U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Lewis et al

  1. February 05, 2026

    Billionaire Lewis' Pilots Ink SEC Deals Over Insider Trading

    Two private-jet pilots for British billionaire Joseph Lewis have agreed to pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a total of more than $233,300, resolving the regulators' civil claims accusing them of trading on confidential information, according to filings in New York federal court.

  2. November 13, 2025

    Trump To Pardon UK Billionaire Lewis For Insider Trading

    President Donald Trump has agreed to pardon 88-year-old British billionaire Joseph Lewis, who was sentenced to three years of probation for feeding nonpublic stock tips to his girlfriend and private-jet pilots.

  3. April 03, 2024

    UK Billionaire Lewis Agrees To $1.64M Insider Trading Penalty

    British billionaire Joseph Lewis has agreed to pay $1.64 million to settle the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's civil claims he fed confidential tips to his personal pilots and then-girlfriend after pleading guilty to related criminal charges earlier this year.

  4. July 26, 2023

    UK Billionaire Lewis Denies Insider Trading, Gets $300M Bond

    British billionaire Joe Lewis pled not guilty in Manhattan federal court Wednesday to helping his girlfriend and private airplane pilots trade on corporate secrets, and was released on a $300 million bond secured by his plane and superyacht.