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Three Florida Men Charged with Insider Trading on Trump Media IPO

Three Florida men were arrested Thursday and charged with illegally making more than $22 million by insider trading ahead of the public announcement that an acquisition firm was going to take a media company owned by former President Donald Trump …

Massachusetts to Investigate First Republic Executives’ Stock Sales: Reuters

Massachusetts regulators have opened an investigation into sales of company stock by top executives at First Republic Bank in the weeks leading up to the recent banking turmoil. Massachusetts’ Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin told Reuters his office has …

Ex-Goldman Banker Faces Insider Trading Trial After Being Cut Off by Bank’s Insurer

A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. vice president who goes on trial for insider trading in June is scrambling to pay for his legal defense after he was cut off by the bank’s insurers. Brijesh Goel, who has pleaded not …

Lawyer Sentenced for Insider Trading on Nationwide-Harleysville Merger

A former partner at the law firm Fox Rothschild was sentenced on Friday to six months in prison for trading on inside information that a client at his law firm was about to announce a merger, prosecutors said. Herbert Sudfeld, …

SEC Charges Oil CEO in Insider Trading With Colorado Insurance Exec

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday announced charges against the former CEO of a Denver, Colo.-based oil-and-gas company at the center of an insider trading scheme involving a Colorado insurance executive that the SEC began prosecuting last month. According …

Judge to Insurer: Pay Legal Fees in Pending Insider Trading Fraud Case

A federal judge said during a court hearing in New York on Thursday he is prepared to order an insurance company to keep paying the legal fees of several former hedge fund managers and traders caught up in an insider …

Lawsuit Against Berkshire Hathaway Over Sokol Trades Dismissed

Berkshire Hathaway won dismissal on Monday of a shareholder lawsuit that stemmed from allegations former executive David Sokol profited by violating the company’s insider trading policy. Shareholders sued the conglomerate’s board for refusing to take legal action against Sokol, a …