US District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan directed Gupta to surrender by 2:00pm EDT (1800 GMT) on that date to start serving his sentence, according to an order issued on Thursday.

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Ex-Goldman director Rajat Gupta starts prison term on June 17

US District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan directed Gupta to surrender by 2:00pm EDT (1800 GMT) on that date to start serving his sentence, according to an order issued on Thursday. (BCCL)

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A three-judge panel of the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the conviction on March 25, rejecting Gupta's claim that Rakoff improperly admitted wiretap evidence at trial. (BCCL)

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Gupta is also a former global managing director of the consulting firm McKinsey & Co. He is the top corporate official convicted in a broad federal insider trading probe unveiled in October 2009, when charges against Rajaratnam were announced. (BCCL)

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Rajaratnam is appealing his own conviction to the US Supreme Court. He is serving an 11-year prison term. The government has won about 80 convictions and guilty pleas in the insider trading probe. (BCCL)

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