March 9, 2016
Posted March 30, 2016
Florida man Jay Y. Fung has agreed to pay $760,000 to settle charges by the SEC that he traded on inside information by purchasing stock and call options in Pharmasset Inc. based on a friend’s tip that it was about to be acquired. The SEC previously charged Fung’s friend and tipper, Kevin Dowd, who has agreed to pay back the cash kickbacks he received from Fung and has pled guilty in a parallel criminal case. SEC
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