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The 2020 congressional insider trading scandal was a political scandal in the United States involving allegations that several members of the United States Senate violated the STOCK Act by selling stock at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and just before a stock market crash on February 20, 2020, using knowledge given to them at a closed Senate meeting.
The Raj Rajaratnam/Galleon Group, Anil Kumar, and Rajat Gupta insider trading cases are parallel and related civil and criminal actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the United States Department of Justice against three friends and business partners: Galleon Group hedge fund founder-owner Raj Rajaratnam and former McKinsey & Company senior executives Anil Kumar and Rajat ...
The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012 ( Pub. L. 112–105 (text) (PDF), S. 2038, 126 Stat. 291, enacted April 4, 2012) is an Act of Congress designed to combat insider trading. It was signed into law by President Barack Obama on April 4, 2012. The law prohibits the use of non-public information for private profit ...
The appearance of insider trading in the halls of Congress, brought to light by a "60 Minutes" expose in 2011, sparked a public outcry, resulting in the passage of the Stop Trading on ...
Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona sat down with Yahoo Finance to talk about his Ban Congressional Stock Trading Act, which would confiscate a lawmaker’s entire salary if they break the rules.
Former Rep. Stephen Buyer (R-Ind.) was convicted of insider trading in New York on Friday after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleged he used nonpublic information to buy stocks ...
Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn, No. 23-365, 603 U.S. ___ (2025) The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations ( RICO) Act is a United States federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties and a civil cause of action for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization . RICO was enacted by Title IX of the Organized ...
Cynthia McKinney–Capitol Hill police incident. Chappaquiddick incident. 1983 congressional page sex scandal. Congressional Post Office scandal. Countrywide Financial political loan scandal. Larry Craig scandal. Crédit Mobilier scandal. Cunningham scandal.