SAC, U.S. to Announce Record Insider-Trading Settlement

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): Hedge-fund group SAC Capital Advisors LP and federal prosecutors in Manhattan are expected to announce a record insider-trading settlement Monday, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Under the deal, the firm run by Steven A. Cohen is expected to agree to pay about $1.2 billion in criminal penalties, plead guilty to an indictment obtained in July by prosecutors alleging the firm encouraged rampant insider trading, and stop managing outside money. The penalty would be the largest ever for an insider-trading case.

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