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A former SAP executive and his associates allegedly ran an insider trading ring to net hundreds of thousands of dollars. Chris Salis was, until recently, global vice president and general manager for procurement at SAP. US financial watchdog the SEC claims he used his inside knowledge of SAP's takeover of Business Objects in …

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  2. glen waverley
    Holmes

    It's in the subhead "folks got greedy"

    Said it before, and I'll probably get to say it again...

    You can catch a lot of bad guys just by finding the greedy and the stupid.

    1. ecofeco Silver badge

      Re: It's in the subhead "folks got greedy"

      The SEC could catch a lot more if they weren't constantly hobbled by Congress.

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: It's in the subhead "folks got greedy"

        "...more [Congressmen] if..."

        TIFIFY.

  3. goldcd

    If we didn't have the greedy and the stupid

    we'd be forced to go after the competent criminals.

  4. Chris G

    Email and text

    The perfect methods of communication while committing a crime.

    They should get extra time just for being dumb

  5. rmason

    He got greedy, the parents got dumb.

    Unlikely they'd all have been caught if not for them depositing the whole 150k+ chunk at once.

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