2012-04-17patch.com

The chief investment officer and portfolio manager of the Clay Capital Fund, a hedge fund based in Summit, N.J., was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for participating in an insider trading scheme which netted more than $2.5 million in illicit profits, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

James Turner, 45, of Traverse City, Mich., previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Dennis M. Cavanaugh to an Information charging him with securities fraud. Judge Cavanaugh imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court.

... Beginning in 2006, Turner received inside information from his brother-in-law, Scott Vollmar, and from Scott Robarge, Turner's friend and former college classmate. Vollmar, who was formerly employed as a director of business development at Autodesk Inc., a software company based in California, passed inside information to Turner concerning Autodesk's confidential negotiations to acquire Moldflow Corp



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