Tuesday, June 14, 2011

‘Virtual Servant’ Chiesi Seeks Lesser Sentence in Galleon Case

Bloomberg reports that Danielle Chiesi, claiming her former boss at New Castle Funds LLC used their “toxic” sexual relationship to manipulate her into feeding him inside tips, asked a judge to sentence her to less prison time than he got for his role in the Galleon Group LLC insider-trading scheme.

Mark Kurland, New Castle’s co-founder, “engaged in a ‘vicious cycle of abuse’ and ‘psychological exploitation’ to turn Dani into his ‘virtual servant,’” Chiesi’s lawyers argued in a sentencing memorandum yesterday, quoting a letter to the judge from her boyfriend, Billy.

Chiesi, who was an analyst at New Castle, and Kurland both pleaded guilty in connection with a government investigation of hedge-fund insider trading centered on Galleon and its co- founder, Raj Rajaratnam. Chiesi asked U.S. District Judge Richard Holwell for less prison time than the 27 months Kurland received last year….

Find Out More At:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-13/chiesi-should-serve-almost-4-years-in-prison-u-s-says-in-insider-case.html

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