insider trading

Aware that most Americans would like to dump them all, members of Congress hope to regain some sense of trust by subjecting themselves to tougher penalties for insider trading and requiring they disclose stock transactions within 30 days.

Lawyers for Rajat K. Gupta, a former director of Goldman Sachs charged with insider trading, filed a flurry of pleadings late Tuesday, seeking to dismiss counts, suppress wiretaps and force the government to clarify its indictment.

As many as a dozen members of Congress and their aides took part in insider trading based on foreknowledge of market moving information on Capitol Hill, disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff told CNBC in an interview.

Rajat K. Gupta, the most prominent executive ensnared in an aggressive insider trading investigation and a former director of Goldman Sachs, is expected to surrender to authorities.

Raj Rajaratnam , a self-made hedge fund tycoon convicted in the biggest Wall Street trading scandal in a generation, was ordered on Thursday to serve 11 years in prison, one of the longest sentences on record in an insider-trading case but less than prosecutors had sought.

The sentence handed down to Raj Rajaratnam, former chief of the Galleon Group, marks a watershed in the government’s campaign to root out insider trading.

Michael Kimelman could have avoided prison by accepting a plea deal, but was convicted as part of Raj Rajaratnam’s insider-trading circle and sentenced to two and a half years.

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Fleishman walks out of the Robert Peckman United States Courthouse after appearing in federal court on insider trading charges in San Jose NEW YORK - A former Silicon Valley sales manager was found guilty of conspiracy charges on Tuesday in connection with the government's crackdown on insider trading.

Attorneys representing potential targets of the government's wide-ranging investigation into insider trading are bracing for another round of charges, the FOX Business Network has learned.