In United States v. Bray, 853 F.3d 18 (1st Cir. 2017), defendant Robert Bray (”Defendant”) appealed his conviction for insider trading. The First Circuit affirmed the jury’s guilty verdict for criminal securities fraud, finding that sufficient evidence supported the jury’s findings and that an error in the jury instructions was inconsequential.
The prosecution alleged Defendant asked for, and received, nonpublic information from Chris O’Neill (“O’Neill”) after stating he needed to make a “big score” to fund a real estate project and asking for any “bank stock tips”.
Read MoreIn In Re Hedayati, Securities Exchange Act Release No. 80238 (admin proc Mar. 14, 2017), the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an order instituting public administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings against Nima Hedayati (“Hedayati”) for alleged violations of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. In anticipation of the proceedings against him, Hedayati submitted, and the SEC accepted, an Offer of Settlement (“Offer”), in which he neither admitted nor denied the allegations.
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