Former US Coinbase employee and two others charged with insider trading
by Dan Milmo and agency from on (#61NMQ)
Cryptocurrency exchange manager and his brother arrested in Seattle in what is described as the first case of its kind
A former Coinbase employee and two others have been charged in what federal authorities described as the US government's first cryptocurrency insider trading case.
Ishan Wahi, a product manager at the cryptocurrency exchange, and his brother Nikhil Wahi were arrested in Seattle on Thursday. They and a third defendant, their friend Sameer Ramani, who remains at large, also face civil charges from the US financial watchdog, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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