September 22, 2015
The Second Circuit said Tuesday that there is no legal reason to reduce or otherwise modify an $814,736 forfeiture imposed on convicted insider trader Winifred Jiau despite the fact that an appellate judge likened her prospects of coughing up 100 times her illegal gains to a "fairy tale."
June 20, 2011
A jury in New York found former Primary Global Research LLC consultant Winifred Jiau, 43, guilty on Monday of conspiracy and securities fraud for selling hedge fund managers tips about technology company earnings in advance of public announcements.
June 16, 2011
Wrapping up their insider trading case in New York against former Primary Global Research LLC consultant Winifred Jiau, prosecutors on Thursday painted her as a brazen trafficker in illicit tips who made thousands of dollars from hedge funds while plying sources with little but regifted lobsters, meals and an iPhone.
June 14, 2011
A former analyst who testified that ex-Primary Global Research LLC consultant Winifred Jiau gave financial secrets to his hedge fund told jurors in New York on Tuesday that he destroyed evidence regarding other tipsters after learning of a massive insider trading probe.
June 13, 2011
A New York federal judge on Monday rejected a former Primary Global Research LLC sales manager's request to dismiss an indictment against him in an insider trading case despite claims that it lacked details regarding the alleged crimes and conspirators at issue.
June 07, 2011
A former Primary Global Research LLC employee admitted Tuesday in New York federal court to helping connect hedge fund workers to technology company insiders in Taiwan for the purpose of obtaining illegal inside information.
June 06, 2011
A former SAC Capital Advisors LP employee admitted during an insider trading trial Monday in New York to using dozens of technology company inside sources and soliciting tips from expert networking firm consultants, including defendant Winifred Jiau.
June 03, 2011
An alleged recipient of illegal tips from former Primary Global Research LLC consultant Winifred Jiau told jurors Friday in New York that he engaged in insider trading while working at hedge funds Sonar Capital Management LLC and SAC Capital Advisors LP.
June 02, 2011
A lawyer for former Primary Global Research LLC consultant Winifred Jiau said in opening arguments of an insider trading trial in New York on Thursday that tips her client gave hedge fund managers weren't illegal because they wouldn't have impacted stock prices.
May 12, 2011
A New York federal judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors can use phone call recordings made by a hedge fund analyst as evidence in an insider trading case against former Primary Global Research LLC consultant Winifred Jiau.