美國檢方對華爾街14人提起刑事訴訟

US prosecutors escalated their crackdown on insider trading on Wall Street yesterday as they filed criminal charges against 14 people, including hedge fund managers, traders and attorneys.

美國檢察機關昨日加大對華爾街內幕交易的打擊力度，向包括對沖基金經理、交易員和律師在內的14人提出刑事指控。

The charges come three weeks after billionaire investor Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon hedge fund, and five others, were accused in an insider trading scheme that prosecutors said involved gathering information from executives from companies across corporate America, including IBM and Intel.

三周前，身價億萬的投資者、對沖基金帆船集團(Galleon)創(chuàng)辦人拉賈•拉賈那納姆(Raj Rajaratnam)和其他5名人員被控參與一項內幕交易計劃。據檢方稱，該計劃涉及從整個美國企業(yè)界的公司高管那里收集信息，其中包括IBM和英特爾(Intel)。

As in the Galleon case, investigators used court-authorised wire taps of cell phones, hidden recording devices and information from confidential informants to build the case against at least seven of the new defendants named yesterday.

與帆船集團的案件一樣，調查人員在法庭的授權下，使用手機竊聽、暗藏錄音裝置和秘密線民提供的信息，針對昨日指名的至少7名新被告人進行取證。

Yesterday's complaints from prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission included charges against a pair of lawyers who allegedly passed on information about mergers and acquisition deals in exchange for kickbacks.

檢察機關和美國證券交易委員會(Securities and Exchange Commission, 簡稱SEC)昨日提起訴訟的對象包括兩名律師，他們涉嫌傳遞有關并購交易的信息，以換取回扣。

Robert Khuzami, director of the SEC's enforcement division, said: “These defendants thought the rules that apply to all investors did not apply to them, but the one rule they cannot avoid is the rule of law.”

證交會執(zhí)法部門負責人羅伯特•庫贊尼(Robert Khuzami)表示：“這些被告人認為，對所有投資者都適用的規(guī)則不適用于他們，但他們無法躲避的一條規(guī)則就是法治。”

FBI agents allegedly saw Jason Goldfarb, who is described as an attorney, “carrying a white bag” which they identified as holding cash for Zvi Goffer, of Incremental Capital hedge fund, according to the criminal documents.

據刑事法庭文件顯示，美國聯邦調查局(FBI)探員聲稱，看到了據稱是律師的賈森•高爾德法伯(Jason Goldfarb)“拿著一個白色的袋子”，經他們確認，這個袋子里面裝的是給對沖基金Incremental Capital的茲維•高佛爾(Zvi Goffer)的現金。

Mr Goffer, who previously worked at Galleon, was known as “the Octopussy” within the insider trading ring due to his reputation for having his arms in so many sources of inside information, the SEC said in its complaint.

美國證交會在它的訴狀中表示，由于高佛爾在眾多內幕信息來源中都伸有觸角的名聲，他在內幕交易圈內曾有“八爪人”之稱。高佛爾先前供職于帆船集團。

He allegedly provided his tipsters with prepaid cellphones so they could minimise the chances of getting caught when passing on tips.

據稱，他會向他的線人提供預付的手機，這樣他們就可以將傳遞信息時被抓到的可能性降到最低。

Also charged was Arthur Cutillo, an attorney in the New York office of international law firm Ropes & Gray, who allegedly passed on information about at least four major transactions his firm was advising on. Mr Cutillo and other individuals charged yesterday could not immediately be reached for comment.

另外被起訴的還有國際律師事務所Ropes & Gray紐約辦公室的律師阿瑟•卡提羅(Arthur Cutillo)，他涉嫌傳遞他所在的事務所正在提供咨詢的至少4宗重大交易的信息。記者無法立刻聯系到卡提羅和其他被起訴的個人請其置評。

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