Ex-UBS Official, Friend Get 3 Years in Insider-Trading Case (2)

June 27, 2019, 3:10 PM UTCUpdated: June 27, 2019, 5:30 PM UTC

A former UBS Group AG compliance officer and her friend were sentenced to three years for insider trading after a London trial that featured accounts of champagne-fueled parties, burner phones and evidence stashed in a Chanel handbag.

Ex-UBS employee Fabiana Abdel-Malek and day trader Walid Choucair were sentenced June 27 in London, with a judge saying that they will serve half the term in prison. After tearfully hugging her family, Abdel-Malek was taken into custody by guards. Choucair, wearing a tracksuit and looking distraught, followed her.

Fabiana Abdel-Malek
Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

The ruling caps an eight-week trial filled with details of lavish nights out ...

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