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Securities Fraud

Anil Kumar: Ex-McKinsey Director Pleads Guilty In Galleon Insider Trading Case, Got MILLIONS For Tips

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 01.07.2010 | Business

Read More: Mckinsey, Raj Rajaratnam, Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund, Sec, Galleon Group, Securities and Exchange Commission, Anil Kumar, Galleon Guilty Plea, Galleon Deal, Securities Fraud, Galleon Insider Trading, Business News

NEW YORK — A former director of a global management consulting firm pleaded guilty Thursday to securities fraud charges, admitting making $2.6 m...

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SEC, NYSE Investigate Trading In Buffett's Big Rail Deal

Dan Dorfman | Posted 12.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Warren Buffett, Stock Trading, Insider Trading, Wall Street, Securities Fraud, Business News
Dan Dorfman

The sizeable number of SEC stock trading investigations indicates that it's business as usual for people who want to beat the system, even if it means chancing fines, jail time and disgrace if they're caught.

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Roomy Khan, Galleon Insider Trading Informant, Tipped Off Several Other Hedge Funds, Destroyed Evidence

nytimes.com | REUTERS | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Insider Trading, Raj Rajaratnam, Roomy Khan, Sec, Galleon Group, Galleon Hedge Fund, Securities Fraud, Roomy Khan Plea, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roomy Khan, one of several former traders cooperating with the prosecution of the biggest U.S. hedge fund insider trading case, t...

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Bailout Corruption: Feds Open 20 Criminal Probes Into Fraud, Insider Trading

Los Angeles Times | Ralph Vartabedian and Tom Hamburger | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business

Read More: TARP Fraud, Bailout Waste, Bailout Fraud, Securities Fraud, TARP Watchdog, 20 Criminal Probes, Bailout Corruption, Barofsky, Bailout Investigation, Bailout Watchdog, Business News

Reporting from Washington and Los Angeles -- In the first major disclosure of corruption in the $750-billion financial bailout program, federal invest...

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When it Comes to Bernie Madoff, Congress is More to Blame Than the SEC

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Punditmom, Bernard Madoff, Congress, Securities and Exchange Commission, Bernie Madoff, Securities Fraud, Politics News
Joanne Bamberger

As Congress gets ready to point the finger at the SEC for falling down on the job, it had better get ready to own up to its share of the blame.

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PONZI SCHEME: Madoff Charged With Securities Fraud

New York Times | DIANA B. HENRIQUES and ZACHERY KOUWE | Posted 01.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Ponzi Scheme, Securities Fraud, Bernard L. Madoff, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, Bernard Madoff, Business News

Bernard L. Madoff, the founder of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities and a fixture of the Wall Street trading world for decades, was arrested Thu...

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Eric Butler, Julian Tzolov Accused Of Securities Fraud, Tzolov Flees Country

New York Times | Jenny Anderson | Posted 10.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Credit Suisse Fraud, Securities Fraud, Wall Street, Julian Tzolov, Credit Suisse Securities, Auction-Rate Securities, Eric Butler, Business News

The broker said the securities were as safe as cash. After all, he claimed, the outfit that issued them, Glacier Education Loan, bought student loans ...

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First Criminal Charges Related To Credit Crisis Brought Against Bear Stearns Execs

Reuters | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Ralph Cioffi, Bear Stearns Credit Crisis, Bear Stearns Fraud, Bear Stearns Bear Stearns Collapse, Securities Fraud, Bear Stearns Employees, Credit Crisis, Matthew Tannin, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors are preparing to file criminal charges against managers of two Bear Stearns hedge funds whose collapse helped ki...

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6 Arrested Over Plots To Pump Up Share Prices

New York Times | Jenny Anderson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Securities Fraud, Business News

What began with an undercover F.B.I. agent's posing as a corrupt hedge fund manager led to the indictments of six people yesterday on charges of fraud...

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