Securities and Exchange Commission v. Kennedy et al

  1. December 08, 2017

    Ex-Amazon Finance Staffer Gets 6 Mos. For Insider Trading

    A former financial analyst for Amazon.com Inc. who admitted to passing corporate secrets to a friend who traded on the information and cut him $10,000 was sentenced to six months in prison by a federal judge in Seattle on Friday.

  2. September 07, 2017

    Ex-Amazon Analyst Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading

    A former Amazon.com financial analyst pled guilty Thursday in Washington federal court to securities fraud involving insider trading and reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission which included disgorgement of $10,000 that a fraternity brother had paid for getting tipped off on the company's not-yet-released quarterly results.