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SEC on high alert for illegal stock market activity

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Mar 23, 2020
Haima Marlier, a former senior trial counsel for the SEC, says recent trading suspensions show the SEC is "very much paying attention."
This time of pandemic is a fertile moment for insider trading.
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Shouldn’t a company have to tell you when it’s been hacked?

by Molly Wood
Mar 1, 2018
Here are three reasons why there should be breach-notification law.
In this photo illustration, a virtual map of the internet is projected onto a woman in London.
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Feds announce charges against Chinese hacker-insider traders

by Lewis Wallace
Dec 28, 2016
Hackers are finding new ways to profit.
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Federal prosecutors end 81 conviction win streak

by Mark Garrison and David Brancaccio
Jul 9, 2014
The not guilty verdict may mean insider trading convictions will be harder to get.
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Manipulating the markets, right from the online chat room

by Molly Wood
Jan 17, 2014
Scheming and dealing in chat rooms.
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Inside the most lucrative insider trading in U.S. history

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 7, 2014
Jury selection began in the trial of former SAC Capital trader Mathew Martoma.
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Hedge fund founder calls insider trading rules "vague"

by Liyna Anwar
Nov 8, 2013
The documentary series Frontline uncovered video related to Steven A. Cohen and SAC Capital's fine of $1.2 billion.
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$1.2 billion settlement expected in SAC Capital insider trading case

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Nov 4, 2013
It will be the largest fine ever for insider trading.
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SAC: 'A magnet for market cheaters'?

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Jul 25, 2013
The Justice Department has charged big hedge fund SAC with insider trading.
Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York speaks at a news conference July 25, 2013 about a federal indictment against SAC Capital, the hedge fund run by billionaire Steven A. Cohen. SAC Capital Advisors was charged in federal court in Manhattan in an indictment with wire fraud and four counts of securities fraud, as prosecutors allege the crimes were carried out from 1999 through at least 2010.
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Political intelligence or insider trading?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Apr 4, 2013
The Government Accountability Office is releasing a new report on the so-called 'political intelligence' industry -- a growing arm of investment research.
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