Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Galleon Case’s Star Witness Settles Lawsuit

Finalternatives writes that former Galleon Group trader Adam Smith, a key witness against that firm’s founder in the successful insider-trading prosecution, has settled civil charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Smith agreed to pay almost $150,000 in disgorgement and prejudgment interest on his illicit earnings trading shares of ATI Technologies. Smith, who pleaded guilty to criminal insider-trading charges in January, was not fined as a result of his cooperation with the SEC’s probe….

Find out more at:
http://www.finalternatives.com/node/17097

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