insider trading

NEW YORK (AP) -- The brother of an imprisoned ex-billionaire hedge fund founder was acquitted of conspiracy on Tuesday, handing Manhattan prosecutors their first loss after dozens of insider trading convictions in prosecutions that relied heavily on wiretaps and the testimony of those who pleaded guilty.

Federal prosecutors say a former Bristol-Myers Squibb executive has admitted using his high-level position and access to nonpublic information to make about $310,000 from illegal insider trades.

A Florida man faces insider trading charges in New Jersey for allegedly tipping off two people to a company acquisition.

An international hedge fund management company has pleaded guilty in federal court in New Jersey in an insider-trading case and agreed to forfeit $16 million in illicit gains.

An attorney charged with passing information in an insider stock-trading scheme has pleaded guilty.

A New York man has pleaded guilty to trading on confidential information from several law firms in what authorities say was a $37 million insider trading scheme.