August 04, 2020
Former Rep. Christopher Collins asked a New York federal judge Tuesday to give him another two months of freedom before he has to report for his sentence on insider trader charges — his third time requesting a delay due to COVID-19, which he said has been "particularly acute and potentially disastrous" for prisons.
April 01, 2020
Former Rep. Christopher Collins of New York asked a federal judge on Wednesday to give him two extra months to report for his sentence on insider trading charges, saying his age puts him at a higher risk of dying from the novel coronavirus should he contract it in prison.
January 24, 2020
A Manhattan federal judge on Friday allowed a New Jersey project manager to avoid prison for illegally dodging a $144,000 stock loss by trading on an insider tip that flowed from former U.S. Rep. Chris Collins.
January 23, 2020
The son of former New York Rep. Christopher Collins on Thursday avoided a prison term for trading on inside information leaked from his father in order to avoid losses in Australian biotech stock, a result the judge deemed "a tremendous break."
January 17, 2020
Former U.S. Rep. Christopher Collins of New York was sentenced to over two years in prison Friday for leaking inside information to help his son avoid biotech investment losses and then lying to the FBI.
October 03, 2019
Days after ex-U.S. Rep. Chris Collins confessed to insider trading, his son and the father of his son's fiancee both pled guilty to a single conspiracy count for their part in the scheme in Manhattan federal court on Thursday.
October 01, 2019
Former U.S. Rep. Chris Collins of New York pled guilty to insider trading Tuesday, hours after his resignation from Congress became official, telling a federal judge that he schemed to help his son avoid biotech investment losses and made false statements to the FBI.
September 30, 2019
U.S. Rep. Chris Collins of New York submitted a letter of resignation Monday and is expected to plead guilty Tuesday to abusing his position as a board member of Innate Immunotherapeutics Ltd. in a Manhattan insider trading criminal case.
September 12, 2019
New York Rep. Chris Collins, his son Cameron and the father of Cameron's onetime fiancee denied insider trading charges in a redrawn indictment Thursday, telling a Manhattan federal judge they plan a flurry of defense motions ahead of their scheduled 2020 trial.
August 07, 2019
Manhattan federal prosecutors on Tuesday said they have dropped certain insider trading charges against U.S. Rep. Chris Collins and his son Cameron, narrowing the scope of the case in the wake of the congressman's claims that it ran afoul of constitutional protections.