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If you want to protest a rich fat-cat this is the one behind our economic woes.
Word to the wise.
Never trust a politician who takes bribes from a felon.
October 6, 2011 9:34 pm
Soros fails to quash insider trading conviction
By Sam Jones in London and Stanley Pignal in Brussels
George SorosReuters
George Soros, the billionaire hedge fund manager, has lost a case at the European Court of Human Rights to have his criminal conviction for insider dealing quashed.
The failed appeal in a 4-3 decision by the Strasbourg-based court is the latest twist in a nine-year battle by the 81-year-old Mr Soros to clear his name following his conviction in France in 2002.
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The French criminal case hinged on trades that the Hungary-born investor had executed 14 years earlier in the stock of Société Générale that reaped his hedge fund, the Quantum Fund, $2.9m in profits.
Mr Soros was found by the court in 2002 to have had inside knowledge about the intentions of a group of super-wealthy French investors – the “golden granddads” – to bid for the bank.
Although the bid failed, Mr Soros’s fund profited by buying shares before – and selling after – the group’s intentions became public and resulted in a spike in SocGen’s share price.
Soros fails to quash insider trading conviction - FT.com
If you want to protest a rich fat-cat this is the one behind our economic woes.
Word to the wise.
Never trust a politician who takes bribes from a felon.
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