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Some Phone Calls, 2 Big Checks, and Rabbi Is Charged

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

The prominent and well-connected Brooklyn rabbi tried to extort $4 million from a Connecticut hedge fund, the government says.

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Rabbi Is Charged With Trying to Extort $4 Million From a Hedge Fund

Friday, February 19th, 2010

The rabbi told lawyers for a Connecticut fund that he would instruct a federal inmate to tell prosecutors that the fund had benefited from insider trading.

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10th Person in Galleon Insider Case Pleads Guilty

Monday, February 8th, 2010

A former executive of Intel became the 10th person to plead guilty in the Galleon Group insider trading case after admitting in court on Monday afternoon that he had passed confidential corporate information to Galleon’s founder, Raj Rajaratnam.

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S.E.C. Cites 2 Funds for Short-Sale Violations

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

The enforcement actions were the first since short-selling rules were strengthened.

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7 Indicted in Galleon Group Insider-Trading Case

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

They were among 14 charged with multiple counts of securities fraud and conspiracy on Nov. 5 in the investigation that began with the arrest of Galleon’s founder, Raj Rajaratnam

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Insider Faces Sentencing in ’07 Case

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Mark Lenowitz is to be sentenced Thursday for his role in a criminal case that was described in 2007 as the largest insider-trading crackdown in 20 years.

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Prosecutors Near New Plea Bargain in Galleon Case

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Federal prosecutors on Friday again asked for more time to indict of three defendants in the Galleon Group insider trading case, as the government and defense lawyers work out potential plea agreements for the men.

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Witness Is Revealed in Galleon Case

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Thomas Hardin, an investment analyst at the center of the biggest insider-trading case in a generation, may lead prosecutors to other key players in the investigation of Raj Rajaratnam and his Galleon Group hedge fund.

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