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by Charles Gasparino


  terrorism and, 129

  U.S. Attorney’s Office for Southern District of New York and, 227–28

  views about Wall Street within, 145

  and Wadhwa presentation about Khan-Rajaratnam, 128–29

  wiretaps and, 130–31, 183, 239

  See also specific person or case

  FDIC insurance, 49

  Fedarcyk, Janice, 228, 261

  Federal Reserve, 15, 142, 200, 216, 318

  Federal Wiretap Act (1968), 164, 184–85

  Ferguson, Charles, 223

  financial crash, 2008: conflicts of interest and, 27

  financial crisis, 2008

  aftermath of, 142–43, 199–200, 216, 226

  AMD deal and, 189–90

  bailouts following, 142, 183, 197, 198, 203, 320

  banks and, 22, 27, 142–43, 183, 197, 202–3, 204–5, 208, 263

  Bear Stearns and, 104, 142, 202–3, 265–66

  beginnings of, 104, 105, 142

  Burrough writings about, 265

  CDSs during, 202, 263

  Cohen/SAC Capital case and, 87, 180, 244, 246

  congressional investigations of, 27

  and debate about insider trading, 13, 17–18

  FBI funding and, 183

  and future of insider trading, 320

  Goldman Sachs and, 197–98

  hedge funds and, 189–90, 202

  and increase in risk-taking, 49

  investor confidence and, 15, 200

  Justice Department and, 143, 226, 253

  law enforcement/regulators and, 223, 226, 258, 263, 318

  leverage and, 22

  Obama and, 199–200, 205

  politics and, 19, 205

  prosecutions related to, 204–5, 318

  public reaction to, 17–18, 199–200, 223

  Rajaratnam/Galleon case and, 115, 256–57

  Rajaratnam views about, 194

  SEC and, 200, 201, 203, 204–5

  Wall Street culture and, 196

  Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), 52, 74, 85, 262, 273, 302, 303

  Financial Times, 95, 196

  Financial Writers Association, 258

  Fink, Larry, 68

  Fish, Andrew, 165, 167, 168, 177, 286

  Fisher, Philip A., 123

  flash crash, 263

  Fleishman, James, 220, 221

  Flextronics, 84, 221, 233, 234, 328

  Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 59–60, 61, 62, 63, 208, 295–98, 308, 325

  Forbes magazine, 71, 85, 115

  Fox, Bud, 1

  Fox Business Network, 230, 277, 299–300

  Franklin, Erik, 99–104, 106, 145, 146, 148, 150–51, 156, 325

  Freeman, Noah, 231–33, 234, 276, 278, 289, 298, 312, 325

  Friedman, Jason, 126

  Friedman, Milton, 16

  Friess Associates, 221

  Friess, Foster, 221

  front-running, 74

  Fuld, Dick, 299

  Funkhouser, Cameron “Cam”

  Boesky as inspiration for, 53

  Cohen/SAC Capital and, 66, 68, 74, 94, 95, 178, 302

  Franklin circle of friends and, 102

  Grassley inquiries about referrals to SEC by, 273

  Karcher case and, 54–55

  Lyford Cay hedge funds and, 101, 102

  tracking/surveillance systems of, 52–53, 55, 56, 65, 74, 94, 101, 102, 106, 178, 237, 273, 325

  and typical insider trader profile, 53–54

  Galleon Group

  accomplishments of law enforcement and, 16

  Akamai trades and, 191

  AMD trades and, 189, 220

  assets of, 17, 114, 115, 253

  Choo-Beng Lee and, 206

  collapse of, 325

  cooperators and, 182, 236, 240, 248

  culture at, 115, 154, 166

  Drimal case and, 150, 157–58, 166, 167, 169, 218

  expert networks and, 209

  Far at, 206

  FBI/Chaves investigation of, 4, 132–34, 145, 146

  financial crisis of 2008 and, 115

  focus of, 125

  founding of, 114, 186, 325, 327

  Goffer at, 218

  Goldman Sachs and, 186

  Google trades of, 128

  Hilton trades and, 134

  importance of case against, 131, 235–36

  Justice Department investigation of, 118, 127, 129, 132, 133, 210–11, 253, 304

  Kang investigation of, 14, 118, 130, 145, 167, 183, 199, 206, 209, 210, 211, 213–15, 239, 241, 242, 302, 326

