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While Raj Rajaratnam is loathed by hawkish elements of the government, who accuse him of supporting the Tigers, Galleon’s chief is held in awe in Colombo financial circles
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Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire investor and founder of Galleon Group, has been charged in connection with an alleged insider trading scheme described by US prosecutors as the biggest ever involving hedge funds
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Informant says Galleon tips came from Asia
The scope and complexity of the alleged insider trading ring involving Galleon are thrown into relief after it emerges that one informant was given trading tips by a source in Asia
Galleon probe expands to take in tech analysts
Two of the five co-operating witnesses in the Galleon insider trading investigation worked as technology industry stock analysts, both for a time at Prudential Financial’s now-shuttered equity research arm
Insider trading net entangles further suspects
Investigators hope for more charges in what is thought to be a big network of insider schemes
A tale of ‘Greek’, ‘Rat’ and ‘bat phones’
Court documents describing an alleged “insider trading ring” discovered by federal prosecutors hardly read like the details of a typical white-collar case.
FBI makes more arrests in Galleon case
US authorities have charged 14 more people in the investigation into insider trading at Galleon, the hedge fund founded by Raj Rajaratnam
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