Prosecutors announce latest guilty plea in unprecedented hacking and trading scheme
Almost exactly one year ago, the SEC and Justice Department both filed cases against a large group of hackers and traders who carried out an “unprecedented” insider-trading and hacking scheme. Now prosecutors have announced the latest guilty plea in the case—the fifth so far. Bruce Carton reports.
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