SAC Capital Advisors first sought to fend off a federal indictment. Then the hedge fund, run by the billionaire Steven A. Cohen, offered to pay about $700 million to settle. Finally, SAC suggested it plead guilty to only some of the criminal charges in the five-count indictment. But at every turn, the government refused….
An account of the negotiations, based on interviews with people briefed on the case, illuminates the private wrangling and underscores just how aggressive the government was in extracting the deal.
via After a Decade, SAC Capital Blinks – DealBook
