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The SEC has charged the owner of Insight Research, a consulting firm that analyzes publicly traded companies for hedge fund managers, with insider trading and violating anti-fraud provisions.
The SEC has charged the owner of Insight Research, a consulting
firm that analyzes publicly traded companies for hedge fund
managers, with insider trading and violating anti-fraud provisions.
The SEC is seeking a judgment ordering him to surrender his
ill-gotten gains and pay financial penalties. In addition, the SEC
requires that he is permanently barred from committing future
violations.
The owner frequently traded in the securities of Abaxis, Inc.
based on inside information he received from a relative employed at
Abaxis. He traded several times for his own account in advance of
the company's quarterly earnings announcements. He also passed
that same information to hedge fund clients of Insight Research,
who used the inside information to trade in Abaxis securities.
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