In turn, Goldfarb passed on the information to Zvi Goffer who then traded based on the information.

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He gave Zvi Goffer 10 years in prison, nearly as much as the government noted king pin Raj Rajaratnam (11 years) received.

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Another Galleon employee, Zvi Goffer, who attended Mr Rajaratnam's trial, has been charged with insider trading and will stand trial later this month.

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Rather than cooperate at that point, Drimal chose to contact former Galleon Group trader Zvi Goffer to tell him the feds were hunting everyone down.

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Still, it exceeds the previous record of 10 years for insider trading, given last month to Zvi Goffer, a former Galleon trader convicted in a related scheme.

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At least one of those contesting the charges, Zvi Goffer, showed up at federal court in lower Manhattan during Mr. Rajaratnam's trial to watch the proceedings for himself.

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Goldfarb was originally charged with Securities Fraud in November 2009, but in April of this year the government presented new charges on insider trading against him, Zvi Goffer, Emanuel Goffer, Craig Drimal, and Michael Kimelmen.

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Zvi Goffer, the founder of that firm, who formerly worked at Galleon and Schottenfeld Group, allegedly organized a ring involving fellow Galleon and Schottenfeld trading colleagues and arranged to get tips on technology company deals through a lawyer from a major New York law firm.

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