The government in December criminally charged Ms. Jiau with providing inside information about publicly traded companies to hedge-fund managers.

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Kumar said he was providing inside information to Rajaratnam on publicly traded companies that, when known publicly, would move the stock price (up or down).

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The SEC did not assert that Gupta was paid for providing inside information and did not state that Gupta purchased any shares involved in these transactions.

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