Ex-Goldman Director Gupta Indicted in Probe of Rajaratnam Trades
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Rajat Gupta, the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director accused of feeding tips to Galleon Group LLC co-founder Raj Rajaratnam, was charged in an indictment that made him the highest-ranking executive arrested in a nationwide crackdown on insider trading.
Gupta, who also sat on the board of Procter & Gamble Co. and led McKinsey & Co., was charged with five counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud in an indictment unsealed yesterday in Manhattan federal court.