Bear Stearns case: Not so simple

In yesterday’s opening statements in the criminal case against two Bear Stearns hedge-fund managers, Brooklyn federal prosecutors followed all the pundits’ advice and did what the Enron prosecutors had done so successfully before them: They kept it simple.

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Bear Stearns case: Not so simple

Bear Stearns hedgie was on meds

In a bit of pre-trial drama, federal prosecutors recently placed the digital diary of Matthew Tannin into the public record. In it, the Bear Stearns hedge fund manager fretted about becoming addicted to sleeping pills some six months before the funds he co-managed blew up in the summer of 2007.

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