The manager in Amazon's tax department allegedly made illegal trades with two family members ahead of the company's earnings announcements.
James Yang allegedly traded in options after he learned in advance that their issuers would be added to or removed from one of S&P Dow Jones' three indices.
Reforms to insider trading law could provide clarity, but they could also lead to more aggressive prosecutions.
The current system that allows insiders to trade on information about a significant corporate event is "a total abuse of the public trust."
A former IT administrator at Palo Alto Networks allegedly tipped off four friends in advance of the company's quarterly earnings announcements.
Daniel Birnbaum, now Sodastream's chairman, allegedly tipped off an associate in advance of the Israeli company's takeover by PepsiCo.
Martha Bustos allegedly passed on tips about the biotech firm's quarterly results to a close friend as part of a $6 million scam.
Unknown traders allegedly stand to make $2.5 million in illicit profits from options trading ahead of Chevron's takeover bid for Anadarko Petroleum.
Associate general counsel Paul Powers traded on nonpublic information that SeaWorld's earnings would exceed expectations.
Apple’s former global head of corporate law is charged by the SEC with insider trading.
An investor class action alleges the telemedicine company failed to disclose Mark Hirschhorn's "inappropriate relationship" with a subordinate.
The SEC says the contractor used his access to an investment bank's deal management system to make $600,000 in illicit profits with relatives.
