Woman Accused of Selling Corporate Secrets Is Convicted in Insider Trading Case.

8:37 p.m. Updated During the insider trading trial of the expert network consultant Winifred Jiau, the government's central witness referred to her as ''the Poohster.'' And as is the case in the adventures of Winnie the Pooh, it was a sweet tooth that brought her down. On Monday, Ms. Jiau was convicted of selling technology company secrets to hedge fund traders for hundreds of thousand of dollars, payoffs she referred to in code as ''sugar.'' Though most knew the technology consultant as Winnie, some of her hedge fund clients called her the Poohster, after the bear always in search of a pot of honey. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]