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Insider Trading Probe Targets 2 SEC Officials

Lawyers at regulator alleged to have traded financial stocks

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted May 15, 2009 8:12 AM CDT

(Newser) – Two lawyers with the SEC are under federal investigation for alleged insider trading, Reuters reports. The SEC's internal watchdog claims that they traded stock in a large financial services company, despite warnings from other employees that the company was under investigation. One of the two...   Read full story »

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