December 05, 2012
A jury weighing insider charges against hedge fund executives Anthony Chiasson and Todd Newman, accused of unlawfully making $70 million on Dell Inc. and Nvidia Corp. stock trades, will have a chance to hear from the defense after prosecutors finished with their final witness Wednesday.
November 27, 2012
Level Global Investors LP founder Anthony Chiasson knew his hedge fund used corporate insiders to obtain information, an analyst testified Tuesday at Chiasson's trial for insider trading in Dell Inc. and other technology stocks.
November 21, 2012
The financial analyst who copped to his role as a conduit of non-public information between a Dell Inc. employee and hedge fund Diamondback Capital Management LLC took the stand in New York federal court on Wednesday in the insider trading case against Diamondback portfolio manager Todd Newman.
November 14, 2012
Hedge fund Diamondback Capital Management LLC paid a source who provided confidential information on Dell Inc. $175,000 with the approval of portfolio manager Todd Newman, a former Diamondback analyst testified Wednesday at Newman's insider trading trial.
November 13, 2012
Former hedge fund managers Todd Newman and Anthony Chiasson tapped a ring of finance professionals to obtain confidential financial figures for Dell Inc. and other tech companies, prosecutors said Tuesday at the start of their insider trading trial.
October 23, 2012
A New York federal judge ruled Tuesday that two remaining defendants accused of insider trading in Dell Inc. and other companies would be tried together, paving the way for trial to begin Monday.
September 28, 2012
A former analyst at hedge fund Sigma Capital Management on Friday pled guilty to insider trading, admitting involvement in an alleged ring whose members passed along confidential tips on Dell Inc. and Nvidia Corp.
August 29, 2012
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday added another $10 million in allegedly illicit gains and new fraud charges to a case against three hedge fund executives accused of insider trading in Dell In. and Nvidia Corp. stock, a conspiracy that allegedly reaped more than $72 million.
May 10, 2012
A federal judge ordered XL Specialty Insurance Co. on Thursday to continue paying defense costs for Level Global Investors LP and several of the hedge fund's employees, who were allegedly involved in a $62 million tech stock insider trading ring.
April 13, 2012
A former Whittier Trust Co. research analyst pled guilty Friday to trading on insider information about Dell Inc. and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors as they pursue an expanded case against the alleged $62 million criminal stock-tipping club he belonged to.