Thursday, November 29, 2012

SEC Weighs Lawsuit Against SAC Capital



At 8 a.m. on Wednesday, an hour when Mr. Cohen is normally at the center of SAC’s cavernous trading floor in Stamford, Conn., he sat in his office to hold a hastily arranged conference call with his clients., according to the NY Times report.

Wealthy investors dialing in from as far away as Europe and Asia listened to soothing classical music before the call started. Then they received some grim news: Federal securities regulators were preparing to file a civil fraud lawsuit against the fund.

The move, which stems from a criminal insider trading prosecution brought last week against a former SAC employee, is the most significant action yet by the government in a long-running investigation of Mr. Cohen, who has not been accused of any wrongdoing, and his firm….

http://www.cnbc.com/id/50005887

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