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Insider trade on Splunk acquisition?

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417 points mkmk | 3 comments | 21 Sep 23 15:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.542s | source
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scarmig ◴[21 Sep 23 16:51 UTC] No.37600401[source]▶
Go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $10M.
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swarnie[dead post] ◴[21 Sep 23 16:52 UTC] No.37600415[source]▶
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yellowstuff ◴[21 Sep 23 16:53 UTC] No.37600432[source]▶
The SEC absolutely will be looking into this trade.
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swarnie[dead post] ◴[21 Sep 23 17:09 UTC] No.37600665[source]▶
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1. booi ◴[21 Sep 23 17:12 UTC] No.37600710[source]▶
didn't they send martha stewart to jail?
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2. yellowstuff ◴[21 Sep 23 17:19 UTC] No.37600820[source]▶
Technically her jail sentence was for lying about her insider trading, not for the original crime.
3. SkipperCat ◴[21 Sep 23 17:21 UTC] No.37600851[source]▶
Martha went to jail for lying to the Feds. If she just told the truth, she would have probably gotten no more than a wrist slap.