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Bloomberg (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- A court hearing to determine whether a 2001 criminal case against the chief accuser of Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam will be unsealed was delayed for two weeks.
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Bloomberg (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Federal prosecutors in California won’t oppose the unsealing of a 2001 criminal case against the chief accuser of Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam, according to a court filing by the hedge fund executive’s lawyer.
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The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The man called "G" in the criminal complaint filed earlier this month in the wide-reaching New York inside trading case is a former Galleon executive. Wall Street Journal : A defendant accused of exchanging a case of cash for inside information has ties to Galleon Group's former No. 2 executive—the first link between a top executive at the hedge fund and smaller-time players cited...
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The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Raj is still "confident" he can win. Earlier today we noted that prosecutors in the Raj Rajaratnam insider trading case requested 30 more days before they file indictment papers in order to "engage in further discussions with counsel about disposition of these cases." We also said that such requests are made for a variety of reasons, including, of course, for what the filing documents...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
A new book reveals how US federal prosecutors twist the law to criminalise legal activities, with connivence from the media Sharp-elbowed business executives and grasping politicians may not be especially popular figures within the American iconography. But membership in any of those classes is not a federal crime. Except when it is. In an important new book, Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target...
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Prosecutors filed papers in federal court today saying that they and attorneys for billionaire Raj Rajaratnam and the five others charged a month ago in an insider trading case "have been engaged in, and are continuing, discussions concerning a possible disposition of these cases," according to Reuters.This could very well mean that Raj or some of the others charged are trying to cut a deal...
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The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
All of a sudden, the hedge fund world is in panic. The Galleon Group insider trading bust has raised important questions about the legality of the deep research and advance information hedge funds rely on for their investing edge. Prosecutors are using aggresive tactics usually associated with organized crime, like multi-year wire-taps and informants. Insider trading is of course illegal, but there's...
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam, accused in the biggest U.S. hedge fund insider trading case, has asked a federal court to unseal records of a 2001 criminal charge against former trader Roomy Khan, one of the government's cooperating witnesses.
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Raj Rajaratnam, the hedge fund executive accused of participating in a massive insider trading scheme, moved on Thursday to unseal a 2000 criminal case against the woman who admitted to giving him confidential information about a number of companies.
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The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Roomy Khan's tips were not limited to Raj Rajaratnam. Khan is the central witness, initially known as "CW" or "Tipper A," in the case against the Galleon founder, but she told the judge that that she provided inside information to several people at hedge funds. A transcript of her October 19 guilty plea, which was previously sealed but made public yesterday, indicates Khan also...
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DealBook (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Roomy Khan, a central witness in the insider trading case against Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam, told a judge she tipped several people at hedge funds with inside information on companies to make money from trades, Reuters reported.
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The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Roomy Khan, a central witness in the insider trading case against Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam, told a judge she tipped several people at hedge funds with inside information on companies to make money from trades, Reuters reported. Continue reading » Join the conversation about this story » See Also: SHOCKER: Galleon Employees Getting Generous Bonuses and Severance Complete New...
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The Complete MoneyScience (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
When federal prosecutors charged one of America's wealthiest people with insider trading in October, the case against Raj Rajaratnam and his firm, Galleon Group hedge fund, seemed notable for the types of evidence gathering investigators claimed to have used on the six defendants: bugged conversations and inside informants. Many allegations of insider trading are hobbled by weak evidence like susp...
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The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Mandatory-minimum sentences are going under a mandatory review. WSJ : Congress has ordered the panel that advises judges on prison terms to conduct a review of mandatory-minimum sentences, a move that could lead to a dramatic rethinking of how the U.S. incarcerates its criminals. The review is a little-noticed element of the National Defense Authorization Act signed into law last month by President...
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Knowledge@Wharton (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
On October 16, federal prosecutors charged Raj Rajaratnam and his hedge fund, Galleon Group, with insider trading. On November 5, 14 additional people were charged with the same crime, and prosecutors predict even more arrests in coming weeks. The Galleon case raises questions about what exactly constitutes insider trading at a time when so many market participants, such as hedge funds and other opaque...