Letter from Venezuela Helped Uncover Insider Trading Scandal
An unsigned May 1985 letter from a tipster in Venezuela spurred the SEC probe into insider trading on Wall Street. The case led to charges against about a dozen executives and targeted firms Goldman Sachs and Kidder Peabody, highlighting the role of informants in catching early price moves and the damage to market confidence.
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New York
Wall Street
Venezuela
Caracas
Goldman, Sachs & Co
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Prosea
Paul Fischer
Securities and Exchange Commission
John Stoppelman
Fischer
SEC
Bahamas
Dennis Levine
Levine
Ivan Boesky
Boesky
Self
Martin A. Siegel
Kidder, Peabody
Mergers and Acquisitions
Richard B. Wigton
Kidder
Timothy L. Tabor
Robert M. Freeman
Goldman, Sachs
Siegel
Merrill Lynch & Co
Merrill Lynch
Starvation Rampant In Camp In Lebanon Chaos
Descriptions from Bourj el Barajneh and Chatilla detail dire hunger and destruction. Food convoys reach the camps after weeks of deprivation while aid workers warn of worsening conditions and collapsing facilities amid ongoing fighting.
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Chatilla
Amal
Bourj el-Barajneh
Beirut
Miss Cutting
United Nations
Israel
Chris Giannou
Toronto
Giannou
Palestine Liberation Organization
Lebanon
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Martin Siegel
Quilty
Ira Sokolow
Robert Wilkis
David Brown
Iaw
Reich
Litton Industries
Sues Levine
Sokolow
Brown
Sues Boesky, Iothers
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