SEC Charges U.K. Citizen in Hacking and Trading Scheme Involving Five U.S. Public Companies
September 28, 2024
September 28, 2024
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2024:
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against U.K. citizen Robert B. Westbrook for hacking into the computer systems of five U.S. public companies to obtain material nonpublic information about their corporate earnings and using that information to make approximately $3.75 million in illicit profits by trading in advance of the companies' publi . . .
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against U.K. citizen Robert B. Westbrook for hacking into the computer systems of five U.S. public companies to obtain material nonpublic information about their corporate earnings and using that information to make approximately $3.75 million in illicit profits by trading in advance of the companies' publi . . .