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Du Jun
Du Jun ( ) is a Chinese businessman and financier with origins in Beijing. He was known for his role as former managing director of the Wall Street investment bank Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong. He was sentenced for a maximum seven years in prison in September 2009 and fined $23.3 million (about US$3 million) for his part in Hong Kong's biggest insider trading case – an "unprecedented" scam a judge said undermined the integrity of the leading Asian financial centre. He was convicted on nine counts on 10 September 2009 but pleaded "not guilty to all charges. He was also convicted of involving his wife in the scam.
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Du Jun ( ) is a Chinese businessman and financier with origins in Beijing. He was known for his role as former managing director of the Wall Street investment bank Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong. He was sentenced for a maximum seven years in prison in September 2009 and fined $23.3 million (about US$3 million) for his part in Hong Kong's biggest insider trading case – an "unprecedented" scam a judge said undermined the integrity of the leading Asian financial centre. He was convicted on nine counts on 10 September 2009 but pleaded "not guilty to all charges. He was also convicted of involving his wife in the scam.
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