Too Big to Jail? SAC Capital’s Trading Machine cover art

Too Big to Jail? SAC Capital’s Trading Machine

Too Big to Jail? SAC Capital’s Trading Machine

Listen for free

View show details

About this listen

Too Big to Jail? SAC Capital’s Trading Machine examines the rise, exposure, and fallout of one of Wall Street’s most powerful hedge funds. Built for relentless performance, SAC Capital delivered extraordinary profits through speed, pressure, and information advantage. Federal investigators later alleged that this system allowed illegal insider tips to circulate through analysts and traders, generating gains that could not be explained by skill alone. The series traces how regulators dismantled the trading machine piece by piece, why the firm ultimately pleaded guilty, and how its founder avoided criminal charges. It is a story about power, incentives, and the limits of accountability in modern finance.

No reviews yet
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.