Eugene Plotkin is looking at 57 months in prison on eight counts of insider trading, which apparently netting some $6 million in illicit profits. Get further details on the Plotkin case over at the
Shepherd Smith & Edward Stockbroker Fraud Blog.
-- MDT
Labels: David Pajcin, Eugene Plotkin, FSA insider trading, Goldman Sachs
The UK
Financial Services Authority is worried, literally, that "Gangs of organized criminals may be infiltrating the mergers and acquisitions departments of British investment banks to garner inside information on takeover bids..."
So says the Times Online. For (probably more sober) commentary direct from FSA, check out
this announcement as well as
the FSA's Marketwatch21 newsletter.
-- MDT
Labels: FSA insider trading