David Bermingham, Giles Darby and Gary Mulgrew, three British investment bankers known as the NatWest Three, will now be able to leave for the UK to serve the remainder of their 37 month prison sentences.
On Thursday, the three men appeared before US Magistrate Judge Frank Maas in New York, who approved the transfers. The former Greenwich NatWest bankers were indicted on seven counts of wire fraud in 2002 in connection with a scheme devised by former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow and his right-hand man Michael Kopper. They pleaded guilty in 2007 to one count of wire fraud and were sentenced to 37 months in prison plus a total of $7.3 million in restitution by US District Judge Ewing Werlein in Houston on February 22, 2008. Their plea agreements allowed a transfer to the UK after several months, where they will be eligible for parole after serving half their sentences. Each has already served about six months.
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