{"id":6200,"date":"2017-09-16T16:06:30","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T21:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.institutionalinvestorsecuritiesblog.com\/?p=1788"},"modified":"2022-05-17T14:26:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T19:26:13","slug":"insider-trading-ex-amazon-financial-analyst-allegedly-tipped-former-fraternity-brother-man-accused-giving-merger-info-brother-ex-pricewaterhouse-coopers-auditor-subject-securities-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/insider-trading-ex-amazon-financial-analyst-allegedly-tipped-former-fraternity-brother-man-accused-giving-merger-info-brother-ex-pricewaterhouse-coopers-auditor-subject-securities-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Insider Trading: Ex-Amazon Financial Analyst Allegedly Tipped Former Fraternity Brother, Man Accused of Giving Merger Info to Brother, Ex-Pricewaterhouse Coopers Auditor is Subject of Securities Case, and Deutsche B\u00f6rse to Pay $12.5M in Fines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<strong>Ex-Amazon Employee and Former College Schoolmate Accused of Insider Trading<\/strong><br \/>\nThe US Securities and Exchange Commission has brought civil <a href=\"https:\/\/www.securities-fraud-attorneys.com\">insider trading <\/a>charges against Brett Kennedy and Maziar Rezakhani. Kennedy, an ex- Amazon financial analyst, is accused of leaking confidential information to  Rezakhani, who was a former fraternity brother, prior to a company earnings announcement for Amazon being disclosed to the public. Kennedy is also facing criminal charges. <\/p>\n<p>According to the regulator, Kennedy shared the 2015 first quarter earnings information without authorization while employed at Amazon. Rezakhani then allegedly illegally traded on the information in advance of the information\u2019s release to the public and he made over $116K in illicit profits. <\/p>\n<p>Also, on two online communications platforms involving trading, Rezakhani accurately predicted Amazon\u2019s first quarter performance. He is accused of paying Kennedy $10K for the tip and sharing the money with Sam Sadeghi, who gave him trading advice. Sadeghi also faces civil charges. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/insider-trading-ex-amazon-financial-analyst-allegedly-tipped-former-fraternity-brother-man-accused-giving-merger-info-brother-ex-pricewaterhouse-coopers-auditor-subject-securities-case\/#more-6200\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Amazon Employee and Former College Schoolmate Accused of Insider Trading The US Securities and Exchange Commission has brought civil insider trading charges against Brett Kennedy and Maziar Rezakhani. Kennedy, an ex- Amazon financial analyst, is accused of leaking confidential information to Rezakhani, who was a former fraternity brother, prior to a company earnings announcement for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3811,3760,3795,3761],"tags":[2901],"class_list":["post-6200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insider-trading","category-sec-enforcement","category-sec-settlements","category-securities-and-exchange-commis","tag-deutsche-borse"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Insider Trading: Ex-Amazon Financial Analyst Allegedly Tipped Former Fraternity Brother, Man Accused of Giving Merger Info to Brother, Ex-Pricewaterhouse Coopers Auditor is Subject of Securities Case, and Deutsche B\u00f6rse to Pay $12.5M in Fines &#8212; 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