Reuters - SEC Charges ex-CEO in Tracinda-linked Insider Trading Scheme

U.S. securities regulators on Wednesday charged the former chief executive of Delta Petroleum Corp. with leaking confidential information to his friend about an impending large investment in the company by a well-known private firm, Reuters reported. The Securities and Exchange Commission said that former Delta CEO Roger Parker is the central source of an insider-trading scheme that occurred before the Beverly Hills-based private investment firm Tracinda Corp had agreed to purchase a 35 percent stake in Delta Petroleum.

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