Trial begins for financial executive in insider trading case tied to taking Trump media firm public

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U.S. News,Jonathan Bach

An insider trading trial has begun for a financial executive charged with enabling his boss and others to make millions of dollars illegally on news that an acquisition firm was taking former President Donald Trump's media company public.

FILE - Pedestrians walk past the Nasdaq building as the stock price of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. is displayed on screens, March 26, 2024, in New York. A Delaware judge on Tuesday, April 30, granted a request by attorneys for Donald Trump and Trump Media & Technology Group, parent company of his Truth Social platform, to slow down a lawsuit filed by two cofounders of the company.

Several weeks ago, Garelick's co-defendants — Michael Shvartsman of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, and his brother, Gerald Shvartsman of Aventura, Florida — pleaded guilty to insider trading charges, admitting that they made over $22 million illegally. They are scheduled to be sentenced on July 17. When the deal was announced, the defendants sold their securities for $22 million in profits, though Bach noted that his client was only accused of making $49,000 from trades. He asked the jury if it made sense that Garelick would risk a reputation built over decades in the securities business for that amount of money.

 

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