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Alleged Insider Trading IBM Exec Would Dress Up
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Jen Chung
Published Oct 26, 2009
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Daily Intel noticed how Robert Moffatt, the IBM executive arrested in the insider trading ring with Galleon Group head Raj Rajaratnam, seems like a fun guy. According to Bloomberg News, Moffatt, once in line to be future IBM CEO, Moffatt would start meetings with "This Day in History" trivia and utilized costumes to boost morale: "He once told workers in the Raleigh office that if the division turned a profit in one quarter, he would wear a kilt at a company event. When it did, he kept his promise. He once dressed up in a sumo-wrestler suit at a conference."
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