LuxUrban Hotels Founder Hit With Insider Short-Swing Lawsuit

The co-founder and former chief executive officer of hotel real estate owner LuxUrban Hotels Inc. owes profits from short-swing trades of its stock to the company, investors said in a lawsuit Friday.

Brian Ferdinand made more than $320,000 buying and selling LuxUrban’s stock in less than six months, according to a complaint filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The trades fall under a provision in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which requires directors and officers who realize profits from trading their company’s stock in a six-month period to repay those profits to ...