SEC Charges Former Equifax Manager Bonthu With Insider Trading

June 28, 2018, 3:17 PM UTC

The SEC has charged a former Equifax manager, Sudhakar Reddy Bonthu, for trading on confidential information he received while creating a website for consumers impacted by a data breach.

According to the SEC’s complaint announced today, Bonthu was told the work was being done for an unnamed potential client, but based on information he received, he concluded that Equifax itself was the victim of the breach

SEC alleges that Bonthu violated company policy when he traded on the non-public information by purchasing Equifax put options

Bonthu sold put options and netted more than $75,000

Bonthu was terminated from Equifax in ...

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