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Preet Bharara [1968-0] American
Rank: 103
Public Servant, Attorney


Preetinder Singh "Preet" Bharara is an Indian-born naturalized American attorney and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. 

Best, Communication, Leadership



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The alarm bells sound regularly: cybergeddon; the next Pearl Harbor; one of the greatest existential threats facing the United States. With increasing frequency, these are the grave terms officials invoke about the menace of cybercrime - and they're not understating the threat.
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Insider trading tells everybody at precisely the wrong time that everything is rigged, and only people who have a billion dollars and have access to and are best friends with people who are on boards of directors of major companies - they're the only ones who can make a true buck. Best
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I don't like coffee but I need caffeine.
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The aggressive use of wiretaps is important: It shows that we are targeting white-collar insider-trading rings with the same powerful investigative tools that have worked so successfully against the mob and drug cartels.
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Unfortunately, from what I can see from my vantage point as the U.S. Attorney here, illegal insider trading is rampant and may even be on the rise.
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Businesses should be assured that law enforcement will operate with the utmost sensitivity toward victims of cyber attacks.
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From coast to coast, the FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission have ensnared people not only at hedge funds, but at technology and pharmaceutical companies, consulting and law firms, government agencies, and even a major stock exchange.
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I eat almost no lunch. I have a big dinner but I don't have a big lunch.
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In some respects, inside information is a form of financial steroid. It is unfair: it is offensive; it is unlawful; and it puts a black mark on the entire enterprise.
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As the United States attorney in Manhattan, I have come to worry about few things as much as the gathering cyber threat.
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Significant officials at publicly traded companies are casually and cavalierly engaged in insider trading. Because insider trading has as one of its elements communication, it doesn't take rocket science to realize it's nice to have the communication on tape. Communication
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Securities fraud generally and insider trading in particular should be eminently deterrable crimes.
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I spoke bluntly about what I had seen in a little over a year as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. To the apparent surprise of many in the room, I observed publicly that insider trading appeared to be rampant.
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We have witnessed the most educated, successful, and monied professionals in the country put their companies - not to mention their own liberty - at risk by engaging in flagrant and foolhardy illegal conduct.
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History has shown that one cannot legislate a culture of integrity. And yet, one of the paramount responsibilities and challenges of corporate leadership is to ensure such a culture. Leadership
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I'm a big fan of meat.
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I don't eat green things, no vegetables.
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