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Ex-Congressman profited off T-Mobile insider information he obtained

by Disha Mitra
July 26, 2022
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SEC says Ex-Congressman profited off T-Mobile insider information obtained while golfing with the executive.
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Stephen Buyer, who used to be an Indiana Republican congressman reportedly gained from insider data he got hold of during a rendezvous. Specifically, during a golf trip with a T-Mobile executive, an organisation he had been lobbying for in the United States capital. These details were revealed in a complaint that the SEC filed on July 25 in a Manhattan Federal District court.

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Allegedly, this instance of insider trading was among the couple of times Buyer illegally gained advantage of from the data he gained by means of his actions for lobbying. In these profits, he apparently got his hands on an amount of $335,000 as an outcome of the trading.

The director of the SEC enforcement sector, Gurbir Grewal provided a statement regarding the matter. He stated how the regulators are determined to doing everything possible for the maintenance and improvement of public reality by bearing the ex-congressman as responsible for the illegal gains. An announcement of the Southern District of New York reported the placement of a range of criminal charges against.

Following his tenure till 2011 owing accusations of corruptions, Buyer established a consultation team responsible for lobbying for firms Legistorm, a website which tracks politics confirmed these companies to be Microsoft Corp, T-Mobile, Johnson & Johnson, etc.

Allegations from the SEC:

According to the agency, an executive from T-Mobile, on a golf trip in Miami about four years ago, disclosed the company’s intentions to buy Sprint to Buyer. Apparently, the ex-congressman was getting a consulting fee for lobbying for the company. This executive was instructed from the T-Mobile to initiate ‘outreach’ to the consultants about the plans.

Subsequently, Buyer took the decision to make use of the knowledge by purchasing stock at Sprint valued at $568,000, using a number of accounts. At the time of final disclosure of the acquisition, he gained a profit of $107,000. Trying to conceal these actions, the ex-congressman came up with a document regarding Sprint which the Zacks Investment Research group had published. Reportedly, he included ‘handwritten notes’ on them proving that he made the transactions not because of the obtained information by that report.

He took a similar step the following step while buying stock of over $1 million in the firm Navigant Consulting after gaining substantial information about it. Following the public revelation of another acquisition, allegations show how he had sold almost all shares gaining a profit of about $227,000.

The attorney of the ex-congressman, Andrew Goldstein claim that the Buyer is not guilty of any of the SEC’s allegations. Additionally, he is facing corruption allegations connected to an academic scholarship organisation.

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