UBS compliance officer convicted of insider trading
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Jaclyn Jaeger2019-06-27T18:17:00
A London Southwark Crown Court jury on June 27 convicted two individuals—a senior compliance officer of UBS and a day trader of financial securities—and sentenced them to three years’ imprisonment for insider trading.
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