  Khuzami and, 200

  Kinnucan and, 82

  Kurland and, 326

  and race and ethnicity issues, 181

  Rajaratnam SEC deposition and, 124

  Rajaratnam trial and, 235–43

  research and, 114, 124, 126

  Rosenbach role in, 171–72

  SAC Capital compared with, 114–15, 116

  SEC anonymous letter about, 125

  SEC/Wadhwa examination and investigation of, 110, 116–19, 125, 126, 127, 133, 144, 165, 181, 184, 200–201, 209, 210–11, 235, 239, 242, 250, 254, 256, 328

  Sedna and, 117, 124

  size and importance of, 3, 186

  Slaine and, 3, 147, 148, 150, 151, 152, 154, 155, 158, 160, 167–68, 186

  trading patterns of, 66, 116–19, 146

  Whitman and, 329

  wiretaps on, 164

  See also Rajaratnam, Raj; specific employee

  Gambino, Carlo, 277

  Ganek, David, 274

  Gannon, Kathryn (aka Marylin Star), 57, 58, 61, 66, 103, 325, 327

  Garcia, Michael, 104, 131, 325

  Gasthalter, Jonathan, 300, 314

  Gates, Bill, 196, 269

  Geithner, Timothy, 200

  Gekko, Gordon (fictional character), 260–61

  Genentech, 94

  General Electric, 90, 108

  Gerson Lehrman Group, 75, 208, 257, 296, 305, 307, 325

  Gilman, Sidney, 208, 304, 305–6, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 325

  Gintel, Robert, 32, 37, 325

  Giuliani, Rudy, 18, 41, 51, 181, 225–26, 260

  Glass-Steagall law, 49

  Goel, Rajiv, 126, 182, 216, 251–52, 325

  Goffer, Emanuel, 172, 218

  Goffer, Zvi “Octopussy,” 168, 170–71, 172–74, 218, 256, 285, 287, 325

  gold, 15, 23, 263, 318

  Goldberg, Jason, 173

  Goldberg, Lauren

  as lead investigator on Galleon investigation, 167, 325

  and Rajaratnam-Tamil Tigers connection, 129

  and Rajaratnam wiretaps, 163–65, 182, 239–40, 241, 242, 253

  and SEC wiretaps, 184

  and Wadhwa presentation about Khan-Rajaratnam, 128

  Goldman Sachs

  bailout of, 198, 199

  Buffet deal with, 198–99, 283

  Cohen/SAC case and, 131

  financial crisis of 2008 and, 197–98

  forklift driver-BusinessWeek case and, 152–53

  Gupta as board member at, 8, 182, 196, 197, 198, 225, 287

  Pajcin-Plotkin case and, 112, 113

  and race on Wall Street, 113

  and racism on Wall Street, 113

  Rajaratnam/Galleon Group and, 131, 186, 248, 283

  SAC compared with, 302

  SEC investigation of, 223, 262, 263

  SEC toxic securities fine for, 223, 315, 316

  Wachovia deal and, 197–98

  See also Blankfein, Lloyd

  Goldstein, Katherine, 284

  Goodwin, Homer, 28

  Google, 128, 137, 181, 205, 206, 235

  Gottesman, Norbert, 296

  Gotti, John, 139

  Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 201

  Grand Metropolitan PLC, 44–45

  Grant, Ulysses S., 23

  Grassley, Charles, 90, 273

  Gravano, Sammy “the Bull,” 139

  Great Depression: insider trading during, 23–29

  Griffi
n, Kenneth, 83

  Grubman, Jack, 79, 325

  Gruntal & Co., 50, 67–68, 106, 108

  Gupta, Rajat

  and accomplishments of “Perfect Hedge,” 8

  arrest/trial of, 258, 268–69, 287, 325

  defenders of, 269

  as Goldman Sachs board member, 8, 182, 196, 197, 198, 287, 325

  and Goldman Sachs-Buffet deal, 198–99

  Indian School of Business speech by, 249

  investigation of, 248–49

  Kumar and, 195–96

  at McKinsey & Co., 127, 180, 182, 196, 199, 287, 325

  motivation of, 195

  personal life of, 196

  public concern about activities of, 199

  Rajaratnam case and, 8, 180, 182, 195, 196–97, 198–99, 210, 214–15, 248, 249, 269, 325

