Raj Rajaratnam: How does he stack up in big insider-trading convictions?

3. Hafiz Muhammad Zubair Naseem (10-year sentence, $7.5 million fine)

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A sign for the New York headquarters of Credit Suisse First Boston on Madison Ave. on Oct. 4, 2007. Hafiz Muhammad Zubair Naseem began working there in 2006, which is when he is believed to have started providing insider tips to his former boss.

Pakistani national Hafiz Muhammad Zubair Naseem allegedly provided information concerning a $45 billion TXU buyout to his former boss, a Pakistani banker. Convicted in 2008, Mr. Naseem did not profit directly from his insider knowledge, but rather received wire transfers from Pakistan worth $200,000. Prosecutors say this was his payment for passing along tips. Naseem’s crimes are thought to have started in April 2006, around the time he began a job at the New York office of Zurich-based Credit Suisse, as a member of its energy-banking team.

It is unclear how Naseem’s former boss used the information.

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