SHADES: The new Chiesi outside Bronx halfway house. (Bloomberg)
Why slave away at the gym when you can go to Club Fed and melt the pounds away like Danielle Chiesi?
The 47-year-old equities analyst, who pleaded guilty to securities fraud in history’s biggest insider-trading case, is back in town, looking fit and trim.
The newly svelte Chiesi was transferred to a federal halfway house in the Bronx last week after serving only 15 months at a West Virginia federal prison for her role in the Raj Rajaratnam case.
“It’s good to be back,” Chiesi told a Bloomberg reporter.
The femme fatale was wearing a white sleeveless peplum top, jeans and pink and white scarf, as she left a residence she shares with other newly freed prisoners on Friday. “I feel good. I feel great,” she added.
The former teenage beauty queen, who once showed up at conferences wearing form-fitting clothes and low-cut tops, is among the most flamboyant defendants to be ensnared in the sweeping federal crackdown.
The probe initially centered on Rajaratnam, the Galleon co-founder who was convicted in 2011 of conspiracy after an eight-week trial.
Rajaratnam, who allegedly earned at least $45 million on tips from corporate insiders, is serving an 11-year prison sentence.