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SEC charges 21 in insider trading case
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The SEC charged 21 people over an alleged decade-long insider-trading scheme that used deal information misappropriated from global law firms and produced millions of dollars in alleged illicit profits.
- Frame 1Washington, May 6: SEC charges 21 people in an alleged insider-trading scheme tied to law firm deal secrets.
- Frame 2The complaint says the scheme ran from 2018 to 2024 and centered on merger-and-acquisition information.
- Frame 3SEC names attorney Nicolo Nourafchan and Robert Yadgarov as alleged organizers of the trading chain.
- Frame 4The complaint says tips spread through another corporate lawyer and downstream traders before deals became public.
- Frame 5SEC seeks injunctions, disgorgement with interest, civil penalties; prosecutors announced parallel criminal charges.
- Frame 6Unresolved: courts must decide liability and how much alleged illicit profit can be recovered.
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- May 23, 9:43 AM EDT
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- May 6, 7:24 PM EDT