<story><title>Husband of Amazon employee sentenced to prison for insider trading Amazon stock</title><url>https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/husband-amazon-employee-sentenced-prison-insider-trading-amazon-stock</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>lizdax</author><text>&amp;gt;he obtained from his wife, an Amazon finance employee, to place trades in Amazon stock–making a profit of $1,428,264&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;Bohra engaged in illegal insider trading in advance of 11 straight earnings announcements.”&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;He and his family members have paid $2,652,899 in disgorgement, interest and penalties.&lt;p&gt;And 26 months in prison! This is why if you&amp;#x27;re going to do any kind of trading yourself -- never touch the company you work for.&lt;p&gt;Some more info on the original SEC filing as well: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sec.gov&amp;#x2F;litigation&amp;#x2F;complaints&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;comp24923.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sec.gov&amp;#x2F;litigation&amp;#x2F;complaints&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;comp24923.pdf&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>TwoBit</author><text>He blatantly traded those 11 times during blackout periods. Companies make it very clear what these blackout periods are, so this was very stupid, as he was bound to get caught.</text></comment>
<story><title>Husband of Amazon employee sentenced to prison for insider trading Amazon stock</title><url>https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/husband-amazon-employee-sentenced-prison-insider-trading-amazon-stock</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>lizdax</author><text>&amp;gt;he obtained from his wife, an Amazon finance employee, to place trades in Amazon stock–making a profit of $1,428,264&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;Bohra engaged in illegal insider trading in advance of 11 straight earnings announcements.”&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;He and his family members have paid $2,652,899 in disgorgement, interest and penalties.&lt;p&gt;And 26 months in prison! This is why if you&amp;#x27;re going to do any kind of trading yourself -- never touch the company you work for.&lt;p&gt;Some more info on the original SEC filing as well: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sec.gov&amp;#x2F;litigation&amp;#x2F;complaints&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;comp24923.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sec.gov&amp;#x2F;litigation&amp;#x2F;complaints&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;comp24923.pdf&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nradov</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s nothing illegal about trading your employer&amp;#x27;s stock if you don&amp;#x27;t have access to insider information. Millions of investors do that with no problems.</text></comment>