Court Enters Final Judgment Against Insider Trading Defendant Yue Han
On March 16, 2016, the Court for the Southern District of New York entered a final judgment against defendant Yue Han, based on insider trading charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Han on November 24, 2015.
The SEC’s Complaint alleges that Han, who worked as an associate in Goldman Sachs’ compliance department, traded on confidential information contained in e-mails sent and received by Goldman Sachs’ employees who advised investment banking clients on impending merger and acquisition transactions. According to the SEC’s Complaint, Han gained access to the e-mails as part of his work developing surveillance software to monitor other employees for potential misconduct, including insider trading, and used this access to generate over $460,000 in illicit earnings.
The final judgment, which was entered with Yue Han’s consent, permanently enjoins Han from violating Sections 10(b) and 14(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rules 10b-5 and 14e-3 thereunder. In addition, the final judgment orders Han to make disgorgement of his alleged insider trading profits of $468,131 by relinquishing title to certain financial accounts that were frozen pursuant to a court order that the SEC secured upon filing its case. Han has also consented to the entry of an SEC Administrative Proceeding Order that will bar him from association with any broker, dealer, investment adviser, municipal securities dealer, municipal advisor, transfer agent, or nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or from participating in any offering of penny stock. Han consented to the entry of the district court judgment and the anticipated industry bar without admitting or denying the SEC’s allegations. Wei Han, a relief defendant whose brokerage account Yue Han sometimes used to perpetrate the alleged insider trading scheme, consented to the entry of a final judgment whereby he also relinquished any claims to the now frozen financial accounts.
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