S.E.C. v. YANG

No. 14-2636.

795 F.3d 674 (2015)

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Siming YANG, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 28, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin M. Vetter , Dominick V. Freda , Attorney, Securities and Exchange Commission Office of the General Counsel, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James J. Moylan , Attorney, James J. Moylan and Associates, P.C., Steamboat Springs, CO, James A. McGurk , Attorney, Ten S. LaSalle Street , Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and BAUER and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


Just before investing in Zhongpin (a Chinese company) on behalf of Prestige Trade Investments, Siming Yang purchased both shares and option contracts for Zhongpin's stock for his personal use. Taking the position that this was deceptive "front-running," the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) instituted this civil suit...

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