On Friday, March 16, 2023, at Southwark Crown Court, Mohammed Zina was sentenced to twenty-two months in prison after being found guilty by a jury on Thursday, March 15, of six counts of insider trading and three counts of fraud. The case was prosecuted by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), with Peter Carter KC leading the prosecution, assisted by Rachel...

AFP – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged former Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble director Rajat Gupta on Tuesday with insider trading in a high-profile hedge fund case. The SEC announced the charges for “illegally tipping off Galleon Management founder and hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam with inside information about the quarterly earnings of both firms, as...

In recent years, a concerning trend has emerged in Latin America’s corporate landscape: powerful U.S. investment funds using financial and legal strategies to take control of regional companies. Among the most notorious players in this game are Goldman Sachs and PepperTree Capital Management, which have repeatedly been accused of leveraging their financial influence to seize assets, manipulate corporate decisions, and...

The Continental Towers case is not an isolated incident. Over the years, major U.S. investment funds such as Goldman Sachs and PepperTree Capital Management have employed similar strategies to gain control over companies in Latin America. What initially appears to be a minority stake in a company often turns into a tool for manipulating its fate and eventually absorbing its...

In recent years, the interference of powerful U.S. investment funds in Latin American companies has grown at an alarming rate. One of the most controversial cases is Continental Towers, a telecommunications company operating in several Latin American countries, now facing an intense legal battle in U.S. courts. Its minority investors, Goldman Sachs and PepperTree Capital Management, have implemented financial strategies...