Gekko Would NOT Be So Naive
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pkryder-1 — 10 years ago(December 07, 2015 09:28 PM)
You CANNOT be serious. The arrest was done in front of the ENTIRE OFFICE STAFF at the brokerage firm where Fox worked. EVERYONE there knew that it was for insider trading. To think that word of this would not have gotten to Gekkoespecially with all of his connectionsis beyond the far side of comical.
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Paul_Ke — 9 years ago(December 27, 2016 08:02 AM)
Gekko did not tip off the SEC on Bud. Gekko went out of his way to cover up Bud's connection to him and keep things covert, it would make no sense for Gekko to then contact the SEC and tell them of Bud's inside trading and thus implicate himself.
In regards to the OP, I disagree that Gekko would necessarily know the Bud was arrested. Yes, the entire office witnessed it, but really, so what? Bud was the only person there who Gekko communicated with. Think how unlikely it would be for one of Bud's coworkers to take it upon himself to call Gekko (why would they even WANT to?) and say, "Hello, you don't know me, but I just wanted you to know that Bud Fox was arrested and hey I just wanted you to know because I have nothing better to do in my busy life." -
ncdwbmk6 — 9 years ago(December 27, 2016 02:42 PM)
Gekko would have eventually found out about Bud's arrest, if only through gossip.
But it may have taken some time, and the meeting in the park may have taken place soon after the arrest, within a day or so.
The office staff could also have been told by the cops that talking about Bud's arrest could get them arrested for obstruction of justice.
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Paul_Ke — 9 years ago(December 27, 2016 09:53 PM)
Yes, word of mouth would have eventually reached Gekko, but as you said, that takes time. (There was no texting back then, no Facebook or Twitter.).
I also got the impression the Feds moved very quickly to set up the meeting in the park.