A partner at the McKinsey consulting firm was criminally charged on Wednesday with insider trading ahead of Goldman Sachs Group Inc's agreement to buy fintech lender GreenSky Inc for $2.24 billion, U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Puneet Dikshit, 40, of Manhattan, faces two securities fraud counts after allegedly generating about $450,000 of profit from 2,500 GreenSky call options that he bought in the two days before theAuthorities said Dikshit led McKinsey's unsecured lending practice in North America and had been a lead partner advising Goldman. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed related civil charges.for comment following the defendant's arrest on Wednesday.
GreenSky is a specialty lender that arranges consumer loans for large one-time purchases such as home remodeling, cosmetic surgery and dental implants.
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