December 03, 2014
An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday unfroze assets connected to Chinese investment adviser Siming Yang and directed that $150,000 turned over to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which said the move was necessary because he had failed to pay a civil penalty in that amount.
January 14, 2014
An Illinois federal jury on Monday cleared Chinese investment adviser Siming Yang on insider trading claims brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, but did find Yang liable for other violations, including making false disclosures to the regulator.
January 13, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday wrapped up its insider trading case against Chinese investment adviser Siming Yang, telling an Illinois federal jury that the largely circumstantial evidence against Yang is equally as powerful as proof of an actual inside tip.
January 08, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday relied on a computer expert to connect Siming Yang to trades in pork processor Zhongpin Inc. that the regulator claims were based on nonpublic information, as the Chinese investment adviser's insider trading trial continued in Chicago.
January 06, 2014
A Chinese investment adviser reaped more than $8 million in illicit gains for himself and investors by trading on inside knowledge about the management-led buyout of pork processor Zhongpin Inc., the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told an Illinois federal jury on Monday.
August 12, 2013
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has not proven a breach of fiduciary duty in its lawsuit accusing six traders of insider trading on China-based pork processor Zhongpin Inc. stock, the traders argued in Illinois federal court Friday.
April 06, 2012
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission went after six Chinese traders Wednesday for using inside knowledge to execute "highly profitable and highly suspicious" trades in China-based pork processor Zhongpin Inc. just before the CEO offered to buy outstanding shares at a premium.