Ex-SAC manager granted $5 million bail in trading case

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Ex-SAC manager granted $5 million bail in trading case

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ex-sac-manager-granted-5-million-bail-insider-171853865--sector.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ACIjIvrgIEblhrEvLL5ukw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-11-26T173819Z_1_CBRE8AP1CRW00_RTROPTP_2_SAC-CRIME-INSIDERTRADING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Former SAC Capital employee Martoma exits Manhattan Federal court following an appearance on insider trading charges in New York" align="left" title="Former SAC Capital employee Martoma exits Manhattan Federal court following an appearance on insider trading charges in New York" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former SAC Capital portfolio manager was released on $5 million bail on Monday after making his first appearance in a New York court on charges of making illegal trades that hedge fund titan Steven A. Cohen personally signed off on. Mathew Martoma, 38, of Boca Raton, Florida, was charged last week in what U.S. prosecutors called &quot;the most lucrative&quot; insider-trading scheme ever. Martoma was accused of helping Cohen's firm avoid losses and reap profits totaling $276 million in the summer of 2008 by using insider tips he obtained from a doctor about Elan Corp and Wyeth LLC. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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