Day Trader Pleads Guilty in “Golden Goose” Insider Trading Case
securitiesdocket.com 5/5/2009 — Jamil Bouchareb, a day trader who was one of five men charged criminally in the huge “Golden Goose” insider trading scheme that resulted in about $4.8 million in profits (previously discussed here), pleaded guilty today to charges of securities fraud and conspiracy charges. Prosecutors and the ...

Former Lehman Bros. Salesman Sentenced to Probation in “Golden Goose” Insider Trading Case
securitiesdocket.com 9/16/2009 — Frederick E. Bowers, a former Lehman Brothers salesman charged in the “ Golden Goose ” insider trading ring, was sentenced today to three years’ probation, 2,000 hours of community service, and a $15,000 fine. Bowers and several others allegedly traded on stock tips gleaned from ...

Former Paul Hastings Associate Sentenced to Halfway House in “Golden Goose” Case
feedproxy.google.com 9/30/2009 — Eric A. Holzer, a former associate at law firm Paul Hastings, was sentenced to nine months in a halfway house for his role in the “ Golden Goose ” insider trading ring. The New York Law Journal reports that Holzer was among several people charged on Dec. 18, 2008, in connection ...

The Golden Years
dailyreckoning.com 11 days ago — Whatever else may be going on, there’s a real bull market in gold. It’s a bull market that began ten years ago. If you’d bought stocks then, you’d have about what you have now…less inflation. If you’d bought gold…you have about 4 times what you had then.

Another Defendant Pleads Guilty in “Golden Goose” Insider Trading Case
securitiesdocket.com 5/15/2009 — Another defendant has pleaded guilty in the “Golden Goose” insider trading case. Frederick Bowers, a former salesman at Lehman Bros., pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges that he traded on stock tips gleaned from the wife of his colleague, Matthew Devlin. Bloomberg reports ...

White Paper: Changes in Market Structure Killed IPO Golden Goose
securitiesdocket.com 10/6/2009 — A white paper issued by Grant Thornton LLP today entitled, “Market Structure is Causing the IPO Crisis” examines the demise of initial public offerings in the United States, and offers remedies to resurrect the IPO market. The study concludes that technological, regulatory and ...

Fiscal Year 2009: The SEC’s Year from Hell
securitiesdocket.com 10/14/2009 — For the Securities and Exchange Commission, which operates on a fiscal year that ends every September, Oct. 1, 2009, could not come soon enough. It seems almost beyond dispute that the agency’s fiscal 2009 was the most dismal in its history, and perhaps the most transformational. Now it ...

SEC Charges Former CFO and Six Relatives and Friends in California-Based Insider Trading Ring
sec.gov 11/2/2009 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the former chief financial officer of a San Francisco private investment firm and six of his relatives and friends with insider trading, alleging that their scheme collectively reaped more than $8 ...

SEC manages to win an insider trading case
ftalphaville.ft.com 11 days ago — What's this? Has the SEC managed to successfully prosecute someone for insider trading? Looks like it, according to Reuters: Federal securities regulators won an insider trading case when a jury in Boston ruled that a former Fidelity employee ...

Tax Attorney Latest to Plead Guilty in “Golden Goose” Insider Trading Case
securitiesdocket.com 5/7/2009 — Eric Holzer, a tax lawyer who worked at law firm Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, pleaded guilty today to criminal charges that he traded on stock tips received from former Lehman Bros. salesman Matthew Devlin. As previously discussed here, former day trader Jamil Bouchareb also pleaded ...

Financial Statement Manipulation An Ever-Present Problem For Investors — Investopedia.com Headlines 11/2/2009
The SEC has taken steps to eliminate this type of corporate fraud, but it remains a real risk for investors.