{"id":5704,"date":"2014-11-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutionalinvestorsecuritiesblog.blawgcloud.com\/2014\/11\/insider_trading_roundup_exbrok"},"modified":"2022-05-06T11:58:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T16:58:26","slug":"insider-trading-roundup-exbrok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/insider-trading-roundup-exbrok\/","title":{"rendered":"Insider Trading Roundup: Ex-Broker Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Involving IBM Acquisition, BNP Officials Are Under Scrutiny, and Ex-Billionaire Is Tried In Historic Brazilian Case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Former Stockbroker Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading in IBM Case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Daryl Payton, an ex-trader at Euro Pacific Capital Inc., has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.securities-fraud-attorneys.com\">securities fraud<\/a>. Payton was involved in an insider trading scam that revolved around software manufacturer SPSS Inc., which IBM acquired in 2009. A U.S. judge accepted his plea.<\/p>\n<p>Three other people have admitted that they shared and traded on secret information about the deal when it was in the works. The confidential data came from Michael Dallas, a corporate lawyer who has not been charged but was identified in a related S.E.C. securities fraud lawsuit. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/insider-trading-roundup-exbrok\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Insider Trading Roundup: Ex-Broker Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Involving IBM Acquisition, BNP Officials Are Under Scrutiny, and Ex-Billionaire Is Tried In Historic Brazilian Case\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Stockbroker Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading in IBM Case Daryl Payton, an ex-trader at Euro Pacific Capital Inc., has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Payton was involved in an insider trading scam that revolved around software manufacturer SPSS Inc., which IBM acquired in 2009. A U.S. judge accepted his plea. 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