NYHFR Episode 16 – From Trader to Whistleblower: How Tom Hardin Wound Up at the Center of Galleon’s Insider Trading Case

ByBritt Tunick

Known initially as”Tipper X,” Tom Hardin was the FBI’s most helpful cooperating witness in its 2007-2008 investigation of the hedge fund industry that led to the high profile demise of $3.7 billion hedge fund firm Galleon Group. Hear him discuss how he went from being a successful long-short equity analyst, to being charged for insider trading and ultimately helping the FBI build over 20 criminal cases.

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