BP exec's husband guilty of insider trading $1.8 million, snooped on her calls - eviltoast
Loudon's wife was formerly a BP merger and acquisitions manager but was fired after the company learned of the insider trading.

KEY POINTS

  • Tyler Loudon, 41, pleaded guilty to insider trading charges, claiming that he profited $1.76 million based on nonpublic knowledge of BP’s acquisition of TravelCenters of America.
  • Loudon, the husband of a former BP merger and acquisitions manager, learned of the acquisition in 2022 after secretly eavesdropping on his wife’s work calls.
  • Loudon has been ordered to surrender his $1.76 million of illegal profits and pay a separate fine of the same amount.
  • meco03211@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Could be trying to separate assets? Though I’m pretty sure wherever the assets were at the time of the crime is what matters, some people be stupid.