Trader Gagliardi Says Would Be Insulted If Left Out of DOJ Probe

Oct. 7, 2025, 1:35 PM UTC

A trader embroiled in a dispute with his former employer over $6 million in unpaid bonuses said he’d have been “insulted” if he wasn’t named in a subpoena related to a US block trading probe.

Robert Gagliardi is suing Evolution Capital Management in London alleging that they wrongfully denied him a performance bonus after he made the firm more than $63 million. His employment at Evolution coincided with a joint Securities Exchange Commission and Department of Justice investigation into block trading.

While acknowledging the input of Gagliardi into the fund’s returns, Evolution argued that was outweighed by the damage done ...

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