Rajiv Goel

Rajiv Goel
Ethnicity Indian
Citizenship United States
Alma mater The Wharton School
Occupation Financier
Employer Intel
Title Director of Strategic Investments, Intel Capital
Criminal charge
 securities fraud, conspiracy (October 16, 2009)
Criminal penalty
 two years probation[1]

Rajiv Goel was an American executive at Intel. He was a managing director in Intel's treasury department and a director of strategic investments at Intel Capital.

In 2009, he was arrested for insider trading with friend and hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, in a sprawling U.S. federal investigation centered on the Galleon Group. He pleaded guilty to securities fraud and conspiracy in February 2010.[2] In 2011 he testified against Rajaratnam and in 2012 was sentenced to two years probation.[3]

Goel met Rajaratnam while they were both students at Wharton business school. He testified in the high-profile case U.S. v Rajaratnam against the hedge fund billionaire.

References

  1. ↑ Pavlo, Walter. Forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/walterpavlo/2012/09/24/government-witness-rajiv-goel-gets-probation-in-galleon-insider-case/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ Lattman, Peter (2011-03-22). "Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs to Testify at Galleon Trial - NYTimes.com". Dealbook.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  3. ↑ Pavlo, Walter. Forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/walterpavlo/2012/09/24/government-witness-rajiv-goel-gets-probation-in-galleon-insider-case/. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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