Former Dell Execs Involved In Massive Insider Trading Probe

DMandPenfold writes "Two former Dell employees, including a former investor relations manager, were part of a $62 million record-breaking insider trading scam, involving the company's shares as well as Nvidia stock, according to the FBI. The news comes as the U.S. authorities step up their pursuit of inside traders. Two months ago, Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam was sentenced to 11 years in jail for his role in a scam involving AMD, IBM and 3Com stock. Yesterday, Sandeep Goyal, an employee at Dell's U.S. headquarters between 2006 and 2007 before becoming a financial analyst, was arrested. An unnamed co-conspirator in Dell's investor relations department from 2007 to 2009 is also alleged to have been part of the scam. ... Goyal allegedly made $175,000 by providing inside information about Dell to a hedge fund. He has pleaded guilty to charges of securities fraud."

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So why haven't the feds shut down the company?

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OK, lemme get this straight... At Megaupload.com, some people do something illegal on the site, and the entire company is shut down, kaput, without even a trial.

Now here's a story about insider trading, which I assume is also something illegal... Why isn't the company they worked for ALSO shut down?

It seems to me that we have two standards of 'justice' in this country. And if you're a rich white guy, that system is a lot more lenient.