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Plotting Thrillers in the Fog of China

All in all, the “town hall” exemplified the sort of stagecraft that the Chinese seem to specialize in — managed in a way that is so obvious as to be condescending, but still successful at stifling dissent. The moment reminded me of why I decided, ...

From ALEX BERENSON, The New York Times,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  The Pentagon,  Hu Jintao

14 Are Charged With Insider Trading

Federal prosecutors charged 14 hedge fund employees, lawyers and other investors with trading on insider information on Thursday, in a series of criminal complaints that all appear to be connected to charges already filed against hedge fund billionaire ...

From ALEX BERENSON, The New York Times,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Raj Rajaratnam,  Galleon Group

History of Legal Tangles for Raj Rajaratnam and Galleon

For Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire hedge fund manager charged with trading on inside information, legal problems are nothing new. In 2005, he paid $20 million in back taxes, penalties and interest to settle a federal investigation into a sham tax ...

From ALEX BERENSON, The New York Times,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Raj Rajaratnam,  Galleon Group,  Securities and Exchange Commission,  Intel,  University of Pennsylvania

In Fraud Case, a Deal That Lost Millions

Raj Rajaratnam, the authorities say, masterminded one of the biggest insider-trading schemes in a generation. But if Mr. Rajaratnam was trading on insider information, apparently he was not very good at it. A close examination of the trades that led ...

From ALEX BERENSON, The New York Times,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Raj Rajaratnam,  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.,  Galleon Group

A Thin Line Separates Insider Trading and Legal Research

The most precious commodity on Wall Street is information, and savvy players will do almost anything for it. Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire hedge fund manager who was arrested last Friday on accusations of insider trading. Some investment funds ...

From ALEX BERENSON, The New York Times,  19 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Raj Rajaratnam,  Enron Corporation,  Securities and Exchange Commission,  Galleon Group,  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

A Year After Lehman’s Fall, an Industry Untransformed

One year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the surprise is not how much has changed in the financial industry, but how little. Backstopped by huge federal guarantees, the biggest banks have restructured only around the edges. Employment in the ...

From ALEX BERENSON, The New York Times,  11 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Simon Johnson,  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  Citigroup

Study Finds Radiation Risk for Patients

About 400,000 of those patients receive very high doses, more than the maximum annual exposure allowed for nuclear power plant employees or anyone else who works with radioactive material. The paper, being published on Thursday, was based on a survey ...

From ALEX BERENSON, The New York Times,  26 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Department of Health

Arrest Over Trading Software Illuminates a Secret of Wall St.

Flying home to New Jersey from Chicago after the first two days at his new job, Sergey Aleynikov was prepared for the usual inconveniences: a bumpy ride, a late arrival. He was not expecting Special Agent Michael G. McSwain of the F.B.I. At 9:20 p.m. ...

From ALEX BERENSON, The New York Times,  23 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Fidelity Investments,  Morgan Stanley

’92 Ponzi Case Missed Signals About Madoff

Seventeen years ago, federal investigators questioned for the first time whether Bernard L. Madoff was connected to a Ponzi scheme. Their inquiry centered on Frank Avellino, an accountant who had been funneling investors to Mr. Madoff since the 1960s. ...

From ALEX BERENSON, The New York Times,  16 Jan 2009

Related Topics: Bernard Madoff,  Securities and Exchange Commission,  Keith Miller,  Deutsche Bank

Prosecutors want Madoff jailed over $173 million in checks

Pressing the case that the financier Bernard Madoff should have his bail revoked, prosecutors said in court documents on Thursday that investigators found 100 signed checks worth $173 million in Madoff's desk that were ready to be sent to family ...

From ALEX BERENSON, International Herald Tribune,  8 Jan 2009

Related Topics: Bernard Madoff,  Federal Bureau of Investigation

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