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Insider Trading
2024-07-04
Subject: Corporate Law - Securities Regulation
The former senior Apple lawyer who avoided prison time after pleading guilty to insider trading must pay a $1.15 million fine in a related U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) civil case, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge
Abusing Access to Confidential Information
The proposed SEC fine was triple
Severity of Violations Emphasized
However, the judge said
"Regardless of why he was trying to get caught, he acted knowingly and willfully,"
Kevin Marino, a lawyer for
The case is SEC v
insider trading - corporate compliance - securities fraud - financial penalties - corporate governance - white-collar crime - financial regulations - stock market abuse
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