A year ago I observed that insider trading continued to "go mainstream" as evidenced by Time Magazine giving its cover to Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. The Time story highlighted Bharara's efforts to bring "Mob Squad Justice" to Wall Street through tough tactics such as wiretaps in insider trading cases.
The June issue of Vanity Fair takes the "Preet-as-pop-icon" movement one step further, with some interesting art that is almost guaranteed to end up on Bharara's office wall. The art for the VF article "The Hunt for Steve Cohen" depicts Bharara as Ahab and SAC Capital's billionaire founder Steve Cohen as Moby Dick. Click on the thumbnail below to see the full-size drawing, or click here to download the file in wallpaper size!
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