Rajaratnam ordered to pay record $92.8 mn in SEC case
Rajaratnam ordered to pay record $92.8 mn in SEC case
New York: A federal judge ordered Raj Rajaratnam, the Galleon Group hedge fund founder convicted of insider trading, to pay a $92.8 million penalty in a related civil case brought by the United States (US) Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Rajaratnam was convicted in May of 14 counts of securities fraud and conspiracy in a separate criminal case. Rakoff’s colleague, US district judge, Richard Holwell, sentenced Rajaratnam last month to an 11-year prison term.
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