FACTBOX-Additional arrests in Galleon case

Thu Nov 5, 2009 4:20pm EST
 
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 (See also TAKE A LOOK-Galleon insider-trading case
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 Nov 5 (Reuters) - Federal and state authorities have
charged 14 people with fraud and conspiracy as part of an
insider trading network that involves some of the same
companies and individuals as the Galleon Group scandal.
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 Below are names of the defendants and cooperating
witnesses, who have already pleaded guilty, according to
charges filed against them in the Southern District of New
York:
 * ZVI GOFFER, 32
 Worked at Schottenfeld, a New York-based broker dealer, for
nearly all of 2007. He moved to Galleon in January 2008, where
he worked for about eight months before quitting to start his
own trading firm, Incremental Capital.
 * ARTHUR CUTILLO, 33
 Joined law firm Ropes & Gray in 2005 and practiced in the
litigation department, focusing on intellectual property.
Before that, he worked at Merck & Co where he supervised
vaccine production, among other roles. He was admitted to the
New York bar in 2006 and New Jersey bar in 2005 and has a JD
from Villanova University School of Law.
 * JASON GOLDFARB, 31
 Worked as an attorney in New York with the law firm of
Brecher Fishman Pasternack Walsh Tilker & Ziegler, which
specializes in injuries law.
 * CRAIG DRIMAL, 53
 Worked in Galleon's office space, but was not employed by
Galleon.
 * EMANUEL GOFFER
 Worked at Spectrum Trading LLC in 2007 and is currently
associated with Incremental Capital and broker-dealer
Echotrade.
 * MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, 38
 Was a founder, with Zvi Goffer, of Incremental Capital. He
was also a trader at Lighthouse Financial Group. He previously
worked as a mergers and acquisition attorney at law firm
Sullivan & Cromwell. He is a graduate of the University of
Southern California Law School.
 * DAVID PLATE, 34
 Worked at Schottenfeld from June 2006 through March, 2008;
currently associated with Incremental Capital.
 * DEEP SHAH, 27
 Worked for Moody's Investors Service as an associate
analyst.
 * ALI HARIRI, 38
 Worked as a vice president at Atheros Communications since
March 2008. Hariri previously served as Atheros' vice president
of business development as well as senior director of business
development between April 2005 and February 2006. Prior to
Atheros, Hariri held marketing and business development
positions in Broadcom Corp's wireless connectivity group and
operations roles at S3 Inc. He holds a Bachelor of Science in
electrical and system engineering and a Master's degree in
electrical engineering from the University of Connecticut.
COOPERATING WITNESSES, who were previously charged and have
pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court for insider trading:
* STEVEN FORTUNA, formerly a Managing Director of S2
Capital LLC, a hedge fund based in Boston.
* ALI FAR, founder of Spherix Capital LLC, a hedge fund
based in California.
* RICHARD CHOO-BENG LEE, former president of Spherix
* ROOMY KHAN, a California trader who served at certain
times as a paid consultant to a hedge fund based in New York.
* GAUTHAM SHANKAR, a proprietary trader at Schottenfeld in
New York.
SOURCES: Lawsuits, company websites and public records.
 (Compiled by Jessica Hall and Anupreeta Das)
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