Kumar said he was providinginsideinformation to Rajaratnam on publicly traded companies that, when known publicly, would move the stock price (up or down).
The SEC did not assert that Gupta was paid for providinginsideinformation and did not state that Gupta purchased any shares involved in these transactions.
Whether these networks, in providing their expertise, gathered or divulged insideinformation gleaned illegally appears to be the central question now before investigators.