At the center of the transactions described in the government's fraud case against Goldman, Sachs & Co. is New York hedge fund operator John Paulson, whose firm made $15 billion in 2007 by betting that Americans would default on their home loans in droves... Ultimately, though, the biggest beneficiary of the transactions was Paulson & Co. <ref> [http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/17/business/la-fi-goldman-paulson17-2010apr17 Hedge fund operator John Paulson a key player in SEC case against Goldman Sachs] </ref> | At the center of the transactions described in the government's fraud case against Goldman, Sachs & Co. is New York hedge fund operator John Paulson, whose firm made $15 billion in 2007 by betting that Americans would default on their home loans in droves... Ultimately, though, the biggest beneficiary of the transactions was Paulson & Co. <ref> [http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/17/business/la-fi-goldman-paulson17-2010apr17 Hedge fund operator John Paulson a key player in SEC case against Goldman Sachs] </ref> |