InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate Platinum Partners founder gets new trial, former executive acquitted By financialnews_rlv83x - September 28, 2019 0 209 Mark Nordlicht, the founder of defunct hedge fund firm Platinum Partners who was convicted of fraud, was granted a new trial by a New York federal judge on Friday, and David Levy, a former executive of Platinum, was acquitted.