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David R. Chase P.A.
Charged with Insider Trading
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) obtained a final judgment against Shaohua (Michael) Yin, a Chinese National, and partner at a Hong Kong-based private equity firm, for insider trading using five nominee accounts from addresses in Beijing and Palo Alto, California, as well as on a computer that also accessed Yin’s email accounts. The...
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under investigation for insider trading
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently settled charges against Philip Markin, a resident of Weehawken, New Jersey, employed as an elevator mechanic, for insider trading in a scheme to trade ahead of a pharmaceutical company tender offer.  He is the fifth individual charged in connection with the alleged insider trading scheme. The SEC’s...
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SEC investigation lawyer
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed fraud charges against Matthew Groom, a resident of North Carolina and self-employed Managing Director of TechNet UC, a private information technology consulting company that he co-founded, for illegal insider trading in the securities of Spero Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, focused on the...
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SEC insider trading charge
The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed insider trading charges against Robert Brian Thompson, a senior banking supervisor and examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, for insider trading in stock and options of two publicly traded banks that were under his supervisory purview. The SEC’s complaint, filed in the U.S. District...
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Received a SEC Subpoena
If you have just received a SEC Subpoena, whether for an investigation into possible insider trading, market manipulation or crypto fraud, you are now faced with the decision of whether to hire a SEC defense attorney.  Doing so provides tremendous benefits and a level of legal protection that you cannot replicate by going at it alone,...
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Theories of Insider Trading
There are two legal theories of insider trading recognized by the Securities and Exchange Commission: (1) the classical theory, and (2) the misappropriation theory. Under the classical theory, corporate insiders, like officers, directors, and/or employees, violate the federal securities laws by trading in their company’s stock on the basis of material non-public information (MNPI) in...
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International Insider Trading
The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged German national, Eamma Safi, and Singaporean national, Zhi “Josh” Ge, for their alleged involvement in an international insider trading scheme.  The SEC accused the pair of trading on material, non-public information in advance of market-moving announcements. The SEC’s complaint, filed in the United States District Court...
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under SEC investigation
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed fraud charges against George Demos, a former Vice President of Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance at Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc., for trading on material, non-public information in advance of Acadia’s announcement of negative FDA news regarding its supplemental new drug application.  Acadia had secured prior approval of its drug to...
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illegal insider trading
In its perpetual quest to investigate and prosecute illegal insider trading, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought insider trading charges and obtained a final judgment against Barry Siegel, a former Foot Locker employee. The SEC’s insider trading charges, per the SEC’s federal district court complaint, were predicated upon alleged violations of the...
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SEC Insider Trading Case
In a rare setback on an appeal, the U.S. Securities and Exchange lost its bid for a significant civil penalty. The underlying SEC insider trading case was tried several years ago and the defendant, Charlie Chen, then appealed.   The SEC’s complaint alleged that Chen, who was close friends with a Vistaprint insider obtained highly material,...
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