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Predators co-owner files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

 
A Silicon Valley financier who owns a stake in the NHL's Nashville Predators has filed for personal Chapter 11 bankruptcy just weeks after being accused of loan fraud. William "Boots" Del Biaggio III's filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California caps a turbulent two weeks for this scion of a prominent San Jose banking family. (link)

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