The reward offered is too hedged by conditions to be enticing to whistle-blowers
New York-based independent and non-profit ProPublica, which is known for its investigative reporting mostly on health-related issues, in its latest report claimed that at the time of being fired, Bharara was overseeing an investigation into health-related stock trades made by Price.
The afternoon announcement came less than a day after the Justice Department asked 46 holdover US attorneys from the Obama administration to submit their resignations.
We are disappointed that the relevant office of the United States Department of Justice chose to obtain a second indictment against Devyani Khobragade, despite the fact that the first indictment and arrest warrant were dismissed earlier this week: MEA
According to a statement by the Ministry of External Affairs in India, she was given G1 visa by US according her full diplomatic immunity and she is now on her way back to India.
On the allegation made by Khobargade's lawyer that the USD 4,500 amount written in the visa application was Khobragade's salary and not the amount promised to be paid to the domestic worker Sangeeta Richard, sources have said that Khobragade did not understand the form correctly.
US Attorney prosecuting the case, Preet Bharara says Devyani was accorded courtesies that are generally not given to most Americans. He went to the extent of saying that she was even allowed to make personal phone calls before she was arrested and the arresting officers even offered to get her refreshments.
A former Oregon gubernatorial candidate was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged role in defrauding investors who had hoped to buy shares of Facebook Inc before its initial public offering in May 2012, federal authorities said.
Lawyers for former Goldman Sachs Group Inc board member Rajat Gupta are urging a federal appeals court to reverse his insider trading conviction, arguing that a judge shouldn't have allowed wiretaps to be heard at trial.
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In an exclusive to CNBC-TV18, US attorney for the Southern District, New York Bharara says that insider trading is ‘pervasive‘ in the US and that organisations are not paying enough attention to building the right culture.