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Is this not insider trading? He made decisions based on info not available to general public.



Link to SEC insider trading complaint site https://www.sec.gov/tcr


That's not the definition of insider trading.


Ok, I’ll bite. If that is not the definition of insider trading what is?


One additional element is that said information is obtained through privileged access (i.e. you acquire it in an official capacity and are expected to keep it confidential; if you overhear a random conversation, the information may not be available to the general public, but you can still trade on it).

Pretty sure Burr's access to the information would qualify under this definition.




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