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== Background == | == Background == | ||
Goelman previously served in the Department of Justice for nine years, including as an Assistant U. S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York and as a Special Attorney to the U.S. Attorney General. At the DOJ, he handled white-collar criminal cases involving bank, wire, mail and securities fraud, as well as RICO, and violent crimes. He was | Goelman previously served in the Department of Justice for nine years, including as an Assistant U. S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York and as a Special Attorney to the U.S. Attorney General. At the DOJ, he handled white-collar criminal cases involving bank, wire, mail and securities fraud, as well as RICO, and violent crimes. He was one of the trial lawyers that convicted the Oklahoma City bombers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6946-14|name=CFTC Chairman Massad Announces the Appointment of Aitan Goelman as Director of Enforcement|org=CFTC|date=June 11, 2014}}</ref> He also represented Jonathan Hollander, a former employee at a unit of [[SAC Capital Advisors]], the [[hedge fund]] run by the billionaire investor Steven A. Cohen, in an [[insider trading]] investigation. | ||
== Education == | == Education == | ||