June 27, 2019
A former Equifax executive was sentenced to four months in prison Thursday for cashing in stock options as he helped the company deal with a massive breach of consumers' personal information in 2017.
March 07, 2019
A former Equifax Inc. executive pled guilty to a charge of securities fraud in Georgia federal court on Thursday after selling shares of the company before news of a massive hack broke in 2017.
January 01, 2019
The coming year's white collar docket is an active one, with several large health care fraud cases set to go to trial and post-trial litigation that could shape the law in insider trading and other financial crimes and affect how companies cooperate in criminal probes.
December 05, 2018
A Georgia federal judge has said the insider trading case against a former Equifax executive should go forward, but said prosecutors will have to show that he "used" inside information about a data breach at the consumer credit bureau when he cashed in stock options.
September 17, 2018
A Georgia magistrate judge recommended keeping alive two insider trading charges against a former Equifax Inc. executive accused of selling shares of the company before news of a massive hack broke last year, saying Monday that both charges are different and detailed enough to survive a dismissal bid.
June 11, 2018
A former Equifax executive accused of selling off shares before the public was informed of the company's massive data breach told a Georgia federal court Monday that the government's indictment only proves he exercised stock options after being lied to by his employer.
March 14, 2018
Civil and criminal charges have been filed against a former Equifax executive accused of selling off shares before the public was informed of the company's massive data breach, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.