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After Confidential Fed Documents Used In Sales Presentation, Former Goldman Managing Director Fined, Banned From Industry

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Mark Melin
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Goldman Sachs has settled a confidential leak investigation case with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, agreeing to pay a $36.3 million fine. The New York Fed fined and permanently barred former Goldman Sachs Managing Director Joseph Jiampietro from the industry. Jiampietro was the supervisor of an employee who obtained Federal Reserve secrets and used them to the bank’s benefit in sales presentations to solicit new clients.

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Goldman employee boldly used confidential Fed data in sales presentations

The Fed charges stated that "a Firm employee engaged in the criminal theft of confidential supervisory information of the Board of Governors and other banking regulators," taking this information and disseminating it among numerous employees...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.