Picture 33.pngThe Journal reports that Raj Rajaratnam was deposed by federal authorities in 2007 in an insider-trading investigation involving “an unrelated hedge fund.” And by unrelated he means it was his brother Rengan’s fund, Sedna Capital, which was described that year by Total Alternatives as a “Galleon spin-off.” So this is why Raj argued yesterday that all that evidence the feds might’ve gathered re: insider trading at Galleon via wiretaps shouldn’t be held against him because he was already co-operating/handing over docs in the other case. Little bro’s fund closed in June 2007 supposedly due to poor performance though perhaps the matter of being investigated for fraud played a tiny part as well (the last reported returns for Sedna, in January ’07, had their domestic fund down -8.2%).


According to the Journal Reng-Raj went to work for Raj-Raj at Galleon after Sedna shut down (and before starting his own fund, worked for the King of Stamford for about 6 months in 2003). As of about a month ago, Rengan’s Linkedin profile claimed his was still working at Sedna. Perhaps he just didn’t have the time to make an update (or take down the fund’s website). No one’s accusing anyone of anything here. Also! Rengs helped finance a movie called “Today’s Special,” and has his own IMBD page, thank you very much.

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Comments (27)

  1. Posted by guest | November 25, 2009 at 8:16 AM

    sweet, they can share a cell

  2. Posted by guest | November 25, 2009 at 8:24 AM

    whats up asshats
    -CG

  3. Posted by guest | November 25, 2009 at 8:26 AM

    so proud.
    -mama raaratnam

  4. Posted by guest | November 25, 2009 at 8:27 AM

    is rengs as good looking as raj?

  5. Posted by guest | November 25, 2009 at 8:28 AM

    SEC=racist

  6. Posted by guest | November 25, 2009 at 8:30 AM

    is there anyone who hasn’t worked for SAC? wtf?

  7. Posted by guest | November 25, 2009 at 8:30 AM

    To much curry effects your decision making skills.
    Martha Stewart

  8. Posted by guest | November 25, 2009 at 8:32 AM

    I dirty danced with both of them.
    -danielle chiesi

  9. Posted by guest | November 25, 2009 at 8:35 AM

    Any chance today’s special will be regal?
    -guest

  10. Posted by guest | November 25, 2009 at 8:43 AM

    I remember him at SAC. The one that got away…
    -ping j

  11. Posted by guest | November 25, 2009 at 8:45 AM

    @Everyone – Racists
    -Akin Gump Associate

  12. Posted by guest | November 25, 2009 at 8:48 AM

    did he work under Ping at SAC?

  13. Posted by guest | November 25, 2009 at 8:56 AM

    Which one is that? They all look alike to me (the rajaratmen, I mean).

  14. Posted by CoveredLong | November 25, 2009 at 8:58 AM

    @12 – No, but he was under Ping’s SAC.
    Sweet website Reng!

  15. Posted by Tax Chick | November 25, 2009 at 9:02 AM

    Turns out Reng-Raj has a hard time gettin’ the ladies too…
    “It definitely feels like there are less quality women out there,” said Rengan Rajaratnam, 31, a hedge fund analyst in New York. “I stress about it. It’s like they’ve all gone away or someone snatched them all.”
    (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,41747,00.html)

  16. Posted by CoveredLong | November 25, 2009 at 9:05 AM

    @15 – “It’s like they’ve all gone away or someone snatched them all.”
    …can’t blame him for thinking Raj ate them all.

  17. Posted by guest | November 25, 2009 at 9:07 AM

    @Tax Wow. Didn’t he get the memo? NYC golddiggers don’t like men that stink of curry. just sayin’

  18. Posted by Tax Chick | November 25, 2009 at 9:18 AM

    @CL – I see you are feeling feisty today. But you do have a point.

  19. Posted by guest | November 25, 2009 at 9:23 AM

    any chance they pulled an eiffel tower on danielle?

  20. Posted by Effective Date | November 25, 2009 at 9:27 AM

    would you rather: betty liu or melissa lee?

  21. Posted by NakedShort | November 25, 2009 at 9:31 AM

    good morning all i am hung over as fuck. apologies in advance if i double post or have grammatical errors in my posts today.

  22. Posted by Tax Chick | November 25, 2009 at 9:34 AM

    @NS – you are preemptively forgiven, but on one condition… I want to be shown the same leniency when I get tanked later this afternoon.

  23. Posted by guest | November 25, 2009 at 9:36 AM

    @naked no worries from me,but if the SEC indicts you don’t ask why
    -USPS Intern

  24. Posted by guest | November 25, 2009 at 10:21 AM

    fat fucking milk dud

  25. Posted by guest | November 25, 2009 at 11:02 AM

    Was this guy was at Obama’s dinner?

  26. Posted by guest | November 25, 2009 at 11:03 AM

    Blue Horseshoe loves RTK.

  27. Posted by Gordon Outofhere | November 25, 2009 at 11:23 AM

    Sac of shit.

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