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Prosecutors Urge Tougher Sentence In SAC Insider Trading Case

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Mark Melin
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As those responsible for the 2008 derivatives crash remain largely unaccountable for a crash that has deep market ramifications, US prosecutors are urging a federal judge to impose a stiff 6 ½ year prison sentence for insider trading in the Michael Steinberg / SAC Capital case.

Prosecutors Urge Tougher Sentence In SAC Insider Trading Case

In a New York federal court filing, prosecutors said Steinberg should be sentenced one additional year than the court's probation office had called appropriate.

“Get me edgy, proprietary, market-moving information”

On December 19 ValueWalk reported, a federal jury in Manhattan found Steinberg guilty on all five counts of conspiracy...

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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.