On the standout Baltimore Orioles baseball teams of the late
1970s, Eddie Murray, the Hall of Fame first baseman, shared the infield with
the all-star third baseman Doug DeCinces.
Federal regulators say that decades later, the two close friends shared
something else: illegal stock tips.
Mr. Murray was charged on Friday by the Securities and
Exchange Commission with insider trading ahead of a merger announcement after
receiving advanced word of the deal from Mr. DeCinces. The S.E.C. said that Mr. DeCinces had
received the tip from James V. Mazzo, the former chairman and chief executive
of Advanced Medical Optics, an eye care company that Abbott Laboratories
acquired for nearly $3 billion in 2009.
Mr. Murray, who was among the 10 highest paid players in the
National League in 1991, when he signed a two-year deal with the New York Mets
for $7.5 million, made about $235,000 in illegal gains by buying shares of
Advanced Medical Optics ahead of the deal and then selling his stake…
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/baseball-hall-of-fame-player-settles-insider-trading-case/
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