Hedge fund analyst gets 5 years in U.S. prison for insider trading scheme
October 16, 2014 at 16:48 PM EDT
NEW YORK, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A former analyst at a San Francisco hedge fund who prosecutors say engaged in an "unparalleled" spree of tipping inside information he obtained from an executive at Foundry Networks Inc was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison.
