German prosecutors charged a 48-year-old man accused of making €24 million ($25.3 million) as part of a wider insider trading scheme.
(Bloomberg) — German prosecutors charged a 48-year-old man accused of making €24 million ($25.3 million) as part of a wider insider trading scheme.
The German citizen has been detained since January, the Frankfurt prosecutor’s office said in a statement. He was engaged in 20 insider transactions and revealed insider information on 10 occasions between 2017 and 2021, authorities allege.
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