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SEC Charges Wall Street Lawyers and Traders in $20 Million Insider Trading Scheme
SEC Charges Wall Street Lawyers and Traders in $20 Million Insider Trading Scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a pair of lawyers for tipping inside information in exchange for kickbacks as well as six Wall Street traders and a proprietary trading firm involved in a $20 million insider trading scheme.
SEC Charges Madoff Computer Programmers; 2009-243; Nov. 13, 2009
sec.gov — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2009-243 Washington, D.C., Nov. 13, 2009— The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two... computer programmers for their role in helping convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard L. Madoff cover up the fraud at Bernard L. Madoff ... (more) SEC Charges Madoff Computer Programmers; 2009-243; Nov. ...
SEC Charges Former CFO and Six Relatives and Friends in California-Based Insider Trading Ring
SEC Charges Former CFO and Six Relatives and Friends in California-Based Insider Trading Ring
sec.gov — 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 ... (more) SEC Charges Former CFO and Six Relatives and Friends in ...
Insider Trading Charges
Insider Trading Charges
feedproxy.google.com — Insider Trading Charges 14 People Charged in Hedge Fund-Related Insider Trading The hedge fund industry's image took... a blow when fourteen individuals were accused of insider trading by federal prosecutors.   Stacy-Marie Ishmae has been following the case for the Financial ... (more) Insider Trading Charges
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[Galleon] Analysts, traders, hedgies, attorneys and other Galleon-accused
FT Alphaville — ... firm o Involved in insider trading by several accounts including accounts managed by Shankar, Goffer and Plate. * Steven Fortuna of Westwood, Mass. - co-founder and principal of S2 Capital o Received inside information from Danielle Chiesi (charged on Oct. 16) relating to Akamai Technologies and then traded on that information on behalf of S2 Capital Management LP. * S2 Capital Management LP - New York-based hedge fund o Involved in Fortuna’s insider trading. Separately, the  SEC charged a pair of lawyers, six Wall Street traders and a proprietary trading firm: The SEC ...

SEC, DOJ Charge “Octopussy” and Lawyers With Insider Trading
Securities Docket — ... Indeed. The SEC filed a huge insider trading case today against two lawyers, six Wall Street traders (including one dubbed “Octopussy”) and a proprietary trading firm, alleging that the scheme netted over $20 million. Full details are available in ...

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