You cannot trade on material, non-public information, and that includes non-public information concerning the growth in your employer’s subscriber base or information contained in unpublished earnings releases. And if you do, you will undoubtedly be caught, and subjected to some very harsh penalties. Fines, a return of three times the […]
Tag: Insider Trading
Does Trading on Information Learned About A Competitor Constitute Insider Trading?
The SEC has been known to attempt to regulate by litigation, a tactic that causes significant problems for their targets, and undermines the integrity of the SEC’s mission. Insider Trading of a Competitor’s Stock? Last week the SEC charged a former employee of Medivation Inc. with insider trading in advance […]
Silicon Valley Insider Trading Ring Charged
The SEC has announced insider trading charges against a Silicon Valley trading ring whose members generated nearly $1.7 million in illegal profits and losses avoided by trading on the confidential earnings information of two local technology companies. According to the SEC’s complaint, Nathaniel Brown, who served as the revenue recognition […]
SEC Chair Gensler Seeks to Amend 10b5-1
The new SEC chair believes that 10b5-1 plans “have led to real cracks in our insider trading regime” and has asked the SEC Staff to make recommendations for the Commission’s consideration on how they might “freshen up” Rule 10b5-1. In his comments to the CFO Network Summit, he made a […]
SEC Charges California-Based Fraudster With Selling “Insider Tips”
The SEC has charged James Roland Jones of Redondo Beach, California, with perpetrating a fraudulent scheme to sell what he called “insider tips” on the dark web. The dark web allows users to access the internet anonymously and, as such, has often been used to host websites and marketplaces that […]
SEC Charges California-Based Fraudster With Selling “Insider Tips” on the Dark Web
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged James Roland Jones of Redondo Beach, California, with perpetrating a fraudulent scheme to sell what he called “insider tips” on the dark web. The dark web allows users to access the internet… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call […]
Kodak’s $765 million government loan on hold after lawmakers raised ‘serious concerns’
Eastman Kodak Co’s $765 million loan agreement with the U.S. government to produce pharmaceutical ingredients has been put on hold due to “recent allegations of wrongdoing,” the U.S. International Development Finance Corp (DFC) said. Kodak shares surged more than 1,000% last week after the loan was announced, generating a windfall […]
DOJ Closes Its Senator Insider Trading Investigation, Except for Burr
As we posted last week, the FBI was apparently investigating Senators Loeffler, Feinstein, Inhofe and Burr for possible insider trading. Yesterday it announced that it was closing the investigation of all except Burr. It is important to note that there were probably two investigations going on, one by the FBI […]
Insider Trading Attorney
Insider trading is a serious securities fraud violation, which has significant civil, and criminal, penalties. In recent years, the SEC</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>The United States Securities and Exchange Commission is the federal agency charged with the regulation and oversight of the securities markets, public companies and securities professionals.(…)</div>” data-gt-translate-attributes='[{“attribute”:”data-cmtooltip”, “format”:”html”}]’>SEC and the Courts have expanded the definition of insider trading, which can now include trading insiders, and those who get information from insiders and even the random man in the […]
Overseas Stock Manipulator Settles SEC Charges
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that an overseas stock manipulator has agreed to pay nearly $800,000 and be permanently barred from involvement in penny stocks after hiding his significant stake in a small oil & gas company while secretly funding a fraudulent promotional campaign that artificially boosted the […]