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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says he's 'not sure that it's necessary' to ban lawmakers from stock trading because insider trading is already illegal
Hoyer noted that a stock trading ban for lawmakers would take away their "ability to make investmen…
Bryan Metzger
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What is insider trading and when is it illegal?
Insider trading involves buying and selling stocks based on non-public information. Here's what to …
Choncé Maddox
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The SEC wants to crack down on corporate insiders' big stock sales
Under changes to Rule 10b5-1 that the SEC proposed, insiders would have to wait four months between…
Phil Rosen
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Pelosi rejects stock-trading ban for members of Congress: 'We are a free-market economy. They should be able to participate in that.'
Insider asked Pelosi about Conflicted Congress, an investigation that found 49 members of Congress …
Bryan Metzger
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The SEC could be the last, best hope to keep members of Congress from insider trading. The agency already has one Republican senator on its radar.
The agency's investigation of Sen. Richard Burr presents a test of the SEC's appetite for keeping m…
C. Ryan Barber
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Top corporate executives have reportedly reaped over $200 million each from stock sales this year as insiders take advantage of surging share prices
Top insiders at companies like Walmart, Tesla, and Microsoft have sold a combined $63.5 billion in …
Matthew Fox
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A former Netflix software engineer and his friend were sentenced to prison for conducting an insider trading scheme that made more than $3 million
The former engineer gave out private Netflix subscriber data to accomplices and profited by buying …
Emily Walsh
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The SEC is reportedly looking into a senator and his brother-in-law dumping stock ahead of the COVID-19 market crash
The SEC's filings come as the agency seeks to compel Fauth to comply with a subpoena that he has do…
Matthew Fox
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Former GOP House lawmaker is charged with violating insider trading laws to buy $1.5 million in stock
Prosecutors say former Rep. Stephen Buyer heard about Sprint's merger with T-Mobile during a golf g…
Brent D. Griffiths
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A former quant was charged in an $8.5 million insider trading scheme that included making more than 3,000 fraudulent trades from his wife's brokerage account
The SEC discovered the scheme by using data analysis tools to detect suspicious patterns in trading…
Matthew Fox
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Insider trading, IP theft, fake art and fake profiles — Scammers are taking advantage of NFT platforms’ lack of regulation
As far back as March, there were reports of people impersonating others in order to sell NFTs …
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Mark Cuban-backed OpenSea says it's found evidence of insider trading on its NFT platform
OpenSea, the non-fungible token platform backed by billionaire Mark Cuban, said it has uncovered ev…
Camomile Shumba
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Mark Cuban slams SEC chief Gary Gensler for complex market rules - and tells him to engage with retail investors
The "Shark Tank" star said the regulator should be more transparent and focus on individual investo…
Theron Mohamed
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SEC charges 3 former Netflix employees for running an insider trading ring that made more than $3 million
The SEC is cracking down on a former Netflix employee who tipped confidential information about Net…
Emily Graffeo
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What we know about the insider trading lawsuit filed against Bed Bath & Beyond just before the death of its CFO
Bed Bath & Beyond's CFO was accused of participating in a pump-and-dump scheme days before he jumpe…
Samantha Delouya
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SEC charges California man with running a micro-cap stock fraud scheme that targeted retail investors
According to the SEC's complaint, Charlie Abujudeh fraudulently sold a number of microcap stocks to…
Emily Graffeo
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The SEC has charged a Florida man it claims misappropriated $7 million from investors and lied about his crypto-payment and coronavirus-testing app
The SEC claims Aron Govil misappropriated over $7 million in investor funds in Cemtrex and lied to …
Emily Graffeo
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64 members of Congress have violated a law designed to prevent insider trading and stop conflicts-of-interest
While lawmakers who violate the STOCK Act face a fine, the penalty is usually small — $200 is the s…
Dave Levinthal
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The 5 biggest insider stock buys of last week
Here are the five companies that saw the biggest combined stock purchases from insiders during the …
Isabelle Lee
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The 5 biggest insider stock buys of last week
Here are the five companies that saw the biggest combined stock purchases from insiders during the …