They have been enterprise faculty buddies who landed at high Wall Road corporations — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Barclays Plc — lived for a time in the identical Manhattan high-rise, performed squash frequently and partied abroad collectively.
After which certainly one of them wore a wire and recorded his good friend allegedly asking him to delete incriminating textual content messages.
Former Goldman banker Brijesh Goel was arrested final month for insider buying and selling. His good friend, ex-Barclays dealer Akshay Niranjan, is “co-conspirator 1” within the legal grievance towards Goel, and the person who turned on his buddy, in line with individuals conversant in the matter. …