-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: Mirjana Golubovic <> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 5:47 PM Subject: SB2603:Soros > > > > Saturday December 23 5:41 AM ET > France Orders Trading Trial for Soros > > > > PARIS (Reuters) - A Paris magistrate has ordered U.S. financier George Soros and three other men to stand trial for insider trading linked to a failed takeover bid for the French bank Societe Generale, judicial sources said on Saturday. > > A 10-year investigation concluded that the four earned several tens of millions of francs in 1988 speculating on Societe Generale stocks before the takeover bid became public knowledge, they said. The bank had been privatized in 1987. > > The trial is to take place next year. Seven other people were also probed but no charges were brought against them. > > Apart from Soros, the legendary Hungarian-born fund manager turned philanthropist, the magistrate brought charges against former Finance Ministry senior official Jean-Charles Naouri, banker Jean-Pierre Peyraud and Lebanese businessman Samir Traboulsi, the sources said. > > The corporate raider in the case, Georges Pebereau, was amnestied in 1995. > > The judicial inquiry was launched in May 1990 at the request of the COB bourse watchdog committee. Over the years the case was handed from one investigating magistrate to another because of the time it took to obtain information from other countries involved, the sources said. > > Part of the case is still unclear because Switzerland failed to respond fully to judicial requests for information about large financial transfers undertaken during the takeover bid and apparently linked to it, they said. > > > > > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
