NEW YORK, Sept 8 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors announced charges on Tuesday against the former chief executive and chief financial officer of Kit Digital Inc for engaging in a scheme to mislead investors and regulators about the video technology provider's health.
Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, the former CEO, was arrested on Monday in Colombia on market manipulation and accounting fraud charges filed in an indictment pending in federal court in Manhattan.
Robin Smyth, Kit Digital's former CFO, was meanwhile arrested on Tuesday on accounting fraud charges, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement.
Lawyers for Tuzman and Smyth could not immediately be identified.