insider trading

Democratic Congresswoman Kathy Manning has filed over 450 trades in the past three years, according to Capitol Trades. Congress members, in general, have made thousands of trades over the past three years. Benzinga continues to keep track of these events. Here are two dividend stocks Manning's...

Elon Musk is the largest individual shareholder of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock. The company’s CEO has been one of the key investors in the company since the early days and is also important to the future of the company, something he is betting on with his personal money. Here’s a...

Nikhil Wahi, the brother of former Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN) product manager Ishan Wahi, has reportedly admitted in court to making trades based on confidential information about the cryptocurrency exchange. What Happened: On Monday, Nikhil Wahi pleaded guilty to wire...

Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong said that his company had begun investigating inside trading on its platform much before a former employee and his two associates were charged with fraud.   What Happened: On Thursday, former Coinbase product...

Ishan Wahi, former Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) product manager, has been arrested and charged with insider trading in what the Department of Justice said is the first crypto insider trading tipping scheme case of its kind.  The indictment unsealed Thursday charges Wahi, the...

Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) former corporate secretary and director of corporate law, Gene Levoff, has admitted to being part of an insider trading scheme that ran for five years. What Happened: The U.S. Department of Justice said 48-year-old Levoff pleaded guilty before...

A former employee of the leading NFT marketplace has officially been charged with insider trading in a landmark NFT case by the U.S. Department of Justice. What Happened: The U.S. Department of Justice filed charges against Nathaniel Chastain Wednesday. Chastain is a former product manager at...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is charging three Twilio Inc (NYSE: TWLO)  software engineers with insider trading and alleging that several of their associates were also involved. What Happened: Lokesh Lagudu, Chotu Pulagam and Hari Sure allegedly accessed materials, including...

OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer doesn’t agree with categorizing a former executive’s recent actions as insider trading. What Happened: When asked for his views on the recent controversy that saw OpenSea’s former head of product Nate Chastain resign, CEO Devin Finzer argued that...

Three Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) engineers and two others were charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with insider trading on Wednesday. What Happened: The SEC said in a statement that the three Netflix engineers and two close associates generated over $3 million in total...

Institutional investors such as BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) and Allianz SE’s (OTC: ALIZF) Pacific Investment Management Co. have received the legal go-ahead to pursue their lawsuit against 15 large banks for price rigging in the foreign exchange markets. What Happened A Manhattan judge has...

The United States Department of Justice has ended its investigation into three senators for insider trading accusations related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to a Wall Street Journal report Tuesday. What Happened Republican senators Richard Burr, Kelly Loeffler and James...

The Department of Justice is probing lawmakers for accusations that they dumped stocks based on privileged information about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, CNN reported Monday. What Happened The Securities and Exchange Commission is also participating in the investigation, two people...

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On this day 54 years ago, the Texas Gulf Sulphur Company announced a major copper strike 350 miles north of Toronto that would become the focus of a landmark insider trading case....

A joint study between the University of Cambridge and Stanford University came to a conclusion that could negatively impact Main Street's trust in Wall Street. What You Need To Know Economists at the two universities found "strong evidence" that a relationship exists between...