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Feb. 10, 2016

Super Bowl chatter led to insider trading, SEC claims in lawsuit

Insider information shared over a Super Bowl weekend five years ago by an e-commerce executive with a friend led to out-of-bounds stock purchases, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said in a lawsuit.

By Tim O'Connor
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Insider information shared over a Super Bowl weekend five years ago by an e-commerce executive with a friend led to out-of-bounds stock purchases, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said in a lawsuit.

The SEC sued three Los Angeles-area men in federal court Friday, accusing them of securities fraud when they took the information provided by the executive in early...

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