Galleon Puzzle: Can You Spot Insider Trading – Without Wiretapping?

The pattern in alpha is as important as its magnitude… Daniel Li Michael Markov In the recent insider trading scandal involving the founder of Galleon Group, Raj Rajaratnam, the government used wiretaps to secretly record his phone conversations and those of his alleged accomplices. In the complaint, government prosecutors present an insider trading case against […]

November 03, 2009

The pattern in alpha is as important as its magnitude…

Daniel Li
Michael Markov

In the recent insider trading scandal involving the founder of Galleon Group, Raj Rajaratnam, the government used wiretaps to secretly record his phone conversations and those of his alleged accomplices. In the complaint, government prosecutors present an insider trading case against Rajaratnam and several other executives for illegally profiting from trading stocks and options of Hilton, Google, Akamai and others.

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