US Says Ex-Celsius VP Profited $1.6M From Insider Trading

Jan. 24, 2025, 10:50 PM UTC

A former Celsius Holdings Inc. vice president is accused of profiting more than $1.6 million off insider trading when he left the company, the federal government said Friday.

Stephen George accessed material non-public information on his final day of employment with Celsius in April 2023 to gauge the company’s financial performance, the US said in a criminal information document. George allegedly then leveraged that information just days later to buy thousands of shares of Celsius common stock and call options before the company announced its first-quarter financial results.

“In total, Stephen George generated over $1,682,801 in trading profits by ...

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