Author Archives: Vinay Patel

Using ETFs To Conceal Insider Trading 

By | February 24, 2023

Insiders are continually implementing new illegal trading strategies to avoid detection by regulators. Conventional illegal insider trading takes place in stocks. However, these strategies are evolving and also include trading using family member accounts or other securities such as options.   In 2021, in the first case of its kind, the SEC charged an employee of… Read More »

How Much Insider Trading Happens in Stock Markets?

By | March 31, 2021

Substantial regulatory and enforcement resources are spent combatting insider trading in financial markets. In 2020 alone, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) employed approximately 1,300 staff members in its Enforcement Division and committed $550 million in resources to investigating and prosecuting illegal insider trading.   While it is clear that insider trading occurs, opinions vary significantly as to the… Read More »