VOA标准英语2009年-14 Charged in Insider Trading Case

By Bernard Shusman
New York
05 November 2009

U.S. authorities have filed criminal charges against 14 people allegedly involved in a widening insider trading scandal that has already snared¹ one of the richest men in America.

Federal authorities filed fraud and conspiracy² charges against lawyers and investment fund managers and others accused of illegally profiting from the use of inside information.

 
Preet Bharara, announces charges against 14 individuals accused of insider trading, during a press conference in New York, 05 Nov 2009
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said it was a wakeup call for Wall Street. At Thursday's news conference Bharara said the alarm bells were getting louder.

"The ethical³ and legal judgments⁴ of these defendants⁵ were flatly wrong," he said. "They weren't close calls, they weren't nuanced, this is not a grey area.  These men and women have obligations to their employers, their clients and our markets. And they disregarded those obligations in favor of personal greed."

The U.S. Attorney said communication and training amongst the defendants was carried out using throw-away phones and techniques employed by drug dealers⁶. He described how one of those arrested, Zvi Goffer, accused of operating of an insider training network, disposed of his phone. 

"After the insider trading was complete, Goffer destroyed the disposable cell phone by removing the SIM card, biting it, and breaking the phone in two," he said. "He threw away half the phone and gave the other half to his tippee to throw away." 

The U.S. Attorney had a warning for insider traders.

"There are certain moral truths that are self-evident," said Bharara. "And there should be a moment, hopefully before you are holding a bag of cash, delivered to you by somebody named Octopussy, that causes anyone in a position to tip or trade inside information to think twice before taking such a misguided step."

Today's action was a joint⁷ effort of the U.S. Attorney's office, the FBI and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Last month, authorities filed related charges against several others including one of the richest men in the United States, Raj Rajaratnam, the operator of an large investment company.

1 snared   

v.用罗网捕捉，诱陷，陷害( snare的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He snared a job with IBM. 他以巧妙的手段在 IBM 公司谋得一职。 来自辞典例句
• The hunter snared a skunk. 猎人捕得一只臭鼬。 来自辞典例句

2 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

3 ethical   

adj.伦理的，道德的，合乎道德的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
• It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。

4 judgments   

判断( judgment的名词复数 )； 鉴定； 评价； 审判

参考例句：

• A peculiar austerity marked his judgments of modern life. 他对现代生活的批评带着一种特殊的苛刻。
• He is swift with his judgments. 他判断迅速。

5 defendants   

被告( defendant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
• As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同，被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

6 dealers   

n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者

参考例句：

• There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
• The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。

7 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。