Preet Bharara's SDNY Tenure - "Something Rotten..." wrote the Wall Street Journal

While serving as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) from 2009 - 2017, Preet Bharara was stirring a lot of controversy over financial prosecutions. Headlines called him the most dangerous man in American politics. One man who was never indicted sued Bharara because he lost his business due to aggressive prosecutorial tactics. Hollywood elevated as a celebrity prosecutor on Showtimes' Billions' series, where the lead character is mostly based on Bharara.