Billionaire arrested in insider trading case

Saturday 17 October 2009 00:00 BST
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A billionaire hedge fund manager was among six people arrested in a hedge fund insider trading case that US prosecutors say reaped $20m in illegal profits.

Raj Rajaratnam, a partner in Galleon, a hedge fund with up to $7bn in assets under management, was accused of conspiring with others to cause trades based on insider information about three publicly traded companies, Polycom, Hilton Hotels and Google.

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