Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Ex-Trader Charged Over $1 Billion Apple Scheme




Holy Cow!  According to the Financial Times a former trader at Rochdale Securities was arrested by federal agents and charged with fraud after an alleged attempt to profit from a $1 billion purchase of Apple stock, which backfired and left the US trading group in distress.
David Miller, 40, surrendered to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Bridgeport, Connecticut and was charged with wire fraud relating to transactions which took place on October 25 - the day Apple reported its fourth-quarter results.

The criminal allegations state Mr Miller sought to personally profit from trades that left the company holding more than 1.6 million Apple shares. In an attempt to protect himself against a fall in Apple's shares, Mr Miller also allegedly engaged in a hedging strategy by defrauding another broker…..

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