Ex-hedge fund boss seeks leniency at NY sentencing

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NEW YORK (AP) — A former hedge fund manager convicted of insider trading charges for making as much as $50 million on a tip about Dell earnings asked for leniency Tuesday from the judge who will sentence him in two weeks.

Lawyers for Anthony Chiasson said he made less than a half-million dollars after expenses from illegal trades, although the government has said he earned tens of millions of dollars on a tip received about Dell Inc. stock in 2008.

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