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Chief of AMD Is Linked to Galleon Case
One of the technology industry's highest-profile executives has become ensnared in an alleged insider-trading case that is shaking the corporate and financial worlds. A criminal case filed by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office earlier this month alleged that an unnamed Advanced Micro Devices ...
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WSJ: AMD's former CEO was a Galleon tipster
Between the Lines — ... The Galleon Group insider trading scandal continues to net some big technology fish. And the Wall Street Journal is reporting that former AMD CEO Hector Ruiz leaked confidential information to Galleon. ...

Report: AMD's Hector Ruiz Was Moffat, Chiesi Tipster
ChannelWeb Complete Feed — Former Advanced Micro Devices CEO Hector Ruiz was identified Tuesday by The Wall Street Journal as the unnamed "AMD Executive" cited in criminal complaints filed against six defendants implicated in an alleged insider trading conspiracy that stretched from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. "The AMD executive is Hector Ruiz, then AMD's chairman and previously the company's chief executive," report the Journal's Robert Guth and Don Clark , citing an unnamed "person familiar with the matter." Ruiz has not been charged in a case involving defendants from technology giants IBM and ...

Former AMD CEO Caught in Hedge Fund Scandal [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... Hector Ruiz, the soft spoken executive who rose to prominence as the chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices has been named by government prosecutors as a senior executive who gave inside information in the Galleon hedge fund scandal, according to The Wall Street Journal. An unnamed source told the Journal that Ruiz was the executive giving information to Danielle Chiesi, a Bear Stearns Asset Management official who was part of an insider-trading group involving mega-billion dollar hedge fund manager the Galleon Group. Authorities had ...

Ex AMD CEO named in insider trading scandal
TG Daily - All News — ... The probe into Galleon could be the biggest insider-trading case in years, as Rajaratnam, along with the other arrested men, also stand accused of trading on their insider knowledge involving companies like Intel, IBM and Google. If the SEC finds that AMD's internal procedures preventing insider trading are at fault, legal action against the company could be taken, say Wall Street insiders. Globalfoundries and AMD have so far refused to comment further on the allegations. See Also Wall Street Journal (sub required) ...

Did AMD’s former CEO reveal confidential secrets in Galleon insider trading case?
VentureBeat — ... chief executive Hector Ruiz allegedly shared confidential secrets about his company to a trader involved in the Galleon insider trading scandal, according to the Wall Street Journal. ...

Insider trading scandal claims former AMD CEO after IBM SVP indictment
Betanews — ... Last Wednesday, a Wall Street Journal report identified Ruiz as an individual responsible for communicating information about the timing and scope of ...

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