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Ex-SAC trader paints bad portrait of insider trading at hedge funds
Former SAC Capital employee Noah Freeman took the strand as a government witness last week in the trial of expert networking consultant Winifred Jiau. And he managed to paint a damning portrait of the hedge fund industry. Not only did he admit to insider trading while overseeing funds at SAC Capit
Rajaratanam jury member speaks
In the end, what swayed the jury in the Raj Rajaratnam case? Some of the jurors are opening up to the media, and the portrait is quite interesting. As prosecutors and defense attorneys know well, everything counts--appearance, demeanor, good looks, luck, politeness, haughtiness, height and of cour
Rajaratnam jury listens to more wiretaps
As many expected, the wiretaps that were so central to the prosecution's case against alleged criminal insider trading mastermind Raj Rajaratnam loom large in jury deliberations. The prosecution, in its closing statement, urged jurors to listen again to the near-50 wiretaps they trotted out as par
Wiretaps on trial in Rajaratnam case
There is a lot riding on the outcome of the Raj Rajaratnam trial. As the jury deliberates, it's clear that the whole idea of wiretaps as evidence is also on trial.
The prosecution built its case in large part on the surreptitiously recorded phone conversations, which caught the defendants and
Charges against Rajat Gupta test Dodd-Frank
Much has been made of the fact that the SEC brought insider trading charges against Rajat Gupta via an administrative proceeding as authorized by the recently passed Dodd-Frank Act instead of in court. Before Dodd-Frank, the SEC could only push for civil penalties via an administrative action if t
Rajaratnam trial jurors hear first wiretaps
A big controversy in the run-up to the Raj Rajaratnam insider trading trial was the admissibility of 90 hours of wiretaps the government had amassed. In the end, a judge gave the go ahead, and portions are now--finally--being used in court, allowing jurors to actually hear the voice of accused ins
New wrinkles in the Sergey Aleynikov trial
The trial of ex-Goldman Sachs programmer Sergey Aleynikov marches on with lots of skirmishing about a statement Aleynikov signed after his initial interrogation, the fact that one FBI agent owned
Jury rules against BankAtlantic execs in private trial
Some critics of Wall Street--and there are many--have been disappointed that a big-time executive at a top Wall Street bank hasn't been indicted. The looming trial of Fabrice Tourre hardly counts. Neither does the trial of Mathew Tannin and Ralph Cioffi. Some still think former executives of L
Jurors in Bear Stearns case go public
It's not uncommon for jurors in big trials to go public after they reach a decision. In the trial of Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin, among the first to speak to the media was Stephanie Stimpson, who works at Brooklyn College. She was interviewed by Bloomberg and the headlines were memorable:
