Article: Net widens in Galleon investigation ; More Bay State firms caught up in federal insider trading case

The biggest hedge fund insider trading case in US history ensnared more Massachusetts companies yesterday as federal investigators brought new charges against 14 people, including a Westwood investor.

Steven Fortuna, a hedge fund manager with a home in Westwood, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to illegally trading shares of Akamai Technologies Inc. of Cambridge. Arthur Cutillo, a New York attorney for Boston law firm Ropes & Gray LLP, was arrested and charged with leaking inside information about a Bain Capital LLC plan to buy 3Com Corp. in Marlborough. Florida hedge fund investor Roomy Khan pleaded guilty to making illicit trades in several stocks, including Kronos Inc. of ...

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