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Comment by JumpCrisscross

15 hours ago

> no SEC lawsuit or civil complaint

The suspect didn't trade securities. SEC doesn't have jurisdiction. The curiosity–to me as a layman–is that this is being prosecuted by the DoJ versus under the UCMJ.

Then what laws were broken if it is not insider trading?

  • > what laws were broken

    "Van Dyke was indicted on charges that included unlawful use of confidential information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, and wire fraud."