Lynn Stout takes the recent charges against arrest of Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon Group, and the recent raids on expert networks as an indictment of the entire hedge fund industry. She makes the mistake of using a few bad apples to state the whole industry is corrupt. The vast majority of hedge funds [...]
Tag Archives: Insider Trading
Do Prosecutions Stop Insider Trading?
We generally assume that the prosecution of crime acts as a deterrence to others who may think about committing the crime. One of the key factors in fraud is opportunity. If the wrongdoer thinks they can not get away with the violation, they are less likely to commit the violation. At least that is the [...]
The SEC Drinks Its Own Champagne
The SEC has named its first chief compliance officer: Kathleen Griffin. She will be tasked with oversight of employee securities transactions and financial disclosure reporting. The creation of a compliance program to prevent insider trading came from last year’s insider trading scandal at the SEC. The Office of the Inspector General reported that “the Commission [...]
Mark Cuban and Insider Trading
The Wall Street Journal reported that the SEC filed insider trading charges against Mark Cuban (owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team): SEC Charges Mark Cuban With Insider Trading. You can read the full text of the complaint against Mark Cuban. According to the complaint, Cuban owned 600,000 shares in Mamma.com Inc. (now called Copernic [...]
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