McDermott jailed for insider trading
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James McDermott, the former CEO of investment bank Keefe Bruyette and Woods, was convicted of giving confidential stock tips to his porn star mistress. McDermott was found guilty of passing along inside information about possible bank mergers to Kathryn Gannon, who was using the stage name Marilyn Star on x-rated films. Gannon then shared the information with another lover, Anthony Pompino, and both made $170,000 in illegal profits. McDermott would spend 27 months in prison, pay a fine of $25,000, and serve 300 hours of community service.
Publication Name: USA Today
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 2000
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Trendy shoe designer indicted
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Trendy shoe designer Steve Madden has been indicted on 17 counts of stock fraud and conspiracy. The owner of Steve Madden Ltd has been accused of conspiring with two brokerage firms in New York, NY, control the share price of at least 22 companies illegally. The trading of Steve Madden shares was stopped on Jun 20, 2000, which resulted to a drop in share prices by 15% to $11.19. madden has been released on a bond of $750,000.
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Year: 2000
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Republic to pay $606M in Ponzi scam
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Republic New York Securities Corp. found guilty of securites fraud. A U.S. District Court found the company bilked Japanese companies out of $700 million and was ordered to repay the money.
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ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 2001
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