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Judge Spares Prison Sentence For Insider Trading Defendant

New York U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein came to court Wednesday determined to send a Massachusetts cooperator to prison for his inside trading conviction.

2013/02/13

Former Goldman Sachs executive Rajat Gupta enters federal court in Manhattan for sentencing - Oct. 24, 2012 (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Former Goldman Sachs Executive Sentenced For Insider Trading

A former Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble Co. board member convicted of insider trading has been sentenced to two years in prison.

2012/10/24

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Michael Douglas, Gordon Gekko Star In New PSA Against Insider Trading & Securities Fraud

“Our economy is increasingly dependent on the success and integrity of the financial markets. If a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is,” Douglas says in the ad.

2012/02/28

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Officials: 7 More Arrests In Wall Street Insider Trading Probe

Seven people have been arrested in an insider trading scheme that allegedly netted more than $61.8 million in illegal profits based on trades of a single stock, officials said.

2012/01/18

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Two Charged With Insider Trading In Manhattan

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have charged two men with making $2.6 million in illegal profits on insider stock trades.

2011/09/15

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Suspect In Insider Trading Probe Pleads Guilty In NYC

A San Diego man has pleaded guilty to insider trading charges in New York in a government crackdown on expert networking firm consultants who give illegal stock tips to hedge funds.

2011/07/06

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Jury Convicts 3 Wall Street Traders In Hedge Fund Trial

Three stock traders have been convicted in the second federal trial stemming from a massive probe of insider trading at hedge funds.

2011/06/13

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Insider Trading Probe Yields Guilty Plea In NYC

Don Chu entered the plea in federal court in Manhattan. He is among 13 people charged so far in a probe of those in the securities industry who give out inside information instead of legitimate research.

2011/06/08

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Closing Arguments Start In NYC Insider Trading Trial

The arguments were expected to last all day Wednesday. They’ll include the replaying of some of the hundreds of taped phone conversations made by the government.

2011/06/01

Raj Rajaratnam arrives at federal court - New York, NY - Apr 29, 2011 (credit: AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Jury Goes Home For Weekend In Hedge Fund Insider Trading Case Against Raj Rajaratnam

The judge let jurors leave early on Friday. It was their fifth day of weighing the fate of the hedge fund manager.

2011/04/29

Billionaire co-founder of Galleon Group Raj Rajaratnam enters federal court - New York - Apr 25, 2011 (credit: AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

Jury Begins Deliberating In Raj Rajaratnam Hedge Fund Insider Trading Case

A jury has begun deliberating at the trial of a hedge fund founder accused of making tens of millions of dollars through insider trading.

2011/04/25

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Ex-Disney Worker Sentenced For Trying To Pass Along Secrets

A woman with access to insider information was blinded by love, she says…and the judge agreed.

2011/02/22

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More Charges in Insider Trading Probe

Federal authorities expanded their crackdown on insider trading that masks itself as legitimate market research.

2011/02/08

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Prosecutor Making Mark With Wall Street Crackdown

Making broad use of wiretaps — routine in mob and drug cases, but groundbreaking in white-collar probes — the Manhattan prosecutor widened an investigation of hedge funds and other institutions suspected of insider trading.

2010/11/25

Eliot Spitzer (credit: Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Spitzer Dissects Wall Street Probe

Eliot Spitzer says regular folks hooked on day trading shouldn’t think they can beat Wall Streeters at their own game because of the flow of inside information.

2010/11/24

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