SAC Capital Advisors

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Hedge Fund Pleads Guilty, but Tycoon Gets Off

Firm hit with record fine after 'unprecedented' insider trading

(Newser) - SAC Capital pleaded guilty to all five counts in the damning criminal complaint against it yesterday, agreeing to a total of $1.8 billion in penalties, the largest haul ever for an insider trading case. The plea marks the end of an 11-year case, and marks the first time "...

Feds Bust Insider Trading Scheme 'Without Precedent'

SAC Capital Advisers insider trading was 'on a scale without known precedent'

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors have slapped SAC Capital Advisors with criminal charges in an alleged insider trading scheme "on a scale without known precedent." The hedge fund has allegedly been making hundreds of millions off of illicit info for a decade, the Wall Street Journal reports. The charges also name...

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