The insider trading trial of Rajat Gupta, a former Goldman Sachs board member, gets under way in New York today with prosecutors facing a significant obstacle – the lack of recorded conversations at the time of the alleged fraud between him and the hedge fund trader to whom he is accused of passing corporate secrets.
Previous trials, such as that of Raj Rajaratnam, who was convicted last year of insider trading, have featured extensive wiretaps.
Mr Gupta, the 63-year-old retired McKinsey managing partner, is accused of passing confidential company information he learnt while on the boards of Goldman and Procter & Gamble to Mr Rajaratnam, who allegedly made millions of dollars from the trades.