lewis as he awaits trial on insider trading charges. Mr Lewis, 86, pleaded not guilty and was granted US$ 300m (£230m) bail.

• Thursday, July 27th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

  Insider trading charges in New York: Joe Lewis released on bail

  

  British tycoon Joe Lewis, who owns significant real estate properties in Argentine Patagonia, specifically in the Lago Escondido area, was released on bail by Federal Judge Valerie Figueredo in Manhattan after turning himself in to face insider trading charges, of which he pleaded not guilty.

• Monday, December 5th 2022 - 20:08 UTC

  Argentine President denounces somber deals between judges, media, and Macrist officials

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández sent a message through the national broadcast network announcing he would be instructing the Justice Ministry and the representative of the Executive Branch within the Council of the Magistracy to investigate a news report that a group of judges and other high-ranking officials had convened at the Patagonian estate of British tycoon Joe Lewis, who is said to be a close friend of former President Mauricio Macri's.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Bariloche court upholds ruling: access to Lago Escondido must be granted

  

  A court of appeals in the Argentine city of Bariloche has upheld a 2013 ruling of a lower court ordering Rio Negro provincial authorities to open a road through the property of English tycoon Joe Lewis so access to Lago Escondido can be granted.