Visium Star Witness Taped Gottlieb While Working Undercover
- Jacob Gottlieb’s words likely to be replayed at fraud trial
- Visium trader on trial for inflating value of credit holdings
This article is for subscribers only.
The government’s star witness against a former Visium Asset Management LP trader recorded dozens of conversations with colleagues. One of those he secretly taped was firm founder Jacob Gottlieb, according to a confidential court document.
A transcript of that conversation from 2013 could be made public at the fraud trial of former Visium trader Stefan Lumiere, which now begins Wednesday after a postponement. The recording may begin to answer whether Gottlieb knew about illicit practices at his firm, which once managed $8 billion but is now almost defunct. Gottlieb has not been accused of wrongdoing.