Wall Street Stock Tipsters Risk Million-Dollar Salaries for Paltry Gains

Ex-Goldman banker reaped $85,000 from insider trading, US says
Brijesh Goel has pleaded not guilty to securities fraud

Former Perella Weinberg Partners banker Sean Stewart was sentenced to two years in prison in 2019 after a jury found he had tipped his father about impending health care mergers. — Former Perella Weinberg Partners banker Sean Stewart was sentenced to two years in prison in 2019 after a jury found he had tipped his father about impending health care mergers.
Photographer Louis Lanzano/Bloomberg

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By Bob Van Voris

July 29, 2022 at 6:03 PM UTC

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Sometimes crime really doesn’t pay.

Brijesh Goel had made it from investment banker to a principal at Apollo Global Management when he was arrested for allegedly passing deal tips during his time at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. For now, prosecutors claim he made $85,000 from the scheme.