USA v. SHVARTSMAN

  1. November 07, 2024

    Truth Social Tipper Gets 28 Mos. In Trump SPAC Insider Case

    A Manhattan federal judge hit a career securities trader from Florida with a 28-month prison sentence Thursday after a jury convicted him of conveying tips that fueled a $23 million insider trading scheme exploiting plans to take Truth Social public.

  2. October 17, 2024

    Trump Media Investors Get Prison For Insider Trading

    A New York federal judge on Thursday sentenced a Florida venture capitalist to over two years in prison for insider trading on confidential plans to take the media company behind former President Donald Trump's Truth Social network public, a scheme that netted the investor and his brother nearly $23 million.

  3. May 09, 2024

    Trump SPAC Investor Convicted Of Insider Trading

    A Manhattan federal jury on Thursday convicted a Florida investment pro of securities fraud and conspiracy for allegedly exploiting confidential plans to take Donald Trump's media company Truth Social public in a $23 million insider trading case.

  4. May 08, 2024

    Truth Social Backer's Insider Trading Alibi In Jury's Hands

    A Manhattan federal jury weighed charges Wednesday against a Florida investor accused of fueling a $23 million insider trading scheme that exploited confidential plans to take Truth Social public, after the defense argued it was someone else who tipped speculators.

  5. May 07, 2024

    Truth Social Investor Grilled By Feds At Insider Trading Trial

    A Florida investment pro on trial for allegedly exploiting confidential plans to take Truth Social public in a $23 million insider trading case was challenged Tuesday by prosecutors on the timing of trades and communications before the "special" media deal.

  6. May 06, 2024

    Truth Social Backer 'Absolutely' Denies Insider Rap To Jury

    An investment pro told a Manhattan federal jury Monday that he never tipped Florida speculators to a confidential plan to take former President Donald Trump's media concern Truth Social public, taking the stand to fight insider trading charges against him.

  7. April 30, 2024

    Truth Social Investor Had No Criminal Intent, NY Jury Told

    Counsel for a Florida investment pro accused of insider trading on advance knowledge of a deal to take public former President Donald Trump's media concern Truth Social argued to a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday that he acted in good faith.

  8. April 17, 2024

    Bankman-Fried Appeal May Cite Unusual Preview Testimony

    Sam Bankman-Fried's appeal of his conviction and 25-year prison sentence may cite a "rather unprecedented" trial procedure in which the FTX founder gave provisional testimony before officially taking the witness stand last year, one of his attorneys said Wednesday.

  9. April 03, 2024

    Truth Social Investors Cop To Fraud In $23M Insider Case

    Two Florida venture capitalists on Wednesday admitted to insider trading on confidential plans to take former President Donald Trump's media company public, after prosecutors charged that the Truth Social fraud netted them and a third defendant $23 million.

  10. March 20, 2024

    Insider Trading Charges Kept Intact In Trump Media Co. Suit

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday refused to toss charges against a Florida venture capitalist over allegedly illegally profiting from a secret plan to take Donald Trump's Truth Social company public, finding court precedent for the criminalization of insider trading under securities fraud law.