Three former traders from a financial services company are on trial for conspiracy and fraud regarding mortgage-backed bonds, but in a report this week by Bloomberg writers Chris Dolnetsch and Matt Scully, they discussed the interesting question the jury is being asked: when is a lie is considered deceiving and when is it not? The three were falsifying price information in order to get the money managers to pay a higher price and receive more money. The defense argues that deception is seen so often in the profession that it was a non-issue.
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