  Rajaratnam compared with, 269

  SEC and, 195–96

  Streeter views about, 249, 250

  Wadhwa and, 195–96, 327

  wealth of, 196

  Guttenberg, Mitchel, 100–101, 103, 106, 145, 146, 150–51, 325–26

  Hamilton, Alexander, 21, 22, 322

  Harrison, Todd, 149, 150, 285

  Harvard Club (New York City), 55, 169

  Hayek, Friedrich, 16

  “Heard on the Street” column (Wall Street Journal), 42

  hedge funds

  and access to NYSE information, 262

  as all-male bastion, 187

  assets of, 88, 97

  as bragging about exploits, 18

  as “buy side,” 147

  Chaves research about, 145–46

  circle of friends at, 2

  definition of insider trading and, 264

  difficulty of proving cases against, 88

  entrenchment of insider trading in, 145

  expert networks and, 75, 81, 207–9, 219, 220, 222, 227–28, 257, 269

  fees charged by, 67, 81

  financial crisis of 2008 and, 189–90, 202

  growth of, 50, 65, 81, 97

  importance of edge to, 3, 65, 80, 94–95

  incestuous quality about, 214

  insider trading as systemic among, 2–3

  Khuzami views about, 264–65

  Kinnucan and, 229

  Obama contributions from, 200

  regulation of, 3, 82

  replacement of traditional investment banks by, 50

  research for, 51, 75, 80–84

  rewards for, 148

  risk-taking by, 148

  SEC compared with, 111

  SEC focus on, 106, 262, 264

  size and importance of, 3, 74, 145, 209

  SkyBridge Capital conference for, 274–75

  Slaine interest in, 147

  as targets of law enforcement, 231

  views about regulators by, 96

  wire taps on, 64, 65–66

  See also specific fund

  Heller Financial, 90

  Hilton Hotels, 127–28, 134, 137, 140, 162, 165, 171, 176, 214, 235, 328

  Hilton, Paris, 140, 162

  Hintz, Brad, 204

  Holder, Eric, 253–54, 260, 317–18

  Hollander, Jonathan, 243–46, 271, 276, 278, 298, 312, 326

  Holwell, Richard, 237, 238–43, 253, 255–57, 287, 326

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 144, 228

  Horvath, Jon, 276, 288, 298, 312, 314

  IBM, 187, 189

  Imclone. See Stewart, Martha

  independent analysts/researchers, 75, 80–84, 94, 269–70. See also specific person

  Indian School of Business

  founding of, 195

  Gupta speech at, 249

  informants. See cooperators

  information

  actionable, 75, 82, 208, 220, 308

  as central to Wall Street 1990s business model, 50–51

  law enforcement sharing of, 96–97

  small/average investors access to, 91

  See also analysts/researchers; expert networks; inside information; mosaic information; research

  inside information

  definition of, 33, 148

  “edge” as, 3

  and sharing among friends, 102

  See also insider trading

  Inside Job (documentary), 223

  inside traders

  arrogance as typical of, 54, 133

  code of conduct of, 219

  foreign origins of, 234

  low profile of, 65–66

  punishment for, 235

  self-image of, 133

  Slaine as prototype of, 152

  transferring of money among, 55

  typical image of, 53–54, 55

  wives of, 294

  See also specific person

  insider trading

  cost of investigations about, 258

  debate about, 11–18, 183, 327

  defense of, 11, 12–13, 31

  definitions of, 1, 10, 34–35, 36–37, 38, 62, 63, 263–64, 272–73, 283–84

  difficulty of prosecuting cases about, 64, 74, 84, 88, 131–32, 237, 240

  Douglas public announcement about, 260–61

  first criminal prosecution for, 38

  as focus of law enforcement, 2–3, 10, 17, 18, 19, 76, 106, 143

  future of, 318–20

  Great Depression and, 23–29

  largest number of arrests in one day for, 216

  market efficiency of, 31

  in 1960s, 29–32

  in 1980s and 1990s, 40–45, 52, 55, 57–65

  organized crime compared with, 64–65, 109, 146, 219, 243, 257

  penalties imposed for, 31, 155, 157

  politics and, 19, 205, 223–24

  pre-World War II history of, 21–29

  prevalence of, 95, 104, 233

  public views about, 15–16

  publicity about, 222–26, 227–31, 232, 233–34

  rape punishment compared with, 155

  as “sexy” cases, 18, 144

  small/average investors views about, 318

  statute of limitations on, 281, 302

  as systemic, 2–3, 55

  as victimless crime, 235

  as world’s oldest economic crime, 2

  See also specific person, agency, or topic

  Insider Trading and the Stock Market (Manne), 31, 325

  institutional investors, 16

  Intel, 126, 128, 177, 182, 214, 252, 283, 325, 326

  interest rate swaps, 48

  International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease, 304, 305

  Internet bubble, 34, 76–79

  IPOs (initial public offerings), 16, 42–43, 76, 263, 318

  Isenberg, Jerry, 116

  Jacobs, Richard, 130, 144–45, 160–61, 219, 326

  Janus, 221

  Jiang, Ping, 93, 279–80

  Jiau, Winifred, 232–33, 234, 278, 326

  J.P. Morgan, 56, 113, 185, 203

  junk bonds, 42

  Justice Department, U.S.

