Dennis B. Levine was a prominent player in merger and acquisition business and the Wall Street

Wall Street

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 insider trading

Insider trading

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 scandals of the mid-1980s. As a managing director at Drexel Burnham Lambert

Drexel Burnham Lambert

Drexel Burnham Lambert was a major Wall Street investment banking firm, which first rose to prominence and then was forced into bankruptcy in February 1990 by its involvement in illegal activities in the junk bond market, driven by Drexel employee Michael Milken. At its height, it was the...

, he was at the epicenter of the frenetic 1980s merger and acquisition boom and was charged with insider trading by the U.S Attorney Rudy Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani

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After completing his sentence and making full restitution, Levine returned to the finance world as president of ADASAR Group, a financial consulting firm.