Since August 2009, Bharara's office has charged nearly 50 people with insider trading. 35 of them have pled guilty.
The case against Rajaratnam was based on both aggressive prosecutorial methods and unprecedented strategy. Federal authorities used wiretaps to glean information on actual conversations involving insider trading for the first time.
Other high profile cases have included Faisal Shahzad in the Times Square bomb plot, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, the first Guantánamo Bay detainee tried in the civilian system, and four men charged in a plot to bomb Bronx synagogues.
Bharara is not without his critics, however, who point to the fact that he has not filed criminal charges against those at the heart of the financial crisis. This month, after ''his office filed a civil mortgage-fraud lawsuit against Deutsche Bank, he'' contended there wasn't enough evidence to warrant a criminal complaint, according to the nytimes.com article.
According to the May 12th washingtonpost.com article, ''Prosecutor credited with bringing down Galleon head has had successful run'', he was quoted as having told New York University law students in 2009 regarding financial fraud that it ''has been with us through the ages ... Unscrupulous cavemen no doubt fleeced unsuspecting Neanderthals out of clubs and animal skins when the opportunity arose.''
That's putting things in perspective for you. Keep up the good work Preet!