  Bharara relations within, 259, 260

  and cost of insider trading investigations, 183, 258

  and crackdown on financial crimes, 223

  and debate about insider trading, 18

  and definitions of insider trading, 273, 283–84

  FBI relationship to, 227

  financial crisis of 2008 and, 143, 226, 253

  focus on insider trading within, 12, 143

  Franklin circle of friends and, 103

  funding/resources for, 47–48, 144

  Goodwin complaints and, 28

  “pump and dump” and, 24

  rivalries within, 227

  SEC/Wadhwa relations with, 127, 128, 239, 262

  SEC wiretaps and, 184

  and self-regulation of banks, 52

  and sharing of information among law enforcement agencies, 96–97

  strengths of, 97

  tracking/surveillance systems of, 106

  and “unindicted co-conspirators,” 288

  wiretaps by, 177, 183

  See also U
.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York; specific person or case

  Kang, B.J.

  Biovail case and, 307

  Choo-Beng Lee and, 206–7

  and Cohen (Patricia), 106–9, 178

  Cohen/SAC Capital case and, 92, 93, 97, 106–9, 177–78, 207, 209, 271, 299, 301–3, 304–5, 307, 308

  commitment to enforcing laws about insider trading of, 14, 318

  cooperators as specialty of, 92, 102, 133, 134

  coordination of investigations and, 219

  experience of, 293

  expert networks and, 207

  Far and, 207

  Freeman case and, 231, 232

  as Jacobs team member, 145

  Khan case and, 7, 14, 128, 130, 132–34, 135, 137–41, 162, 177, 301

  Kinnucan case and, 293

  Madoff case and, 143

  Martoma case and, 307, 308–9

  personality of, 92

  post-Rajaratnam investigation activities of, 258

  promotions for, 309

  Rajaratnam/Galleon Group case and, 14, 118, 128, 130, 145, 167, 183, 199, 206, 209, 210, 211, 213–15, 239–40, 241, 242, 302, 326

  Rajaratnam wiretaps and, 163–65, 177, 239–40, 241, 242, 253

  reputation of, 92, 112

  and rivalries within FBI, 160–61

  style of, 92

  Wadhwa and, 161, 177, 211, 301, 302–3, 304–5

  and Wadhwa presentation about Khan-Rajaratnam, 128

  Kanjilal, Debasis, 76–78, 326

  Karcher, Carl, 54–55, 326

  Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, 270. See also Bowe, Michael

  Keefe Bruyette & Woods, 57, 325, 327

  Kennedy, John F., 23, 29, 30

  Kennedy, Joseph P., 23–25, 26, 29

  Khan, Roomy

  credibility of, 129–30, 131–32

  deletion of emails by, 162, 176

  “edge” of, 162

  FBI flipping of, 132–35, 137–41

  as FBI informant, 118, 124, 128–30, 132–35, 137–41, 145, 160, 161, 163, 175–76, 181

  financial affairs of, 134–35, 138, 162

  Hilton Hotel and, 162, 165, 176, 234, 328

  Justice Department investigation of, 129, 139, 140, 163

  Kang and, 7, 14, 130, 132, 133–35, 137–41, 162, 177, 301

  lifestyle of, 134–35, 138, 141

  limitations of, 182

  Moffat and, 206

  personal and professional background of, 134, 138, 139

  psychic mole-on-her-face story about, 251

  Rajaratnam investigation and, 7, 14, 118, 123–26, 129–30, 132, 161, 163–64, 165, 168, 175–76, 177, 181, 182, 184, 251, 252, 292, 301, 326

  Rajaratnam relationship with, 127, 128–29, 130, 132, 138, 161, 162, 164, 175–76, 181, 186, 188, 251, 255

  as repeat offender, 138, 139, 176

  and SEC limitations, 184

  sentence of, 292

  Shah and, 176, 235, 328

  Shankar and, 218

  trades of, 127, 128, 162–63, 165, 176, 181, 188, 205, 234, 328

  U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 161

  Wadhwa investigation of, 128–29, 130, 177, 181

 

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