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INSIDER TRADING

BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2018
Former executive of advertising agency Asatsu-Dk probed over alleged insider trading
Financial authorities are investigating a former executive officer of advertising agency Asatsu-DK Inc. for alleged insider trading and have raided related locations, financial market sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2017
SEC freezes assets in SoftBank-Fortress insider-trading probe
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Wednesday it froze the assets of certain traders in a suspected insider trading scheme involving more than $3.6 million in profits related to the takeover Fortress Investment Group by Japan's SoftBank Group Corp.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2016
U.S. charges Chinese trio of hacking law firms, gaining M&A info for insider trading
Three Chinese citizens have been criminally charged in the United States with trading on confidential corporate information obtained by hacking into networks and servers of law firms working on mergers, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 1, 2016
New minister Yamamoto 'won't quit' over insider trading case
The new minister for regional revitalization has said he won't resign over reports that he tried to obstruct an investigation by the securities watchdog.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 19, 2013
Confidant of hedge-fund billionaire Cohen found guilty of insider trading
A top lieutenant to billionaire Steven A. Cohen was convicted of insider trading Wednesday in a verdict that could strengthen the government's outstanding cases involving the storied hedge fund Cohen created two decades ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 3, 2013
FSA ends insider probe; Nomura targets tipsters
Nomura Holdings Inc. said employees who leaked insider information on client transactions three years ago will be punished as the regulator signals an end to a crackdown that roiled the nation's largest brokerage last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 28, 2013
METI vet fined ¥11 million for Elpida trades
The Tokyo District Court on Friday handed down a suspended 18-month prison sentence and an ¥11 million fine to a former veteran trade ministry official for insider trading in the 2009 state-led bailout of Elpida Memory Inc.

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