Panel Upholds Convictions Of 4 Defendants In Securities Fraud Scheme

Mealey's (January 2, 2020, 2:39 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A split Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 30 ruled that the federal wire fraud, securities fraud and conversion statutes do in fact “reach misappropriation of a government agency’s confidential nonpublic information relating to its contemplated rules” (United States of America v. David Blaszczak, et al., Nos. 18-2811, 18-2825, 18-2867 and 18-2878, 2nd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 38662)....