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SEC may take administrative route in insider cases

NEW YORK, March 7 - When the Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges against former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta in an administrative proceeding -- rather than in federal court -- it signaled a possible new front in the SEC's pursuit of insider-trading cases.

U.S. plans audiotapes of Rajaratnam-Gupta conspiracy

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Federal prosecutors said they plan to introduce audiotape evidence at next week's trial of Raj Rajaratnam showing that the Galleon Group founder conspired with former Goldman Sachs Group Inc director Rajat Gupta to get inside tips about the Wall Street bank.
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SAP could face criminal case from new Bay Area AG

SAP AG has been ordered to pay Oracle Corp $1.3 billion for stealing files in Silicon Valley's priciest legal controversy -- and San Francisco's top federal prosecutor may raise the stakes even more.
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UN adviser Rajat Gupta had role in insider-trading case: SEC

Rajat Gupta, former McKinsey’s chief and currently special adviser to the secretary-general of the United Nations on management reforms, has been accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of having role in a major hedge fund insider-trading case.
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Gupta, Rajaratnam calls on Goldman, P&G

U.S. market regulator said former Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Procter & Gamble Co board member Rajat Gupta tipped Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam in phone calls about confidential company information. Gupta's lawyer said the allegations are baseless.
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SEC charges ex-Goldman director Rajat Gupta in insider case

Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc director Rajat Gupta leaked secret details to Galleon Group hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam about Warren Buffett's plan to invest $5 billion in the Wall Street bank at the height of the financial crisis, a U.S. securities regulator charged.
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Hedge fund managers face insider trading charges

Three hedge fund managers and a hedge fund analyst will be charged with insider trading, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday, the latest development in a broad probe of funds' trading activities.
Raj Rajaratnam, the principal in the $21 million Galleon Group hedge-fund insider trading case, leaves at Manhattan Federal Court for a bail hearing on conspiracy and securities fraud charges in New York

Two ex-Galleon men plead guilty; Rajaratnam named

Two former Galleon Group portfolio managers admitted to charges of insider trading on confidential company information, strengthening the government's case against Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam a month before his trial
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Morgan Stanley banker drawn into Galleon investigation: report

A Morgan Stanley banker named Kamal Ahmed is under investigation by U.S. authorities for leaking information regarding an upcoming takeover that ultimately was passed on to Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people close to the situation.
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SEC sues Trivium in Galleon case

The Securities and Exchange Commission brought civil insider trading charges against the co-founder of a one-time $900 million hedge fund as part of the ongoing Galleon hedge fund probe.
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Insider trading witness was tech analyst: WSJ

A key cooperating witness in the U.S. government's probe of insider trading was a technology analyst named Karl Motey who made dozens of calls to gather evidence for the government, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing a person familiar with the case.
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Insider trading arrests coming soon: report

U.S. authorities could announce a series of arrests in the next phase of a long-running insider trading investigation as early as next week, CNBC said in a report on Friday.
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Rajaratnam assails wiretaps in signature U.S. case

Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam is making an all-out legal assault to get the first wiretaps used in a widespread probe of insider trading on Wall Street thrown out, but legal experts doubt the defendant will succeed.
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Ex-IBM exec in Galleon case repentant: report

Former IBM Corp executive Robert Moffat, who admitted to charges of insider trading in the Galleon hedge fund probe, told Fortune magazine that his affair with co-defendant Danielle Chiesi was more about business than sex.
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Two charged with Disney insider trading plot

A Walt Disney Co employee and her boyfriend have been charged with a brazen insider trading scheme in which they said the media conglomerate was in advanced talks to sell its ABC TV network.
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FBI arrests two on Disney insider trading charges

A Walt Disney Co employee and her boyfriend have been charged with an insider trading scheme in which they said Disney was in advanced talks to sell its ABC network -- a claim that Disney said was false.
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Goldman subpoenaed in closely watched fund case

Lawyers for Goldman Sachs Group Inc have been served a subpoena to testify or provide information in a closely watched case of illegal insider trading allegations, according to a court document made public on Monday.

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