Panel: No Brady Misstep In Court’s Upholding Of Securities Fraud Conviction

Mealey's (February 23, 2021, 1:57 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A federal district court did not err in denying a man’s motion challenging his conviction for his role in a “pump and dump” stock manipulation scheme under the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Brady v. Maryland because the evidence the government withheld from the man was not material, a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 19 in affirming in a per curiam opinion....