List Of Individuals Linked With Galleon Insider-Trading Probe

So far, the following list of individuals has been charged Thursday:

Zvi Goffer--The founder of Incremental Capital, Goffer worked at Galleon from January through August 2008 and worked at Schottenfeld Group for much of 2007. He was named the leader of the insider-trading ring busted Thursday. Nicknamed " Octopussy," according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Arthur Cutillo--An intellectual property lawyer at Ropes & Gray. His biography has been removed from the firm's site. He allegedly gave information to a lawyer friend, Jason Goldfarb.

Jason Goldfarb--Goldfarb was an attorney who allegedly got information from Cutillo and allegedly passed it along to Goffer.

Craig Drimal--Worked in Galleon's office space, but not for the hedge fund. Drimal has been described as an "independent financial services professional" on his LinkedIn profile. He purchased 3Com Corp. (COMS) stock, the complaint says.

Emanuel Goffer--He worked at Spectrum Trading from January through November 2007, and is currently employed at Incremental. He too acquired 3Com shares, according to the complaint.

Michael Kimelman--He is currently associated with Incremental Capital. Also allegedly bought shares of 3Com, a networking-equipment maker.

David Plate--Currently employed at Incremental, Plate worked at Schottenfeld between June 2006 and March 2008. He allegedly purchased 3Com stock.

Deep Shah--A Moody's analyst. Last month, federal prosecutors alleged the former junior analyst passed on inside information about Blackstone Group LP's ( BX) $26 billion takeover of Hilton Hotels before the deal was made public.

Ali Hariri--Currently serves as vice president of the broadband carrier networking business at Atheros Communications Inc. (ATHR). He has a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Connecticut, according to Atheros' Web site.

The following five have already pleaded guilty, investigators say:

Roomy Khan--Tipster who investigators say touched off the recent insider- trading case involving the Galleon hedge-fund firm, one of the largest such cases in recent years. She is the aunt of a friend of Moody's analyst Shah.

Steven Fortuna--Founder of Boston hedge-fund firm S2 Capital.

Gautham Shankar -- A former proprietary trader at Schottenfeld Group who allegedly tipped Zvi Goffer and David Plate.

Ali Farr--Co-founder of California hedge-fund firm Spherix Capital.

Choo Beng Lee -- Co-founder of Spherix.

-By John Kell, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-2480; john.kell@dowjones.com

(Joseph Checkler, Joe Bel Bruno and Chad Bray contributed to this report.)

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