Tl;dr: The article documents "the largest insider-trading case in history" where a hedge fund set up kick backs to individuals who provided the hedge fund insider trading tips.

tl;dr v2: inside look at how Wall Street functions - these just happens to be people that got caught.

luckily they did get caught. 11 pages in I was praying to FSM that they didn't get acquitted.

I work on Wall Street. People in my office genuinely want these guys locked up : They're bad for everyone.