Category: Insider Trading

US Patent Office Improperly Assigned Supervisory Status to Contractors for Years

For years, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) leaders have given contractors titles that grant access to a computer system that holds valuable information, former patent office employees say. Unlike USPTO personnel, it’s not clear whether federal contractors go through the same background checks that federal employees go through, according to inventor David Hoyle,…


EXCLUSIVE: US Patent Office Improperly Assigned Supervisory Status to Contractors for Years

For years, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) leaders have given contractors titles that grant access to a computer system that holds valuable information, former patent office employees say. Unlike USPTO personnel, it’s not clear whether federal contractors go through the same background checks that federal employees go through, according to inventor David Hoyle,…


China Insiders Steal Billions From US Investors

News Analysis China’s corporate insiders are cheating small American investors of billions of dollars through advance information that enables lucrative trades just before the stock price falls. The total losses that insiders of Chinese companies listed on American exchanges have avoided by selling prior to price drops are at least $10 billion between 2016 and…


Ex-Mckinsey Partner Sentenced To 2 Years For Insider Trading Scheme

A former McKinsey & Co partner who assisted Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. on its recent purchase of a financial technology company has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for insider trading on the takeover. Puneet Dikshit, 41, was sentenced in federal court in Manhattan on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon. He had…


Bipartisan Coalition Demands Vote on Legislation to Bar Congressmen from Stock Trading

A bipartisan group of more than two dozen lawmakers in the House is demanding that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) allow a vote on a bill that would bar members of Congress from trading on the stock market, which critics say is inappropriate due to Congress’ inside knowledge on financial and political affairs….


Americans Are Being Sold Out by Government Insiders

Commentary The Washington, D.C. wheeler-dealers are making patsies out of the rest of us. Members of Congress get million-dollar-plus expense accounts, lifetime pensions, and lavish perks, but for the greedy, that’s not enough. They’re also racking up big bucks trading stocks in the very same companies Congress regulates. Stock picking by members of Congress should…


Corporate Insiders Sold Record Level of Stock in 2021

Some of the biggest names in the corporate world sold a record $69 billion in stock this year as share valuations surged to record highs, new data from Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings show. According to the latest numbers from InsiderScore/Verity, via CNBC, sales by CEOs, founders, and corporate insiders have climbed 30 percent…


Partner at McKinsey Management Consulting Company Charged With Insider Trading

A partner at McKinsey, the world’s largest consulting company, has been charged with illegal insider trading in advance of a Goldman Sachs deal with finance and technology lender GreenSky, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Wednesday. In a press release, the SEC said Puneet Dikshit, a partner at the global management consulting firm, was trading…


SEC Charges Ex-goldman Compliance Analyst With Insider Trading

NEW YORK—A U.S. regulator on Wednesday charged a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. senior compliance analyst with insider trading, saying he made illegal trades involving banking clients while working in Warsaw, Poland. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Jose Luis Casero Sanchez, 35, of Spain, learned material non-public information about his employer’s clients…


One Way Politicians Can Start to Regain Voters’ Trust

Commentary Quick, name some national politicians you trust. What’s that you say? You’re struggling to think of any trustworthy politicians in Washington? You are not alone. Pew Research reports 80 percent of us say we do not trust the federal government to do what’s right “always or most of the time.” And 81 percent of…