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Greater Penalties for Insider Trading – NYTimes.com
Under proposed amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines announced last week, recommended punishments for insider trading are likely to increase in response to Congressional pressure to ratchet up sentences for securities fraud. That will put even more pressure on defendants to cooperate with the government in the hope of receiving a reduced penalty. via Greater [...]
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China jails two officials for leaking economic data
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An Unjustified Sentence
“People who killed people got sentences more than four years shorter than Rajaratnam’s.”
Chiesi’s New Prison Home More Camp Cupcake Than ‘Chained Heat’
Danielle Chiesi reports today to Federal Prison Camp Alderson in West Virginia, ranked among the cushiest federal prisons.