Insider Trading Case Against Coinbase Leadership Surges Ahead
Coinbase’s legal battle over alleged insider trading hit a new milestone this week when a Delaware judge refused to toss a shareholder suit, keeping alive claims that top executives and directors sold stock while sitting on inside information. Reports say the ruling does not resolve guilt or innocence. It simply lets the case continue in […]
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The brother of a former Coinbase product manager has pleaded guilty in a cryptocurrency insider trading case. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), he is facing up to 20 years in federal prison.
DOJ’s First Crypto Insider Trading Case
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that Nikhil Wahi, the brother of a former product manager at Coinbase Global Inc. (Nasdaq: COIN), “pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme to commit insider trading in cryptocurrency assets.” The DOJ calls it the....
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced insider trading charges against a former Coinbase manager, who has been arrested and is also facing criminal charges. The regulator has identified nine crypto tokens as securities in the complaint. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams says it is “the first-ever insider trading case involving cryptocurrency markets.”
SEC Charges Former Coinbase Manager, His Brother, and a Friend — 9 Crypto Tokens Identified as Securities
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Thursday....
The former Coinbase employee and his brother have been arrested for insider trading at least 25 cryptocurrencies, but another defendant is still at large.
Ishan Wahi is accused of divulging confidential information about future listings at Coinbase to his brother and an associate in a case that has attracted the SEC’s attention. Former Coinbase Global product manager Ishan Wahi pleaded not guilty to two counts of wire fraud conspiracy and two counts of wire fraud in a Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Wahi is accused by United States law enforcement and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of insider trading while at Coinbase. He was arrested in May as he attempted to board a flight to India and was charged in....