Thursday, April 26, 2012

Goldman Banker Probed for Alleged Leaks


Investigations are deepening into the potential involvement of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. employees in the high-profile Galleon Group insider-trading ring, the Wall St Journal reports.

U.S. prosecutors and securities regulators are investigating whether a senior Goldman investment banker gave Galleon hedge-fund traders advance word of pending health-care deals, according to people familiar with the matter. The banker, whom the people identified as Matthew Korenberg, is a San Francisco-based managing director for Goldman, a senior post.

Among the merger deals being scrutinized by Los Angeles federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission is the 2009 acquisition by Abbott Laboratories of Advanced Medical Optics, a Santa ….

Read all about it at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304811304577368070832086652.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories

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