insider trading
noun
: the illegal use of information available only to insiders in order to make a profit in financial trading
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Collins resigned in 2019 ahead of a guilty plea on criminal insider trading charges and Hunter resigned after pleading guilty to a conspiracy to misuse campaign funds.
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Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
Fast forward, the former chief executive officer of Enron was sent to a Minnesota prison cell after being found guilty of 19 counts of securities fraud, conspiracy, lying to auditors and insider trading in one of the biggest corporate scandals in American history.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2024
Armstrong's campaign called the insider trading claim a lie, and the victims in the molestation case called for Miller to stop running ads about it.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 9 June 2024
The insider trading claims are Musk’s latest legal headache following the January ruling that voided his 2018 shareholder vote for a record compensation deal.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 3 June 2024
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Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
Fast forward, the former chief executive officer of Enron was sent to a Minnesota prison cell after being found guilty of 19 counts of securities fraud, conspiracy, lying to auditors and insider trading in one of the biggest corporate scandals in American history.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2024
Armstrong's campaign called the insider trading claim a lie, and the victims in the molestation case called for Miller to stop running ads about it.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 9 June 2024
The insider trading claims are Musk’s latest legal headache following the January ruling that voided his 2018 shareholder vote for a record compensation deal.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 3 June 2024
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“Insider trading.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insider%20trading. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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