Rajiv Goel

Rajiv Goel
Rajiv Goel
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	The Wharton School
Occupation	Financier
Employer	Intel
Title	Director of Strategic Investments, Intel Capital
Criminal charge(s)	securities fraud, conspiracy (October 16, 2009)
Criminal penalty	Two years' probation

Rajiv Goel is a former American executive at Intel. He was a managing director in Intel's treasury department and a director of strategic investments at Intel Capital.

In 2009, he was arrested for insider trading with friend and hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, in a sprawling US federal investigation centered on the Galleon Group. He pleaded guilty to securities fraud and conspiracy in February 2010.^[1] In 2011 he testified against Rajaratnam and in 2012 was sentenced to two years' probation.^[2]

Goel met Rajaratnam while they were both students at Wharton business school. He testified in the high-profile case U.S. v Rajaratnam against the hedge fund billionaire.

References

^ Lattman, Peter (2011-03-22). "Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs to Testify at Galleon Trial - NYTimes.com". Dealbook.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
^ Pavlo, Walter (2012-09-24). "Government Witness Rajiv Goel Gets Probation in Galleon Insider Case". Forbes.

[1] Lattman, Peter (2011-03-22). "Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs to Testify at Galleon Trial - NYTimes.com". Dealbook.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-11-17.

[Forbes-2] Pavlo, Walter (2012-09-24). "Government Witness Rajiv Goel Gets Probation in Galleon Insider Case". Forbes.

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