Monday, December 3, 2012

Why Steve Cohen Is Eating His Words




Old testimony may bite Cohen in SEC case.  The Post writes that Steve Cohen’s sworn testimony in another legal skirmish could come back to haunt his $14 billion hedge-fund empire.

Cohen, whose SAC Capital Advisors is facing civil charges amid allegations of insider trading, testified last year that insider-trading laws are “vague” and that compliance rules at his firm are merely “guidelines.”

Legal experts said those insights may be used against SAC in its current skirmish with regulators. Last week, SAC disclosed that the Securities and Exchange Commission may sue it for alleged fraud and lax oversight of a former trader who was arrested and charged with insider trading.
Cohen has not been charged with wrongdoing, but…..

Find out more at http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/eating_his_words_YZtwTSaT2WVaiEfZmoEfCJ

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